HLnovel Chapter 430 Tony: Kids, I'm here!
Chapter 430 Tony: Kids, I'm here!
Chapter 430 Tony: Kids, I'm Back
The uninvited arrival of Superman left Mordo completely bewildered. At first, he wanted to refuse his friend, saying, "This is the Sanctuary, not a hospital!"
He only became serious when he saw the wandering soul behind him.
Even if Mordo had spent a long time in the Himalayas, he would still know Tony Stark, such a famous New Yorker.
Moreover, he clearly remembered that Superman and Iron Man had visited Kamar-Taj Sanctuary.
Mordo immediately reached out to examine Tony's body: "Your friend is dead?"
"I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?! Why does everyone say that?"
Upon hearing this, Tony, in his spirit form, rolled his eyes in exasperation: "Do I look that dead?"
"More than that, my friend."
Mordo checked Tony's breathing and, finding him still alive, reassured himself, pulled his hands back into his wide sleeves. "Judging by your soul alone, you don't just look dead, you look like you're about to be annihilated!"
It is very difficult for this to happen while the physical body is still alive.
"In that case, come over here!"
Mordo stretched out his hand and hooked Tony's wandering spirit into his body, making a move as if to shove it back into his body: "I'll take care of it for you!"
It's not like the dead are brought back to life; it's just a simple accident that caused the soul to leave the body and become a vegetable. Solving this situation still doesn't violate the Supreme Master's principles.
"Wait a minute!" Joey quickly stopped the impetuous Sorcerer Supreme who had acted without thinking. "Why don't you take another look?"
Mordo frowned: "This is really not a hospital. We're not responsible for giving this body, ravaged by alcohol and sex, a physical examination!"
Despite saying that, he still cast a spell and scanned Tony's body one by one. With this scan, he finally discovered the abnormality.
Mordo gave a soft shout, his hands unleashing a flurry of spells. Several chains burning with hellfire emerged from his sleeves, binding Tony's body tightly: "Crimson Chains of Cyttorak!"
In the world of magic, possessing a living person is a common occurrence, and Mordo can do it if he wants to, but "possession" does not drive away the original owner's soul.
Regardless of who they are, they are clearly scoundrels who have strayed from the right path, and it's always right to control them with a binding spell.
"And there's Ace's affection—Master, could you please tie it up a little better?"
While seemingly distracted, Tony, outside the spellcasting circle, commented on Mordo's chanting: "To be honest, I don't quite understand why you magicians always have to call out the name before casting a spell?"
"What's so strange about that?" Joey didn't understand magic, but he did know a little about computer science: "When you're programming, don't you declare functions before calling them in complex situations?"
"Okay," Superman's answer was impeccable, leaving Tony, who was also a complete novice in magic, speechless: "You've convinced me!"
Mordo secretly rolled his eyes at the two "Muggles," having already drawn a series of overlapping circular magic circles. With a clench of his palm, the circle expanded from a small space to cover the entire room, with Tony's soul and body positioned at opposite ends of the circle: "Get ready, I'm about to switch you two!"
The magic disc, composed of multiple rings of spells, inverted and tilted. In an instant, Tony's soul and Doctor Doom's soul, which were originally in his body, switched places under the propulsion of the disc.
Mordo showed no mercy to the evil spirit forced out of Tony's body, immediately unleashing a combination of Cytorak's Crimson Chains and Raggador's Rings, locking the opponent into a tiny, confined area.
Holding the completed magical seal in his hand, Mordo finally had time to examine the soul within the magic sphere as if it were a puppet in a crystal ball. Then he exclaimed in surprise, "Huh! What's this—"
Why does the other person look exactly like Tony Stark?
Mordo is a figure of the Sorcerer Supreme level. He observes souls not just by looking at differences in appearance. From the perspective of identification, this soul is exactly like a Tony with magical powers.
Mordo turned his head in disbelief and asked, "What's going on, Superman?"
"I thought you knew!"
Joey slapped his forehead. He hadn't mentioned the relationship between Doctor Doom and Tony, but wasn't the other person the Sorcerer Supreme? Did he really need to explain such a thing himself?
