Midnight. Cloudy and windy.
Avengers Tower, laboratory.
A mess.
Thor had unexpectedly accelerated the incubation of the Regeneration Cradle.
What emerged from it stunned everyone:
"Thor, do you know what you're doing...?"
Steve had no idea why Thor had done this, his face full of confusion.
Taking advantage of that "person" being momentarily stunned, he asked the question.
Thor's armor gleamed, his crimson cape draped behind him, his expression incomparably serious:
"I saw the eye of a storm, and this guy was right at its center. He isn't an enemy..."
As he spoke, he raised a hand and pointed at Vision, floating in midair.
Damn it, that girl Wanda made me see Asgard turn to ash...
Thanos wore the Infinity Gauntlet, and life throughout the universe was devastated.
Wait—the yellow stone was blindingly bright in that vision!
He seemed like a powerful ally...
"The thing on his forehead is one of the six Infinity Stones. It possesses limitless power. But..."
At this point, Thor looked at everyone apologetically.
"I have something urgent to deal with. I need to return to Asgard immediately, so... I'll leave this guy to you."
With that, he gave an apologetic smile.
Ignoring Steve's grim expression, he raised his hand and recalled Mjolnir.
At the same time, a beam of rainbow energy pierced through the ceiling and enveloped Thor.
"Bzzzz—"
Everyone felt pressure build in their eardrums as a complex, fire-flecked pattern appeared on the floor where Thor stood.
And Thor, just as he had said...
Had gone back home...
Damn it, why now of all times...
Steve clenched his fists, his feelings impossible to put into words.
Seeing Thor help him, Tony had initially been quite fired up:
Never thought that musclehead could understand the painstaking intent behind my great plan...
But when that "person"