Bullseye makes a grand
entrance into the Kingpin’s office to request his old job back. Kingpin states
that Bullseye should finish his unsettled business with Daredevil before he
offers him anything. In the meantime, Kingpin gives Bullseye a key to a property
he owns where Bullseye can train at. Just then, Bullseye experiences another
headache via his psychic link with Daredevil, letting him know that he’s back
in town! Simultaneously, Matt Murdock experiences his own headache as he meets
up with Foggy at the airport after his flight lands. Foggy inquires about
Matt’s injured arm and catches Matt up on what’s been going on in New York
while he’s been gone. As they ride from the airport, Foggy mentions that
Tarkington Brown died and all Matt can say is that he seemed like a good man.
Matt brushes off Foggy’s offer of getting something to eat in order to head
back to his apartment, claiming jetlag.
In his basement gym, Matt
tries working out to test how much his injured arm might throw him off. While
he’s working out, he’s suddenly paid a visit by the Black Widow, who dropped by
to see how he’s doing. She expresses concern, having heard that Bullseye’s
back, and wonders if he shouldn’t wait until he’s healed. Matt determines that
he’s going to finish things with Bullseye permanently and Natasha warns
him to be careful. Later, Daredevil makes his way to Josie’s to interrogate
Turk about Bullseye’s whereabouts. Despite his injured arm, Daredevil easily
takes out several guys in the bar before Turk tells him that Bullseye is hiding
out at the St. James Arena. This location strikes a chord with DD, though he
can’t quite place it.
At the arena, Bullseye is
practicing his skills as Daredevil arrives outside the arena. He thinks it
perfect that it’s so secluded, so no one will interfere with him killing
Bullseye. He feels he failed at killing Bullseye the first time, and ever since
has been weighed down by a terrible burden. As he makes his way through the
arena, Matt starts to remember that he was here once before, as a boy. He
remembers coming here to watch his dad fight, a rare time when he took part in
wrestling, rather than boxing. After the fight, Matt found his dad in the
locker room, crying. Jack admitted he felt ashamed about having to put on a
costume and make a fool out of himself, but he needed the money. He felt he
disgraced himself and told Matt to never try and be someone he’s not. As
Daredevil emotionally recalls this memory, Bullseye makes his presence known.
Daredevil admits that he was worried that their recent connection would cause
him to feel compassion for Bullseye, feeling thankful that he doesn’t.
The two begin a battle
through the stairwell and into the main arena. Daredevil deflects and dodges
all of Bullseye’s projectiles, before Bullseye produces a sai as a way to taunt
Daredevil, describing just how he killed Elektra with it. He throws it at Daredevil,
who casually catches it and throws it right back into Bullseye’s shoulder,
moving the fight into the wrestling ring. Bullseye then stuns Daredevil with a
grazed bullet to his ear. With Daredevil at his mercy, Bullseye talks about
when Daredevil played Russian roulette with him in his hospital room, and feels
insulted that Daredevil decided he wasn’t worth killing. Bullseye decides he’ll
do the same then, realizing the best way to hurt Daredevil is to make him feel
responsible for each person Bullseye kills, that he could’ve stopped. Bullseye
begins to walk away and Daredevil lashes out, savagely beating him, determined
to put an end to things once and for all! Daredevil starts to choke Bullseye,
when he remembers his father’s words. He realizes that the burden he’s been
feeling all this time wasn’t because he failed to kill Bullseye before, it’s
because he tried to in the first place! Daredevil reconfirms that he’s not a
killer and leaves an unconscious Bullseye for the police to find as he makes his
way out of the arena into the pouring rain, his burden finally lifted!
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