### More than ten seconds passed. By the time Thanos had come to his senses and tossed the stone altar he had been hugging aside, the shop door finally opened.
A middle-aged man stood in the doorway. He was dressed somewhat like Elvis Presley, wearing a white suit with wide lapels and long pointed shoes. But instead of Elvis's pompadour, his hair stood straight up in clumps like porcupine quills, stabbing toward the sky.
He had initially looked a little impatient, but upon seeing the Black and Yellow Armor outside, surprise appeared on his face. Smiling, he formed a hand seal and bowed.
"I thought some rich folks wanted to buy a few bottles of holy water from my shop before heading into space. I never expected the Sorcerer Supreme to honor me with a visit. What a rare guest."
"You own a villa in a neighborhood like this, so you're one of the rich folks too. Sorry to disturb you."
Offering a bottle of liquor as a visiting gift, Su Ming formed a triangular hand seal representing the Vishanti as a formality. Then he stepped into the shop, smiling as he introduced the man to his teammates.
"This is the person I came to find: Ian McNee, known in the Magic World as the Shop Owner. A Great Mage and a billionaire."
"Heh, hello, Captain Marvel, Lady Hela, and... oh, Thanos of the Dark Quadrant. Now that's an even rarer team composition. All right, please stop joking about the billionaire part, Sorcerer Supreme. This house might be worth that much, but I'm not selling it, so I don't have a few hundred dollars in my pocket right now. Otherwise, I'd definitely buy a spaceship and take it for a spin. Didn't the Ancient One tell you? I like keeping