As the embodiment of emotion and spirit, the oldest and purest psychic power in the Universe descended upon the Void's forehead with Peter's movement.
The Void's pupils suddenly constricted, and he wanted to struggle.
But before he could make a move, the balanced power of the Tiger Talisman began to take effect.
Under the influence of the Tiger Talisman, Sentinel's primary personality, imprisoned deep within the consciousness, gradually awoke and quickly grew with the aid of the Tiger Talisman to a degree where he could stand toe-to-toe with the Void.
On one side was the suppression of the Phoenix Force, and on the other was Sentinel, the primary personality, summoning the courage to resist.
Combined from the inside and outside by these two abilities, the Void's power was heavily suppressed.
At this moment, Peter's Phoenix Force pierced straight into the depths of Sentinel's consciousness like an invisible steel needle, breaching the layers of defense mechanisms in his mind all the way to the deepest part of Sentinel's thoughts, confronting the spiritual origins of Sentinel and the Void face-to-face.
This was a slightly rundown small attic.
There was an old television in the attic, along with toys scattered all over the floor, looking just like the room of a child who grew up in some slum.
At this moment, in this room, Sentinel was curled up in a corner, while the Void stared fiercely yet cowardly at Peter, the outsider.
Peter looked straight at the Void and began to state an established fact:
"You shouldn't have existed in the first place."
"You are merely the product converged from his psychological trauma and the negative emotions in his personality."
Hearing Peter's cold verdict, the Void's expression became extremely ferocious, and he couldn't help roaring:
"What qualification do you have to say that? You have no idea what we've been through!"
"His cowardice and his emptiness simply cannot support this power. I helped him make decisions, helped him become the entity that rules everything, and helped him clear away all obstacles before his eyes. What did I do wrong?"
Facing the Void's accusation, Peter only let out a calm, faint hum:
"Deluded and unrepentant."
As he spoke, the Phoenix Fire had already ignited on Peter's hands.
The moment this power approached the Void, the Void couldn't help letting out miserable screams.
At the same time, he began to instinctively move closer to Sentinel, cursing resentfully:
"Idiot, good-for-nothing, coward, you're always like this. He's already broken in to eliminate us, and all you can do is cower over there and watch?"
"When did I ever say I was going to eliminate him? From the very beginning, my target has only been you," Peter retorted.
The Void ignored Peter completely, or rather, deep down he didn't even figure out who the entity capable of saving his life actually was:
"We are inherently symbiotic entities. Do you think you'll have any good life after I die?"
"Bob, don't be foolish. Think about those people. You protected them with your power, yet they never loved you. No one is grateful to you; they just treat you like a monster!"
"They stay away from you, curse you, and wish you would drop dead early."
"Only I am the one in this World who has always stood by your side. Now are you going to watch me, your only supporter in this World, leave you as well!"
Listening to the Void's accusations, Sentinel, who had been curled up in the corner all along, showed some reaction.
His doubtful and uneasy gaze wandered between Peter and the Void, as if he was struggling over which of the two parties he should help.
Noticing that look in his eyes, Peter couldn't help complaining:
"Don't tell me you think everything he said is correct."
"I, I don't know..." Sentinel lowered his head again, falling into a state of entanglement and hesitation:
"No one cares about me, no one looks out for me. Ever since I was little, no one has ever paid attention to what I wanted. Even after I drank that damned serum and gained this power, no one treated me like a hero."
"Valentina said she would help me, she said she would make me a Superheroes admired by everyone."
"Yet she lied to me. She only wanted to use my power to maintain her authority, and she only treated me as a tool. Once I showed any sign of defying her, she would be the first person wanting to get rid of me..."
Sentinel babbled on like a resentful woman, and with every extra word he spoke, the darkness in this mental space grew by a fraction.
Nourished by that darkness, the Phoenix Fire burning on the Void's body began to gradually extinguish, and his wounds healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Even his body kept trembling during this process.
"Yes, well done Bob, it should be like this! The only ones we can trust in this World are each other."
"Come, give me your hand. When we become one, no one can be our opponent, not even that scum on the opposite side!"
Seeing the Void getting more and more cocky, Peter let out a cold hum, and a mass of the purest Dark Energy instantly surged from his body.
The Dark Energy obtained from Dormammu transformed into a split hound that tackled the Void to the ground. With a single bite of its big mouth, it tore off a large chunk of flesh from the Void, making him howl in pain and scaring Sentinel into shrinking even further into the corner.
If Peter was willing, he could completely bypass Sentinel's wishes and directly erase the Void.
But doing so was destined to treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.
If the Void died, but Sentinel didn't get any growth and remained cowardly and indecisive, he still wouldn't be able to shoulder the responsibilities of the strongest being in the Universe where they resided.
On a smaller scale, this might lead to Sentinel fleeing before battle the day the Illuminati's Universe encountered a formidable enemy.
On a larger scale, if this continued long-term, who knows if one day this fellow would give birth to some new personality even more troublesome than the Void.
After the Void calmed down, Peter glanced at Sentinel, who was still cowering and looking timid there. After hesitating for a moment, he simply sat down cross-legged, looked at him from a perspective level with Sentinel, and spoke:
"Bob, do you mind me calling you that?"
"Uh, please go ahead." Sentinel was initially startled by Peter's action, but seeing that Peter didn't seem to harbor any malice, he gradually stopped trembling.
"I want to ask you a question, do you want to be a Superheroes?"
Hearing this, Sentinel hesitated for a moment, then timidly nodded after a brief moment:
"I do, I dream of it. I also want to stand under the spotlight, and I want to walk upright on the streets, praised and recognized by people, instead of hiding in a dark corner like this."
"Bob, don't be fooled by him! He only wants to use... mmph..." The Void still wanted to sow discord.
Peter snapped his fingers, and the Dark Energy directly transformed into a stinky sock that stuffed his mouth.
"Kid, look at you." Peter reached out to press his shoulder, forcing Sentinel to meet his gaze:
"You possess power far surpassing anyone else in the Illuminati, and your power is second only to mine. But why is it that I am a hero admired by everyone in my Universe, while you can only be locked up by the Illuminati as a secret nuclear weapon?"
Sentinel looked at the confident and radiant Peter with full envy, and after a moment, muttered:
"I'm not stable enough, I always screw things up. I'm terrible, just too terrible..."
"You aren't terrible at all. You just aren't ready yet." Peter began his Talk No Justu with a calm expression.
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