American comics: Starting with gaining Spider-Man's abilities

Chapter 31 The Substitute is Gone

With a forceful slash of her hidden blade, Li Buying tilted her head back to avoid the spurting blood, and a warning sounded in her ear.

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Kingpin (fake) has been killed. Please drag him out into the public eye.

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After a backflip, Li Buying grabbed Kingpin's thigh and dragged the muscular pig along, leaping up and smashing through the glass to jump out of the mansion. The impact of his body on the ground caused a violent tremor.

Only now have the manor alarms sounded!

The alarm blared in Li Buying's ears. He looked toward the spot where the paparazzi had been found earlier. He had to drag the body to a bright place as soon as possible.

Rapid footsteps approached from all around; the enemy was about to arrive. Li Buying took a deep breath, reached out and dragged Kingpin's corpse over, lifting it up with both hands.

With a powerful thrust of his arms, Li Buying raised them overhead, aiming at the paparazzi's position. As he exerted force, his muscles bulged, veins bulged, and his jaw twitched rhythmically. The next second, he threw Kingpin's body far away!

A mountain of flesh streaked through the air, and everyone—from the security personnel rushing towards it to the police officers who noticed the situation approaching, and even the paparazzi hiding outside—saw the thing.

splat—

The sound of soft flesh hitting the ground rang out, and more blood and fat oozed from the wound. The paparazzi couldn't help but cover their mouths when they saw the corpse.

Just as I was about to vomit, my journalistic instincts kicked in, and I forced myself to quickly take photos of the body, suppressing my nausea. The police arrived remarkably fast, and upon seeing the body, they shouted, "Don't move it!"

The reporters, who had already taken photos and uploaded the data, put down their equipment and raised their hands to cover their heads when the police arrived. Just then, loud gunshots rang out from inside the mansion.

Li Buying threw the body out of the manor, bent down and assumed a sprinting posture, his legs bulging like the muscles of his arms.

The next moment, the cobblestone ground collapsed under his foot, and he rushed out. When he arrived at the wall, he had already found the spot on the road where the spider's sense of touch was weakest. He then leaped up and jumped over the wall.

Everyone looked up and saw a masked man in a black hoodie jump out of the manor, disappear into the alley in an instant. Police rushed over immediately, only to find that it was a dead end, and the killer had vanished without a trace.

Li Buying quickly left his crime scene after crawling into the sewers, breathing heavily. Once he was out of the encirclement, he climbed out of the sewers, scaled a tall building, and swung away on a spiderweb, rushing home.

When Li Buying arrived home, she saw a number of plainclothes officers lying in ambush outside her room, armed with guns.

He carefully crouched down to minimize his presence, crawled through the darkness to avoid all eyes, and before the plainclothes officers could notice, he opened the slightly ajar window and climbed inside.

After putting the clothes into her storage space, Li Buying dispelled the memory spell and lay down on the bed. Only after confirming that her skin was free of bloodstains did she finally relax completely.

Judging from the current situation, he needs to learn Apparition quickly, otherwise he will be discovered sooner or later.

Thinking this, Li Buying opened the status bar but the task hadn't been updated. Presumably, things hadn't fully developed yet and she needed to wait a while.

……

The next day, Li Buying, who was in class, received a message that the mission was completed. Looking at the mission log, she prayed that she would draw an upgrade module that would increase defense.

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Kingpin (the fake) has been killed and his body made public. Now, begin extracting upgrade modules.

Extraction complete; [Parasitic Toxin] obtained.

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A tingling sensation surged through Li Buying's body. He sighed. It was alright, I guess. He would probably have to deal with the police a lot in the future. The spider silk coated with paralyzing toxins could reduce their ability to resist.

During break time, Li Buying also learned about the current situation through her mobile phone. The news of Kingpin's death once again spread like wildfire. Kingpin, who had lost two doubles, seemed to be hesitant to send out his doubles again.

But having already made preparations, he still spoke to the reporter via computer in a lavish room, and his words remained the same: it wasn't him, but someone who looked very much like him.

Philanthropist Wilson Fiske has begun to strongly condemn the police's inefficiency and has stated that he will not appear in public until the culprit is found.

Simply put, he chickened out and didn't dare to come out.

Li Buying, who was eating, narrowed his eyes. He was not very satisfied with the result. He thought Kingpin would fight him to the death, but he did not expect that Kingpin would choose to prioritize interests.

If Kingpin really hides, Li Buying, who lacks the ability to detect threats, will have a hard time finding him.

However, it's a good thing that he chickened out. The underground forces will probably be in turmoil for a while. As a "weaver," he still needs to kill those well-known gang leaders to improve himself.

As for Kingpin, he'll have to wait until he learns Legilimency or acquires advanced artificial intelligence from some other world before he can find him.

This still made Li Buying quite indignant. It was really annoying that ordinary villains who could have been killed by him with a single slap could have survived for so long because of his lack of investigative skills and his cowardice.

Do I need to learn Mind Control first to find Kingpin?

No, no, no, Apparition is still more important...

Li Buying was caught in a dilemma again, weighing whether finding Kingpin or her own safety was more important, while inwardly lamenting that she didn't have enough time.

If someday a big mission comes along to give him energy points, he'll have time to properly learn magic when he enters other worlds. If all else fails, the system can assign him a mission, and after he completes it, he can directly learn a spell.

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Inside the mansion, Kingpin himself hung up the call, ending the interview. Finally unable to contain his anger, he smashed the computer in front of him and then proceeded to destroy everything in front of him.

He no longer has a stand-in. It's not easy to find someone as fat as him, and even if you force him to be trained, it would take a very long time.

First, there were Spider-Man, Daredevil, and other superheroes. That's one thing; at most, they would damage some of their own businesses or take his stunt double to jail, or at worst, throw him in jail.

They couldn't do anything to him, but this unnamed assassin was truly intent on killing him. The fear of death enraged Kingpin, and he, in his high position, felt fear once again.

He couldn't just sit idly by and wait to die; he had to throw New York into chaos, let the police know their place, and force them to find the killer as soon as possible.

No, perhaps he could seek protection in prison. The security there is definitely better than his personal security. As for his living conditions inside, he doesn't need to worry; he has money and connections…

Calming down, Kingpin pondered a plan, searching for a way to evade the assassins. Just then, the phone rang. He looked at the Hydra logo and answered the call:

"Mr. P, as you can see from my current situation, I'm sorry, it seems I can't help you. Don't worry, I will refund your deposit."

"Oh, dear Mr. Kingpin, that sounds too formal."

The voice on the other end of the phone was as deep as ever, but this time there was a hint of a smile: "If you don't mind, I can send people to protect you... as long as you're willing to accept Hydra's help."

"As for the mission, there's no need to continue. I'll find someone else."

(End of this chapter)