"What was that?" Helen confusedly asked Leo as he disappeared and appeared back in a single second.
"It's quite a long story. I'll fill you up on the way." Leo simply replied as the sun set on the horizon.
"Now I'm more curious about the two of you. How and why did you get yourself involved in all these medieval times Kingdom. Are you some kind of their Knight or something?" Helen crossed her arms under her bosom and inquired in curiosity.
"Don't worry you'll know everything on the way but first things first, I have to prepare the stage for Kingpin's downfall. Thankfully Elsa already knows about this so I won't have to do this with guilt." Leo responded to her before muttering the last sentence to himself.
Remembering what he had to endure back in the room when he confessed everything aside from Genesis, he shuddered just by thinking about it.
Shaking his head from recalling that event, Leo focused on the matter at hand.
"Kingpin's downfall? Who's that?"
"It's…me. But evil. Not the kind of evil that murders innocents. But the kind that deals with drugs and stuff. It's a complicated thing, I only did it as a test to increase my powers and now that my powers are strong enough, it's time to put an end to his 'reign'."
"Ooh, that's interesting so what is he? Some kind of evil version of yourself? Like a twin brother or something?" Helen scooped over to him and nudged his side with an eager-to-know smile on her face.
"Nope. He's kind of like my clone. That I fully have control."
"Oh."
"Told you, it's complicated." Leo could only shake his head with a small sigh.
***
Since the cat is no longer inside the bag, there was no use in delaying any further by using the ship and waiting for it to arrive at their destination.
With a full sweep over the ship towards his Storage Ring, Leo and Helen teleported directly to the Weselton Kingdom, Kingpin's 'supposed' base of operations.
"Why does it feel a bit depressing here?" Walking side by side on the streets, Helen could feel the gloomy atmosphere coating the entire Kingdom.
"That's because the royal family and the kingdom's nobles are corrupt. Everyone knows about it yet they're unable to do something. I used this to my advantage to establish Kingpin's position by having the Kingdom's economy dance at the palm of my hand." Leo proudly replied to her and he continued.
"So with just a single word from me. I could literally control the entire Kingdom from the back, without anyone knowing about me."
"Wow. All of these sounds like something that came out of a comic book, isn't it?" Helen's words however almost made Leo choke on his own spit at how right she was, coughing to regain his composure, he simply nodded his head and agreed.
"You may be right."
"Here. We already arrived." Within a few minutes of walking, Leo and Helen arrived in front of an establishment. While Leo looked completely calm and composed, Helen's eyes were wide in surprise.
What she was staring at was a building with an absurd height. Around 20 stories fall with the top floor having a large logo with a sign of 'Fisk Corp.'
Sure when it comes back to her world, it looks completely normal however, the tall building is in a world where most structures are only 2 to 3 stories tall.
In short, the building can be called as the tallest structure in the entire world.
"This is your base of operations? It doesn't look like one. Shouldn't your base be some kind of hidden underground or something?"
"Oh my dear Helen, have you ever heard of the word, Hiding in Plain Sight?" Leo tugged a smirk on his face while he replied.
"Hiding in plain sight?" Helen muttered the word in confusion before realization settled in.
"Ohhh!"
Now that she got his point, it was time for the preparation of the stage. So Leo dragged Helen to a nearby alley without any eyes.
First step. Bring out the clone.
Using his Ringer clone skill, a replica of Leo's figure formed beside him, much to Helen's shock.
"Looking at the emotionless figure of Leo, Helen was very amazed.
However, her amazement soon turned into disgust when the perfect form and figure of Leo started swelling and forming into another man but fat.
"Ugh! Who is that!" Helen's face scrunched up in disgust.
"That my dear Helen is Kingpin, the emperor of the Underground." Leo presented the fat emperor with a smile on his face which made Helen feel a bit unsettled from it.
"That's Kingpin? Why do you have to make him seem so…"
"Fat? Ugly?" Crossing his arms, Leo predicted her words, finishing her sentence instead.
