Starting with Naruto, I'll become stronger through my own efforts.

Chapter 169 The Test of Becoming a Billionaire

Xia Zuo chuckled and said, "Of course it's still Kingpin."

"Who told him to be the kingpin of the underworld? If I, a cop, don't beat him up, who else should I beat up?"

"Yes, this time I'm going to do it openly and honestly. As long as I do it cleanly and efficiently, the bigwigs behind Kingpin won't bother me because of a dead man like him."

"After all, I am just an individual, while a conglomerate is a huge power. A conglomerate can ruin my life, and I can also wipe out all the members of a conglomerate."

"With the deterrence of force, and the fact that my interests are not on the same level as those of the zaibatsu, peace can be maintained."

"Of course, my life will change drastically after that."

"Even if I could still work for the NYPD, I couldn't be a patrol officer anymore. The NYPD spends a lot of money, and I'd have to move my family to Long Island."

Skye listened with longing: "Boss, now that you say that, I have the feeling that you really are a rich person."

Xia Zuo suddenly spoke up and asked, "Skye, you need to practice the 'Tiger Roar Thunder Sound Technique' properly. After you go back, come with me to take down Kingpin."

Skye jumped up excitedly: "Really? Can I really participate?"

Xia Zuo nodded and said, "I can wait for you for three months until you have mastered the [Tiger Roar Sound]."

Skye nodded earnestly and agreed: "I will try my best."

The next day, the two flew back to New York.

Skye did not return to Cornell University to continue her studies, but instead applied for a three-month leave of absence.

She moved into Xia Zuo's house and, under his guidance, diligently cultivated, rapidly increasing her strength.

During this period, Xia Zuo did not go to work. Apart from instructing Skye in training, he would sit on his sofa, staring blankly at the tattoo on the back of his left hand.

He sensed so much in this tattoo; it seemed to contain all the information about creating the Terrigen crystal and sealing it as an obelisk.

Most importantly, the core of the information likely involves energy, an energy source far more advanced than the Arc Reactor that Iron Man may or may not have built.

Without a doubt, it must be nuclear energy, specifically nuclear fusion energy.

Xia Zuo's attention was naturally drawn to it. If he could figure out and understand the knowledge contained in this tattoo, he could repay the Hokage Xia Zuo.

Over the years, so many times, I've taken advantage of Hokage Natsume Sasuke; I'm really sorry.

Xia Zuo and Skye were engrossed in their own activities, and time flew by.

A month passed in the blink of an eye, and Xia Zuo informed Jordan that he had started to go long on Stark Industries stock.

This time he dared not take any risks and forced Jordan to only increase his leverage by 10 times.

A few days later, news of Tony Stark's rescue spread, and Shazzo's assets tripled again, soaring to 2...

8 million.

Without hesitation, he turned around again and shorted Stark Industries.

Shazzo's assets surged again to $42 billion after Tony Stark announced the closure of the military-industrial complex.

Once the stock transaction was completed, Shazzo made another 180-degree turn, going long on Stark Industries stock, waiting for Tony to transform his industrial group into a clean energy giant.

At that time, he will instantly become a billionaire.

Neither Xia Zuo nor Jordan increased leverage this time, not because they didn't want to, nor because Xia Zuo couldn't grasp the specific timing, but because the stock market for industrial stocks is only so big, and there's no way to make more money.

In this situation, adding leverage serves no purpose other than increasing your own risk.

Without considering the possibility of doubling the investment again in the future, Xia Zuo invested $1100 million and reaped $42 billion worth of stocks, bonds and cash from the stock market, achieving a net profit of nearly 400 times.

Remember, this is his after-tax income after he honestly paid his taxes and did not engage in any tax avoidance.

In other words, Xia Zuo's actual profit exceeded 750 times.

Such a miracle made him shine, becoming a household name in the elite upper echelons of society.

All sorts of gazes were fixed on Xia Zuo, including envy and admiration, as well as greed, covetousness, and restless probing.

Xia Zuo's assets of 42 billion yuan are 99.9% stocks, bonds and cash, which can all be used as cash.

There's an old saying in the financial markets: cash is king.

Even established trillion-dollar conglomerates like Lehman Brothers only had a cash flow of around $40 billion.

