Jotunheim. Asgard's surrender ceremony was held once again. This time, nothing went wrong. Thor represented Asgard and very smoothly accepted the Frost Giants' unconditional surrender.
In fact, this surrender was more sincere than any before it.
Because, in the Frost Giants' eyes, it was the Asgardians and their allies who had helped them deal with the monster Hive.
After Hive's true body was locked away, the bugs possessing the Frost Giants gradually began to die. And because Hive was unable to commit suicide, he had no way to transfer his mental core, becoming a prisoner completely.
This was even more terrifying than being exiled to another planet. At least with an entire planet as a prison, there was plenty of room. But now, he could only be confined in a glass chamber the size of a coffin, unable even to take two steps.
However, unlike the previous surrender ceremony, Thor did not have the nerve to invite Luo Xia again. Instead, several uninvited people from Earth had appeared.
Standing closest to Thor was Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D., along with five others who looked either rich or powerful.
They were S.H.I.E.L.D.'s superiors, the five council members of the World Security Council, and major figures representing the UN's five permanent members.
The war between Asgard and Jotunheim had already involved Earth. Now that the war was over, these people intended to hold a more formal discussion regarding the relationship between Earth and Asgard.
The key was whether Asgard could stop causing trouble for Earth, while also making it clear that Earth was not under Asgard's rule. Naturally, they could not put it so bluntly. Politicians had an art to speaking, capable of implying their intentions through all sorts of roundabout phrasing.
Unfortunately, they had chosen the wrong person.
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