Chapter 15:
After Kingpin was taken away by S.H.I.E.L.D., for a very long time afterward, the best lawyers in the country were all "invited" by Kingpin through various threats and inducements to help with his sentence reduction.
Faced with this situation, several departments in S.H.I.E.L.D. responsible for prosecuting Kingpin were extremely busy and overwhelmed.
A lot of the substantive evidence that Black Widow and the others had originally collected had disappeared under Kingpin's manipulation, or witnesses suddenly retracted their previous statements.
This made it highly likely that Kingpin would be acquitted or have his sentence reduced — something that neither Nick Fury nor the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to see.
Additionally, because of Thor, four uninvited guests from Asgard had arrived on Earth, searching everywhere for Thor.
Later, they even attracted Odin's ultimate weapon — the Destroyer!
The fierce battle between the two sides caused damage to local buildings and casualties, all of which S.H.I.E.L.D. had to clean up afterward.
Due to various reasons, Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. currently had no extra time or energy to pay attention to the territory Kingpin had left behind.
Since Kingpin was still being held in federal prison and his "widows" were being taken care of by Alex , Nick Fury had personally found Alex not long ago and stated that from now on, all matters regarding Kingpin's gang would be left entirely to Alex to decide.
This was exactly what Alex wanted. Using the territory and manpower resources left by Kingpin, Alex planned to quickly build his own power.
He intended to completely take control of every neighborhood in New York, hoping to improve the public security environment so that Wanda could live in a more stable environment before she truly awakened.
For this, Alex was willing to pay any price — even if he completely became a villain in the eyes of the world, he would not hesitate!
While everything was being arranged intensively, Alex firmly took control of all the territories that originally belonged to Kingpin. He also sent all the gang members to adult university for further education and repackaged the original gang as a foreign trade company.
Half a year passed quietly.
A new year was about to arrive. On this day, Alex and Wanda were speeding down the street in a domineering black Range Rover.
"Alex , hurry up! If you don't go faster, the movie is going to start!"
Wanda, sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the congested traffic ahead and kept checking the time on her phone.
The two had originally planned to go to the cinema together on Christmas Day to watch a movie. But they left too late and encountered a massive traffic jam on the way.
With time running out, Wanda could only keep urging Alex .
But what could Alex do about the traffic jam? This movie was something he had promised Wanda a long time ago.
If there was really no other way, then he had no choice.
Alex gritted his teeth and picked up his phone to call Bill.
Bill was the deputy Alex had carefully selected from the original group of subordinates after he fully took over Kingpin's gang.
"Beep, beep, beep…"
Pick up the phone, bro.
Listening to the beeping sound on the other end, Alex wanted nothing more than to find this bastard right now and beat him up. He always dropped the ball at critical moments.
Just as Alex was cursing Bill's entire family in his heart, the vehicles ahead suddenly encountered something and all pulled over to the sides of the street.
In the blink of an eye, the road that had been completely blocked was now empty except for Alex 's Range Rover.
While Alex and Wanda were still confused, an ambulance with flashing lights drove up in front of them.
Just as Alex was about to make way, a head suddenly poked out from the driver's seat of the ambulance.
"Boss, it's me! Hurry up and take sister-in-law away!"
The person speaking was none other than Bill, whom Alex had been thinking about.
Good boy, you didn't disappoint me after all.
Soon, Alex drove along the path cleared by Bill and arrived at the entrance of the cinema without any obstruction.
By the time they sat down inside the cinema, the movie had just started.
"Alex , who was that person just now? What did he call me? Also, I've been very curious about what you've been doing lately. What's going on with that big building and that car?"
Faced with Wanda's endless questions, if it were anyone else, Alex would definitely be too lazy to answer.
But the person asking right now was not just anyone — it was Wanda.
"Ahem, I'll tell you about this slowly in the future. You just need to know that everything you mentioned just now is our family business."
"Also, the person driving the ambulance just now is my chief secretary. He mistakenly thought you were their sister-in-law, but it doesn't matter. None of that is important."
Facing Alex 's obvious nonsense, Wanda clearly wasn't buying it, but she didn't want to keep pressing, lest it make Alex feel embarrassed.
"Family business? Do you even have the brains for that? Be careful not to get scammed."
Hearing Wanda's words, Alex felt as if his tail had been stepped on and almost jumped up.
"What did you say? You don't believe in your brother at all? Think about who I am. Am I an ordinary person?"
Seeing that Wanda still wanted to say something, Alex directly grabbed a handful of popcorn from the side and stuffed it into her mouth.
"Hey, do you want to choke me to death?"
"Hey, you can eat randomly, but you can't speak randomly. Don't you usually like eating popcorn while watching movies the most? We finally came to the cinema today. Shouldn't you eat your fill?"
As he spoke, Alex grabbed another big handful of popcorn, wanting to continue feeding her.
Unfortunately, this time Alex didn't succeed.
Wanda blocked his hand and whispered softly in his ear:
"I know you've been doing things outside lately that I can't understand. I also know you're doing all this for my own good. But I hope that next time you do something, you'll remember that there's someone at home waiting for you. Don't do anything stupid, okay?"
Under the dim light of the movie screen, Alex could faintly see tears welling up in Wanda's eyes.
Alex gently placed his hand on Wanda's head and said softly:
"I remember. I won't do anything stupid in the future. I will definitely stay by your side."
"Oh, right. In the future, I want to be the president of the family business."
"Ah?"
"What do you mean 'ah'? With your sloppy attitude, can you even support such a big enterprise?"
"But…"
"But what? From now on, whether at home or in the company, I have the final say. Do you hear me?"
"Also, that Bill guy — he has to listen to me from now on too. Got it?!"
"Auntie, what are you trying to do?"
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