["What?"]
[Seeing the man suddenly disappear before them and then appear on the seat at the back of the elevator, both Lokis were stunned.]
[Sylvie suddenly turned around, but before she could raise her sword, the man disappeared from the chair again and then appeared behind Sylvie.]
[She turned around and swung her sword, but struck only the elevator wall.]
[This time, the man disappeared from the elevator like a puff of smoke.]
["This..."]
[The two Lokis looked at each other, then began looking left and right. Fear that they could not conceal appeared on their faces.]
[They had never before heard of such an unbelievable ability to disappear and reappear.]
[At that moment...]
["Ding!"]
[With the sound indicating that the elevator had arrived at the floor, its doors suddenly opened. The man, holding the half-eaten apple, stood before the elevator doors with a smile and waved to the two Lokis.]
["Come in."]
[Already aware that this person was not easy to deal with, Loki and Sylvie looked at each other, then cautiously entered his dark office.]
[Looking at the two Lokis who cautiously sat before his desk, the man played with a clock-like device and said with a smile:]
["It was not easy for you to get here."]
["All that hiding, running, and surviving countless hardships."]
["You were like fleas on the back of a dragon. No matter how much the dragon tried to shake you off, you still persevered and reached the end."]
["I acknowledge your effort."]
[Listening to the man address them from above without concealing it in the slightest, Loki coldly said:]
["I do not know whether you understand the current situation. You lost. We found you."]
["Oh, you found me."]
[The expression on the man's face did not change in the slightest, as though he were talking about something completely ordinary.]
[Seeing this, Sylvie could no longer endure it and directly rushed toward him with her sword.]
[But this time as well, her strike cut through only empty space.]
[At the moment Sylvie swung, the man's body rose from the seat and moved behind the chair.]
["Your sword missed its target. Hahaha."]
[Looking at the disappointed expression on Sylvie's face, the man once again laughed triumphantly.]
["What is it? Do you want to keep doing this?"]
[The two Lokis stood stiffly with weapons in their hands, unable to move forward or retreat.]
[The man simply took a folder from beneath the desk, pulled out two sheets of paper, and showed them to the Lokis.]
["Look carefully. You cannot kill me, because I already knew what you were going to do."]
[Loki stepped forward and looked, only to discover that the words he had just spoken to the man were written on the paper before him.]
[But Loki still did not believe him: "Fine, this is only another trick with which you are trying to deceive us."]
[The man smiled and said: "Are you not curious how I moved away before you managed to attack?"]
[Sylvie coldly pointed toward him:]
["Because you have a TemPad. With it, you can control your own time."]
["That is right."]
[A mysterious expression appeared on the man's face:]
["But how do I know at which moment I need to control time in order to avoid your attacks?"]
["Because I know everything."]
["I know everything that happens on the timeline."]
["Whether you were on Lamentis-1, in the Void, you, me, or the TVA. I even know secrets that the TVA itself does not know, including your touching conversation beside the lake."]
[The smile on the man's face became increasingly unrestrained.]
["Nothing in this world can remain hidden from my eyes!"]
[Sylvie gritted her teeth and still tried to fight back: "No. We broke the rules of your game, and that is why we reached this place."]
["No! You are completely wrong."]
[The man extended his hand, traced a path across the desk with his finger, and said in an unquestionable tone:]
["Every step you took on the road here, whether on Lamentis-1 or in the Void, happened along the path I prepared for you!"]
[After that, he pointed toward Loki and Sylvie with two fingers.]
["You merely walked the entire way along the path I determined for you."]
"What a joke! This guy..."
Seeing this, it was not only the two Lokis on the screen who became agitated. The live broadcast room of the other world also instantly exploded with astonished shouts.
"Is this mastermind truly that powerful?"
Peter Parker's expression completely froze. His scalp went numb, and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.
Knowing everything that would happen in the world in advance!
Such an unbelievable ability was no different from the power of a god from mythology.
"No way! How is it possible to defeat someone like that?"
Little Wanda shouted in astonishment, and her already pale face became even paler.
"Omniscience means omnipotence..."
Strange quietly repeated those words, and his expression suddenly became heavy.
If the master hiding behind the TVA truly possessed such omniscient power, capable of predicting everything, then that meant he was already invincible!
As soon as the thought of opposing him appeared in anyone's mind anywhere in the universe, that man would know it in advance!
It was not possible to fight against such an enemy at all.
"Hss..."
Even Loki took a deep breath at that moment. His expression became extremely serious, and a trace of uncertainty appeared in his eyes.
After obtaining the Stand The World, Loki believed that he had become the natural enemy of the TVA.
No matter how powerful the time-control devices of the TVA guards were, they would be completely useless in stopped time.
But if their mastermind could predict every one of his actions in advance, then the situation could be entirely different!
Omniscience means omnipotence!
No matter how powerful stopping time was, it had a limited duration. If the opponent could prepare a response to it in advance, Loki could fall into serious trouble.
After all, the TVA had managed to prune even Classic Loki. Their power was by no means small.
At that moment, Tony Stark suddenly laughed.
"Hahaha, here it is again. First, they supposedly managed to merge the entire multiverse into one timeline, and now they are omniscient and omnipotent. How can the people from the TVA be so good at boasting?"
"Huh? Boasting?"
Peter Parker was not completely convinced and looked at Tony in confusion.
Ever since he discovered that the mastermind behind the TVA was someone else, Tony seemed to have been completely reborn, and his mood was entirely different from before.
Tony confidently said:
"If that man truly is so powerful and knows everything happening in the universe, how did Sylvie manage to run from him for so many years?"
"While she was fleeing, she even killed a large number of TVA workers!"
