[Comprehensive British and American] Painting ghosts

"I gave everything for this Infinity Gauntlet." Thanos sighed seeing that Voldemort didn't respond. "I have no way out, but you still have. Make a choice."

Voldemort finally made a move, and he threw the Infinity Gauntlet in the direction of Thanos.

The hearts of Strange and Wang who couldn't move at the side completely went cold.

If the two of them join forces, it will all be over.

Thanos looked at the Infinity Gauntlet moving along a parabola in the air, and smiled.But before the smile could deepen, it froze on his face.

Voldemort's hand holding the wand did not put it down, but continued to point at Thanos. A confinement spell bound him in place, unable to move, and then pointed upwards, aiming at the Infinity Gauntlet.

The devil's flame roared out from the tip of his wand like a living demon, engulfing the Infinity Gauntlet in an instant.

"No—" Thanos felt that something was about to burst out of his chest, and the anger and confusion instantly overwhelmed him, and even made him break free from the confinement spell, roaring. "No—are you crazy? You'll die too!"

The Infinity Gauntlet slowly melted and deformed under the flames of the devil, and the five infinity gems were still shining brightly in the fire, shining even more dazzlingly in the firelight.

There was fire in Voldemort's eyes, calm with relief.

it is finally over.

At the moment when the Infinity Gauntlet was destroyed, he felt that the repelling force of time and space suddenly doubled, and the normal order of time and space was restored, and finally he could do his best to expel him, an uninvited guest.

He felt that his magic power was being crazily consumed in the mutual resistance against this repulsive force, and it was an irrecoverable consumption, like a broken glass container, shattered all over the ground, and could never be put together again.

His spells also began to fail, and the restraining spells on Strange and Wang disappeared. Before they recovered from the sudden reversal of the situation, Strange reacted faster, and he immediately put the same Thanos, who had regained his freedom, was firmly restrained again, preventing him from moving.

In fact, Thanos has no mood to do anything anymore, and he has already fallen short.

He couldn't understand why Voldemort would actually destroy the Infinity Gauntlet.

Voldemort's magical power could no longer support him to continue using the devil's flame, the flame disappeared, and the five gems also fell from the air and fell to the ground, making a crisp sound.

Voldemort put down his hand holding his wand, raised his head and looked at the sky covered by branches and leaves. He suddenly remembered that many, many years ago, he was also in a forest, and he leaned his back against a tree to welcome him. He died for the first time, and at the same time he did the first thing in his life that he regretted so far.

Now he is about to meet his second death, but the difference is that this time he did something that he will never regret.

Indeed, he still has a lot of things to do, many dreams that have not been realized, and his life is full of regrets, even full of sins.He will not be forgiven, nor does he desire to be forgiven by anyone.He doesn't care about the destruction and survival of planes, the birth and death of life, he destroys the Infinity Gauntlet just to let Shen Yanzhou go home.

"You..." Strange looked at Voldemort with a somewhat complicated expression. He could feel the life of the other party passing away rapidly. He had witnessed everything that happened just now and heard everything Thanos said. What it means to know that Voldemort destroyed the Infinity Gauntlet.

He didn't finish that sentence, but stretched out his hand silently, and opened a door with a hanging ring.

Voldemort smiled wryly at his action, realizing what he was trying to do.

But his magic power has dissipated now, and all the spells he set are failing, including the memory-modifying spell in Shen Yanzhou's brain.This means that even if the two of them can meet at the last moment, it will not make any sense.

But maybe his professor would have liked to see him die.

……

Charles slowly retracted his fingers from Shen Yanzhou's temples.

He has completely removed the spell left by Voldemort in Shen Yanzhou's mind, and at the same time passed on to him the part of his memory about Voldemort that he saw.

Shen Yanzhou stood there without saying a word, he was unable to sort out the sudden huge amount of information for a while.

……

He killed me... twice?

Did he misunderstand that I leaked the secret to Albus?

He did so many excessive things in order to get revenge on me?

After he knew it was not me who leaked the secret, he spent decades looking for a way to cross planes, came to the world I am in now, and modified my memory?

It turns out that we are not teachers, students and friends who have been with us for decades, but enemies.

Enmity between life and death.

……

These memories that he once knew or never knew exploded in his mind like countless fireworks, dizzying and even dazzling. For a while, he seemed to be looking at other people's memories, and there was nothing else in his mind. Use your position to think and judge how you should feel at the moment.

This process only lasted a few seconds, but to Shen Yanzhou it seemed as long as a century.

Before he could recover from his memory, a small spark suddenly appeared in the air around him, and then the spark grew bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a portal as tall as a person, Floating in the air three meters in front of Shen Yanzhou.

Shen Yanzhou subconsciously looked into the portal.

The first thing he saw were the five infinity gems that fell on the ground. Even if they fell in the soil and were surrounded by scattered leaves, they couldn't hide the clear, bright and dazzling light.

Then he saw Strange, Wang, and Thanos being held down by the two of them.

His gaze extended further into the distance, and he saw the figure sitting under the tree staring at him.

This scene suddenly coincided with the scene that had just been unsealed in his memory.

That was many, many years ago, so long ago that the picture is a bit blurred.

The bright moonlight of the Albanian forest was tinged with blood, and he raised his wand to him.

