I, the Bully Spider-Man, will destroy Marvel!

Chapter 221 Strange Gets Fooled and Limped~

Toby's eyes twitched involuntarily as he listened to Strange's description.

Mysterious, hooded, bald—if these three features aren't obvious, is she really the evil woman from the Ancient One?

So it wasn't just Doctor Strange from another universe who was plotting against Strange in this universe; even the Ancient One was secretly helping him out!

He gave me the Time Stone before, and now he's helping me get Strange onto the path of a mage ahead of time.

It seems this wicked woman's desire to retire is becoming increasingly difficult to suppress...

Since that's the case, then he should help the Ancient One out and let her chosen successor, Doctor Strange, take office as soon as possible!

He can do one favor and simultaneously make three Sorcerers Supreme owe him a favor. It's pretty satisfying to think about!

Doctor Strange from another universe should thank him for helping him complete his mission; the Ancient One should thank him for bringing her a successor; and Strange should thank him for helping him gain the power to protect his loved ones.

But right now, he needs to keep Strange in line...

Toby's expression turned serious: "I think I know who you're talking about, and I know why she sent you to find me. You must have encountered an invasion from the Dark Dimension?"

Seeing that Toby seemed to know what had attacked him and the information about the mysterious man from yesterday, Strange perked up and quickly recounted his experience at the rooftop restaurant last night, as well as the name left by the monster.

"Dormammu, I do know Him..."

Seeing Strange's surprised expression, Toby said to him in a low voice, "You know that supernatural powers exist in this world, and you know that the Spider Family protects Earth from alien invasions and attacks by supernatural criminals, right?"

Strange paused for a moment, then nodded: "Although I haven't personally participated in these extraordinary events before, I have indeed seen them in the news, especially your Spider Family, who have stopped alien armies and powerful superhumans from harming this city and even the planet countless times."

Toby looked at Strange and shook his head mysteriously: "But you don't know that besides the Spider Family that protects the physical plane of this world, there's also an even older magical force that protects the spiritual plane of Earth, right?"

At this point, even the materialistic Strange's face contorted in disbelief: "Magic? You mean the kind of magic Harry Potter has, the kind that lets you fly around on a broomstick?"

Strange could accept the Spider Family and other supervillains because their superpowers could be explained to some extent by scientific mutations.

But isn't magic a bit too surreal?

What is that thing? It's something that can perform all sorts of illogical magic with just a broken stick?

Seeing Strange's disbelief, Toby remained calm and slowly said:

"First of all, I need to correct you. The magical force I was referring to was a sorcerer force, while Harry Potter belongs to a wizarding force. Although wizards do exist in this world, and even our Spider Family recently welcomed two little witches."

"But... a mage is a mage, and a wizard is a wizard. This is a mage force that has protected the earth for tens of thousands of years, even longer than the existence of wizards."

Seeing Toby's serious expression, Strange ultimately didn't dare to refute Toby's claim about the existence of mages, and simply said helplessly:

"Fine, even if this mage faction really exists, what does that have to do with what happened to me?"

"Of course it's related, and it's very related..." Toby gave Strange a deep look and snapped his fingers.

Snap—

As the golden sparks of the Mind Stone scattered from his fingertips, they formed a picture on the table.

It was a scene of one person fighting against the encroaching darkness all by himself.

The person in the picture was a thin, bald figure wearing a yellow robe. Strange immediately recognized him as the mysterious person who had given him the true identity of "The Spider" last night!

However, he wore a black robe last night, but in the picture he is wearing a yellow robe. Compared to the mystery of last night, he looks more sacred this time!

Strange found the darkness the mysterious man was facing even more familiar, for the large purple face in the darkness was none other than Dormammu, who had suddenly appeared and devoured Christine the night before!

However, compared to yesterday, the Dormammu that this mysterious man was facing was much larger, almost like facing a planet!

But the mysterious man showed no intention of backing down when faced with a dark monster as large as a planet, because...

Behind her is a blue planet protected by a golden magic circle, with three points as its fulcrum!

That's... Earth!

As Strange was awestruck by the epic scene of one man fighting against darkness to protect the Earth, Toby spoke up as well.

"The person you met yesterday is the Ancient One, the Sorcerer Supreme who has protected Earth for hundreds of years and is the leader of all sorcerers from Kamar-Taj, the holy land of sorcerers throughout the universe!"

"Over the years, she has saved countless people from despair and on the verge of falling into darkness, bringing them back to a normal life. She has also saved many people like you who were harmed by Dormammu, giving them the power of light magic to fight against dark magic, and becoming a part of the wizards of Kamar-Taj."

"And you, Stephen Strange, you are one of those hurt by Dormammu, and the most special one at that!"

Strange tried to calm his shocked emotions, but still pointed to himself with some confusion: "Me? Special? Aside from being a bit outstanding in the field of surgery, what's so special about me?"

Toby glanced at him, a mysterious smile playing on his lips: "You know what, Strange? There isn't just one universe, but countless different parallel universes existing simultaneously..."

"And I, not long ago, went to another universe and met a completely different you..."

As he spoke, the image formed by the power of the Mind Stone in front of Strange changed again, still showing a person fighting against the massive Dormammu.

However, this time the protagonist is not the Ancient One, but someone who makes Strange's eyes widen even more!

Because that person... was actually himself!

"Dormammu, I'm here to negotiate!"

As that familiar yet unfamiliar version of himself, draped in a magical cloak, descended, Strange witnessed a hundred different ways he would die in the time that followed.

But no matter how many times he dies, another magical cloak will always return in green magic, trapping Dormammu in this time loop.

Compared to the Ancient One's overwhelming power in forcing Dormammu to retreat, Strange had to admit that his other magical cloak made him look rather pathetic.

But Strange did not look down on his other self because of this; on the contrary, he greatly admired his other self.

While it's true that another version of yourself can be resurrected, the pain of death is also real!

To protect the Earth, he endured painful deaths time and time again, just to make that dark monster back down. How could his other self not be a respectable person?

When he saw the final scene where Dormammu was finally driven to despair by his other self, choosing to spare Earth and take away all of his dark followers, Strange's pupils suddenly dilated, as if he understood something!

So... Dormammu's attack on himself yesterday was actually caused by this other version of himself from another universe?

No wonder Dormammu said such incomprehensible nonsense to himself at the end, such as "You play with time, and time will play with you" and "He trapped Him in another dimension with time."

Now, considering what another version of myself did, it all makes sense!

It turns out he was tricked by the magic cloak from another universe!

At this moment, Strange felt both respect and hatred for his counterpart in another universe!

He respected the courage of his other self, and hated his other self's selfishness.

You saved Earth in another universe, but Dormammu took his revenge on me!

How could you be so selfish!