Chapter 107: Chapter 106. The Master Mind Is a Strange Man? Infinity Stone Collection! Multiple Time Variance Authority!
Looking at the magnificent and fantastic images on-screen, many people in the live broadcast room had their eyes wide and their faces full of wonder.
[In the video, a huge floating boulder hovered in the colourful Void, and there was a colourful timeline that resembled a circle.]
[Both Lokis and the castle in front of them were standing on top of the floating rock.]
"What kind of place is this? And in that timeline, it's actually visible and tangible."
Young Wanda gulped. There was a look of surprise and astonishment on her face as if she couldn't believe her eyes.
Facing her question, there was silence in the room.
Even a genius like Tony and a Prince of Asgard like Loki, who had seen the world, was speechless and had stiffened up.
After all, the bizarre and outlandish spectacle before them was beyond everyone's imagination and deeply shocked everyone there.
After a while, young Wanda scratched her head. Looking confused.
"Weird..."
"According to our previous beliefs, the so-called sacred timeline should only be a trick made up by the Time Variance Authority."
"Yeah." Peter involuntarily nodded his head.
"I originally thought that the 'sacred timeline', even if it existed, should be a metaphor like 'currents of history'. Who would have thought that this could actually be visible?"
Looking up at the magnificent time stream in the sky, young Wanda couldn't help but add...
"And ... it's beautiful."
"There's no need to jump to conclusions just yet."
Tony slightly frowned and said...
"I still think it's pure nonsense that the so-called Time-Keepers condensed the Multiverse all into one timeline."
"If that's the case, where did all those Lokis come from?"
While contemplating, Tony slowly said...
"If you're asking me for my opinion, I'm more inclined to think that this timeline in front of ... is the timeline of that single universe of ... where Loki and Sylvie and the others are on!"
"Multiverse is supposed to exist, and for every universe, there's probably a sacred timeline!"
Hearing that, Strange suddenly thoughtfully said...
"The sacred timeline exists to prevent the derivation of more branches of time, and thus the birth of more Universes."
"To maintain this timeline, the mastermind would need to build a TVA."
"Tony, if your words hold true, do you mean that ... there's multiple independent Time Variance Authority in each Multiverse?"
"Oh my God!"
"Jesus Christ, my head hurts!"
"There are probably countless other organizations like that one?"
As they listened to Tony and Strange's brainstorming, everyone else in the live stream room turned pale.
At this moment, they just felt like they could barely keep up with their thoughts and their brain circuits were inadequate.
Loki frowned as thought after thought continued to pass through his mind, but there was one doubt lingering in his mind.
'If the TVA also exists in other universes, what will these organizations look like?'
'Is it ... exactly the same as the TVA they saw in this video?'
[The video continued.]
[Both Lokis walked up to the castle doors.]
[Sylvie took a deep breath, the expression on her face changing clearly, her heart couldn't calm down.]
[Surprisingly, Sylvie asked before taking any action...]
["Aren't you gonna tell me not to kick the door in?"]
[Loki said he had no opinion. Sylvie stood by the door with a bemused look on her face but hesitated to make a move.]
[Seeing that, Loki nervously asked...]
["Everything okay?"]
[Sylvie said it was fine, and Loki uneasily tried to ask again, only to be somewhat rudely interrupted by her...]
["Loki, Shut up!"]
[Sylvie looked very anxious.]
["I was pruned before you even existed."]
["I have been waiting for this moment my entire life. I just need a second to get my head straight, okay?"]
["Sure... Of course." Loki was stunned by Sylvie's sudden words and nodded in agreement.]
[Just as Sylvie was standing in the doorway, ready to mull over her emotions, the door in front of them suddenly opened by itself.]
[Seeing that, the two had no time to build up their minds anymore, and they had to step into the castle.]
["Bang!"]
[After the two entered the castle, the door closed by itself.]
[Seeing that there was no turning back, the two Lokis could only step forward with vigilance.]
In the otherworldly live streaming room.
"Hey, hey. Why does it look like a horror movie?" Tony spat out some displeasure.
Strange laughed, "If it's really a horror movie, Soon, a horrible monster will appear in front of the two, trying to scare them."
"Don't say it. Even I'm scared listening to that."
Looking at the eerie castle on-screen, Wanda gulped, and her whole body shrank back.
[The video continued.]
[Just then, a strange voice rang out.]
["Hey, y'all!"]
