Chapter 198: Retreat

"If I join in, what happens then?"

As soon as the words were spoken, a portal opened beside Jack, and Doctor Strange walked out of it.

"Sorcerer Supreme."

Mephisto's face stiffened, and his eyes revealed a hint of caution. He didn't care much about Doctor Strange, unlike when the Ancient One was still around.

But Doctor Strange?

He did not care about a Sorcerer Supreme who was not fully experienced yet.

However, with the protection of the magic circle on Earth, he had to consider his options.

Dealing with Doctor Strange alone was already quite tricky, let alone adding Jack, who had crossed universes.

Mephisto looked at them and felt uncomfortable because Jack and Doctor Strange both gave off a faint threat.

He knew he had made another fruitless trip.

"Until we meet again!"

Mephisto spoke resentfully and disappeared into a cloud of black smoke.

Jack was surprised by how quickly he left, but after thinking about it, he could see why.

Mephisto did not need to fight here because the multiverse was so big.

"Phew!"

Seeing Mephisto leave, Doctor Strange breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he had appeared strong just now, he still hesitated about the consequences if a real fight broke out.

"Don't worry, he was just a clone, and his powers are heavily suppressed by the magic barrier. If it really came to a fight, you could handle him alone, believe me."

"I am not very interested in finding that out."

Doctor Strange looked at Jack and took a while before speaking. "How... how did you suddenly come here?"

"Ask her."

Jack pointed to Wanda beside him, not surprised that this universe's Doctor Strange knew him.

In fact, the Sanctums of each universe could connect with the Sanctums of other parallel universes, sharing knowledge and working together to stop entities from different dimensions from taking over.

So he wasn't too surprised that Doctor Strange knew him.

Doctor Strange looked at Wanda, then looked around. Even when he was not trying to, he could feel that there was a lot of Chaos Magic around him.

"Wanda, I've told you."

He sighed and looked at her with a somewhat helpless expression.

"I'm sorry, I... I just..."

Wanda stuttered and dared not look at Doctor Strange.

She knew what she had done was... a bit selfish. If it were someone else, Doctor Strange would have acted long ago.

"I hope you can restore this place as soon as possible, okay?"

"I..."

Wanda hesitated, but Jack took over the conversation.

"No problem, we'll handle it soon. You can go back, have tea, and read a book."

Jack waved his hand with some disdain, which made Doctor Strange feel insulted.

"Goodbye... or maybe not."

Opening a portal, Doctor Strange left without looking back.

"Well, now it's up to you."

With the troublemaker gone, Jack clapped his hands to get Wanda's attention and casually pointed outside the town.

"There are a lot of people waiting to catch you, so we'd better act quickly."

"You're right."

Wanda also knew that time was running out. If Jack could truly revive Vision, this small town could soon be free from her magic.

"What should we do? Don't forget what you promised me."

She looked at Jack, her eyes filled with expectation and worry.

"Of course, of course. Just wait a moment, I need to find something. It can't be done without it."

With that said, Jack took a step and arrived outside Westview, where the headquarters of the S.W.O.R.D. was located.

As soon as he appeared, the staff noticed him, and a large number of operatives armed with guns surrounded him, creating a tense atmosphere.

Jack remained silent, just looking at them calmly. For some reason, he didn't make a move.

At this moment, a man who seemed to be the leader stepped forward from the crowd and approached him.

"Hello, sir. Who are you?"

Jack carefully looked at the man and suddenly smiled.

"It was you, right?"

"What?"

The man was puzzled and didn't understand what Jack meant.

"Westview, Wanda's situation,"

Jack continued, ignoring the man's confusion.

"You told her that it might be possible to use her abilities to bring Vision back to life, which led her to do it accidentally. That was your intention, right?"

"As for why you did it... let me guess, you wanted to use Wanda's powers to bring back the Vision that you repaired. Am I right?"

"SWORD's Director Tyler."

Tyler's expression changed slowly as Jack spoke, but he quickly covered it and put on a serious face.

"Sorry, sir, I don't know where you heard all this, but none of it is true. Wanda took the Vision's body from us, and we are here to get the government property."

"I don't have time for your nonsense."

Jack glanced at Tyler with disgust and then raised his hand.

Suddenly, a metal cabinet shot up from the camp behind him, flying into the sky before quickly dropping and landing with a loud crash in front of Jack.

Seeing the metal cabinet, Tyler's expression finally changed noticeably.

Before he could say anything, the cabinet burst open, revealing the pure white Vision standing inside.

This was the real Vision.

It must be said that S.W.O.R.D. had some tricks up their sleeves. After countless tries, they finally managed to repair Vision.

However, it wasn't a complete restoration. This white Vision lacked the Mind Stone, and his memories had been erased by Tyler.

He had become a humanoid weapon.

He could be activated at any time as long as there was a power source, but finding the right source proved difficult.

S.W.O.R.D. had tried all known power sources, but they couldn't fully activate the white Vision.

That's when Tyler thought of magic.

When Wanda came to see Tyler, he used words to plant the idea of resurrecting Vision in her mind.

Later, when she arrived in Westview, overwhelmed by grief and longing, her chaos magic erupted, and Wanda actually did it.

She resurrected Vision, just as Tyler had expected. He needed the power of magic to activate the white Vision.

However, the body in front of Jack hadn't been started yet, which saved him the trouble.

Thinking about it, he waved his hand, and the white Vision floated up and followed him as Jack left.

"Hey, sir, this is the property of the United States government, you can't take it."

In a critical moment, Tyler decided to confront Jack head-on, even though his methods sent shivers down his spine.

"Property of the U.S. government? Hah!"

Jack looked at him mockingly and sneered, "If I remember correctly, from its creation to the end, you didn't contribute a thing. It was all Stark's doing, not yours. How shameless."

With that, Jack ignored Tyler's pale face and walked away.

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