"Speaking of which, I almost forgot about you."
"If it weren't for you relentlessly pursuing the Hulk, then the Abomination wouldn't have come to New York City."
"If the Abomination hadn't come to New York City, he wouldn't have turned into the Abomination."
"And then there wouldn't have been that battle between the Hulk and the Abomination."
"If that battle hadn't happened..."
"My sister wouldn't have died!"
Hawk stepped on Ross, making him unable to move beneath his foot, murmuring as he looked at Ross under his feet.
The next second.
He laughed.
"Luckily, forgetting doesn't matter."
Hawk smiled slightly, looking at General Ross beneath his feet, saying softly, "Thank you for reminding me you were involved in this."
Originally struggling desperately under Hawk's foot, General Ross stopped struggling upon hearing Hawk's words, perhaps realizing something.
Hawk's eyes were cold!
"Stop..."
"Puff!"
As Hawk's right foot landed, watermelon juice-like red started spreading beneath Hawk's sky-blue sneakers, which were worth less than Thirty US Dollars but cherished and worn for many years.
Thaddeus Ross.
Dead!
No nonsense, Hawk didn't plan on listening to Ross's nonsense, nor did he bother giving General Ross a chance to speak nonsense.
Death is enough.
No need for any nonsense.
Behind him.
Just arriving at the scene, rushing from Three Feathers, Maria Hill's gaze locked onto the sky-blue sneakers that crushed General Ross's skull.
Hawk withdrew his right foot, wiped his sole back and forth on the military uniform lying on the ground, then ignored the headless corpse in front of him, turning to look at the newcomer.
A face with distinct contours, defined lines.
Sharp ice-blue eyes like a hawk.
A finely tailored, perfectly fitting dark S.H.I.E.L.D. combat uniform.
A name came to Hawk's mind.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.!"
"Maria Hill!"
"..."
Maria Hill returned to her senses, took a deep breath meeting Hawk's gaze.
"Hawk."
"It's me."
Hawk, hands in pockets, looked at Maria Hill, who dared to face him alone even when he was showing off his strength, and smiled slightly.
"Is there something you want?"
"You've already killed General Ross, what's next..."
"He deserved to die."
Hawk squinted, interrupting Maria Hill: "Ms. Hill, if your sister died, what would you do?"
Upon hearing this, Maria Hill paused in silence, choosing instead to look back at Hawk.
"Ross is dead, what do you plan to do next?"
"Next?"
"Yes."
Maria Hill nodded, making eye contact with Hawk.
Internally, she had been cursing Nick Fury the whole way here.
They saw everything clearly at S.H.I.E.L.D., Hawk's pursuit of tanks and planes that just happened at the military base.
By rights, it should have been Nick Fury here, not her.
No matter how Nick Fury rejoined.
Even after he returned, his authority was still below hers unless he declared wartime status.
But the result?
Nick Fury ran away.
He wasn't answering calls, replying to messages, and couldn't be located by satellite.
Classic.
No choice now, with the Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. missing, Maria Hill had to face it head-on.
However...
She now confirmed one thing.
Nick Fury's return and Thaddeus Ross's precise targeting of Hawk were definitely related. Maybe it was Nick Fury who leaked Hawk's information to Ross in exchange for Ross's support for his return.
Too bad.
Ross is dead now.
Maria Hill thought, her peripheral vision briefly landing on the headless corpse at Hawk's feet, but quickly looked away.
No other reason.
Too disgusting.
Hawk heard Maria Hill's "next" question and shook his head with a smile, then said, "Ms. Hill, what happens next isn't up to me, it's up to you."
Maria Hill, upon hearing this, looked at Hawk.
"Ross is dead, you can leave now."
"Not enough."
"What?"
"Hand over the Abomination."
Hawk shook his head expressionlessly.
Maria Hill understood his words' meaning.
Ross was dead, he could leave, just pretend none of this happened today.
However...
How could that be?
Ross is dead, but the Abomination is not.
Hawk glanced sideways at the important figures near the entrance of the command building, who were trapped there neither coming in nor going out, and said calmly, "You have one minute, either give me the Abomination, or in a minute, I'll come get him myself."
As soon as the words left his mouth.
The important figures became restless.
"Damn it, where's the Abomination?"
"In the underground cell."
"Release him, let him out."
"Quick, let him out."
"There's not enough time, only thirty seconds left."
"…..."
