Why can the other party move freely in the "time slice"?
During emergencies, the two choices of "return to the body immediately" and "turn around and look around" conflicted with each other and continued to argue, but in the end, like many times in the past, I chose "I want them all".
Sherlock looked back.
Unexpectedly, or not very unexpectedly, the person standing behind him was "Atreus" in adult form.
His appearance looks similar to the incarnation used by his classmate in "Ocean Planet", except that he has replaced the medieval armor with a crisp black suit, and his seaweed-like hair is neatly combed into a high ponytail. Overall,
It's quite capable, making the originally eye-catching aquiline nose look less obtrusive.
"Half-Blood Prince?" Sherlock asked.
He has not yet found sufficient evidence to prove that Atreus is the "Half-Blood Prince", but judging from the strange way the man appears in front of him, perhaps no evidence is needed.
"[Yes,]" "Atreus" nodded: "[You can also call me 'Loki', 'God of Trickery and Fire', 'Loki Odinson'."
Loki's voice sounded a bit weird. There was obviously only one person, but the voice had a strange reverberation, as if there were countless people with similar voices talking at the same time, and then the unsociable parts were deleted through technical means.
Sherlock turned around to look at the "real Atreus", but found that in just two sentences, the blue ocean planet and "Noah" had completely disappeared, and everything he could see was boundless.
The boundless starry sky makes the "rocky foundation" under your feet look extremely small.
"[Don't worry,]" Loki seemed to have misunderstood what he meant, and continued: "[The former 'Time Variation Administration', now the 'Ministry of Magic', has already cooperated with 'Hogwarts', 'Clock Tower' and
'Azkaban' also belongs to the 'Lord of the Ocean Dimension' Lord Shirahoshi.】"
Every time when I think the Vice-Principal is powerful enough, she will always bring some surprises, or scares. When did that institution that sounds so powerful come back? When we were still "playing games on Ocean Planet"
"when?
"No, I'm just wondering, since you are here, what happened to 'Atreus' who just "returned to reality"?" Sherlock is convinced that he has now inspired "Sherlock's Unpredictability",
So there should be a "Sherlock" in the real dimension, but how did Atreus, who didn't show any time-related abilities, manage to appear in two places at the same time?
"[Him?]" Loki's expression was a bit strange: "[He is a guy who loves Lily 'wholeheartedly' and is willing to 'give up everything' for it. Like us, he has some interest in the 'Time Administration'
'Smart people' with ideas can't go to your side.】"
"...us?" Sherlock asked doubtfully.
Aren't there still many Lokis working in the Time Management Bureau, or the "Ministry of Magic"? Just thinking about that picture will make patients with trypophobia feel worse than death.
"[The nature of 'our' existence is similar to the 'different individuals' you produce based on 'different choices', but even we ourselves don't understand what's going on,]" Loki replied: "[Perhaps you can
Do your own reasoning during the visit.]”
"So, why did you invite me to visit? Because of the 'time stone'? But..." Sherlock raised his hand to press on his chest, but nothing happened. Apparently it remained on the self that "returned to the real dimension".
"[No, that's because the 'Ministry of Magic' is overwhelmed and needs someone with high enough intelligence to take some time to control the overall situation." Loki glanced at Sherlock: "[Just in time, our 'Deputy Minister'
He is just such a person.】"
"Who? Me? Undersecretary of the Ministry of Magic?" Sherlock felt that his head had been running at full speed since he met Loki. If it continued like this, he was afraid it would burn out: "Who is the minister?"
"[Of course Mr. John H. Watson,]" Loki's eyes showed a little pity: "[According to our calculations, if you invite him to the Ministry of Magic, he will definitely recommend you to handle related matters.]
"
That ring...Lily who was brought back by Atreus...the ring suddenly became hot...the past of Lily and Miss Jin Jing projected on the bubble film...is that what it was?
"Last question, why do you call me 'Stephen Strange'? With the amount of intelligence you have shown now, it is impossible not to know my real name." Sherlock asked.
"[The answer to this matter is also the reason why we will invite you to the Ministry of Magic,]" Loki opened his briefcase and took out a black umbrella: "[But it is a long story, and there is no time to explain now——]
"
If he says "Get in the car quickly", will he laugh or not...
Buzz——!
The next second, above the "rock foundation", in the endless starry sky, a huge flaming vertical boy suddenly opened up. It stared directly at Sherlock and Loki, with boundless anger in its eyes.
Sherlock very decisively performed "Occlumency" on himself before he had time to see Loki.
Contrary to expectations, Loki did not become painful or crazy due to the gaze. He was hiding under the black umbrella that had just been held up. When Sherlock looked over, he smiled and nodded in response.
This guy came prepared, no, he should have guessed it from the time he taught himself "Occlumency".
laugh……
Sherlock and Loki could ignore the glare of the flaming eyes, but the rocky foundation beneath their feet was obviously not good enough. Even if the eyes did not notice any abnormalities, it was always suspicious to have a platform in an empty place.
Sure enough, after the eyes went out and disappeared, a group of gray cloth cloaks filled with black mist appeared in their original position and flew towards the foundation. They seemed to have no purpose and just wanted to demolish this weird rock.
"How should we get to the Ministry of Magic?" Sherlock asked.
"[Borrow the stone you are standing on,]" Loki replied: "[You can use it after you get used to it like us, but not yet.]"
Sure enough, we still have to fight...eh?
Sherlock was still thinking about what kind of spell to use and whether it would be too exaggerated to directly use the conjuring guards for such a small scene, but he saw Loki holding up his briefcase.
Ta da da, da da da——
In the corner of the briefcase, a circular device that was originally thought to be a decorative hidden buckle protruded outwards. Under Loki's control, it shot miniature "daggers" burning with blue fire at the cloaked monsters. They didn't even have a chance to dodge.
If not, they were beaten into pieces of burning rags, and then turned into ashes and disappeared in all directions.
