"Teacher, how can you use magic inside the TVA?!" As the cool water splashed over his head and face, Kurohane immediately thought of the blind spot he had missed. He also mimicked The Ancient One's movements, trying to mobilize the Holy Energy within his Holy Scar. However, he found that the Holy Energy didn't respond at all. Kurohane could only look at The Ancient One with hopeful eyes, like a thirsty student before his teacher.
Kurohane stammered. "So, Teacher, how do you do it? Please teach me quickly!"
"You're just fooling around because you haven't studied enough. If you had read '30,000 Questions about Magic Entry,' you wouldn't say such a thing." The Ancient One shook her head helplessly, a small smile at the corner of her lips. She originally didn't intend to explain. But seeing the rare thirst for knowledge in her student's eyes, her heart softened. "As long as the energy you use can cross the long river of time, you can cast magic regardless of the laws of time. This is Question 24599. Remember to review it when you return to Kamar-Taj. This time, you have no reason to refuse, right? I will check your study progress when you return!"
Kurohane grunted in frustration, waving his hand. "Just give me a knife, that'll be better. Study? Study my ass!"
However, Kurohane knew this wasn't the time to argue. There was another bald woman in the bathroom. Speaking of bald women, why did The Ancient One, a Mage with a scar on her head, look so benevolent?
"Let's not talk about this for a while. There's still someone in the bathroom behind me..."
"Bald woman, right?" The smile on The Ancient One's face remained, but Kurohane felt a chill run down his spine. His instincts told him that the current Ancient One was even more dangerous than Cassandra!
"Teacher, are you reading my mind again?" Kurohane asked, his eyes narrowing suspiciously.
"I know you possess Telepathy. How could I read your mind without you noticing?" The Ancient One retorted, her tone calm yet meaningful.
"Then..."
"You want to ask why I know what's on your mind? Don't ask, just pretend I don't know!" The Ancient One casually opened a portal, but the destination on the other side was clearly not a good place. A strong dark aura emanated from it, heavy and oppressive. Kurohane was like a deer meeting a tiger, almost experiencing a stress reaction! His four wings grew with a 'whoosh' from his back, surprising Kurohane himself with their speed and appearance!
Gulp!
Kurohane swallowed again, his eyes fixed on the aura within the portal. It truly gave him the feeling of facing Lucifer, clearly a Demon-level dimensional demon god!
"Teacher, that other side is..."
"The Dark Dimension, which belongs to Dormammu." The Ancient One tapped the ground with her staff, and Cassandra's shredded remains in the men's toilet floated out of the wreckage. In the short time Kurohane had stopped attacking, Cassandra's body had almost completely recovered, even in its dismembered state. This recovery ability was truly enviable! The Ancient One controlled the pile of rotting flesh, making it float towards the portal, and then directly sent it into the Dark Dimension. Then she closed the portal very quickly, as if nothing had happened, silence returning to the corridor.
Kurohane's wings on his back also retracted after the portal closed, shrinking back into his skin. He tried to bring them out again but couldn't. The Holy Energy in his Holy Scar was still unresponsive, and he also couldn't contact the Holy Dimension. Just then, a system prompt appeared in his mind, a familiar mechanical voice.
[Cassandra is dead. Host receives effort, no credit. Justice Points +150]
Kurohane grumbled. "Just because I didn't get the last hit, my Justice Points were deducted!" According to the system, Cassandra should have been worth at least 500 points!
But it was no use saying anything. Kurohane could only look at The Ancient One and say, his tone mixed with shock and a hint of annoyance: "Teacher, is it appropriate for you to do this?"
"There's nothing inappropriate about it. The Dark Dimension will transform everything that enters it into dark energy. Without the protection of other energies, anything that goes in will just disappear. Aren't you curious how I steal energy from the Dark Dimension? Actually, I don't steal it, I exchange it." The Ancient One led Kurohane towards a certain direction, walking and talking as she went: "You know, there are quite a few mages in Kamar-Taj, and they produce a good amount of trash every day. You can't just throw it all away. It costs money to unclog the sewers later. Recently, garbage disposal fees have also increased, so..."
"So you dump all sorts of trash from Kamar-Taj into the Dark Dimension? You forcibly exchange energy with Dormammu and obtain dark energy this way?" Kurohane stared at The Ancient One in disbelief. The Ancient One's image, originally tall, wise, and majestic, suddenly collapsed in his mind. She transformed into a black-hearted wizard who achieved longevity by selling trash. The contrast was too great!
"I told you that you have great talent to become the Sorcerer Supreme. You've even mastered Telepathy, an essential skill for the Sorcerer Supreme!" The Ancient One continued walking forward with Kurohane. They didn't meet a single person along the way. It was as if the Deadpool army, Wolverine, and the Mutant army that had rushed in didn't exist. No original staff was visible either. The TVA was now like a haunted house, shrouded in an eerie silence after the storm.
The further Kurohane walked, the more he felt something was wrong, so he asked The Ancient One, his voice filled with suspicion: "Teacher, this isn't right, is it? Where are the people in the TVA?"
"Kurohane, you know many things that ordinary people don't possess, like that Deadpool in red tights. His actions in the TVA can be seen as a timeline. Then, who is arranging this timeline? The chaos he caused in the TVA, the chaos you caused in the TVA, don't they all form a flow of time in the same way?" The Ancient One led Kurohane to an office door and stopped. The sign on the door indicated the office name.
[Office of the Time God]!
The Ancient One's hand was on the doorknob. Before opening the door, she looked at Kurohane and said: "Outside this door is the core of the TVA. Do you know who is inside?"
"Of course I know. The Time Stone is green because of him." Kurohane nodded seriously, his eyes fixed on the door. He was also looking forward to The Ancient One opening this door. Because in the TVA, there was only one person who could be called the Time God. It was the god who sat at the end of time after defeating Kang the Conqueror. Kurohane paused, then continued his sentence, "Loki! He has become the Time God?"
"When he became the World Tree, no matter in which time, which Universe..."
"...there is only one Time God, Loki." The Ancient One finished Kurohane's sentence, a faint smile on her lips.