The light of the Killing Curse illuminated the darkness, and the feeling of being pulled away from the soul suddenly ached clearly again.

Shen Yanzhou stood motionless, looking at those dark eyes through the door.He didn't know what kind of expression he should put on, nor how he should respond.

He could see that he was going to die.Maybe it was because he was too seriously injured in the battle with Thanos, or maybe it was some other reason, he didn't know and didn't care.

The enemy is about to die, and a Dark Lord who will destroy everything at any time is about to die. Should he be happy?

His only real student is about to die, the only person who has been with him for a long time is about to die a minute ago, should he feel sad?

In fact, he couldn't feel anything.

He just stood there indifferently and numbly, as if he was looking at someone who had nothing to do with him.

It was as if those memories had taken over his entire mind, the memories that made him feel angry and the memories that made him feel peaceful and happy tore and destroyed each other, and even pulled his emotions out of his soul, making him unable to feel any emotions .

During this long journey, they may be the most bonded, but at this moment they seem like strangers.

The moment Voldemort saw Shen Yanzhou, he knew that the false dream created by himself had been completely shattered.He carefully maintained it for such a long time, but in the end he still couldn't protect it any longer.

He always knew that he was just wishful thinking.His professor had never loved anyone, ever.

Maybe what he loves is only everything that can bring him inspiration. This is a kind of extreme fraternity, but also a kind of extreme indifference.

Voldemort smiled wryly, he was the last time to be turbulent, and the moment he disappeared completely, the professor could go home.

He completely gave up his resistance to the power of space-time repulsion.

The power from order cut his soul mercilessly, as if to shatter him completely, and his eyes staring at Shen Yanzhou gradually lost their spirit, and those eyes as deep as the night began to be slack and empty.

Looking at all this, Shen Yanzhou felt that he could no longer think, his memory was already chaotic enough, and now there were some emotions surging that he didn't know what they were.

He finally moved.

He walked towards the portal slowly, very slowly, with a distance of three meters, he seemed to have crossed an insurmountable gap.

Seeing Shen Yanzhou move, Voldemort seemed to forcibly pull himself together, and his eyes were rekindled.But the light in his eyes is like a small candle burning in the endless night, which will go out at any time.

The candlelight became increasingly dim, but Shen Yanzhou's footsteps were still very slow.

He walked across the portal slowly, still without any expression on his face, and no one could see what he was thinking.The distance between them seems to be getting closer, but also seems to be getting farther and farther.

The candle was finally completely extinguished.

Voldemort was still looking in the direction of Shen Yanzhou, but he seemed to be unable to see anything, just looking in a specific direction with a pair of empty eyes.His body began to slowly turn into ashes from his limbs, and the death came slowly and painfully, but he still stubbornly sat and fought against the force that wanted to kill him.

The moment his body began to turn into ashes, Shen Yanzhou finally couldn't maintain that slow speed.

He suddenly ran, as if he had exhausted all his strength and rushed towards the person who fell under the tree.

His brain can't think, his body has made decisions instead of his brain.

But it was too late.

There was only time to grab hold of his clothes as he knelt in the ashes.

Countless embers were scattered on the ground from the cuffs of his clothes. When a gust of wind blew, those ashes went with the wind and dissipated into the air. The once mighty Dark Lord had completely disappeared from this world.

"I thought... his death would make you very happy." A deep voice sounded, Shen Yanzhou didn't look back, he knew who was talking.

Seeing that Shen Yanzhou didn't speak, Thanos shook his head: "Perhaps you want to know how he died? Or, for whom did he fall into such a situation?"

"...I don't want to know." Shen Yanzhou said indifferently.

Other superheroes and mutants also discovered this portal. They thought it was Strange's request for help, and people with combat power got in through the portal one after another, but they only saw that they had been captured by Strange and Wang. Thanos, the Infinity Gems scattered on the ground and Shen Yanzhou kneeling under a tree.

"..." Thanos glanced at the Infinity Stone with a complicated expression, and sighed. "Perhaps I am of the same kind as he."

All for one goal, at the expense of everything.

The difference is that Thanos sacrificed his loved ones for his own goals, and his loved ones didn't understand him, and even hated him.

And Voldemort sacrificed himself for the goals of his loved ones, who also hated him.

Although the latter's sacrifice somewhat smacks of redemption.

A golden light suddenly shrouded Shen Yanzhou's body, and a vague figure appeared behind him. After the golden light faded, that figure became more solid and clear.

Shen Yanzhou felt someone hugging him gently from behind.

"Sorry, I am late."

Tian Yanbi's voice was full of apology and indescribable sadness.

He couldn't contact Shen Yanzhou in the gap of time and space, but he saw everything Shen Yanzhou experienced.

He also saw what Voldemort did.

"Xiaotian..." Shen Yanzhou turned his face to look at Tian Yanbi, stood up from the ground, and showed a smile: "You have grown taller again."

"Time and space have stabilized, we can go back." Tian Yanbi also withdrew his sad expression and showed his usual smile.

"..." Shen Yanzhou looked at the avengers and mutants who came in from the portal, and then looked down at the bound scroll in his hand. He was silent for a while, and then said to Tian Yanbi: "Before you leave ...I have other things to attend to."