Sure enough... the next day.
Just as dawn was breaking, it was the time for New York's office workers to wake up, drink a nice cup of iced Americano to clear their bowels, and then head off to work.
And for a lazy boss like Ryan, who dumped all the work onto his subordinates, he would usually still be fast asleep.
But at this moment, Ryan suddenly snapped his eyes open in bed!
Because... he had a reaction!
His Spider-Sense had reacted, and this sense of danger was coming from the sky!
Even Peter, whose Spider-Sense wasn't as strong as Ryan's, sensed the danger from above this time.
By the time Peter woke Harry up next door, Ryan had already flipped onto the roof of the mansion and was looking out toward the distant sky.
A brilliant seven-colored beam of light was falling right into the center of New York!
Ryan narrowed his eyes when he saw that rainbow-colored beam.
Because that was... the Bifrost Bridge!
At this time, Peter and Harry also climbed onto the roof, with Peter holding a tablet in his hand.
"Ryan, this is bad! Look at this livestream that just popped up on the tablet!" Peter said with an anxious face, handing the tablet to Ryan.
Ryan took it and looked. In the livestream on the tablet, someone was standing on top of a skyscraper, saying something.
And that figure wearing green and gold armor, a golden horned crown, and that sinister face—wasn't that the early-stage Loki?
That wasn't the main point. The main point was that the building Loki was standing on was actually Stark Tower!
Ryan's expression turned strange. He thought to himself, 'Is this destiny?'
Fortunately, his Parker Building was slightly shorter than Tony's tower; otherwise, Loki might be standing on his Parker Building right now.
But who told Tony to be so cocky, insisting on building his tower as the tallest in all of New York!
Ryan continued to watch the screen. On the screen, Loki stood atop Stark Tower, conducting a high-profile global livestream!
"Mortals of Midgard, I, the God of Mischief, the New King of Asgard, and your new Master, have arrived! All of you, cheer to your heart's content for my arrival!"
With the very first sentence of his opening, Loki shocked the entire world!
But everyone wasn't shocked by Loki claiming to be a god; they were shocked that his words were so damn 'godly'!
The Master of everyone? Who do you think you are, Hitler?
And the one who could least tolerate Loki's arrogant posture was naturally America, which felt like Loki was taking a dump on its head.
After Loki used unknown means to hack into the global network for the livestream and spoke that first opening line, New York Police Department helicopters arrived.
They shouted at Loki, telling him to shut down the unknown rainbow beam in the sky and to immediately drop the spear in his hand and surrender.
With Loki's arrogant nature, he naturally wouldn't give mere mortal law enforcers any respect. He raised gungnir and fired a golden ray, causing the NYPD helicopter in the sky to crash on the spot!
Man——BOOM!——
As the police helicopter crashed and exploded, everyone watching the livestream finally realized this guy was for real!
This wasn't some internet celebrity doing a stunt for views!
Loki, having shown off, seemed very satisfied. He let out a signature evil smile and continued: "Don't be in a hurry, my new subjects. This hasn't even started yet; I just swatted an annoying fly!"
"What I say next is the main topic!"
"A while ago, because of my foolish and arrogant brother, Asgard and Jotunheim fell out, leading the two countries to the brink of war!"
"And now, the Frost King of Jotunheim demands that if the culprit—my brother Thor—is handed over, he will allow the two countries to avoid war!"
"But just a few days ago, my brother fled to Midgard, which is what you call Earth, and went into hiding with the help of several so-called Superheroes of your Earth!"
"So, I will only give you half a day to hand over my brother Thor. Otherwise, the King of the Frost Giants will lead an army of Frost Giants to Earth to find Thor personally!"
"Starting from the most prosperous city, New York, in the most powerful nation on your Earth right beneath my feet!"
After saying this, Loki used his divine power to manifest images in his palm of Thor entering the spider-fighter jet last night, as well as the appearances of Ryan and the others wearing their spider suits.
Clearly, Loki intended to imitate the neighboring DC universe, causing humans to fight amongst themselves and hand over the outliers among them!
This move could only be described as poisonous!
One wrong move and the Spider Family would turn from the Superhero family that just saved New York last month into a family of sinners in the eyes of New York and even the world!
But... Loki had clearly messed with the wrong person!
