Boom boom boom!
Clang, clang, clang!
The two Captain Americas were entangled on the skybridge, their shields clashing repeatedly, producing crisp metallic sounds.
"I have to say, this scene is pretty weird."
Black Widow stared at the two identical fighting figures on the big screen and couldn't help but complain.
"No, this is interesting!"
Loki, however, had a slight, excited smile on his face as he stared intently at the big screen.
Captain America's expression remained unchanged, as if he were watching complete strangers fight.
Bang!
A sound of fists and feet colliding rang out, as Hood-Captain America kicked Captain America away in the midst of their fierce battle.
"I can do this all day."
Hood-Captain America looked at Captain America, who was sprawled on the ground, and uttered his classic catchphrase.
"I know, I get it!"
Captain America got up from the ground, saying helplessly.
Then, with a flick of his hand, he directly threw his shield.
Hood-Captain America's shoulder also jolted, and he too threw his shield.
Duang!
The two shields collided in mid-air, then bounced off each other.
The two Captain Americas began fighting again, and due to the intensity of the battle, they both fell from the fourteenth-floor skybridge to the ground floor.
It just goes to show that a Super Soldier is a Super Soldier; falling from such a height didn't faze them in the slightest, and they both got up and continued fighting.
However, at this point, Hood-Captain America noticed the pocket watch with Peggy Carter's portrait that had fallen from Captain America's person.
"How do you have this?"
Hood-Captain America picked up the pocket watch, staring at Captain America and demanding in a deep voice.
Captain America had no time to deal with Hood-Captain America and immediately went to grab the scepter that had also fallen to the ground.
But Hood-Captain America locked his neck, making him unable to breathe.
"Bucky... is... alive!"
Captain America, in a flash of inspiration, suddenly managed to utter these words from his throat to Hood-Captain America.
"What?"
Hood-Captain America was instantly startled, and his hand unconsciously loosened its grip on Captain America.
From the looks of it, he clearly didn't know this news.
Captain America seized the opportunity, punched Hood-Captain America, and then, taking advantage of the situation, touched the scepter to Hood-Captain America's chest, causing Hood-Captain America to collapse unconscious on the ground.
Captain America got up from the ground, put away the scepter, and panted heavily.
He glanced down at the other Captain America lying unconscious at his feet, nodded, and remarked admiringly, "That really is America's ass!"
Just as Hawkeye Barton had said, it was completely a jest.
The footage ended there.
Although this footage wasn't too long, it was packed with information, revealing some very important details to everyone.
"Two Tony Starks, two Captain Americas."
Nick Fury shrugged, "This is clearly a scheme by one Captain America and one Tony Stark against another Tony Stark. I have to say, this situation is completely beyond my imagination."
"Time travel! This is time travel, right?"
Hawkeye Barton said to everyone in astonishment, "Two Captain Americas, one knows Bucky is dead, the other doesn't."
"And two Tony Starks, their ages are clearly different too. Everyone, this is time travel!"
"I can't believe something out of a sci-fi movie actually happened!"
Not only Hawkeye Barton, but everyone present was greatly surprised and astonished by this; even a god from Asgard like Loki couldn't remain calm.
Time travel, for anyone, is simply too incredible.
"What exactly happened, the footage has made it very clear: Stark, Captain Rogers, and Scott Lang traveled back in time, their goal being to steal the Tesseract and the scepter!"
"How they managed to do this, we still don't know, but one thing we do know very clearly."
"The Tesseract and Loki's scepter are extremely important to their future selves, so important that they are willing to travel through time to obtain them."
Black Widow spoke seriously from the side, addressing everyone.
This point was quite obvious.
When Black Widow finished speaking, the atmosphere in the room subtly shifted.
Because at this very moment, the Tesseract and Loki's scepter were both with them.
Although they didn't yet know why these two items would be so important, they had secretly made a decision.
No matter what, they had to keep these two items safe.
This way, they could avoid the trouble of time travel when they needed these two items in the future.
Although they didn't yet know how time travel was achieved, even thinking about it casually would suggest that it must come at a great cost.
Loki didn't say much, but his eyes flickered non-stop.
Through this footage, he realized that he might have underestimated the power of the Tesseract.
Even though Thanos had already shown him the power of the Tesseract, that might still be far from its true power!
And the scepter Thanos gave him was the same; it should be much more than just a simple magical tool.
After all, in this short period of answering questions, he had seen two pieces of footage involving the scepter being stolen.
[Please answer the question: Loki was taken by Thor to the Dark World to fight Malekith, but as soon as they arrived, Loki cut off Thor's hand. Why did he do this?]
[A. As a pledge of allegiance, to surrender to Malekith]
[B. To act with Thor, to lull Malekith into a false sense of security]
[C. To feign agreement to help Thor fight Malekith, then betray Thor at the last minute]
[D. He already intended to kill Thor, and seized the opportunity to strike decisively]
[Friendly Reminder: Correct answerers will receive the skill reward 'Sunflower Acupoint Tapping Hand'; Incorrect answerers will have a random personal attribute deducted, including but not limited to knowledge, experience, skills, possessions, etc...]
Amidst everyone's discussions, a new question appeared.
Everyone then composed themselves and focused their attention on the big screen.
This question, however, was about Loki.
Swish!
After reading the question, everyone couldn't help but turn their gaze towards Loki, clicking their tongues in amazement.
Loki was indeed Loki; in terms of deviousness, cunning, and ruthless indifference, he certainly didn't disappoint everyone.
