Chapter 33: Hell's Kitchen
The winter in New York was very cold, and with the cold wind whistling, Yang Xiao tightened his collar and walked onto the street calmly.
In the morning of Kunming, it was night in New York, although it was cold, but there were not many people on the streets of New York.
If you want to make a name for yourself quickly, you will undoubtedly have to go to the most chaotic areas of New York, where crime happens all the time, and it is definitely a great environment for heroes to make a name for themselves.
However, Yang Xiao has always wondered, why are there so many superheroes in the Marvel world, but they still can't curb the high crime rate?
Perhaps it is precisely because light and darkness are interdependent that there are superheroes on the good side, and superheroes are naturally indispensable on the evil side.
And human nature is greedy, a person suddenly has a power far beyond ordinary people, his first feeling is often to use his ability to seek benefits for himself, or to take revenge on the object of his previous hatred, so it is inevitable to step by step into the abyss of crime.
Compared with drugs, the temptation of power and power is often greater and more irresistible.
For example, Spider-Man, what a simple young man, when he first gained power, he also took a small revenge on the opponent in the school, and went to the black boxing market to play black boxing, wanting to make money and buy a car.
If it weren't for Uncle Ben's death and the heroic textbook saying, "With great power comes great responsibility." "I'm afraid that little Parker will slowly slide into the dark abyss as well.
Fortunately, Yang Xiao has a system to urge himself, and his ability does not appear out of thin air, but is obtained through hard work, which is fundamentally different from those mutants or superpowers.
"Hey, taxi!" Yang Xiao waved to stop a car, in fluent American English.
Isn't it strange? Yang Xiao's second main brain has a large Oxford dictionary stored in his second brain, and tens of thousands of standard teaching pronunciations for daily communication, and after a month of hard work, even a pig can speak a few words of English.
Therefore, at this time, Yang Xiao has quickly transformed from an English test taker with a level 4 certificate to an authentic English communicator.
Although there may be problems with long speeches, when it comes to daily conversations, he is perfectly competent.
Now, for example, he had a good chat with his talkative black brother.
"Oh, sir, I have to say, you're so handsome! Are you Korean?"
"No, no, no, Koreans are not as tall as me, in fact, I am from China!"
"Huaxia?Huaxia Kung Fu?Woo~Ha!Bruce Lee, yes, I like him very much, and of course, I also like you, a friend from Huaxia!"
The two chatted and went straight to Hell's Kitchen, the legendary worst security area in New York!
Hell's Kitchen, located on Manhattan Island, New York, stretches from 34th Street to 59th Street to the north, 8th Avenue to the Hudson River in the east, and the Hudson River in the west. Its name comes from the New York Times' coverage of the district in 1881.
It used to be one of the worst public security districts in Manhattan where gangs gathered, although successive mayors of New York City would make heartfelt speeches about the security situation in the district at the beginning of their tenure, and promised to vigorously crack down on criminals and maintain social order.
But to this day, the security environment here has not changed much. Hell's Kitchen's unique geographical location and complex social background determine its chaos and incurability.
Speaking of Hell's Kitchen, then we have to mention an iconic superhero - Daredevil - Daredevil
As we all know, New York in the Marvel world is a place where superheroes gather, even if Iron Man is still a playboy, Hulk is still doing research, Captain America is still lying in the glacier, Thor has not yet come, but at least there are Fantastic Four, Silver Surfer, Moon Knight, Punisher and X-Men mutants, most of them have become a thing of the past, or are low-key in nature, and rarely show their faces in front of the media news anyway, but there are still people who have been doing justice.
For example, Super Daredevil Hero!
Daredevil, also known as Daredevil, works as a lawyer during the day and punishes crimes at night.
Over the years, he has been practicing his own code of conduct, he has no special superpowers, but his perennial insistence on justice is admired by all superheroes.
Daredevil is an ordinary ordinary person who relies on his limited power to achieve justice, and he is even more congenitally deficient than the average ordinary person, that is, he can't see.
is such a blind ordinary person, who can persist in the front line of fighting criminals and supporting justice all year round, which is undoubtedly very respectable.
Yang Xiao is also very fond of Matthew Murdoch (referred to as Matt), although he does not have many movies, but that "Daredevil" is the superhero movie he has seen the most.
Although Matt's style is simple and rude, and is not recognized by many superheroes, he has his own persistence and his own helplessness. It must be known that he is just an ordinary person, there is no immortal body, and there is no inexhaustible physical strength, every time he hits a criminal, he has to experience unimaginable dangers for ordinary people, either you die or I die, there is no luck, it can be said that among all Marvel characters, only Super Daredevil is a super soldier who has been trained in bloody battles and life and death for a long time.
In countless battles, his wits and fighting skills have been developed to the pinnacle of humanity.
It can be said that Daredevil is the Batman in the Marvel world, an ordinary human hero. He walks in the dark, is not recognized by the world, and was even on the police's wanted list for a time, but he is a super daredevil, one of the most courageous and combative human beings.
Yang Xiao knows that the place where Super Daredevil is active is in the "Hell's Kitchen", and since he has come to the Marvel world, he still hopes to get to know the hero he once admired the most.
Manhattan Island is not big, and Yang Xiao's crossing point is located near the Times Center, and turning two streets west is considered to enter the boundary of "Hell's Kitchen".
Soon he arrived at his destination, and as soon as he got out of the car, he looked up and saw that the city and streets were desolate and dilapidated, with people hurrying around, and the streets and alleys were full of blonde girls standing on the street and groups of gangsters squatting and smoking.
I can't help but feel that although New York is known as the economic center of the world, there are still such dark slums, just like the urban villages in China, which have gradually become problems left over from history for various reasons, and have survived to this day.
"Hey, buddy, this place isn't very safe, I advise you to find a hotel to live in as soon as possible, and ...... Don't go out at night!" The black brother showed a mouthful of snow-white teeth, and did not forget to advise before leaving.
Yang Xiao smiled and beckoned, and at this time, the corner of his eye had already noticed a few malicious glances in the alley next to him.
The taxi gradually moved away, Yang Xiao's smile slowly faded, and he turned around and walked into the alley calmly.
"I'm sorry, everyone, the contemptible person has just arrived in New York, and he has no long things, so he borrowed some change to spend!
Yang Xiao used standard Chinese, and several men with gloomy expressions on the opposite side were naturally confused, but they also saw the other party's contempt for themselves and others, and they all gathered around, and a white man with a height about Yang Xiao shook out his dagger and greeted him with a cruel smile.
In his opinion, yellow-skinned Asians are timid and afraid of things, and are often more willing to spend money to eliminate disasters, which is his experience of many years of robbery.
But today's experience was invalid, I saw this beautiful Asian smile slightly, he couldn't see how the other party made a move, and his body of more than 200 pounds flew straight up, knocking down a few subordinates behind.
Yang Xiao pursed his lips, the opponent's strength is too poor, this is the end?
Thinking that the first battle I came to New York to make a name for myself was given to them like this, it was really a big loss. With a cold face, he lifted his legs.
When he came out of the alley, he already had a few hundred dollars more in his pocket, although the money was less, but the system experience had soared by more than 200 points, this is what Yang Xiao liked, it seemed that the experience of punishing evil was far more than that of Yang Shan! In order to upgrade the pass as soon as possible, he could only be a volunteer policeman for a period of time.
Successfully got off to a good start, Yang Xiao was in a good mood and walked into another alley humming a little song.