"Now that all of this has been settled, Sorcerer Supre, would it be possible to release that child Loki?"
Only at this mont did Odin calmly bring up Loki's release.
It had to be said—his composure was astonishing.
The only reason Odin had realized Loki was imprisoned by the Ancient One was because he stood on the sa level as her.
"No problem. But your children's education truly needs improvent.
If they continue doing things that threaten entire realms, who knows how much trouble they may eventually bring upon you."
After speaking, the Ancient One casually waved her hand.
A portal instantly appeared before everyone.
Inside it—was the Mirror Dinsion.
Loki was currently galloping wildly through it atop his winged horse.
Unfortunately, no matter how fast he rode, he could never escape.
Then suddenly—a golden portal appeared before him.
He imdiately spurred the horse forward.
Clop-clop—The winged horse leapt through the portal in a burst of speed.
"Hahaha! I finally got out!"
Loki roared excitedly.
But the next second, his expression changed drastically.
Odin!
Frigga!
Father and Mother!
And over there—the woman who imprisoned him with a single move.
As well as the Eastern man who destroyed the Destroyer alongside Thor.
This was an extrely dangerous place to erge in.
"Father! I was about to succeed! I was going to wipe out the Frost Giants completely!"
Loki shouted desperately.
He wanted Odin to understand his actions.
Odin slowly stood.
Having beco twenty to thirty years younger, his body was once again relatively healthy.
With a casual gesture, the Gungnir in Loki's hand flew back into Odin's grasp.
"My son, you still do not understand.
If I truly wished to destroy them, I could have used the Bifrost long ago.
For countless generations, Asgard has endured until today—why do you think none of us ever did such a thing?
Because all it would bring is fear, resistance…
and ultimately the destruction of worlds.
Once the Bifrost's destructive power is unleashed, none of the Nine Realms would ever feel safe again.
Today you destroy the Frost Giants.
Tomorrow, could you not destroy the Elves as well?
Under such pressure, only fear would remain.
And eventually, the other realms would unite together against Asgard.
Since you have not yet caused irreversible damage this ti, your punishnt will be one year of reflection in the dungeon."
Odin directly announced Loki's punishnt.
Loki was still too naïve.
If the Bifrost's destructive power could be used casually, then powerful beings like the Ancient One would inevitably co knocking.
If soone like the Ancient One learned Asgard was using the Bifrost to exterminate entire realms—would she simply sit by and do nothing?
Obviously not.
She would unite the other eight realms against Asgard.
And they would absolutely respond.
If Asgard could destroy others with the Bifrost today—then tomorrow it could destroy them too.
Power like that either had to remain in one's own hands…
or be destroyed completely.
Unless there existed an overwhelmingly justified reason for using it.
"No! I refuse to accept this!"
Loki tried to flee atop his horse.
Whoosh—Boom!
The winged horse suddenly stumbled.
Loki was thrown violently to the ground.
"Guards. Take Loki to the dungeon."
Clang. Clang.
The sound of armor and boots echoed through the hall as guards entered and dragged Loki away.
Watching Loki being taken away, Qin Xiao found himself thinking about sothing else entirely.
This unlucky kid…
probably wasn't going to Earth to cause trouble this ti, right?
Would he still end up working with Thanos?
Then—would The Avengers never happen?
Could the Avengers even form at all now?
Had he already changed the future completely?
The thought made Qin Xiao slightly unhappy.
If that happened, then his advantage as soone who "knew the future" would disappear.
But then he reconsidered.
At this point, he had already completed his "primitive capital accumulation."
He already possessed eight Devil Fruits.
Even if the future changed, it wouldn't matter too much anymore.
"My business in Asgard is finished. I'll be leaving now.
I still cannot remain away from Earth for too long.
If any of you visit Earth in the future, feel free to stop by Kamar-Taj."
Now that the Ancient One's affairs were fully settled, she imdiately prepared to depart.
"Very well. If the opportunity arises, we will."
Frigga accepted the invitation politely.
Perhaps they really should visit Midgard soti.
Among the Nine Realms, Midgard likely changed the fastest.
"With no one available to send back via the Bifrost, I'll return on my own."
The Ancient One waved her hand again.
A portal appeared before them.
On the other side—Kamar-Taj.
The Ancient One gave Odin and Frigga one final salute.
Then stepped through the portal.
Qin Xiao's heart relaxed.
So portals could connect directly between Asgard and Earth.
That ant his survival in Asgard was much more secure than expected.
After the Ancient One left, Thor took Qin Xiao away to et the royal tailors.
For the next two days, they asured Qin Xiao's body dinsions.
They even made him "demonstrate" his enlargent ability.
Using those asurents, they began discussing how to create robes suited to his requirents.
Afterward, Qin Xiao finally bid farewell to Asgard.
Thor promised that once the robes were completed, he would personally deliver them.
In truth, he simply wanted an excuse to see Jane Foster again.