No matter how bad their relationship was, he was still his brother, right?
To actually cut off Thor's hand and injure him, it was just unbelievable!
Outrageous!
What sins did Thor commit in his past life to be stuck with such a troublesome brother like Loki?
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
Loki, however, was calm, even with a faint smile on his lips, as if pleased with what he had done in the question. "Are you surprised?"
This made everyone secretly call him a pervert in their hearts.
"Didn't Thor tell you how I used to prank him?"
Loki laughed again, unconcerned. "It seems your relationship with him isn't as good as I thought."
"For example... Thor likes snakes, so you turned into a snake to approach Thor, and then took the opportunity to stab him?"
Tony Stark said, glancing at Loki with a speechless expression.
"So he did tell you. Then why do you still look so surprised?"
Loki shrugged, as if talking about a trivial matter.
"Over the years, I don't know how many times I've stabbed Thor; I don't know how many places on his body I've stabbed... but cutting off a hand, I haven't tried that yet."
"Do you know why? Because Thor has no brain. I use the same method on him, and he falls for it every single time!"
"I'm actually quite curious why someone as brainless as him still has friends..."
Loki began to relentlessly criticize Thor in front of everyone again.
Everyone present couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, secretly feeling sorry for Thor; having a brother like that was simply a nightmare.
Not long ago, Loki even sent the Destroyer to hunt down Thor.
What kind of demonic brother was this!
"Loki!"
Nick Fury couldn't help but cut Loki off, "If you're not interested in answering this question, I think we can do it for you, and we'd be happy to!"
"No need."
Loki immediately refused; he naturally wouldn't miss out. "This is my question, I can handle it!"
With that, Loki turned his gaze to the big screen, focusing his attention on the question.
"Dark World?"
Loki frowned slightly. "Could it be Svartalfheim, one of the Nine Realms? That's a dead star! And who is Malekith?"
At this point, Loki glanced at everyone present. "From your expressions, you seem to know who this person is, but I guess you won't tell me who he is, will you? Fine, I don't need you to tell me."
"No matter who this Malekith is, it won't affect my ability to answer this question!"
After saying this, Loki began to stare at the four options, lost in thought.
"Surrender to Malekith?"
"I'm not as stubborn as Thor. Smart people need to know how to assess the situation. Sometimes, a temporary surrender is for the greater good, for the ultimate victory. I can accept surrendering to Malekith."
Although everyone didn't voice their opinions, they inwardly agreed with Loki's words.
They had already seen it.
Didn't Loki surrender during the Battle of New York?
The object of his surrender wasn't even a Dark Elf leader like Malekith, but merely a few humans!
Just as Loki himself said, his surrender wasn't just a simple surrender, but a means to dismantle the Avengers from within, with a larger scheme in mind.
So, option A, in everyone's opinion, had no flaws.
You can't say that a surrender with an ulterior motive isn't a surrender, can you?
"Acting with Thor? Oh, oh, that's highly unlikely."
When his gaze fell on option B, Loki immediately shook his head.
Firstly, given his and Thor's personalities, such a thing would absolutely never happen. Thor's method of solving problems was always just brute force.
To smash everything with his hammer.
He wouldn't use a brainy method like acting.
And that was just one reason.
Not to mention, Loki's true identity had already been exposed; he now knew that he wasn't Odin's son, but the son of the Frost Giant King.
Not long ago, he had just sent the Destroyer to Midgard to try and kill Thor, and almost destroyed Jotunheim using the Bifrost.
Although he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Loki also knew that his act of secretly allowing Frost Giants into Asgard would soon be exposed.
Given everything he had done, he was to be sentenced to death in Asgard; at the very least, he would spend the rest of his life in prison.
After all of this, his relationship with Thor would become frigid, absolutely putting them on opposing sides.
How could the two of them possibly cooperate against an enemy?
"Feigning agreement to Thor, then betraying Thor at the last minute? That's my style! My usual style!"
Loki immediately ruled out B, then turned his attention to option C.
"This is also Thor's usual style. Every time I use this same trick, Thor falls for it every time!"
Everyone around also strongly agreed.
When the Bifrost broke, Thor had already shown everyone how easily he fell for Loki's tricks; a highly inferior lie was enough to make Thor run in circles.
Option C was definitely possible.
"Seize the opportunity to decisively kill Thor?"
Loki paused, then remained silent, before finally saying, "That's not my style."
Although in everyone's eyes, Loki was a ruthless, cold-blooded executioner who would even kill his own brother, a psychopath.
But in reality, only Loki himself knew that he never truly wanted to kill Thor.
What he sought was always very simple: fairness!
Loki wished that Odin, Frigga, Heimdall, and the other Asgardians would treat him the same way they treated Thor, instead of making it seem like he wasn't Odin's biological son.
Even though he wasn't Odin's biological son.
Although he had indeed sent the Destroyer to kill Thor not long ago, that was actually just an impulse, nothing more!
Just imagine, Loki had just ascended to the throne of Asgard, and everyone in Asgard should have obeyed Loki's commands, but what was the result?
His prestige was even less than that of Thor, who had been stripped of his powers and exiled to Midgard!
His few good friends in Asgard were one thing, but even someone as high-ranking and powerful as Heimdall in Asgard was secretly defying him, conspiring to bring Thor back and replace him.
How could Loki not be angry?
He had only decided to kill Thor in a fit of rage at the time.
Otherwise, he had already gone to Midgard and seen Thor as a mortal before; why didn't he act then?
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