[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit":3,"chapter-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-13":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Starting with the Ice-Ice Fruit",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1733210,2216,"Chapter 13: Madame Gao, You Have Five Minutes","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-13",13,"\u003Cp>\"Daredevil, if you keep following me, I won't hesitate to shove an icicle up your ass until it comes out of your mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent kept his voice low, but he knew Matt Murdock could hear a heartbeat from three blocks away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Matt Murdock had helped him before. When Vincent's parents died, it was Matt—then just a blind pro-bono lawyer—who helped a sixteen-year-old orphan secure his inheritance and fake guardianship papers to avoid the foster system. For two years, the Devil of Hell's Kitchen had watched over him from the shadows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent respected him. But tonight was personal. He didn't want Matt's morality getting in the way of his vengeance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>China Garden Restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The headquarters of the Triad in Hell's Kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the public, it was the best dim sum spot in the district.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the surface, it was a nexus of human trafficking, heroin distribution, and arms dealing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madame Gao stood by the window of her office on the top floor. She was a small, frail-looking elderly woman in simple robes, but her presence commanded absolute terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She watched the smoke rising from a warehouse three blocks away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kitchen Number 3 is burning,\" she said, her voice calm and detached. \"Who did this? The Irish? The Japanese? The Russians?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind her, a row of hardened killers bowed their heads, afraid to breathe too loudly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have told you,\" Gao turned slowly, her eyes sweeping over her lieutenants. \"Business must be quiet. Silence is profitable. Noise brings attention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She sounded like a grandmother scolding children for playing too loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But you have become arrogant. Careless. Now, the wolves are at the door. If I were an enemy, I would just ask a junkie where to find your stash houses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madame,\" a large Caucasian man named Jordan stepped forward. \"Should we send men to hunt this attacker down?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao looked at Jordan. He was loyal, brutal, and effective.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we don't find him, Jordan, do you think any of my kitchens will survive the night?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her smile didn't reach her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another explosion rocked the building, rattling the windowpanes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao spun around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kitchen Number 1,\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She realized then. This wasn't a gang war. This was a purge. The attacker wasn't taking territory; he was erasing them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Minutes later, a report came in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kitchen Number 2 had gone silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madame! We need to send reinforcements to Kitchen 4!\" Jordan shouted, panicking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Gao snapped, her voice suddenly sharp as a blade. \"Recall everyone. Defend the China Garden. He is coming here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because he wants the head, not the tail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao picked up the phone to call Kingpin. But before she could dial, the sound of gunfire erupted downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't a skirmish. It sounded like a war zone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent walked through the front doors of the restaurant, dual-wielding submachine guns he had looted earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Monster! He's a monster! Bullets don't work!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Triad soldiers screamed as they retreated up the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent moved like a wraith. He didn't use cover. He simply walked forward, the bullets sparking off his elementalized skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rat-tat-tat-tat!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He cleared the lobby. He cleared the mezzanine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Explosions from his grenades shook the foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, a voice cut through the chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"ENOUGH!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't loud, but it carried a strange, resonant power that vibrated in everyone's chest. Chi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Madame Gao stood on the landing of the second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Iceman!\" she shouted, mistaking his powers for the X-Man. \"The Triad has no quarrel with the X-Men. Do mutants wish to start a war with the Underworld Alliance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent stopped. He was covered in frost, his black tactical gear frozen stiff. He tossed the empty guns aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are Gao?\" he asked, his voice distorted by the cold air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A rocket-propelled grenade hissed from a side room, aimed directly at his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice Shield!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A massive, diamond-shaped wall of ice materialized instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The explosion washed over the ice, leaving it unscratched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent lowered the shield. His eyes, glowing with blue mana, locked onto the old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this your idea of a ceasefire?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao's pupils constricted. That wasn't mutant power. That was... elemental mastery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cease fire!\" she screamed. \"Anyone who shoots dies by my hand!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The room fell silent. Dozens of Triad guns were trained on Vincent, but no one dared pull the trigger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao forced a polite smile onto her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sir. Perhaps there is a misunderstanding?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent reached into his pocket. He pulled out a photograph and flicked his wrist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The photo flew like a shuriken, spinning through the air. Gao caught it effortlessly between two fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent noted her speed. She definitely has martial arts training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five minutes,\" Vincent said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked to a table, kicked a corpse aside, and sat down. He created a chair out of solid ice and crossed his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want the two men in that photo. Alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five minutes. If they aren't here...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent looked around the room, his gaze heavy with killing intent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...I will erase the Triad from Hell's Kitchen. Permanently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Madame Gao. You come from K'un-Lun. You have seen the world. You know there are powers on this earth that can flatten your little empire in a heartbeat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The threat hung in the air, chilling the blood of every gangster in the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gao looked at the photo. Two low-level junkies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She grit her teeth so hard they nearly cracked. All this destruction... for two street rats?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Find them,\" she hissed at Jordan. \"Bring them here. NOW!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jordan grabbed the photo and ran.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The clock started ticking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent sat on his ice throne, staring out the window at the burning city, waiting. His senses expanded, feeling the vibrations of every heartbeat in the building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Kingpin's men were gathering outside. The police were coming. Daredevil was watching.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let them watch.\u003C\u002Fp>",970,"2026-06-06T16:16:52.583Z",1,"novelbin.me","0fe55f454e10ccb9ef79dd0e07dd1a525405e4e00553f1bfea3b87359ea87cb8","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-14","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-12",116,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-cover.jpg"]