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"That's not a problem." George nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand, storing the Time-Crushing Warrior into his personal space. With hi
"That's not a problem."
George nodded in satisfaction and waved his hand, storing the Time-Crushing Warrior into his personal space.
With his current strength, he could at most destroy a single planet. To destroy an entire universe, he would need to reach a single-universe level—and a particularly powerful one at that.
However, with the Time-Crushing Machine he had just modified, all it would take was enough magic from him to accomplish the same feat.
And if there was one thing he had in abundance, it was magic.
In the future, if special circumstances required the destruction of a universe, this would be an excellent weapon.
After putting the Time-Crushing Machine away and spending another five minutes locking in the coordinates of this universe, George returned to the base's underground level.
By then, Deadpool and Wolverine had already taken care of all the guards and were now mercilessly beating up Paradox.
Or more accurately—Deadpool was torturing him, while Wolverine watched the show.
"Speak! How do I stop my universe from collapsing?"
Deadpool had pinned Paradox's hands to the floor with two swords, then repeatedly ground his boot down on Paradox's "little brother."
"If you don't talk—if you don't talk, I'll shove both blades straight up your rear and rub them back and forth until they catch fire!"
"I really don't know! I was wrong, please let me go! Your universe still has thousands of years before it collapses completely! I'll find a way—"
Paradox wailed and begged for mercy.
At that moment, George walked over.
"No need to ask him. I already know how to stop your universe from collapsing."
"Oh, that's great! Principal, I love you to dea—"
Before Deadpool could finish, he jumped for joy, accidentally stomping on Paradox's precious parts again, then lunged forward to give George a grateful hug.
Naturally, George had no intention of being hugged by another man. With a casual wave, he cast a Repelling Charm that sent Deadpool flying backward.
"Cover your ears."
Closing his eyes, he activated his ability. In the secure chamber below—where the Time-Crushing Machine's energy source was kept—the wires from the matter and antimatter energy pods shot out and connected together.
"BOOM!"
A deafening explosion erupted from the lowest level, shaking the entire facility.
In the movies, Wolverine and Deadpool had to physically connect the matter and antimatter energy with their own bodies to stabilize a collapsing universe.
Here, George had done it instantly with his ability—the result was the same.
"Check if the universe has stabilized."
When the explosion subsided, George turned to a few trembling TVA technicians sitting nearby.
They nodded frantically and began operating the monitoring equipment. Moments later, they let out gasps of disbelief.
"It's true! According to the readings, this universe has returned to a stable state!"
Combining matter and antimatter energy to achieve such a result—this was the first time they had ever seen it happen.
"That's great!"
Hearing the news, Deadpool got back on his feet, finally relieved that his universe had been saved.
"What's going on here?"
Just then, several glowing doors appeared in the base. A large, heavyset black woman stepped through, leading a squad of TVA Minutemen.
Moments ago, she had received a report that in Universe-10005—under Paradox's jurisdiction—a Time-Crushing Machine had been activated without authorization.
This was no small matter, so she had rushed over with reinforcements.
"It's them! They tried to activate the Time-Crushing Machine without permission! They killed many of my colleagues and gravely injured my hands and—my lower body!
If you had arrived any later, I would have been dead!"
Upon seeing her, Paradox immediately pointed at George's group and shamelessly twisted the truth.
The black woman's face showed doubt—until her gaze fell on Wolverine. Her expression instantly hardened.
"You shouldn't be here. The Wolverine of this universe is already dead. You're a variant who illegally crossed from another universe.
Arrest them and send them to the Void."
At her command, the Minutemen charged forward—
—only to be frozen in place mid-step by a streak of blue magic.
"I suggest you don't act rashly."
George stepped up to face the black woman, then touched her forehead lightly, transmitting the essential details of what had happened directly into her mind.
After receiving the truth, she hesitated for a moment.
"Paradox activated the Time-Crushing Machine without authorization. By TVA rules, he will be punished—banished to the Void to fend for himself.
However, you also violated regulations by crossing universes without clearance.
Given that your actions were to save this universe, and that you have indeed prevented its collapse, we will not pursue the matter further. Just return to your own universe."
Wolverine could be excused as a bystander caught up in events.
But George—not only had he saved Wolverine, he had also sent several other variants back to their original universes and modified the Time-Crushing Machine for himself.
Under normal circumstances, this would not be forgiven so lightly.
However, in the images she had just received, the woman had seen George instantly obliterate Cassandra—a display of terrifying power.
If George were provoked, the TVA could face a massive disaster.
After weighing her options, she decided not to press the issue.
"No problem. We'll return to our universe now."
Seeing she had made her decision, George released the frozen Minutemen, nodded with a smile, and opened a portal back to his own world.
When he had transmitted the memory to her, he had deliberately left in the parts showing him returning Blade to his universe and modifying the Time-Crushing Machine.
The point was to observe her reaction.
After all, she could easily retrieve these events later using the TVA's equipment—so rather than wait for them to investigate, he might as well show them upfront to signal that he had no hostile intentions.
He didn't want conflict with the TVA, mainly because of the god of stories—Loki—behind them.
But if they insisted on making trouble over this, he wouldn't mind teaching them a lesson.
Fortunately, things went as he expected. Faced with his overwhelming strength, she chose to turn a blind eye.
"Thank you! I'll visit your universe sometime!"
As George and Wolverine left, Deadpool waved reluctantly.
Once everything was wrapped up, the black woman, having dealt with Paradox, immediately ordered her subordinates:
"Pull up all available data on that George from his universe."
A figure who had never appeared on their radar possessing such frightening power—this was highly unusual.
In the countless universes and timelines, it was normal for a powerful figure to be an ordinary person in some worlds—but not for them to be ordinary in all universes except one.
For example, Peter Parker was Spider-Man in most universes, though in a few, Gwen was Spider-Woman and Peter was just a normal man.
That was normal.
But if Peter Parker were ordinary in nearly every universe and only Spider-Man in one—that would be suspicious.
George was exactly such a case: an ordinary man in all other universes, yet in this one, possessing power far beyond the norm.
It was the first time she had ever encountered such a situation.
(End of Chapter)