Ward hurried back and drove the van away, but the warehouse wasn't particularly far from Cherry Street, so the three of them hailed a taxi. While in the car, Danny gave a brief introduction to Mrs. Gao, one of the five leaders of the Hand Gang that he had tracked down earlier, and they spoke Chinese anyway, and the chubby black driver couldn't understand it.

"When I was tracking down the Hand Club, I went to Hell's Kitchen once and ran into a guy there who..."

"~Wait a minute, you just said Hell's Kitchen, what kind of place is this?" Luo Zhijian was very interested in the fresh name of the place that came out of Danny's mouth.

Liu Zheng glared at him dissatisfied: "Speaking of business, there is a problem to hold back." ”

Danny smiled and explained a little: "The name of Hell's Kitchen is actually called Clinton, just west of Midtown, I don't know why it's called that, maybe it's because the security over there is too bad, we'll talk about Hell's Kitchen later." As I mentioned earlier, I met a friend there who was also looking for a hand to curb the local drug pin trade, and he shared some information with me. He mentions a man named Mrs. Gao, who used to be the biggest drug dealer in Hell's Kitchen, but who had to quit the area because of the continued disruption of the business chain by my friend, and the conflict of interest between her former partner, the biggest local triad boss.

He told me that this woman was a high-ranking member of the Hand and that she might have something to do with the person I was looking for.

I always felt that this name was very familiar, and it was only later that I remembered that Latoine had also mentioned her to me, and that Mrs. Gao had a large drug factory in Anzhou, China. So I chased it back to China. ”

Oh, it turns out that Danny is returning from New York for this reason. Liu Zheng thought to himself.

"I found the factory in Anzhou, and I also met Mrs. Gao, and she admitted that she was one of the five elders who betrayed Kunlun back then! Later, I had a big fight with the Hand Club in the factory, destroying their raw materials and equipment, but Mrs. Gao escaped. I told the Special Qun Office about the drug-making den, and I contacted Dr. Fu... Oh, Director Fu, he told me that you woke up, but you went back to the island in the middle of the lake to practice. ”

"So the old man also knows about the Hand Clan?" Liu Zheng asked.

Danny nodded yes.

Liu Zheng thought about it for a while, lowered his voice and said: "In this way, from today on, my name is Luoyang, and I am not your senior brother, but a friend from the rivers and lakes who came to New York to visit you, understand?" ”

After a little thought, Luo Zhijian and Danny understood why Liu Zheng did this. If they are going to face the five elders next, then it is indeed inconvenient for Liu Zheng to reveal his true identity, those few people have seen the power of the dragon, and they may be able to see something, then it will be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger.

"Haha, I understand, I understand. But you use Luoyang's name to find trouble with the underworld, be careful that he knows and blames you! Luo Zhijian laughed narrowly.

Liu Zheng shrugged, he really didn't mean to, who let himself need a fake name, Luoyang, the smiling tiger, just ran into his head~

When night fell and the lights came on, they finally arrived at their destination. There are a few small pubs and night stalls scattered around the area, but in general there are not many people.

340 Cherry Street is a dilapidated factory building that looks quite old, and the towering walls are covered with dry creepers, which makes this old house even more eerie. In the middle of the crazy growth of strange trees, there is a sign that is so worn that it is difficult to even make out the recognition, and it reads "Wei-Guo United International Co., Ltd." in traditional Chinese.

The people passing by are all old residents of this neighborhood, and they have long been surprised by this abandoned factory, and they just go their own way, and they don't even bother to look this way.

Seeing that no one cared about them, the three of them walked towards the door of the company.

"Squeak-"

The axles made a screeching sound of metal grinding, as if knowing that someone was coming, and the large iron door, which had long since rusted, opened on both sides, and when they had all passed, it slammed shut.

Behind the gate was a small courtyard, and there was not a single window in the entire mansion with lights on, but Liu Zheng keenly felt that behind those empty window holes, something was staring at them intently. It was pitch black all around, except for a few pale lanterns swaying in the wind.

They walked along the cobblestone path, through the long-dead peach trees on both sides, to the gate of the inner courtyard.

Once again, the courtyard door opened automatically, and the hall was deserted, with torches lit on the walls, and the moonlight illuminated a raised platform in the center of the hall through the round window at the top of the door.

Danny walked up to the road, and sure enough, the platform was actually a well, reflecting the sparkling waves in the moonlight, and two red towels were placed opposite each other on the edge of the well.

There are two types of towels in the Grand Challenge, the white towel, which means "point to point", and the red towel, which means "life and death". It seems that today's challenge, the Hand Club is ready to fight him endlessly.

He put his hands on the edge of the well and said loudly, "My Iron Fist, Danny Rand, in the name of the guardian of the Kunlun Realm, accept the challenge of the Great Duel. But I have one request, and that is to play wheel wars! If I win, the Hand must hand over Radovan's daughter, Sabina, and leave the RAND Group for good! ”

Wheel battles are a mode of Grand Challenge, where guests can ask to bring their companions with them, but each companion can only play once, and there is no limit to the number of people on the host's side. If either side wins, it can ask the other party to do three things, and it can be free from the constraints of morality.