"That's what made him become feared from the Underground." Stated Leo.
"So now what?" She asked.
"Now we bring Kingpin back inside his office, he's gonna assign guards and increase the security around him and the factories on Weselton Kingdom."
"I'm sorry but I'm lost. All of these for what? Can't we just make him die in front of everyone?" Helen asked the million-dollar question.
"Good question. We can't do that because first, do you really think people will buy it, especially to those involved in the underground? The answer is no, if Kingpin's death is too sudden and surprising, people might think of it as either fake or misinterpret it as Kingpin faking his death and having sinister plans."
"Second, by the time of his death, someone and many more will definitely take the opportunity to absorb his huge empire, I don't want that to happen. So we'll destroy his empire entirely to the point that not even crumbs will be left."
"Last but not the least, I want everyone to know about him and his wrongdoings. Once he get back to his office up there and made announcements about increasing security, rumors will float around that something or someone is threatening him, giving everyone an idea that his empire is being shaken upon."
"You….planned all of these ahead of time?" After hearing Leo's plan, Helen was speechless.
"Actually yes and no. I only planned the half of it, the rest are on the spot." Shrugging his shoulders, Leo ignored her reaction and continued.
"Now we wait until nighttime."
"Why wait? We can do it now. I already have my suit inside me and my mask." Said Helen as she showed her earrings that twinkled under the light of the sun.
"We can. But I promised Elsa that I'd include her in this mission."
"Elsa? Hmph!" Upon hearing Elsa's name, Helen pouted and started stomping away from the alley.
Meanwhile, Leo immediately chased after her right as he issued a command for Kingpin to use the Thunder God mark in his office and teleport.
***
Once back in his office, Kingpin grabbed his cane from the cabinet and pressed the bell on the table, calling his personal assistant.
Knock! x2
"Come in." Kingpin's gruff voice was heard followed by his personal assistant entering the room.
"You call for me, Mr. Fisk?" The pretty blonde assistant asked, her cleavage being shown to the entire world.
"Yes. I need the emergency radio. Contact all of our henchmen." Gazing out at the wide window, Kingpin didn't bother turning around and simply said.
"Emergench Radio, Mr. Fisk? Is there something wrong?" The blonde assistant's eyes widened in surprise, not expecting her boss to actually use the emergency radio.
"Have you forgotten the rules now, Agatha? No asking questions. My words are law and you follow them." This time, Kingpin slowly rotated his body and glared directly at the blonde assistant now known as Agatha.
"N-No, Mr. Fisk. Please forgive me!" Shivering in fear, Agatha bowed her head and continued.
"May I leave now, Mr. Fisk?"
"You may. Hurry up. We don't have much time." Kingpin shifted his attention back to the window.
Hearing her leave through the door, Kingpin showed no emotion and simply stared into the distance.
***
His words quickly spread around the underworld like a wildfire, making everyone, such as Gang Leaders, Corrupt Nobles and Kings curious at the sudden movement of Kingpin.
"Tightening security and becoming cautious. Now I'm curious and and wonder what's happening? Could someone be attempting to overthrow him again? No, even if it was, he wouldn't act like this." On the center of the Weselton Kingdom where a large mansion stands like a behemoth, the Duke of Weselton paced around his office, caressing his beard from time to time.
"Maybe this is an opportunity? He's had everyone around him on leash like we're dogs! As long as I play my cards right, I could smash those binds and maybe if I get lucky, get a piece of his large empire."
Muttering to himself, the Duke couldn't help but display a large grin on his face, already imagining and fantasizing himself replacing Kingpin's position, and becoming a very powerful man in the entire world.
"I need to make a move now! Surely I'm not the only one who've heard of this news." With that being said, the Duke of Weselton Kingdom wrote a few letters and sent them to several of his connections from across the world.
The Duke was right, everyone with certain influences and connections have also heard of the news, the new Queen, Elsa who was busy writing a few letters on her office received an intelligence report from several of their spies.
"He's already preparing the stage." Elsa muttered to herself after reading the intelligence report.
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