"Can't say? Hehe..." Ryan chuckled softly, pointing to the Chitauri in the sky who were nearly wiped out by the Asgardian Army, and the space portal that had disappeared at some unknown point.
"You know? When you travel through the Quantum Realm, you can actually only travel to parallel Universes close to different points in time of your own Universe. So normally, the development of the Universe you travel to should be more or less the same as your own."
"But now, the processes at the same time point in two adjacent Universes are so different. Don't you understand why yet?"
Every Tony in every Universe is a genius, and the one who traveled here was no exception. He immediately understood the meaning behind Ryan's words, his pupils trembling slightly: "You mean... something went wrong with the timeline between Universes?!"
Ryan nodded silently: "Exactly. If I'm not mistaken, before your Universe, there was already a Universe similar to yours that completely broke the stability of all parallel Universes on the timeline by traveling through it."
"So on the current timeline, there is nothing that cannot be changed, and nothing that cannot be said."
"Just like how you're hiding that the one who wiped out half the life in your Universe was Thanos with the six Infinity Stones, and just like how you came here this time to borrow the Space, Mind, and Time Stones from our Universe—there's no need to hide any of it anymore."
As he spoke, Ryan flipped his hand, and three items appeared in his palm.
They were Loki's Mind Stone, Odin's Tesseract, and... the Ancient One's eye of agamotto!
Nano Tony's eyes widened at the sight, and he couldn't help but cry out: "The vessels for three Infinity Stones... you've already gotten them?!"
"But how is that possible? The Tesseract was just being used to open the space portal, the Mind Stone should be in Loki's hands, and the Time Stone is with the Sorcerer Supreme in Kamar-Taj. When did you get them in such a short amount of time?"
Ryan glanced at Nano Tony and said meaningfully: "Right when you traveled over and were staging your'self-confrontation' drama..."
Time went back to when the time-traveling quartet had just arrived.
Ryan and Odin, separated by only a wall, were both beings with extremely strong perception. Naturally, they discovered their sudden appearance immediately.
Regarding these four people who interrupted the negotiation between two kings, both Ryan and Odin were surprised, yet also felt a sense of anticipation.
Clearly, neither was very surprised that someone would suddenly come to their Universe at this point in time, but they were equally surprised that these four happened to teleport right next door to them.
And soon, they found out why.
Before they could go meet these four visitors from another World, sparks suddenly ignited between Ryan and Odin, and a dazzling portal opened with a swirl.
A slender figure dressed in black robes, holding a folding fan and possessing an ethereal temperament, stepped out.
Her identity, naturally, went without saying—it was the Sorcerer Supreme, the Ancient One, a mandatory encounter for any Marvel time-traveler!
However, in this Universe, even though Ryan had traveled here and had yet to step out of the Earth'starter village' once, this was his first time meeting the 'village chief' of Earth.
The Ancient One's arrival completely turned this Universe's Battle of New York into a meeting between big shots.
To Ryan's surprise, the Ancient One's purpose for this trip wasn't him, but Odin.
According to the Ancient One, a person of Odin's level cannot simply descend to Earth, even if Earth is nominally under the rule of Asgard.
Faced with the Ancient One's blunt order to leave, Odin's face turned livid, while Ryan silently gave the Ancient One a thumbs up.
Is this the confidence of the number one spokesperson for Earth?
Truly badass!
Given Odin's explosive temper—though it had mellowed somewhat due to his physical issues—he was still a man who bowed to no one.
He immediately retorted to the Ancient One, saying he had come to Earth leading the Asgardian Army to help Earth wipe out the invading Chitauri.
He was here for a legitimate reason. The Ancient One, who only cared about Earth and not humanity, had no right to issue an eviction order on behalf of the humans on Earth!
Even if an eviction order were to be issued, it shouldn't be by the Ancient One, but by Ryan, the leader of the Spider Family who truly stands on the side of humanity and is believed in by all ordinary humans!
Odin even added that he had just decided to hand over the ownership of Earth to Ryan, so Ryan should now be the nominal king of Earth!
Odin's move of shifting the trouble left Ryan, who was originally just watching the show, completely dazed.
Wait, old man, when did you ever say that to me?
Slander! Sorcerer Supreme, this is slander!
Unexpectedly, after Odin said this, the Ancient One actually nodded and acknowledged Ryan's status as the Lord of the Earth, stating that Ryan could indeed represent Earth.
If Ryan was willing to let the King of Asgard stay on Earth, then she would no longer interfere.
Then, the two old-timers both turned their gazes toward Ryan, who was watching from the side, as if they were truly waiting for him to speak.
At this moment, Ryan's heart skipped a beat; he knew he had been set up!
These two old foxes—one seemingly here for Loki, the other seemingly here for Odin—were actually both after him!
Why was Ryan so sure?
Because the siblings Loki and His sister, who were just beside them, had now disappeared.
Furthermore, although the surrounding space was still the original building, Ryan looked closely and could see subtle differences; the corners of the building now had a smooth, mirror-like quality!
Clearly, he was currently inside one of Kamar-Taj's advanced spells: the Mirror Dimension!
And unlike Doctor Strange in the movies, who had obvious starting gestures, the Ancient One didn't have any casting movements at all when deploying the Mirror Dimension, making one enter it instantly without realizing it.
This also made Ryan truly realize just how much the Ancient One had held back in the movies.
Ryan looked helplessly at the two who had deliberately staged this double act for him and spread his hands: "Just say it. What do you want? Do you want to kill me directly, or do you want to recruit me?"
The Ancient One and Odin glanced at each other, and both reached out their hands toward Ryan, producing four items.
In Odin's left and right hands were the casket of ancient winters and the Mind Stone.
In the Ancient One's left and right hands were the eye of agamotto and the Tesseract.
Finally, the two looked at Ryan together and said in a heavy tone: "We want you to go and save the future of this Universe!"