["Not bad."]
[Listening to Loki's vivid explanation, Mobius nodded slightly.]
[Loki spread his arms wide, speaking with excitement: "Take me to a real apocalypse… to Ragnarok! I'll show you."]
[Mobius, hands tucked in his pockets, replied with a skeptical look:]
["Yeah, sure—and then you'll just run straight back home. Dream on."]
[Loki: "I'm not even thinking about going home. Anywhere will do."]
[Mobius rejected him without hesitation: "No. I wouldn't even take you for a walk in the park, let alone to an apocalypse."]
[Loki looked very disappointed.]
["Oh, Mobius, don't be like that. What could possibly go wrong?"]
["We need to test this theory."]
[Mobius gave a cold laugh:]
["I've got a theory of my own."]
["You want me to take you out there, and then you'll stab me in the back. I'm not taking that risk."]
[Loki's expression turned into utter shock, as if Mobius' words had deeply offended him.]
["I've never stabbed anyone in the back. That kind of betrayal is far too unoriginal."]
[Mobius looked completely exasperated. "Loki, I've studied every single moment of your life. You've stabbed people in the back at least fifty times."]
In Asgard, Thor also nodded with a wronged expression:
"Yeah, Loki's been stabbing me in the back ever since we were kids."
"…"
Frigga, the queen, looked at her sons with both love and helplessness in her eyes.
If only her two children's cleverness and strength… could balance each other out.
[Left speechless by Mobius' accusation, Loki awkwardly spread his hands.]
["Fine, I'll never stab anyone in the back again—because it's just too cliché."]
[But seeing Mobius still unconvinced, Loki had no choice but to unleash his ultimate move.]
["You don't have to believe me. But you must believe one thing: I like proving that I. Am. Right!"]
[At last, seemingly convinced by Loki's words, Mobius brought him to Pompeii in Rome.]
[This was the place soon to be buried by a volcanic eruption.]
[Faced with the apocalypse, Loki became extremely excited—he leapt into the crowd, shouting in Latin and wildly spilling secrets, leaving the people utterly dumbfounded.]
[And yet, even with all that, the instrument in Mobius' hand still showed the time variance as zero.]
[The sight before him completely stunned Mobius. The two returned to the TVA, and from a heap of future apocalypses, they selected the one with the highest probability.]
[Alabama, 2050.]
[Looking at the case file Loki laid in front of him, Mobius' face finally revealed a look of admiration.]
["I'm starting to worry you'll take my job."]
[After much effort, Mobius managed to persuade the judge to dispatch a special task force to the apocalyptic future of 2050—to capture the fugitive Loki!]
In the livestream room.
Seeing this, Peter Parker couldn't help but ask:
"Mr. Loki, if you really do meet that other Loki… what do you plan to do?"
"What do I plan to do?"
Loki shrugged, speaking with ease:
"Of course I'll figure out his weakness, then use it to control him and make him serve me."
Uh…
Hearing such shameless words, black lines all but appeared on Peter's forehead.
As expected, this Loki before him might not be pure evil, but he definitely wasn't a good person either.
[Through the portal, Mobius and the others arrived at Roxxcart in 2050… a massive superstore.]
[Though the place would soon be destroyed by a hurricane, its abundance of food and supplies made it a perfect hideout for the fugitive Loki.]
[Mobius originally intended to keep Loki at his side, but Hunter B-15 rejected him under the pretext of field command and took Loki with her.]
[The Hunter B-15 and Loki split off into the plant section of the store.]
[There, they encountered a Black man who claimed he was there to buy plants.]
[Hunter B-15 stepped forward to stop him—but the moment his hand touched hers, a green glow flashed, and her entire demeanor changed.]
["So… you're the fool the TVA sent to capture me."]
[Looking at Hunter B-15 who had turned back with a mysterious smile on her face, Loki's gaze shifted slightly.]
["I suppose… you must be me."]
[The hunter said casually: "Everyone has their identity. And you—you are me."]
[Loki's lips curved upward into a wide smile as well.]
["Pleased to meet you."]
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