MUP: Chapter 74. One Shot Deal

'As you told me before, I shot him in the head.'

In the warehouse, with Killgrave's death, the crisis was lifted.

In the antique shop, Ryan silently withdrew his eyes and placed his attention on the data panel in front of him.

[Reputation points]: 11185

The reputation points were collected even faster than Ryan had imagined.

Especially the reputation points he collected from Purple Man after he was killed in the warehouse. It could be said that it was the biggest amount of points he had ever gotten thus far.

Sure enough, the terrifying feeling of being at the edge of life and death was the biggest impression and impact. It was a great harvest.

Of course, killing Purple Man was obviously a one-shot deal. Ryan couldn't judge if it was better than continuously getting points through [Phantom Thief Kid]'s actions right now.

'Anyway, getting reputation points was a good thing.'

With that in mind, Ryan shook his head. He stopped obsessing about the way to acquire reputation points.

Because, more than that, there were obviously far more important things waiting for him.

His points had reached 10,000, which meant that the [Bronze Treasure Chest] that he had been longing for before was beckoning to him.

'Exchange!'

Without hesitation, Ryan spent 10,000 points to buy a brand new [Bronze Treasure Chest] from the system. Ryan wasn't sure if it was because of the price or something else, but he had a feeling that the [Bronze Treasure Chest] in front of him looked a bit more elegant than the [Black Iron Treasure Chest] he opened in the past.

After all, it was worth 10,000 points.

Taking a deep breath and suppressing his excitement, Ryan just clicked on the treasure chest that had a bronze metallic lustre in the system.

"Open!"

With the familiar white light, the items in the [Bronze Treasure Chest] appeared in front of Ryan's eyes.

[Item: Impact Dial]

[Effect: Impact]

[Introduction: A special item from One Piece world. They are made from the remains of particular shellfish, are very precious, and are often used to power small boats. It can eject powerful kinetic energy to use against an enemy.]

[Remarks: Bang!]

　　...

[Item: Divine Talisman with faint spiritual power (D)]

[Effect: Supplementary]

[Introduction: Stick it on any part of your body to increase your strength by 10. It lasts for half an hour and disappears after use.]

[Remarks: A half-finished product made by some novice talisman maker due to the lack of ability.]

[Remark 2: I feel so much power all over my body.]

[Remark 3: Any part]

The items that came out of the [Bronze Treasure Chest] were more than Ryan expected, especially the [Impact Dial] and the [Divine Talisman]. They were obviously different from the items that came out of the [Black Iron Treasure Chest] and were proper items that could help in battle.

Silently withdrawing his gaze from the system's [Remark 3], Ryan then turned his attention to the cards that came out of the treasure chest.

Although it wasn't the first time he drew a C-level bronze card, Ryan's heart was still tense.

However, the characters that appeared on the card caused a few subtle expressions to pass over Ryan's face.

He wondered if the system was secretly cooperating with his plan when he opened a treasure chest or if he had successfully exited bad karma and stepped onto his lucky path.

Because he had evidence in his hand.

　　...

[C-level card -- Gu Jian Hun (The Beast)]

[Skill: Buddha's Palm (Nine Forms)]

[Background: This character in "Buddha's Palm" is about 46 or 47 years old. He does things his own way and often goes against the rules. He is arrogant and prideful and thus was given the title Evil God. By chance, he learned the Buddha's Palm technique and became the public enemy of the martial arts world.]

[Remark: Buddha's Palm first form ...]

Although the [The Beast] that appeared in the card wasn't the same person as the ultimate king of killers, Ryan had mentioned through Ah Xing...

But, no matter what, this C-level card was much better than he had expected.

Ryan even suspected that the [Gu Jian Hun] version of the Beast should be considered an existence at a higher level among the C-level cards. After all, [Buddha's Palm] was one of the most famous peerless martial arts, whether in movies, TV series, or comics.

'[Buddha's Palm] ... [The Beast] ...'

In the antique shop, Ryan looked at the introductions on the two character cards, and a vague idea gradually took shape in his mind.

　　...

In Manhattan, Hell's Kitchen.

Danny, who came back from Cambodia, was looking for clues about the Hand.

However, apparently with the Defenders' actions over this period of time, the Hand's activities were more and more secretive, making it difficult for Danny to find any useful clues.

"I really don't know where the Hand is. I was in contact with some strangely dressed people before, but they haven't reappeared for a long time."

"Are you sure you're telling me everything? If I find out you've been lying to me ..."

Danny didn't seem to be good at interrogations, but he obviously had his ways.

A golden glow flashed as he raised his fist.

Looking at Danny's glowing fist, the person being interrogated subconsciously gulped. He hadn't forgotten the scene where the other party had smashed through a wall with his fist a few minutes ago. Raising his hand, the guy said.

"Okay, okay, I'll say it. I did see them once recently. These weird people were showing up on Kingpin's turf."

"Kingpin? "

Letting go and dropping the man, Danny frowned and mumbled the name cryptically.

Seeing that Danny was lost in thought, the man stumbled and quickly fled, almost hitting a pedestrian who was walking by the entrance of the alley.

The pedestrian turned sideways, avoiding the man who franticly ran for his life.

The Asian man in the Tang suit turned his head to look in the direction of the other man's escape. He helplessly shook his head, then turned and continued to walk. Coincidentally the direction the man was going happened to be the same direction the other man had run from.

"Excuse me, could you tell me ..."

In the same place, the silent Danny felt his shoulder being lightly tapped. He didn't have time to think much. The years of martial arts training in K'un-Lun caused his body to subconsciously counterattack, raising his elbow and slamming it in the direction from which the voice came.

"Shit!"

Halfway through the elbow shot, Danny remembered that he was in New York, not in K'un-Lun. He looked at the Asian man standing behind him, trying to pull back his strength, but it was obviously too late.