Chapter 615
"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. You can call me the Variant, because I..."
The Variant showed off a set of bright white teeth, swayed slightly, and twirled an apple in his hands. He seemed approachable, but there was a sense that he was about to start something funny.
That's not very reliable!
This appearance greatly disappointed Sylvie and Dotty Underwood, who had been eagerly anticipating it; to put it another way, it was completely different from what they had imagined the Variant would be like.
Two words can sum up their current feelings.
That's it?
"Indeed, you should be called the Variant. Calling you Kang is somewhat insulting to Kang..."
Su Quan interrupted the performance of the Variant. He could understand that the Variant had been alone here for too long, or rather, had been trapped here for too long, and was somewhat mentally unstable. Now that he had finally seen other people, it was inevitable that he would have an overwhelming desire to perform.
But...
This thing is really an eyesore!
The Variant identity had been revealed, remained silent for a few seconds before saying with a melancholy expression, "Kang... I haven't been called by that name in a long time."
As he spoke, he looked at Su Quan and asked, "Can you answer one question for me?"
"Who exactly are you?!"
Su Quan chuckled and said, "Who am I? That's a good question. Everyone's identity changes with their environment and experiences. My core and most prominent identity is the Lord of the Void."
"Soon after, or more precisely, after I kill you, my identity will be the ruler of the Multiverse Timeline!"
"Of course, at this moment, in this place, I have only one identity: your the Terminator!"
The Variant raised an eyebrow, and noncommittally stepped aside to invite, "In any case, shall we talk in my office?"
Sylvie and Dotty Underwood looked at Su Quan, but Su Quan didn't seem to care and strode into the elevator.
The two followed closely behind.
The elevator doors closed automatically and slowly ascended.
The Variant ate the apple in his hand and, without turning his head, raised his voice and said, "Isn't this different from what you imagined?"
"You, you're really just an ordinary person?" Sylvie asked.
The Variant casually replied, "Ordinary people with flesh and blood! Don't tell me you're disappointed?"
"No."
"That would make it easier to kill you."
After Sylvie finished speaking, she thrust the Sword of Victory in her hand directly at the Variant.
A hint of relief flashed across the face of the Variant. He had lost his ability to 'predict', but his countless cyclical experiences had given him a deep understanding of Sylvie.
Every time she experienced this scene, Sylvie couldn't help but try to kill herself.
"Call out!"
At the critical moment, the Variant suddenly appeared on the leather chairs behind them.
Sylvie paused, her sword missing its mark, before swinging it again to look at the Variant.
"Call out!"
The Variant dodged again by a hair's breadth and appeared behind Sylvie.
This sword strike missed its mark again!
Sylvie, feeling tricked, looked gloomy. Just then, the Variant let out a triumphant laugh, which made her, already burning with anger, even more furious. She was ready to fight him to the death.
Just then, the laughter of the Variant abruptly stopped, followed by a gurgling sound as if someone had grabbed fate by the throat.
Sylvie turned around and saw the Variant with his feet off the ground, his arms hanging down, and a mask of pain on his face. It looked as if some invisible force had grabbed his neck and lifted him up.
Su Quan narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "You're so eager to die because you've been playing tricks on me?"
"Sylvie."
"Stab him."
The Variant was Sylvie's greatest enemy, and enemies are always better off dead!
As soon as Su Quan finished speaking, Sylvie had already raised her sword and pierced the heart of the Variant.
The Variant froze, his eyes widening instantly. They were almost at his office, about to enter the stage of verbal negotiation, but Su Quan was completely unpredictable, making his move at this crucial moment...
Just because I made fun of Sylvie?
Don't you have any doubts or secrets about the Sacred Timeline, the Time Flow, or the Time Variance Authority?
"Call out!"
The Variant looked at Su Quan and then disappeared once again...
"Hmm?" Seeing that the Variant had managed to escape from Su Quan's grasp, Sylvie and Dotty Underwood couldn't help but show surprised expressions.
