"What??? Venom!! Were you messing around with poop??!!" Stark shouted in alarm: "You damned filthy blob! Get out of my head right now!!!"
"I..." Venom got choked up a bit and said: "I didn't! Even if I did, it was long ago!... He's coming, run!!"
Glancing at the charging Thanos, Venom hurriedly coated Stark's mecha entirely and fled with him.
"Run in that direction! Don't go to the Solar System!" Stark yelled again. Venom rapidly changed course, but this shortened the distance between him and Thanos. Venom had to hasten his speed to avoid being caught up to.
Thanos now, having neither the Infinity Gauntlet nor an army, still was stronger than Iron Man solely in terms of individual strength because his racial advantages are too great.
In addition to that, Stark was not in his battle gear. He was wearing a regular mecha purely meant for field studies. Most of its functions were not designed for combat, making it incapable of defeating Thanos, the Eternal Titan.
Still, it seemed like a waste to use magical energy to transform into the Iron Demon God. Stark had experienced all types of big scenarios and was not scared of Thanos.
Stark directly led Thanos to where the Hulk was gallivanting. There were Professor X, Shiller, and Strange. The combined strength of them was enough to handle this purple giant.
As Stark was running, Venom puzzled in his mind, "Dark Quadrant? The name sounds familiar, like someone told me about it, but I don't remember dumping poop there?!"
"Shut up! You filthy glob of trouble!" Stark angrily retorts: "Your enemies are all over the universe, can't you reflect on yourself?"
"Reflect on what? Even if I did dump poop on his doorstep, he must certainly be at fault!" Venom insisted,"If he didn't provoke me, why would I go to his house and dump poop?"
Stark did not want to argue with him about it. He just asked, "How did you dump poop on his doorstep? Where did you get… I mean, weren't you disgusted?"
"I told you! I forgot!" Venom repeated: "I only remember that I once dumped poop in the dwarf's Star Port in the Andromeda Galaxy. As for the Dark Quadrant, I have no memory… Is my memory really that bad???"
"Forget it, this time I'll get you out of the soup. Remember that, you damned filth!"
"Thank you, disgusting human!"
Meanwhile, close to Thanos's hometown, the Dark Quadrant, several sneaky figures stood on a planetary surface, peering at what was happening in the Dark Quadrant from afar.
One of the dark figures asked, "What's going on? It's been days, and they haven't reacted. Did we not use enough?"
"It is recorded in the symbiote's gene catalog that Thanos is a monarch with a bad temper, who rules his subjects very strictly and frequently executes anyone without good reason. Hence, he has a bad reputation among the symbiotes. We have shamed him as such and he should have exploded by now, right?"
As the starlight gradually illuminated this deserted planet, they appeared to be several symbiotes.
There were the most common Blue Spirit, Green Sting, and Yellow Thunder, and a unique black silhouette.
This figure looked almost exactly like Venom, large and muscular, with a white spider pattern on its chest. It opened its large mouth, stuck out its tongue, and drooled. When it opened its mouth, a woman's voice emerged:
"We must be patient..."
It was obviously the voice of Loki. Very soon, Venom's mouth let out another voice of a female, the Symbiote Phantom. She said, "We need to figure out where Thanos is first, or else if he catches us, we're toast."
Blue Spirit held her head and sighed, "I should never have agreed to this absurd plan of yours, Loki. Pretending to be Venom and pooping in front of someone's door is definitely the most outrageous thing I've ever done!"
Accompanying Blue Spirit's words, the symbiotes recalled what had happened to them a few days ago.
Since the timeline of this universe had been reset to this point after Spider Silk contacted Peter to the multiverse, everything that happened afterward was altered.
As the use of Bat Totem for theft was before this point, it was not reset. Hence, the symbiotes still received the energy of the Magic Wheel family.
However, Nal's escape happened after this point. Due to the change in the timeline, the current Nal had yet to escape and was obediently staying in the prison of Klinter Star.
The symbiotes returned to Klinter Star with the energy and used it to strengthen the prison. With this energy, Nal no longer had an opportunity to escape without Shiller providing more energy to exploit the bug.
After settling all this, the cosmic agent symbiotes were getting ready to board the spaceship to continue their journey in the cosmos, when an odd person came to them.
Of course, the symbiotes recognized Loki, but they didn't have a good memory of her because Loki is a mischievous god and the self-proclaimed God of Mischief, who many cosmic civilizations recently blacklisted.
And the reason Loki came to them was precisely that.
You may still remember, Loki initially tricked Thanos. But to Loki's surprise, Thanos was quite good at counter-fraud, denying Loki success. Afterward, she repeatedly tried to trick Thanos, but Thanos didn't fall for it.
For Loki, Thanos was a tough customer. But Shiller's words during the stay at the World Tree Spa provided her with some insight.
Since persistent negotiation proved fruitless, she thought about using a bit of cunning to expose Thanos's secret. Maybe then, he would be willing to negotiate.
But the issue was, Loki had been blacklisted by numerous interstellar civilizations before. Her access to specific domains was denied and she couldn't use the teleportation gates which made traversing different star systems extremely inconvenient.
