Brad waved a hand, opening an orange portal, then stepped through it into the Ancient One's room at Kamar-Taj.
"Look what I brought."
There was a hint of showing off in Brad's voice.
Then he casually placed an irregular red gem on the wooden table.
"The Reality Stone?!"
The Ancient One stared blankly at the stone on the table, unable to fathom just what level Brad had reached.
"You're the Reality Stone itself now. Have you already managed to make a replica?"
"This is no replica."
Brad sounded a little displeased.
"My duplicate went to a place called the Zero-Time Zone Dimension, where I found a lot of Infinity Stones from different universes."
"They were probably souvenirs brought back from the universes they erased. The place is covered by technology similar to my Counterforce Field, so all the stones were just ordinary rocks there."
"They use these things as paperweights."
Brad looked positively pained, making it clear that he couldn't bear to see such treasures squandered. Remembering the Ancient One's remark that this universe no longer had a Reality Stone, he had simply picked one out and brought it back.
The Ancient One shook her head. Just as she was about to explain that a Reality Stone from another universe didn't count, Brad touched a fingertip to the red gem.
Pitch-black smoke poured out, coiled around it, then withdrew. The stone on the wooden table began to glow scarlet, with liquid particles continuously swirling around it.
"I adjusted its radiation value and frequency. Now it's this universe's Infinity-Reality Stone."
Brad smiled with effortless ease.
"I'll be staying in this universe a while longer. There are still a few things I need to take care of before I leave."
The Ancient One fell silent for two seconds, then waved her hand,