"It's just Time Controller," Su Quan explained dismissively. "The original Sacred Timeline was a cycle, which he had already experienced countless times, so it was set up with Time Controller a long time ago."
The Variant was indeed an ordinary person with flesh and blood, without any superpowers.
However, if a plot is repeated countless times, even an ordinary person can remember what will happen at each point in time. As long as it is set in advance and the timing is right, it can be used to achieve the purpose of pretending to be a ghost by flashing.
Those the Variant are unaware of the future direction of the new script. If they want to maintain their previous smooth and sophisticated demeanor, they must actively guide the 'plot'.
That's why he took the elevator to show up, and abruptly ended the conversation after Su Quan said he was his the Terminator, jumping straight to inviting them to take the elevator to his office.
He wanted to make sure the plot would happen at the time he had set in advance!
Of the three, Su Quan was only familiar with Sylvie. If he wanted to play tricks or show off, he could only target Sylvie.
In fact, he was quite good at pretending.
After acknowledging that he was just an ordinary person with flesh and blood, he used precognition and teleportation to outmaneuver Sylvie, who was about to attack, thus adding a lot of prestige and mystery to himself.
Normally, most people wouldn't choose to intervene in this situation, since they wouldn't understand how he did it, and acting rashly could very well get themselves caught in the crossfire.
If Su Quan had acted just a few seconds later, allowing the Variant to disappear from the elevator as planned and arrive at the office first, his act would have been much smoother.
Unfortunately, Su Quan, who was supposed to cooperate with the performance, turned a blind eye and refused to play by the rules, directly dismantling the Variant's pretentious act!
P. S.: This chapter really stumped me. On one hand, I had no ideas and kept revising, and on the other hand, I was sweating profusely because of anxiety. Even with the air conditioning on, I couldn't feel the coolness.
"Bite!"
The elevator arrived at its floor, and the doors slowly opened.
What should have been the smug, arrogant black faces of the Variant, but now...
Sylvie looked at the motionless the Variant lying face down on the ground and asked uncertainly, "He... he's dead?"
Dotty Underwood went over, turned the body of the Variant over, checked the heartbeat and pulse, then stood up and nodded.
"Dead."
Sylvie opened her mouth, her feelings somewhat inexplicable.
The Variant is dead, and she killed him with her own hands. She should be happy now, she should be at peace...
But she couldn't feel happy or relieved; instead, she felt a kind of inexplicable melancholy.
How should I put it?
Perhaps those the Variant too easily and simply.
This is the controller of the Sacred Timeline, the mastermind behind the Time Variance Authority, and the target of his meticulously planned revenge.
And what was the result?
He was easily stabbed to death by his own sword!
The psychological gap is too big; I don't feel the real sense of revenge at all.
Sylvie glanced at Su Quan instinctively.
Su Quan's expression remained completely calm, as if he didn't care about the deaths of the Variant.
Thinking about it, it seems he really didn't take the Variant seriously. He was like a god who saw through everything, and the Variant' little aura and tricks were nothing in his eyes.
"What are you thinking about?" Feeling her gaze, Su Quan looked over and asked.
Sylvie replied, "It's surprising that the Variant died so easily."
"Otherwise what?"
"Although they have the identity of Core Life, whether it is him or the other Kang, their strength lies only in their control over technology and their influence on reality."
"His own strength is nothing special. If you were locked in a room, killing him would be as easy as killing a chicken or a dog!"
Those the Variant, or rather Kang, were like the Traveler without any special abilities, only able to manipulate events through technology and their precognitive knowledge of history.
Facing Su Quan, the Variant's technology and foresight have lost their advantage. Killing him doesn't require fancy special effects or earth-shattering scenes.
Sylvie felt that the Variant too easily, mainly because she had placed the Variant on too high a pedestal.
For example, if an ordinary person stabbed Thanos, even though Thanos was already dead, the person still wouldn't believe it and would question the meaning of life...