Become Aquaman from Black Robe

"It's me, of course it's me, Mobius, what's wrong? Are you dizzy after reading those documents?"

Mobius looked at Kevin in confusion.

Kevin looked at him in even greater confusion, but soon Kevin realized something, and he looked down at what he was wearing.

Sure enough, the clothes he was wearing now were no longer the suit he had worn in the black robe world before, but a set of agent suits of the same style as Mobius.

He even had a badge on his body.

Trainee agent.

What the hell, trainee agent!!

Looking at the badge representing his identity, and then looking at the ancient sci-fi style building not far away, Kevin didn't react for a long time.

Mobius seemed to have thought of something, and walked over and said:

"You must have a lot of questions to ask when you first came to TVA. It's okay, we can eat and talk, TVA's donuts are delicious, you can try it."

TVA is the abbreviation of the Time Variance Administration, which Kevin still knows.

But Kevin is not puzzled about this now.

He looked at Mobius in great surprise, frowned and asked:

"You... know me..."

"I said, are you really stupid after reading the documents? Of course I know you, you are my colleague, of course, I know that you must have a lot of questions to ask when you were just created, but it doesn't matter, I happen to have a lot of time now, come on, let's go to lunch first."

Me?

Created?

By whom?

Loki? ?

After hearing what Mobius said, Kevin had more and more questions in his mind.

But soon Kevin figured out what Mobius meant by creation.

The creation he said undoubtedly refers to the original TVA, the TVA created by three time guardians.

Of course, those who have understood the original plot know that the so-called three time guardians are just three big robots created by the legacy Kang.

The one who really created TVA is the legacy Kang himself.

And the employees in TVA are not created by the legacy Kang or the time guardians.

The employees of the Time Administration, each of them is a variant on a different timeline.

Kang the Legacy brought them here, erased their memories, and made them believe that they were created by TVA.

This was the consensus of everyone in TVA before Loki changed the timeline.

And now, according to Mobius, Kevin has also become an employee created by Kang the Legacy?

So what time is it now?

Looking at the construction outside, it doesn't look like the time period when the Time Administration was first built.

If not, how could there be new employees moving in...

I don't understand.

Kevin really doesn't understand.

For the time being, Kevin can only follow Mobius to have lunch first, trying to see if he can get the information he wants from Mobius.

Perhaps to take care of Kevin, the "new employee", Mobius walked in front and deliberately walked very slowly so that Kevin could remember this route.

As he walked, he said to Kevin:

"Our office is not far from the cafeteria. The route is easy to remember. If you are not busy at work, you can come here to slack off."

"..."

"But if you are caught, don't say it was me. Although no one will be watching us."

Mobius said deliberately briskly, trying to relax Kevin.

Perhaps in his eyes, the reason why Kevin is so confused now is because he is nervous. He is using his own way to relieve Kevin's nervousness.

Kevin came to the restaurant while Mobius was talking.

Taking lunch for two from the self-service food dispenser, Kevin and Mobius sat opposite each other. Not long after, Mobius began to ask Kevin:

"You should have read all the files about variants, right?"

"Ah? Yes, I have read it..."

Kevin has not read the files that Mobius said, but he knows what variants are.

Mobius said again:

"Then tell me what a variant is."

"Test me?"

"I guess so. After all, I am now your old employee who is responsible for leading you."

"...Well, a variant is an individual that will cause a branch in the timeline."

"Be more specific."

"To be more specific, everyone's fate is actually fixed, and all their information from birth to death is stored in the TVA.

"And if someone does something against fate, such as avoiding death, or making a different choice, or even just choosing to eat pizza instead of a hamburger in the morning, it is possible to cause a branch in the timeline.

"And these people who cause timeline branches are called variants...right?"

Kevin said what he knew.

Suddenly, he also understood.

If this is true, then Kevin is obviously also a "time variant" in the black robe world, and it seems to make sense that he would enter the Time Management Bureau...

Bullshit!

Black robe and Marvel are not in the same universe, okay! ?

What's wrong with Loki, why did he send me here! ?

Kevin admitted that he was a time variant in the timeline of the Black Robe Universe, but he did not admit that he would be governed by the TVA.

The two sides are not in the same system at all. To put it bluntly, your sword from another dynasty, Loki, killed an official of this dynasty. You really have great power!

And then again, if Loki has become the God of Stories, why does the TVA created by Kang the Legacy still exist?

Why does the sacred timeline still exist? ?

Shouldn't it have become a huge tree of time long ago?

The more Kevin thought about it, the more confused he became. However, Mobius didn't know what Kevin was thinking. After listening to Kevin's answer, he nodded in agreement:

"Yes, if you understand the variants well, you will understand the nature of our work. Our job is to cut off the time variants on the sacred timeline and prevent time branches from appearing, thereby maintaining the stability of the timeline."

