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Kevin didn't know how many 'himself' existed in this world.
However, from Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi's words, it was certain that the number of 'himself' was definitely not small!
Even after the TVA pruned so many people, they could still find a large number of them!
With so many people, even if the number of parallel universes on the Sacred Timeline was not large, there would still be many inventors.
Perhaps...
Is this what Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi meant?
Kevin didn't expect the method he was looking for to appear before him in such a way.
With the mindset of trying anything, Kevin immediately asked:
"How do I do it?"
"It's simple, just prune yourself."
"...?"
"Don't look at me like that, I'm serious. Although we are all Kevin and all Crossing, strictly speaking, we must now follow the destiny on the Sacred Timeline.
"We cannot deviate, nor can we create time branches.
"I am the Sorcerer Supreme, I can see all futures, I know what I should do, and what I do will not cause time deviation, so I haven't attracted the TVA.
"But that doesn't mean everyone is like that. Once I come into contact with them, their destiny will inevitably deviate, and only a small number of people can continue to maintain their original destiny.
"So, if you want us to gather together and create a device that can restrain the Sacred Timeline, you must first cooperate with Loki and Sylvie to kill Kang, and let the TVA know about it.
"Only then, when a time branch appears on the Sacred Timeline, will the TVA not dispatch to prune the created time branch."
The Sorcerer Supreme answered seriously.
Regardless of how many 'Kevins' there were, it was certain that they were definitely not as free as Kevin himself.
He could do whatever he wanted, and if his ability to travel through time and space was still there, he could even return to The Boys world at any time to do his own things.
But other Kevins could not.
Once their destinies were written into the Marvel World, into the Time Theater, their destinies could no longer be changed.
The Sorcerer Supreme could contact some of them, who, even knowing their fate, would not deviate from their original destiny, but she couldn't gather more people.
And if there were only two or three people, trying to create a device to restrain the timeline, while not impossible, the possibility was very small.
The main reason was that they did not have the TVA's management manual, nor had they seen the device within the TVA that shaped the Sacred Timeline.
They were starting at a much lower point than Inventor Kang and OB.
It was starting from scratch.
Unless Kevin was willing to give them the TVA manual.
But Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi knew very well that Kevin would not do that now.
Because Kevin probably didn't fully trust her yet.
"Prune myself... I thought I wouldn't have to do that..."
Kevin muttered to himself.
To contact Kang, he had to enter the junkyard at the end of time, that Void.
Because Kang's time castle was behind that Void.
Find a way to defeat his watchdog Alioth, the monster that could devour all matter, and he could go to Kang's fortress and kill him.
So, to achieve his goal and enter that Void, Kevin really had to use the TVA's pruning stick on himself.
This was the only way to get in there at the moment.
"In short, I've told you the method. How to do it is up to you. It's getting late, you should go back."
At the end, Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi issued a farewell to Kevin.
The fight was over, and their respective goals were known, so Kevin indeed had no reason to stay here any longer.
Having found Loki and Sylvie, he should return to the TVA.
"Alright, I'll trust you for now."
Anyway, Kevin didn't think the monster Alioth in the Void could hurt him, so going there himself wasn't a bad idea.
Just to see if there were any Kevin time variants there.
After talking with Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi, Kevin asked her to lift the time confinement on Loki and Sylvie, then opened a portal with the TemPad, throwing them in one by one.
Loki and Sylvie were thus apprehended by Kevin.
Mobius and the others were very curious about where Kevin had caught them, but compared to that, interrogating these two 'time criminals' was more important.
So they didn't ask much, separating Loki and Sylvie and beginning the interrogation.
B-15 interrogated Sylvie, and Mobius interrogated Loki.
According to the original plot, the two would soon be told the truth by Loki and Sylvie, and thus be swayed by them.
Kevin did not intend to participate in this part of the plot.
He decided to wait until Mobius was pruned by Ravonna Renslayer due to being swayed by Loki, then prune himself and go to the Void at the end of time.
As for before that.
Kevin went to the Time Theater alone.
He found the destiny reels of Wen Yi's time variant, and other time variants of himself in the Marvel World, and put them on the projector in the theater to play.
First was Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi's timeline.
Wen Yi's timeline was as she said.
In the early stages, she became Ancient One's disciple, later became the Sorcerer Supreme, and then contacted other Superheroes to form the Illuminati.
And after entering the 22nd century, she found a suitable successor, passed on the title of Sorcerer Supreme, and died peacefully.
Wen Yi was clearly aware of this future.
But according to Kevin's understanding of himself, he should not obediently accept the arrangement of fate.
Perhaps he also had his own plans.
Wen Yi's fate was like this, Kevin immediately played the second one.
This was an X-Men Kevin.
He crossed into the old trilogy world, at an earlier time, and was friends with the middle-aged Charles and Magneto, possessing the superpower to control water flow.
