To be honest, everyone present was shocked when they saw the Ancient One's immense power.
They even believed that Thanos before collecting all six Infinity Stones might not be her opponent.
Although she was a human, she was definitely a cosmic-level super big shot!
Even a freak like Hulk seemed as weak as an ant in front of such a big shot, easily manipulated and trampled upon.But who would have thought that just moments after everyone witnessed this big shot's power, the quiz system would tell everyone that this big shot had been killed!
This really caught everyone off guard.
"Everyone, the quiz system is right, the Ancient One might really be dead."
Amidst the shocked atmosphere, Tony Stark suddenly spoke, addressing everyone.
He seemed to have thought of something.
"Stark, of course the quiz system is right. Since the quiz system says she's dead, she must be dead.""Thor said matter-of-factly, not immediately grasping Tony Stark's meaning.
"Stark!"
Captain America, however, seemed to understand something. He stared directly at Tony Stark and asked, "Are you saying we have a lead that indicates this?"
Captain America's words immediately drew everyone's curious gaze to Tony Stark.
Is there a lead?
Everyone began to rack their brains, carefully considering the question.""I have a theory, and I think it holds some water." Under the gaze of everyone, Tony Stark began to speak eloquently, expressing his views.
"The Ancient One said that protecting the Time Stone is the duty of the Sorcerer Supreme, right? Obviously, the Ancient One herself was a Sorcerer Supreme."
"So the question is, how many Sorcerers Supreme are there in Kamar-Taj?"
Under Tony Stark's guidance, everyone began to think about related matters.
But for a moment, no one could recall anything specific."Stark, there's nothing concrete pointing us to that, is there?" Strange couldn't help but look at Tony Stark as he spoke.
"Of course not, that's why we need to deduce it." Tony Stark said matter-of-factly, then, without further ado, gave his answer, "I think there's only one!"
"Initially, the Sorcerer Supreme was the Ancient One, but later, the title of Sorcerer Supreme fell to Doctor Strange."
"Even though Doctor Strange wasn't really ready, not qualified enough."Without waiting for anyone to ask questions, Tony Stark continued to rattle on, explaining all of his analysis.
"Doctor Strange's battle at the London Sanctum against that long-haired traitorous sorcerer, we've all seen the footage. Think carefully about that battle, what does it remind you of?"
"Back then, Doctor Strange was clearly still in the stage of being unskilled, even the magic shields he conjured would automatically dissipate!"
"He didn't get that magical cloak until during the battle, not before."It was at this point in Tony Stark's explanation that everyone present finally reacted and understood what he meant.
"You're right, Stark. Back then, Doctor Strange wasn't ready, but he already possessed the Time Stone!" Captain America said emphatically from the side.
"Exactly, that's what I'm saying," Tony Stark nodded.
"Even if the Ancient One believed Doctor Strange was the most outstanding among them, Doctor Strange at that time clearly hadn't reached that level.""Master Ancient One, as the Sorcerer Supreme protecting the Time Stone, would she pass the Time Stone to Doctor Strange at this time?"
"I don't think so, right?"
"So I believe that Master Ancient One must have already passed away before that, and Kamar-Taj has only one Sorcerer Supreme!"
"Therefore, even if Doctor Strange is not yet skilled enough and doesn't meet the requirements, he had no choice but to take on the responsibility of protecting the Time Stone."
"That sounds reasonable." Dr. Banner immediately nodded in agreement.Although this whole thing is Tony Stark's conjecture, it has to be said that the conjecture is quite reasonable and there's nothing to criticize.
The Ancient One herself said that protecting the Time Stone is the responsibility of the Sorcerer Supreme!
Responsibility, that's a very serious and formal word.
So even if the Ancient One wanted to pass the Time Stone on to Doctor Strange, she would have waited until Doctor Strange was ready, right?
Although we are not familiar with the magic of Kamar-Taj, thinking about it, defensive magic like shields must be the most basic magic.To be so clumsy with even these basic spells, it's clear Doctor Strange is far from ready.
How could the Ancient One pass the Time Stone on to Doctor Strange at this time?
It simply doesn't make sense.
It makes absolutely no sense!
But if you factor in the fact that the Ancient One is dead, it suddenly becomes perfectly logical.
After some thought, everyone largely agreed with Tony Stark's deduction.
It seems the Ancient One is very likely already dead.
Of course, this deduction is actually far from the truth.The contestants could never have guessed that Doctor Strange had brought the Time Stone ahead of time simply because he was curious and privately studying time magic in the Book of Cagliostro.
And then he was immediately attacked by Kaecilius at the London Sanctum, and he hastily met the enemy in that state.
"So can we rule out option A?"
Thor spoke first, making a basic judgment based on Tony Stark's analysis, "Doctor Strange already had the Time Stone when Dormammu arrived!""The Ancient One died before this!"
This was indeed a natural judgment.
With Tony Stark having clearly established the time of the Ancient One's death, some judgments became much simpler.
Option A was dealt with just like that, easily and happily.
"Then what about B? Kaecilius? That should be the long-haired guy who fought Doctor Strange at the London Sanctum, right?"
Dr. Banner turned his attention to option B, glanced at everyone, and guessed."That guy is the only known traitor from Kamar-Taj, so it has to be him." Tony Stark shrugged.
"No, it is him!" Captain America said to everyone with a very certain tone. "After the last round of questions, we investigated, and it's Kaecilius."
