Chapter 859: Danny Rand, the Prodigal Son

"What did you say? Failed?" Alexandra looked at Sowanda in front of her with disbelief. She hadn't seen him look so frightened for hundreds of years.

"How did you fail?" Madam Gao was puzzled. "You led the team yourself, can't you even handle an ordinary woman?"

"An ordinary woman?

Gao, you said she is an ordinary woman?

Haha! This is the best joke I've ever heard." Sowanda's expression was exaggerated, with a hint of obvious fear in her eyes, "But fortunately, I treated her as an ordinary woman and didn't confront her directly."

"Explain clearly, Sowanda," Alexandra said coldly.

Sowanda took a deep breath and found a place to sit down, "I didn't take her seriously at first, I just asked a few men to go to the divination room to invite her.

But in the blink of an eye, all the people I sent over fell down, holding their necks. I didn't even see how she did it."

"This..." Murakami was suspicious and asked tentatively: "Could it be that Gaius left some protection measures for his cousin?"

"It's unlikely." Sowanda murmured, "That woman gave me a very calm feeling, as if killing people was as easy as eating and drinking.

No, this is not enough to describe it. I even think that the number of people we have killed in the past few hundred years is not even a fraction of hers."

"Are you kidding?" the gambler exclaimed in surprise.

“I also think it’s a bit ridiculous, but I’m sure that Gaius’ cousin is definitely not someone who is easy to deal with.

I have lived for hundreds of years, but this is the first time I have felt so thrilling as tonight."

"That is to say, not only did we lose the opportunity to control Aaron Gaius, but we also offended him and his sister who didn't know the depth of the situation?" Bo Tu smacked his lips in dismay, "Is that understandable?"

"More importantly, at this critical moment." Murakami sighed, "The iron fist we need is protected by the Masumi Society and a few freaks, so it's hard to get it right away.

But we actually pushed over a fortune teller, an alchemist, and a pharmacist who didn't help either of us. If that guy Stick Old Man knew about this, he would probably wake up laughing in his dreams."

Mrs. Gao did not express her opinion, but there was a hint of blame in her eyes when she looked at Alexandra.

Alexandra's face twitched and she felt a tightness in her chest.

What do you mean? It's true that she was the one who suggested arresting Aaron's cousin, but you all agreed when you voted.

Now that something has gone wrong, it's all her responsibility. Isn't it too inhumane to shift the blame?

call!

Alexandra took a deep breath and suppressed the slight anger in her heart.

“Now that we have done it, there is no point in regretting it. We have to bear the consequences of our wrongdoing.

Gao, you have the most contact with him, is there any possibility of reconciliation?"

Madam Gao hesitated for a moment and shook her head gently, "It's basically impossible.

From what I know about him, today's negotiation between him and the Hand is our last chance for reconciliation, but..."

“Okay! I understand.

Do you think he will...hinder us?"

"Well..." Mrs. Gao, leaning on her cane, paced back and forth for a few steps before stopping, "Yes, but also no."

"High." The gambler said unhappily, "Stop playing dumb."

“What the Hand and the Society did tonight has undoubtedly touched Aaron’s bottom line. He will not pretend that nothing happened and will definitely go against the Hand and the Society.

But he is a person who doesn't like trouble, and he doesn't like getting involved in trouble, so he won't oppose us openly, at most he will do some small things in secret. "

Alexandra breathed a sigh of relief and asked doubtfully, "You mean we don't need to pay too much attention?"

"But we have to be on guard. Like Murakami said, he might work with Masumi."

Alexandra thought for a moment, "Maybe we should get some help."

"Who are you looking for?"

"Kingpin."

......

On the other side, Stick Man and his companions came to a secret basement.

There was a space that could accommodate dozens of people. Colleen Wing waited here anxiously, and only breathed a sigh of relief when the door opened and she saw Danny Rand returned safely.

"Colleen, why are you here?" Danny asked in surprise.

"Because of you." The old man with the stick said unhappily, "The Hand and the Society always use whatever means to achieve their goals. I can only bring her here to protect her."

