Well accustomed to playing the life coach, Josen coaxed her in his rich voice, "Think carefully. In your heart, do you truly feel nothing for this 'father'?"
"Well..."
Amid Josen's rich voice, like a devil's whisper, Gamora's memories replayed like a revolving lantern: all the little moments of growing up, the warm hands and embrace when she was hurt.
Yes, once upon a time, hadn't this man she hated to this day been the very person she most wanted to lean on?
Such was the contradiction of human nature.
"Gamora, my daughter..."
Seeing the expression on Gamora's face, Thanos, this man of destiny, seemed to see his own end approaching.
At that moment, however, there was neither fear nor resentment on Thanos's face. Instead, it held a trace of fatherly affection and relieved gratification.
"Do it, young Eternal, so long as you don't hurt my daughter..."
At those words, Gamora's pupils trembled violently, while Josen frowned in confusion.
(ー`´ー)
Wait, something's off here.
How did I end up being the villain yet again?
Thanos put on an act, and the handsome guy got angry.
Those who knew, knew. What sort of great philanthropist could someone be if he could slaughter half the universe for his own ideals and selfish desires?
"Hmph!"
As though possessed by Tatsumaki, Josen huffed, carried Thanos's heavy body to the edge of the cliff, and whispered like a devil, "Don't worry. This world isn't connected to the network yet. Even if you die, you won't get to meet that goddess."
Thanos: !!!
-Killing a Titan wasn't enough? You had to crush his spirit too?!
With that, Josen let go under Gamora's conflicted gaze, letting Thanos plummet into the abyss.
"Fa..." Gamora's eyes stung. Having only just recognized her own feelings, she murmured, "Father..."
Before Gamora's surging