"Our...job?"

"Oh, sorry, I didn't say it properly. To be precise, this is the job of those action teams. Our real job is to investigate and capture those escaped time variants, Agent Kevin."

The division of labor in the TVA is clear.

There are pursuers who are responsible for capturing time variants, judges who are responsible for judging time variants, and of course agents who are responsible for investigating and tracking escaped time variants.

Generally, according to the normal process, the pursuer goes to the place where the time mutation occurs, finds the time variant and brings it to TVA, and then the judge convicts him, whether he is completely "cut" or his memory is erased to let him return to the original timeline to maintain his original fate.

Normally, the treatment of a time variant ends here.

But there are exceptions.

For example, some time variants who are powerful and smart will avoid the pursuit of TVA, or find a way to escape after being caught by TVA.

At this time, agents like Mobius and Kevin are needed to come forward.

They conduct investigations, lock the whereabouts of the escaped time variant, and then lead the pursuers to arrest and bring them to justice.

Simply put, the agent is the management bureau of TVA, and has a certain power to control the pursuer.

Kevin didn't expect Loki to arrange such a position for himself right away.

"I roughly understand..."

Although he didn't understand the purpose of Loki calling him here, Loki's approach was very much in line with Kevin's wishes.

Kevin originally wanted to find the Time Management Bureau, determine the operating rules of the Time Management Bureau, and the machine that can constrain the timeline.

Now Loki sent him directly to his destination, Kevin should thank him.

As for those messy questions, I'll leave them for later.

Now... I want to get a complete time tablet.

Thinking of this, Kevin asked Mobius:

"I remember, you... No, our agents should have a time tablet..."

"Yes, we all have a time tablet."

"What about mine?"

"What are you talking about, Kevin, isn't yours in your pocket?"

Mobius said, pointing to Kevin's clothes pocket.

Kevin raised his eyebrows, touched it with his right hand, and indeed touched a time tablet.

But when the time tablet was taken out, Kevin was silent.

This time tablet is indeed intact, but from some traces on it, it is obviously the one Kevin brought from the black robe world.

This time tablet originally discovered by Kevin in a certain Marvel timeline is now officially certified by TVA and belongs exclusively to Kevin.

...

It's not just the time tablet that has changed.

After lunch with Mobius, Kevin returned to his workstation to process documents and found that there were many changes.

First of all, the most important point is that his magic can no longer be used.

This seems normal. After all, this is TVA, which has a barrier to isolate magic. Not to mention Kevin, even if Doctor Strange comes in person, he can't use magic here.

But it stands to reason that Kevin's magic system is different from the Marvel world. Even if TVA can ban magic or superpowers, it should be unlikely to ban Kevin's abilities.

At least a few should be left!

But the fact is that Kevin can't use any magic, not even the magic pattern system.

Fortunately, Kevin's physical fitness has been preserved, which he can still feel.

Physical fitness, fighting skills, including various extended skills of [Lord's Martial Arts], these things that do not involve extraordinary elements, Kevin can still use.

I don't know if this is only the case in the Time Management Bureau, or if it is the same when leaving the Time Management Bureau.

Anyway, it's a good thing that his physical fitness and fighting skills are still there. If even his physical fitness and fighting skills are gone...

Kevin will really curse.

Yes, curse Loki who sent him here.

Luckily, Kevin still has the ability to protect himself, so he doesn't have to curse Loki.

Back to the topic, Kevin is now in the Time Management Bureau, so he is going to pack up and go find the master who made the time tablet.

That is Ouropollo who is still working in the maintenance department, or you can call him by his abbreviation.

OB.

OB is the archivist and maintenance worker of the Time Management Bureau. He has been living in the basement of the Time Management Bureau and has never left.

So most people in the Time Management Bureau don't know his existence.

Except Mobius.

Although OB's identity seems inconspicuous, the identities of characters such as "librarian" and "archivist" are generally not simple.

Either they are hidden bosses or masters.

OB is no exception.

Don’t think he is just an ordinary maintenance worker, but he can make a time tablet and most of the props used by the Time Management Bureau according to the archive manual of the Time Management Bureau, which is enough to prove his ability.

Kevin wanted to find him because of his ability.

OB can analyze the dilemma Loki is facing from his state and help Loki come up with a way to control the "time slip".

He can also work with "Inventor Kang" to create an increaser that can restrain the time hidden force, so he can have a clue about the situation in the black robe world where Kevin is.

Even help Kevin create a way to restrain the timeline!

This is why Kevin wants to come to the Time Management Bureau.

One is to find OB, and the other is to find the inventor Kang.

The current Time Management Bureau is in the stage of the sacred timeline. It is unrealistic to find the inventor Kang, so Kevin can only find OB first.

