American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 490 Loki: I'll fight Ben?
"of course."

Viktor von Doom returned to his throne, his voice clearly audible even through the mask.

"Thanks to Dr. Contradiction for the information, I have defeated a cult called the Eternal Warriors and absorbed the power of the god they worshipped."

Outline.

This great being, comparable to an abstract entity of the universe, a god capable of destroying the universe, had already become nourishment for Doctor Doom before even appearing before Bant.

A power at least at the level of a single universe gave Doom immense confidence.

But these alone are not enough to confront the Ivory King.

“We need to do more preparation before his brother can successfully become the god in the story.”

Meanwhile, at the Time Management Bureau.

After Loki was defeated by Phantom, he was brought here as a criminal.

As originally planned, the judge pronounced his guilt in court, and Agent Möbius took him to witness the true history of the sacred timeline.

Loki seemed a little distracted throughout the journey.

'That guy, for some reason, gives me a strange feeling of familiarity. And that person I just saw…'

He recalled seeing an arrogant young man on the street when he was being led to court.

The other person was dressed like a non-mainstream person, wearing a denim outfit with a skull pattern, and his hair was sticking up in the air, like a thug or gangster.

The key point is that the guy's face is somewhat similar to Bant's, and he's also wearing a watch on his wrist that's just a different color.

'That wouldn't be Onmitrix, would it?'

'Could that person be Bant from another universe?'

Thinking about this, Loki felt a bit hopeless and unreliable about Doctor Contradictory's plan.

I'm beating Bant, really?
Bant, well, it's not like we haven't fought them before.

It's no big deal, at most you'll just get beaten to a pulp.

He comforted himself.

“You’re so quiet.” Möbius looked at him with surprise. “I thought you would make a scene, say you have all sorts of doubts, try to trick me into letting you go, and then take control of the Time Administration or something.”

"Is this what you want me to do?"

Loki asked curiously.

“No, it’s just that I’m not used to it.” Möbius shrugged. “Basically every Loki we’ve ever captured has been like this.”

"Every...Loki?"

Mobius was pleased that he had grasped the key point and continued, "Yes, in the multiverse, Loki has always been a being who is prone to time-trapping, after all, they are good at cheating and swindling. In the end, they were all cut out."

Cutting.

Loki recalled that before he entered the courtroom, a Skrull time criminal had been cut up, leaving not even a trace of his body.

"So you'd better behave yourself."

Möbius pressed him into a chair, then pulled back a curtain and turned on the projector.

"To help you understand more deeply the time crime you have committed, I will show you the contents of the true sacred timeline."

“No problem, I’d like to see the fate you’ve decided for me,” Loki said. “But before that, I have one more question.”

"Who is that guy with the watch on his wrist and covered in spikes like a hedgehog?"

"Covered in sharp spikes?"

Mobius instantly pictured Madman in his mind and hurriedly covered his mouth.

"Don't you dare say anything out of the ordinary!"

"That man has a terrible temper. You have to call him Lord Madman, otherwise if he gets angry, he won't even need to trim you; he'll just turn into a monster and tear you to pieces!"

"Understandable."

Loki recalled the time he was swung around and smashed to the ground by the Four-Armed Overlord, and decided to back down for now.

"Can we begin now?"

Möbius asked.

"of course."

Loki obediently replied. This, however, puzzled Möbius, since Loki's quietness was definitely a sign of trouble.

But at that moment he really didn't know what the other party was planning, so he had no choice but to follow the procedure.

"Let's start with what you've already experienced."

"In 2011, in a small town in New Mexico, you attempted to kill Saul, who was in exile."

Whatever you say comes.

Loki's expression darkened at the thought of getting a beating from Four-Handed Overlord.

However, he soon realized something was wrong.

In the footage Mobius showed him, not only was Bant absent, but even Steve Rogers, who had once wielded the hammer, was nowhere to be seen.

The whole scene resembles a poorly written love story about Saul.

“What is this? ‘The Wandering God Falls in Love with Me’?” Loki retorted.

He was more interested in knowing where Bant had gone.

But he would be incredibly foolish to actually ask that question.

Clearly, the Loki he replaced lives in a world without Bant, or where Bant didn't become a superhero.

"You already know all this, do you want me to fast forward for you?"

"No, I want to watch it all."

Loki shifted his position; to be honest, he was also quite curious about the world without Bant.

'If it weren't for the small class, I'd definitely still be a jerk now, and I don't know what I'd become.'

He quieted down.

Möbius was also happy to see him idle.

The sacred timeline unfolded bit by bit, like a series of movies.

Loki watched Thor raise his hammer as if it were a joke, and he saw his own stubbornness in the past, and how he couldn't see the love Odin had given him, and how he broke with them on the Rainbow Bridge.

'madness.'

Jealousy has blinded you.

Next, he submitted to Thanos, took the scepter, and led the Chitauri to attack New York.

This was interpreted by Loki as high blood pressure.

Useless things!
You actually acted like a dog in front of Thanos! What happened to your dignity as an Asgardian god?!
He wanted nothing more than to curse them out.

When have I ever been so undignified?

He did work for Thanos, but by then he was already under the control of Supergiant, and later he even outmaneuvered Thanos, using the power of the Infinity Stones and the Casket of Ice to defeat Supergiant and others.

"Then you were arrested, but luckily you ran into the Avengers who traveled through time, which allowed you to escape."

"Wait, if that's the case, why don't you arrest those who travel through time?" Loki asked, puzzled.

“Because their time travel is inevitable, linear, and a necessary occurrence in the development of the sacred timeline,” Möbius said.

In other words, it's part of fate and the script.

The Avengers thought they had reversed everything, but in reality, it was all part of fate, everything had been arranged long ago.

"Keep watching, the rest is stuff you've never seen before."

Möbius kindly handed him a pack of tissues.

"Why are you giving me this?"

Loki asked curiously.

"You'll need it right away."

Loki didn't understand.

Why would I need tissues?
It can't be used to wipe away tears, can it?
Loki first eliminates the correct answer.

He suspected there was something erotic in the following scene. Was Thor about to have sex with that Earth woman?
Is giving yourself tissues so you can have a quickie?
Please, I'm Bambi, not a deer management master!
He took the tissue.

(End of this chapter)