But there was one thing that made the Magic Universe rather unusual.
The Kamar-Taj of this universe was full of people obsessed with technology.
Its leader in the current era, Doctor Strange, excelled at inventing all sorts of bizarre gadgets. The cloak he always wore was actually made of alloy fibers, and he kept plenty of tools hidden beneath it.
The Kamar-Taj lineage struggled to survive in this Magic Universe. Brad had visited them with high hopes—back then, he had naively assumed that Kamar-Taj in the Magic Universe might be more accomplished in magic.
Instead, they turned out to be a bunch of researchers barely scraping by.
Disappointed as he was, Brad had nevertheless been kind enough to give them a helping hand.
He had left Universe Seven's Kamar-Taj a pile of advanced technological knowledge. Now they regarded him as a pioneer of the future, and had even erected a stainless steel statue of him.
Now, Brad planned to visit X Academy, the magical center of New York.
He wasn't going there to see Magneto's nemesis, Professor X. The two were roughly on par, after all. If Magneto couldn't solve Brad's problem, Professor X would probably struggle too.
But the Brads at Number One Headquarters had passed a piece of information to Primordial Brad.
A portion of the Phoenix Force had recently been staying in this universe. It seemed even the Phoenix Force had been drawn to this Magic Universe, unlike anything it had ever seen.
Brad's headquarters couldn't pinpoint the Phoenix Force's location, however. That power exceeded the computational abilities of Brad's divine power; it existed on far too high a level. If they scanned recklessly for it, the Phoenix might evaporate their headquarters from afar.
But did they even need to scan for the Phoenix Force?
All they