"You can also threaten someone when necessary." Matt interrupted at an inopportune time.

Danny frowned, "Not really!"

"Don't doubt it. As for that." The old man with the stick said bluntly, "If Iron Fist gets crazy and wants to join the Hand and Society, I will not hesitate to use her to remind you what your mission is."

"What happened?" Colleen asked.

“It’s hard to explain, we will have a head-on confrontation with Shouhehui.

I learned so much tonight that I didn’t know.”

"Is it safe here?" Matt asked. "The tracking ability of the Hand is very good."

"This is my security area," Frank said. "The Hand and the Society won't be able to find it for a while."

"Security zone?"

"Literally, I am in charge of this area.

Let alone the Hand and the Society, there aren’t that many of them among the general gangs.”

"That's really impressive." Matt smiled. "It's much better than I was back then."

"Stop talking nonsense. Your injuries need immediate attention." Frank took out a small silver box with a red cross printed on it and placed it on the table.

When the box was opened, there were more than a dozen transparent potions and several rolls of emerald green bandages.

"I seem to have seen these things somewhere." Jessica's expression became a little unnatural. "Did you buy them from Gaius?"

"The only thing we have in common is that we all know him." Frank did not comment, then threw a potion and a roll of bandages to Matt, "You know what to do."

Matt nodded and poured the entire liquid into his mouth.

He then took off his shirt, wrapped the wound with a bandage and treated it simply.

"Now... let's talk business." The old man with the stick said calmly, his blind eyes looking sharply at Danny Rand, "Why does the Hand want the Iron Fist?"

"Good question. I want to know the answer too." Danny said speechlessly.

"The Iron Fist is the biggest threat to the Hand," Frank said thoughtfully, "They won't let Danny Rand live even if there's even a slight chance, even if... he's not very smart."

"What did you say?"

"You should have sworn to protect Kunlun, but what did you do?"

Hearing this, Danny's anger was extinguished like a basin of cold water.

"There's no way around this topic, right?"

"Before the hand and the will are destroyed, this will be your nightmare." The old man with the stick said bluntly, "Danny Rand, I hope you understand one thing, you are atonement."

Danny took a deep breath and said nothing, "Go on, Frank."

"The Hand and the Society definitely don't want Danny as a person. What they need is the power of the Iron Fist."

"We can all guess this, tell me something useful," Jessica said.

"Just like it is Iron Fist's duty to protect Kunlun, no one else is qualified to take on the responsibility of being the gatekeeper."

"I know I made a big mistake, but there's no need to emphasize it again and again!" Danny was upset and felt that Frank was deliberately exposing his scars.

“Don’t get me wrong, I am stressing the importance of the Iron Fist.

There are some things that only an iron fist can do, and no one else can do it for you. "

As soon as the words fell, everyone felt as if everything was suddenly clear, and the fog in front of them was dispelled a lot.

"I see." Danny placed his left palm in front of him and slammed his right fist into his palm. "You mean the Hand and the Society need me to do something that only the Iron Fist can do?"

"Yes, and this matter is of vital importance to them.

That's why they show mercy to you, because Kunlun has been severely damaged and the next generation of Iron Fist will not appear in a short time.

And until you do that for them, you can’t have anything go wrong.”

The old man looked at Danny thoughtfully, his hands involuntarily grasping the hilt of the samurai sword, "The Hand and the Society are guarding a treasure, and the Iron Fist is the key to open the treasure."

"You can say that, and this key is difficult to copy in a short time." Frank patted the back of the stick man's hand and said earnestly: "I know what you want to do, but the key is not unique.

The Hand and the Society need the Iron Fist, and Kunlun cannot be without the Iron Fist. They will always find an opportunity."

The old man with the stick thought about it and slowly loosened his grip on the knife handle.

He temporarily gave up the idea of ​​breaking the keys because it was impossible for him to break every key.

"He just..." Danny swallowed, "He didn't want to kill me, did he?"

"Possibly." Matt laughed. "That's just his style."

