Chapter 21: The Man in Purple

In the last moment, Peter's heart regained a moment of clarity. www.biquge.infoSuddenly realizing what he had just done, he hurriedly forcibly activated the Force again, and the bullseye's body that was rapidly landing on the ground stopped slightly in mid-air, and when he resumed his falling, his final landing destination changed from a hard concrete road to a garbage bin parked in the corner.

If it was the former, the bullseye would probably be smashed into a ball of flesh, and if it was the latter, the chances of him surviving were quite high.

Peter, who had solved all this and prevented himself from killing again, finally took a breath and wiped the cold sweat from his head. Every time he broke free from the state of using the Dark Force, he felt this uncomfortable feeling of weakness, and he felt that if he moved any more, he was afraid that he would vomit directly.

But now was not the time for him to rest. Police have spotted bullseyes that have fallen from rooftops. And they weren't stupid, and soon lined up in two squads to search. Thankfully, the bullseye's concealed weapon was nothing more than a powerful anesthetic, and now its effectiveness had been limited by Peter. However, this could not be permanent, and maintaining this control required him to continuously deplete his mental energy. So the most important thing Peter needed to do now was to get to a safe place.

Listening to the faint sound of footsteps going upstairs at the top of the stairs, Peter immediately took action. After a jog he jumped off the roof and disappeared into the night.

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"You mean, because of the intervention of a street violator, you decided to take the risk and let your police squad rush out without being able to guarantee the personal safety of the hostages?" Within the Manhattan General Office of Police, Chief Paddington

He was furious at George, who was sitting across from him.

"It was so chaotic that we didn't know what was going on inside or that they had planted bombs on the hostages. All hostages remain under the control of the bandits, and are likely to be accidentally injured or killed during the fight. The decision to go straight was the best I could have made with limited information. George replied with a blank face, a hint of stubbornness in his tone. I understand that my decision may have caused unnecessary damage, and I am willing to take all the responsibility for it. ”

"Bear it, can you afford it!?" Director Paddington almost slammed his fist directly on his mahogany table, but remembered the painful experience of accidentally breaking his finger last time, and withdrew his hand in a huff. "Two hostages died, three policemen were seriously injured. Can you afford this kind of thing? ”

"I don't mean to offend you, but sir, what would you do if it were you?" As if fed up with Paddington's abuse, George's tone was tinged with anger. "Just standing there and watching them do nothing?"

"I'll follow the right steps, step by step!" Commissioner Paddington spat out the words word by word between his teeth.

"And then will that have a better outcome?" George sneered, once again bored by the conversation between them. "Continue to negotiate while you're having a good time in it? Are you kidding? Even if the negotiations were successful, those guys would still have detonated the bomb. Their purpose was not to rob banks in the first place! They put a damn bomb on the hostages, and they didn't intend to keep them alive in the first place. ”

"But it won't fall on us! At most, the media will just say that the murderous bandits killed their own hostages, and not as they are now! Paddington knocked impatiently on his desk. I've gotten the exact news. Reckless and unplanned? New York Police Attack Rashly, Killing Two Hostages" will be the front page headline of the New York Daily tomorrow! Now that the relationship between the police and the people is at an all-time low, we can no longer afford such a blow. ”

"As a police officer, our duty is to protect the people, not ourselves! Besides, is it really because of me, not because of the moths in the system? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Paddington's face turned red when he heard this, his trembling fingers were pointed at George, and his mouth began to tremble.

"Judging by your reaction, I don't think I don't understand what I mean." George spread his hands. "But to be honest, I don't bother to care about these things between you. Let's be honest, what was your decision on me? Are you going to let me do it all? I don't have a problem with that. ”

Director Paddington stared at George's calm face for a moment, then shook his head and sighed.

