Natasha, at the banquet, saw the handsome Lan Luo and Tony chatting animatedly nearby, and couldn't help but move a few steps closer. When she heard the word Thanos, she got even closer. The demon god of the Dark Dimension, she had never even heard of, and as for the Ancient One, she had heard Tony and Thor mention her. If all of this was true, what did their S.H.I.E.L.D. count for?
Before joining S.H.I.E.L.D., she was an assassin from the Red Room, an assassination organization, with blood on her hands. Her purpose in joining S.H.I.E.L.D. was to atone for her sins, after doing so much, even feeling like she had saved the world.
When one day someone tells her that all of it was in vain, who wouldn't feel unwilling?
Lan Luo saw Natasha approaching and didn't mind, after all, this woman wasn't stupid. He then said to Tony, "Tony, you can research with peace of mind. Earth is still incredibly safe right now; no one can touch Earth."
Tony had heard Thor and Loki talk about some things concerning Lan Luo, and he asked, puzzled, "Loki said the space stone should be with you. Why are you involved with Loki?"
In Tony's eyes, Lan Luo had saved him several times. Although each time had some ulterior motive, he truly considered Lan Luo his best friend. From saving him from that cave in Afghanistan, to using magic potions to heal his injuries, to later helping him create Daji, he helped him expose the Skrulls and understand S.H.I.E.L.D.
Everything indicated that Lan Luo was on their side. Loki should have been with Lan Luo immediately after arriving on Earth. Loki also admitted it himself after being captured, which left him a bit confused.
Lan Luo then looked left and right, signaling to find a quiet place.
Seeing Lan Luo's expression, Tony knew that the upcoming conversation might have a huge impact, so he led Lan Luo to his private laboratory. Dr. Banner also followed, afraid that Lan Luo might harm Tony.
Lan Luo didn't stop him. After the three entered the laboratory, Lan Luo waved his hand, and everything in the room was completely shielded by an electromagnetic barrier.
"What happens next can only be known by the three of us. Although I gave Loki the space stone, do you believe that if I hadn't given it, the consequences would have been even worse?" Lan Luo said with rare seriousness.
Tony and Dr. Banner both shook their heads simultaneously. Dr. Banner joked, "Are you trying to say that even if you didn't give Loki the space stone, a space stone would fall from the sky for him?"
Lan Luo then looked at Banner seriously, remaining silent. Tony, seeing Lan Luo's expression, also felt something was off. Slowly, he thought that Lan Luo didn't seem to exist in Earth's space recently, as if he was hiding from something.
"Are you being hunted now?" Tony suddenly thought of this possibility.
Lan Luo just nodded, then said, "And it's an existence that can peek into the past and future."
Banner suddenly burst out laughing, "I originally thought you were a genius doctor, and possibly a powerful sorcerer, but I never imagined you were a madman."
Lan Luo ignored him, merely activating his Rinnegan and glancing at Dr. Banner. The moment their eyes met, Banner entered Lan Luo's genjutsu space. Lan Luo didn't want to explain a second time, so he pulled Tony into the genjutsu space as well.
Thus, the concept of the multiverse was slowly explained through genjutsu, along with the concept of timelines, and the existence of the Time Variance Authority was fully exposed.
After watching Lan Luo's genjutsu evolution process, Banner and Tony both gasped.
Tony then asked with concern, "How did you provoke the Time Variance Authority?"
Lan Luo shrugged, "I stole all the Infinity Energy Gems belonging to the villains, and I also dealt with a few future opponents for you."
Hearing this, Banner thought this guy was too much of a troublemaker: "Anything else?"
"I created a world tree, and it's constantly absorbing power from the multiverse," Lan Luo said indifferently.
Tony now understood his friend's meaning, and no wonder he was being hunted by the Time Variance Authority: "So you mean that even if you didn't give Loki the space stone, the Time Variance Authority would find other ways to give Loki one?"
"Otherwise? A controllable future is always better than an uncertain future, isn't it? If it wasn't these small fry attacking New York this time, but Thanos' main force, you wouldn't have any power to resist." Lan Luo spread his hands, also expressing his helplessness.
Banner then asked Lan Luo, "So, if you appear here now, won't the Time Variance Authority people catch you?"
Lan Luo then used a projection to show the process of him forging a divine iron on Nidavellir. The divine light energy that erupted was a halo larger than a planet, and with a gentle wave of the divine iron in his hand, he destroyed a dead star, then finally used rune power to restore the dead star.
Tony gasped, "What material is that? Why do you have five Infinity Gems in your hand to forge a divine iron?"
Banner was also very curious about this material and quietly waited for the answer.
Lan Luo didn't answer, just glanced at Dr. Banner and said, "Doctor, can I have some of your blood for research?"
Dr. Banner looked at Lan Luo, felt annoyed for a moment, and then, after just a moment, extended his forearm and said, "Alright."
Lan Luo took out a syringe from his ring space, drew a syringe full of blood, and then said, "Thank you, Doctor. That's divine iron I extracted from poseidons trident. It has the function of absorbing energy and converting it into divine power. You know, we are just humans and don't possess divine power like Thor, so I wanted to forge a divine iron that inherently possesses divine power for our use."
Tony then asked curiously, "Can we take a look?"
He wanted to use Jarvis to scan it, to see if he could analyze the material's proportions and if it could be artificially replicated.
"Don't bother. That's a collection of the gods, and it's extremely rare in the universe." Lan Luo wasn't lying. After all, Earth in the Marvel World can be said to be the center of the universe, and many rare things have appeared on Earth.
Dr. Banner, on the other hand, wondered if he could block Lan Luo's sword. The answer was no. Even with his strong defense, if he were in a vacuum environment, and a vacuum environment of over negative two hundred degrees, he might really die.
"So after you forged the divine iron, those people stopped coming after you?" Tony was also very curious about the Time Variance Authority.
"After all, this is my home turf. If others knew of their existence, they would also be in a lot of trouble. But if I go to their side, that's their home turf, where they can attack without limits, but the power there is restricted." Lan Luo is also very helpless now.
Banner then interjected, "So you two are currently in a standoff?"
Lan Luo then shrugged, "Otherwise?"
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