After Kang left, Shiller chatted with Eternity for a while. Now, their relationship had a taste of a conspiratorial alliance; the most solid foundation of a friendship is shared misconduct.
The two discussed how to secretly create another hole without other 'Eternities' finding out, and the possibility of creating a few more holes as a backup.
Later, Shiller learned from Eternity that Conqueror Kang was in big trouble.
As a cornerstone of the cosmos, Eternity was actually indifferent to Conqueror Kang's manipulation of the timeline. Most cosmos administrators uphold a non-interventionist policy, believing that most events in the cosmos exist with reason.
Even the notorious chaos-causing King Reed, who has instigated many events that could result in the destruction of the Individual Universe or Multiverse, has never had abstract entities fly in to squash him.
In essence, the birth and death of a cosmos are natural phenomena. Even if there are man-made factors involved, they are still within the realm of fate and insignificant.
So, for the abstract entities and gods, Conqueror Kang's time travel and continuous creation of timelines are still within the rules, not a violation.
But the biggest problem is that he has seemingly created a hole in the barrier of the Marvel Universe, and this hole has indeed created a bug that could harm the barrier of the universe.
For example, suppose there is a very liberal escape room. If you are within the scene, any method you use to clear the room is permitted. You can solve puzzles methodically, pick locks, break props, or even beat up the NPC and force the password out of him.
Anything you can accomplish, any gameplay, it's all allowed. But you can't knock down the building's load-bearing wall, right?
Whatever happens within the cosmos, abstract entities can handle it. The cosmos is infinite, and gods do not show extra mercy to any Individual Universe. But they can't risk the destruction of the entire Marvel Universe. If the outer barrier breaks, everyone's in trouble, right?
In the Marvel Universe, the untouchable forbidden area is the Fourth Wall. Characters like Deadpool, generally only talk to the audience and jest a little. They are fundamentally still on the inside of the wall.
Previously, when Shiller created various copyright-infringing characters, he essentially broke the Fourth Wall in the cosmos, which attracted the attention of the big boss.
While the incident with Conqueror Kang this time isn't as severe, who knows if it could spiral into a disaster like Shiller's?
Consequently, all abstract entities in various cosmos received messages, initiating a sweeping "Eliminate Kang" operation in the whole headquarters universe.
The aim of this operation is not to annihilate all Conqueror Kangs in the Multiverse, but to control their number, preventing Conqueror Kang from casually creating countless timelines and replicating himself.
The consequences of Conqueror Kang's time travel are actually severe, because each of his timeline instances can acquire time travel capabilities and create new timelines.
Simplistically, it's like a branch sprouting two twigs, and after the two twigs grow into branches, they sprout two more twigs each. 2 becomes 4, 4 becomes 16; this is what's professionally referred to as "Exponential growth".
The cynical result of this is frightening: there are infinite Conqueror Kangs in the Multiverse. And probability dictates that in a large crowd, certainly, a few would dare to test their bounds with reckless actions.
Therefore, Eternity and other abstract gods began consistently pruning the timelines created by Conqueror Kang, limiting his time-travel capabilities, with the goal of preventing him from attempting to prove species diversity by sheer numbers.
Eternity from this universe created an even cleverer approach.
Peering into Conqueror Kang's past, Eternity saw the sacred timeline he once ruled. Although at present, the sacred timeline no longer exists, and the Multiverse is thriving and Kang had split into many entities, it doesn't mean that restoration isn't an option.
Using the Kang who visited Shiller as the template, Eternity forcibly reversed the timeline on him, returning his timeline to a state where there was only one Supreme Kang in the universe.
In other words, turning the blue-collar Kang into the sole entity, enabling the summoning and unifying of all Kangs from every timeline in the Multiverse, all merging into one.
Upon Supreme Kang's return, he reached the Time Management Bureau in record time, only to be met with wariness rather than a welcome.
Mobius, B15, and Ravona were all on high alert, but Supreme Kang held up both his hands explaining, "Hey, I'm back. Don't you recognize me? I'm the Chief!"
Mobius was squinting at him suspiciously; B15 was readying his shield, but Ravona appeared confused as she scrutinized Supreme Kang. She then stepped forward, tentatively asking, "Chief?"
"That's right, it's me, little Ravona. I'm not the mad one! Remember when I saved you from a timeline collapse? Back then you were a little thing. You even stole gummy sweets from my drawer."
