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"You can't exterminate an entire race!" Thor shouted angrily.
Loki, incredulous, replied, "Why not?"
"When did you change? Do you forget why Father banished you? Back then, you stormed Jotunheim and wanted to wipe them all out."
"Why have you suddenly become merciful towards the Frost Giants?"
Thor was silent for a moment, then said, "I've changed..."
"So have I!" Loki struck Thor's face with the handle of the Eternal Spear.
Seeing Thor not fighting back, Loki became enraged, "Fight back!"
He hit Thor again, sending him sliding across the ground.
Loki's eyes turned red, "I never cared about the throne. I just wanted to compete fairly with you!"
His heart ached as memories of Odin favoring Thor flashed in his mind, filling him with resentment.
Why did Father choose Thor for the throne and never consider him? He just wanted a fair competition!
"I don't want to fight you, brother!" Thor yelled.
Loki, filled with bitterness, retorted, "I am not your brother, never have been!"
"Brother, stop this madness!" Thor couldn't understand why Loki had changed so drastically.
Why was he saying such things out of the blue?
Clearly, Thor didn't know the truth about Loki's origins.
Seeing Thor's continued refusal to retaliate, Loki's anger grew, tears forming in his eyes. "You think I'm mad? Do you?"
"How could a trip to Earth make you so weak?!"
Loki thought of Jane. "Is it because of a woman?"
"Fine, after I finish you, I'll go see her myself!"
With a cold laugh, Loki launched into a fight with Thor.
Even though Thor was strong, he couldn't easily handle Loki wielding the Eternal Spear. Luckily, Thor found an opening.
Thor knocked Loki off, causing him to fall over the edge of the Bifrost.
Loki clung to the edge, preventing himself from falling.
"Help me..." Loki called out.
Thor walked over, kneeling to grab him.
But before Thor could touch him, Loki vanished in a puff of illusion.
The real Loki appeared behind him, striking him down.
"Ha ha ha..."
Multiple illusions of Loki appeared, laughing mockingly at Thor.
"Enough!" Thor roared.
A massive lightning bolt struck down, dispersing the illusions and knocking Loki to the ground.
Thor placed Mjolnir on Loki's chest, immobilizing him.
As the Bifrost continued its destructive charge towards Jotunheim, Loki mocked Thor's helplessness, saying it couldn't be stopped.
Unexpectedly, Thor lifted Mjolnir and began destroying the Bifrost.
"You're mad?"
"Destroying it means you can never return to Earth or see the one you love!"
Thor ignored him, focusing on destroying the Bifrost.
Finally, the Bifrost shattered with a loud explosion, and the massive energy wave sent both of them flying.
As they began to fall into the cosmic abyss formed by the destroyed Bifrost, Odin appeared just in time to catch Thor, while Loki clung to Thor.
Odin stood on the bridge, with Thor and Loki dangling below, swinging precariously.
Seeing Odin, Loki felt a glimmer of hope and triumphantly shouted, "I almost succeeded, Father, I almost wiped them out for you, for everyone!"
However, Odin responded, "No, Loki..."
Loki's expression froze, disbelief washing over him, and he slowly let go.
"Loki, no!"
Thor shouted.
But despite Thor's cries, Loki released his grip, falling into the cosmic abyss, choosing death over living with his despair.
Falling into the cosmic abyss meant certain death. No one could survive that!
"No!" Thor screamed in agony.
Odin felt regret, "No..."
In the end, Loki was swallowed by the abyss, disappearing without a trace.
When he regained consciousness, he found himself face-to-face with Thanos, who sought to collect the Infinity Stones and invade Earth.
...
On Earth.
Although Syd had flown away from the battlefield, the impact of the events lingered.
The incident caused a significant stir, with information quickly spreading online and attracting widespread attention.
The SHIELD agents who were injured during the battle were rescued, and the data related to the fight was sent to Director Nick Fury.
"What's the situation, boss?"
Noticing the shocked expression on Nick Fury's face, SHIELD agent Coulson asked in confusion.
"Coulson, do you think there are gods in this world?" Fury, dressed in black, asked.
Coulson, a middle-aged man, replied, "Of course not, that's just ancient myth..."
Before he could finish, Fury handed him a video, explaining as he did.
Watching the video, Coulson's face showed astonishment.
"Based on the information gathered, these people are likely gods from Norse mythology..."
"That's Thor, and this one is..."
Fury introduced each figure gravely.
Coulson, recovering from his shock, suggested, "Boss, is it possible they're just aliens?"
Looking at them, these so-called gods didn't seem as fearsome as the myths suggested.
Fury, with his single eye, glanced at Coulson and said, "Regardless of whether they're gods or aliens, their civilization is undoubtedly more advanced than ours. We can't take them lightly."
Coulson nodded.
Finally, Fury focused intently on a white-clad figure in the video.
"This guy in white is also suspected to be a god..." he said.
Coulson asked in surprise, "Isn't he a mutant?"
"Not sure, we need more information," Fury shook his head, adding, "We'll hold off on any plans against him until we know more."
Coulson nodded.
While SHIELD paused their plans against Syd Castell, other organizations were preparing to act.
At Facility 23.
In various cells, prisoners were discussing recent events.
"What do you think they did with Number 35?"
A black man in a cell called out.
In response, voices echoed from nearby cells.
