Sephiroth Couldn't Keep It Together

So, Angeal could still say he had gone off to clear his head when he returned, but Genesis was the kind of person who, if he truly had some unspeakable burden, would never have come back.

"Sephiroth, we came to tell you the truth."

Angeal got straight to the point as he spoke directly to Sephiroth.

"The truth?"

Sephiroth was confused. He had no idea what truth Angeal and Genesis were referring to. These two former friends seemed to have learned something important.

A sense of foreboding rose from the depths of Sephiroth's heart. He vaguely felt that he was about to hear something he would not want to accept.

"Sephiroth, you were born through the Jenova Project. You are the strongest monster produced by that project."

Genesis's voice was cold and resolute, as though he intended to push Sephiroth into an abyss from which there was no return.

Sephiroth's eyebrows knitted tightly together, and his expression darkened at the word "monster."

"My mother's name... What do you mean by that?"

There was clear anger in Sephiroth's voice. He could not tolerate anyone referring to his mother with such words.

"What exactly is the Jenova Project?!"

Sephiroth's voice was filled with tension and anger. He cared deeply about what Genesis had just said.

"The Jenova Project... It was the collective name for a series of experiments Shinra Company conducted in the past. Those experiments all made use of Jenova's cells."

Genesis continued, his voice utterly devoid of emotion.

"My mother's... cells?"

At those words, Sephiroth's anger and confusion grew even stronger. He had always believed his mother to be a gentle yet powerful person, but now he was being told that she was merely the source of cells for an experiment.

"Pitiful Sephiroth, you have probably never even seen your