Checking in with the Mind Stone! Six Stones Become One!

"No—!"

Wanda's anguished cry pierced the heavens. As the Mind Stone's energy erupted, the light in Vision's eyes went out for good. His vibranium body crashed to the ground, reduced to a cold, lifeless shell.

It had worked!

No, rather, it had failed!

At the far end of the battlefield, Thanos witnessed the scene. For the first time, genuine disappointment and exhaustion showed on his purple face. He had plotted for centuries, sacrificed the one he loved, and crossed countless galaxies. In the end, he had still fallen short.

He had lost.

He had lost to a group of unyielding mortals on this planet and a... monster he could not comprehend.

"It's over..." Captain America Steve Rogers leaned on his battered shield, looking at the fallen Vision, then at the Titan in the sky, who also seemed to have lost his purpose. His voice was heavy with sorrow and resolve.

Yet just when everyone thought it was all settled, a mocking laugh shattered the brief silence.

"You think this is over?"

Link's voice was quiet, but everyone heard it clearly.

He slowly raised his left hand, clad in the Infinity Gauntlet. On its back, the green Stone representing time suddenly blazed with unprecedented brilliance.

"No..." Watching from a distance, Doctor Strange's pupils abruptly contracted. He remembered his own warning. "He's going to... he's going to forcibly interfere with a past that's already been fixed!"

Thanos froze as well. Watching the movement of Link's hand, he felt a fear even deeper than the defeat moments earlier rise from the bottom of his heart. What exactly was this man trying to do?!

Link simply snapped his fingers toward where Vision had fallen.

Humm—!

Time began to flow backward in a bizarre fashion.

Like a film played in reverse, the exploded fragments of