Chapter 1824: Journey of a Madman (Part 37)

Loki was not locked in a room alone. There was a lifting device in the hall. Stark had just let the cage rise, so he was watched by everyone in the hall like an animal in a zoo.

The bars of the energy cage used the energy circuit in the Devourer Engine, and the strength was very high. Loki kept pounding the bars, but the bars didn't move at all.

Although he found that this Lei Shen was different from the one he knew, he just felt that Lei Shen might have changed after a trip to Earth, so he still shouted with a hard scalp: "Damn Lei Shen! You actually set a trap for me. You will never get the All-Father's recognition, you will never..."

With a "swish," the energy bars disappeared.

Loki looked at the only barrier between himself and Lei Shen disappearing in disbelief, and then he found that the bars of the cage were protecting himself.

The pressure brought by this Lei Shen was immense, even more than Loki facing Odin alone. Lei Shen just stared at him coldly. Loki's vicious words were all stuck in his throat, and he couldn't spit out half a sentence.

"You... you..." Loki appeared a bit dazed, even a bit horrified. It took a few seconds for him to react.

Not long ago, he had just learned the secret of his birth from Odin. He questioned the All-Father with a cavity of anger and grievance. Now this emotion still hadn't dissipated.

Feeling Lei Shen's cold attitude, Loki couldn't help but be even more angry. Did they not even pretend anymore? Could it be that they couldn't wait to kill him, just like killing Laufey?

"Lei Shen, no matter what kind of trick you are playing, I will let you know how powerful I am!" Loki said sharply. His instinct for self-protection was fully stimulated, trying to use a more aggressive attitude to make the other party retreat, "You should be ashamed of your actions. You made a big trouble in Jotunheim, brought shame to Asgard, and the All-Father will not forgive you!!!"

"I know why I made a big trouble in Jotunheim, and you should know better than me, Loki." Lei Shen just said calmly, "Another little prank of yours, don't do it again."

"Why do you order me?!"

"Whoosh—bang!"

A long spear appeared behind Loki. Accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking through the air, the long spear drew a beautiful arc in the air, and like a golf swing, it knocked Loki to the ground from behind with a "bang."

Loki was stunned. He instinctively wanted to climb up. The next second, the long spear lay across his neck, pressing him to the ground, making Loki's side face stick tightly to the cold floor.

Tears flickered in Loki's eyes. He had never been treated so savagely by Lei Shen. The biggest contradiction between the brothers was just arguing in front of the three warriors of Asgard. Even if Loki disrupted Lei Shen's combat plan, Lei Shen would never scold him in front of the soldiers.

But now, in front of so many strangers, Lei Shen appeared not to want to waste another word with him, as if he were just an ordinary soldier who made a mistake in the barracks. This was a very Asgardian way of treating people.

In front of the God King, first ask if you submit, then ask who is right and who is wrong. No matter what kind of lawsuit it is, as long as it is fought in front of Odin, there cannot be a reasonable party, because disturbing the God King itself is a great offense.

The current Lei Shen gave Loki this illusion. He continued the instinct he had cultivated in Asgard since birth, and didn't dare to argue with Lei Shen about why he came here and why he was locked in a cage. He instinctively felt that he had to pay for the anger of the strong.

"Lei Shen... Lei Shen!" Loki's hands clenched into fists, then opened again, looking at the ground in front of him nervously, the veins on the back of his hands clearly visible. He was almost begging: "Lei Shen, let me go, Lei Shen..."

The cold touch of the long spear against his neck made him start to fear, but what made him even more afraid was that Lei Shen knew what he had done in Jotunheim, knew that all this was actually his conspiracy, but he didn't feel angry again. This was not revenge at all, he just seemed to be annoyed by his noise.

This feeling made Loki feel that his heart was torn apart.

"Swish," a green figure appeared in the hall. Loki opened his eyes wide, looking at another identical self walking toward Lei Shen.

The suddenly appearing other Loki put away the staff, bent down, and touched Lei Shen's forehead with his own. In Asgardian etiquette, this meant he was about to bring bad news and needed to ask for Lei Shen's forgiveness.

Lei Shen reached out and touched Loki's shoulder, telling him to speak directly. Loki shook his head, sighed, and said, "He ran away. Natasha is dealing with the other killer."

"So there are indeed two killers?"

Loki nodded. He recalled what happened when he just left the Galactus Engine and went to the Earth of this universe.

Seeing the abnormality of Lei Shen in this universe, Loki immediately teleported to Lei Shen's side and checked Lei Shen, but the magic check had no effect, and Loki had a trace of suspicion.

Compared to Lei Shen, Loki was more proficient in magic. There were many ways to make people go crazy with pain but not check out any external injuries, such as magic curses.

Loki suspected that Lei Shen was cursed, but he needed to find out which kind of curse it was, so he came to Asgard. He needed to find out Lei Shen's recent whereabouts.

Everything in Asgard couldn't escape Heimdall's eyes, but Loki was also a real Loki. Heimdall just wondered why Loki was entering and leaving Asgard so frequently, but didn't stop this later Loki.

So, Loki staged a trick in Odin's palace. The moment he made a strong light, he used power to bind the Loki of this universe, sent him back to the Galactus Engine, and pretended to be the Loki of this universe to leave Odin's palace.

He first came to Lei Shen's bedroom and asked several warriors who were on good terms with Lei Shen in the training ground. They said that the biggest trouble Lei Shen had caused recently was making a big trouble in Jotunheim, and he hadn't left Asgard besides that.

