I, the Bully Spider-Man, will destroy Marvel!

Chapter 219 Time will manipulate everything, and the bully will manipulate you~

Upon hearing this, Strange's expression became even more terrified than when the time-stopping anomaly had occurred, and he roared, "No! Don't leave me, please don't let go, Christine!"

But Christine was determined. Without her grip on Strange's hand, Strange's meager strength as an ordinary human was simply insufficient to hold onto Christine, who was being constantly pulled by the black hole. He could only watch helplessly as her hand slowly slipped from his grasp, until...

Christine plummeted into an endless abyss!

"No, no, no, no!!!"

At that moment, Strange even wanted to fall into the black hole with Christine, but as soon as he rushed towards the black hole, he was bounced back by an invisible force!

What's truly devastating is that he can't even bring himself to die with her!

Despair filled Strange's heart!

The next second, something even more despairing happened to him.

Just as Christine was falling deeper into the abyss, she was suddenly swallowed whole by a huge purple mouth that emerged from the abyss!

Suddenly, a large, purple, shoehorn-shaped face appeared in front of the black hole, staring at Strange across the distance.

Even through the black hole, Strange could sense an evil aura emanating from that large face!

But Strange showed no fear of the terrifying purple monster. Instead, he rose again and charged towards the black hole, pounding his fists against the invisible barrier at the entrance, roaring madly at the deep purple monster within:

"You bastard! Give me back Christine! Give me back my Christine! I'm going to kill you!!!"

However, the more Strange suffered, the happier the purple monster inside the black hole seemed to become, a twisted smile spreading across its狰狞 (zhengning - ferocious/hideous) face as it uttered an evil laugh at Strange outside the black hole:

"Heh heh heh! Stephen Strange, remember this: you who play with time will be played with by time!"

"In another dimension, you trapped me with time, forcing me to give up the delicious food I was about to eat. I couldn't do anything about you in that dimension, but in this dimension, you don't have the sacred artifacts of Kamar-Taj, so you could only watch helplessly as I took away your beloved!"

"Remember this, Strange, this is just the beginning of your painful journey. I will take away everything important to you, one by one, so that you will live in eternal agony!"

"Remember my name, I am Dormammu, the Dark Lord, hehehehehehe!!!"

After leaving his name, the large purple head opposite him shut down the black hole, regardless of whether Strange understood it or not.

Strange, who had been furiously pounding on the invisible barrier, was reduced to a pathetic state, sprawling on the ground like a dog...

After a long while, Strange finally raised his head and looked at the empty space. His fists were clenched so tightly that his fingernails dug into his flesh, causing blood to flow continuously.

At this moment, Strange had never hated his powerlessness as much as he had today!

His previously prized medical skills and superb surgical abilities proved utterly useless when faced with a real threat!

If he possessed real power, if he were a superhero, if he were as strong as the 'Spider' that saved New York time and time again, wouldn't he be able to protect Christine today?

Unfortunately... he didn't...

Wait, save New York! Yes, I still have one hope, a hope that can fight that monster, or even save Christine!

I need to find the Spider Family for help! I need to find the most powerful superhero on Earth, the Venomous Spider, for help!

He is my only hope of saving Christine, or getting revenge...

A barely perceptible golden light flashed in Strange's eyes, and the time that had stopped around him unconsciously resumed. The gentle music and applause returned, but Strange no longer had the heart to listen to the music and applause that originally represented his happiness.

Strange, his bloodied hand clutching the sapphire necklace Christine hadn't had time to put on, left the sky restaurant in a disheveled state, like a wounded wolf.

As he left, outside the sky restaurant, unnoticed by anyone, a silver-gray figure lay leisurely on the glass dome, toying with three dazzling gems between his fingers.

The Time Stone stopped the actions and thoughts of everyone except Strange.

The Mind Stone affects everything that Strange and Christine see, including the "black hole" that appears later and Dormammu who comes out to take the blame.

The Space Stone opens the "black hole" that Strange saw, and uses the portal to teleport Christine away...

As for where she was teleported to, a human girl suddenly appeared in the Frost Palace of Jotunheim...

That's right, all the misfortunes Strange is facing today are just a spur-of-the-moment scheme by Toby...

There was no sudden black hole, no Dormammu's arrival, and Christine didn't die. Everything that happened to Strange today was just a conspiracy, a mix of truth and illusion.

"Don't blame me, Strange. Blame the other you in the other universe. After all, he asked me to guide you down this path, but he didn't specify how."

"So... I can only choose the method that will help you grow the fastest~"

After murmuring a few words to himself, Toby stood up from the glass dome, jumped down from the sky restaurant, and swung towards home.

He's done his job as the villain who broke up the couple; now he's going to become Strange's great benevolent mentor.

Time flew by, and the next day arrived quickly.

Thump thump thump——————

Toby thought Strange would come knocking that night, but the knocking didn't start until the next morning.

At the dining table, short-haired Gwen and spider Cindy both got up at the same time, wanting to open the door.

As for why the two of them are here...

Since short-haired Gwen comes from another universe, it's impossible for her to return to her home in this universe, especially since the original Gwen has already returned.

If the two Gwens went back together, it would probably give the Stacys of this universe a heart attack.

So later, the two Gwens discussed it and decided that before the quantum tunnel was made, they would switch places, one living in the original Stacy's house and the other living in Toby's house.

Although in reality, short-haired Gwen has already obtained the Spider-Man League's standard parallel universe travel bracelet, which theoretically allows her to return to her own universe.

But perhaps it's because short-haired Gwen and her universe's Sheriff Stacy are still having a tiff and don't want to go back yet.

Or perhaps she wants to stay in this universe a little longer, to enjoy her complete and harmonious home within it...

Or perhaps she wanted to spend more time with Toby...

In short, short-haired Gwen has no plans to return to her own universe for the time being.