"Enough!", Ravona snapped with a turn of her head, and with a somewhat resigned gesture to Mobius, she waved him over saying, "It's him, the Chief has returned."
Mobius frowned slightly, still maintaining his guard and refraining from approaching. B15 tapped his Magic Wand against his Shield, looking at Supreme Kang, he asked, "What happened? Where did you go after the Sacred Timeline fractured?"
"I fractured along with the Sacred Timeline." Supreme Kang shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, you ended up with a hotheaded villain. Or perhaps, the encouraging traits within me were only able to survive in small parts, and in terms of quantity, they were far outweighed by the negative traits."
"I'm sorry, little Ravona, my bad temper must have been a headache, I promise, it won't happen again." Supreme Kang reached out his hand to Ravona, who flung herself into his arms.
Mobius and B15 exchanged glances, shaking their heads slightly. Both of them knew that Ravona was the adopted daughter of Supreme Kang, and when Conqueror Kang took over the Time Management Bureau from Supreme Kang, the usually stern Judgment Chief was the real victim.
"Alright, it seems everything is back on track." Mobius smirked, and then said, "Let's go back to work, there's still a lot left to do ..."
"Hold on." Supreme Kang stopped them, then said, "I came today to tell you something else - I've decommissioned all machines capable of time-travel. The Time Management Bureau will be dissolved."
Ravona pushed him away, her eyes wide in disbelief, "What are you talking about? But... but we need to maintain the stability of the timeline and catch those horrible temporal criminals!"
"I know, your family died in a time accident." Supreme Kang said staring at her, "So, you loathe those who tinker with time deeply, but essentially, we're those people as well, we're also tampering with time."
"The ability to return to the past indefinitely implies infinite opportunities for trial and error. But is that genuinely a good thing?" Supreme Kang looked into Ravona's eyes and said, "Would you continue to improve yourself if you knew there was always a chance of redemption?"
Ravona stared at him in silence, after a while, she shook her hand and said, "Regardless, I can't accept the dissolution of the Time Management Bureau, it's not just your hard work, we've all put in so much effort!"
"Alright, you can continue to work, but I will no longer be in charge. I will resign from the position of Director of the Time Management Bureau."
Ravona glared at him again, "How could the Time Management Bureau function without a director? Do you have any idea how exhausted I've been in your absence? These people just know how to slack off, nobody does any serious work!"
As Supreme Kang's gaze fell elsewhere, Mobius looked up at the ceiling light, and B15 examined the patterns on his Magic Wand.
"Don't be upset, little Ravona." Supreme Kang spoke soothingly, pulling out a cell phone from his pocket and dialing a number. After a few words, a female mage in a robe appeared in the hall amidst a flash of golden light.
"Let me introduce you to your future director, Master Ancient One." Supreme Kang extended his hand towards the Ancient One, who bowed, neither humble nor arrogant, "I'm just the acting director, the Time Management Bureau is now under the direct leadership of Eternity."
The others at the scene were somewhat doubtful, but the Ancient One's words reassured them.
"Work details remain largely the same, we need to catch certain criminals in various universes who misuse their time power, or may pose a significant threat to the universe barrier."
"Additionally, we now have another responsibility, to maintain the barrier of our universe and ensure that the defense and stability of the barrier are not destroyed."
Ravona and the others exchanged glances, seemingly a bit confused, after all, they didn't know that this universe had already been pushed out of the parent universe.
However, the Ancient One nodded at Supreme Kang, who laughed, "The Ancient One will guide you through your work, she's a very amicable person, I can trust her with the Time Management Bureau."
Mobius and B15 came forward and shook hands with the Ancient One, only Ravona stood still, staring at Supreme Kang, "And what about you? Where are you going?"
"I found myself a new job, on Earth, my home. When you have the time, you can visit, the Cosmic Greenhouse is more beautiful than you could imagine."
Ravona walked up, standing silently opposite Supreme Kang, she said nothing, but Supreme Kang patted her shoulder and said, "I know you'll miss me, but I also know that you have many ambitions and dreams to fulfill."
"If previously, the maintenance of the timeline was not that necessary, now the responsibility you have to bear is truly significant." Kang looked at Ravona with a serious expression, "I believe you have guessed a few things about our cosmos, now, we have to depend on ourselves."
Ravona took a deep breath and nodded solemnly.
Kang, who had already turned and was walking towards the portal, waved at her, and just as he stepped into the portal, an ethereal sigh echoed throughout the Time Management Bureau.
"Don't worry... Father."