As soon as the statue of Kang appeared, the large screen went black.
Loki's on-demand broadcast was over.
Although the on-demand broadcast had ended, activity in the chat group did not decrease, but instead increased even further.
Both the people in the live broadcast room and the specially invited viewers outside discussed the scene that had appeared at the very end.
[Wanda Maximoff: What is happening? Why did this statue become Kang the Conqueror?]
[Peter Parker: Is it possible that the evil Kangs from the multiverse have already arrived and completely conquered the Sacred Timeline?]
[Nick Fury: Did some evil Kang variant do all of this? If so, then that guy, besides the ability to control time, may also possess the ability to brainwash people.]
[Nick Fury: That is why the workers of this TVA no longer recognize Loki at all.]
Although he had not watched Loki's previous on-demand broadcast, as one of the best spies, Nick Fury also possessed first-class intelligence and analytical ability.
Even without understanding the entire story, that did not prevent him from drawing his own conclusions and assumptions.
[Mordo: No, that is impossible.]
[Mordo: By traveling through time, you can change the past, but such a change will not affect your present reality. It will only create a new universe.]
[Mordo: For example, if Loki now gained the ability to travel through time, returned to the past, and killed Thanos, that would only create a new universe without Thanos. When Loki returned to his original timeline, he would still have to face the threat of Thanos.]
[Tony Stark: So, by changing the past, it is impossible to change your own present? The logic of timelines is actually much stricter than I thought.]
[Mordo: Whether it is magic or technology, their purpose is actually the same — using their own methods to explore the truth of the universe.]
[Wanda Maximoff: Wait. If even the evil Kangs from the multiverse do not have the ability to change the reality of the Sacred Timeline universe, then what happened that caused Loki to end up in this TVA?]
[Stephen Strange: While I was watching the recording just now, one thing seemed very strange to me. Not only Mobius and the others, even the TVA guards that Loki passed did not recognize him. That is too strange.]
[Stephen Strange: Judging from the current situation, it seems that Loki ended up in a completely new place.]
[Tony Stark: Completely new? Did he end up in another universe?]
[Peter Parker: Are you joking? Is it possible that something like that happened? (⊙﹏⊙;)]
[Loki Odinson: Not only is it possible, but all of this could be part of Kang's conspiracy!]
[Peter Parker: Conspiracy? What are you talking about?]
[Loki Odinson: Do you remember what Sylvie used to teleport that Loki?]
[Natasha Romanoff: That is right! She used the time-control device that Kang left on the table!]
[Loki Odinson: Exactly. That is a very common method in deception: deliberately show the opponent a weakness and wait for them to bite the bait themselves!]
[Loki Odinson: Kang may have configured that device long ago so that it could travel between universes. The moment Sylvie activated it, Loki was transferred into another universe.]
[Loki Odinson: After all, besides Kang, who else possesses the ability to freely travel through the multiverse?]
"Hss..."
Seeing this, many people took a deep breath, even an experienced spy like Natasha Romanoff, who had been through countless dangerous situations.
Not only had he planned his own death, but he had also calculated in advance what would happen before it.
Kang truly had, just as Loki said, calculated everything. Everything was part of his plan!
[Stephen Strange: In other words, Loki was sent to the TVA of another universe.]
[Stephen Strange: And that TVA was also founded by Kang?]
[Wanda Maximoff: Does that even need to be asked? He even placed his own statue in its headquarters. What a narcissistic man.]
[Natasha Romanoff: It is also possible that this TVA was founded by some evil Kang variant.]
[Tony Stark: I think that is impossible.]
[Tony Stark: All of you should remember that Kang said that during the multiversal war, evil Kang variants destroyed entire universes.]
[Tony Stark: What kind of person who can arbitrarily destroy universes would establish a TVA, work hard to maintain a timeline, and prune every temporal branch?]
[Tony Stark: Only someone like Kang, who hides in a remote corner of the universe and fears every day that others will find him, would do something so exhausting.]
[Natasha Romanoff: What you are saying makes sense.]
[Peter Parker: By the way, Mr. Tony, earlier you assumed that the mastermind behind everything might have his own reasons, and in the end it turned out you were right!]
[Loki Odinson: Hmph, for a mortal, you are somewhat intelligent after all.]
[Mordo: It truly is not simple. Even I did not expect such a motive to be hidden behind everything.]
