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Chapter 197 Strange without [now]

"you you you!"

Strange opened his eyes wide and couldn't believe what he was seeing.

The man who encouraged himself to cheer up in the Holy of Holies and lent him money to buy a plane ticket actually appeared here!

Just appear at your destination.

Lorraine showed a slightly embarrassed smile and apologized: "It's a bit troublesome to explain in the middle, but you will understand the situation later."

At this time, Luo Lin was the only one in the monastery, and Gu Yi was nowhere to be seen.

Mo Du stepped forward and saluted: "Master Luolin, where is Master Gu Yi now?"

"In the meditation room, she came right out."

Due to the changes in the current situation, Strange has already been in contact with Lorraine, and it is impossible for Gu Yi to pretend to know nothing about him as before.

There is no need to show him a book on numerology and chakras to test his attitude.

What she has to do now is to pose for assessment.

To assess whether the candidates recommended by Lorraine are qualified to study at Karma Taj.

Ancient One would never admit that Strange was the one who chose him and had been secretly observing him for a long time.

After Mordo saluted Lorraine, he turned to Strange and said.

"Since the mage is preparing, please wait here. I have other things to do, so I will leave first."

Strange didn't hold back, and he happened to have something to ask Lorraine.

After Modu left, Strange couldn't wait to speak: "Master Luo, Lorraine, what on earth is going on?"

"Um……"

Lorraine hesitated for a moment and then said, "Actually, you should be able to think of it. The Eternal Parliament and Kama Taj are both magic secrets. How could there be no connection at all."

Strange smiled bitterly: "But you didn't reveal anything to me before..."

"I have my own difficulties too!"

Lorraine said helplessly, "This is the rule of Karma Taj. You don't meet people who are not destined to be here. Only when you find this place through your own efforts can you be considered destined. I broke the rules by bringing you in."

Strange suddenly felt a little guilty.

Because when he thought about it carefully, he didn't find Kama Taj through his own efforts.

It was Modu who brought him here.

Wouldn't this also break the rules?

Strange hesitated, not knowing whether he should speak out about this.

Because he realized that Lorraine's words were probably aimed at him.

Maybe the ancient mage is observing him from behind now.

Everything I just experienced was part of the assessment.

Strange quickly recalled whether he had done anything wrong before.

The memory begins when he was robbed.

Instead of giving in, he punched the mugger.

This can be interpreted as bravery and resistance, or it can be interpreted as recklessness and brainlessness.

Which way of thinking will Gu Yi choose in the end?

And what Mordu said to himself at the door of Kama Taj, he was not polite enough.

Now Lorraine is also saying that it depends on fate and you have to find the mountain gate yourself.

Is this all a test to test whether you are honest?

For a moment, various thoughts filled Strange's brain, making him worry about gains and losses.

As he said, this was his last chance, and if he missed it, it wouldn't just be as simple as losing his job.

The other Strange will directly merge with himself.

That's life-threatening!

"Master Lorraine, I want to confess something."

In the midst of these complicated thoughts, Strange decided not to make any more guesses.

Because before understanding Gu Yi’s thoughts, the probability of success or failure of all methods is half.

So instead of guessing and making small moves, it’s better to be your truest self.

That way even if you fail, you won't have too many regrets.

"I did not find Kamal Taj on my own. In fact, I have been in Nepal for several days and have not heard any news about Kamal Taj."

Strange said very frankly, "It was Mr. Modu who helped me and brought me here. I don't know if this is fate or whether it will prevent me from joining Kama Taj."

After hearing this, Lorraine looked thoughtful.

Strange thought he was helping him think about the problem, but in fact Lorraine was just showing off.

The decision-making power is not in his hands, so there is no need for him to express his position in a hurry.

Sure enough, just after Strange finished speaking, a calm female voice came from the meditation room.

"For you to be able to stand here is actually a kind of fate."

Strange followed the sound and saw a bald female mage wearing a black monastic robe walking into the monastery.

Lorraine raised her eyebrows calmly.

He only saw Gu Yi wear a black cultivation robe once, that was when he first came to visit.

Now facing Strange, she put on this monastic robe for the second time.

It can be seen that I attach great importance to this meeting.

Strange quickly saluted. Even if he was a fool, there was no way he wouldn't be able to guess the identity of the person.

"Hello, Master Ancient One, I am Stephen Strange."

"Dr. Strange."

Ancient One nodded with a smile and slowly walked to Strange.

She has rehearsed every step in her mind to ensure absolute perfection.

Lorraine looked on, feeling that Gu Yi was more nervous than Strange.

As for?

"I heard about your magic power from a man named Pangborn."

Strange considered his words, "I hope to learn from you and heal my hands."

In fact, more than that, he couldn't just heal his hands and run away like Pangborn.

He also has to learn some self-defense methods to deal with Dr. Fate.

"Everyone who comes here has something they want."

Ancient One said calmly, "Kama Taj will not reject anyone who seeks knowledge, but you need to prove whether you can make good use of this knowledge."

