Universe, Sakaar.
This mysterious land, which should have exploded and perished, was ultimately repaired by the contingency plan laid by the Grandmaster in advance.
The cracked earth gradually calmed down as time passed, and the brilliance of the stars once again shone in the magnificent night sky. The people, still shaken, looked at each other and comforted one another. The relief of surviving the disaster was quickly overshadowed by the "Planet Remodeling" campaign organized by the Grandmaster.
All who disobeyed were beaten into obedience.
"You've been watching for so long, is there something you need?"
Beckett, who had been lying quietly on the rooftop, hands behind his head, gazing at the starry sky, sat up. His sharp gaze instantly exposed Jennifer, who was hidden in the shadows, under the moonlight.
"Discovered already?"
Flipping a mischievous lock of hair from her forehead, Jennifer leaped up and landed beside Beckett.
"Congratulations, your revenge is complete, Beckett."
"Revenge complete? Far from it." Beckett once again put his hands behind his head and lay back down.
Before he could blow up Ego's true form, he had merely managed to let out a breath.
Revenge is only truly revenge when the enemy is truly dead.
The Otherwise, what's the point of seeking revenge?
He was not someone who could be satisfied with self-consolation.
"As I suspected, it's just as I thought."
Jennifer smiled, smoothed the hem of her wine-red long dress, and sat down, looking up at the crescent moon overhead.
"Here, this is for you."
Her fair arm extended a spiral-shaped, dark red switch to Beckett. Beckett took it, glanced at Jennifer, who was smiling brightly under the moonlight, her short hair fluttering in the breeze.
"This is a cosmic switch I created. This one is yours."
"Cosmic switch?"
Beckett played with the object in his hand and pressed the button on top of the switch.
The brilliance of the stars instantly bloomed from within the switch, and a dense divine power permeated Beckett's body!
[What is this?!]
Beckett, sensing something unusual, his pupils contracted sharply as he looked at the divine film covering his body.
"This is the divinity from my divine remains. I condensed it all and put it into this cosmic switch."
"You?"
"This is not a power I should possess." Facing Beckett's gaze, Jennifer smoothed her short hair, which had been messed up by the wind, and looked up at the starry sky.
"I think, I want to return it to you."
"One must learn to be content. That's what my teacher once taught me."
"Thanks to you, my body has already been transformed by the essence of divine power. That's enough for me."
"Besides, you probably need the power of divinity more than I do."
"You, who are not recognized by this universe, will face even greater obstacles in your next breakthrough in power. At that time, perhaps the divine power within this switch can help you continue to deceive the rules of this universe."
Judging by Beckett's evolutionary speed, Jennifer estimated that day would not be far off.
[A cosmic switch that can deceive the rules of the universe?]
Beckett fell silent, his gaze towards Jennifer filled with confusion.
Why would this woman return the power she had already obtained to him?
Because of Thanos's teachings, Beckett had no intention of breaking his promise and taking back anything he had given away.
The terms of their initial transaction meant that Jennifer could easily obtain half of the divinity from the divine remains with the knowledge in her mind.
"Why?"
Beckett was wary.
"Don't worry, I have no ill intentions towards you. We're friends, aren't we?"
"Since we're friends, giving you this should be quite normal, right?"
Jennifer patted her behind and stood up, opening her arms to the boundless starry sky. Her wine-red strapless long dress complemented her ear-length red short hair under the moonlight.
"My teacher once said that there's no reason needed to help a friend."
Jennifer kept the thousand-year teachings of her teacher, Gubo, in her heart.
"What friends? I don't need any."
"Our relationship is merely a cooperative one."
Beckett scoffed.
Did she get his permission to be friends so casually?
It was clearly just two simple collaborations.
"My friend."
"That kind of boring stuff." Beckett pressed the button on top of the switch in his hand again, and the divine power covering his body instantly vanished without a trace.
"Well, goodbye, Beckett."
Jennifer shrugged, didn't reply, bent her knees slightly, and leaped down from the eaves. She glanced back at Hela, who was peeking out from behind the doorpost with half her face revealed.
Based on past experience, she was probably here with Beckett again to cause earthquakes and demolish houses.
"What did Jennifer want with you?"
Hela leaped onto the rooftop, looking at the spiral switch in Beckett's hand with a suspicious expression.
"What are you doing here again?"
Hela's questioning tone made Beckett extremely annoyed.
The next second, the daily earthquake routine of Sakaar began again.
"That's so nice... someone other than Lord Thanos finally cares about His Highness Beckett~"
Woz, who had directly emptied Sakaar's engine oil reserves, sat on the ground contentedly, guzzling from a large engine oil barrel.
"What do you mean 'finally'? Haven't I always cared about His Highness Beckett?!"
"Burp~"
"You're not even human."
The Other, holding his scepter, found this remark very off. He suspected the robotic cat might be insulting him, but he had no proof.
[Hehe...]
Watching The Other fall into a state of troubled contemplation, Woz covered his mouth and chuckled, his large eyes happily curving into crescents like the moon hanging high in the night sky.
"Your stance is unstable, your right hand is weak, and your swordsmanship is poor. After all this time, your problems haven't changed at all!"
"Shut up!"
Rumble!
RUMBLE!
The last night before their departure was as noisy as ever.
...
The desolate planet of Knowhere.
Knowhere, which had been a prosperous planet not long ago, had now been reduced to a dead world.
Two spaceships that had departed from Sakaar slowly descended. Jennifer, clad in black battle armor, emerged from the hatch of one of them, looking at the gray ruins before her with a complex expression.
"Teacher..."
The bodies of King Robin of Knowhere and her teacher Gubo lay quietly not far from her. The whale shark, a giant mechanical creature buried by dust and sand, had also lost its vital signs.
"The Power Stone, is it gone?"
As Jennifer prepared to take her teacher's body to the Xiangluo Tribe's new settlement for burial, she didn't find the Power Stone on Gubo. After a moment of confusion, she shook her head.
It was perhaps for the best. With her current strength, she couldn't ensure the safety of the Power Stone like her teacher once did.
"Well then, Beckett, goodbye."
After retrieving her teacher's body to prevent it from being exposed to the elements, Jennifer waved goodbye to Beckett in the other spaceship.
"Woz, can you detect any trace of the Power Stone?"
Beckett, standing by the window, completely ignored Jennifer and frowned as he looked at the screen before him, asking in a deep voice.
"Your Highness Beckett, Woz cannot detect any trace of the Power Stone on Knowhere."
"It's missing?"
Including the Energy Devouring Beast, which he didn't know where Ego had thrown, he not only failed to obtain a new Infinity Stone but also lost the Reality Stone within the Energy Devouring Beast...
Beckett didn't know if he would get scolded when he returned to the Dark Order...
The spaceship started up and gradually moved away.
In a secret chamber located within the fractured crust of Knowhere, a sphere wrapped in mysterious metal was spinning rapidly...
Waiting for its next worthy owner...
Of course, it was also possible that no one would ever discover it, no one would ever know. In that case, perhaps it would be buried in the dust of history along with the name "Knowhere."
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