Full authority.
Transfer of functions.
Aron never truly understood the weight of these two sentences.
Until now.
With a single sentence, he defined the nature of the dense cosmic wreckage before him.
Yes, it's true, these universes had indeed fallen.
But does it matter?
Now that I say you are evil demons, you are evil demons!
At this moment, the system was no longer an auxiliary tool but a part of Aron's power.
In other words, the system itself no longer existed.
What remained…
Was only a power beyond omniscience and omnipotence.
Like the Morning Star Power of DC's Lucifer Morningstar, it's a force that transcends concept and cause-effect.
Even stronger than that!
Unfortunately…
Aron clearly had the chance to obtain such power long ago.
"After all, I was still good-natured."
"I didn't even think the system could be tricked…"
Aron sighed again over how young and inexperienced he had been.
The young don't know how good the system is.
They mistake demons for treasures.
After the sigh, Aron turned his gaze to the countless cosmic remains… No, to the wreckage of demons.
The definition was complete.
From now on, whether it's exorcism, destruction, reshaping, purification, deprivation of power…
As long as it is defined as evil, describing it in four words is conservative.
Basically, Aron could now clearly feel the presence of these cosmic remains.
Each one seemed to be marked.
Holding someone's life and death in hand.
All within a single thought.
"To absorb the Origin power of these wrecks?"
Aron thought deeply.
He truly found a special power within these wrecks.
It was the cornerstone of the universe at the very beginning.
Each origin was different.
But Aron discovered that there was a kind of connection between those origins.
Those origins that make up the Marvel Multiverse were like a shattered mirror.
Each fragment of a different size and shape.
But essentially, they all came from the same mirror.
"Eternity!"
Aron suddenly realized.
"Hey!"
"What is it?"
Eternity on the side thought Aron was calling him and quickly approached.
Then Aron waved him off: "Get lost, I wasn't calling you."
"You called for eternity? But not me? Then you're calling…"
Eternity left confused.
Then suddenly he realized something and turned sharply.
Aron was no longer there.
...
Beyond reality.
A black man sat in front of a full-screen monitor, occasionally selecting two buttons and pressing them.
"Number 9527, with… number 616, collision."
"Time… right now."
After the black man pressed the button, an image immediately appeared on the screen showing the main comic universe 616 preparing to collide with another universe.
Only the collision hadn't fully begun yet.
The ruthless people from comic universe 616 preemptively destroyed the Earth of the other universe and prevented the collision.
"Ah, you're here, sit."
"Wait a bit, there are still a few more collisions to schedule."
As if he sensed someone's arrival, the black man spoke without turning his head.
"Mhm, was that you who just hit 616?"
Aron replied.
Casually found a chair nearby and sat, asking at the same time.
"Yes, this is their seventh time already."
"Tsk, hard to kill, aren't they?"
"Oh right, my name is Kang, you can call me… well, call me Kang."
The black man turned toward Aron and introduced himself.
But actually, even if he hadn't introduced himself, Aron knew who this guy was.
"Alright, Kang."
Aron nodded and then watched him continue to work.
"…"
In this small room.
The fate of the entire Marvel Multiverse was being decided by these little buttons.
Randomly select two universes.
Click
Then at least one universe would completely perish.
"Pretty efficient."
"Much faster than me."
"Last time I destroyed a universe was last time."
Aron commented.
"No choice, there are too many parallel universes, efficiency must be improved."
Kang replied.
The two of them were like old acquaintances, casually chatting.
One seemed to be working, the other waiting for a friend to finish a shift.
In the end…
Kang finished scheduling the collision of the last two universes and turned.
"Finished?"
Aron, who had been idly munching seeds on the side, dropped the snacks.
Seeing this, Kang also set aside the seeds in his hand.
"So… are you really behind this multiverse collision?"
Even after seeing everything with his own eyes, Aron still found it a bit unbelievable.
The information he got from those cosmic remains confirmed that Kang was the culprit of this catastrophe.
But Aron kept feeling something was off.
Even after seeing Kang operate this, he felt something wasn't right.
"The fact that you could come here means you've learned about the disappearance of the real Eternity."
"The real Eternity is gone."
"You should know that the Eternity we see every day is only the embodiment of a single universe."
"They are just one part of the real Eternity."
"The real Eternity is the embodiment of the plural, even omnipotent universe."
Kang spoke while grabbing a bottle of wine beside him and poured two glasses.
After handing a glass to Aron, he continued:
"After I discovered that Eternity was missing, I realized it was an opportunity."
"So I united with versions of myself from other universes and formed an organization called the Council of Kangs."
"We planned this multiverse collision in order to collect enough Origins after the crashes."
"You can think of them as pieces of Eternity."
"Collecting the Origins, in other words, means stealing the true Eternity Power."
"Only…"
"I didn't expect someone else would compete with me for this plan."
Kang was like a villain from a movie.
Whenever he gained the upper hand, or thought he had it, he would dump all his plans on the table.
Typical.
At this point, according to the script, Aron would listen to Kang's plan, and then the little universe inside him would explode.
And clean Kang up on the spot!
Multiverse collision crisis perfectly resolved!
Then he returns, shares a long French kiss with Wanda or whichever beauty.
Finally, the camera pulls away in a long shot, with an endless BGM and sunset.
Perfect ending!
But…
we've got a major villain who turns himself in right away, almost revealing his bank card PIN?
As if he's afraid no one knows the plan was his idea.
What is this?
Grabbing the last blame, huh?
Wait! The last blame?
Aron's gaze suddenly froze on Kang.
Kang's face was sincere, without the slightest trace of a lie.
His mind also undefended, Aron's telepathy could directly walk into his memories.
But all of Kang's thoughts and memories confirmed his own words.
Everything was normal!
But the problem is… it's too normal!
"Something's wrong, something here doesn't add up squared."
"What's wrong?"
"You think that with my abilities I couldn't carry out this plan?"
Kang smiled.
"Yes."
Aron nodded.
"Do you know what the biggest problem is?"
"What is it?"
"It's that you're a regular a, and you can't be the final big boss of this book!"
Aron was absolutely convinced.