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Yondu had been a Ravager for an unknown number of years, and during all those years, he had met countless people.
When it came to judging people, Yondu believed his eye was quite good.
As for being betrayed by his subordinates, Yondu considered that an accident.
He knew what kind of people his subordinates were; most were space-faring pirates, not good people to begin with.
They acknowledged him as captain only because he could bring them profit. If they found that Yondu, as captain, could no longer bring them profit, then a rebellious heart would naturally arise.
Under normal circumstances, even if crew members were dissatisfied with Yondu, they wouldn't dare do anything to him.
His Yondu's Yaka Arrow wasn't just for show.
One Yaka Arrow shot, no matter who the rebel was, they would die under his Yaka Arrow.
If he hadn't been ambushed by Nebula, who broke the device used to control his Yaka Arrow, he wouldn't have been caught and imprisoned by his subordinates.
But putting past events aside for now, what Yondu wanted to say was that his eye for people should be quite accurate; at least among the current Guardians of the Galaxy, his eye should be better than anyone else's.
Therefore, he could tell that Kevin didn't particularly care about the members of the Guardians of the Galaxy.
In fact, in Yondu's eyes, Kevin might be indifferent to everything in this world. He had met such people and knew that, in a certain sense, such people were very dangerous to those around them.
This was also why he approached Kevin while Star-Lord and his group went down to find the Milan.
"..."
Kevin didn't know how to answer Yondu's question.
Before Yondu asked this question, Kevin had always believed that the Guardians of the Galaxy were his friends.
At least that's how Kevin saw it.
But when Yondu asked this question, Kevin couldn't immediately refute Yondu's words.
Because after deep thought, Kevin found that he seemed to… not really consider the Guardians of the Galaxy as his friends.
He more often… actually treated the Guardians of the Galaxy as NPCs with whom he could chat, communicate, and who had a good affinity rating.
No… was that really what he thought?
Meeting Yondu's scrutinizing eyes, Kevin opened his mouth and organized his words, saying:
"Peter and I… broke out of prison together, and… faced enemies together. They helped me a lot…"
"I've heard all these things from Peter. In his eyes, you are indeed a good friend, but in your eyes, what kind of person is Peter?"
"Are you sure you want to talk about this with me?"
Perhaps because Yondu had hit upon his true thoughts, Kevin wanted to end this conversation.
Yondu stared at Kevin intently for a long time, and finally didn't press the issue further. If Kevin didn't want to talk to him, he stood up to leave.
"Alright, if you don't want to talk, I won't say anything more. I just want to say that Peter and the others like you very much. Although I don't expect you to like them equally, at least don't hurt them… Being betrayed doesn't feel good."
Yondu said this to Kevin before leaving.
He didn't seem to have any intention of causing trouble for Kevin; he just wanted to ascertain Kevin's thoughts about Peter and the others.
As long as Kevin had no intention of harming Peter, Yondu wouldn't care what Kevin's ultimate goal was.
Even if it was to destroy this entire universe, what did that have to do with him, Yondu?
He, Yondu, was not a Superhero.
After Yondu left, Kevin sat in his original spot, looking out at the cosmic cosmos and thinking for a long time.
Mantis, standing to the side, twitched the antennae on her forehead and got up to leave.
But just before Mantis was about to depart, Kevin called out to her:
"Wait, I remember you have the ability to sense others' emotions, right?"
"Yes, I can sense a person's joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness…"
"Then try it, can you sense my emotions?"
Kevin extended his hand to Mantis.
Mantis hesitated, observing Kevin for a moment, then tentatively extended her hand towards Kevin, touching his hands.
As their fingers touched, Kevin's emotions instantly flooded into Mantis's perception.
And in that very instant, a hint of fear appeared in Mantis's ink-black pupils, and she released Kevin's hand almost without thinking.
Seeing Mantis's reaction, Kevin asked in surprise:
"What did you sense?"
"..."
Mantis said nothing, just looked at Kevin, backing away, then turned and scurried off, as if avoiding something.
Watching Mantis's retreating figure, Kevin fell into deep thought.
Was he… that terrifying?
…
"I didn't expect you to come with us too."
Around the Milan, Gamora watched Star-Lord and the others, using a special force field device to tow the damaged Milan, while also talking to her sister, Nebula.
Nebula sat beside Gamora, examining her mechanical arm.
"I don't want to stay with someone more dangerous than Thanos."
"You mean Kevin?"
"Who else could it be?"
"Don't worry, he's actually very easy to talk to. As long as you make it clear to him that you're not a threat, he won't do anything to you."
Gamora thought Nebula was worried Kevin would kill her.
After all, Nebula had been with Thanos before, a capable assistant to Thanos. If she hadn't escaped quickly on Xandar, she probably would have ended up like Thanos and the Black Order, becoming Kevin's skill points.
"Heh, do you really think I'm afraid of him?" Just listening to Gamora's words, Nebula sneered in response, "You've been with Thanos for so long, haven't you noticed that he and Thanos are actually the same kind of person?"
"…What?"
"Sometimes his eyes are the same as Thanos's. They are eyes that show no pity for any life. No, he's even more dangerous than Thanos, because even when he looks at you all, sometimes it's like that."