[Tony Stark: Hahahaha, how could the great Tony's judgment possibly be wrong?]
While laughing loudly in the chat group, Tony secretly breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
In fact, the reason he had previously tried to justify the man behind everything was because he feared that the mastermind might be his own variant from the multiverse.
[Thor: Brother, I was right! That guy was dumped by the woman!]
[Thor: Her final decisive sword strike was truly impressive.]
[Thor: Perhaps only a hero like me can tame such a fierce woman. (*)]
[Loki Odinson: Shut up! You fool. Right now you are an ordinary mortal. If you truly encountered Sylvie, she would probably cut you into pieces in an instant.]
[Thor: Damn it! My divine power! My hammer!]
Thor clenched his fists and roared angrily for a while, then suddenly raised his head and shouted toward Jane Foster, who was sitting beside him:
"Woman, hurry! Come with me to the place where the hammer fell. I will lift it!"
.....
At that moment, someone in the chat group suddenly put forward an astonishing assumption.
[Peter Parker: I think the new Kang might be a good person.]
[Wanda Maximoff: What? What are you talking about? How can there be good people among the Kangs?]
[Mordo: Wait, young man. What are you trying to say?]
[Peter Parker: I think the Kang from this new universe could be similar to the Kang killed by Ms. Sylvie — one of the Kangs who survived the multiversal war.]
[Tony Stark: Peter, your imagination truly has no limits.]
[Peter Parker: Hey, I am only guessing.]
[Tony Stark: No, your assumption might actually be correct.]
[Tony Stark: After all, Kang himself said that the variants he originally encountered in the multiverse were quite peaceful. They were willing to calmly exchange technology and learn from one another. The evil Kang variants only appeared later.]
[Tony Stark: Since war eventually broke out, did the evil Kangs unite against the good Kangs?]
[Stephen Strange: A war of good and evil across the multiverse? Stark, you truly put forward an incredible hypothesis.]
[Tony Stark: I still know a thing or two about war.]
[Tony Stark: According to what Kang said, there obviously was not only one evil Kang variant.]
[Tony Stark: If the enemy was so powerful and he alone was the only one on his side, what kind of war would that be? It would be a one-sided massacre. Kang probably would not even have managed to escape!]
[Loki Odinson: Hmph! So that man sent me to his former allies?]
[Loki Odinson: He wants my other version to become a subordinate of another Kang and continue working for him?]
[Loki Odinson: He can only dream!]
[Mordo: So, you have reached the following conclusion: although those good Kang variants could not defeat the evil ones, in the end they hid in different corners of the multiverse and established their own Sacred Timelines in order to avoid being hunted by the evil Kangs.]
[Mordo: Besides that, those Kangs also established their own TVAs modeled after Kang's?]
[Wanda Maximoff: Pah! What goodness? Everything the TVA does is completely evil!]
[Nick Fury: Say whatever you want, but as Kang said before his death, sometimes someone has to do dirty work from the shadows.]
[Nick Fury: Otherwise, all that remains is for all of us together to face chaos and destruction!]
As the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury had done who knew how many dark things in secret over the years.
He was not proud of them, but someone still had to do them.
[Loki Odinson: Hmph! Your noble excuses disgust me.]
[Mordo: Now that we have all reached a certain conclusion, pay more attention in the future.]
[Mordo: There may not be a TVA in your universe, but if those people ever come out of a portal in front of you, all of you know what to do.]
[Peter Parker: Did you not just say that you understood the TVA's actions?]
[Tony Stark: Hahaha, Peter, you are too honest.]
[Tony Stark: We can say that we understand their actions because all of this is happening in another universe!]
[Tony Stark: But if those bastards try to prune me, let them come! Tony will blow them all to pieces!]
[Stephen Strange: Tony, your technology might be our main trump card against the TVA in the future, so be careful.]
[Tony Stark: You had better worry about yourself!]
[Tony Stark: Sorcerers like you, once you end up inside the TVA, will not be able to use any ability and will be completely helpless!]
At that moment, Odin, who was sitting on the throne of Asgard, took a deep breath, and a thought suddenly passed through his mind.
Perhaps, besides Stormbreaker, he could order the dwarves of Nidavellir to make another Destroyer armor!
That high-tech battle armor, capable of acting independently and destroying any enemy, might have the opportunity to show its value in the future.
