Kingpin's mental calculator was clicking away rapidly.
The office space was cramped, which could limit The Punisher's room to maneuver.
As a power-type tank, he could leverage his strength advantage and secure victory in one fell swoop!
A fist the size of a clay pot stirred up a vicious wind, hurtling straight for Peter's head.
Kingpin was very confident in this punch; he could punch through an ordinary steel plate with it.
Even if The Punisher could take this hit, he would surely be left dizzy and disoriented.
As long as he could force an opening, the rest of the fight would be Kingpin's turn!
Kingpin's thoughts were beautiful, but reality was incredibly cruel.
Facing Kingpin's incoming fist, Peter didn't dodge or evade; he simply raised a single finger.
Finger Pistol!
Puchi~!
Accompanied by a dull thud, the hideous grin on Kingpin's face instantly froze.
At this moment, he felt a piercing, heart-wrenching pain strike him!
If he hadn't fought countless battles and survived numerous knife and gunshot wounds in his early days, this sudden pain alone would have caused him to lose his fighting capacity on the spot.
Kingpin looked down in disbelief.
He found that The Punisher's finger had pierced through his fist like a nail, completely boring through his knuckles and even the back of his hand!
Enduring the agonizing pain, Kingpin retracted his fist and, without any hesitation, chose to kneel and surrender:
"I surrender, Punisher. I am not your match. I am willing to give you everything I own, just please let me leave alive."
"I promise I will never show my face in New York again."
"If you are willing to believe me, I can even work for you and conquer vast territories for you elsewhere!"
As a formidable hegemon, Kingpin understood the logic of 'a gentleman hides his weapon on his person and waits for the right time to act'.
Dignity, reputation, wealth—they were all empty!
Only by staying alive could one make a comeback!
As long as he could lul the opponent into complacency, he would one day return every bit of the pain and humiliation he suffered today!
However, as the saying goes...
Ideals are plump, but reality is skinny.
"You want to live?"
Peter looked down at Kingpin from above:
"Fine. If you survive three of my punches, I'll let you leave New York alive."
Glancing at the group photo on his desk, Kingpin grit his teeth and nodded silently.
"Very well, then... the first punch!"
Bang!
Peter's first punch landed squarely on Kingpin's left eye socket!
Kingpin's vision first went black, then red, as warm liquid instantly coated his face.
His left eyeball burst directly from the punch; the dark globe, mixed with blood and shattered skull fragments, splattered out of the socket.
Even a tough man like Kingpin couldn't withstand this!
He couldn't help but scream out, his heart filled with terror.
Forget three punches; he felt like he would die immediately if he took just one more!
"Spare me! Punisher, you can't kill me!"
"Do you have any idea that it's because I rule Hells Kitchen that the other areas of New York aren't as chaotic?"
If I die, the men under me will lose the chains around their necks, and they'll instantly turn into the craziest hyenas!
Not just Hells Kitchen, but all of New York will descend into chaos!
Countless gangs will fight for territory, many people will die, and many families will be broken!
And you will be the culprit who caused it all!"
Seeing that surrender was useless, Kingpin changed his tactic.
He tried to stop Peter through a form of moral kidnapping.
Unfortunately, while such words might fool a naive young girl like Gwen or a single-minded'Saint' like Daredevil, it might work.
But trying to fool Peter?
In his dreams!
Bang!
Another punch landed on Kingpin's right eye, blowing it out along with his nasal bone.
Peter had ultimately held back his strength for this punch; in fact, he hadn't even used twenty percent of his power for the first punch. Otherwise, how could Kingpin have survived until now?
"Do you take me for an idiot?"
"There is an old saying in China: 'Destroy first, then build'."
"Isn't a pile of loose sand much easier to deal with than a foul, stubborn iron plate like you?"
"Many people will die? What does the death of those gang scumbags have to do with me?"
"On the contrary, if I let you live, it's the truly innocent people who die every day!"
Kingpin wanted to argue back upon hearing this, but his body clearly could no longer support him speaking. He tried for a long time but could only produce raspy 'Heh... heh...' gasps.
Kingpin was completely desperate.
As he expected, The Punisher before him was indeed his greatest threat.
This guy was ten thousand times harder to deal with than Daredevil and the others!
Before this demon, all schemes and all threats were reduced to a complete joke!
"In your next life, try being an honest, good person!"
After leaning into Kingpin's ear to leave this piece of advice, Peter threw the third punch without any hesitation.
Bang!
The moment the punch landed, Kingpin's head completely exploded, leaving only his massive, headless body to crash to the ground, making the floor tremble twice... The uncrowned king of Hells Kitchen was dead, dying silently and without fanfare.
Looking at Kingpin's headless corpse, Peter felt not a shred of guilt.
He simply used the horse talisman to purify the blood on his hands, then activated his Byakugan to quickly search Kingpin's office.
Before long, Peter found what he was looking for.
[Detected deep green sacrificeable item: Kingpin's Family Photo]
[The photo of Kingpin with his wife Vanessa and son Richard is the softest corner of Kingpin's heart, possessing extraordinary collection and commemorative value.]
[Sacrifice to obtain points: 700]
"Sacrifice!"
After sacrificing the family photo, Peter found two more things.
One was a massive safe hidden within a wall cavity, filled to the brim with records of Kingpin's hidden assets and evidence of his bribes to various council members.
The other item was an encrypted computer.
However, before Peter's genius intellect, encryption of this level was not even worth mentioning.
After spending some time, Peter successfully cracked the password:
"Speaking of which, should I look for the future 'Quake', Skye, in advance? This girl is a genius hacker and has superpowers waiting to be activated. She's a rare talent..."
After making a mental note of this, Peter began to browse the contents of the computer.
As expected, the contents were all transaction records between Kingpin and major underground forces worldwide, as well as some shady secret projects.
Peter browsed quickly, and before long, a keyword caught his eye, causing him to subconsciously stop scrolling the mouse wheel:
Life Foundation!
The files showed that Kingpin had been secretly cooperating with the "Life Foundation."
Kingpin was responsible for providing homeless people from the streets of New York to serve as "volunteers" for the Life Foundation, used in various illegal live biological experiments.
Furthermore, another matter was mentioned briefly in this document:
The Life Foundation had recently launched a Rocket named the "drake."
And this spacecraft was expected to return to Earth in half a month!