Upon closer examination of the name "Time Variance Authority" and combining it with the recent spoilers from the diary, Tony Stark gained a more specific and in-depth understanding of the style of this formidable organization.
It was clear that, although the criteria for judging the "Sacred Timeline" were unknown, the TVA considered anything that did not conform to the Sacred Timeline as a "Time Variance Event."
And their "Time Variance" Authority managed precisely these Time Variance Events.
Just like Loki's escape!
As for the Avengers, who also disrupted the timeline, they were deemed to conform to the Sacred Timeline and faced no consequences!
So, the Playboy now understood: whether something was a Time Variance or not truly had nothing to do with whether time actually varied.
It was entirely up to the TVA.
If the TVA thought you were fine, even if you truly disrupted time and caused a Time Variance Event in the conventional sense, it didn't matter.
If the TVA thought you had a problem, what did it matter if you didn't disrupt time?
They would still deal with you!
In an instant, Tony Stark was filled with immense disgust for this so-called TVA.
Although the future revealed in the diary showed the TVA seemingly friendly to the Avengers, Tony Stark still felt immense aversion.
Did the Avengers need the TVA's approval for what they did?
Did they need the TVA's permission?
Who was the TVA to them?
If this Sacred Timeline truly existed, didn't that mean the lives of all the Avengers had already been scripted by the TVA?
Everyone, including Tony, had to live according to that pre-determined script?
Otherwise, it would be considered a Time Variance Event, and they would be taken away by the TVA!
Just like Loki.
With the Playboy's personality, the thought of such a thing made him feel utterly uncomfortable.
If he could, he truly wanted to put on his Iron Man Armor and blast that so-called Time Variance Authority to smithereens.
Of course, this was merely the Playboy's internal grumbling.
Although the diary did not specifically mention the power configuration of the Time Variance Authority, the fact that they captured Loki, manipulated him, and even forced him to work for them was telling.
After all, Loki was a god.
And not just any god, but Odin's adopted son, the Prince of Jotunheim, the famous God of Mischief.
If even such a god was treated this way by the TVA, Tony Stark could imagine the level of this organization, even with a wild guess.
As for Female Loki?
She also immediately caught the Playboy's attention.
Since she attracted the attention of an organization of the TVA's caliber, then without a doubt, this Female Loki must also be an incredibly powerful figure.
Although Tony Stark wasn't entirely sure what the relationship between this Female Loki and Loki was, the Playboy felt it shouldn't be as simple as just sharing a name.
There was likely a deeper connection between this Loki and Female Loki.
However, what that connection was, Tony Stark could not figure out by simply sitting there and pondering.
[The Avengers were actually excusable; although they traveled through time, they all consciously followed the "Time Travel Rules."]
[They did not intentionally try to change history or mess around in past timelines, so it was understandable that the TVA allowed them.]
[But what about that Corrupted Strange's Universe? That's utterly inexcusable, isn't it?]
[He traveled back in time countless times to save his loved one, attempting to change history countless times.]
[He even frantically absorbed energy from the Dark Dimension in the past, becoming completely corrupted!]
[But from beginning to end, the TVA never even showed their faces; even when the entire Universe was destroyed by Corrupted Strange, their Shadow was nowhere to be seen.]
[They didn't even manage something like that, yet they targeted Loki?]
[Seriously, it's laughable.]
???
Tony Stark's forehead furrowed with question marks.
The Avengers traveled to the past, not to change history?
Alright, after learning about the existence of the TVA and the Sacred Timeline, the Playboy also knew that casually changing history was probably not allowed.
There was a high probability they would be taken away by the TVA.
However, precisely because of this, Tony Stark felt somewhat confused.
If history couldn't be changed, what was the point of traveling to the past?
Just like in countless movies, isn't time travel for the purpose of changing the past and making up for regrets?
Isn't it for changing those bad things?
If not for these reasons, then why go back to the past?
It couldn't be just for sightseeing.
Go back and do nothing, just wander around in the past, and then come back?
What was the point of all that trouble?
It's worth mentioning that the Playboy had not yet delved deeply into the grand topic of time travel.
So, his understanding of Marvel's time rules was not yet thorough.
Therefore, he still didn't know about the concept that changing the past couldn't change the future.
At this time, Tony Stark's understanding of time travel was still stuck in a fixed mindset.
Naturally, he had such questions.
The result, as expected, was that without sufficient related clues, the purpose of the Avengers' time travel was something the Playboy couldn't analyze.
Tony Stark didn't dwell on it too much and began to shift his attention to Corrupted Strange.
His brows immediately furrowed slightly.
Another corrupted superhero!
One Scarlet Witch wasn't enough, and now a Doctor Strange appeared?
Moreover, one was a Witch, and the other was proficient in magic, most likely a magician; their styles were highly similar.
So, if Scarlet Witch could tear through the Multiverse after being corrupted, what about Doctor Strange?
Good heavens!
Tony Stark almost exclaimed in shock.
Corrupted Scarlet Witch was indeed formidable, and Corrupted Strange was no less so!
This one didn't tear through the Multiverse but forcibly destroyed a Universe!
What was destroyed here wasn't just a Planet, but a Universe!
The vast Universe was endless, and even with the Playboy's profound knowledge, he couldn't give a precise definition.
The current scientific consensus is 46.5 billion light-years, but this data is not observed, but inferred.
Strictly speaking, it's just for reference.
So, how big is the true Universe?
Tony Stark couldn't give a more precise answer.
If the Playboy had to give an answer, he could only give one word: infinite.
