"..."
The Time Variance Authority.
Of course Chen Mo had heard of it.
He had heard of it while watching shows before transmigrating. Loki, pruning, timelines, retro offices.
Chen Mo got up from the desk and righted the toppled mug as he did.
"Let me confirm something first."
The staff member looked up.
Chen Mo pointed overhead.
"You just yanked me straight out of Stark Tower, right in front of Iron Man, Spider-Man, Rhodey, and a roomful of surveillance cameras, right?"
The staff member turned to the second page.
"Yes."
"So they saw me suddenly disappear?"
"They did."
Chen Mo nodded.
"Great."
He took a deep breath.
"So how are you planning to explain it? Alien abduction? A spatial anomaly? Eating too many doughnuts triggered spontaneous human combustion?"
The staff member picked up the stamp beside the desk and stamped the bottom-right corner of the document.
Thump.
"No explanation is necessary."
"You're that confident?"
"The relevant parties' short-term memories have already undergone a shallow rollback."
Chen Mo blinked.
"You brainwashed them?"
The staff member finally frowned.
It was a very slight expression.
Like hearing someone describe expense reimbursement as robbing a bank.
"Please use accurate terminology."
The staff member pushed a thin form toward him.
"Localized cognitive calibration. In their timelines, none of these events ever happened."
Chen Mo glanced down.
The form even had a reference number.
[Application for Flexible Witness Memory Processing Following Temporary Anomaly Removal]
There was even an approved stamp below it.
Great.
The destruction of the universe might have to wait for the paperwork.
Wiping people's memories already had an express lane.
Chen Mo pushed the form back.
"How much did you change?"
"Very little."
The staff member spoke evenly.
"Your Mr. Stark will remember you leaving the conference room."
"Peter Parker will