[Faced with a sudden appearance, the two Lokis didn't scream but pulled out their swords at the same time.]
[However, what suddenly appeared in front of them wasn't a monster, but Miss Minutes that Loki saw in the animation when the Time Variance Authority caught him for the first time.]
["Welcome to the Citadel at the End of Time."]
[The 3D image of Miss Minutes, whose body was magnified many times, hovered in the void in front of the two Lokis, posing as a tour guide.]
["Congratulations. Y'all had an awfully long journey to get here."]
["He's impressed."]
[Sylvie immediately asked...]
["Who's impressed?"]
[Miss Minutes spoke in a lofty voice...]
["He who remains."]
["He created all, and he controls all."]
["At the end, it is only 'He Who Remains'."]
["And he wants to offer you a deal."]
[Miss Minutes confidently said, "He's been making a few creative adjustments, and he's worked it out so we can reinsert both of y'all back into the Timeline."]
["The TVA can keep doin' its vital work, and y'all can live the lives you've always wanted."]
[Loki coldly asked, "And what have we always wanted?"]
[Miss Minutes' tone suddenly turned cold.]
["Now, don't play coy with me, mister. You know how you got into this mess."]
["What?" Loki seemed lost in thought.]
["The battle of New York, silly."]
[Miss Minutes looked like she was annoyed.]
["You versus those self-righteous Avengers. How would you like to win?"]
[Miss Minutes' voice suddenly lowered, just like a demonic whisper.]
["But not just there."]
["You can kill Thanos."]
["You want the Infinity Gauntlet? It's yours."]
["Throne of Asgard? No problem."]
[Seeing Loki's breathing getting sharper, Miss Minutes pointed her finger at Sylvie with satisfaction.]
["What about you, Missy?"]
["All those years on the run. Desperate, alone..."]
["How would you like to wake up tomorrow with just a lifetime of happy memories?"]
["Two Lokis in the same place."]
[Hearing that, Loki asked with a serious look.]
["Both of us? Together on the Timeline?"]
[Miss Minutes nodded, "It's crazy, but he could make it work."]
["All of it. Everything. Exactly the way you've always wanted."]
["And you can have it all, together."]
[The muscles in Sylvie's face slightly twitched, clearly in no way calm.]
[But she immediately took another deep breath and shouted in a low voice...]
["It's fiction!"]
[Loki, on the other hand, simply made a final decision, "We write our own destiny now. We won't be manipulated."]
["Oooh... sure you do..."]
[Miss Minutes scoffs, "Good luck with that."]
[Then Miss Minutes disappeared.]
"Boy, the mastermind behind all this really thinks he's a god!"
Loki's expression was already full of disgust...
"This condescending attitude of controlling the destiny of others is truly disgusting."
Steven coldly said...
"You should remember the judge's attitude towards Sylvie from before..."
"Sylvie asked her why she kidnapped herself, but the judge only said that she didn't remember."
"They really treat others as ants and don't really care what consequences their actions will lead to."
"Damn it!"
Wanda clenched her fists and angrily said...
"No wonder Sylvie refused, even if I wanted to rush in and give that big bad guy a piece of my mind. I'll show him the consequences of offending women!"
"Uh ..."
Tony listened with a torn expression on his face, wanting to say something but unable to do so.
At this point, a number of thoughts had been running through his mind.
'That 3D projection ... is probably an A.I. '
'I was going to put one in for Jarvis recently too. '
'Damn it, why does this look more and more like my handiwork?'
'In the big guy behind it all is really another universe's Tony Stark, then my image in this live stream is going to be ruined. '
The more Tony thought about it, the more surprised he was.
While Tony's heart was pounding, other people in the studio were still discussing.
"But ... kill Thanos? Get the Infinity Gauntlet? Is that mastermind really that powerful?"
Peter seemed suspicious, and he couldn't help but look back at Tony.
After all, in the previous questions from the system, Tony got an Infinity Gauntlet through a reward!
"You need to remember that Miss Minutes said the Infinity Gauntlet, not all six Infinity Stones."
Strange, faintly reminded.
"According to our previous analysis, those Infinity Stones in possession of the Time Variance Authority should have been cobbled together from their search through an unknown number of universes."
"They look scary, but they didn't come in sets, so ... they didn't work at all!"
Hearing that, Loki seemed to think of something too, and the corners of his mouth curled as he resumed that signature smile...
"That is to say, even the boss of this Time Variance Authority supposedly doesn't have all six Infinity Stones ... of the universe, Sylvie belongs to!"