Whichever conglomerate receives this money, it can double its business and increase its earning speed by four or even five times.

Therefore, greed swelled uncontrollably.

Besides the capitalists in the financial system, there was another person who hated Shazor to the core: Obadiah Stein of Stark Industries.

Currently, the Stark Industries stock held by Shazo is only publicly traded stock, and accounts for only 8.3% of the total, making him merely the fifth largest shareholder of Stark Industries.

But so many shares represent a lot of cash. Given Stark Industries' current precarious situation, dumping them all on the market could drain Stark Industries' cash flow.

At that point, Stark will face a dilemma: either borrow heavily to buy back shares in order to maintain the stock price valuation, or turn a blind eye and let the stock price plummet.

But both choices lead to the same result: Stark Industries is doomed.

Obadiah Stane considers Stark Industries his own necromancer. He can't even tolerate Tony Stark, whom he's watched grow up, so how could he tolerate Shazo Dawson, who could destroy Stark Industries at any time?

But for a time no one dared to make a move.

First, true veteran capitalists are those who span multiple industries and possess powerful information gathering capabilities.

They knew that Shazo had killed Typhoid Mary, captured the Death Mercenary Bullseye, and most likely hanged the assassin in prison.

They even learned from Kingpin that the downfall of Mexican drug queen Melissa and her private army was also inextricably linked to Chazo.

This is awkward.

Capitalists are human beings too. Although they have degraded themselves to be slaves to capital, they are not so indifferent to their own lives.

If the other party is a powerful being capable of taking one's life, it's not impossible to accept that the other party becoming one of one's own.

Too many top-level elites were eager to know just how powerful Xia Zuo was and whether he was qualified to possess this massive amount of cash.

When capitalists reach a complete consensus, the monster called capital will solidify its will.

The monster raised its whip, tightened its grip on the leash, and drove the reluctant Kingpin into the arena.

Kingpin was the one who knew best just how dangerous Shazor was, and had even escaped from New York long ago to remotely control his underworld empire.

He had reported Xia Zuo's ferocity and power more than once, but his masters did not believe his empty words; they needed him to prove it with his life.

Kingpin certainly didn't want to die, but he was powerless to escape the will of capital and could only frantically beg his masters for support.

Capitalists also generously contributed money and effort to help Kingpin clear all the obstacles in the process.

Kingpin returned to New York with an entire army.

This is a real army, with most of its soldiers coming from French Africa. They are well-known mercenaries in chaotic regions such as Africa, South America, and the Middle East.

The bigwigs had to pay a considerable price to allow this army to enter New York with light and heavy weapons.

But Kingpin still felt it wasn't enough, so he spent a fortune converting Wilson Building into a fortress and stockpiling a huge number of weapons.

Looking at the modification blueprints Skye had found, Xia Zuo laughed and said, "See? I told you I didn't have to put in any effort. They just handed Kingpin to me."

"Now that we've got Kingpin sorted out, we can get started on the move."

Having rebuilt her worldview, Skye was no longer surprised by Kingpin's forced death. Confidently, she suggested, "Boss, since it's about demonstrating strength, wouldn't it be better to destroy Wilson Building?"

"Excellent," said Xia Zuozan, "Skye, your idea is brilliant. How much time do you need?"

Skye proudly raised her head: "I only need 10 minutes!"

Xia Zuo said with satisfaction, "Alright, I guarantee you'll have plenty of time. Tonight, let Kingpin and his building disappear together."

Late at night, in the storeroom of Wilson Building.

The stainless steel card that the cleaner, who had been bribed with $1000, had deliberately left here emitted a faint glow. Then, a black rune array unfolded, and Shazo appeared in the storage room with Skye.

Forbidden Technique: Flying Thunder God Technique

Having experienced two dream-like dimensional realms, Naruto Natsumi finally mastered this forbidden space-time technique.

Currently, only Marvel's Shazam can directly use this amazing ninjutsu. What's amazing is that his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique surpasses that of Naruto's Shazam.

Perhaps the space in the Marvel universe is thinner than that in the Naruto universe. Despite having the same talent, Marvel's Shazo is able to travel through space with Skye.

Skye appeared in the storeroom, her mouth agape in surprise.