Hawk listened to the voices of these bigwigs at the moment, tinged with sobs, snorted with laughter, and looked at Maria Hill standing in front of him, shaking his head speechlessly: "I bet these are the people who supported Ross's attack on me, probably all aggressive and thinking of me as just an ant. But now that I've come for them, they are cowering, afraid that I'll treat them like ants and kill them."
Maria Hill stared at Hawk.
"Are you going to kill them?"
"It depends."
"Like..."
"People don't offend me, I don't offend them. If they offend me, I must offend them."
Hawk looked at Maria Hill, smiling: "Ms. Hill, see, you're standing fine right in front of me now."
As he was talking.
Thud!
The ground suddenly shook, followed by the earth shattering, as a monstrosity, uglier than Hulk, squeezed itself to the surface with a thunderous roar.
It's Abomination.
But...
When the cage's electric lock failed the first time, without thinking, it crashed through the cage, emerging back on the surface, and just as it was about to roar in anger to declare its return, Abomination looked at the fiery armored vehicles, exploding tanks, ruptured aircraft, countless ruins, and corpses around him in disbelief.
What's going on?
Is it the end of the world?
Abomination was somewhat confused, but just for a moment, its gaze was drawn to a small ant-like figure not far away.
The next second.
Abomination's face twisted into a cruel smile.
If Hulk followed a path of self-defense and retaliation, then Abomination was on a path of wanton destruction.
After all, Hulk's host is a scientist.
Whereas Abomination's host is a warrior, especially when Abomination was born with the thought of becoming stronger and stronger.
So...
Abomination, attack!
"Roar!"
Abomination roared, looking at the small ant-like figure unbothered in front of him, an anger built from numerous experiments erupted. After a few steps of running, it made a big leap with a ferocious smile, planning to crush the little ant underfoot in the cruelest way.
Crush alive.
Hawk remained unmoved, still looking at Maria Hill in front of him.
Maria Hill caught, from the corner of her eye, the massive form of Abomination, having jumped into the air, like a dark cloud pressing down towards them.
Abomination's descent brought a pressure like a storm, rumbling, rumbling, causing already cracked ground to fissure more.
Maria Hill also felt this immense pressure, forcing herself not to kneel under it.
But...
She did not flinch either, instead keeping her gaze on Hawk.
Their eyes met.
An ill wind howled.
Hawk looked at Maria Hill in front of him, feeling the evil wind approaching, his lips curled slightly.
The next second.
He turned.
And punched.
Bang!
Abomination's chest immediately burst open, instantly sending him flying backwards, crashing with a bang onto a burning tank, rolling along with the tank like thunder.
Until—
Bang!
Abomination's massive body slammed into the ruins, along with three burning tanks rolling over from above.
Before the flames, all beings are equal.
Abomination, crashing into the ruins, its huge body was immediately engulfed by the flames, soon followed by the sizzling sound of roasting.
Abomination!
Death!
Introducing and then dying.
Without a single word, just one punch, Abomination was sent to his grave.
Hulk was killed by him, and a lesser Abomination, who couldn't even beat Hulk, if he spent time battling three hundred rounds, what would that say?
Does it mean he's looking down on Hulk?
Or is he disregarding his Little Cosmos?
Unlike Hulk.
Even as Abomination's massive body was engulfed by flames, it did not revert to its original form.
After all...
Bruce Banner was irradiated by an over dosage of Gamma Rays, thus birthing Hulk.
But Abomination was Emil Blonsky injecting Gamma Serum straight into his main artery.
Simply put, Abomination had already fused with Emil Blonsky, inseparable.
Abomination is Emil Blonsky.
Emil Blonsky is Abomination.
After turning and punching, Hawk couldn't be bothered to glance at Abomination again, instead continuing to look at Maria Hill in front of him.
Compared to Abomination, he found Maria Hill more interesting.
The image of Hawk calmly delivering a punch to kill Abomination replayed in Maria Hill's mind, yet she maintained a calm expression while looking at Hawk.
"What's next?"
"What do you think?"
Hawk put his hands back in his pockets, focusing his gaze calmly on Maria Hill.
Maria Hill returned Hawk's gaze, her mind rapidly cycling through thoughts.
"Hulk is dead, Abomination is dead, Ross is dead too, the three connected to your sister's death are now dead."
"Yes."
"Go home then."
"Haha."
Hawk burst into laughter at Maria Hill's words.
The laughter was mocking.
Maria Hill's heart skipped a beat.
Not far away the bigwigs, stuck between advancing and retreating, shivered under Hawk's laughter.
...