Ok?

Strange looked amused by these words.

But how can he prove it?

"Master Gu Yi, I am a doctor of medicine and was also an excellent neurosurgeon."

Strange introduced himself, "I can integrate everything I have learned. I wonder if this is a qualification you value?"

He has nothing to offer now and can only talk about his past achievements.

If he could be given a chance now to temporarily recover his medical skills.

He can let Gu Yi experience firsthand what it means to be a top neurologist.

"I know you are a very good person. Lorraine has introduced you to these people."

Ancient One did not have any reaction to Strange's introduction, "But these talents are not necessarily applicable to magic. What I hope is to see that you can channel your own magic talents."

Strange was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Gu Yi was talking about.

How to channel your own magical talents?

Could it be that you take a crystal ball and put your hand on it to see what kind of light the crystal ball emits?

Different talents correspond to different colors of light?

Strange had only heard of such a setting from some Eastern colleagues, and it was from novels.

Nepal is right next to the east, so maybe it has learned this trick.

"What should I do?" Strange asked respectfully.

"Have you ever learned meditation before?"

Strange shook his head. Before his hands were injured, he was not interested in these things at all.

"Then let's try it first!"

Ancient Yi stretched out his hand and guided him in the direction of the meditation room.

"I want to see if you can enter a meditative state in the shortest possible time."

Strange suddenly felt a little dizzy.

He didn't even know what kind of state meditation was, so how could he possibly do it?

But now that the matter has come to this, we can only try it first.

Maybe he is really some kind of innate magic holy body, and he can enter deep meditation all at once.

He followed Gu Yi into the meditation room and meditated on the futon like Gu Yi did.

"Your posture is wrong."

Gu Yi corrected him, "I feel that your whole body is tense, which is not good. The most important thing about meditation is to relax your whole body and mind. Choose a position that feels most comfortable for you and sit down."

The most comfortable position...

You have to lie down.

Strange didn't dare to say what was in his heart, so he could only try his best to adjust his posture and relax himself.

"Almost?"

Ancient One smiled and said, "Then close your eyes."

Strange obeyed and did as he was told. The moment he closed his eyes, Gu Yi suddenly struck out with a palm.

His soul was knocked out of his body.

But what was different from before was that his soul was not awake at this time, but had his eyes closed and lost consciousness.

Furuichi stood up from the futon and apologized softly.

"This is the second time, Strange. I will not take pictures of your soul at will in the future."

This is respect for the disciples.

Now, when Ancient One looked at Strange's soul floating in the air, he found a problem.

She said to herself: "This forced division is not without cost..."    "Did you find anything?"

Lorraine walked into the meditation room. He knew exactly what Gu Yi was doing.

"His soul is incomplete."

Gu Yi frowned and said, "I can only vaguely feel that he is missing something, but I don't know what is missing."

This was the first time she encountered this situation.

After all, it was Emperor Weishan who took action, so she thought it was normal that she couldn't find out.

Lorraine was a little worried: "Will this affect his subsequent life?"

"will not."

Ancient One shook his head and said, "Generally speaking, if one's soul is missing to this extent, one is either a fool or a vegetative state, but Strange was fine just now.

"If I'm not wrong, his current situation should be complementary to another Strange. As long as the other party still exists, it will not affect his life.

"But this situation cannot last long, it will limit Strange's ceiling."

If the soul is still incomplete, Strange can still barely reach the level required by the Supreme Mage even if he works ten times as hard as an ordinary person.

But if you want to make progress, it will be difficult to reach the sky.

The dark and strange timeline of "What If..." has absorbed alien creatures for hundreds of years, but it still cannot break through this ceiling.

"Then this is a bit bad."

Lorraine touched his chin and said, "Doctor Destiny has the helmet of the God of Order, which can be used to fill the vacancy in the soul, but this Strange has nothing. There is an innate gap between the two."

"Who says he has nothing?"

Gu Yi smiled and stretched out his hand, and an eye-shaped pendant appeared in his hand.

The Eye of Agamotto.

"This is……"

Lorraine looked at the Eye of Agamotto, frowned and said, "Master Ancient One, if I'm not mistaken, there is something great hidden in it, right?"

"There's definitely something hidden in here."

Ancient One did not hide anything and opened the Eye of Agamotto, and the green time stone revealed its light.

"This is the Time Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones in the universe."

Ancient One introduced, "Infinity stones are better than that helmet, right?"

Lorraine couldn't answer this question.

His identity makes it impossible to know how powerful Dr. Fate is.

"But isn't that a little too risky?"

Lorraine said hesitantly, "If Strange fails later, wouldn't the Time Stone be in the hands of Doctor Fate?"

"This is the safest way."

Ancient One said seriously, "Whether Strange can do it or not, he must shoulder the mission of protecting the time stone. I don't have any more time."

She is now determined to use the Time Stone to replenish Strange's soul.

Lorraine couldn't persuade him, so he could only let Gu Yi play with Strange's soul at will.

