30. I. The Raven. The Shadow of the Stars (Part 1)(1/2)
The white light filled with the vision lit up from Tony Stark's eyes.
It’s like experiencing a lifetime in a moment, no, experiencing a lifetime many times.
He saw a lot in that light, about Merlin, about others, about everyone, about the stars, about other stars.
It was like a traveler who had entered the treasure house of infinite knowledge, Tony greedily wanted to remember all those pictures.
But that is obviously impossible.
Human memory ability is always limited, and even the most extraordinary wisdom among humans cannot record so much knowledge.
The next moment, Tony suddenly opened his eyes.
He felt a pair of warm arms coming from his face, and the familiar smell of perfume was emitting.
Tony saw the ceiling.
The black and white ceiling with a futuristic style is his favorite style. If you remember correctly, he filled his villa with such decorations.
"Um?"
The chaotic memory made Tony a little confused, and there was a strange and familiar feeling.
Immediately afterwards, an unbearable impulse was released, and then there was a sense of comfort. The chaotic knowledge and memory seemed to emerge before Tony's eyes.
Of course this is just an illusion.
Miss Potz, who was lying beside Tony and was spitting something, was very dissatisfied.
The latter raised his head, covered his mouth, glared at Tony with a angrily look, then turned around and picked up a tissue and wiped his mouth.
She stood up straight, with her back to Tony, and whispered while wearing her underwear:
"I'm going to Melbourne for a meeting today and I may not come back in the evening. Don't forget to pick up Hope. Her school has arranged to visit the New York Museum today."
“Melbourne? Hope? Visit?”
Tony, sitting on the bed, was like a fool, repeating Miss Pots's words blankly.
This made the latter turn back in confusion.
She felt that her husband had been acting abnormally since he woke up today.
Potz was very worried about Tony's mental state, after all, this guy has been working on something very strange in recent times.
"Are you too tired?"
Miss Potz sat gentlely beside the bed, and she said to Tony:
"Do I want you to hire a psychiatrist for you?"
"Or, in a few days, we will take Hope on vacation together? The Cybertron land is holding a Mechanical Goddess Celebration recently, and it is said that it is very lively, and Hope wants to go there and see it."
"Wait, wait first, I'm a little confused."
Tony reached out and interrupted Miss Potz, rubbing his forehead while combing his memory.
Very strange.
In Tony's mind, there were two memory lines at the same time, and it took him several minutes to sort out the relationship between the two.
The moment the previous memory line stopped ringing in the light of the universe furnace, he was flooded with endless light.
In the second memory line, there was no incident of the arrival of the external gods, and they came over safely all the way.
The most important thing is that there is no such person as "Melin" in the second timeline!
“What month is it today?”
Tony raised his head and stared at Miss Potz. It was probably the memory reply that led Tony to return to the state of fighting bloody battles on the battlefield of stars. The courage he exuded made Miss Potz tremble in fear.
It's like a frightened kitten.
She looked at Tony who had changed a lot and whispered:
“Today is July 17, 2013…”
“2013? Has it been a year since then?”
Tony murmured to himself that his condition made Miss Potz even more worried. She felt it was really necessary to send Tony to see a psychiatrist, or simply invite a wizard to come.
Well, why not just ask Dr. Strange.
He is a wizard and a psychiatrist, and Tony has a good relationship with that doctor.
"Uh, don't worry, I'm fine, I'm just... I'm a little blurred and dreamed of something weird."
Tony soon noticed Potz's expression, he immediately comforted his wife and promised that he would pick up his daughter on time today.
Although Tony, who had recovered his memory, felt that he had never had a daughter...
After sending Pots away with coaxing and cheating, Tony quickly came to the basement. Fortunately, he did not seem to have changed the shape of the basement in the past 8 years, and even the position of the convenient instruments he used did not change.
But the technology has been much more advanced, which has made Tony feel at a loss for a moment.
But he was a smart man after all, and soon mastered this kind of technology that was at least 20 years ahead of 2012.
“Inquiry!”
Tony looked at the blue light curtain that was pounding in front of him, and he tried to calm himself down, he said:
"Raw!"
"Swish"
The first entry that appears on the light curtain is a photo of the raven, a black bird.
Of course not this!
Tony quickly reviewed the news collected on the Internet, and the more he looked, the darker his face became.
"Inquiry, Merlin Riley!"
Tony threw out another keyword.
This time I found a lot of information, but they were all guys with the same name and surname. They didn’t have the slightly thin face with a gentle smile in Tony’s memory.
"No?"
Tony narrowed his eyes.
He felt things were becoming a little subtle now.
"There are Icarus, S.H.I.E.D., S.H.I.S.I.M.C.A.M.A.M.A.A., and even three girls, Riven, Lorna, and Laura, but there are no Merlin..."
Tony rubbed his forehead and said:
"If you lack this most critical link, you can still be linked together... cut, who will you deceive!"
A smile appeared on Iron Man's face.
He was basically sure that Merlin should still be in this world, but in a strange way, she concealed her existence.
The "Riley Family" in front of us who are linked by data flow is the best evidence.
If Merlin did not exist, it would be impossible for these people to have overlap in their lives.
But judging from Miss Pots' previous reaction, she probably had never heard of the name Merlin Riley.
What's going on?
Everything exudes an abnormal feeling, which makes Tony fall into a lot of rethinking again, but he has not forgotten the work he has to do, and he has to pick up his daughter.
Little Hope...
Tony changed into a dress, and the image of a terrifying little girl kept popping up in his mind.
That is his daughter. In my memory, Hope was born in 2008 and is 5 years old this year.
But in fact, in the old memory line, until 2012, when the outer god came, Miss Pots was just pregnant.
In other words, the timeline has changed a little, probably because Tony is the one who sniffs his fingers, and the Infinity Stone distorts his personal time.
And except for him, the whole world should have been reshaped back to the 2012 scene.
But because Tony, the butterfly that runs through the two timelines, flapping his wings slightly, this new world has been changed a lot.
Or...
This change has nothing to do with him, but is the result of another force.
With this kind of philosophical question, Tony boarded a private plane to New York, and he felt relieved that everything had changed, but Hapi had not.
That fat bodyguard is still his best friend in this new timeline.
"Wow"
The silver Audi concept sports car parked on the street in front of the New York Museum, and Tony with brown sunglasses opened the car door.
He was holding a cup of milk tea in his hand, drinking it with a straw while watching the bustling scenery on the street.
He was waiting for his daughter's visit to end, and there were probably less than 7 minutes left.
"Take your wallet!"
To be continued...