Chapter 1104 Father and Son (Thirty-Three) (Patreon)

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Peter and his companions took the underground shuttle to the basement of the Nord Building mentioned by Spider-Man 2099.

In a dark basement, Spider-Man 2099 gestured with his finger towards his head and said, "The woman Loki you're looking for should be here, but we can't leave the underground right now because we are all without identity..."

"Now, the security robots flying through the alleys belong to the company. They will indiscriminately eliminate anyone without identity authentication, except in certain areas occupied by the freedom fighters. We cannot show ourselves anywhere."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Loki, seemingly wanting to see how he would bypass the identity recognition system. Loki, however, appeared confident, his eyes emitting a faint light in the darkness.

He looked up, his gaze traversing through the thick walls, scanning the crowd on the upper levels. Soon, his gaze stopped, and Loki locked onto his target.

He stretched out his hand, and the light emanating from his hand turned into ribbons, slowly forming a human figure.

Spider-Man 2099 squinted his eyes. As the figure took shape, he said with some astonishment, "Isn't this Fatty Billkin? He's a well-known rascal here. How did you..."

"It's not him, it's his clone." After retracting his hand, Loki stood before the lifelike figure. It seemed as if it were alive or even slightly surprised to see Spider-Man 2099.

Fatty Billkin shouted, "Goodness, Spider-Man, how did you break in? Security! Security!!"

Spider-Man 2099 assumed a defensive posture, but Loki approached directly, placing his hand on Fatty Billkin's forehead. Soon, Fatty Billkin stood still, and after a while, his eyes regained their vitality.

Looking at Spider-Man 2099, he said, "Alright, you want to go in, right? I can help you with elevator access, but I can only go up to the 10th floor."

"No problem, Miracle Lady isn't above the 10th floor," Spider-Man 2099 said, turning his head to Loki, seeming somewhat surprised.

"The clone is identical to the original. Whatever the original possesses, so does the clone. Additionally, the clone shares the consciousness of the original but can be manipulated by me. It's an extremely useful tool for unlocking..." Loki explained.

Having said that, Loki started walking towards the door with Fatty Billkin, but Spider-Man 2099 stopped him. He looked into Loki's eyes and said, "Are you planning to bring your daughter along?"

"She's not an ordinary person. You don't need to worry about her getting hurt," Loki said, but Spider-Man 2099 showed no intention of backing down.

"If we encounter others in the corridor, we'll have to resort to violence to avoid exposing our identities. Even if your daughter is a god, she won't be easily harmed, but are you sure you want her to witness such scenes? It's not good for children..." Spider-Man 2099 remarked.

"I'm fine!" Helen shouted. "I can go with you, and I can even help you fight. I'm really good at it..."

Spider-Man 2099 frowned deeply, even casting a wary glance at Loki. "Are you sure she's your daughter? Shouldn't you keep her out of such violence as a responsible father?"

He took two steps forward, standing in front of Loki. "Any responsible father wouldn't involve such a young child in violent conflicts. A father's responsibility is to protect his children. You should find a safe place for her..."

"If she wants to come with me, what can I do?" Loki shrugged. "And she seems quite happy, not scared at all."

"You're too irresponsible..." Spider-Man 2099 looked him up and down. "A tiger doesn't eat its cubs. Even if you're a god of mischief, you shouldn't be so irresponsible to your own daughter."

Loki let go of Helen and took her hand, saying to Spider-Man 2099, "Asgardian gods aren't as fragile as you think. This isn't really dangerous for Helen, and besides, she's an Asgardian princess. She needs plenty of opportunities for training."

"And you're not her father, so you don't need to interfere in our affairs..."

Spider-Man 2099 suppressed his expression and slowly stepped back two steps. "Perhaps you're clever enough, and your rationality tells you that what you're doing is right. But one day, you will regret it. Love will make you lose all rationality."

Loki stared at him, unmoved.

After a while, Spider-Man 2099 stepped back, allowing Loki to walk out of the basement with Helen.

With the help of Fatty Billkin, they smoothly reached the 9th floor. Fortunately, they managed to avoid the bustling crowds. In a room at the end of the corridor on the 9th floor, they found Miracle Lady mentioned by Spider-Man 2099.

In front of the huge French windows of the Nord Building, stood a graceful figure. Hearing movement at the door, she turned around and then froze in place.

She didn't resemble Loki, and she had golden hair. She appeared older than the radiant goddess Loki had transformed into, with an aura more akin to Helen's.

