Hell's Kitchen, this is a very interesting place.
It's an area openly known as a Gang gathering place, yet no Police come to crack down on crime.
In fact, at night, Gang members are even more rampant, running wild, and even if a gunfight breaks out, it's a magical place where no Police come to patrol and investigate all night long!
The taxi Michael was in refused to go even one meter further into Hell's Kitchen after reaching its outskirts.
Helpless, Michael paid the fare, plus a small tip, then got out and chose to walk into the Hell's Kitchen district... Michael didn't grandly enter Hell's Kitchen; instead, he first hid in a dark corner, preparing to materialize some 'props' before going in.
At night in Hell's Kitchen, all sorts of unsavory characters are out; not to mention Michael being alone, even an entire squad coming into Hell's Kitchen would be targeted in a matter of minutes.
First, Michael used 0.1 energy points to materialize a standard night-operations suit (similar to the Men in Black) and a toy gun.
Yes, a real toy gun; aside from looking exactly like a real gun, its interior was entirely lightweight plastic, incapable of firing real bullets, or even Water bullets.
However, when Michael tucked it into his waistband, that bulky lump would definitely deter at least some Gang members.
This would make these Gang members think carefully about whether it was worth it before targeting Michael.
Then, Michael used the last 0.4 energy points to materialize a pair of infiltrator sunglasses that would make people subconsciously ignore the wearer.
infiltrator sunglasses: Provided the wearer does not actively make a move, they can maximize the extent to which everyone around ignores the wearer, and block all surveillance cameras and recording equipment. The effect lasts for forty minutes and costs 0.4 energy points to create.
These are the attributes of the infiltrator sunglasses materialized by Michael. The sunglasses themselves cost almost no energy points, but 0.1 energy points provide ten minutes of effect, and 0.4 energy points happen to provide forty minutes.
Once forty minutes pass, without the energy boost, these infiltrator sunglasses will truly just be a pair of ordinary sunglasses.
But for Michael, forty minutes was definitely enough time for him to plan, even more than enough... With the infiltrator sunglasses on, Michael, dressed like a standard Man in Black, was fresh out of the oven.
Wearing infiltrator sunglasses late at night should have been an extremely strange sight, yet the people around him strangely paid no attention, as if he wasn't even there.
Michael even tried walking openly in front of these Gang members, and sure enough, these Gang members ignored him, treating Michael completely as air.
Seeing this, Michael was completely relieved.
He turned and returned to the shadows, beginning to search for his prey.
Although he was very confident in the power of the mutated gem, this was, after all, a Marvel Universe with many super-powered individuals. Who knew if there was anyone who could ignore the effect of the infiltrator sunglasses?
Before he grew stronger, it was better to act quietly and not be ostentatious... Bang~~ Bang bang~~~
Boom!!!
Not far away, Michael heard a fierce gunfight and an explosion.
Michael was quite excited. Hell's Kitchen was indeed his treasure trove!
Following the direction of the gunshots, Michael excitedly ran over... Poof~~
Screech!!!
A stray bullet flew past Michael's face, hitting the wall in front and kicking up a cloud of dust.
The shattered, flying concrete hit Michael's cheek, instantly cooling his excited blood. He quickly slammed on the brakes, stopping at the corner.
Hiss~~~
Whoosh~~~
Taking a deep breath, Michael suddenly remembered, 'This is a real gunfight!'
"Holy crap!"
"You scared your dad to Death!"
This was a gunfight where people could die!
Running over so foolishly, was he trying to die?
Gulp~~~
Swallowing hard, Michael immediately fell into an internal struggle.
'Continue? But this is the center of the battle. I was lucky not to die just now. What if a stray bullet just happened to kill me?'
'Retreat? Then what was the purpose of me coming here? Just to experience the threat of Death? I would absolutely not be reconciled to that!'
'There are no free lunches in the world. If you want to be strong, how can you be timid?'
'But once you die, how can you become strong?'
Hearing the surrounding gunfire become even more deafening, Michael became increasingly conflicted.
Damn it, making a good young man from a harmonious society like me make such a choice is really hard!!!
Ultimately, no matter how 'ruthless' he was in society, Michael was still just an ordinary, peace-loving citizen who had never seen blood.
Michael annoyedly scratched his hair... Eh~
Michael felt himself touch the temple of the lurking sunglasses and was immediately stunned.
That's right.
I have the [mutated gem]!
As long as I'm not blown to smithereens, I absolutely cannot die!
"What the hell am I even agonizing over?"
Ptooey!
Spitting fiercely, Michael stood up again with a ferocious expression.
Without any worries, the ruthlessness Michael had cultivated while dabbling in society was once again ignited.
"Since I can't die, at worst it's just a few pangs of pain!"
"As long as I can't die, I don't believe there's any pain I can't endure!"
His eyes caught sight of the corpse of a Gang member behind a bullet-riddled, exploded, and fiercely burning motorcycle in the distance, and his eyes immediately lit up.
At this moment, all threats of Death vanished from Michael's mind.
At this moment, all fear of corpses seemed to have never existed.
Ptooey!
Ptooey!
Rubbing his hands, with a fierce resolve in his heart, Michael instantly burst out with the fastest speed he had ever achieved, sprinting towards that corpse!
At this moment, in Michael's eyes, where was there a blood-soaked corpse!
At this moment, in Michael's eyes, this was a shining treasure!