Hawk was holding Jean.
Wanda was holding Billy and Tommy.
This was their first meeting.
Their eyes met.
Hawk's gaze did not linger on Wanda, who had long, soft red hair and a hint of maternal warmth on her face. Instead, his eyes fell upon Billy and Tommy in Wanda's arms, who were also meeting him for the first time and were his blood descendants.
Indeed.
These two children did not inherit his power.
After all—
These two children were born after his proposal to Gwen. Only Gwen's blood descendants had the right, and only the right, to inherit his power after his proposal to Gwen.
Hawk had no intention of changing that.
After all, this was his promise to Gwen.
Wanda met Hawk's gaze as it rested on the two children in her arms, staring directly at Hawk. A scarlet light seemed to flow in her eyes, as if she wanted to see through Hawk.
Hawk came back to his senses, looked at Wanda's actions, and chuckled softly.
Wanda heard Hawk's laugh, her brows relaxed, and just as she was about to speak.
Just then.
"Daddy!"
"..."
Hawk withdrew his gaze, looked down, and saw Jean in his arms, who was calling him Daddy.
Jean's big eyes blinked: "Daddy, Mommy and Uncle Pietro just said you didn't care about us, and before I could even refute it, you arrived. That's great."
Hawk looked at Jean, who was hugging his neck tightly after saying that, and his gaze instinctively went to Pietro.
Pietro met Hawk's gaze, his heart skipped a beat, and his eyes shifted upwards, looking at the two Water walls on either side that seemed to connect with the sky, changing the subject: "Wow."
Wanda, however, did not avoid Hawk's gaze, facing him directly.
Their eyes met.
Hawk said nothing, his figure instantly disappearing from Wanda's sight.
Wanda's eyes narrowed, then she turned her head to look at the HYDRA Base in the distance, which had already become a ruin.
As far as the eye could see.
Hawk appeared on the ruins, holding Jean, looking down and scanning the ruins beneath his feet, as if searching for something.
Jean, who was hugging Hawk's neck tightly, saw Hawk's actions, and her sweet, soft voice rang out.
"Daddy, what are you looking for?"
"Strucker."
Hawk said.
Strucker's soul had not entered the underworld.
There was only one possibility.
This guy wasn't dead.
Jean blinked when she heard Hawk's words, then pointed to a place in the ruins not far away that seemed to be emitting a faint yellow light and said, "There?"
Hawk looked in the direction Jean was pointing.
As far as the eye could see.
In the ruins, a blue light was flickering, its color deepening and brightening.
Blue light?
Mind Stone.
Hawk's heart stirred, and then he looked up at the sky.
As far as the eye could see.
Above the abyss, after the roar of fighter jets, a S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet appeared.
"Holy sh*t!"
"Jesus Christ."
"Central, did you see that?"
"I saw it."
Sharon and Gwen, who were currently in the New York S.H.I.E.L.D. Central Command Center, looked at the huge Water wall on the big screen. After their eyes flickered, Sharon coughed and said, "Can you see the scene below?"
The Agent in the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet said to wait a moment, and the camera under the fighter jet quickly focused on the abyss below, which exposed the seabed.
The next second.
The picture successfully focused.
Pietro.
Wanda, holding Billy and Tommy.
And Hawk, holding Jean, all appeared on the New York S.H.I.E.L.D. big screen in an instant.
Gwen's gaze fell on Wanda, who was holding Billy and Tommy.
Wanda seemed to sense something at this moment, looked up at the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet's camera above the abyss, and her gaze seemed to pass through the camera and meet Gwen's.
Just then.
Hawk glanced at the increasingly brilliant blue light in the ruins, reappeared in front of Pietro with Jean, and handed Jean, who was hugging his neck, to Pietro.
Jean blinked her eyes.
"Daddy."
"You all go first."
Hawk smiled at Jean, who was taken back into Pietro's arms and was looking at him, then said, and looked up.
Sixth Sense — Teleportation!
"Whoosh!"
"Holy sh*t..."
"Hands up..."
"Don't shoot, friendly."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents in the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet's cabin, seeing Pietro and Jean appear in a flash of White light in the cabin, instinctively pulled out their guns. Fortunately, Sharon also saw the scene in the cabin and quickly spoke to stop the firing.
After Hawk teleported Pietro and Jean to the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet first, he then looked at Wanda beside him.
Just as he was about to teleport Wanda, Billy, and Tommy away as well.
Boom!
A brilliant blue light blasted out from the depths of the ruins, then, like a laser, it attacked Wanda.
Hawk's eyes were crimson.
Phoenix Ray.
Boom!
The scorching Phoenix Ray, at the moment the blue ray was about to hit Wanda, arrived first, colliding with the blue light.
