MUP: Chapter 66. Sacrifice

"Look out!"

Listening to the surroundings and understanding the unusual changes that were happening in the port, Matt loudly warned his companions.

"You don't have to say it, we're all seeing it."

Jessica rubbed her aching chest and pouted.

"There's a lot of people coming out of there, as long as you're not blind ..." Jessica spoke casually, but then she realised Matt was standing there, "Uh... Sorry."

"It's fine." Matt shook his head. He had long been used to the darkness, and with the assistance of his super senses, his daily life wasn't that much different from that of an ordinary person.

"Hey guys, I don't think it's the right time to chat."

Interrupting Jessica and Matt's talk, Luke looked at the crowd of people that were surrounding them with firearms, "I think we're in big trouble."

Although he himself wasn't afraid of the guns in these people's hands because of his invulnerability, not all of the Defenders were as impervious to bullets as he was. When faced with the situation, Luke took a step forward, "Try to stay behind me."

At this time, Jessica stopped bickering with Luke.

Looking at the crowded people around her, she couldn't help saying, "Be careful."

Turning his head and glancing at the Defenders behind him, Luke smiled and said, "Don't worry, guns won't hurt me."

"Keep them here."

Madam Gao spoke with a cold expression as she walked towards Bullseye with her cane. She looked at the Defenders, who were surrounded by the Hand and Kingpin's men.

"Don't worry, they can't escape."

Nodding, Bullseye indifferently relayed, "Kingpin would like to have Daredevil's mask as one of his collection."

"Kingpin can take what he wants from them, I just want a satisfying result."

Madame Gao and Bullseye were certain of their victory.

On the other hand, when facing the crowd, the Defenders all had a strained look on their faces.

"Fire!"

In the crowd, with a command from someone, Kingpin's men instantly raised the guns in their hands and shot at the team.

"What's that noise?"

At the port, workers on night duty noticed unusual noises and wanted to go over to see what was going on.

"If you don't want to die, pretend you didn't hear it. Trust me, you don't wanna know." One of the supervisors stopped a worker who wanted to head over and find out what was going on. He looked in the direction of the gunfire and said, "All I can tell you is, this is Kingpin's business."

Although Kingpin had often appeared as a successful entrepreneur and philanthropist in the local news reports, most of the workers at the port knew what was behind these identities, a crime lord. There was a lot of ship going in and out of the port, including those dedicated to Kingpin's business.

Therefore, with a silent glance, the workers gave up their intentions of going over.

They were just ordinary people and didn't want to get involved in anything related to Kingpin.

　　...

Bang, bang --

Raising his arms to protect his eyes, Luke steadily moved forward, step by step, resisting the heavy fire.

The solid bullets from the submachine guns struck his body. As if they were hitting steel, they didn't leave the slightest scratch.

"You didn't tell us that one of them could block bullets!"

The scene of Luke blocking the bullets caused Bullseye's previously indifferent expression to change slightly. He turned his head to look at Madame Gao beside him and questioned.

"That big guy can stop bullets. But it doesn't mean that the people with him can also stop bullets."

Ignoring Bullseye's question, Madame Gao reminded him of the others.

Hearing Madame Gao's words, Bullseye redirected his gaze back to Luke. His powerful dynamic vision allowed him to spot Matt and the others hiding behind Luke instantly. As Madame Gao said, not everyone could ignore the threat of bullets.

"Let me give them a hand."

Muttering under his breath, Bullseye swung his arm violently, and several ordinary poker cards in his hand turned into sharp weapons. They flew toward the people behind Luke.

The darkness of the night and the violent gunfire all around provided the best cover for Bullseye.

"Watch out!"

By the time Matt noticed the cards, it was already a little too late. He barely turned his body to dodge a flying card; the sharp card left a deep wound on his face. Matt didn't have time to care about that. He turned his head to Jessica and Ah Xing behind him and shouted, "Watch out for the flying cards!"

"What?"

The constant sound of violent gunfire drowned Matt's voice. Noticing Matt's movements, Jessica subconsciously looked up.

Just then, another playing card flung from Bullseye's hand flew by.

"Get down!"

With a reminder, Jessica only felt someone had violently pushed her forward.

When she turned around, she saw Ah Xing, who was standing behind her, being hit by something. He staggered forward, fell out from behind Luke's cover, and got exposed to the hail of bullets.

"Ah Xing!"

Seeing what was going on, both Luke and Jessica couldn't help but yell out.

Jessica stopped and wanted to rush out.

"No, Jessica."

Grabbing Jessica's arm to keep her behind him, Luke held up against the increasing concentration of bullets in front of him and spoke through clenched teeth with a trembling voice, "All we can do is move forward!"

　　...

In the antique shop, Ryan's expression was similarly stony.

In fact, at the moment Bullseye's card hit the clone, he started to feel the violent vibration in the chakra, maintaining the clone in his body.

It was almost impossible to keep the clone.

Ryan knew very well that if the clone was destroyed at this time, then all the efforts he had been making all this time would be in vain, so he quickly released the other clone who was acting as the Phantom Thief and pushed his chakra to maintain the Ah Xing clone.

Fortunately, under the shadowy night, it was impossible to see that the bullets that had hit the clone hadn't drawn out any blood.

The last scene Jessica and the others saw was just Ah Xing staggering to his feet, despite the bullets, and eventually collapsing and being overwhelmed by The Hand's ninjas.