Chapter 384: The Time Gem as a Bargaining Chip

"His hair, did you dry it?"

Hela, who didn't take it seriously, suddenly sharpened her eyes when she saw Thor who was forcibly dragged into the communication screen by Strange.

Thor forced his way into the mirror was bound by crimson magic ropes, and the long blond hair that was enough to be draped was gone, replaced by a rather refreshing-looking inch.

You know, the Asgardians attach great importance to their hair, let alone Thor, a royal child.

The head can be broken, the blood can flow, and the hairstyle cannot be broken.

Even Hela, after being sealed by Odin for more than a thousand years, the first thing she did after returning to Asgard to repair was to wash her hair and bake some oil by the way.

"It's up to you to interpret it." Stephen Strange gave an ambiguous answer.

And it was precisely this ambiguous answer that made Hela a little unsure for a moment whether Strange was cheating on his hand.

"What are you going to talk to me about?"

"I think it's better for us to have a face-to-face interview on this matter." Strange shrugged his shoulders and single-handedly sent Thor out of the camera.

"To further show my sincerity, let's hold the meeting in Asgard, how about it?"

"In Asgard, you are the supreme empress, and no one is your opponent. In this way, can you rest assured? Strange spread his hands, and Hela's virtual image changed suddenly.

Strange's appearance fades into obscurity, replaced by Asgard, where reconstruction work is in its final stages.

"How did you get in?" Hela has a bad eye.

All of Asgard's external portals had been completely closed since she left, and the secret doors left by the Dark Quadrant on the Rainbow Bridge had been re-sealed by Hela.

"I said, I'm the current Supreme Mage, Stephen Strange."

Smiling, Strange's image slowly faded after leaving this last sentence, leaving Hela alone in her chair, her face cloudy.

"Miss Hela, please lift your feet." The housekeeper of the side hall, the robot cat Gates Sect, stepped on the mobile cleaning machine and drove to Hela's side, and reminded respectfully.

"Meow!"

The Elemental Eater, which was almost about to build a nest on the beam, yawned, and the small meat pad of the puff puff accidentally stepped on the air, and its soft and thin body smashed directly into the cleaning machine.

Bang!

"You're making trouble again!!"

Seeing that the cleaning machine was directly damaged, the tanuki butler with a plaid apron tied around his waist suddenly went berserk.

"Meow!"

The orange cat, struggling to crawl out of the machine parts, suddenly stands on its hair and runs away!

"Stop!"

"I'm going to cut all your hair today!"

Furious, the butler Gates took out eight robotic arms from his pocket and installed them on himself, chasing the sprinting orange cat around the world.

"Meow!"

In the side hall, the atmosphere that was still lonely was broken in an instant.

Two cats, one big and one small, were scurrying around right under Hela's nose and began to follow the routine of coming every once in a while.

".................." Hella helplessly supported her forehead.

How come Beckett is surrounded by a group of living treasures, and he is not this character?

How did you endure it for so long?

From Gates the butler cat to the mischievous Elemental Eater, to the celebratory licking dog who has already impressed Hela, the only one around Beckett who seems to be normal so far is the combat assistant intelligent lifeform Woz.

With a deep sigh in her heart, Hela, who had stood up from her chair, took one last look at the side hall where Beckett had been from a young age to a large hall, and then turned to leave.

She's going back to Asgard.

Thor, no matter what he says, is also an Asgardian and a member of the Asgardian royal family.

She can beat him, Beckett can humiliate him, but no one else can.

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"Are you alright?"

"Can you unravel this thing now?"

Asgard, in the royal palace.

A blank stor asked, as Strange hung up.

"No, I'll have to grieve you again before Hela comes back to see you." Strange, the man behind Thor's tying up, shook his head in refusal.

"What the hell do you want to do?" Thor was puzzled.

If it weren't for Tony Stark's belief in him, Thor would have slapped him and taught him to be a man.

The last Gao Tianzun who dared to tie him up like this was blown up.

Although it wasn't he who blew it up.

"I'm going to work with Beckett."

“………… What did you say?! Thor's eyes widened.

Working with Beckett?

Did he hear it right?

"I know, it's a crazy decision."

"But that's the only way to do it so far."

"Your brother has pushed our universe to the edge of the abyss with his own hands!"

Strange stared at Thor without showing any hint of weakness.

"Before leaving, my teacher left me a letter."

"She drained her life force and found me two people who could save the universe."

"One is Beckett and one is Tony Stark."

"But now, Tony Stark is seriously injured, and he can only survive as a soul body for now. This also means that there is only one person who can save this universe, and there is only Beckett. ”

Strange's voice was serious and his expression was solemn.

"I know there's an irresolvable hatred between you and Beckett."

"I know he killed your father, Odin."

"But now, in the face of the crisis of the universe, the personal enmity between you and Beckett, I can't take care of it."

As the Supreme Mage, Strange has no obligation or responsibility to serve Thor's personal hatred.

Instead, he will do whatever it takes to save the universe.

"He? Beckett? ”

"Cosmic Savior?"

"It's not you, why do you have to believe him-"

"I'm not believing in him, I'm believing in my teacher, believing in the Time Gem." Strange interrupted Thor's agitation.

He has never met Beckett, so how can he believe it?

There is already a crisis in this universe, and someone needs to save it.

A very simple truth.

As for the hatred, when this matter is over, no matter how much Thor tosses Strange, he doesn't care.

Thor was silent, thinking to himself.

He thought of the other self who had detonated himself as a bomb outside of Saka.

The power of the awakened Odin was about to break through the shackles in him, but Thor suddenly heard a roar.

An extremely poignant roar.

"Roar!!

Although the roar was only fleeting, Thor was sure it wasn't a hallucination, but when he glanced at Strange vaguely, he found that the latter seemed unheard.

[What's going on?] 】

[Are there any other fierce and evil creatures locked up in Asgard?] 】

Thor frowned and pondered, and Strange only thought that he was only temporarily angry, and did not pay any more attention. And when Hela's figure appeared at the gate of the palace, he smiled with relief.

"If you don't give me a satisfactory answer, I guarantee you'll die ugly." Standing on the land of Asgard, Hela had the confidence to say this.

Even if there was a Supreme Mage standing in front of her.

"Time Gem."

"How about I give you the Time Gem as a bargaining chip for our trade?" Strange took off the Eye of Agomoto from his chest and reached out to Hela.

Hela: ???