When the Supreme Watcher weakly forced his eyes open, he saw Leon and Uatu looking down at him.
"Are you... going to kill me?" He felt that he had no chance of survival.
The Supreme Watcher was extremely weak. Heat Vision had shattered his already grievously injured body.
The blue light in his eyes was as dim as an old dyed incandescent bulb that had been used for decades.
He murmured feebly, "Why? I never saw your strength... nor did I foresee any of this..."
Leon patted Uatu on the back, letting him take it from there.
Uatu looked down at his mentor, his mind filled with countless thoughts.
"You have been a bystander for too long, Mentor."
Uatu said gravely, "You are used to looking down on everyone from above, believing that they are merely stories in your eyes, nothing more than fleeting shadows."
"So it is difficult for you to imagine that there could be things beyond your knowledge, or things you have never seen."
The Supreme Watcher slowly turned his head and looked helplessly at Uatu.
"Is that so... Uatu, then how... did you foresee this?"
The Supreme Watcher had been thoroughly beaten senseless.
Ever since his birth, he had always stood above all others. He had never fought anyone, nor had he believed anyone could fight him.
He believed he knew everything in the world, that nothing held any secrets before him.
But today, he had been defeated.
Defeated by Leon, who had held no secrets in his eyes, using a power he had never seen and could not understand.
At that moment, the Supreme Watcher's thoughts were in chaos, and his entire worldview had collapsed.
Clearly, Uatu did not understand Leon either. He had even desperately tried to persuade Leon to flee before this.
But