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Chapter 36 is only 1 point stronger than you

"Hey, you eavesdropper hiding by the door, why don't you come in and talk?"

Bai Ye gently twisted his arm and spoke calmly. As he spoke, Peter also looked towards the doorway.

After focusing his attention, Peter also heard a heartbeat coming from the doorway, and was surprised at when that guy had been hiding behind the door.

Daredevil is right, you do have a lot of potential.

A deep male voice came from the doorway, and then the door was pushed open. A man with a skull printed on his T-shirt walked in, looking at Bai Ye with admiration.

"Daredevil? You were the one who lured him here?"

Bai Ye frowned and said, "All I want now is a peaceful life. Why are you superheroes always haunting me? Can you just get lost?!"

Thinking of Daredevil, whose limbs he had broken but who still attracted attention, Bai Ye wanted to go to the hospital right now and punch him a couple more times. Was he just looking for trouble?

"Bai, he's a superhero? And you even know Daredevil?"

Peter looked at the man in front of him with curiosity; this was the first time he had ever seen a superhero.

"Of course, let me formally introduce you. This is the Punisher, a native street hero of New York like Daredevil, and the nemesis of crime in New York City."

"The only downside is that Kingpin has been in this place for four or five years since his debut, and he's still doing very well in the underworld. I don't know what the anti-crime efforts have been doing all these years."

Bai Ye solemnly introduced the Punisher to Peter. As the Punisher's face gradually darkened, Bai Ye suddenly realized that Peter, the Spider-Man, would probably end up like this too.

"Kid, don't you think you're being a bit arrogant?"

The Punisher walked up to Bai Ye, who was 1.9 meters tall, and looked down at Bai Ye, who was half a head shorter than him, and said: "With great power comes great responsibility. A peaceful life is something you have to fight for yourself. If you don't eliminate those evils, no one can have peace."

"Here we go again. Is this the only excuse you superheroes ever use?"

Bai Ye rolled her eyes: "After becoming an orphan three years ago, I stopped believing in your motivational rhetoric. I'm too lazy to argue with you. If you have something to say, say it; if not, get lost."

"Before we get down to business, I need to assess you. If you're not qualified, then..."

Before the Punisher could finish speaking, his expression changed instantly, because Bai Ye's right fist tore through the air and struck his abdomen, and was much faster than him.

"You're talking nonsense..."

Bai Ye's lips trembled, and before he could finish speaking, his right fist struck the Punisher's crossed arms as he tried to block.

A tyrannical force pierced through the Punisher's taut body, instantly launching him into the air.

"How could it be so fast?!"

Surprise, or rather shock, appeared in the punisher's eyes.

But before his soaring body reached its highest point, Bai Ye's right fist had already transformed into a palm.

He gently placed his right palm on his head, then grabbed his head and slammed him hard onto the ground.

The whole process took less than a second, and Bai Ye had already pinned the superhero in front of him, who was no less powerful than Daredevil, to the ground.

Only then did Bai Ye slowly utter the second half of his sentence: "...Too much."

"How is that possible? Didn't Matt say this kid is only slightly stronger than me, has absolutely no technique, and can be defeated as long as you're careful?"

The Punisher, pinned to the ground, shuddered, utterly shocked. "Matt, you bastard, you gave me false information? You call this only slightly better than me?"

What the Punisher didn't know at that moment was that Matt was actually exaggerating a bit.

Bai Ye's strength wasn't much stronger than his; it was only a mere 0.5 points greater, calculated using the attribute panel's method.

Description section:

Your attack on another party has been detected; opponent data is being analyzed.

Name: Frank Kassel

Power: 1.4

Agility: 1.4

Physical condition: 1.4

Spirit: 1.4

Charisma: 1.1

……

Bai Ye silently looked at the Punisher's stats panel. Numerically, there wasn't much difference between him and Daredevil; both were battle-hardened human warriors at their limits.

In just five days, he went from needing to win by surprise to achieving a decisive victory in an instant.

"Right now, even with an average stat difference of only 0.5 against these street superheroes, it's not something that can be overcome by sheer numbers. I wouldn't be afraid even if there were ten thousand of them," Bai Ye thought to himself.

Composing himself, Bai Ye looked at the Punisher lying face down, withdrew his right palm, and gently tapped the other's head with only his index finger, which was as smooth and round as white jade.

The Punisher, lying on the ground, strained to get up, but felt as if an iron rod was firmly pressing down on his head, preventing him from lifting it.

Forcing his way in would only result in his fragile skull being pierced by Bai Ye's fingers first.

Faced with the Punisher's mortal body, Bai Ye, whose physical abilities were several times greater than his, could render him unable to turn over with just a light touch on his index finger.

Bai Ye calmly looked down at the Punisher, who was a head taller than him, and slowly said, "Now can you tell me what brings you here?"

"Bai, why don't you let him go first and then we'll talk about it," Peter pleaded from the side.

Then, looking down at the previously arrogant and domineering superhero, who now seemed like a turtle pinned to its shell and unable to move, she felt a sense of disillusionment with the superhero image.

"So superheroes aren't that strong after all. If I had taken over for White, he probably would have been dead much faster," Peter thought to himself.

Looking at the other person's current state, Bai Ye thought about it and agreed.

Although these superheroes differ greatly in strength, they are all incredibly tough and will never speak up. The more you coerce them, the more excited they might become, so we can't reward them.

Gently loosening his fingers, the Punisher quickly got up from the ground, supporting himself with his hands. He glanced at Bai Ye in surprise and revealed the purpose of his visit.

"The vampires in New York have been very active lately. This month alone, seven bloodless corpses have been found. I suspect they're up to something big."

"I originally wanted to find Mark, but he recommended you to me because of his health. Now it's proven that your strength far surpasses mine, so I'd like to invite you to join me in finding out the reason behind this," the Punisher said.

The Punisher went on and on, but to Bai Ye, it was basically just: "[The Punisher has sent you a side quest request: Vampire Riot. Accept?]"

"I refuse," Bai Ye said without hesitation, then pointed his right hand toward the door and said, "You can leave now."

(End of this chapter)