Chapter 236: Thor Odinson (Part 2)

With a "click," the door lock sounded softly. After Thor pushed the door open, he saw Loki sitting at the bar by the door fiddling with a computer.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, Loki looked up and found it was Thor. At this time, Thor was very disheveled. That long hair was almost soaked with sweat, messy and draped behind his head. His short-sleeved shirt was also full of sweat, his pants were full of oil stains, and the soles of his shoes were full of mud.

"Why did you get off work at noon?" Loki asked casually, but Thor didn't answer. Loki stretched his head to look at him and found that he walked directly into the bathroom. Hearing the shower being turned on, Loki walked down from the chair with some doubt and walked to the door. He saw Thor turn on the cold water shower and spray it on his hair.

Until he made himself a drowned rat, Thor shook his head, then wiped his hair dry with a towel and walked out of the bathroom.

Loki hugged his arms and leaned against the wall opposite the bathroom, saying: "It seems that you have encountered another major blow, just like before. Once the battle is deadlocked, you will take a cold shower."

Thor hung the towel back on the towel rack while saying: "You should know that Sif and the others have come from Asgard, right? You'd better be careful recently. Sif hasn't wanted to beat you up for just a day or two."

"Did you forget?" Loki let go of his arms, walked to the sofa and sat down, saying: "I am a righteous god now. If she dares to beat me up, she will be expelled by Heimdall."

Thor stood at the door of the bathroom, fiddling with the towel rack while poking his head out to ask: "They said you have been running to the Xiangong warehouse frequently recently, and you seem to be fiddling with that big robot called the Destroyer. What are you doing?"

"Oh, I forgot to say." Loki raised his voice: "While you were away, the All-Father brought a lot of energy, and everyone in Asgard has improved their divine power quite a bit, and some have even re-enchanted their weapons."

"The All-Father brought too much energy, and I don't have a handy weapon to store them, so I plan to find a place to store these energies for future use. I think that robot called the Destroyer is not bad..."

Thor was silent, but Loki was a bit surprised, because before, once he mentioned divine power or weapons, Thor would start breathing through his nose like an angry bull.

But this time, Thor said nothing. He just walked back to the bedroom, took out his wallet, walked out again, and while looking down and fiddling, said: "I don't know how to explain it to you, but the situation now is that I lost my job..."

Loki looked back at him, looked him up and down with his eyes, and said: "Not surprising. With your brain, it would be strange if you could keep a job for a long time."

"So can you order takeout tonight? I still want to eat that fried chicken."

"What a coincidence, I have a client to meet tonight. We are going to eat at a restaurant in Midtown. You know, those French dishes that don't taste like anything. In a restaurant with some style, spending a few thousand dollars for a meal. Of course, he is paying..."

Thor was still standing at the door fiddling with his wallet. He said: "Alright, but..."

Thor scratched his head, seeming a bit unsure how to express it. He said: "It's just... my rent this month, might be a bit... but I will find a new job soon, I..."

"That's just right, I don't want to live with you either. If you can't live here because you can't pay the rent, I think S. H. I. E. L. D. won't say anything. You can start preparing to pack your luggage."

"Hey, don't be like this, Loki, I..." Thor walked to the sofa and rested his hands on the back of the sofa, saying: "We are brothers, aren't we? We have fought side by side before..."

"Don't mention fighting side by side. You are the bravest warrior in Asgard." Loki picked up the water cup from the coffee table and said while drinking water: "And I am just a mage hiding in the back. When you charge, I can't even see your shadow. This is what you said yourself."

"I... but it's not like that now. We are both on Earth, and there are no battles to fight here." Thor tried hard to mobilize his brain cells. He said: "After returning to Asgard, I can return it to you 10 times, whether it is divine power or money."

"Don't say stupid things." Loki curled his lips in disdain and said: "Divine power? My divine power is already so much that I have to find something else to store it."

"Money? Your salary for the last three hundred years has long been squandered by you. Are you going to advance your future royal allowance from Heimdall? Or is it that the All-Father just fell asleep, and you want to be the master of Asgard in advance and advance the national treasury?"

"Of course I didn't." Thor denied it immediately. He scratched his temples with his fingers and said: "Alright, if I learned anything on Earth, it is definitely not to spend money randomly. I swear, I will definitely save up the salary for the next quarter."

"You said the same thing last quarter, and Frigga and I have grown calluses on our ears from listening to it."

"Alright." Loki interrupted Thor who wanted to continue speaking, "If you have money, order takeout. If you don't have money, starve. If you have money, live here. If you don't have money, get out. It's that simple, hear me? Thor Odinson?"

Thor glared at him fiercely and said through gritted teeth: "Understood, Loki Odinson."

Not long after, Loki left with his computer. Thor sat on the sofa and sighed. He knew Loki would definitely do what he said. If he didn't have money to pay the rent, Loki would definitely use divine power to pack up his luggage and throw it out.

