As the oldest survivor in The Hand, Madame Gao had perfected the art of staying alive.
Frank's recent killing spree in Hell's Kitchen severely impacted her flour business, and the old woman's retirement fund was dwindling.
However, she always followed the rule of never acting without a sure thing. Facing a killing machine like Frank, her calculations showed a twenty-five percent chance of dying. So even though Frank had destroyed nearly half of her flour processing plants, the old woman remained hidden, playing ostrich.
She had originally considered hiding in her shell like a turtle, but in this situation, turtles seemed pretty tough too, so ostrich it was!
The most important reason she had lived for four hundred years was her ability to run at the first sign of danger. If there was even a one percent chance of losing, she would flee immediately, and she'd make a clean getaway.
Although this earned her plenty of mockery, Madame Gao never cared.
After all, the graves of those who mocked her were now overgrown with grass!
"As long as I run fast enough and live long enough, all my enemies will become dead men."
The reason Madame Gao agreed to join forces with Kingpin to deal with their enemies this time was primarily because calculations showed that with their three-way alliance, Frank would undoubtedly die. Otherwise, she wouldn't have come!
Even now, though she appeared to be floating in the air with an imposing aura, Madame Gao was essentially just going through the motions.
Fighting was a job for Kingpin and Shredder; she was, at most, an assistant, an assistant!
Fortunately, both Kingpin and Shredder understood the old woman's personality, and they hadn't planned on her contributing much anyway.
As long as Madame Gao could block off the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' escape routes, that would be enough.
Both Kingpin and Shredder were powerful masters with immense strength and ferocious moves, and the two of them were locked in a fierce battle against the four turtles.
Shredder, at least, could trade blows with his opponents using his techniques, while Kingpin's fighting style was purely that of a madman.
He actually started trading blows with the turtles in close combat.
"That bald guy's physical condition is amazing, isn't it?" Jill said, watching Kingpin, who was fighting two of them.
Michelangelo, with his nunchucks, and Donatello, with his bo staff, were ganging up on Kingpin. But Kingpin didn't dodge or evade their attacks at all. Relying on his thick hide, he took their hits directly, and then used his basin-sized fists to smash into their shells while being attacked.
Each of Kingpin's punches almost created a sonic boom. The turtle shells, which could normally withstand gunfire, were visibly dented with each blow!
One could imagine that if Kingpin's opponents weren't the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but someone else, he could definitely knock the crap out of them with a single punch.
He truly was a master who could cripple Spider-Man with just hand-to-hand combat; the title of "strongest human" wasn't just for show.
You could say Kingpin was a weaker version of the Hulk. The only difference between him and the Hulk was probably a hat.
Meanwhile, Shredder was fighting the remaining two turtles to a standstill. All three were armed with weapons, and the sounds of their weapons clashing were continuous.
"Normal, normal operation!" Li Qingyuan nodded, looking at the group of people who had cleaned the street as if it were a tornado.
They say that New York in the Marvel world isn't suitable for ordinary people to live in, and that statement is certainly true.
"Those four turtles look like they're about to be done for. What should we do?" Jill asked, looking at the intense battle below.
Leonardo and Raphael could barely hold their own against Shredder, but Michelangelo and Donatello were about to collapse.
Kingpin was a walking pile driver, and the power of each punch was probably comparable to a jackhammer. The turtles' shells were already covered in fist marks. If they were any other creature, they would have been smashed into pulp long ago!
"Leave it to me!" Li Qingyuan pressed his watch, notifying the Red Queen.
With a click, the entire Hell's Kitchen immediately went silent.
Mainly because the Red Queen had directly cut off the entire block's power supply, making it pitch black.
Even masters like Kingpin and Shredder would be affected by the sudden transition from light to extreme darkness, let alone someone like Madame Gao, a veteran Voldemort.
The instant the streetlights went out, the old woman spun around and drifted to the corner, shrinking down and trying to look like a bat.
"Who's there?" Kingpin's booming voice resounded like a bell. Only he wouldn't fear being ambushed in a situation like this!
Bang!
A gunshot rang out, followed by the sound of someone falling.
"Who the hell is it? Come out!" Kingpin roared in anger. He could tell the person who fell was Bullseye, his top assassin.
Although Bullseye's abilities were formidable, his physical condition was just average. Jill had already memorized his hiding place, and after the power went out, she immediately fired a shot at his head.
Then, a rustling sound came from the darkness, clearly the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles retreating.
Compared to humans, turtles' eyes are better suited to darkness. Kingpin and Shredder hadn't fully adjusted when the Turtles were already ready.
Whoosh!
Enraged, Kingpin swung his fist towards the source of the sound, but his basin-sized fist immediately retracted halfway.
Raphael's twin sai happened to be blocking the way. Although Kingpin's skin was incredibly thick and could ignore blunt force, if he punched directly into the sai, he'd be impaled.
After all, the weapons the four turtles wielded were all finely crafted. Kingpin's fist was still slightly inferior compared to the sai.
Even though his palm had been pierced by the sai, Kingpin seized the opportunity to change his fist into a palm, and fiercely slapped Raphael's arm.
"Where's the flashlight? Don't you know how to turn on your phones?"
After about three to five seconds, when Kingpin's vision returned, the entire block was silent. Shredder, holding his blade, was hiding behind a car, presumably to prevent a sneak attack.
Madame Gao didn't even need to look to know that whoever it was had definitely run away!
He roared at the underlings, who were still running around like headless chickens, and only then did they react, each one pulling out their phones.
The light from the phones wasn't very bright, but the combined glow of hundreds of them quickly illuminated the street.
Bullseye was lying on the ground with a huge hole in his head, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, plus Frank, were all gone.
Not only had they failed to take down the troublemaker, but even one of his top men was dead. This made Kingpin want to kill someone!
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