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Chapter 347: Ancient One's Visit (Second Update)
Chapter 347: Ancient One's Visit (Second Update)
Inside the office of the World Security Council Minister at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters in Washington, a bald agent was holding a tablet and reporting to Pierce:
"The operation failed. The Wizard has set up a lot of strange Magic at home. This is the video that just came in!"
"Since it failed, did you clean up all the traces?"
Pierce watched the moving stone statues in the video, frowning as he asked. He hadn't expected the Wizard to be out, yet the surprise attack still failed. It only confirmed how cautious the Wizard was, and the Magic was indeed not to be underestimated.
The bald agent nodded:
"We cleaned up everything. For this operation, we only sent two Hydra members to prevent any mishaps. The rest were S.H.I.E.L.D. members, so if the Wizard decides to retaliate, it will be against Nick Fury.
Moreover, the Level 6 agent in charge of the operation has already been eliminated. Even if the Wizard discovers something, there's no way to trace it back to us."
He then suggested:
"Since the Wizard has protected the residence, should we wait until his family leaves before making another move?"
Pierce tapped his fingers on the table a few times, then shook his head:
"Since the surprise attack failed, the other side is definitely on alert. Let's not provoke them for now, to avoid affecting our most important 'Insight Project'!"
The Wizard's abilities are bizarre. Originally, he had planned to take the Wizard's family hostage to force the Wizard to work for him. But now that the plan has failed, the priority must be the 'Insight Project.' Once it succeeds and Hydra has those powerful weapons floating in the sky, Hydra can truly emerge from the shadows into the light.
"Long live Hydra!"
"Long live Hydra!"
"Is the soul gone?"
In Queens, New York, Jerry looked at the body of a middle-aged man lying in an abandoned woods and narrowed his eyes. When he followed the owl to find this Level 6 Hydra agent, the agent was already dead, and the soul had already left the area due to the passage of time.
When a normal human dies, the soul is immediately pulled to another world, known as the "Underworld." However, if Jerry was fast enough, he could use the Soul Suction Spell and Sealing Spell to preserve the soul before it was pulled into the Underworld.
However, the Level 6 agent was killed decisively upon the mission's failure, so the soul had already been sucked into the Underworld.
"Let's try this, then!"
Jerry took out the Time Turner from his box space. He had always wanted to test whether the Time Turner would work in the Main World, and this was the perfect opportunity.
Although the Time Turner cannot change what has already happened, if it works in the Main World, he could travel back to just before the Hydra agent was killed to see who did it.
Then, he could follow those people step by step to find the Hydra leadership and eliminate them all, solving the problem. He might even gain some red stars, achieving two goals at once.
However, just as Jerry was about to turn the Time Turner, a prominent Spatial fluctuation appeared in front of him, making him instinctively stop his actions.
Following that, he saw a ring of fire appear out of nowhere in front of him, and a bald woman in a monk's robe stepped out of it.
"I don't think that was a very wise decision!"
"Who are you?"
Looking at the bald woman in the monk's robe, Jerry asked tentatively, unsure of who she was.
He had heard Odin's description of the Ancient One, and the woman in front of him, who seemed unfathomable, closely resembled the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One, as described by Odin.
"Hello, Carmen, I am the Ancient One from Kamar-Taj!"
The bald woman performed a mage's salute to Jerry, her face breaking into a smile. She gave off the impression of a kind neighbor rather than the imposing Sorcerer Supreme.
This was different from Odin, who, though also kind, always maintained an air of regality as the King of the Gods.
"Hello, Ancient One, you know me?"
Jerry was surprised that the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One, knew his name, as he had always avoided contact with her due to her immense power.
The Ancient One smiled and replied,
"I have met you in countless possible futures. However, your future changes more drastically than others."
Jerry was initially stunned, then he understood. She either had the ability to foresee the future or, as Odin had mentioned, used the Time Stone to see multiple possible futures.
"Ancient One, you came to see me because of this?"
The sudden appearance of the Sorcerer Supreme and her warning clearly indicated that she didn't want him to use the Time Turner to reverse time. Now, he wanted to understand why.
The Ancient One glanced at the Time Turner in Jerry's hand, her expression more serious than before:
"Carmen, I don't know where you obtained this time-related magical artifact, but I hope you understand the time laws of our world.
Time flows only forward, not backward. Therefore, using this magical item will not allow you to return to the past; instead, it will open a new timeline.
This approach is not beneficial for the world as a whole and can even impact the future. I must prevent you from doing this, as it is part of my duty."
As the guardian of the Time Stone, the protector of Earth, and the Sorcerer Supreme, she could not allow Jerry to arbitrarily open a new timeline, as it would have extremely negative consequences for the future.<|im_end|>
For an ordinary person, the impact might be minimal, but for Jerry, a mage with considerable magical power, the effects of opening a new timeline would be significant.
So, when she saw this scenario through the Time Stone, she immediately opened a portal to find him.
Jerry was momentarily stunned after hearing the Ancient One's words.
What new timeline? What about time only flowing forward and not backward? And affecting the future?
The time laws and theories the Ancient One spoke of seemed different from what he had learned. Could the time laws differ between different worlds?
In the Harry world, he used the Time Turner to travel back in time every day, and in the Sakura world, if he remembered correctly, Sakura used the "Return" card to travel back in time and even interacted with Clow Reed.
(End of Chapter)
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