The next second.
Hawk came to Wanda's side, multitasking. While blasting the blue ray with the Phoenix Ray, he pressed Wanda's shoulder, teleporting Wanda, Billy, and Tommy to the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet above the abyss.
"Whoosh!"
"Holy sh*t..."
"Again?"
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who had just put down their guns exclaimed when Wanda appeared in the cabin again after the White light flashed.
Sharon, who was in New York S.H.I.E.L.D., glanced at Wanda who appeared in the cabin, then her gaze was drawn to the scene below the abyss where something was seemingly clashing.
Below the abyss.
After teleporting Wanda away, Hawk took a deep breath. The Phoenix Ray, with a bang, overpowered the blue ray, then, without losing momentum, directly blasted onto the ruins from which the blue ray had shot out.
The ruins instantly evaporated under the scorching Phoenix Ray.
But... a golden stream of light, with a bang, quickly shot towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet above the abyss.
Hawk raised an eyebrow.
The next second.
Rumble!
The towering Water wall, about eight thousand meters high and standing upright, instantly collapsed, turning into Water from the sky, like a waterfall, and with a bang, it delivered a head-on blow to the golden unidentified object.
Boom!
The speed of the golden unidentified object plummeted, and under the seawater falling back from eight thousand meters, it was instantly slammed down from the air.
But just as this unidentified object was about to be brought back into the abyss with the seawater, a blue light suddenly flashed, and the golden object, after leaving the Water wall's range, once again shot towards the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet above.
Then—
Bang!
Hawk, who appeared below the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet, looked at the unidentified object coming towards him, threw a right punch, and instantly sent the unidentified object flying.
The unidentified object tumbled several times in the air, then stopped in mid-air, revealing its true form.
As far as the eye could see.
Its entire body was the color of Vibranium. It had no face; to be precise, its face was completely covered by a thick faceplate.
But on the faceplate, at the position of the eyes, two blue lights the size of mung beans were exposed, as if these were the eyes of this thing.
And in the places where the Vibranium metal was not covered, it appeared dark black, and it was a flowing dark black.
If one looked closely, one would find that these flowing dark black areas were composed of countless tiny nanobots.
But that was not the point.
The point was the gem embedded in the center of Hawk's chest, which was currently emitting a faint yellow light.
It was indeed the Infinity Stones, the Mind Stone.
Ultron?
Vision?
Hawk looked at this thing that appeared before him, frowning.
"Hehehe!"
"Hawk Phoenix."
Just as Hawk was examining what this thing in front of him was, it finally spoke.
Its voice was hoarse, with a metallic taste.
But Hawk still recognized the owner of this voice.
Hawk's sword-like brows raised.
"Strucker?"
"Hehehe, didn't expect it, did you?"
The being in front of him was no longer human, looking more like Strucker, who had mechanized his soul into this replica of Hawk's saint cloth armor through the Mind Stone, staring at Hawk with the two mung-bean-sized blue lights on its faceplate: "You were one step too late. You almost killed me."
Yes.
Just barely.
Fortunately, his true trump card was never Wanda and Pietro.
And fortunately, the moment he saw Hawk, he immediately, without any侥幸心理 (lucky mentality), ran to the secret laboratory on the lowest floor of the Base, telling the experimenters to quickly transfer his soul into this trump card.
Otherwise... Strucker recalled seeing his own body and the other experimenters explode and die the moment his soul was transferred, then he looked at Hawk with a hoarse, resentful voice: "Unfortunately, I didn't die, so you're going to die."
Hawk chuckled at that.
"With this junk?"
"Hehe!"
Strucker's laugh was hideous.
"Junk?"
"When I kill you, you'll know if it's junk."
"This body of mine was developed specifically for you."
"A body entirely made of Vibranium."
"Endless nanobots can repair my injuries at the fastest speed."
"A gem that can bring me endless energy."
"I call it—"
"Sentinel!"
"..."
Sentinel?
Hawk listened to Strucker's slightly high-pitched and confident words, and couldn't help but think of the true Sentinel, which was said to possess the power of a million stars. After thinking for a moment, he looked at the being in front of him, which looked more like a hybrid of Ultron and Vision than a Sentinel, and chuckled without refuting: "Sentinel? Alright, whatever makes you happy."
Strucker also chuckled hideously.
"Happy, I will be. I'll be very happy after I kill you."
"Good."
Hawk responded with a slight smile: "I'll give you a chance to challenge me."
With that.
He turned his head to look at the S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet that was still hovering not far away.
"You all go first."
"Alright."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. fighter jet pilot met Hawk's gaze, quickly increased the engine power, and prepared to leave the area.
Just then.
Strucker roared.
"Trying to run?"
"Dream on!"
"..."
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