This wasn't the first time Samuel had been to Sokovia.
As early as when the Void Building was still the S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, he had the idea of taking Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver into his pocket in advance, but at that time, he was delayed by various matters and had to temporarily give up.
It wasn't until a few months later that he came to Sokovia and met the siblings Pietro and Wanda!
At that time, the siblings had already grown up. Calculating the time, they should be exactly twenty years old this year, the same age as Skye and Yelena!
The year they were born, Captain Marvel Carol Danvers absorbed the leaked Tesseract energy and gained superpowers, was taken to the Kree star, and after being brainwashed, became a member of the Starforce.
Also in this year, Dr. Hank Pym discovered that Howard Stark was replicating Pym Particles and went to question Howard, Peggy Carter, and the hidden HYDRA members. After a conflict, he withdrew from S.H.I.E.L.D. and founded Pym Technologies.
"Swish--" The portal behind them disappeared, and the three appeared in the somewhat dim castle hall.
"Where is this?"
Skye and Peggy Carter looked around curiously. Although there were sofas, coffee tables, and other furniture nearby, it was not difficult to guess from the dust on the ground that no one had been here for a while.
"This is an old castle I bought before. We should be living here for a while. You can look around and then clean up," Samuel said with a smile.
The two nodded and began to explore curiously.
Samuel's smile then turned cold. Just as he arrived here through the portal, he felt a faint sense of being watched!
It was as if a pair of eyes in the darkness had looked at him deeply.
This feeling was somewhat similar to when he was spied on by Dr. Manhattan. It was a gaze that transcended time and space!
"Who could it be?"
"There shouldn't be many people in this World with such strength who would seek me out."
Samuel frowned and began to guess.
Ancient One?
It shouldn't be her!
It wasn't like they hadn't dealt with each other before. If she had questions, with her personality, she would probably ask directly in person.
Odin?
There is this possibility.
After all, he was about to exile Thor to Earth, so observing Earth's 'tough characters' in advance seemed justifiable.
Forget it, if I want to know who it is, I'll just sense them!
Samuel squinted his eyes and activated Shockwave's sensory ability. Soon, he sensed the residue of that gaze and used it as a foundation to strengthen his perception.
"Found you!"
A moment later, he whispered with a slight curl of his lips.
At the same time, the scene in his 'Vision' changed.
This was a 'World' composed of two prism-mirrored walls. Aside from these two mirrored walls that seemed to have no top and no end, there was only a corridor between them.
The corridor was very long, with no end in sight at either side.
"So it's you..." Just from the environment here, Samuel had already guessed who the person peeping at him was!
Turning around slowly, a big-headed doll wearing a blue robe appeared in his sight.
"Impossible! How could you discover me? For so long, almost no one has ever been able to detect my presence!" The big-headed doll looked at Samuel in shock, with a panic akin to being caught voyeuring.
Samuel looked at him with interest, having some idea why he would peep at him for no reason.
Because of Peggy Carter, or rather, Captain Peggy!
"Hello there, Observer, Uatu," Samuel greeted with a smile.
"You—you not only know who I am, but also my name?" Observer Uatu was even more shocked.
Samuel raised an eyebrow: "Was that your first time observing me just now?"
Observer Uatu nodded honestly: "Yes, it was my first time observing you. You... are not right."
"How so?"
Observer Uatu walked slowly to the nearby prism-mirrored wall and said in a heavy voice: "Time, space, and reality are not just a single linear path, but a prism of infinite possibilities."
"A small choice can branch off into countless realities, creating a brand new World outside the World you know."
"I am the Observer. My mission is to observe all realities within the Multiverse and witness the development of every Universe."
"I..."
"A small choice can branch off into countless realities? Don't you think the Time Variance Authority would have something to say about that? After all, they've already planned out the scripts for most parallel Universes."
Samuel interrupted his boasting.
To others who don't know about the existence of the Multiverse or how it's born, these words might add quite a bit of prestige to him.
To Samuel, although Observer Uatu's personal strength is very strong and he can be called a Multiverse-level figure, his prestige and threat are far inferior to the Time Variance Authority.
Why say that?
This goes back to the origin of the Observer race.
The Observer race appeared when the Universe was formed, basically equivalent to Galactus, Celestials, and certain Universe Elders.
Their original prestige was quite sufficient.
The Observer race believed their knowledge and power belonged to the Universe, so they helped certain Planets evolve and develop, giving them technology.
As a result, these Planets accelerated their corruption due to technological progress and eventually destroyed their own Worlds!
After this incident, the Observer race decided they would no longer participate in the events of any living beings in the Universe, but would only witness as bystanders; this is the lifelong commitment of the Observer race.
When they choose to stand by and record, it means they have turned from the king of Beasts in the forest into pets in a zoo cage.
If a person sees a tiger in the wild, they'll definitely run for their life, but if they see a tiger in a zoo... haha, forget running, they might even tease it.
By doing nothing, they really can't compare in threat level to the Time Variance Authority, which manipulates and manages timelines.
Observer Uatu shook his head: "The sacred timeline of the Time Variance Authority is only a part of the Multiverse, and such a practice is not correct. The Universe has its own development and should not be artificially changed."
"You can say those words to the Time Variance Authority, or to He Who Remains," Samuel said with a faint smile.
Observer Uatu shook his head again: "I will not take action, nor will I interfere with the development of the World."
Samuel scoffed. If another Observer had said this, he might have believed it.
But you, Uatu?
Haha, who doesn't know that you are an Observer in name but an Intervener in reality?
In the 'What If' series, the Multiverse Guardians that Captain Peggy joined was a setup you organized!
Before organizing that group, who was it that was discovered by Infinity Ultron with the six stones, fought him, and didn't even win?
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