A certain American comic book's secondary profession master

Chapter 57 Lingchi (death by a thousand cuts)!

In the evening, Tony, who had a little free time after a busy day, made a video call to Levi.

As the video call connected, the screen showed Li Wei drinking coffee.

"So relaxed? Did you catch that guy called Purple Man?" Tony asked curiously.

Although they knew that Kilgrave's abilities shouldn't pose much of a problem for Levi and his team, who were prepared.

But this efficiency is indeed very fast.

However, considering that they destroyed the Red House's stronghold in just one day, this efficiency doesn't seem surprising.

“Of course, he’s in the interrogation room right now. Frank and Melina are torturing him!” Levi said casually. “Want to come and take a look?”

"Torture? You're using vigilante justice on him? That's not a good idea." Tony frowned upon hearing this.

"Heh, in his situation, you don't think the law can give him a proper punishment, do you? Besides, you don't even know what he did!" Li Wei glanced at him and sneered.

"Didn't you tell me what he did yesterday?" Tony asked, taken aback. But to be honest, the crimes committed by the Purple Man were indeed difficult to handle by law alone.

Because pheromones decompose and dissipate on their own after a period of time, and they are also difficult to collect.

So even if he's caught red-handed, unless he confesses, the related cases that were previously investigated cannot be directly attributed to him.

"Heh, yesterday I can only say I underestimated human nature... no, this guy isn't even human... Jarvis, show those files to Tony." Levi sneered, telling Jarvis to send a folder to Tony as he spoke.

"Don't let his ordinary appearance fool you, he's incredibly stubborn. It's difficult to get anything out of him with ordinary torture. Frank and Melina had to go to great lengths to get him to talk. Over a decade, he's killed at least a thousand people. In fact, he can't even remember how many he's killed. Compared to him, the Texas Chainsaw Massacre is child's play!"

Even before they caught Kilgrave, they already knew he was a bastard.

But Li Wei was still curious about just how many bad things this guy had done.

On the other hand, it's also to let others know that he wasn't just making baseless accusations against this guy.

So after bringing Kilgrave back, he instructed Melina and Frank to interrogate the guy together.

The result was unexpected. Despite Kilgrave's refined and gentle appearance in the TV series, he had an extremely high tolerance for ordinary pain due to his childhood illness and long-term genetic experiments on his parents.

So much so that ordinary methods were ineffective in getting him to speak.

But who are Melina and Frank?
Those are all experts in torture.

Moreover, no one cares whether these private trials are legal or not.

The two took turns speaking, and soon he confessed.

The confession was so shocking that the two people who supported the interrogation could hardly bear to look at it.

Frank and Melina are no pushovers; they have many lives on their hands, and their experiences have allowed them to witness all sorts of human nature.

But someone as ruthless as Kilgrave is simply unheard of.

The dozens of strange suicides suspected to be committed by Kilgrave that Levi had Jarvis collect beforehand were just the tip of the iceberg.

There are also many more cases that appear to be revenge killings or family annihilation cases stemming from marital conflicts, parent-child conflicts, or boss-employee conflicts, but in reality, they were all committed by this guy. A rough calculation shows that in the past decade, the number of deaths and injuries caused by Kilgrave has reached over a thousand.

However, these cases appeared to be revenge killings due to conflicts, so they did not arouse suspicion.

The reason why only a rough figure can be obtained is because many things happened too long ago and Kilgrave doesn't remember them—for example, he doesn't remember anything about the original owner of the body.

For him, killing was commonplace.

A casual glance from a passerby could displease this madman, leading him to order the person to commit suicide in all sorts of bizarre ways.

After receiving the file, Tony's face grew increasingly dark as he browsed through it.

Just as Li Wei said, this can no longer be considered a person at all.

"This guy is a monster on earth. You're right, he doesn't need any legal trial; that would be a desecration of the dead!" Tony said through gritted teeth.

“Yes, so I arranged for him to be castrated and subjected to slow slicing. To make a thousand cuts, I even used healing potions. Do you want to come and watch the execution?” Li Wei said with a cruel smile.

At first, Levi didn't know how to explain these two forms of punishment. He had to ask Jarvis before Frankel and Melina finally understood the meaning of slow slicing and castration.

Frank and Melina agreed with Levi's suggestion!
Killing him outright is far too lenient on him.

"Not a bad idea, but let's skip the spectator part! By the way, where's our new member?" Tony had learned about the two forms of torture that Levi had mentioned through Jarvis, and immediately felt a bit of phantom pain.

However, he also acknowledged that only such cruel punishments were suitable for a madman like Kilgrave.

The law? He doesn't deserve it!

"By the way, S.H.I.E.L.D. has contacted me. It's Coulson, the one you mentioned. I guess they'll be keeping an eye on me for a while, so it might be inconvenient for me to go to headquarters normally." Tony said, skipping over Kilgrave.

"He went today? He didn't notice Yelena, did he?" Li Wei raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

“Uh… I really didn’t notice…” Tony was taken aback when he heard this.

"I hope the headquarters won't find out?" Li Wei sighed.

"Don't worry, absolutely not!" Tony assured him.

“That’s fine! As for Yelena, arrange another place for her to stay on the surface. As for coming to headquarters, it’s simple. I’ll give you some recall scrolls later, so you can come over anytime, saving me the trouble of opening the door for you. But you must be careful when using them, and don’t use them in environments with unstable energy fields!” Li Wei said.

Levi had long anticipated that Tony would attract the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D.

However, it doesn't matter. Apart from Yelena, who went to Stark Industries to attend school, Natasha and Melina had always entered and exited the Alliance headquarters through Levi's portal and had never appeared with Tony, so there's no need to worry about their presence being exposed.

Moreover, Li Wei had already planned how to enter and exit the Alliance headquarters. Leaving was the simplest; he could just open the door.

As for the return, recall scrolls will suffice; they're not expensive and easy to make anyway.

"By the way, Tony, have you ever been interested in real estate development?" Levi asked. "It would also be a good opportunity to divert the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Hydra!"

(End of this chapter)