MARVEL/DC: DOCTOR IN THE MULTIVERSE

Clang.

A crisp metallic sound echoed across the rooftop platform of Stark Tower.

The tip of the Mind Scepter had struck the masked man's chest directly—

Yet failed even to pierce the outermost layer of the black combat suit.

Only a faint white scratch remained across the alloy fibers before the weapon rebounded away.

Loki's pupils contracted violently.

The masked figure lowered his head slightly.

Then glanced calmly at the nearly invisible mark on his chest.

"A tickle?"

His free right hand rose casually.

Two fingers pinched forward lightly.

And the Mind Scepter disappeared from Loki's grasp instantly.

No struggle.

No resistance.

Like taking candy from a child.

The masked man weighed the Asgardian artifact calmly in one hand.

A weapon feared by the entire Avengers now looked no more dangerous than an ordinary steel rod.

"You said earlier…"

The cold mechanical voice echoed beneath the mask.

"…that you were a god?"

He pulled Loki closer by the throat until the blank white mask hovered less than ten centimeters from Loki's distorted face.

"In my presence…"

"…you are not even as significant as an ant."

For the first time—

Genuine panic appeared inside Loki's eyes.

Then—

That panic twisted rapidly into desperate madness.

Green light exploded from deep within his pupils instantly.

Not physical energy.

Mental magic.

Ancient Asgardian soul-level illusion sorcery.

Invisible psychic venom surged outward from Loki's consciousness like spectral serpents piercing directly toward the masked man's mind.

This was Loki's final hidden trump card.

Unlike the brute-force domination produced by the Mind Stone—

This spell directly attacked the target's soul foundation itself.

Even Thor would become trapped momentarily if caught unprepared.

Green psychic light seeped silently into the blank white mask.

Loki waited desperately for the hand around his throat to loosen.

One second.

Two.

Three.

Nothing changed.

The black-gloved hand remained completely motionless.

"How…"

Loki's voice trembled hoarsely.

"How is this possible…?"

Behind the mask—

Lynn didn't even bother activating Iron Will actively.

The psychic curse had indeed entered his consciousness.

Then vanished instantly.

Like a droplet of water falling into an endless ocean.

After the Power Forge evolution—

His consciousness itself had transformed completely.

The combined superintelligence of Batman, Iron Man, and Lex Luthor—

Layered atop the conceptual defensive properties of the Undying Divine Body—

Created mental defenses absurd beyond comprehension.

Loki's illusion sorcery now resembled a mosquito attempting to bite a star.

"Your little magic tricks…"

The mechanical voice sounded colder than before.

"I warned you once already."

"Do not use them in front of me."

Loki's body stiffened abruptly.

Once already?

Before he could process the implication—

The masked man raised the Mind Scepter calmly.

Then pressed the glowing yellow Mind Stone directly against Loki's forehead.

Loki's own weapon.

Used against him.

"You enjoy controlling minds?"

"Then experience it personally."

Lynn activated Analysis of All Things completely.

The internal energy pathways of the Mind Stone unfolded instantly inside his perception.

Flow direction.

Resonance frequency.

Neural synchronization patterns.

All perfectly visible.

Then—

He reversed the energy flow forcibly.

Boom—!!!

Violent yellow electrical energy erupted directly from the Mind Stone into Loki's brain.

"AARRRGHHHH—!!!"

Loki screamed so violently the rooftop itself seemed to tremble.

Blood burst from his nose and ears instantly.

His pupils rolled upward uncontrollably.

Every muscle convulsed violently as though his nervous system had been shoved into a furnace.

Then—

Lynn released him.

Loki collapsed onto the alloy floor like discarded garbage.

Limbs twitching weakly.

Chest heaving rapidly.

Blood spilling continuously from his mouth.

The God of Lies of Asgard—

Now resembled a crushed insect.

Lynn casually tossed the Mind Scepter beside him afterward.

Then turned toward the glowing blue Tesseract positioned at the platform center.

The Cosmic Cube remained locked inside an enormous energy apparatus.

Its massive azure beam still pierced directly into the sky—

Maintaining the gigantic wormhole above Manhattan continuously.

In the original timeline—

The portal could be closed using the Mind Scepter.

Lynn knew that method already.

But he had no intention of using it.

Not because he lacked ability.

Because he wanted something else.

He wanted direct contact with one of the universe's highest-dimensional creations.

Analysis of All Things activated at full power instantly.

The seemingly impenetrable energy barrier surrounding the Tesseract dissolved completely inside his perception.

Not a simple force field.

But an impossibly complex spatial network woven from billions of microscopic dimensional nodes.

Every node vibrated at different frequencies and phases simultaneously.

To ordinary perception—

Perfectly seamless.

But tightening observational precision down toward femtosecond scale revealed the truth.

Weak points existed.

Every 0.0037 seconds—

A microscopic phase deviation appeared between nodes 1847 and 4392.

Duration:

Less than one femtosecond.

During that instant—

Shield strength dropped to approximately three percent of standard output.

Three percent.

Against conventional weapons—

Still completely indestructible.

Against Lynn—

Enough.

His fingers twitched slightly at his sides.

Not from fear.

But from extreme precision control.

The Undying Divine Body adjusted internal energy frequency continuously.

A microscopic high-frequency oscillation field formed across both palms.

The same principle previously used against Wolverine's control collar—

Now amplified hundreds of times over.

Lynn stepped forward slowly.

The blue energy barrier stood only two meters away.

Behind him—

Loki struggled weakly against the floor while staring upward in horror.

Then—

Lynn reached out both hands calmly.

The instant his palms touched the energy shield—

SKRRRRREEEEEE—!!!

A horrifying tearing sound exploded across Stark Tower's rooftop.

Space itself screamed.

The Tesseract barrier reacted instantly.

Infinite blue energy surged violently toward Lynn's hands attempting to vaporize the intruder.

Yet—

The destructive force impacting his skin resembled boiling water splashing onto stone.

Steam hissed outward continuously.

But the Undying Divine Body absorbed the energy almost immediately.

Then—

Lynn's fingers pierced directly through the Tesseract barrier.

And moments later—

His entire arm forced its way inside.