Infinite time and space!
What the heck.
How could something destroy even an infinite Universe?
Just thinking about it made his scalp tingle!
Was this truly power that a human could possess?
It could be said that Corrupted Strange destroying the Universe caused Tony Stark far greater shock than the Purple Sweet Potato erasing half of the Universe's life.
Compared to each other, they were not on the same level at all.
"Doctor Strange!"
Meanwhile, Nick Fury, in front of another diary, looked unprecedentedly solemn.
Although from the diary's tone, it should be something that happened in another parallel Universe, not in the 199999 Universe.
But the key issue was that Nick Fury couldn't be sure that his Universe was the 199999 Universe!
Considering the extremely high similarity between various parallel Universes, how could Nick Fury possibly ignore such a thing?
If that Corrupted Strange was truly from his Universe, then things would be truly messed up!
He had to find Doctor Strange as soon as possible!
Nick Fury secretly made this decision in his heart.
Of course, Doctor Strange's loved one also needed to be a highly monitored target.
After all, the diary made it clear that Corrupted Strange became corrupted to save his loved one!
In other words, his loved one had an accident!
So, S.H.I.E.L.D. had to do its best to prevent such a thing from happening.
They had to nip this enormous hidden danger in the bud!
There was naturally nothing more to say about this.
[However, how to put it, for Loki, being caught by the TVA was actually a good thing, wasn't it?]
[At the very least, it avoided the tragic end of being strangled to death by the Purple Sweet Potato, didn't it?]
[Looking at it this way, not only Thor, but Loki's fate is also quite tragic; they are a pair of unfortunate brothers.]
[Regardless of whether the TVA intervened, Loki's ultimate end was not very good.]
[And this is true not only within a single Universe but throughout the entire Multiverse.]
[You should know that within the TVA, there is a large group of Lokis imprisoned, countless of them!]
Ah, this!
Tony Stark didn't know what to say.
What the diary said was true; it seemed that this Loki was indeed quite tragic.
Being caught by the TVA and forced to work for them was, for a high and mighty god, an extremely humiliating experience.
But compared to this humiliating experience, Loki's other fate was to be strangled to death by the Purple Sweet Potato!
So, a very clear timeline emerged here: if Loki hadn't been caught by the TVA, he would have eventually died at the hands of the Purple Sweet Potato!
So, was this timeline deemed the Sacred Timeline by the TVA?
Was it what was supposed to happen?
So, the TVA believed Loki was supposed to die?
Why!
Even though he already knew Loki was the instigator of the New York Battle and didn't have a good impression of him, Tony Stark couldn't help but feel indignant for Loki at this moment.
What a joke, why should Loki die?
What right did the TVA have to make such a decision?
If they could decide Loki's life and death like that, didn't that mean they could decide the life and death of anyone else?
Including Tony!
How absurd!
However, Loki invaded New York because he was misled by the Purple Sweet Potato; strictly speaking, they were accomplices.
Yet, in the end, Loki actually died at the hands of the Purple Sweet Potato?
And by strangulation!
This method was not only extremely insulting but also clearly highlighted the Purple Sweet Potato's incredibly powerful strength.
Being able to strangle Loki to death indicated that the Purple Sweet Potato's strength far surpassed Loki's.
Truly worthy of being a cosmic overlord standing at the apex of the entire galaxy!
"Multiverse?"
And when the Playboy's gaze fell upon this word, he began to click his tongue repeatedly.
So, this TVA was not only an organization that governed time, but also an organization that transcended the Multiverse!
This was too outrageous!
Gulp!
Even with Tony Stark's caliber, he couldn't help but swallow hard.
On the very first day he received the diary, the Playboy learned of the Multiverse's existence.
However, after such a long time, he couldn't have imagined that an organization could exist that transcended the Multiverse!
This was far more extraordinary than observing the Multiverse or numbering the Multiverse.
So, who was behind the TVA?
What level of Creator Gods could establish an organization like the TVA?
Was it like Eternity, one of the five Creator Gods?
It was truly hard to imagine!
However, one thing Tony Stark suddenly understood.
The Female Loki the diary just mentioned, it seemed, was most likely a Loki from another Universe, right?
Before, because his mind hadn't been opened, the Playboy subconsciously assumed all these things happened in the same Universe; now, it suddenly became clear.
And in those countless Multiverses, "a large group" of Lokis were taken away by the TVA, which made Tony Stark unable to help but exclaim.
Tragic!
As the diary said, it was too tragic!
What did this poor Loki do to deserve this?
[And among that large group of Lokis, only this Universe, oh no, only the Loki from the 199999 Universe and Female Loki, truly turned the tables.]
[The two of them, working together, exposed the Time Keepers' facade and met the true Time Keepers.]
[They even broke free from the Time Variance Authority's control!]
[Regardless, this can be called a feat.]
[But all those other Lokis could only be miserably imprisoned in that incredibly dangerous place.]
Time Keepers?
Tony Stark's gaze narrowed, and he couldn't help but let out a cold snort.
What a grand claim!
Does time need to be guarded?
These high-sounding "Time Keepers" were actually guarding the Sacred Timeline, weren't they?
Or, to put it more bluntly, they were guarding the events on the Sacred Timeline, right?
After all, through the diary's various spoilers, the TVA's job seemed to be to make the events in the Multiverse unfold according to the Sacred Timeline's script?
Were these Time Keepers just bored, or was there some other reason for them to do such a thing?
Were there some unknown, untouchable rules governing the operation of the Multiverse?
This question was beyond Tony Stark's current level of understanding.