129 MUP: Chapter 128. Angry Crow Takes Flight!
"Jiu You?"
In the antique shop, Ryan raised an eyebrow in feigned surprise as he heard a name from Jessica's mouth.
"What's that?"
At the moment, he was acting as a contact point for the Brotherhood, so naturally, he shouldn't know about Jiu You's existence.
"An organisation even more evil and frightening than the Hand."
Jessica spoke up with a slightly mixed expression on her face.
If possible, she would rather not contact the members of the Brotherhood, but Jiu You had shown more strength than the Defenders could ever imagine. Without a reliable helping hand to assist them through this difficult time, the Defenders were destined for a grim future.
The entire New York city would be in danger too.
To be honest, Jessica didn't care much about New York's situation. She had long since given up the idea of being a superhero and lived her own life in Hell's Kitchen. A life supported by secretly taking pictures of cheating couples. However, thinking of her family, she couldn't let it go after all.
"It looks like you were right."
Looking at Ryan, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Jessica's lips, "As much as I've always wanted to live an ordinary life, ordinary never seemed to work for me."
Ryan: "It's because you have extraordinary abilities, you would always face challenges. But at least, you have the ability to fight for yourself."
Jessica: "Sometimes, I would rather not have these abilities."
Ryan: "That's just 'sometimes'."
"..."
After frowning and silence, Jessica took a deep breath, "Well, maybe you're right."
"I'll tell the fraternity about Jiu You." After a silent glance at Jessica, Ryan spoke in a deep voice, "If such evil really exists, we will act again."
"In any case, thanks..."
"It's not for you, Jessica. It's for justice and the Brotherhood's cause."
"Justice?"
[Reputation points from Jessica Jones +220]
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"Things are moving a little faster than I thought they would."
In the antique shop, having finished his conversation with Jessica, Ryan couldn't help but mutter.
He had anticipated that the Defenders would come into contact with Jiu You, but a battle would have to wait, at least until he had enough cards in his hands. The battle shouldn't be too one-sided.
Now, all of a sudden, the battle between the Defenders and Jiu You had advanced by a huge margin. It only made him think of one person -- Kingpin.
It seems that this crime lord, although outwardly submissive, in reality, remained unwilling.
However, this was also normal. After all, being able to reach a crime lord's status on his own, why would Kingpin yield to others so easily?
After thinking about it for a moment, Ryan felt it was necessary to warn Kingpin before the situation got out of hand.
So, he simply arranged for a new character from Jiu You to show up. Relying on Lord Godless and Kingpin all the time was a bit too dubious.
Anyway, as an evil organisation that could compete with Peng Lai as its background setting, it was somewhat too shabby to rely on Lord Godless from beginning to end. He thought of how many characters he had already used back and forth to set the scene in order to be able to engineer Peng Lai's mysteriousness.
Having decided on the idea, Ryan instantly stopped hesitating and opened the system to redeem a [Black Iron Treasure Chest].
Although Ryan's accumulated reputation points were more than enough to redeem two [Bronze Treasure Chests], considering his arrangement for this new character, a D-level card would be more suitable.
[Item: Fake Star Piece]
[Effect: wish]
[Introduction: When a Star Piece sleeps in a corner of the Earth, its powers will affect the stones around it, giving those stones powers that resemble those of the Star of Peace. When the Fake Star Piece is attached to an object, it can exert its ability, but when it's detached from the object, it will turn into a white powder.]
[Remarks: Ah, another fake Star Piece!]
The Star Piece, a magical item that grants wishes from the 'B-Robo Kabutack' world, would be a great item if it were real, but the conspicuous fake word in the system's description basically told Ryan to stop being delusional.
The Fake Star Piece did contain a small amount of power and didn't have the magical ability to grant wishes. It was basically a small item that could only be used for pranks.
Ryan shook his head, he didn't expect much from the items in the [Bronze Treasure Chest]. Then, he set his eyes on the card.
[D-level card -- Hak Foo]
[Skill: Self-created martial arts]
[Background: Hak Foo is one of the characters who appeared in the animation 'The Adventures of Jackie Chan'. He first appeared in the 'Dog and Piggy Show' episode. He is a member of the Dark Hand, a tall and strong man with superb martial arts, carrying the alias 'Black Tiger'.]
[Remarks: "Angry crow takes flight!"]
Ryan: "..."
Realistically speaking, as a D-level card, [Hak Foo] was a good fighter.
It was just that when he imagined himself controlling his clone while shouting the cringy words 'Angry crow takes flight', 'Monkey plucks two peaches', 'Octopus fists of fury', 'Bunny flees from vicious jackals' or whatever else... He felt that Jiu You's lofty style would be significantly brought down.
Shaking his head and sweeping away the images in his mind, Ryan glanced at the cards in the system and decided to try redeeming another treasure chest.
[Item: Lying Bean Paste Bun]
[Effect: Food]
[Introduction: Trick item from the movie 'Tricky Brains'.]
[Remarks: Honest Bean Paste Bun! In less than 30 seconds, anyone who eats it will act as if they had been injected with truth serum. But wait, this is the Lying one!]
...
[D-level card -- Makoto Shishio]
[Skill: Three Secret Swords]
[Background: The biggest villain in 'Rurouni Kenshin', he is a restoration advocate from the Choshu faction at the end of the Shogunate, but the restoration faction didn't trust Shishio and always thought Shishio was ambitious, fearing that if Shishio made the assassin's inner workings public, the restoration government might be overturned. So, after Shishio finished a mission, he was knocked out from a gunshot to the head, doused in oil and burned alive by the Ishin Shishi. No one expected Shishio to survive from such a situation. Then, with great anger, he began to retaliate against the restoration government]
[Remarks: Man's true nature is violence, and this world is Hell. I'll build a powerful country where only devils can survive, only such a country's suitable for this hell!]
'This is a good card.'
Looking at the system's introduction of [Makoto Shishio], Ryan subtly nodded. This kind of vicious and malevolent image suited the aura of an evil organisation like Jiu You, at least, it was much stronger than 'Angry crow takes flight.'
Then, he set his eyes on the item in the treasure chest and hesitated.
"It tastes good."
"My name is Ryan, a handsome and popular figure with young women. I'm committed to maintaining world peace and promoting love and tolerance ..."
