"Will you stop fighting with that hammer?" Loki complained to his brother, feeling a bit of a headache. Although he wanted power and the throne, he just wanted to enjoy the convenience and ease that power brought! What was the point of asking him to handle a bunch of affairs?
"Without the hammer, how can we defeat our sister?" Thor didn't care about his brother's complaints, and was still determined to compete with the hammer. He even deliberately learned a few stories and told them to the hammer to make it happy.
"I've had enough! There are endless matters to deal with every day, and these things should be handled by you! You are the king of Asgard!" Loki looked at his unyielding brother and roared angrily.
"You're good at this." Thor looked at his angry brother in surprise. "I thought you liked this."
"Who likes to be busy without end? Listen, we have to find Luke!" Loki retorted to his brother and then reminded him.
"Are you sure he can agree to our request?" Thor was still hesitant.
"Everything depends on human efforts. We are powerless to resist his undead army, so of course we can only seek help from someone who can solve the problem. Heimdall!" Loki said, without waiting for his brother to say anything. He took a step forward, stood with his brother, raised his head and shouted to the sky.
A brilliant beam of light descended from the sky, enveloping the two of them, and then, using Asgard as a transit point, obtained permission from the Silent City's portal before teleporting again.
In the teleportation square, Loki and Thor suddenly appeared on the ground.
"Let's go." Loki straightened his clothes and strode forward. However, after taking two steps, he realized something was wrong. He realized that his brother did not catch up with him. He covered his head and turned around helplessly, only to see his brother struggling with the hammer at his feet.
"Be good, be obedient, let me lift you up for a moment. Give me some face!"
"Would you mind your broken hammer?"
Seeing his brother's embarrassing appearance, Loki felt extremely angry. He didn't know how many times he had said this!
Then Loki was directly knocked away by a beam of lightning shot out from the hammer and fell to the ground from mid-air.
"Look, you should be careful with your words. It has a bad temper." Thor saw his brother suddenly sit up from the floor, with his hair that had been combed clean and neatly standing up in the air. He squatted down to soothe the hammer and reminded him.
"I've had enough!" Loki scratched his hair frantically. Although he had changed a lot, he was really fed up!
"Thief! Thief!"
A shrill sound rang out in the square, and rows of spherical mechanical bodies flashed out from the halos of light and shouted to Loki on the ground.
"Stop calling me a thief! I didn't steal your things this time!" Loki stood up from the ground and corrected the group of mechanical bodies circling around him.
"Who told you to steal the collection in the laboratory?" A gentle male voice sounded, and the projection of middle-aged Luke appeared in front of the two of them at the right time.
Thor looks at the hammer, Loki steals.
The former was obtained after signing some terms, while the latter was obtained for free but failed and was discovered on the spot.
"How do I know that thing is a collection? It's just placed on the table, like a piece of trash!" Loki said angrily.
"Anything in the laboratory is my collection. Besides, what is he doing?" Middle-aged Luke replied bluntly, then looked strangely at Thor who was muttering to himself about the hammer.
"Don't worry about him, he's gone crazy! I'm here to discuss a business deal with you, a big deal!" Loki waved his hand, intending to temporarily exclude his shameful brother.
"Let me guess. Is it related to the war with your sister Hela?" Middle-aged Luke saw through Loki's intentions and spread his hands. "I can't help it. Odin specifically told us that this is your family affair and we can't interfere."
"Be flexible!" Loki looked at Luke.
"I can't do this." Luke looked at him too.
"I'll give you money!"
"It's not about the money."
"Premium purchase! Big business, enough to equip an entire Asgardian army!"
"I'm very excited, but also very heartbroken. But the rules are the rules, and there's nothing I can do about it."
"You can get more kickbacks."
"I'm just a tool without any emotions. Are you trying to bribe me? If I know, it's the same as me knowing. Isn't that bad?"
"Wrong, it's a deposit for helping to customize weapons."
"That's not good."
"What on earth are you going to do to agree to this? Don't tell me you're a staunch rule follower. You're not that kind of person."
"I mean, add more!"
Loki looked at the middle-aged Luke who was rubbing his hands and smiling, and was speechless for a moment.
"Twenty percent premium."
"make a deal!"
"Are the rules being broken?"
"I am the rules."
"What about Father?"
"I just found a universe that's very worth exploring. I'm planning to send God King Odin on a long mission in my name."
"Playing such a big game? I underestimated you."
"It's nothing more than being remade by me. No big deal! Let's talk about this big deal."
"Can I make a request?" Loki asked tentatively.
"I can give it a listen." Capital Luke thought for a moment and said seriously.
"Can you make that hammer behave?" Loki said helplessly, pointing at the hammer being cared for by his silly brother. To be honest, he never thought that one day he would be helpless against a hammer, even jealous of it.
"Let me see." Middle-aged Luke stepped forward.
"I know this hammer was forged with the mass of an entire world, using unique craftsmanship. To lift it, one must be able to bear the weight of at least an entire world.
Of course, this is just a set threshold. In reality, you can also gain its approval and use its strength to lift it. How about the saying, "Give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the world?" It's pretty much the same. If Thor wants to lift it, he needs to gain its approval and find its fulcrum.
"So, how can we make it obey?" Loki asked gritting his teeth.
"You should ask me and Luke who is in charge of the manufacturing. You ask me? I'm just a money-making machine. But don't worry, this is a process of mutual acceptance and integration. They have a good relationship now, don't they? Thor will be recognized and lifted up soon." Middle-aged Luke glanced and said. His mind is now all on Loki's big business. Who has the time to care about a broken hammer and a muscular man?
