[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit":3,"chapter-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-19":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Marvel: Starting with the Ice-Ice Fruit",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1733216,2216,"Chapter 19: The Purple Man’s End and Jessica’s Relief","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-19",19,"\u003Cp>\"You should know that I hate liars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica Jones took a long swig of her whiskey, slamming the glass down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When did I lie to you?\" Vincent asked, genuinely frustrated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Always. Since the day you moved into Hell's Kitchen,\" Jessica hissed, her voice low but laced with hysteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jessica, you're drunk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent stood up, his expression cooling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have never lied to you. If you think my moving here was part of some grand scheme, I told you the truth from day one. Whether you believe it is up to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He pulled out a hundred-dollar bill and slapped it under his glass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked out of the Blue Moon Bar. He wasn't going to indulge a tantrum, even if Jessica was the first woman he'd been with in this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica froze. She grabbed her black leather jacket and stumbled after him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jessica!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice echoed in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dizzy and half-drunk, the world suddenly spun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Horrific memories—shards of a nightmare she thought she had buried—clawed their way to the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears streamed down her face, ruining her smoky makeup. Her body stopped obeying her commands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned away from Vincent and began walking mechanically toward the other side of the street.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A taxi pulled up right in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Stiffly, like a marionette, she opened the door, got in, and the car sped off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent, sitting in his Lincoln, watched the scene unfold. He had been annoyed, thinking he was losing a friend (with benefits). But seeing Jessica's sudden, unnatural shift—the tears, the trembling, the robotic movement—changed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kilgrave,\" Vincent snarled, his eyes narrowing into slits of pure murder. \"The Purple Man.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap. Tap. Tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A woman knocked on his car window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to save Jessica, go to this address.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A piece of paper slipped through the crack. The woman, a blank-faced suburban mom, walked away without another word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent grabbed the note, glanced at it, and floored the gas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried to tail the taxi, but it had vanished into the arterial flow of traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent didn't panic. He drove to the address on the note—a high-end hotel in Midtown.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kicked open the door to Room 404.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lights were dim. A cold wind howled through an open window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the alleyway, in the opposing building's window, stood Jessica Jones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was facing him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was shaking violently, fighting a war inside her own skull to regain control. Her lips quivered, trying to scream RUN, but no sound came out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tears fell freely. She could only watch helplessly as Vincent walked to the window of his room, looking across at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No one takes what belongs to me,\" Vincent whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Climb onto the ledge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A voice, smooth and terrifyingly persuasive, drifted from the shadows of Vincent's room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent felt it immediately—a strange, invasive energy trying to hook into his neural pathways. It was like a virus made of words, seeking purchase in his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent climbed onto the window ledge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind him, a tall man stepped out of the bathroom. He wore a sharp purple suit and had a face that was handsome in a cruel, twisted way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zebediah Kilgrave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked past Vincent, staring obsessively at Jessica across the alley, using Vincent as a prop in his sick theater of reunion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jump.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The command was absolute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"NO!!\" Jessica's mind screamed, breaking through for a split second, but her body remained frozen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent teetered on the edge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jump? Buddy, that's a long way down. Someone could get hurt.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent hopped back into the room and turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kilgrave's eyes went wide. His jaw dropped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Impossible!\" he shrieked, backing away. \"How? How can you disobey me?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the first time since gaining his powers, Kilgrave felt fear. His voice was law. People were puppets. The idea of resistance was alien to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such a powerful gift,\" Vincent said, walking slowly towards him. \"Wasted on a pathetic deviant like you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kilgrave wasn't purple-skinned here—he looked human. But his pheromones were potent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"BACK OFF!\" Kilgrave screamed, pointing a finger. \"SIT DOWN! KILL YOURSELF!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent didn't even blink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Passive Skill: Psychic Immunity - Active.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even without the System skill, his Ice-Ice Fruit could have neutralized the viral pheromones by elementalizing his blood and lungs. But the Immunity made it effortless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you know how small the human body can be divided when frozen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent asked calmly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kilgrave's face turned red as he strained to push more power, but Vincent kept coming.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, Kilgrave's body contorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Frost began to bloom on his skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... wait...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CRACK.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kilgrave turned into a statue of ice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, Vincent clenched his fist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hydro-Kinesis: Dissolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ice shattered, then melted, then froze again, shattering into finer and finer dust. Within seconds, the Purple Man was reduced to a puddle of slush and organic slurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent flushed the remains down the toilet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ice-Water combo is terrifying,\" Vincent noted. \"Matter destruction at the cellular level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He waved his hand. The moisture in the air gathered and scrubbed the room clean, removing the scent of death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Across the alley, Jessica collapsed as the mental hold snapped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She gasped for air, then looked up. Seeing Vincent safe, adrenaline surged. She leaped from her window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her super-strength, she cleared the alleyway effortlessly, landing in Vincent's room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked around frantically. \"Where is he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you're looking for Kilgrave,\" Vincent said, pointing to the bathroom, \"he's currently halfway to the Atlantic Ocean via the sewer system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica stared at him, stunned. The monster who had haunted her nightmares... was just gone? Flushed like waste?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's dead?\" she whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dead. Gone. Never coming back. Even if Death herself shows up, I won't let him back in.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent smiled gently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jessica didn't say a word. She launched herself at him, tackling him to the carpet with the force of a train wreck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vincent laughed, flipping them over and tossing her onto the bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they collided, Vincent flicked his finger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two tendrils of water rose from the sink, slithering across the room to pull the curtains shut.\u003C\u002Fp>",1017,"2026-06-06T16:16:52.583Z",1,"novelbin.me","eb50c95b6dff9f3394234769f803f1c730aee397f62090039bde9928f2fce694","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-20","marvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-chapter-18",116,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-starting-with-the-ice-ice-fruit-cover.jpg"]