The scene shifted to the peak of a cliff on Vormir.
After using the Space Stone to teleport away, Thanos had not actually gone far.
He hid within a nearby fold in space and waited patiently.
He did not know whether Su Ming had obtained the Soul Stone.
But no matter what,
he would eventually come out.
When that happened, Thanos would find out whether the Soul Stone had truly been taken.
This concerned his grand plan!
Yet he waited and waited.
He waited until Vormir's dusky sky seemed almost frozen.
There was still no movement below the cliff.
Su Ming had not emerged, and the Soul Stone's aura still remained within that special dimension.
There was no sign that it had recognized an owner or been taken away.
"What is going on?"
Thanos's brow furrowed tighter and tighter.
The unease and irritation in his heart grew stronger.
What exactly was that Earthling doing in there?
He looked at Red Skull beside him, who was trying to shrink himself into the shadows.
At that moment, Red Skull
still bore the "pig-headed skull" look Su Ming had slapped into him, which had not completely faded.
He looked both ridiculous and miserable.
Feeling Thanos's gaze, he shuddered in fright and nearly lost his footing.
"H-he still hasn't come out..."
Red Skull's voice was trembling with tears and utter terror.
"That demon... went inside...
He broke the rules...
I don't know what will happen..."
Thanos looked at Red Skull, the self-proclaimed "guide of destiny," now so terrified that he was nearly scared out of his wits.
Then he recalled how Su Ming had treated him like a punching bag earlier.
An extraordinarily absurd and unreal feeling surged through him.
He,
Thanos,
the balancer of the universe,
owner of three Infinity Stones,
was actually