Before Madame Gao could finish speaking, Akira's eyes turned iridescent, and he chopped down at her again.
He chopped down again. Seeing this, Madame Gao resorted to her old trick, raising her hand to block the blade with her qi again. This was her usual move, and it had never failed her.
"Very good!"
In Akira's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, there was no longer nothing in front of Madame Gao's hand, but a ball of qi covered in Lines of Death.
Without the slightest hesitation, Akira chopped down along one of the Lines of Death.
Madame Gao's expression changed instantly, and then three fingers of her right hand were cut off because she couldn't dodge in time. However, as an old monster who had lived for several hundred years, Madame Gao immediately struck the blade with her left palm, deflecting Akira's blade and preventing herself from being directly split in half.
"My qi just dispersed!" Using her qi to stop the blood from her severed fingers, Madame Gao's face showed shock. This was even more shocking to her than all her subordinates being controlled by those two people.
"Old hag, I didn't expect you to be so old and still have such good moves!"
Akira performed another quick right chop. Madame Gao learned her lesson and chose not to resist directly. She attached her qi to her intact left hand and slapped the blade to deflect Akira's blade.
Slash! Madame Gao's left palm was completely cut off.
"Damn it, his blade didn't even touch my hand, so why could it cut off my hand? Is it the legendary Sword Qi? Also, some of my qi dispersed again under his attack. What exactly is going on?"
Madame Gao fell into a brainstorm. Without a countermeasure, she could only continue what she hadn't finished saying:
"Wait, I can work for you. With my help, The Hand in New York will all follow your commands!"
Akira didn't pay attention to what Madame Gao said. After cutting off her palm, he retracted the blade, pushed the hilt forward, and thrust it into Madame Gao's chest. The impact, with strength close to that of Captain America, hit Madame Gao. Even with her qi protecting her body, she was still sent spitting out a mouthful of blood.
"You damn lunatic!"
Madame Gao couldn't understand why, after offering the other party so many benefits, the other party still wanted to kill her. If she were killed, the other party would get nothing but the corpse of an old hag who was almost in the grave. Why would they give up such great benefits? She couldn't figure it out.
The beating of Madame Gao lasted for a minute. It has to be said that people who practice qi are resilient. She endured so many blows before falling. Of course, Akira didn't use his Mystic Eyes of Death Perception afterward.
"You!" Madame Gao was already speechless.
Akira contentedly extracted Madame Gao's Entry—[Qi]. He had just also leveled up his Human Engineering experience. "Madame Gao is really a good punching bag!"
Human Engineering: Comprehensively enhances physique. Current level lv1: 89/100.
That's right, the reason Akira wanted to beat Madame Gao earlier, besides extracting the Entries from her, was mainly to gain experience for Human Engineering. To quickly defeat Madame Gao, it wouldn't have required so much effort.
Meanwhile, Coulson and Dak.
"Officer, are they abusing that old woman? Are they enemies? How brutal!"
"It is indeed brutal!"
If Coulson hadn't known that the old woman was Madame Gao, he would have thought Akira was abusing an elderly person.
In their line of sight, the man with glasses said something to the red-haired woman, and then the red-haired woman spoke:
"You two, come out!"
"Officer, is she talking about us?"
Coulson held down the rookie Agent: "Stay calm, don't go out yet."
"Two Agents, please come out and talk."
This time, Makima's voice directly sounded in their ears. Coulson and Dak turned their heads sharply, only to see a very ordinary stray cat. The only special thing was that the stray cat's eyes were golden circles.
"Officer, the cat is talking." Dak quietly reminded Coulson.
"You don't need to tell me, I know." Coulson decided to report to Nick Fury after the mission. This new Agent needed to go back to the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy for a few more years.
"We're going out!"
Taking Dak with him, Coulson walked out with his classic nice-guy smile and shouted to Akira and Makima:
"We mean no harm. S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Phil Coulson, our mission is to investigate the truth behind the New York earthquake. We just happened to encounter several people fighting here; it's just a coincidence."
"It's fine, we just called the two Agents out to share information." Akira's attitude was very good.
After calling Coulson and his little follower over, Akira turned to Makima and said:
"I'll trouble you, dominate Madame Gao. I want to ask some questions."
"It's no trouble."
Makima squatted down, placing her palm on the dying Madame Gao. Then Madame Gao stood up like a marionette and respectfully said to Makima:
"Miss Makima."
Coulson silently noted down a few keywords: "dominate," "Makima."
"Is this woman's name 'Makima'? How did that Madame Gao stand up? And her eyes, they've become like that woman's. Is it a control ability? Are these ninjas around here also controlled?" Coulson's head was full of questions.
Such a bizarre scene made Coulson wonder about his and Dak's fate afterward.
Akira stared at Madame Gao's appearing circular eyes and said: "I ask, you answer."
Madame Gao made no extra movements, responding mechanically: "Yes."
"Why did you capture those two people?" Akira pointed to the burlap sack and Joy Meachum, who were being held by the ninjas.
Madame Gao answered seriously: "There is a seal outside the Dragon Bone, which requires the power of Iron Fist to break. That woman is used to make Iron Fist comply."
Akira nodded and continued: "Tell me, the locations or contact methods of The Hand's other fingers."
"I only have contact with Murakami. The relationship between our five fingers is not good. We have repeatedly tried to assassinate each other, so I don't know the information of the other three."
Watching Akira and Madame Gao's question-and-answer, Coulson felt a chill run through him. Will they do this to us too later? He quietly tucked his left hand into his suit sleeve, where there was a miniature pistol. If something happened, he would first control the red-haired woman.
Recalling what Matt had said earlier, Akira continued: "There have been recent disappearance cases in New York again. Are they related to you?"
"It should be Alexandra doing it. She needs to summon beasts and requires a large amount of fresh blood. The children we captured before were all taken away by you, so she needs to re-collect a large amount of fresh blood."
"They did it?" Coulson had also heard about the large number of disappearances in New York recently. It turns out it was The Hand.
"Is there any way to find that Alexandra?"
"We five all act independently and have no fixed contact methods. Because we need to excavate the Dragon Bone, we have recently been meeting at Fisk Tower."
"Did you remember?" Akira asked Coulson.
"Huh? I remembered." Coulson didn't understand why he was asked, but still responded that he remembered.
"Remember it well, don't forget it later!"
"Last question, tell me about The Hand's Bases under your control and the black market industries you are involved in."
Madame Gao spoke mechanically again: "..."
"Very good." Akira nodded, then turned to Makima and said:
"I'll trouble you again, help me erase these two Agents' memories about us, only keeping the information about The Hand. For any inconsistencies, implant some false memories."