Daredevil tracks Elektra
down to the hotel she’s staying at, finding her meditating. He tells her about
his missing radar and asks if she knows why the Hand would be targeting Matt
Murdock. He thanks her for helping him and tries to appeal to their shared
history, but she promptly kicks him out of the window, making it supposedly
clear where they stand now. Elsewhere, Kirigi kills the Hand ninja who failed
last issue and receives his next target: Elektra! Daredevil stops by Heather’s
apartment and finds a note saying that she’s left him yet again after he stood
her up. This actually relieves him, since he figures The Hand will now target
those close to him, and she’ll be too visible at the party she’s at for them to
try and kill her there. That just leaves Foggy, and Matt heads to protect him.
Foggy hops in a cab to
make his way to the courthouse, as the Melvin Potter case is due to proceed
soon. All the while, he’s unknowingly being stalked by Hand ninja. Daredevil
takes care of the ninja just as silently, leaving Foggy completely unaware that
anything is going on. Daredevil tries interrogating one of the ninja, but he’s
killed by another and starts to dissolve, as is customary for defeated Hand
ninja. Daredevil stops the fleeing ninja and notes that he doesn’t dissolve for
some reason. He finds a business card for a weapon shop on the ninja, but feels
that this clue is too obviously a red herring. Elektra hits Daredevil from
behind and swipes the card. He points out the obvious trap and she points out
that the ninja who had it didn’t dissolve upon death and therefore can’t be one
of the Hand. Therefore, she reasons that someone might be helping them, and
tells Daredevil not to get involved any further.
At the courthouse, Foggy
tries to stall until Matt can arrive. Meanwhile, Elektra heads to the weapons
shop on the business card, pretending to be interested in buying shuriken. She
suddenly throws them, killing four Hand ninja that were waiting to ambush her,
and she descends further into the Hand’s lair. She finds four heavily armored
Hand ninja, when Daredevil suddenly arrives to help her, and she slips away to
let him deal with them. Meanwhile, Foggy has run out of time and Becky tells
him that he’ll have to present the case! Elektra proceeds further into the
Hand’s base and finds Kirigi waiting for her. They engage in a brutal fight,
with Elektra landing two killing blows in quick succession. No matter how much
damage she does though, Kirigi just won’t go down. Daredevil has similar issues
dealing with the ninja without his radar, getting tagged by one of them.
Back at the courthouse,
Foggy ponders the notes on the trial for many silent moments before finally
moving for a mistrial! Elektra uses everything at her disposal to try and bring
Kirigi down, her belt, her headpiece, and even Kirigi’s own sword. She stabs
him through the chest which is finally enough to cause him to stumble off,
injured but still alive. At the same time, Daredevil finishes his fight in
stylish fashion, disarming one of the ninja and using his sword to perfectly
break the swords of the remaining two, which is enough to send them running.
Daredevil catches up to Elektra but collapses from his wounds. Though she knows
she could be rid of him if she does nothing, Elektra still bandages up Matt,
saving him once again. Later, Matt finally arrives at the courthouse to find
that Foggy found a legal precedent to get the whole case thrown out! Finally,
we discover that the Kingpin planted the ninja with the business card, once
again using Daredevil to take out his enemies for him! His plan successful,
Kingpin promises that he’ll deal with Daredevil, all in due time!