In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 433 Thanos's Death, the Gathering of the Four Infinity Stones
Thanos became increasingly certain as he spoke, so he continued:
“There will even be ambitious individuals who covet your power and use open schemes to force you to choose one of several futures for their own gain. Moreover, there will definitely be people who want to seize the gem and steal the power, because this power comes from the gem, it is an external force, not your own!”

Thanos raised his head and looked at Shimizu with a bewildered expression, as if trying to persuade the latter.

"I've had similar thoughts to what you're saying, and I even conducted experiments with the natives of several isolated planets."

The final result ultimately failed to satisfy me.

Therefore, the best method is to skip the intermediate steps and achieve the goal directly in one step. This is the truly once-and-for-all solution! This... is the only path to fulfilling one's destiny!

Director Mie of the Family Planning Office spoke with unparalleled fervor.

Unfortunately, Shimizu still had no intention of buying it.

But he also put on a thoughtful expression, stopped what he was doing, and nodded.

"What you said makes a lot of sense. How about this: you give me your two Infinity Stones, and I'll take full responsibility for everything! I'll bear the blame!"

Thanos's expression froze, then he gave Qing Shui a deep look.

"you are lying."

"I don't!"

"Your soul is telling me you're lying."

"If you don't give it to me, then we'll keep fighting."

Shimizu looked at Mie Badao.

"But I can't beat you."

"Then give me the gem."

"No."

Shimizu inexplicably gives off a vibe of elementary school students arguing.

Thanos looked at the clear water, reached out and took the Power Stone from the Infinity Gauntlet, activated its energy, and pressed it against the Soul Stone.

He intends to destroy both Infinity Stones outright.

Rather Stick to your guns!
An explosive force emanated from Thanos's body, spreading outwards and instantly destroying everything around him.

With a thought, Shimizu activated the Space Gem, teleporting himself outside this space.

In the vast universe, Shimizu, clad in Destroyer armor, emerged from a spatial vortex, watching as a distant planet, situated between two stars and tidally locked by them, perpetually shrouded in scorching daylight, was utterly destroyed by a massive shockwave.

And what follows is the entire galaxy, including these two stars.

Shimizu raised his hand and used the energy of the three Infinity Stones to create layers of protection in front of him. After quietly watching this magnificent scene in the universe for a while, he felt that the phenomenon here would not stop anytime soon, so he raised his hand and used the Time Stone to accelerate the process of star destruction and supernova explosion.

Nearly an hour later.

Exhausted, Shimizu took a breath inside the Destroyer and teleported into the endless nebula debris, finding the location where Muspelheim had been before.

"The spatial coordinates we located earlier should be here."

Within a blue-red gaseous nebula, Shimizu pinpointed her location and re-locked onto the space of this region.

The Eye of Agamotto on his chest flickered, summoning a magic circle that rotated counterclockwise.

Time within the limited area reversed rapidly, and Thanos's body and the two Infinity Stones reappeared in front of Shimizu.

Before Shimizu could take any further action, Thanos, seeing the scene before him, did not hesitate to put the Power Stone back in.

Another explosion occurred, stirring up the nebula.

Beneath the Destroyer's mask, Shimizu frowned slightly, as if she had thought of something. Instead of reversing time, she sat cross-legged on the spot, formed a mudra with her hands, and began to peer into the future timeline.

The head, encased in Uru metal, twitched and turned incessantly, leaving countless afterimages. Before long, Shimizu opened her eyes and returned to normal.

It seems he can't get the two Infinity Stones from Thanos anymore, so he has to think of other ways, such as waiting for the two stones to appear in some unknown corner of the universe before he can snatch them back.

This seems to be the backlash that time has inflicted on him.

Even though he was trying to find ways to reduce the backlash caused by the impact of the event, it was still unavoidable, just to varying degrees.

This was already considered a very mild backlash, causing no harm to him personally. All his goals were achieved, and those who were truly close to him should not have suffered much harm either. They would just find it difficult to plan for the Soul Gem and the Power Gem in the short term.

It's not exactly small, but it's not so big that it's unbearable.

