Thanos knew he was usually cautious.
But when the Hell Lords disappeared and the Quantum Universe fell into chaos, he sensed that something momentous had happened. His unease had grown into anxiety.
And someone had amplified that anxiety. Coupled with his habit of looking down on others, it had driven him to act on impulse.
It seemed that as his power grew, certain beings could no longer restrain their desire to kill him.
Suddenly, he remembered what Nemesis had told him.
She had made it clear that after the first cosmic era, Above All had decided that Omniversal Level beings were too destructive and had begun deliberately suppressing their emergence.
The goal was to keep too many Omniversal Level beings from appearing in the Marvel Universe.
After all, they had the power to destroy a Megaverse, making them a grave threat to the Marvel Universe.
So, on Above All's orders, the Four Creator Gods and the Celestials—the true rulers of Marvel—deliberately held back anyone with a chance of reaching the Omniversal Level.
At that thought, Thanos felt he had to find a way out of the Marvel Universe. Otherwise, sooner or later, some being would plot his death.
Across from him, Kang finished his coffee and narrowed his eyes in pleasure.
Only after a while did he open them and look leisurely at Thanos. "It's only at times like this that I feel my time belongs to me.
"I drink my coffee, forget every worry and task, and quietly enjoy a moment of my own."
Without waiting for Thanos to ask anything, he shook his head and continued, "I know you have a lot of questions. But the fact that I'm sitting in this position means I've already failed, so there's a lot I can't tell you outright. I'll answer