Looking into Schiller's eyes, beyond his usual indifference, there was also plenty of irritability and impatience. Deeper still, within the Mind Palace, two figures—one black, one white—stood at opposite ends of the tower, shouting at each other.
"If you hadn't started the conflict between Iron Man and Captain America and gotten me chased around New York so many times, why would I have found so much work for you to do?"
Black-suited Schiller said expressionlessly, "If you hadn't broken my umbrella, why would I have started the conflict between them?"
"Wasn't that my umbrella too? Did I want to break it?"
"Shut up. I got that umbrella from Cobblepot through a carefully laid plan. After I handed it to you, you broke it, and you still have the nerve to call it your umbrella?!"
"But didn't I find it a new canopy afterward?!"
"But you still broke it first!"
The Schiller in the white coat took a deep breath and gritted his teeth. "When Stark brought up Marxism earlier, was that your doing again?"
"I just discovered that the Philby List and the medal that Gray Mist had been storing were gone. You definitely took them out in my world on purpose, then let Stark find them so he could frame me as KGB!"
"Aren't you KGB?"
"Of course I'm not!"
"But I am."
White-coated Schiller was left speechless, while black-suited Schiller continued, "Considering that we are the same person, I wasn't framing you. I was merely tactfully revealing my beliefs to Stark."
"When did you become KGB?!"
"The instant I saw the Order of the Red Banner."
"You..."
Marvel Schiller was so furious he wanted oxygen, while black-suited Schiller shrugged and continued, "I obtained both the list and the medal. I was merely storing them with Gray Mist for