Matt came to the stairwell and wanted to go upstairs when no one was paying attention. He stopped in mid-air just as his steps were halfway up, with confusion on his face.
In his "vision", in front of him, a wall was formed out of thin air from the original staircase.
Yes, generated out of thin air... Matt is very sure of this. His "radar perception" due to the enhancement of other senses has never been wrong, so he also clearly remembers that there was no such blockade here.
Wall, no one would build a wall on the stairs!
In fact, if there were any other people here who saw this scene, they would feel very strange, because there was nothing in front of Matt.
At least it looks empty.
Matt tentatively stretched out his foot to touch the wall, and a solid feeling came back from his toes... Confirmed, that's right.
This unexpected change did not panic Matt. He just raised his alertness, frowned slightly and turned around. He stopped just after taking a few steps, because just before he took these few steps, the block in front of the stairs appeared.
The "wall" disappeared out of thin air again.
Such an obvious change made Matt completely sure that this was not an accident, but someone did it deliberately, and someone didn't want him to go up there!
"The kid above is yours." Matt said. His range of perception covered the entire underground boxing arena. Naturally, he could clearly see every move and every move of Peter fighting with those people. The unintentional display of
What comes out is definitely not the power that normal humans should have...
"Yes." A voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Matt was startled. He was really scared this time. He didn't even realize when the speaker appeared there. It seemed like it happened in an instant!
"Who are you!" Matt took two steps back nervously, fully alert. If all the previous changes were caused by this person, then his threat would definitely be fatal!
So, he heard what this man said next.
"Don't be nervous, Lawyer Matt. I am IRS official action specialist Anxi. I have heard about you. I work as a free lawyer for the poor in Hell's Kitchen. I want to bring fairness and justice to people through the law... I can only say that it is very...
An ideal idea." Anxi smiled and took out his ID and showed it.
With Matt's perceptual ability, he can see the words on it... We don't know what the principle is, but it is just that he can do it. The perceptual ability that Matt gained after losing his sight can actually completely replace his eyes.
Even far beyond.
"Why do people from the IRS come here? Who is that kid? Also, a person with this kind of ability only works as an ordinary official commissioner in the IRS?" Matt didn't believe it.
"Don't people like you also work as a small lawyer in Hell's Kitchen? And I will not always be an ordinary small commissioner. In fact, I am planning to move to a higher position... and
This requires enough evidence and pulling enough people down." Anxi stated his plan nonchalantly.
He really planned to do this. There were countless Hydra people in the IRS, and it was very likely that they would hinder Anxi's work, so Anxi's plan was to get rid of all these people and replace them with his own people.
"It's an ideal plan, but I don't understand how it has anything to do with letting a child come to this kind of place and do this kind of thing?" Matt was very vigilant, and even vaguely felt that today was a trap for him.
After all, the person in front of him is very familiar with him, which means he must have known him before.
"That is not an ordinary child. You have also seen his abilities, and that is just his beginning. After enough training and stimulation, he can almost walk sideways throughout New York by himself," Anxi said, "
And that's his choice, his own choice."
"A child's choice is not very convincing, let alone the fact that it may be done under your guidance." Matt has seen many things, and he immediately mentioned the possibilities that came to mind.
"Everyone needs to be responsible for their own choices. As for coercion or inducement...seriously, Lawyer Matt, after staying in Hell's Kitchen for so long, aren't you aware enough of this kind of thing?" Anxi
He smiled and said, "Some people don't even have a chance to choose."
"It is precisely because I have enough awareness of these things that I will continue to stay here as a lawyer instead of doing other things." Matt said.
The conversation between the two was actually a bit like talking, an exchange between two different values. In fact, Matt is not very good at this, but there is no way. Who makes him have no confidence in defeating Anxi? He can only delay like this first.
with...
"So, in the process of doing this for so many years, have you made any improvements to the current situation in Hell's Kitchen?" Anxi asked politely.
"Maybe, maybe not, but I tried my best to help everyone I wanted to help, and that's enough." Matt frowned.
"Then if I say that I can give you a chance to completely change the status quo of Hell's Kitchen and make the omnipotent law in your mind truly play its due role, will you choose this path? Will you do it?
Do you want to make this choice?" Anxi said with a smile, "Even if...this choice was made by me deliberately inducing you to make it?"
"...No." Matt said.
"You hesitated." Anxi said. "Compared to the previous conversation, you paused for about a second before answering my question. This shows that you are thinking seriously, which also means that you subconsciously feel that if it is true,
If there is a choice that can allow you to achieve such a result, you will be moved, but it is your distrust of me that makes you finally choose to answer no."
"The law has always played its role," Matt said.
"Really? So, your father, and the only way you can choose revenge in the end?" Anxi smiled disdainfully.
"Don't talk about him!" Matt roared angrily, waving the blind stick in his hand and rushed forward. However, Anxi did not intend to fight him. He just raised his hand and Matt felt as if he was trapped in a quagmire.
His senses also noticed that a layer of high-density stuff suddenly appeared around his body... making him unable to move even with all his strength!
"If you are willing to face the facts, then you should understand this. Lawyer Matt, without sufficient strength restrictions, the law is a piece of paper. And here, in the regional kitchen, the party with the most strength is not the one with the law.