"That's why this Miss Minutes came up with the Infinity Gauntlet ... a reward that looks tempting but is actually useless!"
"If it was an ordinary person, they might have been fooled by this... cartoon character."
A hint of pride appeared on Loki's face as he spoke...
"But it's facing Loki!"
"Even if he's an inferior Loki, he wouldn't be fooled by such a simple trick!"
"And ... this time, Miss Minutes only offered the Infinity Gauntlet, without mentioning the Infinity Stones. On the contrary, it proves that the Infinity Stones in their hands are all useless."
"Why else wouldn't she offer the gauntlet and the Infinity Stones together? Wouldn't that be more attractive?"
Loki sneered...
"This is a failed scam! Not only did it not fool anyone, but it gave away their real bottom line!"
Hearing that, Wanda shot a glance at Loki and Strange and couldn't help but wonder ...
"You guys are really dangerous! You could analyze so many things from a single sentence!"
[The video continues.]
[The two Lokis looked at each other and moved on.]
["He who remains?" Loki wondered.]
["Not for much longer." Sylvie's words made no secret of her murderous feelings.]
[The two walked into the hall and found four statues standing there. One of which had been broken.]
[The remaining three statues were none other than the three lizardmen known as the Time-Keepers.]
[When the two Lokis observed the environment in the hall, with a 'ding', a door in front of them suddenly opened up...]
[Loki and Sylvie raised their weapons nervously, but they were immediately surprised to find ...]
[Behind the door was actually an elevator. Inside the elevator, there was a black man dressed in green and purple.]
[Holding an apple in his hand, the man stood up excitedly and spoke to the two of them...]
["Wow! This is wild."]
["The two of you ... Same person... I mean, it's a little unnatural. But... Wow, wild."]
[The man spoke halfway through, but he felt his mouth go dry, so he took a bit of the apple.]
[Looking at the weirdo in front of them, Sylvie asked with some suspicion.]
["He who remains?" ]
[Repeating the words, the man admitted it with a straightforward nod. Then he invited the two Lokis into the elevator, saying that they should talk in his office.]
At this point in the otherworldly live stream room, a series of exclaims rang out.
"No way. This guy is the mastermind?" Peter asked, looking wide-eyed.
"This man ...? He doesn't even look like a sorcerer that could control time."
Stephen Strange frowned and said...
"Could he be just a decoy? One of the mastermind's men?"
At this moment, Tony's loud voice rang in the live stream room.
"No! I think he is the mastermind behind all this!"
The crowd turned around to see Tony, who had retreated to the back at some point, suddenly coming forward again.
His face was red, and his whole body looked extremely excited as he raised his hands and shouted...
"That's right! This guy is the root of all those things! Once he's defeated, the problem is solved."
At this moment, Tony's mood was really cheerful. He was so happy he could almost sing out loud.
'That man, the mastermind, was actually that man!'
'That way, it would have absolutely nothing to do with me, Tony Stark.'
"Huh?"
Peter, with a puzzled face, asked, "Mr Stark, did you say that the boss behind the scene must have had some difficulties? "
"Ah yes! Difficulties! That's right."
Tony's eyes revealed a little embarrassment, then he immediately nodded and said...
"I suppose so. After all, who would have nothing better to do than set up an organization like the Time Variance Authority?"
"They maintain the timeline and prune the time branches. It wouldn't be for nothing, right?"
Hearing Tony's careless words, the other people in the studio were lost in thought for a moment.
Stephen Strange whispered to himself.
"It's also true that ... this Time-Keeper is invisible behind the scenes. It's impossible for him to benefit from maintaining the timeline."
"Then why on earth did he do these things? Is it ... really to stop a Multiversal war?"
[The video continued.]
[In the elevator, the man ate the apples with his back to the two Lokis. While asking questions without a care in the world...]
["Not what you were expecting, hmm?"]
[The Lokis looked at the man's back with an unusual expression.]
["You're just ... a man?"]
[The man didn't even look back, ["Hmm. Flesh and blood. Don't tell me I'm a disappointment..."]
[Sylvie coldly said...]
["No. Just a little bit easier to kill."]
[As her words fell, Sylvie swung her sword at him.]
[But at this moment, the figure instantly disappeared in front of the two. Then appeared on the seat behind them.]
["What?"]
["What happened?"]
[Thus, both Lokis were shocked.]
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