From Stealing for a Thousand Days to Guarding Against Thieves for a Thousand Days, Heartfelt Gratitude to Surtur

After making his declaration, the Thought Form looked at Thanos with amused eyes. "I think they chose the second option. What do you think?"

Thanos gritted his teeth in frustration. As expected, none of those old bastards were easy to deal with.

When he looked again at the battle on Earth, Thanos felt even more stifled. If this dragged on, he would truly become a lone man facing all the superheroes by himself.

"But you do have a point," the Thought Form continued. "You aren't worth wasting any more of my magic power on."

"What are you trying to say?" A trace of hope suddenly rose in Thanos's heart.

"I'll let you leave, but my followers will still stop your plan. If you die, that settles everything. If you don't die, then once I'm done with my business, I'll naturally come find you and settle the score."

"Deal." Thanos immediately agreed.

As long as he could fulfill his destiny and lighten the universe's burden, he could give up everything.

As for settling the score afterward, Gaius would need to survive this round first before he had the right to talk about that.

Even if he really survived by some miracle in the end, the universe was so vast that finding him would not be easy.

And even if Gaius did find him, so what?

At worst, he could give him this life. Once he had done what needed to be done, he would have no regrets even in death.

"Get lost!"

Thanos shot him a resentful glare, opened a portal with the Space Stone, and stepped through it.

The Thought Form withdrew the projection and Apparated into the spaceship's control room.

Wanda immediately threw her arms around him and choked out, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. I never thought things