Hearing this, Wanda's heart sank.
If that variant lunatic seized control of her body and went to harm Anthony...
Wanda didn't dare to think any further.
She grabbed the sleeve of Sorcerer Ancient One.
"Master, please help me! I can't let her hurt Anthony!"
Ancient One looked at the helpless girl in front of her, a trace of pity flashing in her eyes.
"Relax, child. I will do my best to help you."
Ancient One gripped Wanda's wrist, golden magic surging into Wanda's body, rapidly spreading throughout her entire body, and finally gathering at the center of her eyebrows.
A golden mandala magic array flickered in and out of view on Wanda's forehead.
Homelander quietly watched this scene.
He had a clear understanding of Ancient One's magic strength; if even Ancient One found it tricky, then this matter was probably really troublesome.
A moment later, Ancient One slowly released Wanda's hand and withdrew her magic.
The golden magic array on her forehead also dissipated accordingly.
"Master, how is it?" Homelander asked.
Ancient One sighed, a hint of solemnity added to her tone.
"The situation is much trickier than I expected."
"Tricky?" Homelander frowned.
"Dreamwalking has a characteristic," Ancient One explained, "If before the spell ends, the caster does not pull their consciousness back to their own Universe, or if the caster actively cuts off the return channel, then her consciousness will form a permanent parasitism in the variant."
"Permanently stay in my head?" Wanda exclaimed.
"Do you have a way to separate them?" Homelander pressed.
"If she hadn't cut off the return channel, I could still peel her away along the astral link," Ancient One shook her head, "But now, the channel has disappeared. She is thoroughly anchored deep within Wanda's mind. Forcibly stripping her away would be equivalent to tearing Wanda's own soul."
Hearing these words, Wanda's body swayed and she fell into Homelander's arms.
Homelander supported her and turned to look at Ancient One.
"Are you sure there's no other way?"
Ancient One raised her hand and drew a complex golden seal in the air.
The seal rotated in the air and then sank into the center of Wanda's eyebrows.
"I can only use the sealing technique of Vishanti to temporarily suppress her deep within your mind."
Hearing that there was a way to suppress it, Wanda's complexion improved slightly.
But Ancient One's next words dashed her hopes once again.
"However, Chaos Magic flows through your body, and the seal cannot suppress her forever. If pressure is not released periodically, the Chaos Magic will cause an even stronger rebound."
"Therefore, every once in a while, the seal needs to be lifted to let her out for some fresh air."
After listening, Homelander frowned deeply.
"So you mean Wanda will have to live with another consciousness from now on? Like multiple personality schizophrenia?"
Wanda looked at Homelander in panic.
She didn't want to become a psycho, nor did she want to share her time with Anthony with another lunatic.
"This is not the most serious consequence." Ancient One's expression turned solemn.
"What is truly fatal is..."
"Forcibly anchoring one's consciousness onto a variant in another Universe for a long time will gradually destroy the reality boundary between the two Universes."
"Eventually, the two Universes will collide... and then both will be destroyed."
The side hall was silent for nearly three minutes.
Wanda covered her mouth, too terrified to speak.
She originally thought it was just schizophrenia, but now it had escalated to the level of Universe destruction.
Homelander's face was expressionless, but his heart was racing like a thousand horses.
What the fuck again?
Is this Marvel Universe cursed or something?
Destruction of Earth wasn't enough, now Universe destruction is here too!
Nowhere to run, right?
"Is there really no other way at all?" Homelander asked with a dark face.
Ancient One was silent for a moment, then provided a direction.
"If we can find an extremely powerful psychic, there might be a way."
"On the battlefield of the mind, use absolute mental power to strip away the variant consciousness without destroying Wanda's main personality."
A psychic?
Homelander's brain quickly began searching for eligible candidates.
The first one he thought of was Skynet.
Skynet integrated the power of the Mind Stone, unmatched in the spiritual realm and control.
But the problem was that Skynet was currently outside the time dimension and couldn't be counted on at all; distant water cannot quench immediate fire.
Homelander took out his phone and immediately dialed Jessica's number.
The call was answered quickly.
"Anthony! Did you get rid of that psycho... little Wanda?!" Jessica's voice revealed excitement.
"I learned a few new tricks online..."
"Stop!! I have business." Homelander said loudly, trying to cover up the sound in the earpiece.
"I need the profile files of all registered heroes in Vought who possess psychic abilities. Immediately!"
"All of them? Right now?" Jessica was stunned for a moment.
"What happened?"
"Just do as I say, I'll explain later." Homelander ordered.
"Fine, give me ten minutes." Jessica hung up the phone.
The room fell into a brief silence.
Wanda nervously clasped her hands, while Ancient One closed her eyes to rest her mind again.
Ten minutes later, Jessica sent a profile file to Homelander's phone.
Homelander opened the file and quickly browsed the information on the screen.
The list was not long, with fewer than thirty people.
The more Homelander looked, the uglier his expression became.
Those so-called psychic heroes had generally pathetically low ratings.
The vast majority were C-class and D-class, and the highest few barely reached B-class.
Their ability descriptions were also very simple: some could guess the suit of poker cards others were thinking of, some could briefly make ordinary people forget what just happened, etc.
Expecting this group of small fry to fight against a Scarlet Witch variant corrupted by the darkhold and possessing cross-Universe level strength?
"No, these people are all trash."
Homelander stood up and paced back and forth in the quiet room.
He began searching his memories from his past life about the Marvel Universe for truly top-tier mental powerhouses.
A bald image emerged in his mind.
One of the generally recognized strongest psychics, Professor X, Charles Xavier.
Although in the fragments of his memory, Professor X tried to enter the Scarlet Witch's heart, only to be counterkilled by her and ruthlessly have his neck snapped.
But the current situation was different.
The current variant did not completely control the body.
More importantly, with the assistance of Sorcerer Ancient One, plus the strong cooperation of Wanda's main consciousness, the odds of winning were still very high.
But there was a key problem here.
The Universe he was in had no Mutants.
There were no X-Men, let alone Professor X.
Was this a dead end?
No.
Homelander thought of the girl wearing a denim jacket who could smash open a multiverse Portal with her bare hands.
"The key to solving the problem lies with America." Homelander muttered to himself.
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