There seems to be no day and night in the Time Management Bureau, only work and rest.

Although the time of the employees of the Time Management Bureau seems to have been fixed in a state, even if they work non-stop, it will not have much impact on their health, but there is still the concept of "sleep" in the Time Management Bureau.

There are even employee dormitories.

This is something that was not mentioned in the original TV series.

So Kevin does not have to rush to find OB during working hours. It is not too late for Kevin to find OB after get off work... or during the "long break".

There is nothing much to say about the work during the day.

When there is no need to hunt down time variants, the work of the agent is quite leisurely.

It is just to sort out the files of previous time variants and check whether the sacred timeline has fluctuated.

And even if there are time variants, it is not the turn of Kevin, as a "trainee agent", to hunt them down.

Therefore, Kevin spent this day very easily.

During the break, Mobius wanted to come over to eat with Kevin, but Kevin declined.

If the timeline collapse incident of the black robe world is resolved, Kevin would not mind having a heart-to-heart talk with Mobius.

But now, Kevin is really not in the mood.

After waiting for a break, Kevin went to the maintenance department without stopping.

Taking the elevator and the stairs, Kevin finally arrived at the bottom of the time management bureau.

"Uh... Is anyone there?"

Entering the maintenance department... or more accurately, the utility room, Kevin looked at the room full of abandoned props and asked tentatively.

"Sorry! I'm repairing something, wait for me."

The voice came from Kevin's head.

Kevin looked up and saw that at the top of the huge maintenance department, OB was holding a wrench as long as his arm, repairing a giant object.

When he saw Kevin coming, he quickly finished the work at hand, came down from above through the lifting device, and said to Kevin with surprise:

"Oh! Welcome to the maintenance department! I'm Ouropollo!"

OB walked in front of Kevin and held out his hand to Kevin across the counter.

Facing OB's enthusiasm, Kevin also subconsciously stretched out his hand and shook hands with him, then looked at each other.

OB is a yellow man, wearing glasses on his face, giving people the feeling that he is very smart, but also like a nerd.

But for Kevin, OB gives him the illusion that he is very good at fighting.

Especially in places with complex scenes such as furniture malls and prop stores.

Yes, OB looks very similar to Jackie Chan, and if you don’t pay attention, you may mistake him for the famous kung fu star.

When Kevin watched the show, he almost thought that Jackie Chan came to make a cameo, but unfortunately it was not.

Looking at Jackie Chan... Ahem, no, OB, Kevin looked at OB and introduced himself:

"I am Kevin, you can just call me Kevin."

"Oh! Kevin, nice to meet you, did you go to the wrong floor? The time archives room is on the upper floor..."

OB let go of his hand and said to Kevin in a sunny and cheerful manner.

He had a smile on his face, as if he would smile no matter who came, he was simply a model of excellent service industry employees.

Kevin interrupted him and said:

"No, no, no, I didn't go to the wrong floor. I came to find you."

"Wow, this is really strange. After such a long time, someone actually came to find me. I thought you went to the wrong floor too."

"...Also?"

"Yes, four hundred years ago, there was an employee named Mobius. He came to me because he went to the wrong floor... It seems that a long time has passed."

OB seemed to realize how long he had been here after a while.

Kevin's mouth twitched and he suppressed the desire to complain.

Everyone said that he was a homebody before he traveled through time, but compared with OB, Kevin's homebody was not a homebody at all.

At least he couldn't stand staying in one place for four hundred years without seeing anyone.

Even if he was a monkey pressed under the Five Finger Mountain, he could at least see ordinary people like shepherds and talk to them!

Kevin couldn't imagine if he could maintain mental stability if he stayed in one place for four hundred years without communicating with anyone.

I can only say that OB is really strong in this aspect.

Of course, this may also be the special feature of the Time Management Bureau. It can force employees to keep their time constant, whether it is physical time or mental time.

If an ordinary person is not allowed to do one thing continuously for more than 400 years, he would have collapsed long ago.

"What a coincidence, Mobius happens to be my colleague... ahem, but O... Ouropollo..."

"OB! My friends call me OB... Although I don't seem to have many friends, you can also call me OB."

Ouropollo smiled and said.

Kevin followed his words and said:

"Okay OB, I came to you because I have something to ask you, I wonder if you... have time?"

"Time? Of course, the most lacking thing here is time, but you should not mind me chatting with you while finishing the work?"

OB pointed to the pile of parts on the ground and asked Kevin with a smile.

"Okay, no problem, as long as you can answer my questions."

"Don't worry, chatting while working is my strong point, well, it should be my strong point, you know, no one has come to me in the past few hundred years."

OB shrugged, sat on the ground without hesitation and began to fiddle with the parts on the ground.

Then he remembered to ask:

"By the way, what do you want to ask?"