greek gods in new york

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Rocky, a plastic doll with the size of a thumb, stood on the back of my hand and danced.

He raised his hands up and dangling, blinking his beady eyes: "Leave it to me, Nicole, I'll give you a third option!"

I:"……"

How much melancholy and pressure really had disappeared without a trace the moment Loki interrupted.

Don't you think your style of painting is wrong?One second, I was still in the setting atmosphere similar to the movie "O Destroyer" or "O Pro", which is full of mysterious ideas, but the next second you pulled the set into the children's animation where there will be a beautiful O girl transformation scene , Not suitable!

I held BB between my elbows and pinched the Rocky doll standing on my arm.

The doll with the big thumb couldn't stop struggling: "Don't pinch, don't pinch, it's so itchy, hahahaha!!"

I:"…………"

No, hold back.

Nicole Hawke, I crazily exhorted myself in my heart, you can't just throw Loki out, and he will come back when you throw it out.

I shook the plastic doll in my hand angrily: "What on earth do you want to do?!"

Loki: "Hey, hey, put me down, I'll explain it to you."

Seeing that Doudou's eyes were about to be turned into mosquito-repellent eyes by me, I had no choice but to put Loki back in my palm.The plastic doll with the size of a thumb shook its head and stumbled for a long time before regaining its balance, rubbing its forehead and standing up straight.

"I knew it would be like this," the Rocky doll folded her arms and said in a serious manner, "I have long suspected that there is something wrong with your godfather-I said, he is not the only one who was invaded by the colonists, and the Nordic gods also made him Has Christianity been classified as heresy! But look at us, which one is not good. When I saw Fernando for the first time, I was thinking, why is Tezcatlipoca no longer the original self."

"so?"

"So as soon as I heard that you and him ran to El Paso, I hurriedly followed," Rocky Doll said triumphantly, "Look, let me predict it!"

"……Wait a moment."

"how?"

"You heard everything Fernando and I said just now."

"I'm in your pocket, how can you not hear clearly."

"You heard me cry, didn't you?"

"Don't be such a stranger, Nicole."

The Rocky doll spread out her hands, and said in the tone of an elder who had come here: "Adolescent teenagers and girls, I don't mind being sentimental for a while... It's useless if you look at me like this. I won't be affected if I pinch the plastic doll."

hateful.

The idea of ​​destroying corpses and traces was punctured as soon as it came up.

"Cough cough."

Probably seeing that I was seriously considering this matter, Loki cleared his throat: "Let's talk about business, 'that thing' is still looking at you."

is not that right.

He was standing right in front of me in the same mirror position as me.The only difference is that there is a Rocky doll standing in the palm of my hand, while He just holds his palm empty, with nothing inside.

"The third option I'm talking about is—"

"—You change back and talk."

The surrounding toys of Doudouyan speak in a serious manner, and they look like cartoons, I can't bear it.

"Well," Loki was very dissatisfied, "There are so many problems."

After speaking, the thumb-sized doll leaped forward and jumped down from my palm.

The moment the doll hits the ground, the little toy transforms into an adult-sized Loki.

He stood up and rubbed his long black hair complainingly: "My head hurts from you pinching?"

Me: "What's the third option you mentioned?"

Loki tilted his head when he heard that.

His blue eyes narrowed slightly, and a faint smile appeared on his delicate face.Having known him for more than half a year, I know very well that this is the prelude to Rocky's performance.

Sure enough, when he heard my question, he directly opened his hands.

The Norse god stepped diagonally and stood between me and "that thing".He used his divine power to block "that thing" from approaching me with his own power.

This posture, as if he is still protecting me.

"Give me the power, Nicole."

With a smile on his face, Loki said seriously: "You don't want to be a sinner, you don't want to destroy yourself, so give me your power."

Me: "You—"

Loki: "Shh, listen to me."

One of his hands turned in front of me, and his slender fingers gently pressed against my lips.

"He came to you," Loki said, "because you are the real He. This power follows you, eager to enter reality, to invade this world. So the desire to crack it It's also very simple, you take the initiative to give him up and give him to me. And don't worry, Nicole, I won't use this power to do anything to destroy the world."

I didn't speak, just changed my expression slightly, and Loki understood what I was going to say.

The god of deception grinned and stroked my lips, preventing me from interrupting him.

"I'm not a Facebook villain in a superhero comic, destroying the earth and ruling the universe? It's petty and boring-yes, I'm talking about Marvel and DC."

Speaking of which, he used that pretty face to make an extremely exaggerated expression of disgust.

