Chapter 214 Owl Ponzi Scheme
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After returning from the library, Katum knocked on the door of Ancient One's training room.
"Ancient One, open the door!"
He yelled, "Don't be silent, I know you're in there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the door opened automatically. After Katum flew in, he saw Gu Yi's helpless expression.
"What are you going to do now?" Gu Yi said, "You've been making trouble everywhere during this period, and I didn't say anything to you."
"Of course I know that."
Katum said with a grin, "I also know that you wish I would go even further."
Of course, Ancient One could not hide the fact that Owl was borrowing power from the dimensional demon.
But she had no intention of stopping it; on the contrary, she watched everything with interest.
"For someone like you who is heavily in debt, what you want most is to have more companions."
Katum exposed Ancient One's intention, and then said, "Now we will have one more companion, do you want to go to the scene together?"
Bruce is about to come into contact with the dimensional demon. Katum has eaten so many meals with Ancient One, so of course he has to say something before doing anything big.
"You are worried about that boy and want me to help you check it out, right?"
Ancient One shook his head and smiled, "There is no need for that. As long as we are in the mirror space, it will not affect the real world."
"Aren't you afraid that we might cause trouble?" Katum asked.
"What kind of trouble can it cause?"
Gu Yi tried hard to control her facial muscles, but the corners of her mouth still twitched, revealing her inner smile.
"If you can really trick those dimensional demons, it will be considered your ability."
She said, "Anyway, I am happy to see them get frustrated."
"Okay, this is what you said!"
Katum could understand that Ancient One was unwilling to show up at the scene. After all, her relationship with those dimensional demons was not very good.
When using the dimensional demons normally, Ancient One doesn't mind calling them lords, but if there is nothing important, it is better for the two sides not to meet.
"Don't let me catch you sneaking around the corner spying on us."
The owl flapped its wings, ready to fly away.
"I'm afraid an old woman like you will fall for our Bruce."
After saying that, he disappeared completely.
Only Gu Yi was left there, full of questions.
……
When Katoom saw Bruce, although Batboy concealed it well, Owl could still see that he was a little disappointed.
"Relax, you should have expected this to happen." Katum comforted.
Today, Bruce met the instructor who was responsible for training him at SHIELD.
This is a senior agent who is generally not responsible for training new recruits.
But maybe it was because Bruce's performance before was too outstanding, and Natasha wanted to see Bruce's limits, so she specially invited this person.
It was none other than Clint Barton.
That is Hawkeye.
The moment Bruce saw Clint, memories of the Twilight Wolf universe suddenly flooded his mind. He really wanted to say hello to Clint, but this was not realistic.
This Hawkeye is the Hawkeye of the MCU, and he has no memories of him and Bruce.
"That's what it's like to travel through the multiverse frequently."
“You’ll see the same people, the same faces, but they’re not the same people you remember,” Katoom said.
"Hawkeye must be doing well now. You don't have to think too much about it."
Bruce sighed and said, "I understand all these principles. I just need some time to adapt."
The Hawkeye in his memory was an extremely humorous old man who liked to tell jokes about his blindness.
But the Hawkeye in this world, although similar in appearance, has a very deep and serious personality. During Bruce's training, he could hold his chin with both hands and remain motionless for three whole hours.
"But the training effect is still obvious."
Bruce said, "He corrected several bad habits I had in fighting and told me how to improve my physical fitness more correctly."
Hawkeye is indeed a good instructor.
"That's good."
Katum said, "Since you have fully exercised your body today, let it rest now!"
After saying that, he slapped out with his palm, and Bruce's soul flew out of his body, while his body collapsed to the ground.
Katum waved his hand, and Bruce's body automatically flew to the bed and lay down, covered with a quilt, looking like a peaceful corpse.
"Is this kind of rest effective?" Bruce asked.
“It has a psychological comfort effect.”
Katum said, "Well, don't worry about it, we have more important things to do now."
The air in the room shattered into thousands of pieces just like before, and they entered the mirror space again.
"Are you ready?"
They passed through the wall and left the room, floating together in the air.
Katum warned Bruce: "The next experience will not be a good one. After all, we are going to meet demons from various dimensions."
"I'm ready."
After Bruce finished speaking, he suddenly asked another question, "How strong are those dimensional demons compared to Barbatos?"
"How can they be compared directly? The strengths of the dimensional demons vary greatly."
Katum said, "Some demons in remote dimensions may be about as powerful as Zeus."
As for those powerful demons? Katum couldn't say for sure.
According to the setting, the Lord of the Dark Multiverse must be stronger than the Lord of a single dimension.
But the problem is that Barbatos was clearly defeated in the original comics, while most of the dimensional demons have never shown their full strength.
So it’s impossible to judge.
Chatting about unimportant topics, Bruce was ready.
Katum put his wings together, then quickly pulled them apart. The sky folded and a black gap appeared.
"The portal is open." Bruce heard Katum say.
But he couldn't do anything in response, because the next second, the scene around him changed completely.
For a split second, Bruce felt like he was thrown out of the atmosphere.
Against the infinite darkness of space, he could see the arc of the Earth's outline and a circle of bright blue light in the atmosphere.
Colors and swirls of energy swirled around him, and the world fell apart in his mind.
"This method of transmission is more violent than I thought."
Katum's voice seemed to come from far away, "It's not as painful as traveling through the tunnels of the heavens."
Bruce agreed with what Owl said.
He was about to vomit.
The surrounding landscape was ever-changing and bizarre, and Bruce felt that his body was constantly shattered and then reassembled, once, twice, or even a thousand times.
Bruce passed through a huge, staring eye and fell into a huge space filled with crystalline structures.
In this world, he saw many strange versions of himself.