"No, if you do this, the hearts of the people in the bureau will really be scattered. Of course, your name has been leaked, and I can't say anything about it. Your position will be demoted to Squad Leader, followed by six months of paid leave, and you will come back when the limelight is over. That's the best I can get for you, and that's not what you want, isn't it? Use this time to go out and have a walk with your daughter. Didn't you complain that you've missed her birthday twice in a row? ”

"I don't think I have any other options." George smiled wryly and hung his head. "I know you know more about it, but I'm not going to ask about it. I just want to know, who the hell are those damn guys? Three of them died, and the rest of them would be kept in prison until they rotted. They certainly won't do it for no purpose at all. ”

"The man I finally found in the trash can was still unconscious, unable to speak. No connection has been found between him and the group of robbers. As for the robbers, their initial confessions have come out, and they have confessed their guilt quite remarkably. Commissioner Paddington said slowly, rather cautious about his words. The man at the head admitted that he had been hired by a religious extremist group in the Middle East to plan the terrorist attack. The confessions of the others can also be matched. ”

"It's nonsense, I don't believe a word of this kind of." George spoke his opinion without embellishment. "That group of religious lunatics would hire a mercenary who lives only for money to plan such a big operation? If they had this energy, the number of terrorist attacks here would at least double! Do you believe this nonsense? ”

"No, of course I don't." Director Paddington shook his head, a hint of helplessness on his face. "But what can we do if we don't believe?"

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Harlem, New York

As New York's notoriously black neighborhood, most of New York's whites moved out of the neighborhood in the fifties, which they didn't feel safe. By the sixties, crime in Harlem was at an all-time high. More than half of all drug abuse and trafficking cases in New York occur in an area that accounts for less than one-tenth of the city's population, and the crime rate exceeds the New York average of more than 50 percent.

Even after the redevelopment and planning of the '90s, Harlem's reputation in every aspect has not changed in the slightest. The high rate of crime has even caused many blacks who can afford to move out of Harlem and settle in other safer places in New York.

At this time, a middle-aged man in a purple suit was walking on the streets of Harlem at night. During this time, even the local residents have quickened their pace, trying to return to the safety of their homes as soon as possible. The man's steps were quite steady, and his face was not in the slightest flustered, as if he was completely unaware of the bad reputation here, nor did he notice the unkind eyes around him who were watching him.

Two black guys in their twenties appeared in the direction of the road in front of him, walking towards him with a hint of a playful smile on their faces. The middle-aged man in front of them looked to them as a lamb to the slaughter. They pulled out the knives in their pockets, and began to estimate in their minds how much the man in front of them was worth.

However, the middle-aged man in purple did not slow down the slightest step, as if he didn't see the two people in front of him at all. And just as the two black young men were about to open their mouths to threaten them, the middle-aged man spoke first.

"Do what you want to do to me to each other first. Then he committed suicide. ”

He said in a rather relaxed tone. As soon as he finished speaking, he passed between the two men rather casually. The two blacks stopped as if under a spell and swung their weapons at each other stiffly.

Without stopping to watch the bloody battle behind him, the man in purple still walked forward calmly and purposefully, and in a few moments, he came to the door of a bar that had just closed. He smiled and knocked on the door.

"I'm sorry, sir, the bar is closed." A pleasant female voice came from behind the door. The purple-clothed man did not have any unpleasant expression on his face, and opened his mouth again.

"Open the door."

At the command of his seemingly magical voice, the door of the bar slowly opened in front of him, and a tall black woman who looked to be about twenty-four or five years old stood in front of him. The man in purple didn't even look at him, and pushed her away and stepped into the bar.

"Close the door and stand still."

The woman immediately complied with his command, but the horror in her eyes made it clear that it was not his intention.

Heavy footsteps came from the back of the hotel, the door to the storage room behind the bar was opened, and a tall, bald black man walked out. He was over 1.9 meters tall, and his thin T-shirt couldn't hide the muscles that were about to burst out under the clothes. He was taking inventory when he was disturbed by the movement ahead, but when he came out, he saw this strange scene.

He frowned, deciding to figure out the situation before deciding whether to make a move. It doesn't take long for you to gain power, and if you can't control it and make a fuss, it will be a big problem. And before he could start questioning, the middle-aged man in purple had already spoken.

"Luke. Cage: yes? My name is Kilgrave and I've been looking for you for a long time. ”