So, does this mean that Mo Du treats the patient first and then inquires about their condition?
What a quack!
This scene reminded Joey of the unreliable Doctor Strange from some parallel universe he'd encountered in his past life: "Are all Sorcerers Supremes this helpful yet untrustworthy?"
"It's a long story, but I don't have time right now. You've seen what's happening outside. I'll explain it to you after I've dealt with that."
Joey, carrying a slowly waking Tony, reached out his hand to the Sorcerer Supreme, Mordo, saying, "And could you please give me that soul you have in your hand as well?"
Considering that the Sanctuary is also facing its share of troubles, it might be safer for Doctor Doom's soul to remain in their hands.
Holding the Soul Orb in his hands, Mordo saw two almost identical souls and fell into deep thought, muttering to himself incessantly: "When the previous consciousness ceases, it has nowhere to go; when the subsequent consciousness arises, it has nowhere to come from—like a lamp passing on its flame, the flames of the lamps succeeding each other, but they are not the same fire—"
This was a cryptic exchange once made by his master, the Ancient One. Perhaps only now has he grasped a tiny bit of its hidden meaning.
"Modu! Master Modu?! The Supreme Master?"
Superman's repeated calls finally snapped Mordo out of his daze. After calming down and thinking for a moment, he finally frowned and handed over Doctor Doom's soul: "Of course, it's yours."
"Don't you think we need an explanation?"
After cleaning up the mess, Captain America stood in front of Batman: "Just how many things have you and your little group of Superman and Iron Man been doing behind our backs?"
"There's a lot. What do you want to know?"
Batman explained the situation to everyone, but he only told half the story, explaining only the part they already knew based on the questions they asked.
"To be honest, why do I feel like the little schemes you guys have are even more thrilling and terrifying than those of us girls back then?"
Black Widow lay on the office chair that hadn't been completely dismantled, closing her eyes to rest, while listening intently to Batman and Captain America's verbal sparring.
He didn't forget to egg Hawkeye on, saying, "Why didn't you join these big boys in their troublemaking?"
Hawkeye said with a stern face, "Natalie, this isn't funny at all."
"Shh~ I'm hearing the crucial part!"
The more Black Widow listened, the more engrossed she became; she even wanted to applaud the fascinating stories within Superman's little gang.
She thought S.H.I.E.L.D. was a shoddy operation, but she never expected that there would be such an expert in the niche field of "causing a major disaster in a secret organization".
Honestly, are there any humans among Superman's little gang?
Right now, those who are out in the open are practically geniuses:
One is so extreme in his thinking that he has erased a part of everyone's memory, and so powerful in his actions that he can plan and execute something within two hours;
The other one was simply possessed and lost his body inexplicably. Who knows what kind of traps the other party dug for everyone while using the identity of Tony Stark during the time they were controlled?
"Don't ask, I... I... how would I know!"
Tony, who had just returned, was applying ice packs to both sides of his cheeks, not forgetting to point at the person being yelled at by Cosmic Joey: "Why did you hit me so hard just now!"
Joey just gave Doctor Doom a good beating, knocking out two of his teeth. As the one who did the beating, Joey felt good, but now Tony, with a bruised face, has to slur his words.
"Hmph!" Joey smiled helplessly, he really had nothing to say to Tony, this hypocrite.
It can only be said that putting yourself in someone else's shoes is indeed the most useful thing in the world. Just look at Tony Stark's lightning-fast change of expression.
Now that the bodies have switched back, he's no longer the one cheering loudly for the scene of Superman beating up Doctor Doom.
"Take a break first, find out what's going on, and then get back to work!"
Joey, who wanted to squeeze every useful person to their limit, patted Tony on the shoulder and turned to walk towards the makeshift laboratory: "We'd better hurry, we don't have much time."
"Of course." Tony stretched his fingers, which he hadn't used in a long time, connected to the internet, and prepared to catch up on what major events had happened during the days he had been "missing".
Of course, no matter what the trouble, nothing can stop the super genius Iron Man: "Kids, don't panic, Tony Stark is back!"
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