Hayato was not responsible for explaining everything, so the burden of nagging fell to the old father—Odin.
He left the temple alone and wandered through Asgard.
The guards had received their orders, so they did not stop Hayato. They merely watched him curiously.
Of course, Hayato was not here to revisit Asgard.
He was searching for the Death Goddess Hela's weakness.
The simplest way to kill Hela was to destroy Asgard.
If that could be done, Odin would surely have done it long ago. Odin had merely imprisoned Hela instead of killing her, not because of familial affection or mercy.
If one looked at Odin's siblings and the path he took to the throne, one would discover that the brutality of royal succession was no less savage than the power struggles on Earth.
No regard for family.
Brothers slaughtering brothers.
Blood flowing into rivers.
Perhaps even worse.
To kill Hela, Asgard—her source of power—had to be destroyed. Otherwise, Hela could not be killed. Just as Dormammu gained an almost limitless amplification of power in the Dark Dimension, Hela was the same in Asgard.
In his twilight years, Odin had spent nearly all his energy suppressing Hela.
After wandering around for a while, Hayato came to only one conclusion: Asgard was the core of Hela's power.
Hela was sealed beneath the great hall of Asgard.
Perhaps Asgard had been built solely to suppress Hela.
He had no leads.
Hayato could sense that Hela's power was tightly linked to Asgard, nearly impossible to separate.
About an hour later, Thor emerged from the great hall, looking utterly lost.
During that hour, Odin had solemnly introduced Thor to his sister, the Death Goddess.
Thor was much like Hela had once been.
Warlike.
But Odin had not imprisoned Thor.
Because his son and daughter held