Bang!
High above New York City, with the sudden appearance of a sonic boom cloud, Hawk's figure streaked past at Mach 50 towards a small town near Augusta, Maine.
S.H.I.E.L.D. Operations Command Center in New York City.
It was an uneventful evening, and with nothing major happening recently, the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were chatting while on duty.
Suddenly.
Red frames popped up on the large screen, and the warning system blared almost simultaneously with the moment Hawk unleashed the sonic boom cloud.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
"Shit!"
"What's going on?"
"Intense unknown energy fluctuations detected over New York City, analyzing now."
"It's out."
As the S.H.I.E.L.D. satellite quickly analyzed, Hawk's photo appeared on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s large screen.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, who had been somewhat flustered just moments before, collectively breathed a sigh of relief as they saw Hawk's photo pop up on the large screen.
It was Hawk after all.
Then it's fine; he's probably off to fight Thor again.
They thought to themselves.
The next second.
An S.H.I.E.L.D. agent suddenly reacted.
"Wait a minute, didn't he just finish fighting Thor yesterday?"
"What? Are you sure?"
"I was the first one in this morning. He and Thor had just broken through the atmosphere; he only came back this morning."
"Hiss!"
"Then where did he go?"
"Please wait."
"Maine, near Augusta, signal lost."
"Quickly contact the Commander!"
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on duty looked at each other.
In a small town in Maine, near Augusta, with a permanent population of less than two thousand, called Rainforest Town.
After nightfall, even Manhattan, in the international metropolis of New York City, had few pedestrians on its streets.
Much less a small town located in the suburbs.
Hawk, who had lowered his form and was hovering in mid-air, did not cause panic or fear among the town's residents.
Because there was no one on the streets at all.
Except for…
A fiery red sports car that was speeding towards Hawk's location at an incredibly high speed.
There were two people inside the fiery red sports car.
A man and a woman.
Their expressions were panicked.
The girl in the passenger seat, who looked like a high school student, was like a startled bird, turning her head to look behind the car while urging the driver next to her to drive faster.
The driver was clearly a socialite.
This combination…
It looked like the combination of a school queen and an off-campus bully.
Hawk took in the expressions of the man and woman in the fiery red sports car, thinking to himself.
Just then.
He felt a surge of violent energy.
Immediately after, a high school girl in a red dress with long red hair suddenly appeared on the street behind the fiery red sports car.
No, that's not right.
The dress should have been white, and her hair should have been golden.
Was that red pig's blood?
This was…
Was she being bullied?
And it seemed to be during a grade dance held at the town's high school?
After all, these past few days were school holidays across the U.S., and this girl was wearing a long dress, and in such a state now, it was easy to figure out the answer.
Hawk raised an eyebrow.
The next second.
He saw the girl, covered in pig's blood, spread her arms, silently screaming in rage, and as the energy surged, the ground beneath her feet cracked down the middle, and the裂口 appeared, rapidly chasing after the fiery red sports car, which had slowed down.
Rumble!
The surging energy quickly caught up to the fiery red sports car, and with a roar, the street in front of the fiery red sports car began to collapse.
Fortunately, the driver stepped on the brakes in time, otherwise, he would have fallen into the bottomless pit that appeared, car and all.
The driver cursed under his breath, looking at the continuously collapsing road, and quickly made a U-turn, driving towards the silently enraged girl.
The school queen in the passenger seat roared repeatedly as she saw the girl appear in her line of sight.
"Hit her, hit her, kill her, Billy, hurry up and hit her, kill her."
"Shut up."
The driver, gripping the steering wheel with both hands, listened to the queen's screams in his ear, roared back, then took a deep breath, slammed on the accelerator, and seemed to be talking to the queen in the passenger seat, or perhaps cheering himself on, muttering, "I can do it!"
The car roared.
The girl, whose face was stained with pig's blood, remained silent.
A battle between a steel beast and an unarmed girl was about to begin.
The outcome of this battle also seemed to be without suspense.
The result—
Just as the driver, named Billy, roared and slammed on the accelerator, and the fiery red sports car beneath him was about to send the girl flying, the girl extended her right hand.
Bang!
The fiery red sports car instantly stopped, its front end denting at a visible speed as if it had hit an invisible but rock-solid barrier. The driver named Billy directly slammed his head into the steering wheel, instantly bleeding from his head and falling unconscious.
The high school queen in the passenger seat, named Chris, also had her head dazed and muddled by the impact.
Just then.
The silently enraged girl seemed to remember something and once again spread her arms, controlling the fiery red sports car in front of her to slowly float off the ground.
