Chapter 1085 Father and Son (XIV)
Just this short question made Mobius's emotions collapse directly. He leaned back in his chair and said, "Of course I don't want to die, but I have no other choice."
"You haven't worked here, so you don't know how cruel the director is."
"During his travels in the multiverse, his biggest hobby is to collect various tortures from various worlds, and then use the ability to control time to slow down the pain of each prisoner infinitely until they fall into the deepest and most painful hell."
Mobius' voice was shaking so much that he couldn't hear what he was saying: " I have never been in charge of torture, but I saw it once by chance. The same is true for Lavona, B15 and others. We have all seen his atrocities..."
"I don't want to see such a scene again, so we want to help the little girl escape, and we don't want such a terrible thing to happen to us..."
"But you chose her between you and the little girl." Loki lowered her eyes, and the halo behind her became brighter and brighter. When Mobius raised his head again, he even saw a trace of mercy in Loki's eyebrows that he had never seen on anyone's face.
"'If I don't go to hell, who will?' It's easy to say, but almost no one will do it. Between their own suffering and the suffering of others, people will instinctively choose to let others suffer."
"Anyone who can overcome this instinct is a rare saint, so you deserve my respect."
Mobius's expression gradually calmed down. After a while, he stood up with his remaining strength, adjusted his tie and hair, looked at Loki and said, "Leave here, take your daughter, and go back to your original life together..."
"Since you don't want to die, you should let me stay and help you find a possible way to survive."
Loki stood up from the chair, pushed the door open and walked out. Mobius didn't know where she was going, but he instinctively followed her.
"If it were in the past, I would never follow you, nor would I listen to anything you said." Mobius shook his head gently.
Loki's expression suddenly became dazed. Standing by the door, she repeated in a low voice: "If it was before, I would never follow you..."
Suddenly, she stopped, looked at Mobius with burning eyes, and asked: "Why didn't you want to follow me before?"
"Because, the you I knew before were all liars, arrogant, and only made some childish pranks. Not to mention following you, I would never allow you to appear in my office. Who knows what kind of trouble you will cause?"
"So now, why are you willing to follow me?"
"If it was before, I would think, perhaps, this is still another lie of yours." Mobius looked into his eyes and said: "But just now, I can feel that no matter what, your heart to help us is real."
Loki stood there, lost in thought. After a while, she said to Mobius: "Thank you, you made me understand one thing."
"What's the matter?" The two continued to walk forward. Mobius asked with some doubts. Loki slowly said:
"It's actually very simple to destroy trust. It's even so simple that a lie can smash all the prestige that has been established. If my first half of my life is all lies, then no one believes me, and I'm asking for trouble."
"It's difficult to build trust. It's not that I suddenly changed and made some contributions. Everyone should immediately treat me as a guest of honor and bow down to me..."
Loki sighed and said, "They don't trust me or respect me. Perhaps, it's not just because I have no identity, but I, or the me before, really don't deserve anyone's respect, because I don't even respect myself."
Hearing him say this, Mobius knew that he must be talking about Asgard again, and now, Mobius no longer wants to hear any news from the Asgard royal family.
And Loki, who was walking in front, slowly became calm, as if she had suddenly made an important decision, but was relieved.
Before, his plan was to save these civil servants with the help of the special properties and powerful force of his own universe to fill the shortage of Asgard.
If the Time Administration Bureau is really destroyed and the director is eyeing them from outside, then these people can only be loyal to Asgard and him for protection.
Their character has been tested, and the Asgardians also appreciate this self-sacrificing spirit very much. It is not difficult to integrate, so they are quite good candidates.
The reason why he wanted to help this group of people, in addition to sighing at the character of this group of people, is actually to brush up his favor. After all, this group of people are civil servants, and it is very likely that they will work under him in the future. Showing a style of sharing weal and woe in advance will also help lead the team in the future.
But now, what Mobius just said made Loki fall into thought.
Indeed, planning and some harmless lies can quickly achieve the goal, but if you do too much, everyone knows what kind of person you are, and no one will follow you.