At that moment, the large screen, which had been completely dark until then, suddenly lit up again.
[Broadcast begins — Iron Man: Continuation.]
Seeing this, everyone fell silent, and Tony Stark immediately focused.
Who was the man who had set him up and trapped him in a cave in Afghanistan?
Inside the S.H.I.E.L.D. office, Nick Fury was looking at Tony Stark, who appeared on the screen, and his heart shook violently.
"Tony from that universe just announced the closure of the weapons manufacturing division."
"Is that not exactly the same thing Tony did in reality?"
Fury's thoughts quickly turned, and he soon understood.
"That is right. This is the continuation, which means Tony Stark had already watched the first part earlier."
"In that mysterious live broadcast room, he saw the events of the first part in advance, so that is why he made the same choice as his version from another universe."
"And from that room, he also received an incredible reward."
Remembering the terrifying robot described in the intelligence reports, Fury felt his heart begin beating faster.
[Nick Fury: Natasha Romanoff, what reward did you receive just now?]
[Natasha Romanoff: Director, the specific details are not suitable for discussion here. But it should be something similar to a summoning item.]
[Nick Fury: Summoning?]
For the sake of secrecy, Fury did not continue questioning her in the chat group, but his curiosity at that moment was greater than ever.
Black Widow was already one of his elite agents.
And now, after receiving that reward, how much would she change?
[The image continues.]
[After the press conference, Tony stayed at home and began developing a new armor.]
[One night, Obadiah Stane came to Tony's home and told him that the board of directors had removed him from decision-making.]
[In order to help Tony regain the support of the board of directors, Obadiah wanted to find someone to study Tony's new Arc Reactor.]
[Tony refused his request without hesitation.]
"Of course. The board of directors will not simply let me go."
Tony's heart tightened slightly, but he soon relaxed again.
In fact, his current situation was even worse than the situation of the Tony on the screen.
That Tony at least still possessed a controlling stake.
But because of the system's punishment, he had already lost most of the shares of Stark Industries!
But Tony was not panicking at all at that moment.
Megatron alone, whom he had previously obtained as a reward, represented an unimaginable treasure trove of knowledge!
If he were given several months, Tony could develop certain products based on Cybertronian technology by analyzing Megatron.
For example, transforming household devices, such as mobile phones!
If Tony received even more time for research, he could even create artificial Transformers, such as cars, airplanes, and similar machines!
If something like that appeared on the market, then what would Stark Industries even mean to him?
As for the Void Engine he had received as a reward this time, its operating principle was so advanced that commercialization was completely out of the question.
In fact, Tony had already decided to completely hide the existence of the Void Engine and never reveal anything about it to anyone.
Otherwise, the greed and threats it would attract would be too great.
[The image continues.]
[Tony finally created a new version of the Iron Man armor at home, the so-called Mark II.]
[After successfully taking flight while wearing the armor, Tony was so excited that he even shouted loudly.]
[In order to test the limits of the armor, he continued flying higher and higher into the sky. In the end, the entire armor completely froze, and Tony began falling from the sky like a stone.]
[Only at the last moment did the ice on the outside of the armor melt, allowing Tony to avoid death.]
[After returning home, in order to solve the icing problem, Tony upgraded the armor with a gold-titanium alloy used in military satellites and improved it further.]
"Ha! I am not so easy to kill after all."
Seeing that his version on the screen had not died, Tony smiled and immediately stopped attaching importance to it.
After already seeing his future nanotechnology battle equipment from the battle against Thanos, Mark II no longer interested him at all.
Now he only desperately wanted to know who the true man behind the conspiracy against him was.
[The image continues.]
[Tony brought Pepper Potts to a charity reception.]
[At the reception, Tony encountered journalist Christine Everhart, with whom he had previously had a relationship. She told him that Yinsen's hometown, Gulmira, had been attacked by armed militants.]
[Those militants were using Stark Industries weapons.]
[Tony angrily confronted Obadiah Stane about this and asked whether he was selling weapons to those militants behind his back.]
[Obadiah did not answer directly, but admitted that he was the one who had pushed Tony out of the board of directors.]
"What!! Obie!! It was you?"
Seeing this, Tony's heart shook violently. The expression on his face changed drastically, and a terrifying thought appeared in his mind.
If Obadiah was the one selling weapons to those armed militants, then was he also the one cooperating with them and arranging Tony's kidnapping?
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