Returning to Earth, Qin Xiao found Logan waiting at the safehouse.
Because the trip to Asgard carried too many hidden dangers, Logan hadn't accompanied him.
After a brief greeting, Qin Xiao began reviewing the gains from this encounter with Thor.
The Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
It had granted him lightning powers.
His offensive capabilities had increased trendously.
Among all his current fruits, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit was undoubtedly the strongest.
The Blade-Blade Fruit's Adamantium blades excelled at physical attacks like slashing and piercing—but little else.
The Bomb-Bomb Fruit should have been powerful, but it still required further developnt.
Kingpin had finally begun understanding it, and the explosive force being fed back to Qin Xiao grew stronger every day.
The Age-Age Fruit was terrifying due to its strange abilities.
But in terms of raw destructive power, it was practically negligible.
Ironically, the Karma Fruit—which should have been an offensive fruit—had sohow beco a support ability in Qin Xiao's hands.
Its only real use was enlargent.
Larger size ant stronger Blade-Blade Fruit attacks.
Larger size ant wider Swamp-Swamp Fruit absorption.
Larger size ant more lightning from the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
A complete support fruit.
This trip had also granted Qin Xiao the qualification to wield Mjolnir.
Though honestly, that ability felt sowhat useless.
After all—he didn't actually own Mjolnir.
He had also given away the Return-Return Fruit in Asgard.
That fruit's benefits to him seed rather limited.
A re decade or so of rewinding wasn't enough to matter much in battle.
Still, perhaps it could be useful for manipulating people.
Though compared to the Age-Age Fruit, it still fell short.
As expected—following major events and tricking people into consuming Devil Fruits remained the easiest thod.
The next major incident should be the battle between Hulk and Abomination.
If he could trick those two into eating Devil Fruits, he should receive excellent feedback abilities.
After all—both were terrifyingly powerful.
Ring ring ring—
Just as Qin Xiao was reviewing his gains, his phone rang.
It was Tony.
"Hello? Tony?"
"Hey, Qin! I need your help over here!"
Tony's voice sounded unusually urgent.
"My help? What happened?"
Qin Xiao was genuinely surprised.
How could Tony possibly need help?
"You went to New xico and didn't even bother checking the news?"
Despite his urgency, Tony still found ti to complain.
"The desert scenery was nice. Didn't feel like checking the news."
"…Right. So, rember that charity racing event I attended a few days ago? I got attacked there.
The attacker was the son of one of my father's forr colleagues.
He's also a genius. Built his own miniature Arc Reactor…"
As Tony explained everything, Qin Xiao's headache only grew worse.
Originally, Tony had beco reckless because of palladium poisoning.
So he'd simply done whatever he wanted.
But this ti, he had already found a solution to the poisoning problem early on.
He hadn't spiraled into self-destruction.
Still—Tony was never soone who could sit still.
So this year, Stark Expo reopened.
Partly for publicity.
Partly to repair the damage caused after Stark Industries shut down its weapons division.
The company had arranged all kinds of charity events around Tony's Iron Man identity.
Charity donations.
Charity performances.
Charity races…
Everything had gone smoothly—until Ivan attacked at the racetrack.
Naturally, the attack failed.
But Ivan had then been rescued by Hamr Industries.
And now he had built an entire army of armored suits.
At this very mont, they were rampaging through Stark Expo.
After hearing the whole story, Qin Xiao looked constipated.
What the hell?
Things could still develop this way?!
"So… where's your best buddy Colonel Rhodes? Isn't he helping you?"
"I wish! But there's no point. This place is packed with armored drones. He's just flesh and blood. He'd die instantly."
"So you still never gave him a suit?"
Qin Xiao suddenly realized the situation was more serious than expected.
War Machine hadn't appeared?
"Last ti the military tried taking my armor, and I shut them down hard.
Since they couldn't get suits from , they turned to Hamr Industries instead.
And now not only did Hamr screw up his own ss—
he's about to ruin my Expo too.
I'm losing my mind here!"
Tony's frustration practically burst through the phone.
"So what exactly do you need to do? Can't you just destroy all the drones yourself?"
Qin Xiao knew Tony's suits were already far more advanced than in the original tiline.
He should've been able to handle Hamr's drones.
"I wish it were that simple! Ivan's completely insane!
Every drone has a self-destruct device installed!
Worse, he's using civilians as hostages.
Everyone in Hamr Industries' exhibition zone is trapped there now.
Pepper's among them too.
I seriously have no options left."
Tony truly sounded desperate.
"Understood. I'm coming imdiately.
Keep Ivan's attention on you and don't let him hurt civilians."
Qin Xiao imdiately agreed.
At first, he hadn't taken things too seriously.
But Ivan had apparently gone completely insane this ti.
Using an entire expo crowd as hostages.
The fact Tony even found ti to call him already proved how chaotic things had beco.
Bzzzz—
A portal opened before Qin Xiao.
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