In addition, before, Loki also saw what happened to Schiller. It can be said that Schiller's strategy and planning level are the only ones that Loki is willing to believe and admit are better than hers, but even so, it almost caused a disaster.
Facts have proved that if you want to succeed, only planning and arrangements will not work. No matter how brilliant the plan is, it is dead, while people are alive.
All along, Loki has also thought about where Thor is better than her?
And after experiencing so many things, Loki has also come up with the answer, that is-sincerity.
Strategy can win people, sincerity can win people's hearts.
If we say that Loki has grown up compared to before, it is that she has admitted that her current situation in Asgard cannot be blamed entirely on others, and she herself also has to bear a large part of the responsibility.
After all, she told all the lies and played all the pranks herself. It's okay to say that they all have meaning, but now that I think about it, many of them are just to satisfy my own bad taste.
One day, people will have to pay the price for their youthful frivolity. Loki thought, maybe now it's her turn to pay the price.
Since lies don't work, why not... be sincere for once?
In the corridor, Loki suddenly stopped and Mobius looked at her.
Loki walked to the center of the corridor. After a burst of light, Loki regained the image of a handsome young man, wearing the most solemn and complicated armor of Asgard, and even wearing the crown he rarely wore.
Loki put his hand on his chest and saluted Mobius. Mobius was startled and jumped up from his seat. He stood there at a loss and said, "What's wrong? What are you doing... suddenly..."
"Please allow me to thank you, Mr. Mobius." Loki stood up and looked at him and said, "Every Asgard in this universe is my home. I don't want to see any member of Asgard suffer."
"You and your colleagues' kindness saved an Asgard god. Whether she is me in other universes or my family, you are her benefactor and my benefactor."
"In order to repay your kindness, I promise you that I will do my best to fight for you. Regardless of whether the so-called director of the Time Anomaly Administration will return, I and the Asgard behind me will always be your solid backing."
"Enough!"
A cold female voice came, and Lavona led B15 and several other guards who were obviously aware of the matter.
Mobius seemed a little flustered, but Loki could see that the conversation between him and Mobius was actually under Lavona's control, and she acquiesced to all this.
"Who do you think you are?"
Lavona walked in front of Loki, holding the staff in one hand, looking at Loki and said: "You are just a prince of Asgard in a small universe, and the Time Management Bureau controls all the timelines in the universe. The director of the Time Management Bureau can even integrate the entire Ragnarok into the staff."
After saying that, Lavona raised the staff in her hand, and a golden light emerged from the top of the staff. Just looking at this light made Loki feel a little uneasy.
"Whatever decisions we make and whatever we do, we will have to pay the price ourselves in the end."
"We don't need anyone to protect us, nor do we need you, the damn time offender, to take responsibility for us."
Lavona looked at Loki with cold eyes and said, "You can't take this responsibility either."
Loki didn't feel angry because of her attitude. On the contrary, he looked at Lavona with a sincere look and said, "I admit that I am not strong enough to completely eliminate this disaster for you."
After saying that, Loki lowered his head gently and pressed his index and middle fingers together on his forehead. Mobius next to him recognized that this was the gesture used by Asgard to swear.
This young prince in gorgeous armor was more majestic than any Loki that the people present had seen, even though he was just a goddess who looked delicate and gentle.
Lavona looked at Loki, and there was a hint of disbelief in the eyes of the female judge.
Because she knew that when the gods of Asgard swore an oath on the honor of Asgard, the oath would be heard by every Asgardian. If the oath was not completed, the owner of the oath would be expelled from Asgard forever.
In the past, the voice of the oath always came from the father of the gods, who was well known to the Asgardians, or the new king now.
And on this day, when a slightly unfamiliar voice appeared above Asgard, all the Asgardians raised their heads in shock.
"I swear by the glory of the gods of the north, no matter how weak I am, no matter how much I can do, if disaster is about to come, I will stand with my friends until the last drop of blood is shed and I fight to death."