...but gangsters are those guys who don't follow the rules, so they can do whatever they want, because their rules are the 'law' here."
Anxi said slowly: "If you want to change the 'law' here back to the law you know, then you need to have a stronger strength than them, a crushing strength.
Since the birth of mankind, the winner is king, and only those who are powerful will be heard and believed. This has never changed. Even in today's so-called civilized society, there are always predators of the weak... As long as humans are still humans, this will remain true.
That will never change.”
"Really? Then where do you think you stand? Why are you qualified to say such a thing?" Matt asked.
"I am a strong person." Anxi smiled, "So I will do what I want to do, and I will definitely be able to do it... But there are some things I don't want to do, so I will find some people to help me.
I do. Does this sound reasonable?
The child above who is about to end his first battle is like this... You are also like this. As you said, this is the choice I gave, but in comparison, what I gave that child was a certain inducement, and
What I’m giving you… is almost the same, just in a slightly tougher way.”
"...Then why are you still talking to me so much? Couldn't you just force me to say these things from the beginning?" Matt couldn't help but ask.
"Of course it's to fool you...of course it's to prove that I am a reasonable person and will never force others to make choices. Don't talk nonsense. When did I force you to do these things?" Anxi said halfway.
, quickly changed his words.
Matt was a little suspicious. Why did he feel that the person in front of him didn't want to say this at the beginning... And to be fair, Anxi's performance had nothing to do with being "reasonable" and "not forcing others"!
"Okay, now, under your "not forced" compulsion, I have made a choice. What do you want me to do?" Matt has no choice. He can't beat him or talk about it. He can't stay where he is.
To commit suicide, of course, you must first find a way to escape from the current situation...
"For the IRS, Hell's Kitchen is a place where you know the amount is huge but you can't eat the fat in your mouth, but that's for those guys who get greater benefits from it. To me, this is
The meat must be eaten, and Hell's Kitchen must be included in the scope of IRS management." Anxi said, "You don't need to worry about other things. I only need you to do your professional work. First of all, since you are a lawyer, I think
You should know tax laws."
"Yeah, and then what?" Matt asked.
"Then you should be able to calculate the circumstances under which gangsters can maximize the proportion of taxes they should pay," Anxi said.
"..." Matt's heart suddenly moved. If he had to give in and talk to Anxi because he couldn't beat him before, now he was completely moved... He understood what Anxi wanted to do.
"Are you sure you can succeed?"
"Of course, my strength lies here, you have just experienced it, and I will also find some helpers."
"Are you sure you're only targeting gangsters?"
"Of course not. In addition to the gangs, I also need to target the officials who colluded with these gangs. If it weren't for the shelter of those people, they would not be able to be so impunity. This would be a large-scale study, and everything starts in Hell's Kitchen.
, of course I understand what you mainly want to ask, those poor people and ordinary people, right? They don’t have to pay much, and you can definitely find a completely tax-free policy according to the corresponding tax laws."
"Are you sure..." Matt hesitated, wondering if he recalled that he was confronting Anxi not long ago, but now he was moved by the prospect Anxi described, "Are you sure what you said is true?
of?"
"Of course, otherwise what am I trying to do?" Anxi raised his eyebrows, "Did you see the child above? He will also join this cause and work hard for it... Of course, the direction of his efforts is different from yours."
"...If everything you said is true, then...I join." Matt said, "If not..."
"If it weren't for you, there would be nothing you can do against me, so there is no need to say such meaningless harsh words... Your task is to make a detailed plan [to achieve the maximum tax collection ratio for each gang]. Then it will naturally
Someone will cooperate with you. Of course, if you have someone you trust, you can also recruit them. I can guarantee that you will never regret it after doing this." Anxi interrupted Matt, took out a business card and threw it to him, "
If you have anything, you can call me."
Then, right in Matt's field of vision, Anxi disappeared without any warning, just like when he appeared, out of thin air so that Matt could not detect any signs or traces.
If it weren't for the body that was suddenly able to move and the business card that he touched, Matt would have almost thought that he just had a hallucination or a dream.
"Change...?" Matt murmured. When he came back to his senses, even the "child" who was within his range of perception before, Peter, had disappeared.
…
"Mr. Anxi!" Peter was quite frightened. Just now he was fighting with someone and had just won. But in the blink of an eye, he felt an inexplicable premonition. He wanted to hide aside, but found that his
His body couldn't move, and in the blink of an eye, he saw himself appearing in mid-air!
Is this... flying?
This term came to Peter's mind, and then he saw Anxi standing beside him slightly higher than him, with his hands behind his back, and he suddenly became excited.
It wasn't until they landed on the top of a building that Peter barely recovered from his excitement and was able to say something: "Mr. Anxi! You can fly!!"
"Yes, obviously..." Anxi nodded, checked a message that suddenly popped up in the system, and then looked at Peter, "This is just a small matter. Now, I want to tell you another thing, Peter."
"What? Is it the fight I just had? Well, I think what I did was a little bad and there were a lot of things wrong with it, but this is my first attempt, and I will definitely do better next time, Mr. Anxi
!" Peter's little chatter began to develop gradually.
"No, what I want to say is not that, but another thing, a more important thing... look at me." Anxi looked at Peter and asked word by word.
