"Newcomers, come here to register and bring the history in your memory——"
"I'm not a newbie. Take me directly to the agent briefing room."
"That's good. Let's go this way - I assume you know the way?"
"Of course I know, I just don't have the authority."
After arriving at the office hall, before Sherlock could finish observing the entire environment, the "second Loki" was naturally stopped by a Loki wearing a hooded robe, as if he had come to see him in the first place.
, and the "second Loki" also communicated with him very naturally, then waved his hand towards the "first Loki" and followed the hooded Loki away.
As a former "Time Management Bureau", they must not have any problems with being late or overdue, right?
"So... what are the responsibilities of this 'Ministry of Magic'?" Sherlock turned to Loki, whom he met for the first time, and asked: "If you are the counterpart of 'Atreus' in another timeline, how do you get there from
Did you figure out its operating rules in the 'Time Management Bureau' where there are 'only ruins' left?"
"As the 'God of Deception', if you don't have enough wisdom to occupy this priesthood, it will become a joke in the Nine Realms." Loki glanced at him: "The ability to reason is not necessary."
He seemed to be showing weakness in a subtle way, so don't dwell on this issue... Sherlock nodded slightly to show that he was listening carefully.
"As for responsibilities... I think you would rather analyze it yourself?" Loki straightened his collar: "This way."
Hmm... It seems that the "Loki" here is indeed different from "Atreus". If it were the one who was with Lily in the "real dimension", he would definitely raise his chin and say "Guess?".
Sherlock followed Loki towards the depths of the hall, looking around casually.
Although the decoration and furniture of this hall are very classical, the layout is like an ordinary commercial office building. It is divided into "office cubicles" by half-person-high walls, and the decoration and decoration in each "compartment"
The tools are also different.
Loki, a white-collar man in a suit and leather tie, is typing quickly on the computer. Loki, a magician in a robe, is stirring a suspicious green cauldron. Loki, a primitive man with many feathers on his body, is praying to a strange totem pole, wearing ugly clothes.
Loki, a student in school uniform, was meditating on a pile of papers in front of him. Sherlock even saw a horse in clothes nailing his shoes. If he was also Loki, then the difference between the timelines would be quite remarkable.
big……
"The 'Atreus' you know is called 'Loki Zero' in the agent system," Loki said while leading the way: "He jumped repeatedly to save his lover 'Lily' from history.
In the timeline, I finally got what I wanted after arriving at the ruins of the 'Time Variation Administration', but it was only because of a difference in thought before 'returning' that the idea of 'wanting to control this place' overcame the intention of 'wanting to go back to find Lily'.
The guy named 'Loki No. 1' or 'Director Loki' was born."
"Director?" Sherlock asked at the right moment.
"Unfortunately, the 'Director's Ring' is with your friend 'Watson'. When he put on the ring and became 'Minister', the 'Acting Director' resigned automatically," Loki mocked: "Now he serves as the chief agent.
I traveled around on various timelines, but I just didn’t dare to come back, after all, I’m always sure to laugh at myself.”
Fortunately, whether you use "Prediction" or "Sherlock's Unpredictability", you will not encounter similar problems.
"So, 'Stephen' is me in other timelines?" Sherlock asked instead.
"It's the opposite," Loki glanced at him: "'Atreus' is called 'Loki' in other timelines, and you, in all other timelines, are called 'Stephen Strange' or '
Same with Doctor Strange', 'Watson' and 'Moriarty'."
"Is there a possibility that the timeline where I am is the one with the problem?" Sherlock spread his hands.
"..." Loki looked at him with a look that was very strange to Sherlock, looking at him as a fool, without saying a word.
"Because of the 'Lord of the Ocean Dimension'?" Sherlock thought for a while and came to a conclusion.
"There are no 'Hogwarts' and 'Lord White Star' in any other timeline, so do you think that as the 'Ministry of Magic' under the jurisdiction of 'Lord White Star' and on the same level as 'Hogwarts', we should
What's your position?" Loki asked.
"Other timelines are derivatives, and the 'sacred timeline' we are in is the only standard." Sherlock used the concept he just learned.
"Very good, you discovered the truth that we discovered after we sacrificed hundreds of agents." Loki nodded.
"Sacrifice?" Sherlock expressed doubts. In theory, people related to time are the least likely to have anything happen to them.
"The timeline where those agents are located is out of the 'Holy Timeline' and can no longer be observed by the 'Ministry of Magic.'" Loki explained.
"Hmm...?" Sherlock, who was still relatively unfamiliar with the concept of timelines, couldn't understand.
"Don't think too much. If everything in the Ministry of Magic is on track, why would we invite you over?" Loki explained as if he guessed what he was thinking.
"Because 'Watson' failed to solve the problem," Sherlock said in a positive tone: "You have tried."
"Yes," Loki nodded: "I originally went to pick up 'Watson'. At that time, we agreed that the problem with the Ministry of Magic was that the 'Director' was not here, and most of the original functions were not activated."
"but?"
"But after Minister Watson came here and activated the 'Director's Ring', the situation did not improve. Some functions that were still working normally were completely shut down, and all the agents' original world lines were gradually moving away from the 'Holy Timeline'
Stripped away, the 'Ministry of Magic' was just a hair away from disappearing." Loki shrugged: "At the last moment, Minister Watson shouted to us, saying, 'If Sherlock was here, this would never happen', and then... we
Just 'wake up'."
"...predict the future? Or is it a group thing?" Sherlock thought of the special ability he had before entering school.
"The view of most agents is that the 'Ministry of Magic' had some kind of protective means activated before it was destroyed, but if you ask me," Loki looked at the ceiling: "It should be 'Shirahoshi-sama' who took advantage of it."
How can she make a fortune across dimensions? She can't just say "there needs to be a Ministry of Magic", right?
"This is it," Loki stopped at the door of a room that looked like a museum: "I won't go in, so as not to disturb your thoughts."
"What?" Sherlock looked around curiously. Unexpectedly, but not too unexpectedly, he saw a square, pure white stone "Historical Text" in the middle of the hall. The first article on it was clearly visible.
It reads:
[Time travel does not exist]
...It turns out that the Time Management Bureau is so incompetent.
