Don't Even Think of Doing Anything Stupid

"You're not my friend, Thanos."

Kino looked at him indifferently.

[Kino, no matter which Thanos it is, it is still me. I am the original Thanos, and I will also be the last Thanos.]

Thanos's voice came from the shadows, an explanation and a declaration.

"So you're planning revenge? First the Leader who caused me a lot of trouble, and now this dead guy who just disappeared."

[Kino, Thanos's goal from beginning to end has only been one: to sacrifice half of all life to death, and my goal is the same.]

As for death, my love, she is here.

Death is here too?

There was nothing here except him and Thanos.

Bang bang bang!

A slapping sound rang out, and the sound came from Thanos's stomach.

"You ate death?! What did it taste like?"

Kino was initially startled, but then calmed down, after all, he had done it himself.

[...]

Thanos was taken aback by Kino's question, then replied, "[It's a bit chilling, but I'm very content.]"

Bang bang bang!

[Quiet down, my love...]

Thanos looked down at his body and said something, and the next moment, death truly fell silent.

"Fine, you yandere Thanos, whatever you want to do, stay away from my world."

Kino is warning.

[But I'm already walking towards your world; in 96,976 days, I will arrive.]

!!!

Kino's pupils suddenly contracted—the number was exactly the same as what Lucifer had told him.

96976.

96976 days

"Two apocalypses will descend simultaneously." Thanos's shadow began to dissipate.

"Which world will you choose to protect then? Or rather...?"

Which universe should be used as bait?

Back to reality.

Kino glanced at the headless corpse that looked like it was dead, lying horizontally on the ground, surrounded by an eerie aura.

Without lingering any longer, he turned and disappeared, leaving behind only an empty room.

Earth.

It was late at night.

In an old apartment cabin,

Kino, who had fallen asleep in bed, opened his eyes and began to receive new memories.

Venom transformed into human form, crawled into the bed, and held Kino's head, gently stroking his hair with its slender fingers.

"It's alright, you don't need to worry too much about it. With the One-Above-All (OAA) and God joining forces, plus Lucifer and all the other great beings, defeating Thanos shouldn't be a big problem."

"Um..."

Kino responded softly, and in Venom's gentle embrace, slowly closed her eyes, trying to calm her chaotic thoughts.

Unfortunately, this tranquility did not last long.

A faint "tap-tap" sound came from outside, breaking the silence of the night.

The Venom returned to Kino's body.

Kino got out of bed, gently opened the window, and peeked out.

He made eye contact with someone.

Kino's eyes widened in shock as he saw a blonde girl clinging to the wall, her hand frantically trying to pry open the window next door.

The girl's face was pale; she was clearly quite frightened by the sudden eye contact.

"..."

Both of them froze, neither speaking for a moment. Silence hung in the air, as if time itself had stopped. After a dozen seconds, Kino broke the silence.

"It's a bit cold outside, why don't you come over here first?"

"... Um."

Gwen nodded blankly, her limbs moving with the agility of a spider as she slowly crawled up the wall into Kino's room.

The moment Gwen stood on the floor, she snapped out of her daze, looked at Kino in his pajamas, and awkwardly dug her toes into the ground.

I recently gained superpowers, and today was the first time I went out to carry out justice wearing my modified suit. As a result, I only managed to beat up a few petty thieves.

When she returned, the doors and windows were stuck. She didn't dare to break the window directly, as that would be too noisy and wake her parents. So she could only carefully pry open the window.

As a result, he woke up the boy next door who had been staying at his house for a week, and the boy discovered his superpower.

We're doomed.

No, I don't know if it would be okay to ask him to keep it a secret.

Gwen was brainstorming, trying to figure out how to convince Kino to help her keep it a secret.

Meanwhile, Kino was looking at Gwen's first suit with great interest in the dim light.

She was wearing a slightly rudimentary, modified ballet costume with a black jacket over it, jeans over her long legs, and a white fur mask in her hand.

Ugly in one word, Qipa in two.

"Um, I'm actually on the school cheerleading team. We're planning to perform acrobatics soon, and I was just practicing..."

Gwen forced an awkward smile, trying to smooth things over.

But under Kino's calm gaze, she simply couldn't continue speaking; her voice grew softer and softer until it was almost inaudible.

"Kino, can you keep this a secret for me?"

"Um."

Kino nodded.

Gwen breathed a sigh of relief; she hadn't expected him to be so easy to talk to. She would no longer think of him as a taciturn person in her heart.

"Thank you, I'll go back to my room now."

Gwen opened the door and walked towards her room. Kino didn't stop her, but instead silently counted down.

10,9,...2,1.

Sure enough, the door opened again, and Gwen walked in with a helpless expression.

"Could I stay here for the night?"

I forgot that my room was locked from the inside. If I want to open it, I can only wait until my parents go to work tomorrow and go into my room to get the key.

"Okay, this is your home. Go to bed and sleep. You have school tomorrow."

Kino moved a chair and sat by the window, gazing at the moon in the sky, somewhat lost in thought.

"What about you? Maybe we can squeeze in."

Gwen suggested it somewhat hesitantly.

After all, this was originally Kino's room, and he had promised to keep it a secret. Gwen felt a little guilty for letting him sit there in a daze while she went to sleep.

I can't sleep.

Kino spoke softly, the moonlight shining on him and outlining his slender figure, making him look like a melancholy young man.

Gwen then remembered that Kino's parents had died not long ago, but apart from being rather quiet, he hadn't shown any signs of sadness in the past week.

So Gwen subconsciously assumed that the other person was alright. He had just said that he couldn't sleep, could it be because he was having nightmares and waking up to look at the moon until morning?

Wait, this is the third floor!

What did Gwen realize?

Just as Kino was still feigning melancholy, a hand grabbed his arm, lifted him up, pushed him down onto the bed, and then shoved him inside.

Gwen closed the window and lay down on the bed, one hand resting on Kino.

"With me here, don't even think about doing anything foolish."

Gwen said with a serious expression, her eyes filled with worry and determination.