Chapter 184: You Never Cared Whether Humans Lived or Died, Doctor.

[It was as if she had returned to the past, experiencing it in person.]

[Laurie once again saw her childhood. She saw her father arguing with her mother, telling her to go live with the Comedian, the man who had nearly raped her.]

["Stop talking!!"]

[Laurie suddenly woke up, her entire body trembling.]

[This was the memory she was most unwilling to face. It had been buried in a shadow that would never see the light of day, but now it had been dug up again!]

["There are dark corners in your heart as well, yet you don't understand why I hide the worst things from you."]

[Doctor Manhattan withdrew his power and looked at the woman as he spoke.]

[Laurie instantly fell silent.]

Marvel World.

Black Widow revealed a strange expression.

She felt that something was odd.

Clearly, that man's voice sounded extremely gentle.

But for some reason, it also sounded extremely distant.

It was as if he was caring only for the sake of caring.

In the next second, Natasha shook her head, thinking that perhaps she was being too sensitive.

[At this moment, Doctor Manhattan suddenly spoke without any warning:]

["Remember to give Dan my regards."]

["What regards?"]

[Laurie looked confused.]

[Doctor Manhattan paused for a moment, then explained:]

["You were thinking of asking whether I could go out to dinner with you, like before."]

["But you won't do that, because you know I can't... so you'll call Dan."]

["It's all right. I understand. It's human nature. You deserve the comfort of an old friend."]

[Laurie stared blankly at her lover, who had stopped speaking and turned his head to continue assembling the machine. Several seconds later, she turned and left.]

[Just as he had "seen," she was going to find Nite Owl.]

Outside the screen, the envy in the eyes of countless female viewers turned into fear at this moment.

Even villains like Madame Viper, who worshipped strength, were no exception!

This was far too terrifying!

Being together with someone who could see your future anytime and anywhere was like forever standing naked before him!

No secrets, no privacy, no unknowns!

Everything was exposed nakedly before the other party's eyes!

At this moment, a sentence suddenly echoed in countless people's hearts.

How could a god fall in love with a mortal?

[Laurie found Daniel and had dinner with him, but they were being watched by government agents.]

[As Doctor Manhattan's only link to this world, they had to prevent her from cheating.]

[Otherwise, if Manhattan were angered, the world would be destroyed even without nuclear bombs.]

[Inside the restaurant, the two talked happily after not seeing each other for many years.]

[Compared to Doctor Manhattan's absolute rationality, Nite Owl seemed warmer and more interesting.]

[Laurie's heart was touched, but there was no further development.]

[She knew she could not do that.]

[The next day.]

[The rain in Metropolis seemed endless, adding a touch of sorrow to the Comedian's funeral.]

[All the surviving Watchmen members of this generation were present.]

[Even Rorschach, dressed like a homeless man, walked past the edge of the procession while holding that "The End Is Nigh" sign.]

Inside the airship, Nite Owl and Silk Spectre looked at each other.

Back then, they had not known what Rorschach looked like. They had not expected him to have been present at the funeral as well.

Clearly, this seemingly most ruthless teammate still had a soft place in his heart.

[The Comedian had done plenty of dirty and exhausting work for the government, earning the honor of having his coffin draped with the national flag.]

[Doctor Manhattan stood to the side, and the rain could not approach his body.]

[At this moment, this godlike man, under the trace of humanity he still possessed, recalled his past with the Comedian.]

[That was on the battlefield in Vietnam. Because of his existence, the war was completely one-sided.]

[Before long, the U.S. military won a great victory, completely occupying this land, and the national flag gained one more star.]

Xavier's School!

Deadpool's face was full of disdain.

Damn it. If he were Vietnamese, he would report someone for using cheats!

And those Americans were shameless too. They could add another star to the flag even across the map!

Fortunately, he was fucking Canadian!

[After the war, the streets of Saigon were bustling, and the people did not show even the slightest atmosphere of a conquered nation.]

[At the celebration banquet in the bar, the Comedian smoked a cigar, drank beer, looked at Doctor Manhattan, and said:]

["If we'd lost the war in Vietnam, I think it would have driven our whole country crazy."]

["But thanks to you, we didn't lose."]

[Manhattan blinked, somewhat puzzled:]

["You don't sound very happy."]

["Me? Not happy?"]

[The Comedian laughed and denied it:]

["Of course not. I just think it's too funny!"]

Asgard.

Thor was extremely puzzled.

Doctor Manhattan could not be wrong.

In other words, the Comedian truly had not felt joy because of the victory in the war.

But that was too strange.

Because whether from the perspective of a warrior, the people, or the nation, this was something worth being happy about.

This mortal seemed even more complicated than he had seen.

[Right at this moment, a pregnant Vietnamese woman walked into the bar and demanded that the Comedian take responsibility for her.]

[However, how could the Comedian, who had only been playing around, agree? He directly told her to get lost.]

[The woman was not someone easy to bully either. She grabbed a bottle, smashed it, and slashed at the Comedian!]

[Caught off guard, the Comedian had a bloody wound cut across his forehead!]

[In an instant, rage easily killed reason!]

[The Comedian cursed loudly, pulled out his gun, and without hesitation shot the woman and the child in her womb dead!]

[This scene made Doctor Manhattan somewhat incredulous:]

["She was pregnant... and you killed her!"]

[The Comedian scoffed, tore away his disguise, and looked at his teammate with mocking eyes:]

["That's right. I killed her!"]

["But you know what? You watched me do it!"]

["You could've turned the gun into steam, the bullets into mercury, the bottle into goddamn snowflakes!"]

["But you didn't!"]

[In the next second, the Comedian shook his head in disappointment with a tone as if he had seen through everything:]

["You never cared whether humans lived or died, Doctor. You're drifting further and further out of reach."]

["God help us all."]

[After saying this, he covered his wound and left directly, leaving Doctor Manhattan staring at the corpse on the ground.]

Inside the Batcave.

Bruce's eyes were icy.

No matter how much the Comedian said, it could not outweigh the fact of his brutality!

He was nothing more than a fallen man who believed he had seen through the world and had therefore abandoned himself.

Living as chaos was his own choice!

That was tragic, but it was not worthy of pity.

However...

There was one thing the Comedian had not said wrong. Doctor Manhattan truly did not care about humanity.

And when the last trace of his humanity faded away...

Would that be a god?

Or something even more terrifying?!

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