“... Wheel warfare? I can't ask for it, there are too many people here who want to kill you. ”

The old woman's voice echoed through the hall. After a while, the three of them heard footsteps accompanied by a strange "tuk-tuk" sound, from far to near.

After Danny heard this voice, his whole temperament immediately changed, and Liu Zheng could feel that he seemed to have become a sharp blade out of the sheath at this time.

A figure turned out from the corner of the wall and walked slowly towards the location of the well.

The moonlight shone on her face, revealing her true colors. This is an old woman in a moon-white cardigan skirt, with goosebumps, a somewhat sloppy figure, and a cane, who does not look like a martial artist. However, Liu Zheng still noticed that one of the woman's hands had thick and abnormal bones, and he couldn't help but be secretly vigilant in his heart.

"Gao, I didn't expect you to hide your business in the RAND Group, what a good calculation! Since you're reaching out, don't blame me for uprooting your business on the Upper East Side! ”

"Huh." Mrs. Gao clapped her hands twice and said with a smile, "You are smarter than any Iron Fist I know." However, your youth is your capital, and it is also the fog that blinds you. It's too easy for you to trust others, including those around you who pretend to be nice to you but are harboring evil intentions. With that, she glanced at the two men beside Danny, as if to hint at something.

Danny immediately interrupted her and said loudly, "How do I do things, it's not your turn to teach me." Send out all the most powerful warriors of the Hand Clan, and let you see the power of Kunlun today! ”

Mrs. Gao's wrinkled eyes moved, and she responded, "Since you want a wheel war, then I will also make my request." If you lose and you don't die, then you are not allowed to meddle in our affairs from now on. ”

"Impossible!" Danny shouted, "I am the Kunlun Iron Fist, and it is my duty to destroy the Hand Formation, and as long as I have a breath left, I will continue to track you until the day you perish!" ”

For Danny's merciless refutation, Mrs. Gao didn't think it was wrong, but just sneered: "That's good, if you lose, it means that you are not good at learning and are not qualified to be my opponent." All go back to Kunlun, and they will only be allowed to come out after ten years. ”

Kunlun had spent generations tracking down the Hand and now found one of the five elders who had defected. If you go back to the mountain for ten years, won't this clue be broken again!

When Danny was suffering from gains and losses and didn't know how to respond, he felt a hot shoulder, and Liu Zheng's hand was on his shoulder.

"We agreed." Liu Zheng said.

Mrs. Gao carefully looked at the young man who had been standing beside Iron Fist and had not made a sound, and asked, "I haven't asked you yet...?" ”

"I'm Danny's friend, Luoyang."

Mrs. Gao nodded, not doubting him, and turned her gaze to Danny again: "Iron Fist, what do you say?"

Danny turned his head to look at Liu Zheng and Luo Zhijian on the side, his heart was horizontal, it's okay, there is a senior brother here, what are you afraid of! The Dragonborn came into being, wasn't it just to deal with the Hand that he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, that's it!"

He took the lead in reaching into the well water, picked up a puff of water, and sprinkled it in the center of the well, three times in a row, and then Mrs. Gao repeated Danny's action to sprinkle water three times. Then the two of them picked up the towel on the edge of the well at the same time and wiped their hands clean, so that the etiquette of the big challenge was completed.

Mrs. Gao looked at the three young people in front of her and said, "Come with me." Then he turned his back to them and walked deeper into the house.

"It's the Five Elements warriors in the Hand who are dealing with you today."

As she spoke, Mrs. Gao led them upstairs to a place that resembled a warehouse, and a huge curtain hung on the wall, on which the word "soil" was written. In the middle of the warehouse, an open space was vacated, and two men were sitting on the ground, playing with the sharp knives of cow ears in their hands, like butchers who were bored waiting for the cattle and sheep to be served and cut into pieces.

"This is the first level, the twin killers from Russia, which of you will come first?" Mrs. Gao asked back.

"I'll go, try their depths first!" Danny said, leaping into the middle of the clearing. When the two killers saw that the challenger was in place, they also stood up lazily.

"No, I say, what do you mean, two to one?" Luo Zhijian saw that they were ready to fight, and questioned repeatedly.

Mrs. Gao replied lightly: "The twin brothers have been inseparable since childhood, have the same mind, and practice the art of joint attack, so strictly speaking, they are not two people, but one." ”

Luo Zhijian pursed his lips disdainfully, and he was very disdainful of the rogue behavior of the rival union. Liu Zheng touched him with his elbow and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "Concentrate, look at the number of ways of the hand, maybe it will be your turn to play next." ”

The twin killer swung his knife and cut his palm, drawing a circle in the middle of the field with his own blood, the meaning is obvious, whoever goes out of the circle will lose. Danny was well acquainted with the rules of the various sparring rules and had no problem with them, making a gesture to signal that the first game could begin.

Mrs. Gao shouted, "The challenge begins!" He paused the crutches in his hand, and the dull sound of impact echoed through the warehouse.

The light from the roof reflected a cold glow on the sharp blade of the dagger, and the two men quickly approached Danny with their knives. Danny was still using his best palm, the three figures flashed back and forth in the small circle, forming a ball.