Chapter 744

The sound of footsteps echoed in the dim corridor. The group walked and looked. After going down a few steps, Miss Minutes suddenly disappeared.

"Ding!"

The sound of the elevator rang out.

Immediately after, a black man wearing purple robes sat on a leather chair in the elevator, stood up slowly with a smile, and appeared in front of everyone.

"It's so exciting, you don't know how long I've been waiting for this day."

"Oh, I haven't introduced myself yet. You can call me He Who Remains, because I..."

He Who Remains showed a mouthful of white teeth, swayed his body slightly, and rotated an apple with both hands. Besides being approachable, there was a feeling that he would start performing at any moment.

Not very reliable!

This entrance made the expectant Sylvie and Dottie Underwood very disappointed. How should I put it, it was completely different from what they imagined He Who Remains should look like.

Two words can summarize their current mood.

Just this?

"You should indeed be called He Who Remains. Calling you Kang is a bit of an insult to Kang..."

Su Quan interrupted He Who Remains' performance. He could understand that He Who Remains had stayed here alone for too long, or rather, had been trapped here for too long, and his spirit was a bit abnormal. Now that he finally saw other people, it was inevitable that he would have an overflowing desire to perform.

But...

This thing is really a bit of an eyesore!

He Who Remains, whose identity was exposed, was silent for a few seconds, and said with a melancholy expression: "Kang... I haven't been called by that name for a long time."

As he spoke, he looked at Su Quan: "Can you answer me a question?"

"Who, exactly are you!"

Su Quan said with a light laugh: "Who am I? That's a good question. Everyone's identity changes with environment and experience. My core and most resounding identity is the Lord of the Void."

"Not long after, to be precise, after killing you, my identity will be the ruler of the multiverse timeline!"

"Of course, at this time, at this moment, in this place, I only have one identity, and that is your terminator!"

He Who Remains raised his eyebrows and invited them sideways noncommittally: "Anyway, shall we go to my office to chat?"

Sylvie and Dottie Underwood looked at Su Quan. Su Quan was unimpressed and walked into the elevator with big strides.

The two followed closely behind.

The elevator door closed automatically and rose slowly.

He Who Remains ate the apple in his hand and said loudly without looking back: "Is it different from what you imagined?"

"Are you, are you really just an ordinary person?" Sylvie asked.

He Who Remains answered casually: "An ordinary person of flesh and blood! Don't tell me you're disappointed?"

"No."

"It's easier to kill you this way."

After Sylvie finished speaking, the Sword of Victory in her hand stabbed fiercely at He Who Remains.

A flash of luck crossed He Who Remains' face. He had lost his "precognition" ability, but countless cycles of experience made him very familiar with Sylvie.

Every time this scene was experienced, Sylvie would try to kill him uncontrollably.

"Shoo!"

At the critical moment, He Who Remains suddenly flashed to the leather chair behind them.

The sword missed, Sylvie was stunned, and she swung her sword at He Who Remains again.

"Shoo!"

He Who Remains flashed and dodged again by a hair's breadth, arriving behind Sylvie.

This sword missed again!

Sylvie, who was being toyed with, had a gloomy expression. Coincidentally, He Who Remains let out a triumphant laugh again, which made her, who was already burning with rage, explode with anger, and she prepared to fight him to the death.

Just at this moment, He Who Remains' laughter stopped abruptly, followed by a choking sound as if someone was grabbing his throat.

Sylvie turned around and saw He Who Remains with his feet off the ground, arms vertical, and a mask of pain on his face, as if he had been grabbed by the throat by some invisible force and lifted up.

Su Quan narrowed his eyes and said indifferently: "Are you in such a hurry to seek death by playing charades and toying with my people?"

"Sylvie."

"Stab him."

He Who Remains is Sylvie's greatest enemy. Of course, it's better for an enemy to be dead!

As Su Quan's words fell, Sylvie had already raised her sword and pierced He Who Remains' heart.

He Who Remains' expression stiffened, his eyes widened instantly. He was about to reach his office, about to enter the stage of verbal attacks and bargaining, but Su Quan didn't follow the routine at all and actually took action at this time...

Just because I toyed with Sylvie?

Don't you have any doubts, any secrets you want to know about the Sacred Timeline, the time flow, or the Time Variance Authority?

"Shoo!"

He Who Remains looked at Su Quan and disappeared again...

"Hmm?" Seeing that He Who Remains could actually escape from Su Quan's hands, Sylvie and Dottie Underwood couldn't help but show surprised expressions.

"Just a TemPad." Su Quan explained unconcernedly: "The original Sacred Timeline was a cycle. He had already experienced it countless times, so he set it up with a TemPad long ago."

He Who Remains is indeed an ordinary person of flesh and blood without any superpowers.

But a plot cycle repeated countless times, even an ordinary person can remember what will happen at each point in time. As long as it is set in advance and the timing is mastered, one can achieve the purpose of playing charades by flashing.

He Who Remains no longer knew the future direction of the new script. If he wanted to act as coolly as before, he had to actively guide the "plot."

That's why he took the initiative to appear by elevator, and after Su Quan finished saying he was his terminator, he abruptly ended the topic and jumped directly to inviting them to take the elevator to his office.

He had to ensure that the plot would happen within the time points he had set in advance!

Among the three of Su Quan, the only one he was familiar with was Sylvie. If he wanted to play charades and act cool, he could only pick on Sylvie.

In fact, he acted well.

After admitting that he was just an ordinary person of flesh and blood, he used precognition and flashing to toy with Sylvie, who took action, adding a lot of coolness and mystery to himself.

Normally, when encountering this situation, most people would not choose to take action. After all, they didn't figure out how he did it. Taking action rashly is very likely to get themselves involved.

As long as Su Quan took action a few seconds later, letting He Who Remains disappear from the elevator as designed and arrive at the office first, this act would be smooth.

Unfortunately, Su Quan, who should have cooperated with the performance, turned a blind eye and refused to follow the routine, directly smashing He Who Remains' act of being cool into pieces!

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— Author's Notes —

PS: This chapter is really uncomfortable for me to write. On one hand, I have no ideas and keep modifying it, and on the other hand, I am sweating because of anxiety. Even with the air conditioner on, I don't feel cool.