Lake had originally planned to start tinkering with the Dark Dimension after swallowing Hell.
But...
Plans never kept up with changes.
After the Black Widow incident happened, Lake could only deal with it first. Although he still found the result somewhat difficult to accept, the matter had already happened, and there was no point dwelling on it.
Soon.
After the car in the projection rolled three and a half times, it let out a thunderous crash, flung the unbelted Stephen Strange out through the window, and slammed into the ground, erupting into flames.
"Are you going to kill him?"
"No."
"I'm helping the Vishanti make up their mind!"
"..."
The Vishanti valued Stephen Strange as The Ancient One's successor. But if Stephen Strange himself had no such intention, it would all be useless.
Unfortunately.
Stephen Strange was the latter. Even though aliens could now openly appear on Earth, and Hell was no longer a secret, and even angels had shown up before, Stephen still believed in science more than theology.
The Vishanti's recruitment of Stephen had gone very poorly. They had even asked the Sorcerer Supreme to intervene at one point, but it was obvious that the two sides had yet to reach an agreement.
Boom!
The Sorcerer Supreme stepped out of the portal's light and said helplessly, "God-King, my deal with the Vishanti was almost settled."
Lake laughed and turned toward the Sorcerer Supreme. "Is that so? Then it was my fault. Sorry."
The Ancient One waved her hand. "God-King, have you found Casillas?"
Lake's plan was naturally known to Master Gu Yi, who was one of its participants. In fact, it was Master Gu Yi who had first brought up Casillas.
Stephen Strange was The Ancient One's favorite disciple?
Give me a break.
Even if it were just