With Ryan's short temper, would he indulge Loki?
Ryan tossed the tablet back to Peter and sneered, "Heh, this idiot with the pointy head wants to doxx me? He's asking for a beating!"
As he spoke, purple lightning coiled around Ryan's legs. He leaped up, turning into a streak of purple thunder as he 'flew' into the distance.
Although Ryan couldn't fly yet, he could jump fast and far!
Plus, by using the Symbiote to mimic a wingsuit, Ryan could reach Stark Tower in less than two minutes and show Loki why the flowers are so red and why he's called the Spider Monarch!
On the way, Ryan also received a call from Tony. Tony, who had also seen the livestream, was exasperated and stated he wanted to commission Ryan to kill that 'Bambi' who dared to livestream a challenge to all of humanity from his tower!
Ryan replied that he was already on the damn way!
A minute later... with a loud boom, Ryan made a grand entrance!
A bolt of purple lightning landed on the roof of Stark Tower, making Loki instinctively take two steps back, his face turning fearful.
But Loki immediately remembered that Thor's divine power had been'stripped' by Odin, and he was now a mere mortal. So, the one arriving couldn't possibly be the Thor Odinson he feared!
And as long as it wasn't Thor, Loki didn't care about any mortal on this Planet at all!
In his eyes, the gap between a god and a human was like the gap between a human and an ant. No matter how strong the ant was, he could crush it with one foot!
What's more, he was currently holding the God King's exclusive weapon, gungnir—this 'super electric fly swatter'!
Sure enough, Loki looked closely and saw that the newcomer wasn't Thor at all, but the so-called Spider God who had taken Thor away last night!
But Loki didn't believe that a mortal realm like Midgard could truly have a god.
Thus, Loki gave a disdainful smile: "What's this? Have you, this false god, come to your senses and are prepared to hand over that fellow Thor?"
Ryan said nothing, merely clenching his fists as he walked toward Loki step by step.
Seeing this, Loki's heart skipped a beat. Sensing something was wrong, he raised gungnir and pointed it at the approaching Ryan: "Lowly mortal, who allowed you to walk toward your King without permission? Stand still!"
Ryan naturally wouldn't stand still. As he walked, he cracked his neck, which was a bit stiff from just waking up, warming up for the upcoming 'activity.'
"Useless!"
Seeing this, Loki's expression turned fierce. From the tip of gungnir, a golden beam was fired at Ryan!
But Ryan simply tilted his head, and the golden beam missed, grazing past him and piercing through several skyscrapers behind him in succession!
This power could only be described as terrifying!
It was truly worthy of being Odin's legendary artifact. Even if Loki couldn't bring out its full power, it was still formidable!
But precisely because it was in Loki's hands, this artifact that should have posed a fatal threat to Ryan became nothing more than a fire poker.
After all, no matter how powerful the artifact is, you have to be able to hit your target!
Ryan sneered: "'Lowly mortal,' was it?"
Without waiting for Loki to fire a second beam, Ryan lunged forward, closing the distance instantly, and slapped Loki across the face!
Slap!
This slap landed on Loki's face, directly interrupting his casting!
Loki was stunned for a moment, then became furious: "You actually dare to hit me?!"
Ryan: "I'm hitting you, so what?"
Slap!
Immediately, the other side of Loki's face took another slap!
"You have truly angered me, mortal!"
"Angered you, have I?"
Slap!
Another slap!
"Aaaaaah! I will tear you apart with gungnir!"
"gungnir, huh?"
Slap!
This time, Loki didn't just take a heavy slap; he was sent sprawling to the ground by the force. Even gungnir was snatched away by Ryan and tossed onto the ground like trash!
Loki had never suffered such humiliation as having his face repeatedly slapped in his life. Thus, with swollen cheeks, he looked up with teary eyes and roared: "Enough! I am a god! You lowly mor—"
"Still barking!" Before Loki could finish his curse, Ryan grabbed Loki by the ankle, lifted him up, and slammed him wildly against the ground left and right, until he had smashed two large craters into the top floor of Tony's tower before stopping.
Finally, Ryan crossed his arms and looked down at Loki, who was making whimpering sounds that suggested he was questioning his life choices. Ryan said disdainfully: "Such a weak god!