When Deathstroke received the call Adjutant transferred to him, Lucifer was chatting privately with the newly arrived Death by the seaside.
The two of them looked out at the pitch-black ocean and the scattered moonlight shimmering across its surface. Death was as she had always been, still holding her black parasol despite it being the middle of the night.
Lucifer wore a black suit, while Death wore a black dress. Any passerby unaware of the situation might have assumed they were two underworld bosses negotiating a deal by the sea.
But the topic they were discussing was far more serious than any criminal transaction.
Everyone now needed Death to kill some people who were "not meant to die," which violated her rules. That fellow called Adam Warlock could not possibly even exist in the Book of Destiny, since he had come from another world.
Death kept smiling, but she was also continuously shaking her head. No matter what Lucifer said, she politely refused.
But Lucifer was not someone who became discouraged easily, and his pride would not permit failure. The more Death disagreed, the more passionately he spoke. He was fully determined to see this through.
"Go on, Loki. What is it?" Su Ming motioned for Carol to look behind them. That massive black maggot had emerged again, so he had her deal with it alongside Thanos and Hela. "You can see it too, right? I'm a little busy here."
The three of them had no way to instantly kill the massive maggot, but that was fine. Keeping it occupied was enough; otherwise, it would just revive again. In the end, that was no different from dragging things out for an entire day.
"Then I'll keep it brief." This was Loki's first time contacting Deathstroke through Adjutant. She found the