Chapter 225: Loki (2)

Chapter 225: Loki (2)

At the entrance of the SHIELD laboratory, Loki looked at Eddie and said, "So, you want to borrow my body to consume another symbiote?"

Venom cut straight to the chase and said, "I can give you 30% of my power as my rent, trust me, that's quite a lot."

He turned to look at Riot in the laboratory and said, "The energy left on him should be pure..."

"I refuse," Loki answered firmly.

There wasn't any special reason, nor was it because he didn't want the power. It was simply because Loki and most people with his personality were skeptics. They didn't want another sentient being entering their minds.

Venom wasn't surprised at all. He continued, "My host once was Tony Stark, who became the only one to upgrade himself with magical powers and infinite intelligence. You must have heard of it..."

"Don't you want to experience that kind of intelligence?"

Loki fell silent. People with his personality also had a common trait: absolute confidence in their own intelligence.

As a participant in the Knull incident, Loki certainly knew about Stark's achievement. As a mage, he had a much better understanding of mysticism than humans did. He was well aware that the power Stark received from the demon's down payment was not enough to transform any individual cosmic organism. Therefore, the only possible problem could lie in Stark's extraordinary intelligence.

People like them were strange. On the one hand, they believed they were the smartest people in the universe. On the other hand, they were curious about the intelligence of other clever people. Loki had to admit that he was tempted.

"In my host, there is another person whose intelligence is no less than Stark's. Although I can't say his name, I think it won't disappoint you," Venom added another bargaining chip.

Phantom looked at Loki's moved expression and really wanted to remind him that Venom had played with shit before, but she felt it wasn't appropriate to speak up.

"You are a god, your body can withstand two symbiotes parasitizing at the same time. And you are also a mage, with a mental barrier that can resist the chaos power's attack on your mind..."

"You won't suffer any losses, but you can experience the pinnacle of human intelligence. How about it? Interested?"

"If you had asked me this question two months ago, before I came to Earth, I would have given you a negative answer. But recently, I've seen the wonders of this species called humans, so, I am indeed curious," Loki replied.

Phantom's words of dissuasion were already on her lips, but Venom gave her a look and she eventually kept quiet.

Venom's method of switching hosts was simple. He controlled Eddie to put a hand on Loki's shoulder, then Eddie twitched and immediately Loki raised his head and took two steps back.

He heard Venom's voice ringing in his mind: "... Huh?"

"What's wrong?" Loki asked.

"No... nothing." There was still some confusion in Venom's voice. Loki asked him, "What's the next step?"

"I need to adapt to the host's body. We'll come back in a few days."

After saying this, Venom fell silent, and Loki couldn't feel that he had an extra symbiote inside him. After leaving SHIELD's base and returning to the streets of Manhattan, Loki was about to use his teleportation ability when Venom's voice rang out again: "Don't teleport, let's walk back."

"Is this a special fetish of your species?"

"No, it's just good for your mental health because next, I'm going to read your medical report."

What he found even more absurd was that the only thing that could give him some comfort at this moment was the process of walking on the ground like an ordinary person.

Time always passed quickly when he was deep in thought. Unknowingly, Loki had already arrived at the door of his apartment. He looked back and realized that he had walked on an ordinary street, not the magnificent bridge of Asgard. What he faced now was just the entrance to an apartment, not the entrance to the palace.

The elevator door opened, and footsteps echoed in the empty corridor. The sound of the key inserting into the lock sounded abrupt, and when the door was pushed open, Thor, who was manipulating an electric hanger in front of the French window, turned his head and saw Loki standing outside the door. He asked, "Why are you back at this time? Aren't you at work?"

The sun outside the window made Thor's back appear blurry, like the halo on Odin's throne. Loki closed his eyes in confusion, took two steps forward, then leaned against the wall and knelt down, just like he often did when he met with Odin.

But Thor looked panicked. He hurried over and asked, "What's wrong? You...wait, your divine power hasn't been taken away, so you shouldn't be sick. What's going on..."

He was about to take out his mobile phone to make a call, but Loki stood up, pushed Thor aside, and walked into his own bedroom, slamming the door shut.

Thor was confused. He muttered a few words, then went back to manipulating his clothes.

Loki leaned against the door with one hand, trembling all over. He took a few deep breaths, then dragged his heavy footsteps to sit on the bed and lean against the edge.

"What are you still doubting?" Venom's voice rang in Loki's mind. "Based on my current feeling, your intelligence is indeed outstanding, so it shouldn't be difficult to spot those spider web marks in your daily life."

"Or is it that your ability to deceive yourself has reached a point where you can truly fool yourself and be at peace with being a duck among chickens?"

"No, I was just thinking..." Loki's voice contained complex emotions.

Loki's Adam's apple moved as he looked up at the ceiling while leaning against the head of the bed.

A very obvious fact was that if he was not of the Asgardian race, then Odin could not be his biological father, and Thor would not be his biological brother.

Loki had doubted why his physical condition was so poor, but he dared not ask the father of all gods, Odin. His mother, Frigga, always explained to him that it was a congenital deficiency and that he was just unlucky.

Loki did not know how he had convinced himself with such flawed reasons, but in his memories, there was more resentment towards injustice and jealousy towards Thor.

As he searched through his memories, he dug up the fragments hidden in the corners. All the children were willing to play with Thor because he could always lift the largest rock, and in duels, Loki could only stand at the back and watch from afar because he knew he would not have the chance to participate.

"I can taste a hint of revenge in your emotions, but it's mixed with too many impurities, it doesn't taste good, and I don't like it." Venom's voice suddenly trembled, and he said, "Revenge should be pure, what have you added to it?"

Loki ignored him and, after recovering from his initial shock, his mood became even more complicated. If Odin's past biased actions had been explained, what was happening recently?

Loki thought back in confusion and realized that he hadn't done anything particularly special, but his treatment and Thor's had completely reversed.

While Thor was left on Earth without weapons, without godly powers, and starving, Loki was standing among countless universal demons, and Odin introduced him to those demons as his son, the Prince of Asgard, and the most talented and potential mage in the Nine Realms.

Then, Odin left him a position on the path of power, and even began to instill him with that power, and eventually even gave him a position as a true god, and he was the first among his peers to receive that position.

Loki had never dreamed that he would be the one to receive this honor. Even if Thor was not considered, there were too many outstanding warriors among Asgard's peers who charged ahead and defended from behind, were loyal to Odin, and were the backbone of Asgard's future.

The reason why Loki was still on Earth until now was also because he did not want to face these people. He could imagine the skeptical look in their eyes when they saw him, as if he was a thief who stole Thor's honor.

In fact, not only them, Loki himself was also doubtful.