"Yes!"
As soon as her daughter Jean spoke, others might not have noticed, but Sharon's face visibly became excited.
"Where's Hawk now?"
"I don't know."
"..."
Sharon's expression froze.
Seeing this, Wanda also looked seriously at her daughter.
"Jean."
"I can sense Daddy, but I don't know where he is."
Little Jean shook her head and looked at her mom, Wanda: "But Daddy should be in a tree."
Wanda was slightly taken aback.
"In a tree?"
"Yes."
Jean nodded confidently, then looked at Bruce: "Daddy will be fine."
Bruce Banner looked at Jean's unwelcoming gaze and gave an awkward smile.
"Sorry."
"There's a beast living inside you, but it seems very downcast."
Jean curiously looked at Bruce.
At this moment, Wanda also processed the information about Gwen suddenly disappearing, and noticed Bruce, looking curiously at Sharon.
"Who is this?"
"Dr. Bruce Banner."
"Bruce..."
Upon hearing this, Wanda looked at Bruce with some surprise, then turned to Sharon.
"Wasn't he killed by Hawk, and Hawk brought him back to life?"
"No, he's not our Dr. Bruce Banner."
Sharon shook her head: "He's Bruce Banner from some other universe, and somehow ended up in our universe."
Wanda looked at Bruce with renewed surprise.
Bruce felt Wanda's gaze on him was like looking at a monkey, coughed, and looked at Wanda: "We once fought side by side, um, on my Earth."
Wanda looked at Bruce with a face full of doubt.
"Are you sure?"
"Of course."
Bruce then recounted the story of how, on his Earth, during the destruction of the Sokovia Castle, he was hypnotized by Wanda's scarlet magic, leading to Tony Stark accidentally creating Ultron, causing the Ultron crisis.
Sharon, who was hearing about Wanda's magic for the first time, also looked at Wanda with curious eyes: "Is your scarlet magic really that powerful?"
Wanda looked at Sharon and shook her head: "I don't know."
She truly didn't know.
After all, she initially was a test subject at the Hydra Base, and after coming out, she was a good mother in West View Town.
Scarlet magic?
She felt she should be powerful, but not as powerful as Bruce described.
Similarly.
Pietro, who had been home but silent, couldn't help but look at Bruce after hearing this.
"Wait, you said I was shot dead by a bullet?"
"Yes."
"Is this some kind of joke?"
Pietro couldn't help but laugh: "Me, Quicksilver, killed by a bullet?"
Bruce shrugged: "On my Earth, you indeed died."
Pietro's mouth twitched: "But on this Earth, you died."
Sharon saw the two people accusing each other of dying and quickly stepped forward to mediate.
"Everyone, now is not the time to discuss who died; we have more important matters."
"Where did Gwen go, does Hawk know, that's the crucial issue, and then there's the matter with Thanos."
"..."
Bruce Banner couldn't help but look at Sharon, who elevated Gwen's disappearance above Thanos: "Thanos is the most urgent issue."
Sharon looked seriously at Bruce.
"Whether Thanos can destroy Earth, I don't know, but if Gwen disappears and Hawk doesn't know, Earth will definitely be destroyed."
"Um..."
Bruce Banner looked at the earnest Sharon and instinctively glanced at Doctor Strange: "This Hawk is more terrifying than Thanos."
Doctor Strange, recollecting what he saw during Hawk's time, looked at Bruce and spoke with a haunting tone.
"You can't even imagine."
"And you still make friends with him?"
Unable to understand, Bruce Banner then seemed to remember something, looking at Tony: "Where is your anti-Hawk armor?"
Tony frowned.
"What anti-Hawk armor?"
"On my Earth, you felt I was uncontrollable and developed the anti-Hulk armor to deal with me, but here you don't have a Hulk, you have a Hawk, you should have anti-Hawk armor, right?"
"I never said Hawk was uncontrollable."
Tony said, although thoughtfully looking at Bruce: "But your idea is quite interesting, anti-Hawk armor."
Bruce was dumbfounded.
Seeing this, Sharon shook her head with a laugh and explained Hawk's logic to Bruce.
You go your way, and I'll go mine.
As long as no one provokes Hawk, Hawk is very willing to abide by the laws of the area, practically like a model citizen.
Only when someone provokes Hawk, or tries to test Hawk, does he instantly react explosively, at worst destroying a clan, at worst wiping out a species.