"wrong……"

Suddenly, Gu Yi stopped his movements.

In her deeper research, she discovered what Strange was missing.

"No, this Strange's state is too strange!"

Gu Yi was a little unable to understand, "He is a person without [present]!"

"What do you mean?"

Lorraine asked, "What does it mean to have no present?"

Gu Yi turned to look at Lorraine, his expression solemn as never before.

She did not directly explain what she just said, but said: "What I mean is that this Strange now probably has abilities that he himself has not yet understood! And this ability, once awakened, will destroy the entire world. world!"

After all, without thinking, Ancient One directly inserted the Time Stone into the core of Strange's soul.

"Lorraine, I want to ask you something!"

Ancient One said with a serious tone, "You must keep an eye on Strange from now on and don't let him come into contact with any time-related magic."

She didn't explain too much because she was afraid Lorraine wouldn't understand.

Now the Time Stone can seal Strange's power, making everything seem normal.

As long as Strange is not allowed to die for research, this seal will even last a lifetime.

"I can promise you this."

Lorraine assured the Ancient One that "Strange will not be involved with any time-related powers in the future."

The current situation is messy enough, what a trinity of past, present and future.

If we add more timelines, the whole world will be in chaos.

It's better to let Strange study his magic.

After filling Strange's soul with the Time Stone, Ancient One closed the Eye of Agamotto and hung it on the chest of Strange's soul.

"Let this amulet remain in his soul."

Ancient One said softly, "This will allow the Eye of Agamotto to show its most realistic form."

The Eye of Agamotto took on the form of a magic weapon in order to accommodate the Time Stone.

The real Eye of Agamotto is not an object.

He is a form of power, representing the "Power of the All-Seeing One", and its manifestation is a third eye growing on his forehead.

Now Agamotto hangs on Strange's soul. When he wakes up and masters magic a little, he can open his eyes.

This is actually quite good.

Lorraine thought from the side, at least Doctor Strange, who has a third eye, will no longer be beaten randomly by Wanda and wander around the parallel world.

It can be said that Gu Yi treated Strange with all his heart and soul, without reservation.

Strictly speaking, this was their first official meeting.

"The next step is to wake him up, and I will tell him that the assessment is over and he has passed."

A trace of imperceptible fatigue flashed across Gu Yi's face, "I can only guide him for a while, and he will have to let him walk the rest of the way."

She once told Lorraine about her funeral.

He will die soon, and Strange will become the next Sorcerer Supreme.

"Do you have to die?"

Lorraine hesitated for a moment, then said, "I know that death is not the end for you, but the situation now is very special, and dying at this point in time may not be a good choice."

He wasn't alarmist.

In the near future, a big event will happen. If Gu Yi has to die at this time, he is afraid that even death will not be peaceful.

"If Strange hadn't been immature right now, I wouldn't be willing to wait any longer."

Ancient One shook his head and declined Lorraine's kindness, "When I die, my soul will leave this universe. Let Strange worry about the rest."

Fine.

She said so, what else could Lorraine say?

I just hope she doesn't regret it later.

"It's time for Strange to wake up."

Ancient One pulled Strange's soul and sent him into his body.

At the moment when spirit and body merged, an eye suddenly opened in the center of Strange's forehead, and then immediately closed again, leaving no trace of its existence.

This is not a vertical eye like in Eastern mythology, but a horizontal eye.

But the power they represent is similar, breaking through illusions and revealing the truth.

Moreover, the strength of his soul has also become stronger after the restoration of Ancient One. The innate magic holy body that Strange imagined in his wild imagination has really become a reality.

"Uh……"

Strange opened his eyes in a daze and saw Ancient One meditating opposite him.

"you're awake?"

Lorraine sitting aside said hello, "The operation was very successful."

Strange was stunned and thought Lorraine's words sounded a bit scary.

"What surgery?"

"I thought this word would make you feel more friendly as a doctor."

Lorraine shook his head and smiled, "Actually, the test was very successful. As soon as you closed your eyes, you entered trance. Master Gu Yi just said that you successfully proved yourself."

Meditation is a higher level of meditation, completely isolated from the outside world and focused on contemplating oneself.

Strange feels that his ability to reach this level is indeed far beyond his expectations.

"Don't disturb Master Gu Yi's meditation. Let's go out for a walk."

Lorraine stood up and motioned for Strange to follow.

They were walking on the edge of the practice field. Countless practitioners kept drawing circles in the sky and were engaged in daily practice.

Strange looked at those people with a trace of longing in his eyes.

This is the rest of his life!

He will also become a magician and heal his own hands!

"Looking forward to it, right?"

Lorraine said casually, "If you train like them, you will definitely become a great magician in less than five years!"

Five years? !

Upon hearing this, Strange's previous relaxation immediately disappeared.

But what was replaced was a sense of urgency that spread throughout his body.

He doesn't have five years!

Strange pretended to be calm and asked: "Lorraine, isn't five years a bit too long?"

(End of this chapter)