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Chapter 78 - Chapter 78: The Hypnotist of Hell's Kitchen

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By the time New York police officers arrived at the scene, Darian and Professor Connors were nowhere to be found, and Peter had also taken the opportunity to slip away.

Only scattered severed limbs lay on the ground, leaving the police officers present dumbfounded.

Was this a school or a slaughterhouse?

Ultimately, this incident was like the last one: the green monster that destroyed Midtown High mysteriously disappeared, and no useful clues were found.

Due to the large-scale destruction caused by Darian and Dr. Lizard, especially the pumpkin bombs Darian threw, Midtown High School had to announce a reconstruction plan again.

The students, forced to take a holiday, expressed great sadness. Led by several campus popular figures, everyone decided to hold a collective party that night to dispel their sorrow, and many Midtown High students attended.

However, Peter, as the school's invisible man, did not receive an invitation and could only watch Mary Jane get into Harry's luxury sports car and head to the party.

Clearly, Peter's perfected skill of swinging on webs ultimately lost to Harry's innate talent of driving a luxury car with one hand.

Thus, under the dual blow of American school bullying and emotional loss, Peter devoted all his time to fighting crime, venting his excess energy on criminals.

And the criminals in New York soon noticed that Spider-Man seemed to have secretly updated his refresh rate again.

The previous version of Spider-Man suddenly increased the probability of random appearances in the morning. The criminals gritted their teeth, changed their original working hours to the early morning, trying to avoid Spider-Man's refresh time, and endured it.

But now, Spider-Man began to appear in the streets and alleys of New York even in the early morning, specifically bullying these hard-working laborers.

Many criminals speculated indignantly that Spider-Man's girlfriend had most likely left him, which was why he no longer had a nightlife.

Even Peter himself had to admit that these guys guessed quite accurately.

So he decided to save his lunch break as well and continue to fight crime, as a reward for these guys guessing correctly.

Darian was unaware of this.

He skillfully used a diamond pickaxe to dig a tunnel and leave Midtown High, quickly taking the sack containing Professor Connors back to S.H.I.E.L.D., and handing him over to the relevant S.H.I.E.L.D. department for processing.

For this type of scientific research talent, S.H.I.E.L.D. consistently adopted a strategy of absorption, first conducting long-term evaluations.

If their threat level was determined to be low, they would consider officially recruiting them. As for those with a higher threat level, they would be thrown into a special prison by S.H.I.E.L.D.

Just like the Green Goblin Darian brought back last time, this evil personality born within Norman was filled with various negative emotions and refused to submit to anyone.

Such a case required no evaluation; they were all thrown into a special prison to pick up soap.

Of course, with Green Goblin's strength, even if he was picking up soap, he would be the one standing behind others.

This was a rather perfect strategy.

When HYDRA was defeated and disintegrated by S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. used this very tactic to absorb a large number of former HYDRA scientific researchers.

And these former HYDRA members were moved by S.H.I.E.L.D.'s sincerity, which disregarded past grievances, and all expressed their willingness to treat S.H.I.E.L.D. as their second home, which led to the later Snake S.H.I.E.L.D.

It can be said that today's Snake S.H.I.E.L.D. is thriving, and the genius who came up with this strategy back then absolutely deserves immense credit!

After handing over Professor Connors, Darian's mission was easily completed.

['Mission 'Arrest that Lizard' settlement complete!']

['Rewards obtained: 2000 experience points, 40 S.H.I.E.L.D. reputation, equipment 'Dumbass Ring', item 'Nuka-Cola']

['Equipment: Dumbass Ring (After equipping, you are a dumbass, immune to all mental control skills, with a beauty of mind over matter)']

['Item: Nuka-Cola (Restores a certain amount of health, but causes a small amount of radiation. Due to its excellent preservation ability, it is very popular in the wasteland World)']

"This equipment is good!"

Darian's eyes lit up; immunity to control skills was a high-level attribute.

He ignored the equipment description, immediately took out the Dumbass Ring and put it on.

Fortunately, he didn't feel much, nor did he actually become a dumbass; he was still extremely intelligent.

And as Darian completed the mission, the system's voice sounded at the opportune moment.

['S.H.I.E.L.D. reputation has reached its limit, you can claim the identity advancement mission from NPC Nick Fury']

Unknowingly, Darian's S.H.I.E.L.D. reputation had reached its limit again.

Ever since he saved Tony, various absurd incidents followed one after another, from supervillains to gods, almost without pause.

Therefore, his experience points and reputation growth rate also greatly increased, more than the sum of the first few months of playing the game.

Could it be that Tony was the true source of all evil?

Darian felt somewhat fortunate that he hadn't impulsively shot Tony back then; otherwise, he might still be grinding daily missions day and night, earning meager experience and reputation.

And fortunately, he hadn't shot Nick Fury back then; otherwise, he wouldn't even have daily missions to do.

Sure enough, Darian soon received a notification from Nick Fury and arrived at the Director's office.

Seeing Darian's arrival, Nick Fury didn't waste words and directly handed Darian a confidential document.

"Agent Darian, this is your new mission. Given your excellent performance recently, after this mission is completed, S.H.I.E.L.D. will evaluate you. If you pass, you will obtain Level 7 Agent qualification."

['NPC Nick Fury has issued you an identity advancement mission']

['Mission: The Hypnotist of Hell's Kitchen']

['Objective: Investigate the truth behind multiple riot incidents in Hell's Kitchen']

['Reward: Level 7 S.H.I.E.L.D. (HYDRA) Agent Authority Qualification']

Darian: "?"

Did I connect to the hentai server?

Why does this mission name sound a bit improper?

Darian was no stranger to Hell's Kitchen; in fact, he was an old regular there.

He liked the local customs of Hell's Kitchen; they were very simple, second only to Gotham City in neighboring DC, giving him a sense of familiarity like being back in Los Santos.

Following the mission guidance, Darian drove to a high-end restaurant in Hell's Kitchen and casually found a seat.

A waitress noticed Darian and immediately walked over: "Sir, what would you like to order?"

"I'll have a glass of ice Water, lots of ice, little Water."

"....."

The waitress's smile stiffened. Just as she was about to say something, she saw Darian pull out a few Franklins.

"This is your tip."

"No problem, Sir, please wait a moment!"

The waitress took the money and immediately brought Darian a glass of ice Water, thinking that the way he drank Water was simply too handsome.

Darian ignored the waitress, whose favorability had skyrocketed, and quickly scanned the interior of the restaurant with his gaze.

Soon, he found a suspected mission target.

['NPC: Jessica Jones']

['Favorability: 0']

['Evaluation: Jewel, private investigator, several tons of strength']

['Status: Under mental control']

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