Moreover, while he couldn't obtain those two gems at the moment, there was a Reality Gem waiting for him in Asgard.

Thanos is dead; it's time to go back and clean up the mess.

The Space Stone's eerie blue light flashed by, and when Shimizu reappeared, she was already in the sky above Asgard.

The protective barrier around Asgard has been broken, and the Dark Elf fleet has been completely destroyed.

The battle between the two sides had now reached its most intense and heated stage, and it was also the moment when the situation began to become clear.

The moment the clear water arrived, it was clear that Thor, risking having one of his eyes gouged out, had used Stormbreaker to sever the cursed warrior's head.

Meanwhile, Malekith, the leader of the Dark Elves, was manipulating Aether particles, condensing them into a blood-black torrent that broke through Loki's frost and illusions, and attacked Thor from behind.

Thor was about to throw Mjolnir backward to block and defend when he turned around and found a familiar, tall, silver-white puppet appearing out of thin air behind him.

"The Wind of Vatum!"

A seemingly violent but actually orderly golden hurricane swept up, blowing back the blood-black mist formed from ether particles and sweeping it away from Malekith.

Today, with Shimizu's mastery of the wind attribute, this magic is no longer just magic; it incorporates many techniques related to wind attribute ninjutsu and esoteric arts, making it incredibly powerful.

Thick black mist surged from Malekith's body, attempting to entangle and merge with the golden hurricane, rewriting its existence. However, the moment they touched, they melted away like ice and snow.

“Mind and reality are mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining. Reality is defined by the mind to determine truth and falsehood, and the mind is also carried by reality. Little Blackie, you are very skilled in using the Reality Gem, but you are going in the wrong direction. How can you possibly rewrite all existing reality into darkness with just one Reality Gem?”

"How do you dark elves understand darkness?" Shimizu clicked his tongue and asked, while his figure appeared above Malekith, raising his hand to gather the power of the three Infinity Stones and blasting them towards Malekith.

Thanos's stats are much higher than Malekith's, and he has two Infinity Stones, so Shimizu has to figure out a way to outmaneuver him, worried that he might escape.

Malekith was far less skilled. He only had one Infinity Stone, and theoretically he should have been more proficient in using it. However, due to his limited vision, knowledge, and abilities, his development and utilization of the stone was much worse than Thanos'.

Against Qingshui, he was simply outmatched.

"You don't understand. You, who have never truly experienced darkness, have no right to ask us how we understand darkness."

After a few moves, Malekith was forced to retreat steadily by Shimizu.

“I have faced darkness itself, and I’ve even fought a fight. When it comes to understanding darkness, I’m far more insightful than you.”

Shimizu reached out and slammed Malekith into the air, then appeared opposite him in the blink of an eye and spoke.

"You've already lost."

The Destroyer's silver-white arm plunged into Malekith's chest, and the triple forces of space, mind, and time forcibly severed Malekith's connection with the Aether, extracting the Reality Stone.

A gem that shimmered with a deep red color appeared in Qing Shui's palm.

To make the Reality Stone easier to use and lower the barrier to entry, the Dark Elves used a certain technology to transform it into Aether particles.

This is actually the same principle as the Infinity Gauntlet and the Eye of Agamotto, which are artifacts used to hold gems and unleash their power.

However, these dark elves wanted to turn reality into darkness, and their use of the gems was limited to dark-related fields. Although the gems seemed powerful and could unleash the full potential of the dark elves' dark magic, they also greatly limited the power that the gems could exert.

It can't be said that it was a waste of resources, but it was indeed a great waste. Just like the Mind Stone that fell into Loki's hands, it was only used as a hypnotic tool that would automatically dissipate after being knocked unconscious, and it never brought out the true power of the gem.

Shimizu pinched the Reality Stone between his right fingers and pressed it against the Destroyer's left arm armor.

Four-colored light swirled and shimmered on the silver-white Destroyer armor, accompanied by powerful energy and a feeling that one had complete control over everything around them.

Time and space, mind and reality.