The two Spider-Men didn't follow Loki inside. With Helen in his arms, Loki entered the spacious office lobby. The woman by the window was about to speak when Loki said, "Ms. Hillve, hello, I'm Loki."

Ms. Hillve narrowed her eyes, looking at Loki, and then said, "Time Management Bureau?"

Loki nodded, saying, "It seems my guess was correct. You've had quite an adventure in the timeline. You're no longer the little girl you once were."

"Why are you here to see me?" Hillve pushed her hair behind her ear, looking somewhat wary.

"I need your help. The Time Management Bureau has encountered some trouble. Those people who once let you go might be in trouble because of your departure, possibly due to the interference of the mysterious Director..." Loki explained.

Hillve frowned deeply, but then she showed a hint of annoyance, saying, "What does that have to do with me?"

"Aren't you planning to save them? After all, they saved you," Loki asked. "Saved me?" Hillve's tone carried a hint of mockery. "How did they save me? Handing me a time controller and telling me to get lost as far as possible, that's called saving me?"

"The Director of the Time Management Bureau intends to interrogate you. If they hadn't sent you away, what do you think your condition would be now?" Loki raised an eyebrow.

Hillve looked away, turning to gaze at the scenery outside the glass window. She said, "I guess you would also be one of the captured Lokis. Each Loki is adept at manipulating the timeline, notorious criminals..."

"You must have resisted, like a madman, crying and causing a scene, trying to escape. But you were played like a puppet by them, ending up as a complete failure." Hillve's voice carried a coldness.

"But you were already a failure." Hillve raised her voice. "Why don't you think about where you would be if you weren't captured by the Time Management Bureau?"

She suddenly turned her head, staring into Loki's eyes. "Stay in Asgard? Stay in a place that doesn't welcome you, and will never be your home?"

"And now you've come to me, wanting me to help you return to those stupid idiots?"

Loki stared into Hillve's eyes. "It seems the story is more complicated than I imagined. Haven't you returned to your home all these years?"

"My home? I have no home." Hillve also looked into Loki's eyes and said, "I have no parents, no siblings..."

She lowered her head slightly and began to pace in front of Loki. "I'm different from you losers. I won't cry and scream like a lunatic, wanting to return to that disgusting place, to stick to the cold butts of those idiots!"

"What are you thinking?" Hillve looked up again into Loki's eyes. "There are many things you don't know."

"Huh, the day before the people from the Time Management Bureau found me, I just found out that everything about where I live, everything here, doesn't belong to me."

"I won't inherit anything here. From start to finish, I've always been an outsider, without a throne, without status, and will never receive the same respect as others..."

Hillve's eye contact was icy, as she slowly spoke, "I was also Loki once, and every Loki has experienced his dark days. Think about how you spent that day..."

"Are you really as magnanimous as you're pretending to be? Are you really as indifferent as if nothing happened? Have you really never thought about escaping and abandoning everything?"

With Hillve's solemn tone, Loki's eyes began to reveal some faint images. It was a sunset in Asgard, and he and the young Thor were running into the chambers of the Celestial Palace.

They had played wildly all day, exhausted and ready to sleep. At that moment, their powerful father and loving mother found them, but instead of bringing good news of victory to Asgard as usual, they brought news that Thor would inherit the throne, not Loki, never Loki.

From then on, he had nothing.

All the magnificent landscapes he had seen, the war songs he had heard, every breeze he had felt, every leaf that fluttered past him, would no longer belong to him, never again.

Since then, the other three formed a happy family, and behind that family, there was always a lonely ghost, wandering outside the happiness of the family and the bustle of the crowd, forever unable to move on.

Loki remembered that no one had mentioned this to him for many years, perhaps, except for him, no one remembered it anymore.

For others, it wasn't even a matter, just a light sentence, but Loki knew that the day he was abandoned was a scar he could never forget or heal.

Holding Loki's hand, Helen suddenly looked up. Sensing the trembling of Loki's fingertips, she gently called out, "Daddy!"

Standing in front of Loki, Hillve's pupils contracted, and she immediately looked at Helen with burning eyes. After seeing her face, so similar to Loki's, she stared at Helen and asked, "Are you his daughter?"

Helen raised her face to look at Hillve, nodding firmly.

Hillve gave a mocking smile and said to her, "Then watch closely and see what kind of failure your father is, like a stray dog thrown out..."

The next moment, a scream echoed in the spacious office lobby, pulling Loki's thoughts back slowly.

He turned his head and saw Helen biting into Hillve's arm.

And in the next two minutes, she bit her more than six hundred times.

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