You and I Are Not Master and Servant! This Life Is Meaning!

"Afraid I won't need you anymore?"

Yu Xian forcefully cut her off and continued in an unquestionable tone,

"After seeing my true strength, you think you might be abandoned?"

Finally waking from her overwhelming shock, Medea stared at the abyss-like black eyes so close before her. She bit her lip and decided to throw caution to the wind.

"If my Master no longer needs the witch's power, then what meaning does my existence have?"

"The meaning of existence? Why does everything need so much meaning?"

"Eating and sleeping are meaning!"

"Slacking off and loafing around are meaning!"

"Mutual love is meaning!"

"..."

"To me, those things never had meaning in themselves. What has meaning are the people I meet and the things I experience along the way!"

"Medea, not every relationship derives its meaning from value."

"Our relationship is not one of master and servant, but partners. Your value does not lie in how much power you can offer me, but in who you are."

A complicated emotion flickered through Medea's eyes.

"I am no longer the Colchis princess who was blinded by love.

"Jason's betrayal taught me that false tenderness wounds far more deeply than a sharp blade!"

This world was vast, so vast that the footprints of gods spanned the stars.

This world was small, so small that I had only you as a place to belong.

Yu Xian stared into the witch Medea's eyes without the slightest wavering.

"Then that works out perfectly. I've never offered false tenderness. All I have is genuine respect and trust.

"I never wanted a tool. I wanted a partner who could share life with me."

He paused.

"I know I'm annoying. I like slacking off, and I often dump work on you guys while I loaf around.

"But I promise you, even if one day I become strong enough to look down upon the gods,

"I will never abandon you—my witch."

Silence...

Endless silence...

After a long while,

Finally,

Dangerous violet light glimmered in Medea's purple eyes. She pursed her lips and made her invitation to Yu Xian.

"If one day you betray me!!!"

"I will make you suffer torment a hundred times worse than death!!!"

Yu Xian burst out laughing.

"Now that's the Medea I know!"

"I'm not Jason."

"I will never abandon someone I have already made a promise to for some so-called 'better choice.'"

"This squad never existed because of your abilities, but because of who you are."

"Y Squad was never created because you possessed immense strength or outstanding abilities,

"but because you are yourselves—because you are irreplaceable."

Yu Xian dropped to one knee. Elegant and solemn, he extended his right hand toward the breathtaking figure before him.

"So, my beautiful witch, will you face the uncertain life ahead with me?"

Medea looked at the right hand Yu Xian held out before her.

She looked at Yu Xian's smiling face.

Then she slowly extended her left hand and clasped his tightly.

You will not betray me, and I will not betray you.

The pact was made.

Feeling the warmth in his hand, Yu Xian finally let go of the tension in his heart.

Phew.

Being a therapist wasn't easy!

Still, he had finally dealt with the potential ticking time bomb at his side.

He had no desire to one day face a Medea who had completely fallen to darkness and might possess strength comparable to certain top-tier beings.

[Detected that the host and Heroic Spirit Medea have reached a preliminary understanding. Mood is joyful. Joy Points +100]

With Medea taken care of,

the next one was you, Banner-chan!

Back at the laboratory.

Yu Xian called the chatting Banner over to a corner.

"What? You want me to surrender to that guy Ross?" Banner stared at Yu Xian in disbelief.

"Don't worry, don't worry. Don't you trust me?

"Would I hurt you?

"You don't want to keep living a life on the run, do you?

"You want to live normally like everyone else, fall in love and date, right?

"If you do, then we need to settle this once and for all and make that old man Ross completely give up on you!

"Only then can you live in peace!

"Only then can you see Betty Ross every day!

"You can be with Betty... ahem, openly and honestly!"

Yu Xian patted Banner on the shoulder and pointed at Betty in the distance.

"Th-this... But Ross is hunting me precisely because he wants to create weapons.

"I don't want to become the driving force behind that process.

"I don't want weapons capable of destroying the world to be created because of me." Banner looked back at Betty, who was chatting and laughing with the others, then painfully closed his eyes.

Of course, he wanted to remain with the woman he loved forever.

But the justice in his heart told him that he was the source of war. He could not let a warmonger obtain such terrifying power.

"Don't worry. I won't let that happen. But if we want him to abandon that idea, we need strong medicine."

"As long as you make it through tonight, your life will finally see clear skies."

"Banner, do you trust me?"

Bruce Banner gazed into Yu Xian's calm black eyes. The agitation in his heart gradually faded, replaced by an inexplicable sense of peace.

This was the power of confidence.

He was no longer alone.

After a long while,

Banner took a deep breath, as though he had finally made up his mind.

"I trust you!"

"Good. Then we begin now!

"And if anything happens later, don't worry. I'll handle it."

Banner was slightly bewildered by Yu Xian's final words. Something happening?

What could possibly happen?

Banner wanted to ask, but Yu Xian had already walked away, leaving him no choice but to bury his doubts.

Yu Xian informed everyone that Banner was not planning to resist, shocking everyone except Medea.

But after Yu Xian repeatedly assured them, they ultimately chose to trust him.

Outside the laboratory building.

A temporary blockade had already been established, and heavily armed soldiers stood ready.

Blonsky stood at the very front of the group, pacing restlessly. The rage in his heart was nearly impossible to suppress.

What was going on?

Hold position?

Not rush in and capture him directly?

That damned green brute was inside! He longed to fight that monster again and wash away his humiliation!

Were they really going to let such an opportunity slip away for nothing?

His entire body felt wrong, as though countless ants were gnawing at his bones. He craved battle and destruction.

"Captain Blonsky, they're coming out!" a squad member beside him quietly reminded him.

At the entrance of the building, Banner, accompanied by Yu Xian and the others, stepped into the soldiers' view like a warrior courageously heading to a banquet.

No resistance. No transformation.

To Blonsky, that calm demeanor was nothing but cowardice and disgrace!

A nameless fury rushed straight to his head.

Unable to restrain himself, he snatched the handcuffs from a squad member and strode toward Banner.

"Damn it, you useless coward! Why didn't you keep fighting? Keep fighting?"

"Where's that guy? Get him out here!"

Just as Blonsky's hand was about to touch Banner,

a figure casually stepped between them and blocked Banner from view.

It was Yu Xian.

He wore a... strange expression, as though he had discovered a priceless treasure, and looked Blonsky up and down.

The other lead actor in his grand production had finally arrived!

It was time to launch his "Abomination" creation plan!

Blonsky froze, his movement suspended in midair.

"Ahem!"

Yu Xian cleared his throat. "You must be the renowned Mr. Emil Blonsky?"

"I've heard so much about you. Today, I finally get to meet you in person!"

"Blonsky, I happen to have something I'd like to discuss with you!"

"Perhaps... we could find a chance to talk privately?"

"About... the topic of 'power.'"

Blonsky stared blankly at the young man who had suddenly appeared before him.

He watched Yu Xian reach out and grab him.

He looked into those sincere eyes.

He watched Banner walk past him.

Blonsky tugged at his hand.

Huh!

It wouldn't budge!

PS:

Let's take stock of the most toxic flaws and most boring plotlines in this book so far!

Any big shots willing to share wisdom and take over?