Then the problem must have appeared in the Giant Kingdom. Loki came to Jotunheim and met his so-called biological father Laufey.

Actually, Loki had already met Laufey in his own universe, but he knew more than the Loki of this universe. Odin didn't tell the Loki of this universe that Loki was actually abandoned by the Frost Giants, otherwise Odin wouldn't have picked him up and raised him.

Since that was the case, Loki had even less affection for Laufey. The set of words Laufey prepared to alienate Loki from Odin didn't come in handy at all. Loki knocked him unconscious with a staff.

Loki explored around and found a trace of abnormality. A strange power that didn't belong to the Frost Giants lingered in the palace. It seemed that someone had come here before him, or maybe came earlier than Lei Shen.

Loki suspected that Laufey was affected, so he didn't trust him at all, but there was no one else to ask for information, so he still woke Laufey up.

Loki didn't listen to a word of those so-called blood feuds Laufey said, but he keenly captured the key information. Laufey repeatedly mentioned that the Frost Giant's treasure "Casket of Ancient Winters" was taken away by Odin, and Loki should grab it back.

Loki knew that the Casket of Ancient Winters mentioned by Laufey was placed in Odin's treasure vault, but when he sneaked into Odin's treasure vault to get the Casket of Ancient Winters, he found that the power on the artifact had disappeared without a trace.

Loki immediately made a guess. Someone affected Laufey's mind, learned the information about the Casket of Ancient Winters from him, sneaked into Odin's treasure vault, and stole the energy.

Combined with the abnormality of Lei Shen in this universe, it is not difficult to guess that the next target of the other party is likely to be Lei Shen's Hammer.

Loki's first reaction was of course to find the Ancient One. After all, the Sorcerer Supreme is the Sorcerer Supreme in any universe. Now that a strange guy has mixed into the Earth, the Ancient One is duty-bound.

But after arriving at Kamar-Taj, Loki learned that the Ancient One was investigating the murderer who killed her eldest disciple and was not on Earth at this moment.

Through Loki's inquiries, he learned that the next Sorcerer Supreme, Stephen Strange, died strangely a few months ago, and the whole person became a mummy, and all his energy and vitality were drained.

Loki immediately thought of the previous multiverse Strange serial murder case. It seems that this universe is also one of the victims.

Then it is not difficult to see who is playing tricks behind the scenes. Even the energy in the artifact is not let go. Black Strange is probably being chased to a dead end by a group of Ancient Ones.

Since that is the case, Loki certainly cannot let him succeed. On a dark and windy night, he came to the office of the S. H. I. E. L. D. director and met Nick Fury.

He didn't tell his origin, but said he came here looking for Lei Shen's Hammer and planned to make a deal with humans.

Nick called Natasha here, but Natasha was actually Loki's own person. The two visitors from other universes sang in harmony and formulated a fishing plan against the mastermind behind the scenes.

Loki guessed that the mastermind behind the scenes was not powerful enough to directly absorb the power in all artifacts, otherwise so many artifacts in Odin's treasure vault could not have been spared.

Loki, who had contacted the artifacts, knew that most artifacts had fixed owners. The owners of the artifacts would impose seals on them, and only when the seals were lifted could the power be used at will.

The mastermind behind the scenes was able to obtain the power of the Casket of Ancient Winters, which was very likely to have obtained permission from the confused Laufey, and his targeting of Lei Shen might also be to take advantage of Lei Shen's recognition of Lei Shen's Hammer and the lifting of the seal of Lei Shen's Hammer to steal the energy of Lei Shen's Hammer.

Loki and Nick reached an agreement. Loki would fully lift the seal of Lei Shen's Hammer, allowing anyone to pick it up. Humans could use this power to solve troubles for themselves, but they must cooperate with Loki to set up a situation, pretending to let Lei Shen get recognition, so as to lure the thief out.

Loki, who knew Lei Shen better, thought that the Lei Shen of this universe might propose to S. H. I. E. L. D. to try to pick up Lei Shen's Hammer, but they didn't expect that Lei Shen would choose to sneak into S. H. I. E. L. D. to find Natasha's trouble.

This was completely inconsistent with Lei Shen's open and honest character, and also made Loki more vigilant about the mastermind behind the scenes. It seemed that he was very good at influencing other people's minds.

Finding that Lei Shen and the others came to S. H. I. E. L. D., Nick had to make emergency adjustments. The three warriors of Asgard and Lei Shen were not the material for sneaking in at all. With their sneaking skills, it was absolutely impossible to touch the bottom of the apartment building of S. H. I. E. L. D. agents without being discovered, but Nick had greeted them and let the agents not stop them.

Nick didn't have time to notify Natasha. Fortunately, Natasha responded on the spot and sang a double act with Loki.

Just as the purple light flashed on Lei Shen's arm, Loki immediately raised his staff, and a ray of light hit Lei Shen's arm.

Lei Shen was directly knocked away, but this power was very cunning, not fleeing toward the outside, but hitting Lei Shen's heart again. Lei Shen began to roll on the ground in pain again.

"... that's how it is." Loki lowered his eyes and said: "It might be a materialized curse, but he used Lei Shen as a hostage, and Lei Shen has now lost his divine power and cannot resist. I hesitated for two seconds, and I was a step late, and he ran away." ===== CHAPTER 1825 =====