Then a blonde woman ran out of the door.
Not long after, a group of people in uniforms also ran out of the door, quickly chasing after the woman until she disappeared.
Rhodey blinked.
If he wasn't mistaken, the first blonde woman should be the female Loki, right?
And the people who chased after her were the Time Variance Authority, which is the TVA's pursuit team!
What a mess!
Rhodey thought.
First Dormammu, then the Celestials, and now even the TVA has appeared.
Moreover;
This Universe isn't the Sacred Timeline Universe either!
How could TVA personnel show up?
"Those are TVA personnel." Sorcerer Ancient One said proactively without waiting for Rhodey to ask: "The TVA are Kang the Conqueror's subordinates. Kang the Conqueror has many variants in many Universes, and many of them like to create an organization called the TVA to solidify their rule."
???
So, there's more than one TVA?
Do these Kang the Conqueror variants have some special obsession?
Why do they all like to create a TVA?
Even if you want to create an organization to solidify your rule, why is it always named TVA?
Can't they change the name?
Rhodey complained wildly in his mind.
He felt that Kang the Conqueror must have something seriously wrong with his brain!
However;
Putting aside whether these Kang the Conqueror's brains are sick or not, the existence of the TVA in this Universe is what surprised Rhodey the most.
Could it be that the Great Destruction Sorcerer Ancient One mentioned earlier was actually a future of the Universe set by Kang the Conqueror?
And any timeline that didn't develop towards that future was pruned by him?
Then what does Rhodey's existence count as?
An anomaly?
Or is he also within Kang the Conqueror's calculations?
Rhodey suddenly felt a chill, as if an invisible hand was manipulating everything behind him.
"Although these Kang the Conqueror variants all like to create the TVA, the nature of these TVAs also varies." Sorcerer Ancient One seemed not to notice Rhodey's grim expression and continued to speak to herself: "And the TVA in our Universe, its purpose is also to prevent the arrival of the Great Destruction."
What?
Rhodey had just come up with a bunch of self-frightening conclusions, but then Sorcerer Ancient One turned around and said that the TVA in their Universe was created to eliminate the Great Destruction?
Is Kang the Conqueror in this Universe a good guy?
Rhodey didn't care whether Kang the Conqueror was a good guy or not.
He only cared whether this guy knew about his existence.
"He doesn't know."
Sorcerer Ancient One once again saw through Rhodey's thoughts and said to him with a smile.
"Sorcerer, are you sure?"
Rhodey confirmed again.
Sorcerer Ancient One nodded, smiling, and said, "I told you, you are very special!"
"In fact, the reason I discovered your existence was also a coincidence. The first time I found you was in that Paradise Tower."
"Perhaps you don't know, but that was also where Strange once lived."
"Of course, he doesn't live there anymore."
There's such a thing?!
Rhodey was speechless.
It turns out that his discovery by Sorcerer Ancient One was due to such a bizarre coincidence.
If he had transmigrated to another place instead of Paradise Tower, he wouldn't have been discovered by Sorcerer Ancient One immediately after transmigrating.
"There is something within you, I don't know what it is, I cannot glimpse even a fraction of it, but its presence has indeed protected you and hidden your true identity."
Sorcerer Ancient One looked at Rhodey, her eyes deep. In reality, this was also why she didn't banish Rhodey immediately.
God knows she was originally observing Strange that day, when she suddenly discovered a soul power not belonging to this Universe suddenly appearing there.
She curiously went to investigate and found Rhodey, a soul not belonging to this Universe.
But before she could decide how to deal with Rhodey, she found that she could no longer sense his anomaly.
It was as if Rhodey had always belonged to this Universe.
If the Sorcerer Ancient One hadn't been so certain that she hadn't misperceived before, she might have even wondered if she had taken in too much Dark Dimension power over the years, causing her to have illusions.
Afterward,
the Sorcerer Ancient One frequently kept an eye on Rhodey's movements.
She even went so far as to absorb a large amount of Dark Dimension power again to activate the Time Stone, using its power to glimpse a corner of the future.
In those new futures she glimpsed, the Sorcerer Ancient One discovered a figure she couldn't clearly see.
That individual had influenced the fate of the Universe, which had already been predetermined.
They forcibly twisted the fate of the Universe, which should have met its end in the Great Destruction!
Although the Sorcerer Ancient One didn't clearly see Rhodey's figure in the corner of the future she glimpsed, she was incredibly certain in her heart that the figure she couldn't even see clearly was Rhodey!
Only he could disregard the power of the Time Stone, preventing it from glimpsing his existence.
The Sorcerer Ancient One did not tell Rhodey about these matters.
Nor did Rhodey ever know.
The future is constantly changing, and the Sorcerer Ancient One was unsure if telling Rhodey these things in advance would affect the original future.
So, she could only use another method to remind Rhodey.
To make him aware of the Great Destruction's existence.
To give him a sense of urgency!
Thus,
if Rhodey originally had a 99.99% chance of reversing the Great Destruction, then with the Sorcerer Ancient One's reminder, that probability might increase to 99.9999% or even higher!
On the other side,
after hearing the Sorcerer Ancient One's words, Rhodey already understood that the unknown power the Sorcerer Ancient One spoke of was actually his system.
It was the system's existence that had shielded his origin.
And also erased him from the prying eyes of certain entities.
Simply put,
Rhodey did not exist within the causality of this Universe but appeared in a vague form.
Unless someone like the Sorcerer Ancient One had discovered him before the system had awakened.
Otherwise,
after that, no one would discover his abnormality.