tkworld Chapter 113 Loki's Professional Ethics! He must hand over the broom before leaving the company!
Chapter 113 Loki's Professional Ethics! He must hand over the broom before leaving the company!
I was laid off.
Lin Fan's three lightly uttered words were like three invisible icicles, piercing Loki's soul.
He froze completely.
He was still clutching the broom tightly in his hand, and the ecstatic joy that had bloomed on his face because of the arrival of the "ransom" was so comically frozen and shattered.
Free?
So... you're free?
His mind went blank for a moment.
These days, he has rehearsed the scenario of regaining his freedom countless times.
He imagined that one night, he would exhaust all his strength and cunning to evade the surveillance of those golden security guards and escape from this hellhole like a stray dog.
He also thought that his father, Odin, might personally lead the army of Valhalla's heroes to raze this place and rescue him from the humiliation of sweeping the floor.
But he never thought of that.
His "liberation" came so suddenly, so... uneventfully.
It was as bland as a boss casually waving his hand at a temporary worker who had just finished a dirty job.
"You can leave now."
There was no farewell party, no parting words, not even a single insincere "well done" in the name of politeness.
It was simply a dismissal.
This gave Loki a deep-seated sense of unreality.
He had been sweeping here for so long that he had become accustomed to this life intertwined with fear and despair.
I'm used to getting up before dawn and cleaning the entire alley until it's spotless, just so I won't be dragged to clean the outhouse by that battle maniac named Ares during the end-of-month KPI assessment.
He has even begun to delve into the ultimate secrets of sweeping.
How can we make every speck of dust invisible without relying on divine power, and with less effort?
He viewed it as an alternative form of spiritual practice about patience and pretense.
But now, the training is over.
It ended without warning.
A huge void suddenly opened up in his heart, and the immense feeling of weightlessness made him almost unable to stand.
"Little brother! Can you hear me? We're free!"
Thor's thunderous voice dragged Loki's soul back from the heavens.
He threw away the broken axe in his hand and rushed over with undisguised elation on his face.
He grabbed Loki's shoulders and shook him frantically: "We can go home! Loki! Back to Asgard!"
Back to Asgard?
Loki was shaken until he felt dizzy.
He looked at Saul's face, flushed with excitement, and then glanced at the man not far away who had already turned around to fiddle with the "decoration materials".
A chilling, rusty panic gripped his heart.
wrong!
This is definitely not right!
How could this man let me off so easily?
He didn't even blink when he was picking at his own gem! When he was blackmailing his father, he trampled the dignity of the entire Asgard underfoot!
Would such a ruthless character, who exploits every passing goose and drains its marrow, ever show kindness?
"Wait! Brother, wait!" Loki suddenly broke free from Thor's grasp, his face ashen.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go! I don't want to stay in this godforsaken place for another second!" Thor was so anxious that he wanted to leave this courtyard house that had shattered his worldview as soon as possible.
"You can't just leave like this!" Loki's voice was sharp and distorted as he held Thor tightly, preventing him from getting even a fraction closer to the Rainbow Bridge beam of light.
Thor was completely bewildered: "Loki, are you crazy? We're here to take you home! Now that you can walk, what are you afraid of?"
"You don't understand! You muscle-bound idiot!"
Loki lowered his voice, almost whispering in Thor's ear, and growled in a breathy voice.
"You have no idea how terrifying this man is! What do you think this place is? A public restroom? You can't just come and go as you please!"
"This is a trap! It's definitely a trap! It's a test!"
Loki's eyes flashed with a neurotic light of extreme fear.
"He must be testing me, his 'employee,' to see if I have any professional ethics and know the rules! If I just pack up and leave now, he'll definitely see me as an irresponsible piece of trash who's used and discarded!"
"At that point, with just a thought, he could have Heimdall teleport us to the core of some exploding star!"
Thor's eyes twitched as he listened. Looking at his brother's terrified expression, he was speechless for a moment.
He thought Loki was overthinking it.
But when he thought about how he had been rendered immobile by that man's single glance a few days ago, he realized that Loki's worries... seemed to make a damn good point.
Just as the two brothers were struggling to their limits, Lin Fan's voice drifted over.
"Hey, you two, what are you still standing there for?"
Lin Fan was circling the three giant boxes, speaking without turning his head.
"Get out of here and stop blocking my way while I'm unloading. My workers are waiting to start work."
Upon hearing this, Solton immediately breathed a sigh of relief and patted Loki on the shoulder: "See, he's urging us to leave. Let's go."
To everyone's surprise, Loki reacted as if his tail had been stepped on, his hair standing on end.
Are they urging us to leave?
He was indeed urging us to leave!
This is an even greater test! It's a test of my professionalism and loyalty!
Loki's mind raced like never before, and he suddenly remembered the ancient books about the mysterious Eastern kingdoms he had read in the Royal Library of Asgard.
It mentions a supreme virtue called "professional ethics"!
Yes! That's it!
He closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, he had made an incredibly important decision.
He released Thor, carefully straightened his worn-out janitor's uniform, and then, with heavy but firm steps, walked towards Lin Fan.
Thor and Li Zhenguo, who was watching from a distance, were dumbfounded, completely baffled as to what he was about to do.
Loki stopped precisely three steps behind Lin Fan.
Then, he bent down and bowed deeply to the figure's back.
"gentlemen."
His voice was extremely respectful, even trembling slightly due to excitement and nervousness.
Lin Fan was pondering how to get the huge Rainbow Bridge crystal out when he heard the sound and impatiently glanced back at him.
"What now? Didn't I tell you to get lost?"
"Yes, sir." Loki bowed even lower, almost at a ninety-degree angle. "But before I officially leave, I must... complete the resignation handover procedures!"
"As the storefront cleaner of the courtyard house, I am fully responsible for the environmental sanitation of the alley area. Now that I am about to leave my job, I have the responsibility and obligation to completely hand over my job duties, cleaning priorities, and many precautions to my next colleague."
"At the same time, I also need to return company property—this broom."
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised the ordinary broom above his head as if he were holding Gungnir.
"This is my professional ethics! Please grant my permission, sir!"
The entire alley fell into an eerie silence in an instant.
Thor's mouth gaped open, as if a fist could fit inside, and he felt as if his brain had been struck hard again by that non-existent hammer.
Li Zhenguo stood to the side, his lips twitching wildly as he desperately tried to suppress his laughter, his face turning red.
Even the Gold Saints and mercenaries who were about to start construction stopped what they were doing and stared at Loki with the look of someone looking at an absolute idiot.
Lin Fan was completely stunned when he saw Loki's solemn and dignified demeanor, as if he were conducting a ceremony for the enthronement of a god-king.
Resignation handover?
Professional ethics?
This kid... he's been sweeping around here for a few days, and he's developed Stockholm Syndrome?