After the last round of questions, Black Widow used her Sharingan to copy many relevant people, and afterwards, portraits were drawn.
SHIELD then conducted an investigation based on those portraits.
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The relevant intelligence has also been temporarily shelved and hasn't been shared with everyone yet.
Captain America and Nick Fury have been working together on many things and have had more contact, so they are aware of this intelligence.
"OK, we've now confirmed the identity of Kaecilius."Strange shrugged. "We've seen Kaecilius's power. He's a very powerful sorcerer."
"Moreover, Kaecilius has a whole bunch of followers. If it's him, I can only say it's possible."
In the battle at the London Sanctum, Kaecilius's great strength was on full display.
He changed the world with a wave of his hand, leaving a very deep impression on everyone.
If it hadn't been for the Cloak guiding Doctor Strange to use that 'exoskeleton device,' Doctor Strange wouldn't have been a match for Kaecilius at all.
"And one more thing."Star-Lord also thought of something and added, "Kaecilius mentioned that he drew power from some ritual to defeat the Ancient One, destroy her sanctum, and unleash the dark dimension."
"He fought Doctor Strange in the London Sanctum for so long, yet no one came to assist. Does that mean the London Sanctum has already been destroyed? Were all the people inside killed?"
"The black sorcerer that Kaecilius killed at the beginning, was he the last sorcerer of the London Sanctum?"
Star-Lord's reasoning made a lot of sense, and everyone agreed with him.It is indeed possible that the sorcerers of the London Sanctum were all killed by Kaecilius and his followers, which further proves Kaecilius's power.
And beyond Kaecilius's power, this further illustrates Kaecilius's purpose.
This guy has been scheming to kill the Ancient One all along.
And this kind of murderous intent sometimes reveals more than strength.
Even if Kaecilius is not as strong as the Ancient One, his long-term planning of the assassination of the Ancient One, and his constant troublemaking, make it entirely possible for him to kill the Ancient One.It's never been strange for the weak to defeat the strong.
What's more, Kaecilius may not necessarily be weaker than the Ancient One.
Therefore, option B is absolutely possible, and everyone present can't think of any reason to exclude it.
After some discussion, option B could neither be ruled out nor confirmed, and had to be put on hold.
Immediately afterwards, everyone turned their attention to option C.
"As for Thanos, he himself is very powerful, and he also has a huge interstellar fleet, and he even snatched the Infinity Stones."Although the Ancient One is also very powerful, I wouldn't be surprised if Thanos killed her," Thor said to everyone first, making a simple, basic judgment.
"That's true in terms of strength," Tony Stark quickly offered another opinion, "but I don't think it was Thanos."
"The Battle of Wakanda was Thanos's first arrival on Earth, and during the Battle of Wakanda, Thanos already had the Time Stone."
"We also just learned through the quiz system that Doctor Strange voluntarily gave that Time Stone to Thanos.""This is enough to show that the Ancient One was already dead before Thanos arrived on Earth."
There's still no question about this, after all, everyone analyzed it when they officially started answering the questions.
It's highly likely that the Ancient One died before handing the Time Stone over to Doctor Strange.
Frankly, this option isn't difficult to analyze, it's easy to understand once you sort it out, so everyone eliminated C without any questions.
Of the three options, only the last one remains.
"Infinite Ultron who slaughtered the multiverse?"Dr. Banner was the first to frown and exclaim softly.
For everyone, the information conveyed by this option was astonishing enough.
"Slaughter the Multiverse" and "Infinite Ultron," each of these phrases heavily impacted everyone's minds.
"Multiverse? Does that mean parallel universes? This isn't just a theory or hypothesis, it's real?" Strange muttered to himself.
Even though he had encountered all sorts of incredible things and shattered worldviews since the quiz started, the multiverse still shocked him."That's right, Strange, the multiverse exists!"
Tony Stark said emphatically to Strange, "Didn't I tell you before that the future predicted to us by the quiz system is actually from a future in another parallel timeline?"
"What multiverse, what parallel timelines? What are you guys talking about?"
Star-Lord, looking completely bewildered, as if he'd eaten a bewildered fruit from a bewildered tree, asked the others who were speaking so eloquently.Faced with such a science-illiterate newbie, even Tony Stark was at a loss, and had no choice but to explain the concept of the multiverse to Star-Lord.
Star-Lord was immediately thrown into confusion.
"We encountered a question about parallel universes before, where someone's identity changed, resulting in terrible consequences."
"So yes, the multiverse has been proven to exist, we've always known that."
"But what we didn't know is that someone can actually break the dimensional barriers between multiverses and travel through them!"Tony Stark spoke to everyone, the shock in his voice lingering.
The same was true for the other answerers present; their hearts were also churning with stormy waves, unable to remain calm for a long time.
"Crazy! This is crazy!" Star-Lord's entire worldview shattered. "It's not me who's crazy, it's this world that's crazy!"
"Breaking the dimensional barrier and traversing the multiverse, honestly, I really need to spend a considerable amount of time to accept all of this."
Dr. Banner also shook his head repeatedly."This is the craziest thing I've heard in my fifteen hundred years of life," Thor declared.
The fact that someone could traverse the multiverse was like a bombshell, completely stunning everyone.
It took a long time for everyone to slowly calm the storm in their hearts.
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