Chapter 35: Define Goal
"Woohoo!"
Gwen had been swinging around the Base for a while, and Yang Le didn't stop her, it was good to familiarize herself with the Web-shooter.
Soon Gwen swung from one side of the Base to the other. Facing the wall she was about to hit, Gwen released the Web in her hand, using inertia to fly towards the wall. Just before hitting it, Gwen pushed off the wall with her foot, performing a neat aerial spin and landing smoothly.
Just like a well-trained gymnast.
"It seems you can already use the Web-shooter skillfully." Yang Le applauded Gwen's excellent landing, even wanting to give her a perfect score.
"It's like an extension of my arm." Gwen touched the Web-shooter on her right hand and noticed a fingernail-sized Screen below the launch port, but there was nothing on the Screen.
"That's the Web capacity display. It's an Anti-spy Screen, only visible through the Special Lens on the Mask."
As Yang Le spoke, he tossed the Mask to Gwen. Gwen caught it and found the Mask to be very large, clearly not fitting her size, but she still put it on. A magical thing happened: after putting on the Mask, it began to automatically tighten, gradually fitting her Head, and finally clinging tightly to her Head.
"How is it?"
"It's quite comfortable, but I guess I'll need some time to get used to it." Gwen shook her Head, clearly not yet accustomed to the feeling of being covered by the Mask.
Gwen looked down at the Web-shooter and found that a Battery Icon, resembling a mobile phone battery display, had indeed appeared on the Screen. According to the Icon, she now had half of the Web available for use.
"How to increase the Web within the limited Capacity is indeed a difficult problem. At least Grey Matter hasn't come up with a good solution yet."
Yang Le tossed Gwen another fingernail-sized white Capsule.
"This is a Web Capsule. Although the Capacity isn't large, you don't need to worry. The Web-shooter has an automatic reloading function. When the Web is insufficient, it will automatically reload. You just need to ensure there are Capsules in the Magazine. There's also spare Web for Emergency situations. Under normal circumstances, there won't be a situation where the Web supply is insufficient, unless you forget to reload."
"The loading port is on the side. It can hold five in total, of which three are spares and one is for Emergency use. You just need to be responsible for reloading, and the launcher will automatically allocate them."
"It's quite intelligent." Gwen couldn't help but praise.
"No, it's just a fool-proof reloading design. If one slot is full, it automatically pushes to the next slot."
"That statement will ruin your image as unfathomable Doctor Q in my heart." Gwen took off the Mask and shook her hair.
"No way around it. Grey Matter still has its limits. If Grey Matter were here, that would be great. Grey Matter and Grey Matter together, I could solve most of the existing problems."
Seeing Yang Le sighing, Gwen couldn't help but ask.
"What about your Gene Decoder? Didn't you say it could Unlock all the Authority of the Omnitrix?"
"The Decoder is still decoding. The progress is okay, it's already Unlocked 55%."
Logically speaking, this decoding speed is already not slow, but Yang Le's mood is just like when using Xunlei (a download manager), even if it's just one percent away, he feels it's slow.
"Let's not talk about this for now. The most important thing right now is The Hand." Yang Le rubbed his temples, deciding to not think about sad things for now.
"Like I said before, although The Hand has blatantly revealed their Identity, we know nothing except for this Identity. And I've also searched the Network using Upgrade."
Yang Le said, and couldn't help but sigh, continuing to say.
"But these Old Relics are like they don't know how to use a Computer. I even touched SHIELD, but I couldn't find any useful Information about The Hand."
"What is SHIELD?" Gwen asked like a student.
"Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division, abbreviated as SHIELD. You can understand it as a secret Organization in movies that protects the country."
"Even a secret Organization of this kind of national agency doesn't have Information about The Hand?" Gwen looked at Yang Le in confusion.
"There is some, but SHIELD's Database only indicates that The Hand is an ordinary Assassin Organization, at most with some Religious Worship. It seems The Hand is very good at disguising themselves on the surface."
After hearing Yang Le's words, Gwen couldn't help but feel discouraged. After all, The Hand sounded impeccable, and even national agencies didn't have their real Information.
"Could it be that The Hand is just so 'Invulnerability'?" Gwen said dejectedly.
"Did you just say 'Invulnerability'?" Yang Le suddenly struck a strange pose, making Gwen stunned.
"Originally, facing The Hand's Impregnable Defense, I was also a bit desperate, but some casual conversations gave me Direction."
As Yang Le spoke, he took out a folded Newspaper. Gwen took the Newspaper and unfolded it, and sure enough, it was her old friend Daily Bugle.
"Look at the Headline."
"'Evil Lawyer Matt Murdock Wins Again?'" Gwen read out the content, and then asked in confusion.
"I remember this Lawyer's Public Reputation seems to be indeed not good, but what does this explain?"
"The key lies in Matt Murdock himself." Yang Le pointed excitedly at Matt's Photo on the Newspaper.
"I told you Gwen, I come from another Universe. I happen to know some Secret Stories of the Multiverse, and in my knowledge, Matt Murdock has another Name—Daredevil."
"Daredevil? (Daredevil)" Gwen frowned. "This Name doesn't sound like a good person."
"However, completely the opposite. In another Universe, he is a very good person. I even admire him a bit, and his nemesis is The Hand."
"You mean he will have Clues about The Hand?" Gwen looked at Yang Le in surprise, but after not being happy for a few seconds, Gwen said suspiciously again.
"But what he does doesn't seem like something a good person should do at all. Are you sure he will help us?"
"Gwen, I also said before, Parallel Universes are largely the same with minor differences. This is obviously a slightly different Matt, and he is also our only Breakthrough Point now."
Yang Le actually wasn't very confident either. He could only pin his hopes on The Hand, which is bound to Daredevil, also being bound together in this Universe.
"Then shall we go now?" Gwen looked a bit impatient, after all, they finally had a clear Direction.
"No need to rush. It's still early. Although Matt has two legs, he won't disappear."
Yang Le handed another Web-shooter to Gwen as well.
"Before that, you still have a lot of preparations to do, and besides, it's dark, which is the Domain of Masked Hero."
(End of Chapter)