At the TVA, the violent takeover by the Spartan warriors had brought the place to a complete standstill.
The One Who Remains had only ever taught these TVA agents how to use the equipment, so they could not understand why the Time Controllers that had always worked so flawlessly were ineffective against these heavily armored warriors!
The Spartan warriors separated the TVA agents into batches, then simultaneously detonated modified Time Controllers, removing the mental control imposed on their minds.
Some of the TVA agents quickly came to their senses and immediately remembered their true identities, as well as why they had been brought here.
After learning the truth, they descended into chaos. Most of those captured and brought here had been ordinary people. Faced with this reality, they were no different from children who could only cry for their mothers.
Without their Time Controllers, they could only wait in their rooms for this group of former "Time Criminals" to give them further instructions.
Amid their unease and panic, the propaganda devices scattered throughout the TVA came to life.
"As you now know, the TVA abducted and brainwashed you—you were deceived. You were never creations of the Time Keepers."
The voice echoed from every direction, and out of habit, they looked toward the little televisions in their rooms.
There was something almost magical about the speaker's voice, drawing them in and making them listen.
"I know you want to go home now. You want to see your families and return to your lives. But if you carefully recall the work you did at the TVA, you will understand: once the TVA intervened, your original lives and the worlds you once lived in had already vanished. They no longer exist."
The TVA did not merely capture Time Criminals; it also used various