The old man rolled his eyes and said, "Don't think too much of him. I swear in the name of the Zhenchun Society that I definitely didn't mean to kill him just now."

"Haha!" Danny laughed awkwardly, "The key is what does the Hand and the Society want me to do? Only by knowing this can we take the initiative."

"Okay!" Luke spread his hands. "Things don't seem to be making any progress. The Hand and the Society can't possibly tell us."

"They don't need to tell us." Frank said hesitantly, "We have other ways to get the answer."

"What method?" Jessica asked.

"No, no, no." Matt seemed to have thought of something, with resistance in his expression, "He doesn't like trouble. We can't involve anyone else."

"Oh!" Jessica's mouth twitched, "Are you planning to ask us to do divination?"

"We all know a fortune teller, don't we?"

"But he..." Jessica gritted her teeth in confusion, "It's really expensive. One divination is one hundred thousand dollars. He won't lower the price just for justice. He's just a shameless profiteer."

Frank: ...

Is it really appropriate for you to say this about my master in front of me?

"Ahem! It's best not to say such things in front of him."

"I know, I'm not stupid."

"Is the divination you are talking about the same as I understand it?" Colleen interrupted weakly.

"Yes, but his divination is very accurate, very accurate." Matt said, and then changed the subject, "But my advice is not to look for him. I don't know him very well, but my intuition tells me that it's best not to involve this person."

"It's too late. Gaius is already involved." Jessica sighed sadly, "Don't forget that he was in that building today, and he left with us."

Matt opened his mouth, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"It's him!" Danny thought thoughtfully, "If his divination is really accurate, why not give it a try! There's nothing to lose anyway."

"Do you think 100,000 is cheap?" Jessica said speechlessly, "That's the starting price. You're a billionaire. It would be strange if he didn't rip you off."

"It doesn't matter! As long as we can figure out the purpose of the hand and the meeting.

I don’t really care about money or anything like that.”

Everyone:......

Damn dog owner.

......

The next morning, Gaius went to the divination room.

Aaron looked at Matt and others who came in a group, and after being stunned for a moment, he immediately realized that the opportunity to open the restaurant and make a profit for three years had come.

He had no other income during this period. As the level of his physical body increased, his requirements for dreamy ingredients also became higher and higher, and his expenses naturally increased a lot.

His current funds are less than ten figures. If he continues like this, he will run out of money sooner or later.

"Ahem! Welcome."

"The decoration has been changed!" Jessica looked around the fortune-telling house. "It's quite mysterious, but it's a little narrow."

"I didn't expect so many people would suddenly come!"

"Uh... let's not waste time talking nonsense. We are here to ask you to do a divination." Danny said straight to the point.

"No problem." Aaron snapped his fingers and placed the crystal ball on the divination table. "What do you want to divine?"

"What does the Hand and the Society need Iron Fist for?"

Aaron said 'hmm' and then laughed, "Okay, but at this price..."

"Money is not a problem," Danny said with great wealth.

"Money is certainly not the problem. The question is how much money do you have?"

"Uh...what do you mean?"

"It means that this divination will be very expensive, at least eight figures."

"Ten million? That's too greedy!" Jessica curled her lips, "Why don't you just go and rob?"

"You can't snatch so much even if you rob it!" Aaron said bluntly, "Actually, this is not expensive, because this divination involves Mr. Danny Rand himself.

If it wasn't for the hand and the will, they would overestimate their own abilities and set their sights on me. No deal if it's less than nine figures.

What's more, he is a billionaire, and a mere eight figures is nothing to him."

"you..."

"Okay, no problem." Jessica was interrupted by Danny just as she was about to speak. He really didn't care about money. He didn't even have a pair of shoes when he came back from Kunlun.

If he could use money to buy the information about the Hand and Society, it would definitely be a huge profit for him.

"You really are..." Jessica held it in for a long time before she spoke with difficulty: "You're a spendthrift!"

“My parents died a long time ago, killed by hands and associations.

I will pay any amount of money if it means avenging them."

"Alas!" Aaron sighed with some regret, "If I had known, I would have opened a nine-digit number just now."