The Hand's former site.
After the Hand's core members and five fingers were destroyed, the entire organization was handed over by Haschwalth to take care of by him, which was used as a cover for the invisible empire on the surface.
As for the real invisible empire, it was in the shadow of the bottom layer of the Hand.
Under the moonlight, Matt looked at the Hand's door and sighed in his heart.
Since the last time Jessica slaughtered Ninjas, Matt felt that he could not get along with Jessica, so unless Haschwalth summoned him, he would never take the initiative to come here.
But today was different...
Matt touched the whip mark on his chest and could still vaguely feel the burning pain. His mind could not help but think of the previous battle.
The mysterious man whose eyes were dark and full of cracks, with all kinds of strange attacks, almost suppressed him to the point that he could not breathe.
If not for the fact that the Quincy had the ability to walk in the air, he would have died in that dark alley and become one!
Thinking of this, Matt couldn't help but look sad. He clenched his fists and said bitterly, "If I awakened the power of the Quincy... I wouldn't let them leave at that time!"
On that day, Jessica pulled out her spiritual bow with both arms, and the power that killed nearly a hundred ninjas in one fell swoop made Matt quite envious.
But the hateful thing was...
No matter how much he trained during this period of time, he was unable to stimulate that power!
Other than being able to control a small portion of spirit particles, it was impossible to condense a spirit bow as strong as Jessica, let alone let him shoot a storm of arrows.
It was precisely because he had not awakened the spirit bow that he could only control a portion of the weak spirit particles that he was pressed to the ground by that mysterious man.
Although he managed to escape by luck in the end, he could not stop them from taking the boy away!
Connecting it to the information revealed by the other person, they took the little boy away in order to sacrifice him to the God of Darkness, instantly triggering the restless soul of the hero in Matt's body!
After integrating all the known information, Matt was basically able to determine it.
This evil organization known as the 'Zealot' had a great scheme, and judging from the skilled methods and tone of those people, the child that they had captured was not just today!
So...
In order to save the children who had been captured,
Even if he did not want to see Jessica, Matt had no choice but to bite the bullet and step into the Hand's building.
The moment Matt stepped through the door with his left foot, the dark shadow projected through the moonlight instantly became like a living creature, squirming and swallowing him whole!
Matt did not resist and allowed the shadow to drag him down to the ground.
A few seconds later.
When Matt opened his eyes again, he found that he was already at the lowest level. In front of him was a long bronze table that was ten meters long and four meters wide. There were several seats on both sides of the table.
Jessica was sitting on the right side of the long bronze table. She glanced at him coldly, "What did you come to me for?"
Her attitude was still as bad as ever...
Matt laughed bitterly in his heart. If he had known earlier, he would not have acted so pretentiously.
Because he could not bear to see Jessica slaughter those ninjas, he shamelessly tried to persuade her, but in the end, he was mistakenly thought to be disloyal to Haschwalth, causing him to be targeted everywhere.
"There's something I need your help with."
Matt shook his head and cleared his messy thoughts. He straightened his back and looked at Jessica.
Jessica narrowed her eyes. After a moment of silence, she said, "What is it?"
"It's about an organization called 'Zealot'."
Matt narrated everything he had seen in detail.
After listening to Matt's description, a hint of ridicule appeared on Jessica's face. She sneered, "Sorry, forgive me for refusing."
Sure enough...
Matt's face darkened. Before he came, he had already guessed that the possibility of him being rejected by Jessica was very high.
"The children who were kidnapped were all children. They wanted to sacrifice the God of Darkness. Don't you have any compassion? Do you have the heart to watch those children die?" Matt was still unwilling and tried to persuade Jessica to help.
"You seem to have misunderstood me, Matt Murdoch."
"The order given to me by Lord Haschwalth is to hide the existence of the Wandenreich and secretly accumulate the power of the Quincy. He did not let us meddle in other people's business!"
"Especially when fighting with such a mysterious organization, what if the existence of the Wandenreich is exposed?"
"You should have seen the battle of New York. If Soul Society notices our existence, do you intend to let Lord Haschwalth fight Soul Society for this trivial matter?"
Jessica's eyes were cold as she issued a series of questions, leaving Matt speechless.
If they wanted to take care of this matter, it meant that they were going to start a war with a mysterious evil organization!
When Soul Society traced the clues to the Wandenreich, not only would they have to face the pursuit of death god, but they might even implicate Lord Haschwalth!
In Jessica's mind, Haschwalth had the highest priority. Second, it was about the expansion and development of the organization, and finally, it was her own little selfishness.
On this matter that Matt was talking about, even though Jessica was a little tempted, she was still a little hesitant.
However, when she thought about how she might expose Haschwalth and attract Soul Society's pursuit, Jessica instantly extinguished that idea.
"I... want to see Lord Haschwalth!"
Matt was silent for a while, then stared at Jessica with a sharp gaze, and said word by word, "It is not up to you to decide whether to save or not. Let the adults decide!"
The only person who could change Jessica's mind was Lord Haschwalth!
In other words...
He wanted to save the children who had been kidnapped by the fanatics. Only by obtaining Haschwalth's consent would he be able to get Jessica to help!
But in this way, it would undoubtedly deepen Jessica's prejudice against him.
But Matt could no longer care much about it. He would rather be punished afterwards than be a cold-blooded person who would not save him!
"Matt Murdoch"
A voice mixed with rage exploded in Matt's ears like a thunderclap!
Boom!
Before Matt could react, he saw Jessica suddenly disappear from the seat.
The next moment, his neck was grabbed by a slender hand. The huge force made him unable to breathe!
"Do you want to die?"
Jessica's eyes were red, and she said with killing intent, "I should have told you that I will eliminate anything that will endanger Lord Haschwalth as soon as possible, including you!"
"Cough cough... cough cough cough..."
Matt's face turned purple, and his eyes were filled with horror!
He did not expect this woman to be so ruthless, and she did not even give him a chance to explain!
"Jessica, let go of him."
A gentle voice came from behind him, causing Jessica to be stunned.
Matt, whose extreme lack of oxygen caused him to lose consciousness, heard this voice and his eyes flashed with a hint of ecstasy, because he knew that he was saved!
Sure enough.
Under the command of the voice, Jessica let go of Matt without hesitation, then turned around and knelt down on one knee, bowing her head and saying, "Lord Haschwalth... welcome home."