"If I remember correctly, Number 35's mutant ability is pretty ordinary, right?"
"Isn't it something about reducing presence, making people less vigilant?"
Just then, a well-informed white man laughed, "You guys don't know anything. His ability is not that simple!"
"Even though he's just Number 35, he's quite a handful for some people, like Number 37, who escaped!"
The prisoners were astonished.
"Oh?"
"What do you mean?"
(End of Chapter)
The burly white man, Bricon, said with a gloating smile, "Number 35's ability doesn't just reduce his presence; it also makes others lose their sense of danger."
"To put it plainly, if you encounter him, your danger sense won't work!"
Bricon, thoughtful, speculated, "I guess the base thinks Number 37 is so hard to deal with because of his danger sense. They're planning to use Number 35's ability to see if they can block Number 37's danger sense and then quietly take him out."
Hearing his analysis, the prisoners' eyes lit up, all agreeing with his reasoning.
"If that's true, Number 37 is in trouble!"
"Relying too much on danger sense can make one complacent."
After discussing this, they moved on to other topics.
"Hey, I heard there's another powerful mutant recently. Wonder when that person will join us?"
"Soon, I guess. Arrogant ones like that, except for that Messiah, usually get caught eventually. Even the Messiah can't evade capture forever."
"That's true..."
The prisoners laughed, eager for new company.
In a laboratory some distance away, their guess was spot on. The base indeed planned to use Number 35's ability to ambush Number 37.
After researching Number 35's genes, they had made significant progress.
In the lab...
"Dr. Bolivar, how's the research going?" asked Alessandro, the head of Base 23, turning to the short, lab-coated Dr. Bolivar.
"Almost done. Given the Sentinel robot's characteristics, it should soon have this ability. The challenge lies in the related equipment," Dr. Bolivar replied without looking up from his work.
"We can hire some assassins, have Number 35 lead them to ambush the guy in white."
"Though he's not as strong as the Messiah, he's still a decent target. Testing this ability on him first will help avoid mishaps when we go after the Messiah."
Alessandro nodded in agreement.
Indeed, ambushing Number 37, the Messiah, required careful planning, but ambushing the recent upstart was no big deal.
The target had psychic abilities and might also sense danger, making him a good test subject for Number 35's power to ensure no mistakes when dealing with the Messiah.
Then Alessandro asked, "Dr. Bolivar, how's the research on that rogue, Rogue?"
Dr. Bolivar thought for a moment, then said, "It's progressing well, but it will take some time. We're researching how to replicate her ability with Sentinel robots."
"Once her ability data is uploaded to the database, all Sentinel robots can use Anna's power."
"Moreover, I'm trying to improve it so that Sentinel robots can absorb and replicate other mutants' abilities within a certain range without physical contact."
Hearing this, Alessandro was shocked.
He understood the implications better than anyone.
From then on, the Sentinel robots' copying ability would no longer be limited. Abilities previously uncopyable would now be replicable!
Including Magneto Erik's power, and even the Messiah's abnormal abilities!
Who could stop the Sentinel robots then?
He was no longer worried about the Messiah, believing that the Messiah would be captured or killed by the Sentinel robots' onslaught.
Now, he only feared the possibility of the Sentinel robots going rogue.
"I must be overthinking. How could the Sentinel robots go rogue?" Alessandro reassured himself.
After talking with Dr. Bolivar, the assassination task targeting the man in white, known as White Knight among mutants, was quickly arranged.
Soon, a $4 million bounty appeared on the dark web.
It didn't take long for the bounty to catch the attention of many, including top ten-ranked assassins.
Recently, the most famous figure on the dark web was the Messiah, with a $370 million bounty, the highest ever!
Unfortunately, the elusive Messiah was hard to locate, making assassination attempts futile.
The appearance of a bounty on the White Knight mutant drew immediate interest. Since both targets were mutants, those who couldn't find the Messiah now had a new target.
Quickly, the $4 million bounty was taken by the world's tenth-ranked assassin, disappointing many.
"Damn, that top-ten guy had to get involved?"
"Looks like we won't get the bounty..."
Though they could still try to intercept the White Knight, claiming the bounty after the task expired, they didn't want to cross a top-ten assassin. Such a figure had unmatched abilities, weapons, and networks. They could be hunted down and killed in their sleep.
Moreover, such top-tier assassins rarely failed missions.
The White Knight was in for a tough time.
If they were him, they'd prepare a will and arrange for someone to collect their body.
As dark web users discussed and awaited the assassination news, the tenth-ranked assassin, Masao Yamasaki, was already on a plane.
En route, he finalized details with his employer.
...
The next morning.
Bright sunlight streamed down.
In a rarely visited park, Syd Castell sat on a swing, gently swaying with the breeze and sunlight.
[Ability: Divine Physique (346/500) Level 2]
Glancing at his panel, Syd's eyes sparkled with anticipation, "Almost there, in a day or two, I should reach Level 3!"
He looked forward to reaching Level 3, expecting a qualitative change.
Even at Level 2, the Divine Physique had brought significant changes.
Syd found his body density much higher, with increased defense.
Without tests, he could only estimate his strength, but he felt significantly stronger.
"I remember there's a zoo two kilometers away?"
Thinking this, Syd's eyes lit up with interest. He planned to go there for a test.
Early in the morning, the zoo was likely closed, and even staff might not be there yet.
(End of Chapter)
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