And the queen inside the car, who had already regained consciousness, looked at the gas station nearby, and then at the smile on the face of the silently enraged girl, and also seemed to realize something.
Just as she was about to speak.
The girl's magic controlled the unconscious driver to step on the accelerator, then she removed the barrier in front of her.
The sports car landed, then crashed into the gas pump at the gas station behind it.
The next second.
Bang!
The moment the car and the gas pump intimately connected, the queen, who had unbuckled her seatbelt and was planning to leave the car, had her head intimately connect with the windshield, but due to the force, she didn't fully fly out of the windshield; only her head appeared outside, her body still inside the car.
She looked exactly like a morning glory.
The silently enraged girl walked to the front of the car, looking at the queen who seemed to be completely integrated with the windshield, and a feeling suddenly surged in her heart…
Just then.
A voice sounded in her ear: "Feeling relieved?"
The girl, Carrie, instantly snapped back to reality and instinctively opened her right hand towards the direction of the voice. In an instant, a violent surge of magic directly blasted towards Hawk.
Hawk also instantly felt the powerful magic attack.
The next second.
His white T-shirt hummed from the magic.
Seeing this scene, the girl Carrie's previously silently enraged face showed a hint of astonishment.
She didn't know if she was astonished that Hawk was completely unaffected by her magic, or if she was astonished by the house slippers Hawk was wearing.
No choice.
Hawk would have liked to change into sneakers before coming.
But…
The Hell Witch said this matter was urgent, and if he came late, their Salem Witches would probably be bullied to death by humans again.
And she couldn't leave New York City, so she could only rush to find Hawk to help them.
Hawk looked at the girl in front of him, whose white dress and golden hair were stained red with pig's blood, and even the pig's blood on her face had already crusted, and who exuded a pungent smell. He then walked to the girl's side and fixed his gaze on the freshly formed morning glory.
At this moment, the once arrogant queen's face was filled with fear, and blood was gushing from her throat.
The next second.
The girl's pupils widened, and her life instantly faded.
Hawk then withdrew his right hand and looked at the girl who was silently watching him: "Revenge is revenge, but don't torture to death, it's unnecessary."
He paused.
Hawk spoke again.
"What's your name?"
"…Carrie."
Carrie was silent for a moment, somewhat unclear about Hawk's origins.
Hawk mumbled Carrie's name, thinking to himself that it matched, and didn't mind the pungent odor emanating at the moment: "That's a very nice name."
At the same time.
Three black Chevrolet SUVs sped towards them.
Carrie looked in the direction of the sound, and her face immediately showed panic and unease.
After all, she was still just a high school student.
Although she had been so angry after being bullied that she awakened her magic, after the satisfaction of getting her revenge, what followed was endless fear and unease.
Just as Carrie was about to flee from here.
She heard the voice of the man in house slippers beside her again.
"Don't be nervous, I'm here."
Hawk sensed the girl Carrie's unease and gently comforted her, because he seemed to see a shadow of his own sister in Carrie.
If his sister Anya hadn't had an accident, she should be about the same height as Carrie now.
Hawk thought to himself.
The three black Chevrolet SUVs stopped not far away, and several men in black suits, still wearing sunglasses late at night, got out of the cars.
The men walked up to Hawk, and before they could speak, Hawk preempted them.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.?"
"Uh… Yes, Mr. Hawk…"
"Tell Sharon to come to my house tomorrow."
Hawk said, then directly put his arm around the stunned Carrie, not minding the dried pig's blood on her, and the moment he looked up, he instantly shot into the sky.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents watched this scene in silence.
After a while.
"Team Leader…"
"Report to New York Operations Center."
"Okay."
"Let's go, let's go to Rainforest High School to understand the situation."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. Team Leader was the first to regain his composure, turned around, and left with his team members.
New York City.
Palm Street.
Gwen was currently chatting curiously with the Hell Witch, who was glowing with blue fire.
Just then.
Hawk appeared silently in the backyard with Carrie, who was covered in pig's blood.
"Oh my goodness!"
Gwen turned to look at Hawk, who walked into the living room from the backyard, and Carrie behind him, and couldn't help but exclaim.
"What happened?"
"It's a long story."
Hawk said, then turned to Gwen and said, "This is Carrie. Oh, right, take her to shower first, and find her some clothes to change into. We'll talk later."
Gwen nodded upon hearing this.
"Okay, I'll get her some pajamas from the closet."
"Mm, I'm going to change clothes too."
"…"
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