Moreover, although Loki had no fear in resorting to some underhanded tactics, the approaches she was about to employ were a bit too disgraceful. It could seriously harm Asgard's interstellar reputation, hence, she needed to wear a disguise.
Therefore, she sought help from the Symbiotes on Klinter Star.
It's well known that the Symbiotes have the top-tier capability for disguises. They can not only disguise appearances, but they can also make the host's body mimic the structure of other races, which can't even be detected by standard screening devices.
After using the energy they had to fortify Nal's prison, the Symbiotes realized that energy was an extremely useful commodity that they should store more of. And right at this time, Loki approached them. As we know, Asgard is quite wealthy.
As the leader, Blue Spirit was tempted, but he was reluctant to help a trickster. In the end, persuaded by Loki, the Symbiotes agreed to help her with the disguise.
The Symbiote that parasitized Loki was Phantom. However, Loki, like any high-maintenance client, always pushed for more, as if it was her basic nature.
Using the Symbiotes' disguise to freely move through the cosmos, Loki naturally began seeking a way to expose Thanos.
The first step she devised was to make a mess.
Despite Loki being self-important and having an obsessive-compulsive need for cleanliness, it was precisely because of these traits that she knew Thanos had similar traits. He could bear temporary humiliation for the sake of his goals, but he would definitely not put up with people behaving disrespectfully towards him.
Loki's first plan was to provoke Thanos, make him completely lose his senses, and then proceed with the next steps.
Loki shared this plan with the Symbiotes. The Cosmic Special Agents, of course, didn't agree. They believed this idea was not only unjust but also extremely disgusting.
At this point, Loki proposed another tactic, "Yes, this plan disgusts us, but we can pass the blame onto someone else."
This 'someone else' was Venom.
Everyone in the interstellar society knew that Venom and his previous host had a bad reputation. Once, Deadpool had taken Venom to defecate at a star port of the Dwarf Race in the Andromeda galaxy.
The location of the Andromeda Galaxy was a good one, and its star port, which belonged to the then most populous Dwarf Race, was always crowded. Various races passed through there and they could never forget the foul smell that permeated the entire star port for months.
Honestly, if Deadpool were to repeat his past actions, they wouldn't be surprised in the least.
When Loki proposed this plan, the other Cosmic Special Agents opposed it strongly. But the offer made by Loki was simply too attractive to refuse.
In the end, Phantom reluctantly disguised himself as Venom. He changed the color of his Symbiotic Factor, imitated Venom's symbolic sharp teeth and long tongue, especially the spider symbol on the chest, which was Venom's mark. Loki had Phantom enlarge the symbol to make sure the people in the Dark Quadrant could recognize Venom instantly.
The final issue was, where to source the excrement from.
The Gods of Asgard didn't need to use the bathroom as they had evolved beyond the lowly digestive and excretory systems. The Symbiotes also didn't need to excrete.
However, the Symbiotic Factor is a miraculous thing. It can synthesize the chemical substances found in the universe. In other words, they can manifest excrement out of thin air.
In the end, it turned out that their principles weren't to be compromised. Otherwise, it would just keep going downhill. After pretending to be Venom, the Symbiotes felt the cost of their fall was too high. If they backed out now, their bodies and minds would be greatly traumatized, and they wouldn't earn their rewards.
Thus, they very reluctantly agreed to Loki's request to manufacture feces.
Furthermore, Loki requested the Symbiotes to condense the excrement into a chemically disgusting substance that was nearly impossible to clean. After the Symbiotes made this stuff, they felt nauseous themselves.
Loki, carrying these terrifying chemical excretions and disguised as Venom, stormed into the Dark Quadrant and dumped all the poop in Thanos's frequently visited palace.
Unlike the usual excrement, since this was synthesized, the volume was shocking. The whole scene could be described as a mess, it was everywhere, and the walls were plastered.
Thanos was infuriated. He soon discovered that this repulsive chemical substance was not only nauseating, but also extremely difficult to clean. It took him a few days to finally clean the palace, and then Death called him.
There was a reason Thanos was so angry that he went to the solar system alone. Until now, he was still fuming.
Needless to say, Loki's plan to frame Venom was tremendously successful. Thanos firmly believed that Deadpool was behind this since Deadpool held a grudge against him and was also known for using such dirty, revolting tactics. Of course, Symbiote Venom was surely involved as an accomplice.
Therefore, when Thanos spotted Venom near the Solar System, he impulsively gave chase.
Venom, carrying Stark, was flying very quickly. But Thanos was faster. Just as the distance between them was closing, Stark finally reached his destination and shouted, "Watch out! Enemy approaching!"
In a flash, the people at the scene disappeared. Strange opened a portal and vanished with Professor X. Shiller turned into a Gray Mist and hid behind the planet, dragging Stark with him.
When Thanos arrived in the star system, he discovered that it was littered with celestial debris, a complete mess.
As soon as he sensed some activity behind him and turned his head, what appeared in his line of sight was the Hulk's gigantic fist closing in.