"So it seemed he really hadn't been lying."
Leon froze for a moment. Damn, it looked like he had wronged a good person.
Doctor Doom's reputation was mixed, after all, and most of the time, he was a villain.
So Leon had assumed from the start that he had appeared as a villain this time too.
It couldn't be helped. Doctor Doom had launched an attack, and his attitude had been so aggressive.
Who would have thought he was actually acting from the side of justice?
"This... let me think. How about taking him to the TVA and introducing him to B-15? I'm sure they can both get what they want."
Leon thought for a moment.
First, he casually removed the six Stones and all the time-tech equipment from Doctor Doom.
Then he lifted the illusionary control and spatial confinement he had imposed on him.
Doctor Doom quickly regained consciousness.
At first, he seemed somewhat confused, but when he saw Leon, the gaze behind his cold mask abruptly changed.
"What did you do to me?!"
From Doctor Doom's perspective,
it was as if he had relived the time when Galactus descended upon Earth.
Leon gave a light cough. "Nothing. I just gave your physical condition a simple examination."
"You had just snapped your fingers and broken through my lockdown of the universe."
"Then you recklessly used the Power Stone."
"Even if you're Doctor Doom, the backlash from the Stones can't have felt good, right?"
"I helped treat you."
Leon lowered his gaze and swept it over him. With X-Ray Vision, he could see that Doctor Doom's entire arm beneath his sleeve was covered in purplish-black burns.
Those marks extended all the way across his body.
Using the Infinity Stones at such intensity had practically cost Doctor Doom half his life.