Hearing this, everyone looked at one another, and the stiff expressions caused by horror began to relax.
Tony continued:
"I think this man is using the same method Mobius used earlier. It is a form of psychological suppression!"
"First, you completely humiliate the opponent, create confusion, and shake their will, so that afterward you can control them!"
At that moment, Strange also regained his senses, lowered his head, and muttered:
"Mobius's goal was to make Loki help him capture Sylvie. Then this man must also have some goal."
"Of course."
Tony nodded without hesitation:
"He brought these two Lokis into his office and even went to so much effort. His goal is certainly not insignificant."
Loki's face returned to normal at that moment, and he coldly said:
"No matter what he is trying to achieve, it is impossible for him to get past that woman."
Seeing everyone looking at him, Loki paused briefly, but then continued:
"I can see very clearly that ever since she saw this castle, only anger and hatred have probably remained in that woman's mind."
"Earlier, she did not even dare step through the castle gate!"
"No matter what this man says, he will not be able to obtain anything from someone so completely devoted to revenge."
Natasha Romanoff suddenly quietly asked:
"If Sylvie refuses to submit even under the threat of death, will this mastermind lose patience and attack them?"
At that moment, even Loki's expression stiffened slightly.
By then, even the most stubborn Tony no longer directly denied the terrifying time-control ability displayed by the man on the screen.
If such a figure lost patience and attacked them in anger, perhaps neither Loki would leave the castle alive!
[The image continues.]
[He Who Remains claimed that every action of Loki and Sylvie had been under his control and that he had done all of this only because he wanted them to experience true change through those experiences.]
[Stunned by this series of shocking revelations, both Lokis began doubting their own lives. They were completely dumbfounded, almost stupid from shock!]
[At that moment, the image changed and returned to the TVA.]
[Ravonna Renslayer was organizing various documents and was obviously preparing to escape.]
[At that moment, Mobius rushed inside.]
[Seeing Mobius, whom she had pruned, return alive, Ravonna was stunned.]
[The former good friends could no longer reach any agreement because of their conflicting opinions, so in the end they had to clash.]
[But Mobius proved completely incapable of fighting. Ravonna knocked him to the floor as soon as they clashed.]
[Ravonna did not decide to prune him again, but took the documents she had prepared, placed them inside a briefcase, and headed toward the portal.]
[Mobius asked where she was going, but Ravonna left him with only one sentence:]
["I am going to find free will."]
Seeing this, Tony frowned and quietly said:
"Ravonna has obviously betrayed the TVA and escaped. If that man truly knows everything, how can she go anywhere at all?"
Strange flinched slightly when he heard this and suddenly clapped his hands.
"Of course! That man really is exaggerating! And his ability definitely has limits!"
"That should be correct."
Natasha Romanoff nodded.
"Otherwise, Sylvie could never have escaped for so many years."
"But what caught my attention more is..."
As an experienced spy, Natasha Romanoff focused on something entirely different from the others.
"Before escaping, Ravonna organized so many documents and did not forget to take them with her. In my opinion, that is obviously a gift with which she intends to win over the new master from whom she will seek protection!"
Seeing Tony and Strange looking at her, Natasha Romanoff slightly shrugged:
"Please, such things are quite common in the world of spies."
"If you do not offer valuable information, how will the new master trust you?"
"This..."
A trace of doubt appeared in Tony's eyes.
Taking TVA intelligence and defecting to another force?
How had all of this turned into a spy war?
And another force?
Strange suddenly flinched and quietly said:
"If that force is truly powerful enough to provide Ravonna with protection, does that mean her new master is also someone on the same level as this man?"
"Oh, come on!"
"No way!"
"That is too unbelievable!"
Listening to Strange's bold assumption, another series of astonished shouts echoed through the live broadcast room. Wanda and the others were so shocked that their scalps went numb.
Was there more than one omniscient and omnipotent being capable of freely traveling along the timeline?
Would that not cause complete chaos in the world?
[The image continues.]
[Inside the Citadel at the End of Time, He Who Remains openly told Loki and Sylvie the story of his past.]
[It turned out that many years ago, one of his variants was a scientist from the 31st century.]
[He accidentally discovered the existence of the multiverse.]
[After that, different Kang variants from across the multiverse began communicating with one another. For a long time, they lived in peace, shared important scientific knowledge, and learned from one another's strengths.]
[But the peace did not last long.]
[Not long afterward, evil Kang variants also appeared. They wanted to conquer the entire multiverse.]
[Thus began the multiversal war.]
Seeing this, Tony Stark sneered mockingly:
"Just as I said! The multiverse has always been the normal state!"
"The development of the timeline of each individual universe will not cause the destruction of the multiverse!"
Strange also nodded.
"Since the multiverse existed from the very beginning, then the Time-Keepers' claim that they merged every universe into one Sacred Timeline is obviously a lie!"
At that moment, curiosity also appeared in Tony's heart.
A scientist from the 31st century had managed through research to gain the ability to freely travel across the multiverse.
Then could he, who was born in the 21st century, also achieve the same thing?
[The image continues.]
["Each of my variants fought for the survival of their own universe while simultaneously destroying other universes."]
[A sigh appeared on Kang the Conqueror's face.]
["Ladies and gentlemen, that is the future of everything!"]
[Hearing this, Sylvie sarcastically said:]
["And then the Time-Keepers appeared and saved us all."]
[She repeated the version of events from the TVA's propaganda.]
[He Who Remains pressed his palms together and made an exaggerated praying pose.]
["Amen."]
[Then he shook his head without hesitation.]
["No! From that moment onward, the true story differed from the propaganda."]
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