Marvel: Starting with the Glint-Glint Fruit.

But outsiders can freely enter this town.

Soon after, news of Jennifer's actions spread throughout the town, and the once peaceful town was instantly transformed into a slaughterhouse, with Jennifer becoming the butcher who reaped lives.

She was like a ravenous monster, hunting down the townspeople whenever hunger struck.

The residents tried to resist, but neither bullets nor bombs were of any use to Jennifer, who could even control everything around her with her mind.

Despair and fear, like a thick fog, shrouded everyone's hearts, refusing to dissipate.

Until this day, a figure set foot in this town known as "Devil's Pot".

The once bright daytime was completely obscured by a layer of gray fog, and Devil's Pot Town had become a desolate place, with hardly a single person in sight.

The streets were littered with various debris, mottled bloodstains, messy muddy footprints, overturned bicycles, and several cars of different brands had crashed together, leaving a chaotic scene.

The scene looked as if a chaotic famine had just occurred.

Matthew walked along the town’s main street, lined with shops, supermarkets and restaurants, creating a more chaotic scene.

Broken glass was everywhere, and vehicles were stuck in the middle of the street, making it almost impossible to pass.

The sky was shrouded in fog, but the fog deepest into the town was not particularly thick, at least not enough to seriously obstruct vision.

Matthew stopped in his tracks.

While the traffic jam ahead blocked his way, it wasn't the main reason he stopped. What truly made him stop was the complete lack of any sign of life around him.

However, his Observation Haki detected an aura that he instinctively loathed, an aura filled with evil, darkness, and greed.

"Tsk, looks like I've come to the right place."

Standing in this eerie and gloomy town, Matthew felt no fear whatsoever; instead, a smile crept onto his lips.

Two weeks ago, he rescued Rachel and learned that the mastermind behind it all was Alexander Pierce.

Since Pierce had his eye on him, Matthew naturally wouldn't pretend nothing had happened.

He didn't act hastily, not because he feared Pierce's influence and extensive network, but because he had other plans.

What he wanted to do was to swallow all of Pierce's assets in one go, including not only his enormous wealth, but also his private armed forces and the influence he had painstakingly built up over the years.

Killing Pierce would be easy, but too wasteful, and Matthew doesn't like wasteful things.

Acquiring Pierce's assets and influence would allow Matthew's future plans to proceed more smoothly.

The best way to achieve all this is to control Pierce.

Once Pierce, the leader, is under control, the immense power he wields will be almost equivalent to Matthew's own.

But how can I control him?

Matthew could easily use brainwashing techniques, after all, the mental impact of Conqueror's Haki was enough to repeatedly torment Pierce. Combined with psychological suggestion, given enough time, Pierce, a mere mortal, could be brainwashed.

But the problem lies in the timing.

He needs a period of time to control Pierce, but Pierce not only has a regular job, but also secretly controls a huge Hydra force. If he disappears for a long time, it will inevitably arouse the vigilance of all parties.

Therefore, the best and safest way is to use mental power to alter Pierce's memories.

And in the Devil Fruit encyclopedia he possessed, there happened to be a fruit that could perfectly achieve this: the Paramecia-type Memory Fruit.

This fruit was eaten by Charlotte Pudding, the 76th child of the Charlotte Family and a member of the Big Mom Pirates. Its ability is to read, extract, replace, and tamper with the memories of a specified object.

To activate the Memory Fruit in the encyclopedia, you need a demon's soul.

Since the encyclopedia itself has the function of absorbing souls, Matthew only needs to hunt down demons.

The most troublesome thing is not hunting demons, but finding traces of them.

Because there is a secret guardian organization protecting the Earth.

The former League of Wizards, now Kamar-Taj, along with the three Wizard Sanctuaries on Earth, together form a massive magical barrier that protects the planet.

This barrier makes it difficult for demons to descend to Earth, forcing them to sneak in through various means.

Even if they successfully smuggle themselves in, they still face the risk of being driven away or killed by the mages.

Even if any escapees, the current Strategic Homeland Defense, Attack and Logistics Agency, which will be renamed S.H.I.E.L.D. in the future, will intervene in a timely manner.

This is a special, large organization that specializes in handling all kinds of strange events. Once a supernatural event is discovered, it will quickly send people to investigate, block the news, and do its best to resolve the issue.

This is precisely why the general public has no way of knowing these secrets.

Matthew was able to find Devil's Pot town because the commotion there was so great that it could no longer be contained.

The town is shrouded in an unknown fog. A special magnetic field not only traps the people in the town, preventing them from leaving, but also blocks all signals.

All the distress calls and online messages sent from within the town went unanswered and were completely ineffective.

In recent days, people have been entering the town, some to work, some to deliver goods, but they have all lost contact, and the number is far from single digits.

With so many people disappearing into the town of Devil's Pot, it's natural that people would come looking for them. Over time, the strange situation here was discovered, some people reported it to the police, and many related posts appeared on social media.

Two weeks ago, Matthew had already instructed Carla, Nigley, and Reicher to keep an eye out for requests for help online and to use their connections to find out about such unusual events.

Just yesterday, Kara reported the unusual situation in Devil's Pot Town to Matthew, and he immediately rushed over.

Upon arriving at the outskirts of the town, he saw that many county police officers were already on standby there, and they had set up obstacles and cordons on the road leading to the town to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering.

Outside the cordon, besides the county police, there were also the families and friends of the missing persons, as well as many reporters who rushed to the scene after hearing the news.

But these obstacles couldn't stop Matthew at all.

Matthew's exceptional hearing had already picked up on the sounds coming from inside the town.

He deliberately released his Observation Haki, instantly covering an area of ​​several kilometers, and countless chaotic and noisy pieces of information flooded into his mind.

Almost instantly, his brow furrowed, his gaze suddenly shifting to a direction in the town, a sharp glint in his eyes: "There's a large gathering of residents, and... that nauseating stench."

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Matthew's body suddenly burst forth with dazzling golden light, transforming into a golden beam that shot straight into the sky, even blasting open a passage through the thick fog.