I Became Spider-Man's Cousin in Anime Crossover

Chapter 560 Thor's Dark History

After watching Nick Fury and the others leave, Riley turned around and walked towards the command room.

As the automatic doors to the operations command center slid open in front of Riley, a heated argument reached his ears before he could even say anything.

"I still believe that execution is the safest option."

It was Tony who spoke.

At this moment, he had taken off his armor and was wearing a dark gray T-shirt, holding a cup of coffee in his hand.

"You all saw the footage Spider-Man sent back. She was at the Stuttgart Opera House, trying to use mind control to force hundreds of civilians to submit to her. Not to mention she stole the Tesseract, causing the energy to go out of control, and her henchmen did such stupid things... Just those alone are enough to kill her several times over."

"Watch your words, Stark."

For a hostile and extremely uncontrollable enemy, this is undoubtedly a simple and straightforward solution.

However, upon hearing these words, Thor frowned, stood up, and retorted without any politeness.

"No matter how tyrannical Amora may be, she is still one of us Asgardians. Her crimes should be judged by Asgardian law, not by the arbitrary decisions of the Midgard."

Unfortunately, Thor's seemingly righteous demeanor didn't even last three seconds. Loki's elegant voice drifted out from beside Thor, directly piercing his brother's veil of pretense.

"By the way, she's also Thor's girlfriend, which is why this big oaf suddenly got angry."

These words silenced the command room, which had been gradually filling with tension, for a full two seconds.

Tony's coffee cup stopped at his lips, and his eyebrows rose at an extremely slow pace.

Steve, who had been looking down at his data panel, tapped his finger lightly on the edge of his shield when he heard this, then suddenly looked up and stared straight at Thor.

Banner, sitting on the other side of the holographic table, moved his lips, which were hidden under his hand, as if he was trying hard to suppress a laugh.

"Loki! You bastard...!"

As the center of everyone's attention, even Thor, who is usually quite oblivious, couldn't help but feel embarrassed at this moment.

"When she suddenly appeared in the lab, stole the Tesseract, and caused an uncontrolled energy explosion, if Spider-Man and his team hadn't arrived in time, at least a hundred people would have died because of her... and that doesn't even include those she killed directly or indirectly after arriving on Earth."

Unfortunately, he had only glared fiercely at Loki and hadn't even had a chance to defend himself when Natasha spoke up.

Her voice was not loud, and her speech was not fast, but it was like a sharp dagger, each word piercing Thor's heart.

"Most importantly, she plotted an attack to kill Spider-Man's parents... Even so, do you still think she shouldn't have been executed outright?"

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked calmly at Thor.

"...She's just my ex-girlfriend; we broke up hundreds of years ago."

After a few concise words, Thor immediately changed his tune.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Thor's arrogance vanished. The expression on his face changed from the embarrassment and anger he felt when Loki exposed him to a deeper, almost ochre red.

Upon hearing that Amora, that fool, even dared to assassinate Riley's parents, Thor's face turned deathly pale, and his voice dropped a full octave.

Clearly, he belatedly realized why he and Loki, who had been deliberately avoiding Riley after witnessing Riley's dark side, had finally mustered the courage to return to Earth.

Only Mjolnir, nestled at his waist, emitted a low hum, as if expressing some unspeakable embarrassment on behalf of its master.

"...Pfft...I mean...Wow, that's really surprising."

Tony's brow, which had been furrowed because Thor was contradicting him, completely relaxed at this moment.

He looked at Thor, the corners of his mouth curving upwards with undisguised speed, instantly transforming into a curious onlooker, and pressed for an answer.

"Were you captivated by her beauty? Perhaps Miss Jane would be happy to hear this story?"

"That...that was a long time ago! I was young then, so...!"

"Speaking of this, I've always been curious... Brother, you're only a little over 1,500 years old today. But Amora, if I remember correctly, is at least 5,000 years old."

After Tony's teasing, Thor's face turned a deep shade of liver.

Before he could finish speaking, Loki's voice, tinged with a mischievous chuckle, echoed in everyone's ears once more.

The smile on his face was neither exaggerated nor restrained, perfectly positioned between "politeness" and "annoying," on that golden ratio line.

"Even though we Asgardians have long lifespans, if you convert that to the ages of Midgardians, it seems like you weren't even in love with Amora yet..."

"Loki—!!!"

Seeing that Loki was about to reveal his dark past again, Thor couldn't care less about maintaining his image. In a fit of embarrassment and anger, he lunged at Loki, trying to cover his incessantly chattering mouth.

Unfortunately, Loki, who had anticipated this, had already used an illusion to replace his real self, leaving Thor empty-handed.

When Loki's true form appeared out of thin air beside Tony, he wisely chose to shut up and call it quits. But his green eyes still gleamed with the satisfaction of a successful prank.

Hmm, as expected, compared to backstabbing Thor with a knife...

Sharing his past embarrassing moments in front of others would be more likely to break Thor's defenses and make things more entertaining for him.

Riley was right!

Thor naturally saw through Loki's little scheme. His face changed rapidly, turning from pale to red, before he rubbed his hands together, ready to fill the void of "familial love" that Loki lacked in his childhood.

It was at this moment that Riley walked in through the door.

His intention was to divert everyone's attention and ease the tension, preventing Thor, who was all brawn and no brain, from actually fighting Loki in a fit of rage.

But the atmosphere in the command room changed the moment he walked in.

When Thor saw Riley walk in, the redness on his face quickly faded, and his Adam's apple bobbed up and down.

Loki's satisfied smile faded slightly, and he even shifted his position intentionally or unintentionally, disregarding the risk of Thor taking the opportunity to retaliate, and hid behind Thor.

Steve's expression remained calm, but his jawline tightened slightly. His gaze towards Riley held a hint of guilt and unease.

Tony put his coffee cup down, the bottom making a soft clink against the table. Instead of his usual witty remark to break the awkward silence, he turned his gaze to the dashboard, his fingers swiping rapidly across the screen as if performing some important task. But Riley could see perfectly clearly that Tony was simply opening and closing the browser program on the desktop repeatedly.

Banner and Natasha reacted slightly better. Although they were also a little nervous, they managed to remain calm since it didn't concern them.

"...Why are you all looking at me like that?"

Such a bizarre scene made Riley stop in his tracks.

His gaze first swept across everyone's faces, then swept around the entire command room.

Everyone is here unharmed, with no signs of injury...

However, Felicia and Jade were missing.

This made Riley think for a moment, and he roughly guessed what it was. With a hint of helplessness in his tone, he asked.

"...Let me guess, what trouble has Xiaoyu gotten herself into by disobeying orders and acting on her own again?"