Only two things could destroy a universe like this.
One was that the universe had reached the end of its life, but a universe's lifespan was terrifyingly long.
By then, its energy would have been exhausted hundreds of billions of years earlier. No life could possibly have survived.
Then it would gradually decline until it died.
The other possibility was destruction at the hands of some powerful being.
The Infinity Stones could do it, as could certain transcendent beings.
There were far, far too many things in this universe.
"All right, I'll believe you for now." Mercer released Four-Sided Suppression and gestured at their surroundings. "Did you wreck this place?"
"No." Mysterio shook his head. "It was already like this when I arrived. I just recreated what happened here before."
Recreated it?
"So this place really was robbed," Mercer murmured.
After looking around for a moment, Mercer took out his phone, typed a message, and sent it.
The recipient was Nick Fury, and the message contained just two points: Mysterio had been cleared as a threat, and Vibranium had been stolen from the Greenwich museum.
With that done, Mercer turned to Mysterio. "So what are you planning to do next?"
Mysterio thought for a moment, then fixed his gaze on Mercer. "Let me come with you!"
"Huh?" Mercer struggled to process that. Where had this come from?
"My name is Quentin Beck. I want to learn the Book of the Vishanti. Let me come with you, and teach me!"
At the mention of the Book of the Vishanti, Mysterio's eyes suddenly lit up.
Mercer neither refused nor accepted right away.
He wanted to establish a faction of his own, and Mysterio was undoubtedly an ideal candidate.
But the Book of the Vishanti was stored directly in his Sharingan. Using it