#675 - Riven's "Confession"

In the dimly lit room, the only source of light was a few rays of moonlight filtering through the curtains.

Raven slowly opened her eyes.

A trace of darkness still lingered in her pupils, but it was no longer as deep and terrifying as before.

Sitting up, Raven found herself lying on a bed, covered with a familiar coat - her dad's trench coat.

"How long was I asleep, Dad?"

"Just a little while."

Peter walked to her side and said, "You caused quite a stir this time, I suspect if I hadn't come, my daughter would have even torn down this city."

Raven's gaze met Peter's, her expression becoming complex, tinged with guilt and confusion.

"Dad…"

Her voice was a little hoarse, "What… what did I do?"

Peter approached her and sat on the chair beside the bed, "Don't you remember? Raven."

Raven lowered her head, her hands tightly gripping the bed sheet, her knuckles white from the effort.

"I only remember darkness… endless darkness, it consumed me, controlled me, I… I hurt everyone, didn't I?"

"Dad…"

Raven's voice was weak and trembling, her hands gripping the bed sheet tightly, her knuckles white from the effort, "I… I'm sorry."

Peter was silent for a moment, then slowly reached out and gently stroked her forehead.

"Raven, my child, you have nothing to apologize for."

Peter's voice was low and gentle.

"But I… I almost lost control, hurt John and them, almost hurt you."

Tears flickered in Raven's eyes, her voice filled with self-blame and fear.

"I didn't want to do that, I was just afraid… afraid of losing you again."

Peter didn't expect that Raven would be completely consumed by self-blame after waking up.

He comforted her in a low voice, "No, you won't lose me, Raven, no matter what happens, I'm here."

"But…"

Raven's voice became somewhat choked, "The power within me… it's too strong, I can't control it, I'm afraid it will control me again."

Peter organized his words for a moment and held her hand tightly.

"Raven, you are much stronger than you think, you have great power within you, but you also have your own will, you can control it, instead of being controlled by it, you controlled it this time, didn't you? You were still awakened when you saw me last time."

Although he said that, Peter suspected that it was Clark's punch that shattered many of Raven's farm dreams.

Raven didn't know that Peter was thinking about Clark shattering her farm dream with one punch.

After listening to Peter, she took a deep breath, as if gathering courage, then slowly stood up and walked to her father.

Raven's gaze never left Peter's eyes, as if afraid that he would disappear in the blink of an eye.

"Dad, I… I've always wanted to tell you something."

Raven's voice was getting lighter and lighter, almost like a whisper, but it was filled with undisguised emotion.

"Mm-hmm."

Peter didn't urge her, just quietly watched her, waiting for her to continue.

"I… I love you, Dad."

Raven's voice finally became a little firmer, but her fingers were tightly clutching the hem of her clothes, as if this sentence had exhausted all her courage.

"I know, the power within me makes me dangerous, I might lose control, might hurt you… but I really don't want to lose you, Dad, you are the most important person to me, my only support, I… I can't imagine what the world would be like without you."

Her voice began to tremble, tears welled up in her eyes, but she still insisted on finishing: "Dad, I know you are strong, you are omnipotent… but I also know that you have vulnerable times too, I don't want you to get hurt because of me, don't want you to suffer because of me, but… but I'm really scared, scared that one day you will leave me, scared that you will abandon me because of the power within me."

Peter's eyes flickered slightly, his expression still calm, but there was a hint of imperceptible softness in his eyes.

He slowly reached out and gently stroked her hair, his movements gentle and full of affection.

"Raven," Peter's voice was low and firm, "You have nothing to fear, you are my daughter, my bloodline, my pride, no matter how strong the power within you is, no matter what challenges you face, I will not leave you."

Raven's tears finally burst out, she threw herself into Peter's arms, hugging him tightly, as if to pour all her fear and dependence into this embrace.

"Dad… I don't want to lose you, never want to."

After this time of going dark, Raven realized that her feelings for her father were more intense than she had imagined.

Having recognized her inner self, what she feared most was Peter abandoning her.

Peter gently stroked her back and softly said to his daughter: "I know, Raven, I love you too, no matter what happens, I will be by your side, protect you, support you, you will never lose me."

"Dad…"

Raven murmured softly, her voice filled with endless dependence, "Thank you… thank you for always being by my side."