No matter how much confidence she had in Xia Zuo, she never imagined that the method he promised to use to perfectly bypass the surveillance of various forces was actually space travel.

Skye was pleasantly surprised but also a little disappointed; her carefully planned infiltration route had come to nothing.

Xia Zuo guessed what the girl was thinking and tried to divert her attention by saying, "Skye, let's begin."

Skye licked her lips, placed her hand on the wall of the storage room, took a deep breath, generated vibrations from the cells of her body, and then transmitted the vibration waves outwards.

Using the echoes generated by the vibrations, the girl began to investigate the resonant frequencies of each floor of the building.

Skyscrapers are designed with resonance and destructive potential in mind, so they are designed to incorporate structures that can disrupt resonance.

However, resonant frequencies that can damage a building still exist on different floors.

After five minutes of sensing and calculation, Skye had a complete grasp of the resonant frequency of the 33-story building.

Skye opened her eyes and, through the resonance of skeletal muscles and bones, amplified the output energy of the shockwave, guiding each floor of the Wilson Building to resonate.

After shaking each floor, she began adjusting the resonant frequencies of all floors according to the greatest common divisor, causing the entire building to shake noticeably.

The swaying, as if caused by an earthquake, startled Kingpin on the top floor, and also Daredevil, who was lurking in the ventilation ducts.

The Mist Knight and Erica.

A few months ago, Erica unfortunately fell into Kingpin's hands and suffered torture and humiliation.

Therefore, after escaping Kingpin's clutches, Erica had been plotting revenge, and unfortunately chose to infiltrate Wilson Building today with her boyfriend and the Mist Knight.

At this moment, Erica's wild instincts sensed danger, her raging anger was suddenly extinguished, and she involuntarily felt the urge to retreat.

She grabbed her boyfriend in front of her and anxiously urged, "Matt, I have a bad feeling. It seems like a terrible danger is about to erupt. We need to retreat immediately."

Daredevil has extremely keen senses, but when faced with such a large-scale shock affecting the entire environment, he finds himself unable to distinguish the cause.

He couldn't sense the danger, but his trust in his girlfriend made him accept her advice: "Okay, let's retreat!"

The one-armed Mist Knight trusted Daredevil completely, and upon hearing Matt's words, he turned around and prepared to retreat without hesitation.

Just then, Kingpin suddenly smashed through the concrete ceiling, broke the ventilation duct, and threw the three police officers to the ground.

He sneered, "How did three poor little mice end up in the trap I used to catch a lion?"

"You damned rats, I won't allow you to ruin my hunt!"

Kingpin swung his cane at the one-armed Mist Knight, but Daredevil blocked it with his cane.

But Kingpin's enormous body concealed superhuman strength, which Daredevil lacked to block, forcing him to roll backward to dissipate the force.

Kingpin pressed his advantage, striding forward to chase Daredevil while simultaneously attacking Erica, who was lunging at him, with his cane. At the same time, he drew a sword hidden in his cane and threw it as a projectile at the staggering Mist Knight.

Erica was struck on the shoulder by Kingpin's cane and fell to the ground with a scream.

The Mist Knight twisted his body, but he couldn't dodge the sword in his staff. It pierced his abdomen, rendering him unable to move.

In just one exchange, Kingpin displayed overwhelming power, routing the three street heroes.

Kingpin launched another fierce attack on Erica, overpowering her with brute force and strong defense. He grabbed her and nearly tore off the heroine's face, but also removed her mask.

Upon seeing Erica's face, Kingpin laughed triumphantly: "So it's you, my charming little chick."

"How amusing, you actually dare to come back to me. Are you missing the pleasure of lying down and enjoying yourself?"

His words enraged Erica, who, disregarding her own pain and fear of danger, launched a frenzied attack on Kingpin.

Daredevil, having dodged Kingpin's stomp, leaped up and, together with Erica, launched a fierce pincer attack.

He fully utilized his agility and speed to avoid directly competing with Kingpin in strength, and for a time Kingpin was caught off guard and put on the defensive.

Seeing the situation turn around, the Mist Knights disregarded their wounded abdomen and gritted their teeth as they charged forward to attack Kingpin.

For a time, Kingpin, who was skilled in combat, could only parry and take hits, appearing quite disheveled.

It seemed as if they could be defeated at any moment.

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