He controls more than half of the power and rules of this universe, as if he is about to become the master of this world, as if he is... destiny!
"With the Destroyer Armor sharing the burden, I can still withstand the pressure from the four gems, given my body's experience with the enhanced Extremis virus. Five would be a problem, and I definitely couldn't handle six."

Therefore, not obtaining those two Infinity Stones will not have any significant impact in the short term, or even for a considerable period of time.

Shimizu assessed her physical condition and, upon thinking this, immediately felt a little better.

Yeah, I'm still a little annoyed.

Looking down, the battle on the Asgardian side was almost over.

Both Malekith, who manipulated the Aether particles, and the cursed warriors forged from the Dark Stone created using the Aether particles, are dead.

The Dark Elves were already at a disadvantage under the attack of Heimdall and the Warriors Three of Asgard, and now with the addition of two super-powerful fighters, Thor and Loki, it's a devastating blow.

Whether it's lightning or a cold wave, the speed at which it clears enemies is top-notch.

It's time to go back to Earth.

The Space Stone flashed, and Shimizu's figure disappeared again.

Loki and Thor exchanged a knowing glance as they casually smashed the ice sculpture beside them with their staffs.

"We're going to Earth now too."

Loki said to Thor.

"Go find Hela?"

"Yes, I haven't met this sister yet. I want to find her and tell her that she's the worst of the three of us."

"Then let's go, Heimdall! You're all in charge here! Loki, let's go!"

Thor excitedly raised his Stormbreaker.

As a god-king weapon like the Eternal Spear, the Storm Axe also possesses the ability to summon the Rainbow Bridge.

Unlike the Thor brothers, Shimizu didn't go looking for Hela; instead, he went to Greenwich.

Carol's strength is enough to suppress Hela, and nothing bad will happen to her for the time being. On the other hand, in another battle against Thanos's dark army, people are dying all the time.

Those with special abilities are alright, but most are just ordinary human soldiers.

Although these people had been wearing extreme environment combat suits produced by Stark Industries, received a large number of runic artifacts, and undergone specialized training as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents for the past month, coupled with simple yet effective kinetic weapons and weapons crafted by dwarves brought by Clearwater, their combat effectiveness was not bad.

However, when facing interstellar armies, these can only provide a slight resistance and prevent them from collapsing at the first touch; they certainly cannot win in a real battle.

If it weren't for the large number of Kamar-Tek mages, the Iron Legion painstakingly built by Tony Stark, and the capable individuals from S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D., Wakanda, and others, who served as crucial forces to turn the tide, the defenses might have already been breached and Greenwich invading.

As of now, the Dark Legion is temporarily blocked in Vatheim, Jotunheim, and Alfheim.

Wattheim is the stronghold of the dark elves, Jotunheim is the territory of the frost giants, and Alfheim is inhabited by the light elves.

The dark elves all died in Asgard, which goes without saying, while the frost giants and light elves were also drawn into this war.

Both the Frost Giants and the Light Elves were aware of the manifestation of the convergence of celestial bodies.

However, the former has now lost the Ancient Winter Coffin, and its leader Laufey was betrayed and killed by Loki, who considered himself the good son of the Asgardian prince. Its power has been greatly diminished, and it is barely surviving. It only wants to guard its own territory, so it is on the defensive.

The latter did communicate with Asgard, but because they love peace and have always been protected by Asgard, they have high attainments in the fields of art and aesthetics such as music, dance, painting, planting, poetry, and sculpture. Their actual military strength is not very strong, but they also know some magic related to nature and light. They are good at healing and buffing, making them a good support and greatly reducing casualties on the battlefield.

However, Earth was still at a disadvantage. Although the Avengers, the Wakanda army, the Kamar-Tekki sorcerer, and the Eight Immortals and Qi Gong warriors of S.H.I.E.L.D. boosted the overall strength, Thanos's army was, after all, a legitimate interstellar army. Under the leadership of the Black Order, they still suppressed the enemy.

Until the arrival of clear water.

With the enhancement of the Mind Stone, Clearwater's perception range expanded to an incredible extent, enveloping the entire Vatheim.

(End of this chapter)