Chapter: 47
The treasure hunt did not go well…
"I'm going to need to hire a professional there or something to help me find Fisk's safe," I muttered out loud as I walked the streets of New York. I had spent HOURS searching all the obvious locations in my new penthouse and found nothing for it. I checked behind every picture frame and beneath all the beds. I even checked in the pool. Hollywood lied... Finding someone's secret safe was not as easy as they always portrayed in spy movies.
[If it was easy the police would have found it a year ago when they arrested Fisk.]
'Can you even tell me what's in the safe?'
[No, that would be spoilers.]
That made me just want to find it even more! If it was just money or jewels, the system would have just told me. The fact that it was keeping the contents a secret meant there was something amazing inside!
I was currently taking a break and walking the streets of New York. Relying on my enhanced luck stat to guide me towards something interesting. Maybe I'd get lucky and stumble upon the Black Cat and I could ask for her help finding the safe.
[Felicia Hardy and Peter Parker are both 12 right now…]
Aw, that sucked. There would be no cool spiderman shenanigans for at least three years then. And I was looking forward to seeing which version of spiderman I got.
[Anything but Toby Maguire's version…]
"Agreed." This world didn't need that level of cringe. I would go out of my way to prevent the spider from biting him at that point.
[If you're bored, you could be trying to complete one of your current quests.]
"Nah, all those are on hold temporarily. I can't defeat the Hand members until I actually know where they are. All I know is Madam Gao is somewhere in New York, which isn't a lot to go on. Voldemort has gone into hiding, and there's been no Death Eater activity since Snake Face got spanked by me and Iron Man. And the 'save the world' quest can't advance forward either until SHIELD finishes interrogating Aldrich." They had been radio silent towards me so I had no idea how any of that was going.
"Excuse me, miss. Could I beseech you to point me towards Rand Corporation's Headquarters? It's been a while since I've been in the city, and I can't seem to remember where it is." A young man with curly dark blond hair walked up to me. He looked borderline homeless. His clothes were filthy, and he looked like he had just been washed ashore... Ah crap, I knew who this was. Damn you Luck stat! This was not what I meant when I said I wanted something 'interesting' to happen!
[Quest initiated! - Iron Fist Unleashed! → Help Danny Rand recover his—]
'Nope!' I cut off the system before it could finish giving that quest. No fucking way! Iron Fist was the dumbest Marvel show, and I was not being swept up in that poor excuse for an action/drama.
[Well...ok then…]
I think I had apparently shocked my system into speechlessness.
"Um, miss? Do you know where it is?" Danny Rand, AKA the Iron Fist, asked me again. "I would be greatly honored if you could assist me," he said as he actually bowed to me. People nearby were staring at the weird display. Thankfully, way weirder things happened in this city daily. So a homeless white kid bowing to a lady wearing an obvious disguise didn't even register to most people.
"Yeah, sure, just let me check a map..." I sighed as I pulled out my phone and proceeded to Google Rand Corp headquarters. I then gave him the street number. New York's streets being properly numbered made giving directions a lot easier. He bowed to me again in thanks before proceeding to leave. I wanted to let him go just like that, but I supposed I couldn't let the opportunities that came with his arrival in the city pass me up.
"Wait," I called out before tossing him a piece of paper with my number on it. "If you ever run into Madam Gao of the Hand, give me a call so I can come and take care of her." I told him.
"You shouldn't speak of the taking of life so casually. In K'un-Lun, they teach that nobody is ever above redemption." Danny said to me. I just wanted to scoff. This was a woman who's been alive for centuries and probably done countless unspeakable acts in her cult's name.
"Yeah, sure... whatever," I said dismissively. Her death was worth a free level up, and every ten of her minions was still a free stat point. I was absolutely going to wipe out the New York Hand sect. "Just make sure to call me, Iron Fist." His eyes widened when I mentioned his title.
"You know who I am?" He asked. "Then you must be aware of my sacred duty to destroy the Hand!? Will you assist me!?"
[Quest Initiated! Help Iron Fist Destroy the Ha—]
"No thanks, I'll handle it on my own," I said plainly. I already had a pretty good track record against them anyway.
He looked confused at my statement. "...What?"
"Yeah, you K'un-Lun guys have been feuding with the Hand for like 1000 years. At some point, you have to throw in the towel and let someone else do it. That someone is me, so call me whenever Gao approaches you for being the 'Legendary Iron Fist.'" I added with a snicker. Father no-longer-above, his powers were so lame... All he could do was punch stuff really hard sometimes.
I turned and started walking away before I had to deal with this kid any longer... This was what I got for trusting my luck to find something interesting. At least that's what I thought.
BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG...
I was just passing Central Park when I heard an absolute torrent of gunfire going off nearby! It sounded like a full-scale war was going on!
"Oh my God! Run!"
"Terrorists are shooting up the park!"
"There are still a bunch of people in there caught in the crossfire!"
People nearby and park-goers who were lucky enough to be far from the shooting started fleeing in all directions. Hearing the shooting and what was going on, my six black wings appeared from my back as I took to the sky to locate the shooters.
"It's the Angel from the TV!"
"We're saved!"
I launched myself towards the sounds of gunfire, and my eyes widened when I reached it. There looked to be a full-blown gang war taking place right in the middle of the park. There were three different groups all blasting at each other at the same time. What made it even worse, in my eyes, was that they were all going out of their way to target civilians as well. I could already see over a dozen innocent people bleeding out on the ground. I should be able to save some of them, but not unless I took out all three gangs first.
[Emergency Mission! Save the Innocent Park Goers!]
[Reward: 1 Free stat point for every life saved. 1 free stat point for every 5 gang members defeated.]
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