Kakashi's eyes were fixed on the hammer—still lying where Pakkun had dropped it.
Agent Jasper Sitwell's scowl returned as he watched Kakashi fail to lift the hammer, his voice dripping with disdain. "Even you can't lift it? Some asset."
Kakashi's eye crinkled, his tone light but cutting. "Yo, seems this hammer's picky. You wanna give it a shot, Sitwell? Maybe it likes attitude."
He ignored Sitwell's glare, turning to Coulson. "Any leads on why it's so stubborn?"
Coulson shook his head, his eyes still glued to Pakkun, who sat smugly by the hammer. "None. But your dog did what our best tech and agents couldn't. That's… something."
Kakashi's mind raced. 'Pakkun lifted it, but I can't? It's not about strength—there's a trick here.'
Fury's words echoed in his mind 'Only a person could have made and wielded a hammer.'
Kakashi's thoughts shifted to the trespasser. 'Why risk breaking into a SHIELD fortress for this thing?'
"Who was the trespasser?" he asked, his voice calm but sharp.
The agent nearby hesitated, his voice tense. "Big guy, blond, built like a tank. Called himself Thor. Kept yelling about 'Mjölnir' before your dog knocked him out. We ran facial recognition—no hits. Guy's a ghost."
Kakashi's eye narrowed, his thoughts diving into memories from the Kamar-Taj library.
'Thor. Mjölnir. Asgardian prince, son of Odin. Odin is someone even feared and respected by the Ancient One. So why's a prince crashing SHIELD's party? And how'd Pakkun get a drop on him if he is really the Asguardian prince then it should not be possible.'
"Where is he now?" he asked.
"Detained, sir," the agent replied. "Holding cell, unconscious."
Coulson glanced at Kakashi, his tone curious. "You want to question him?"
Kakashi nodded, his voice casual but his mind alert. "Might as well. If he knows this hammer, he's our best lead."
'And if he's from Asgard, this mission just got a lot spicier. Asgard's supposed to shield Earth from alien threats—why's their prince slumming it here?' He looked at Pakkun, who wagged his tail proudly. "Stay here, buddy. Guard the hammer."
Pakkun yipped, his thoughts smug. 'Gotcha, boss. This chew toy's mine. Nobody's touching it.'
Kakashi shot him a look. 'Don't get cocky, mutt.'
Coulson's eyes sparkled, his voice brimming with excitement. "A ninja dog carrying an alien hammer? I'm putting that in my report."
Kakashi caught Sitwell's dark glare again, his instincts flaring. He followed Coulson to the holding area.
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In the holding cell, Thor Odinson slumped in a chair, his blond hair a tangled mess, a fresh bruise blooming on his cheek from Pakkun's paw.
'Definitely matches Kamar-Taj's records—Asgardian prince, alright. But what's he doing here?'
'Time to find out what's wrong with this guy.' Kakashi placed a hand on Thor's chest, channeling chakra for a basic iryo-ninjutsu scan. His eye widened, his voice a low mutter. "Impossible."
'This guy's chakra level is elite jonin-level, maybe higher. Makes sense—he's centuries old, trained in Asgard's wars. It's got a lightning tang too.'
But as he probed deeper, his breath caught. 'His chakra network's completely blocked. Sealed shut.'
Symbols glowed faintly, etched into Thor's chakra pathways. 'Runes. Fuinjutsu, but on a level beyond Minato-sensei or Kushina-san. This is godly.'
Kakashi focused, deciphering the runes' purpose. 'They're not just blocking his chakra—they're conditional. Release only if specific criteria are met. Only one being could pull this off to this man and since he is an Asguardian it makes sense: Odin, king of Asgard.'
The Kamar-Taj texts described Odin as a near-mythical figure, wielding power that dwarfed even the Sorcerer Supreme.
'So why seal your own son? Punishment?'
Kakashi's thoughts drifted to Thor's reckless charge into the facility, punching through SHIELD agents like they were paper.
'The guy is definitely violent, brash, all brawn. Sounds like a prince who needs a lesson in humility.' He chuckled softly, memories of his own students surfacing.
'Odin's doing a better job than I did with Team 7. Tying Sasuke to a tree didn't teach him much—should've sealed his chakra instead. Might've saved me some headaches.'
He stepped back, his eye crinkling. 'Nothing more to do here.' He turned to Coulson, who was watching with confusion. "You can interrogate him when he wakes up. I'll observe."
Coulson nodded hesitantly.
Kakashi thought, 'Alright that makes one mystery solved. That hammer must be his weapon. But why can't I lift it?If there are conditions in the man's body then there might be conditions for it to be lifted too.'
'So what does Pakkun has which I ordered other people don't have. I do know how to use chakra just like him. Well, If I ask Pakkun that he would say he has better teeth.' Kakashi had a smile underneath his mask.
'No it must be related to something else. I would have to study the hammer more closely. It should also have runes on it.' Kakashi thought
He went towards where Pakkun was with the hammer. He leaned down and sat on the floor since he could not well lift the hammer and bring it to himself.
He flowed chakra through his first and tried to lift the hammer again but to no avail but this time, he could see runes glowing on the surface of the hammer.
'A runed weapon, a pity I can't study it. The language used in this Fuinjutsu is different from what I know or have studied in Kamartaj.' Kakashi thought with a sigh
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