In the early stages, he helped Magneto, in the middle stages, he cooperated with Professor X, in the later stages, he established a mutant sanctuary, and finally died at the hands of the Sentinel robots.
Watching the life of this X-Men Kevin, Kevin frowned slightly.
God of Death again?
Vaguely guessing something, Kevin continued to play.
This time it was the Kevin mentioned by Sorcerer Supreme Wen Yi, who was born as the Asgardian God of Death.
He took Hela's place, became Odin's eldest son, fought with Odin for many years, but due to ideological differences, they went their separate ways, and he was finally sealed by Odin.
It wasn't until Odin died many years later that he came out to cause trouble.
However, being a Crossing, he didn't immediately fight Thor and Loki like Hela did, but instead helped them manage Asgard.
Until Ragnarok, to prevent Ragnarok, he perished with Surtur.
"..."
Still death.
Even Kevin, as God of Death, would die...
After watching another version of his future, Kevin's frown deepened.
He then played them one after another.
Him as an Avenger, him as a villain, him as a member of the Nova Corps, him as a Kree...
There was even Spider-Man Kevin Parker.
His variants were spread across countless parallel universes, but the final result... unexpectedly, all died.
That's right, although the fate of death is something no one can avoid, from their timelines, they also didn't have the skill tree Kevin possessed, so death didn't seem that strange.
But...
After all, they were Crossing, knowing what would happen in the Marvel World, they should at least have a natural death ending, right?
Why did they all die midway??
Kevin vaguely felt that something was wrong. He felt as if these people were designed to be born at the right time and die at the appropriate time.
Giving a feeling of being tools.
Shaking his head, Kevin temporarily shook off this absurd thought from his mind, then left the Time Theater and began to focus on the current Loki plot.
A long time had passed since Loki and Sylvie were taken away by the TVA, and logically, they should have revealed their suspicions about the TVA.
It was just unknown whether B-15 and Mobius would believe them as they did in the original work.
B-15 believed quickly, because Sylvie personally showed her memories of her past.
But Mobius...
Although he wanted to believe Loki, being an old hand at the TVA, he was more willing to believe the TVA than Loki.
But it wouldn't be long before Mobius would discover the truth about C-20's death from Ravonna Renslayer.
At that time, he would actively go to save Loki.
However...
Since Mobius would believe it anyway, to prevent him from being pruned by Ravonna Renslayer, Kevin decided to take Mobius's place and save Loki first.
Originally, Kevin had thought of going to the Void when Mobius was pruned.
But thinking of the danger of the Void, Kevin felt it was better not to let Mobius go.
The Loki plot deviated too much in places he couldn't see because of the presence of numerous Kevins.
If Mobius died because of this, it would be Kevin's responsibility.
So, Kevin waited at the door of Ravonna Renslayer's office for Mobius to come out.
Inside the office, Ravonna Renslayer advised Mobius not to continue focusing on this matter.
Mobius outwardly nodded in agreement, but secretly took Ravonna Renslayer's TemPad.
Within the TVA, everyone's TemPad permissions are different.
Mobius's permissions were lower than Ravonna Renslayer's; he couldn't access all information regarding the 'deceased' C-20.
But Ravonna Renslayer could.
Therefore, he swapped his tablet with Ravonna Renslayer's, then pretended to walk out of Ravonna Renslayer's office as usual.
Then he ran into Kevin, who was outside.
"Are you going to investigate the truth, Mobius?"
"Oh my goodness..."
Kevin's voice almost made Mobius jump.
He immediately turned around, looked at Kevin standing next to the office, and asked with flickering eyes:
"When did you get here?"
"Just arrived. Where are you going?"
"I..."
Mobius looked left and right, then said casually:
"...I'm about to get promoted, you know, Kevin? The Time Keepers want to see me. This might be my last day as an agent, so I'm going to... find a place to have a drink and celebrate."
"Uh-huh, good excuse."
"? Wh-what do you mean, 'good excuse'?"
"A good excuse for lying."
Kevin glanced at Ravonna Renslayer's office, then, without waiting for Mobius to speak, he grabbed his arm and led him to a corner.
"Wait, Kevin, where are you taking me? Do you want to have a drink with me too? Then wait for me to go to the bathroom first..."
"Let's go after we come back."
"What?"
Mobius was confused, but Kevin, taking advantage of no one watching, immediately opened a time portal and pulled Mobius into it.
The place Kevin chose was an apocalypse.
The volcano was about to erupt, destroying everything there.
Seeing Kevin bring him here, Mobius seemed to guess something:
"Are you going to tell me something? Oh, right, you brought the Lokis back. Do you already know what they're going to do?"
"Yes, I know. And not only do I know what the Lokis are doing, but I also know what you're investigating now. Time is urgent, so first, take out Ravonna Renslayer's TemPad.
"You want to know the truth about C-20's death, right? Just look it up. No one here can find us."