Peter didn't answer, just hugged his daughter tighter.

The father and daughter were intimate for a while, and soon Peter remembered something very important, which was where Raven had sent Invincible to.

"Raven, where did you send Mark?"

Peter asked Raven in his arms.

Raven's body stiffened, and she raised her head somewhat awkwardly, and said to Peter cautiously: "Actually, I don't know which world he was sent to either, I just casually opened a portal at the time."

Peter: "."

Invincible can't come back, isn't this the end?!

The next day.

Mark encountered a very embarrassing thing.

Originally, he wanted to go to the coffee shop to buy a cup of coffee for Tom, but he ran into Invincible's girlfriend.

"Mark?"

Invincible's girlfriend, Amber, shouted in surprise when she saw Mark.

Amber has dark brown skin that glows healthily in the sun, and her carefully styled curly hair is tied into a fluffy high ponytail.

She exclaimed in surprise, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, "You said you went to deal with the Octopus Dog last night, I haven't received your text, I thought something happened to you, are you okay?"

Seeing Amber mistake him for Invincible, Mark froze in place.

Amber walked towards him, the golden hoop earrings on her earlobes shining brightly.

"I've been calling your cell phone all night, but no one answered."

As she spoke, she suddenly realized that something was wrong, the Mark in front of her seemed a little different from her boyfriend.

"Wait a minute. Mark, this isn't some kind of disguise, is it?"

"Madam, I think you have mistaken me."

Mark took a step back and explained to the other party: "I'm just-"

But soon his words stopped.

Because across from Mark, a pair of hands were placed on Amber's neck.

A black-haired woman in a white and blue uniform stood behind Amber, staring at Mark, "Mark Grayson, Invincible, come with me now."

Feeling the powerful aura emanating from the woman behind her, Amber looked at Mark with a trembling voice, "Mark?"

The heroic short-haired woman strangled Amber's neck with her hand, "Did you hear what I said? If you don't do as I say, this woman will die."

Mark looked at the woman with a shocked expression, and then looked at Amber with a terrified face.

"Whoa, hey, who are you? Don't get excited, maybe we can talk about this."

Mark tried to appease the other party.

"My name is Anissa, an agent of the Viltrumite Empire, if you think you can get to me before I snap this woman's neck and stop me, you can try, you're welcome to try."

Mark's expression became serious, "What do you want?"

Since the other party regarded him as Invincible, he would not specifically explain it, the most urgent task now was to ensure the safety of Invincible's girlfriend who was being strangled by her.

Anissa said to him coldly: "Talk to you, go somewhere where we can talk alone."

"Okay, if you leave immediately, without harming her or anyone, I will leave here with you."

Anissa looked into Mark's eyes and nodded, "Then hurry up, otherwise everyone here will die, and she will be the first."

Releasing the hand that was strangling Amber's neck, Anissa stomped on the ground slightly, and with a "bang" flew into the sky.

Amber, who had survived the disaster, could no longer control her emotions, and rushed towards Mark with tears in her eyes.

She was even having some difficulty breathing as she gasped for air.

Although Mark was a little embarrassed, he couldn't push the other party away, so he had to learn from Peter and gently pat Amber on the shoulder.

"It's okay, it's okay."

After leaving the coffee shop, Mark immediately used the communicator that the Guardians had just given him to contact Director Cecil.

Then he turned his gaze to the woman who claimed to be a Viltrumite agent standing in the distance in the sky, took a deep breath, and walked towards her.

Standing in mid-air, the woman with her hands behind her back watched Mark fly over.

At this time, Mark had not yet awakened his Viltrumite bloodline, and the flight method he used was the levitation flight technique in magic.

Mark flew to her and cautiously asked the other party: "What do you want to talk about?"

At the same time, at the Global Defense Agency headquarters.

Director Cecil and Loki, Tom, Bulletproof and Vi, stood in front of the big screen, watching the two of them talk.

Cecil said to Mark through the headset: "Mark, help me collect as much information about her as possible, we are doing our best to prevent things from getting worse, and we have notified Mr. Patrick, your current task is to delay as much time as possible and let her talk more."

Mark in the air listened to the words from Director Cecil and turned his gaze to Anissa.

"What do you want to do?"