"Sorry, I think I went off track." Katum said, "There's something wrong with this dimension. It's already deserted. Don't worry about those creatures. They will turn into the observer's appearance."
These creatures were documented in the books collected in Kamar-Taj, and if Bruce read the books carefully enough, they shouldn't be surprising.
They soon fell into another world.
Here, the world is no longer a world, but has become a face, with power and hatred flashing in its eyes.
Staring at that face, Bruce felt the malice in his heart begin to spread.
Anger, hatred, violence and other emotions grow unchecked. "Earthlings."
The face that said, "You shouldn't be here."
After saying that, energy like gravel hit Bruce, and Batboy didn't even have time to do anything before being pierced through the body by the energy.
Then--
Nothing happened, Bruce was still alive.
"Hehehehe——"
The huge evil face laughed strangely, "How dare you come to see me in spirit form?"
It didn't seem to have expected that there could be someone so crazy as to dare to travel through dimensions using only the soul state.
Aren’t you afraid that if you’re not careful, you’ll be reduced to ashes?
No matter what the giant face said, Bruce knew that his soul state had at least saved his life just now.
"Dormammu!"
Katum on the side suddenly shouted, "We are here to negotiate terms!"
"You are here to die!"
That giant face is Dormammu, the lord of the dark dimension and the classic villain of Doctor Strange.
The owl's attitude seemed to have angered him at this moment. He had no intention of having any conversation at all and blasted out another beam of energy, passing through the bodies of the man and the bird.
But again, nothing happened.
"It's no use, Dormammu."
Katum said, "We don't exist in reality, you can't strangle our souls!"
These words did not convince Dormammu, and he still tried to kill Bruce and Katoom.
But no matter how many times I tried, the results were in vain.
During this process, Katum was too lazy to speak. He just landed from mid-air and sat down on the ground.
Let Dormammu do whatever he wants.
When he felt bored himself, he was willing to calm down and listen to them talk.
Bruce had the same idea.
When Dormammu attacked, he actually had the leisure to observe the surrounding scenery.
In this dark space, countless planets are suspended.
Some look like giant bacteria, and some are lit up with mysterious flames.
They come in all shapes and sizes, some so small that Bruce can reach out and touch them, others as large as spheres the diameter of Jupiter or even larger than the sun.
Weird energies crackled between the spheres, and Bruce couldn't see a single living thing.
He was now on an asteroid, and the surface of the planet was dotted with vents that emitted a bright blue light, releasing bursts of hot air and a foul odor.
This kind of scenery, which cannot be seen on Earth, combined with Dormammu's constant attacks, is quite interesting.
"Ho ho-"
Dormammu was so angry that he was shaking all over. He was clearly attacking, but the man and the bird in front of him did not take it seriously at all and let the rubble and energy pass through their bodies.
"I suppose we are fighting?"
Dormammu finally couldn't help but speak, "Can you at least show a fighting posture?"
"It seems like you finally got it."
Katumu jumped up from the ground, and Dormammu had stopped attacking.
"I said, our real bodies are in the real world, and our souls are communicating with you through the mirror space. Your attacks on us are in vain."
Unless Dormammu comes to Earth now, he will never be able to kill them.
"I finally understand why summoning your power is considered a taboo."
Katum said, "Since you are unable to communicate, summoning you would be tantamount to seeking death."
"What exactly do you want to do?" Dormammu asked in a bad tone.
"We are just here to negotiate terms." Katum said in a friendly voice.
"What conditions?"
“Investment conditions!”
Katum grinned, "We want to borrow your strength, and it's not for free. When the time comes, we will repay you double!"
Double!
The owl's words were shocking, and his confident look even stunned Dormammu.
"Do you know the consequences of deceiving the dimensional demon?"
Dormammu said unhappily, "I am curious, how will you repay the double power?"
Dormammu has no aversion to borrowing power.
This is what he always does, by giving a little power to the fanatics among his believers, and then letting them develop more believers until it spreads throughout the multiverse.
At this time, Dormammu will lure his followers to summon him, and when he arrives, he will devour those dimensions and turn them into his new power.
Dormammu has been playing this set for countless years.
But now suddenly an owl appeared in front of him and said that he could pay back double the amount directly.
This is so ridiculous to think about.
Dormammu doesn't believe it at all!
"Do you know what a terrible promise it is to pay back double?"
Dormammu said tauntingly.
When his strength reaches this level, it is extremely difficult to increase it even a little bit.
Dormammu didn't think that an owl could easily help him break through this bottleneck.
"You will know if you can do it if you try it, right?"
Katum raised a feather on his wing, making it look like a thumbs-up.
"I am a bird that keeps my word. You just need to lend us a little strength, wait for a while and then take it back to see if you have double the strength!"
"A period of time, how long is that?" Dormammu sneered, "It can't be 100,000 years, right?"
"One week!"
Katum once again said something incredible, "We will return the power to you in a week. We mean what we say!"
this--
For a moment, Dormammu hesitated.
Katum's confident look did scare him, and they had just demonstrated their strength, being able to remain unscathed from Dormammu's countless attacks.
Although it was a tricky method, wisdom is also part of strength.
Could it be that this ordinary owl really discovered some incredible loophole in the universe?
or--
Try?
Anyway, I'm just lending a little bit of power, so even if I get cheated in the end, I won't suffer any loss.
Dormammu, the lord of the dark dimension, began to consider the feasibility of this matter.
Bruce stood nearby, saying nothing.
I'm taking the bait, he thought.
Owl had already told him what strategy he was going to use, and Bruce knew the key point clearly.
"We're going to have to run away anyway, so we might as well go for the big one!"
Katum said this at the time, with a gleam in his eyes, and he saw an infinitely bright future.
He wants to get it done in one step.
Play a Ponzi scheme with the dimensional demon!
(End of this chapter)