Time was truly urgent.
Ravonna Renslayer would probably soon discover that Mobius had swapped her TemPad.
By then, the pursuit team would be coming for Mobius.
To prevent anything from happening to Mobius, Kevin decided to take over Mobius's role.
Between the TVA and Loki, Mobius ultimately chose to believe Loki.
So when he heard Kevin's words now, realizing that this newly appointed agent was on his side, he immediately took out Ravonna Renslayer's TemPad and said:
"...Ravonna Renslayer said that C-20 died because Sylvie's magic messed with her mind, but I always feel like she's hiding something, and Loki said... we are all time variants..."
"Loki is right. We are indeed time variants."
Kevin talked with Mobius, and at the same time, he opened the confidential document about C-20 and clicked play.
In the video, C-20 was being interrogated.
She said that in Sylvie's magic, she saw her past self, the one who hadn't been caught by the TVA and become a hunter.
In that world, she had friends, family, and her own life.
Then she started shouting loudly at everyone that the TVA had lied to them.
At the critical moment, Ravonna Renslayer appeared and immediately turned off the camera recording the meeting, looking at the lens in a panic.
This was the end of the video.
And C-20's words, and Ravonna Renslayer's final panicked expression, were enough to prove the truth of Loki's words.
"...The TVA... really did lie to us."
Mobius's eyes were blank.
He had been at the TVA his entire life, and for the responsibility placed upon him, he didn't know how long he had worked hard.
Day after day, year after year, hundreds of years were spent doing this job.
He had never doubted his identity, always believing he was someone created by the Time Keepers.
This was his home.
But now someone was telling him that it wasn't like that, that he used to have his own life, and perhaps even his own jet ski.
How could he calm down so easily after suddenly learning such a truth?
But Kevin didn't give him much time to think.
Once he was sure Mobius understood the truth, Kevin quickly swapped the TemPad in his hand with the one in his own hand.
Then he said:
"I know what you're going to do next. You want to save Loki, right? But you don't have to bother with this. I'll save him. You stay at the TVA and support us."
"Wait, Loki is the time variant I'm responsible for."
"I'm responsible now! No time, Mobius! I need Loki to do some things! So it's most suitable for me to contact Loki! And your position at the TVA is higher than mine. After everything is over, I'll need you to take control of the situation!"
"What are you talking about? Kevin, what do you want to do? What do you mean 'after everything is over'?"
The more Kevin spoke, the more questions Mobius had.
He simply didn't understand the meaning of Kevin's words.
At least, with his limited knowledge now, he couldn't understand.
But Kevin didn't give him time to ask, nor was there time for verbose explanations now.
Opening the portal again, Kevin brought Mobius back and instructed him to return to his desk and do whatever he was supposed to do.
Kevin himself went to Ravonna Renslayer's office, arguing with her under the guise of 'claiming credit'.
Logically, Loki and Sylvie were brought back by Kevin.
Even if there was credit, Kevin should have the most credit.
However, Ravonna Renslayer hadn't made any other arrangements for Kevin, so it was reasonable for Kevin to be dissatisfied with this, and there was no problem with him entering the office to complain to Ravonna Renslayer using this reason.
Indeed, Ravonna Renslayer didn't suspect Kevin who had burst in.
The two argued for a while during this time, and finally Kevin found an opening and swapped Ravonna Renslayer's TemPad back.
After all this was done, Kevin went to find Loki.
When Kevin found Loki, he was sitting idly in the interrogation room.
Originally, he had been locked in an infinitely looping space by Mobius, experiencing the period of his life he least wanted to face.
However, just now, Mobius came back and released him, even telling him things like 'you are right'.
Loki instantly understood that Mobius knew everything.
But what surprised him was that Mobius didn't take him away; instead, he told him that Kevin would come for him.
Although he wasn't very clear about what was going on, hearing the name 'Kevin', Loki temporarily suppressed the questions in his heart and waited for Kevin to arrive.
So when he saw Kevin again, Loki greeted him without surprise:
"You're here?"
"You seem to be doing quite well."
"Which eye of yours sees me doing well?"
Loki rolled his eyes. Being imprisoned here, unable to leave, and constantly facing the risk of being pruned, if this could still be called 'doing well', then there would be nothing in this world that could be called 'doing poorly'.
Kevin smiled and chose not to argue with Loki.
He sat in front of Loki and said:
"At least you're still alive, that's good... But never mind that, you guys want to see the Time Keepers, right? I can help you, but... you also have to promise me one thing."
"Speak directly."
"In the future, you must promise me to do something within your power. I only need you to promise me this, and that's it."
Kevin said seriously.
Since it was the future Loki who sent him to the Sacred Timeline period, Kevin needed the current Loki to make a promise with him.
Otherwise, once Loki became the God of Time in the future, he probably wouldn't have the opportunity to communicate with him face-to-face.
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