"Really? That's great." Thor also heard what the middle-aged Luke said, and stood up with excitement on his face.
"When are we going to sign the contract?" Middle-aged Luke looked at Thor and Loki, and finally decided that Loki had to make the decision on business. So he decisively put Thor aside and looked at Loki to ask.
"Shouldn't you listen to my requirements first and then quote a price?" Loki said helplessly.
"It's all the same, but I think going straight to the last step of the process will benefit our business," Luke said.
"I need weapons and equipment that can restrain the Undead Legion." Loki directly stated his conditions.
"This is truly a coincidence." A smile spread across the middle-aged Luke's face. "We have just absorbed a new energy that happens to restrain the power of the undead."
"What is it?" Loki asked hurriedly.
"Come here. Since it's a new thing, I only studied it in the laboratory and made a few gadgets." Middle-aged Luke snapped his fingers, and the power of space teleported Loki directly away from the square, leaving only the dumbfounded Thor standing alone in the empty square with a hammer.
When Loki reappeared, he had arrived in a familiar space. Before him, white rings emitting a soft halo floated in front of him, circling him up and down, left and right.
The figure of middle-aged Luke stood opposite him.
"White Ring! Another universe represents the power of life! It has the power to expel death and restrain the power of the undead! This is a supplement to our energy. It can not only be used to destroy the undead, but can even prevent the wearer from dying.
Of course, since it's a new product, the price is a bit high. I think you can understand that, right?"
"I'm sorry, I don't understand." Loki added before Luke's face changed, "But I can make Asgard pay."
"That's good. How much do you want? An army of Asgard, is it a thousand or ten thousand people?" The middle-aged Luke's expression eased a little. While asking, he was thinking in his mind how much he should offer and what Loki's psychological bottom line was.
"A hundred people, let's try it out first to see the quality." Loki said seriously.
"Are you kidding?" Luke looked at Loki in surprise.
"Let me see the effect first, then talk about other things. I guarantee that there will be a big order!" Loki said firmly.
"But your credibility is not high in the Energy Bank's assessment!" Luke said with a look of doubt on his face.
"Where is Thor? Place the order in his name! After all, he is the king of Asgard, isn't he?" Loki decisively created trouble for his brother.
"Alright, alright. A little bit of money is still money, isn't it?" Middle-aged Luke muttered, "You'd better be worthy of my efforts. Otherwise, even if I'm retrained, my successor will definitely come to trouble you."
"Looking for Thor." Loki shrugged and took something from the table and hid it in his sleeve. It seemed that Luke did not see this scene.
"What about the carrier? Will you choose armor or something? Actually, I think a ring is enough." Luke looked at Loki.
"As long as we can destroy the undead, I don't care about anything else." Loki nodded in agreement.
"A friendly reminder, you should know the characteristics of the weapons sold at the Energy Bank, right? Remember to come back and recharge after the energy is used up. If you need a charging lamp furnace, that's a different price. The equipment of a hundred people is not worthy of having an independent lamp furnace." Luke reminded.
The two men finished discussing the business in the collection room, signed the special supply contract for the energy bank, and then left the collection room together and returned to Rainbow Bridge Square.
"goodbye."
After informing Thor of Captain America's return, Luke teleported them both, along with the hammer, back to Asgard. A teleportation network had been established between the two, allowing for mixed use where permitted.
For example, when Asgard's Rainbow Bridge transports people to Silent City, it is Silent City's Rainbow Bridge that takes over the task of transporting people out. Similarly, when this Rainbow Bridge transports Loki and Thor back to Asgard, they will also come out of Asgard's Rainbow Bridge.
Middle-aged Luke remained standing in the square, seemingly waiting for someone. Amidst a riot of colourful light and shadow, the God-King Odin, dressed in casual clothes, emerged.
"Have they left?" Looking at the empty square, Odin had a complicated expression.
"Don't worry, Loki's a smart guy, and he even stole something from my collection," the middle-aged Luke replied casually. "He'll need it."
"Why Loki?" asked Odin.
"Maybe it's because he needs to grow up?" Luke thought for a moment and gave an answer that made Odin's face darken. But soon, he replied seriously, "As for the right time, the right person in the right place, the right thing happens. Loki is that right person. You need to have more faith in him."
"Keep him safe, that's all I ask." Odin turned and pleaded with Luke. He wasn't the God King Odin now, but a father.
"Don't worry, I will help him if necessary." Middle-aged Luke nodded.
…
Teleportation tunnel.
The Rainbow Bridge suddenly split open a branch, separating Loki and Thor. Loki watched in amazement as Thor quickly separated from him.
The light faded, and Loki, who was thrown out of the tunnel, rolled on the ground in a mess. When he stood up again, a yellow light gate appeared in front of him.
A fully armed team came out of the door with weapons in hand and surrounded Loki in the center.
"People from Midgard? What are you doing? Don't you recognize my face? Get out of the way!" Loki frowned as he looked at the hostile humans. He raised his head and looked at the sky. This place didn't seem to be Midgard.
"Catch him!" the leader gave the order.
The team members immediately opened their weapons and attacked Loki.
"You're the ones who attacked me first. Don't worry, I'll fight back." Loki smiled when he saw they actually dared to attack him. But for a split second, under the influence of some mysterious force, his body slumped into a state of dullness. He felt only a sudden afterimage strike his cheek, shaking his facial muscles. When the force dissipated, he fell to the ground as if struck hard.
Two men stepped forward, put a belt-like collar around Loki's neck, then one on the left and one on the right, grabbed his shoulders, dragged him on the ground, and entered the yellow light gate together.