An hour later, in the S. H. I. E. L. D. cafeteria, Thor took a big bite of a hamburger and said to Sif while chewing: "Loki is always like this, naughty since childhood, but Frigga always takes his side. Last time he broke my carriage, I didn't even ask him to pay for it, and he actually wouldn't even order takeout for me once."

Saying this, he tried hard to swallow the things in his mouth and sighed: "I don't know when he will grow up. When he just learned to walk, I liked him very much. It's really worrying as he gets older."

"Do you really think those malicious behaviors of his are just naughty?" Sif said helplessly: "Thor, who exactly needs to grow up?"

"Alright, alright, Sif, I know you two have a grudge. I have apologized for Loki before. He really shouldn't have cut your hair and changed the color of your blonde hair. I swear, after I inherit the throne, I will use the power of the World Tree to change it back. You don't have to worry, I definitely..."

"That's not what I want to say." Sif's tone was always steady, just like most goddesses in Asgard, carrying a bit of holiness and solemnity. She said: "You have to realize that in his increasingly malicious jokes, there might be very deep malice, not just bickering between brothers. I don't think a person who would painstakingly destroy what others like most when he was a child is as naive as you think."

Thor took another bite of the hamburger and said: "But he is the youngest son, the youngest son always has privileges. Odin is very indulgent to him, and Frigga always takes his side. And I... you know, I am not willing to report him either. After all, he is my brother."

"He has been in poor health since childhood. If I were to report him to Odin, Odin couldn't beat him up like he beats me. If Odin really moved his hand to hit him, Frigga would also cry very sadly."

Sif sighed deeply. She found that Thor's thinking was not on the same line as normal people. She said: "Can't you think about these problems with the thinking of a crown prince? Haven't you considered... the battle for the throne?"

"Battle for the throne? You mean Loki wants to fight me for the throne, and even wants to start a war for this? This is a bit of a fantasy."

"He doesn't want the throne. Do you think he really wants to sit on that throne, deal with so many messy things every day, and then occasionally lead troops out to fight, charge to the front, and after returning, participate in reward banquets, listen to everyone's praise, rewards, enfeoffment, and praise for warriors? He doesn't like doing this kind of thing at all."

"If he had this time, he would rather lock himself in the room and read those idle books."

"Seriously, since childhood, I have felt that he doesn't look much like an Asgardian. He doesn't like dueling, doesn't like swordsmanship, has no interest in martial arts, lacks aggression, and lacks a sense of honor. He can't be the King of Asgard."

"Then why does he always play those pranks and always want to suppress you in front of Odin?"

"Maybe he just wants to prove that he is stronger than me." Thor drank a big gulp of juice and said: "But this is also normal. Look, aren't all families with two brothers like this? Desperately wanting to prove that they are stronger than the other, proving that they are the son their parents like the most."

"Don't you also have two older brothers?" Thor asked Sif: "Don't they compete with each other?"

"Hmm..." Sif was stunned by Thor's question. She thought for a moment and said: "It seems that they do. My eldest brother likes to drag my second brother to the dueling arena to compete in martial arts when he has nothing to do, and then at dinner, he boasts about how beautiful his attack was today, chasing his younger brother all over the field."

"Look, that's it. This is normal. Have you ever thought about whether you are the child your parents like the most?"

Sif broke off a piece of finger biscuit, stuffed it into her mouth, and said: "Of course I know I am not. Otherwise, why would my parents send me into the army? How many goddesses in Asgard take the path of a Valkyrie? Aren't most of them mages?"

"At that time, Loki turned my blonde hair into black hair, and I was furious, but my parents didn't take my side at all. They felt that I was vain, that I cared too much about appearance, so they..."

"Don't be sad, Sif." Thor comforted her and said: "I said, the day I sit on the throne, I will change your hair back, and maybe, I can also persuade Loki to apologize to you. I found that he has become much easier to talk to recently."

"Easier to talk to?" Sif stared at Thor and said: "Are you sure? He is not even willing to pay the rent for you, not even willing to order takeout for you, and even kicked you out..."

"If it were back in Asgard, when encountering such a problem, he would have thrown me and my luggage into the sewer across the road long ago."

Sif covered her forehead and said: "Is your tolerance for him a bit too high? Haven't you thought about beating him up?"

"Gene Era"

Thor finished the last bite of the hamburger, drank all the juice, wiped his mouth and said: "I have thought about it, but I dare not do that. Before, he couldn't even withstand one of my punches. If he were injured, Frigga would kill me."

"Seriously, Thor, actually I don't really agree with Hogun and the other two coming down to find you, and it is precisely because I am afraid that the three of them will cause trouble that I followed."

"But you also know." Sif looked at Thor's eyes seriously and said: "The battle for the crown prince, the winner takes all. They and their families have already very clearly stood on your side. They will not allow Loki to have any unusual movements. Even if they don't want to do this themselves, their families will definitely force them to watch you closely, and watch Loki closely."

"Perhaps you have been fighting outside for many years and have been away from here for too long, not understanding the trends of Asgard, but I can tell you that the recent situation has begun to become tense, because the All-Father is really old." ===== CHAPTER 237 =====