Parallel Conversations

When Asher returned home, he felt his body heavy.

Although The Ancient One made it clear that Mephisto could not come down to Earth with all his power, he could still send very powerful forces to attack him, which made him very tired!

He did nothing but make a few points, and inexplicably became the target of a demon lord recorded in the Bible - what was wrong with this world?

And worse, you should know that it's not just Mephisto who has his eye on him - The Purple Psychopath, Thanos must hate him to the bone now, and along with all this he accidentally attracted the attention of a Cosmic Entity "Infinity Lady" no long ago.

The speed along with the power of the beings that Asher offended reached a new level!

"It seems like I can't relax yet, I have to continue to get stronger."

Thinking that there were so many enemies watching him outside, Asher, who was a little proud because of the battle in Sokovia, calmed down and began to plan how to increase his power.

He knows... Now his strength is very strong, but still not enough, to face truly powerful enemies!

"Victini! Come join me in psychic training!"

"Rayquaza, don't sleep - it's time to train!"

"Deoxys, show me all your power."

With Asher once again entering "Super Training" mode, the atmosphere in the entire pocket dimension became increasingly lively.

Precisely when Asher, retreated into his pocket space to become stronger...

That in the vast universe, inside Sanctuary II.

"...Lord Thanos, please punish me."

Kneeling before the throne, Ebony Maw lowered her head and begged her master for punishment.

"Punishment?"

Sitting on the throne, Thanos slowly took off his helmet and placed it aside along with his sword - "Why should I punish you?"

"I know what happened - you cannot be blamed for this failure."

He said it so calmly that it was hard to imagine that he had just killed half the life on a planet not too long ago.

"Thank you for your tolerance, Lord Thanos."

Ebony Maw felt relieved after hearing this - he knew very well how psychotic and irrational the being in front of him could be.

At this moment, Thanos sitting on the throne rested his head on one hand, and then asked softly.

"Tell me Maw, what is this Earthling's name?"

"Asher Oaks, Lord Thanos."

Ebony Maw, you certainly wouldn't forget this name.

"Asher Oaks..."

Thanos said softly to himself - none of those present dared to make any noise.

And after some time...

"You have a new mission, Maw."

He spoke softly, looking at Ebony Maw, "I want you to investigate the whereabouts of the other jewels."

After hearing Thanos' order, Ebony Maw was stunned - "Lord Thanos, you mean the space gem..."

And just as he was in the middle of his words, he suddenly stopped - realizing, that he almost said too much!

"Understood!"

Then Ebony Maw got up immediately, and then left without looking back.

"Your subordinates are very perceptive, my friend."

After Ebony Maw left, a voice suddenly sounded next to Thanos.

"What are you going to do about it....After such a defeat my friend?."

After hearing the voice ask, Thanos said calmly.

"Don't provoke me, Demon - what do you want here?"

At this time, the voice said softly: "According to our contract, I helped delay the Sorceress Supreme, in return you owe me half of the living souls on Earth - A total of 3.5 billion souls."

"The devil's contract cannot be broken, I completed part of it, and you didn't..."

The tone of his voice seemed to become a little more dangerous: "You have to know that I value every deal I make very highly."

"You will have your 3 billion souls, Mephisto."

Thanos was obviously not willing to waste time with the Demon Lord.

"Oh! You are so generous, my friend."

Then Mephisto's words instantly became friendly again - Every word that came out of the devilish monarch's mouth exuded an inherent malice, no matter how sweet and friendly they seemed.

"But I'm curious, are you really planning on giving up the Space Stone?"

"She will belong to me in the end, Mephisto."

Thanos said coldly.

"In the right moment. "

However, at this moment, the leader of the Black Order was obviously not as calm as he seemed.

Despite his stoic expression, the fury burning within the Mad Titan was evident - Now that the Space Stone had fallen into Asher's hands, he had no way of opening another portal to send his armies to Earth to retrieve it.

And more importantly, even if he sent his Generals to Earth according to the combat power shown by the Terran... There was no guarantee that they would be able to win!

And if he wanted to attack the land himself, it wouldn't be realistic - the Crone's protection was still strong, even if he could defeat old Odin,the god king of Asgard, would not stand still.

So, in the current situation, Thanos could only set aside the issue of the Space Stone for now.

"Of course – of course I believe you, my friend."

Mephisto was obviously well aware of Thanos' thoughts, so he laughed loudly, "No one expected this, after the Sorceress Supreme, another powerful human emerged."

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

Thanos was becoming increasingly irritated by the demon's harassment.

He wasn't afraid of Mephisto, and his patience was growing significantly shorter, even more so with Mephisto's whispers in his ears.

"Hey, don't be mad."

"I mean, I have a new deal, a pretty interesting one."

Mephisto's voice was full of the devil's characteristic cunning: "A deal you will definitely agree to." "

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10 Days later, inside Asher's pet store.

In these 10 days, Asher did many things.

He first tried to adapt to his ability to teleport, this ability required much greater mental power than he thought.

Even with his current power, which is far beyond ordinary people, the limit distance he can teleport was only 20 meters in his field of vision.

The rest of the time, he spent testing Deoxys' combat power and thinking about who should use the 20 training cards he drew.

Of course, there was no need to give them all out at once - Celebi was already level 29 and Deoxys was level 9 so they couldn't use the training cards, the remaining Pokémon underwent a significant power boost after the battle and training they did in the last few days.

After thinking for a long time, Asher finally made a decision, he would spend three training cards each time to send his team's heavyweights for special training, while Victini would stay out, with him, Celebi and Deoxys.

"Tiniii!"

The one who didn't participate in the special training, little Victini, was completely lost in his daily games with Celebi at this moment.

It is worth mentioning that the two little ones' favorite place to play was Asher's head and shoulders.

"Poof..."

Asher, who was helplessly thinking about how to get the two troublemakers out of his head, suddenly heard some strange noises at the door, they sounded like laughter.

And when he turned his head to check, his expression became a little dazed.

"Miss Peggy, I have to say - as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., it's not a good habit to be personally peeking into other people's homes."