"Hey! I heard that, Blue Girl!"
Nebula's words were heard clearly by Star-Lord, who was passing by. He stopped and pointed at Nebula, saying:
"I won't allow you to talk about my friend like that, even if you're Gamora's sister!"
"…Is this the kind of idiot you like?"
Nebula ignored Star-Lord and looked at Gamora.
Gamora froze, a barely perceptible blush appearing on her green face, and she defended herself:
"I don't! We're just the purest… camaraderie!"
"Oh, please." Nebula looked as if she couldn't bear to watch, clearly, Gamora's lie hadn't fooled her.
But Nebula also had no intention of continuing to bicker with Gamora.
After checking her body, Nebula stood up and said:
"Anyway, no matter what you all think, once we reach Xandar, I'm leaving, and don't even think about looking for me."
"You're not coming with us?"
"No."
"Thanos is dead, where else can you go?"
"That's none of your business."
Nebula clearly had no intention of staying with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Gamora didn't know if this was because Nebula still hated her, or if Nebula was simply afraid of Kevin.
Gamora was about to persuade her again when Rocket, who was packing up the Milan with Groot, suddenly pointed to the sky and asked:
"I say, gentlemen, our spaceship shouldn't have long-range beam strike weapons or anything, right?"
"It seems…?"
Star-Lord wasn't quite sure. When he looked in the direction Rocket was pointing and saw a rainbow light point flying towards them in the distance, his uncertainty turned into certainty.
"…That definitely isn't something our ship's weapons could create! And the ship's direction isn't even that way!"
As Star-Lord spoke, he already put on his mask and said to the Guardians of the Galaxy:
"Everyone, prepare! Enemy attack!!"
As his words fell, the rainbow light point in the sky, which was coming straight towards them, transformed into an extremely thick rainbow light pillar in front of everyone.
The rainbow light pillar fell in front of them, stirring up dust and strong winds, making their clothes flap noisily.
And just as everyone was on alert, a bearded man carrying a hammer and wearing armor similar to medieval armor walked out from within the rainbow light pillar.
As soon as he appeared, he immediately asked everyone:
"Where is Kevin? I need to see him!"
The hammer-wielding man who had just emerged was Thor, who had just flown from Asgard using the Bifrost.
…
"Is that strong man looking for Kevin?"
Inside the spaceship, Drax asked Star-Lord Peter.
Star-Lord looked at Thor, who was talking to Kevin, and was about to answer when he suddenly realized Drax's descriptive word seemed a bit off:
"…Strong man?"
"Yeah, look at his body, so perfect, he's practically a born warrior."
Drax stared at Thor's body. If an uninformed person saw him, they might even think his sexual orientation was abnormal.
Star-Lord had a 'you're kidding me' expression and retorted indignantly:
"I'm strong too, alright?"
"Ahaha, your belly is almost a blown-up balloon, where are you strong?"
Rocket let out a merciless laugh. Star-Lord turned to continue bickering with Rocket when he suddenly heard Kevin let out an exclamation:
"What did you say?! That's impossible!! How did he get the soul stone!!"
Everyone looked towards Kevin, then saw Kevin's face turn very ugly.
It was as if he had eaten excrement.
No wonder Kevin's face had to look bad, because the news he had just received from Thor was that Ultron had somehow managed to leave Earth, and not only that, he had also obtained the soul stone.
If this happened in the Marvel main universe, Kevin would definitely say, what the hell is he talking about.
Any Marvel fan would know the conditions for obtaining the soul stone clearly.
That is, sacrificing someone important to oneself, whether a relative or a friend, as long as the feelings for that person are deep enough, exchanging that person's life can obtain the soul stone.
Thanos obtained the soul stone by killing Gamora, and Hawkeye obtained the soul stone by sacrificing Black Widow.
In other words, no matter who seeks this item, it must be a one-for-one exchange.
And Ultron, he's a robot. Let alone having someone important, he probably doesn't even have emotions.
He's a ruthless machine that wants to destroy the world!
How could he have obtained the soul stone!?
Kevin really wanted to say that, but he also knew that this was the what if universe.
And if Kevin remembered correctly, in the what if universe, when Thanos went to deliver a package to Ultron, Gamora indeed did not die.
This means that the soul stone Thanos obtained had another source, as for where it came from.
No one knew.
At least Kevin didn't know, and Thor didn't know either.
But Ultron knew, and successfully obtained the second Infinity Stone.
"I don't know, but precisely because Ultron obtained the second stone, the clash of powers caused the mind light covering him to dissipate. Heimdall saw him, and that's how we were able to discover his whereabouts, and that's why I came to find you."
Thor explained concisely.
The 'virus' targeting Ultron had long been developed by Tony, but Ultron himself was nowhere to be found.
Even Heimdall of Asgard couldn't find him.
According to Heimdall's speculation, Ultron must have discovered how to use the mind stone, blinding Heimdall's senses mentally, thus making himself invisible in Heimdall's eyes.
However, at the moment he obtained the soul stone, the mind light on him was dispersed by the power of the soul stone. Heimdall captured Ultron's location and immediately notified Thor to contact Kevin.
Thor then used the Bifrost to find Kevin.
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