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Boom! Grant slumped onto the canvas floor.

“o…… K, you win. ”

"I know. Technical knockout. ”

The opponent kindly extended his arm, and Grant took advantage of the strength to stand up.

"Whew, it's a pleasure." After a few jumps, Grant relaxed his tense body, "But you know that if this wasn't a boxing match, I would have dozens of ways to beat you, right?" ”

"Actually, it's not just boxing."

"In that case, Matt, we have one more topic in common."

"Don't call me 'Matt.'" It can only be 'Matthew', we are not so familiar with it. ”

"Okay, Matt. I see, Matt. ”

Ignoring the helplessness on the other party's face, Grant stretched out his arm around the other party's shoulders and walked to the locker room with the reluctant other party.

Matthew Murdoch, that's the name of the reluctant guy. He was the one who dragged Grant out of the water on the Pacific coast and intended to give him artificial respiration. Even though Grant has always been glad that he woke up in time and didn't have to bear the "turbidity" of a man, he never denied his gratitude to the other party.

"It's good for you to be among the unblind."

"Yours is the same among the blind."

"After all, we have also come from the West Coast to the East Coast together, and have crossed almost the entire United States, is it necessary to be so cold?"

"What do you say?" Matt's tone was indeed cold, but there was no malice, "Also, don't mention anything about traveling together, that may be the worst decision of my life." ”

"Hey, this makes me so sad."

As the host's family, Matt took Grant to a meal. And then, uh, it might sound a little weird, but Matt did bring Grant home.

"Alright, let's talk." Taking two bottles of beer out of the fridge, Matt handed one to Grant, "Why come to Hell's Kitchen?" ”

"'Hell's Kitchen.'" Grant nodded, "This is already an administrative name?" ”

"Nobody cares about that administrative name."

Hell's Kitchen is an area on the west coast of Manhattan Island in New York City, USA, which is roughly a rectangular area bounded by 59th and 34th Streets from north to south, 8th Avenue to the east, and the Hudson River to the west. In its early years, Hell's Kitchen was a well-known slum on the island of Manhattan, populated mainly by the working class of Irish immigrants, known for its chaotic and backward quality of living, high ethnic conflicts, and high crime rates.

In particular, the last one - high crime rate. It's a mix of gangsters. Once the Italian mafia ruled the place, now the Japanese Hand and the Russian Gangsters.

So Matt was right. Rather than the administrative name "Clinton" and "Midtown West," "Hell's Kitchen" is the real name of this place.

Regardless, this is Matt's hometown. Given what he knew about Grant after that "fellow trip," it was normal for him to be worried.

"My gym is still being renovated, so I'm out for a tour." Taking a sip of his beer, Grant said lightly, "By the way, visit this friend of yours." ”

"You're lying." Matt's tone was affirmative.

"How do you know...... Well, it looks like my heartbeat betrayed me again. Facing the ability to cheat more than cheating in front of him, Grant was also quite helpless, "I'm so badly controlled?" ”

"It's better than almost everyone I've ever seen, but......" Matt said here, pausing for a moment, then speaking again, "Heartbeat is indeed an effective way to tell if a person is lying, but it doesn't work for everyone. ”

"Looks like you've been through something."

"You haven't answered my question yet, Grant. Why come to Hell's Kitchen. ”

Taking the last sip of his beer, Grant slammed the bottle on the table: "I'm looking for a partner." I thought I had a suitable person in front of me. ”

Hearing this, Matt laughed. And usually, he doesn't laugh.

"What's the partner, running a gym?"

"Of course...... "Grant also laughed, "on the surface." Gyms are our main business. And our side hustle, which I mentioned to you when I came from the West Coast, is that we're going to be a family. Contractor, in politics. The government or people in need take tasks to help ordinary people solve problems. So ......"

"There's no 'then', Grant. I'm not one of 'us'. Matt refused very simply.

"I thought you'd like to help people."

Grant's face was slightly disappointed. Although Matt couldn't see it, he "saw" it.

"I am, otherwise why do you think I studied law? It's just that I don't think I need to listen to politics. The orders of the government or other people are not for them. ”

"But the law and lawyers are not omnipotent, and I believe you know that. Especially if you're not a formal lawyer yet. Grant was still trying to get Matt to change his mind, "Even the law firm you're interning at right now, even if it's so powerful, it's impossible to ignore all the rules." And sometimes, rules are the scariest and most lethal thing. ”

Hearing this, Matt was speechless for a while.

After several minutes, Grant didn't want to endure the silence any longer. He unceremoniously took out a bottle of beer from the owner's refrigerator and said as he poured it: "Do you need me to give you a few days to think about it?" ”

"No, I'm still going to say no." Matt's tone was very firm, "I can't think of a solution for the time being at what you said, but there will always be a way out." The most important thing is that I love my city, and I won't follow you to do this or that and then go everywhere. If I'm going to do that kind of thing, I'm going to deal with the ones that come up in this city first. ”

"Well, I'm a little disappointed, but I respect your decision." Grant reached out and touched the bottle, "But I still hope you can help me solve the gym problem." ”

"It's been resolved. Although the hacker friend you mentioned left a lot of legal problems, now the property is completely yours. Matt said, "But this is the last time." If I had to choose between you and the law, I would choose the latter. Like I said before, we don't know each other that well. ”

"You've hurt my feelings again, Matt."

Probably sensing Grant's smile, Matt smiled too, "So you're not going to tell me any other reason you're here?" ”

"You can hear that, too?" Grant was stunned for a moment.

"I guess you came to recruit me just by the way, kind of improvised. Am I right? ”

"Okay, I'll admit it."

"Look, you're hurting my feelings this time."

Then both laughed.

"As a solitary. As a contractor, I received my first order. Grant said as he walked out the door, "Something is going to happen on Broadway." ”

"If necessary......

"I thought you wouldn't ask. Don't worry, I'll be sure to ask you for help then. ”

Turning around and saying this, Grant continued to walk outside. As a result, Matt still didn't plan to give him face.

"No, I'm saying that you can stay if you need it. Of course, you sleep on the couch. ”

Grant, of course, protested: "Oh please, nothing else, but I'm not gay." ”

With that, he pushed the door open and left. Matt Murdoch was left there crying and laughing.

(PS: Daredevil from the 15th version of the TV series - when he didn't grow up.) In the year or two since New York was destroyed, I speculate that Matt Murdoch here began to wear black clothes after Avengers 1, about the same time as Steel 3. And wearing the red clothes and really calling it "Daredevil/Super Daredevil Man" will definitely be a little later. If you have any other information, please let me know. ）