"What's so good about the earth? It doesn't have many resources, it has a large population, the development of science and technology has entered a period of stagflation, and civilization may not have been replaced for a long time," Loki wrinkled his nose, and changed into a picky tone, "Look outside again. , this universe is not much better. Only human beings can imagine that higher creatures will always come to destroy themselves. In fact, Nicole, think about it. If you are a higher life, human beings are just a group of ants to you -"

I slapped Loki's hand away: "This is a metaphor used in Marvel!"

It's the line that Loki said in the Marvel movie.

Loki: "That's right. So you'd have nothing to do to invade the ants' nests, rule them, enslave them, and then destroy their ant nests?"

Me: "Uh."

Then I was just full.

"That's it."

Loki smiled brightly.

"Nicole, the third option is that you transfer your power to me, and I promise to leave here with the power, leave the real world, and never let 'that thing' disturb your life and world peace again."

"...I see," I said with a complicated expression, "So this is your purpose."

"Yes."

Rocky confessed frankly: "How about it, Nicole? This is a choice for both ends. I will help you solve the unnecessary troubles, and you can continue to live your carefree and happy life, isn't it great?"

Zeus, Odin and others want the power of "that thing" to restore the glory of the old gods.

Xinshen wanted to use this power to strengthen himself.

Their purpose is different, but the essence is the same: they all want to take this power as their own.

As for Loki?

After waiting by my side for so long, he finally "exposed" his true thoughts.

Loki's purpose is almost indistinguishable from New Gods and Old Gods.The only difference is that he doesn't care about the Old Gods, or the world, at all.

He only hopes that he can be completely free and unfettered.

but……

So free that I want to leave this world!You are too far off the mark!

"You wait."

I couldn't bear to look directly at Loki: "But the power of 'that thing' will be converted into divine power, how are you sure you can use divine power to leave?"

Loki: "You can see it or not and transform it to me."

Me: "That's impossible!"

Although I haven't tried it, the new gods who started Project Lazarus did.

What happened in this building is recorded in the subconscious of "that thing".I stand here, and all his memories are basically shared with me-the new gods input pure energy into any creature in this world, in exchange for the destruction and decomposition of the creature.

Loki is dying!

"Don't worry, don't worry."

He waved his hand: "So I said, listen to me, Nicole. Did you forget the golden apple?"

I froze.

"Golden apples can restore the old gods to their original state," he said, "it's not rejuvenation, not reincarnation, um... In the current popular words, it is to clear all the debuffs on the old gods. In this way, you know Right? As long as you restore the golden apple tree first, no matter what consequences I will bear because of my strength, I can use the effect of the golden apple to offset it."

Of course I get it.

That's why he deliberately destroyed the golden apple tree and urged Eden to transplant the saplings to El Paso.

Odin said this was 20 years ago.

It means that Loki probably planned all of this 20 years ago when the New God just launched the Lazarus plan.

but……

"If I hadn't been born," I asked, "what would you have done?"

"It's easier if you weren't born."

Loki explained helplessly: "Isn't it easier for me to steal BB?"

So, it was my birth that delayed his plan.

Assuming that the Fernand Institute didn't kill the researchers back then, and created a storage explosion, Xinshen successfully developed the "fetus" that can transfer power...I'm afraid Loki is going to steal something.

After the failure of the Lazarus plan, in the past ten years, has Loki been involved in it, adding oil and vinegar, so that the development of things is more in line with his plan?I don't know.

What I know is that he is really good at making troubles.

Loki is still persuading me: "You can become one with 'that thing' first, and then restore the golden apple tree - with the golden apple, Ares can also restore his sanity, and then you will give me the power to be with me. Your father's family reunion, isn't that the kind of happy ending you want?"

So the golden apple is the key.

According to Loki, it can offset all the Debuffs on the old gods, no matter what kind of negative effects they have, and keep the positive effects.

"Well, Nicole, how would you like to choose?"

if it is like this--

"I choose the fourth way."

Under Loki's stunned eyes, I took a deep breath, looked over his shoulder, and looked at "that thing" that had been standing there.

Thanks to Zeus, with such a very unreliable grandfather, an extremely simple but useful truth has long been firmly engraved in my mind.

That is, don't trust any of the old gods, don't depend on them, don't listen to their advice.

What I can solve, I have to solve by myself.

Zeus and Odin are like this, so is there any difference between Loki?

"Have you forgotten, Loki," I said, "my father is Ares, and I also have the blood of the old gods!"

That said, golden apples work for me too!