So...
Because of this, even though Hawk is really ferocious, he's still within a controllable range, and there's no thought of completely eliminating Hawk.
Again.
Even now, Hawk is recognized by the Five Great Dominators as Earth's divine artifact to rely upon in times of cosmic danger.
Just like right now.
"You say Thanos is coming to collect the Infinity Gemstones."
"Well, he's bound to be disappointed."
"Because two of the Gemstones are with Hawk, and Hawk is not even on Earth, so what's he doing here?"
"Uh..."
Doctor Strange listened to Sharon's words, glanced down, activated the Eye of Agamotto, revealing the emerald Time Gemstone within, and then looked at Sharon.
Sharon, taking a deep breath, gazed at the Gemstone hanging from Doctor Strange's neck.
Just as she was about to speak.
The house suddenly shook.
Pietro was the first to react, dashing out of the room in a flash and then returning, shocked, "A massive alien spaceship in the sky."
Startled, the group quickly rushed out of the house.
Once outside.
An enormous alien transport ship dominated the sky, hovering like a colossal beast.
"Hiss!"
"Get West View Town's emergency plan into action immediately, the Chloes and Anya Phoenix must evacuate at once."
"Understood."
Back at S.H.I.E.L.D., Sharon was already coordinating with S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stationed in West View Town, who were quick to respond.
Sharon then turned to Wanda and Pietro with a serious expression: "Wanda, just in case, you need to leave immediately."
Before Wanda could speak, Pietro had already dashed off with Billy and Tommy in tow.
As for the Maximovs, they had already gone over to the Chloes when Sharon and the group arrived.
Very soon.
With a knock on the door, S.H.I.E.L.D. agents swiftly escorted the bewildered Chloes and Maximovs out of their homes.
"Wanda."
"Jean."
Anya, who initially intended to leave with the two families, paused at the doorway, noting Wanda across the street, rushed over, embracing her niece Jean, and looked at Wanda: "What's happening, how could aliens just appear out of nowhere, with no warning?"
Wanda shook her head.
As Sharon orchestrated the evacuation of West View Town's residents, she also reported the situation to headquarters immediately, before addressing Anya who had run over: "Anya, can you contact Hawk?"
Anya, upon hearing this, looked at Sharon.
"My brother hasn't returned yet?"
"No."
"And my sister-in-law, can't she reach my brother?"
"..."
Contemplating for a moment, Sharon chose not to mention the mysterious disappearance of Anya's sister-in-law, instead saying to Wanda: "These people are probably after you, attempting to use you as leverage to obtain Hawk's Infinity Gemstones. So, you should go, we'll handle it here."
With that.
She nodded to the ready S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Upon hearing this, Wanda, her heart racing, nodded and, along with Pietro and Anya, was escorted by S.H.I.E.L.D. agents into an armored vehicle.
Just as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were escorting the Maximovs and Chloes out of West View Town.
Boom!
Boom!
The alien spacecraft, which had been silently hovering, suddenly emitted two blinding white beams onto West View Town's street.
When the light faded.
The gaunt and eerily graceful Blackwood Throat, with his arms crossed, appeared alongside the immensely strong and impervious-skinned Black Dwarf on the street.
Doctor Strange immediately cast a mirror dimension spell, enveloping all of West View Town in a mirrored world.
This way, no matter how intense the battle got, even if West View Town was reduced to rubble, the real world would remain unaffected.
Tony, observing Blackwood Throat and Black Dwarf without any apparent hostile actions, frowned: "They don't seem to be here for Wanda or the Chloes."
Initially, he assumed they were here to kidnap Hawk's family and coerce him into handing over the two Infinity Gemstones.
But...
Blackwood Throat and Black Dwarf only arrived after Hawk's family had been evacuated from West View Town.
Coincidence?
Or intentional, to prevent certain people from receiving misleading signals that might provoke them?
Indeed...
The timing of the arrival could imply different intentions when Hawk's family was around versus after their evacuation.
But if they weren't here for Hawk.
Then!
Tony glanced at Doctor Strange.
"They're here for you."
"I can see that."
Doctor Strange also realized they were targeting him rather than Hawk.
Still, stealing my Time Gemstone wouldn't benefit them.
If they aren't willing to confront Hawk directly, taking my Time Gemstone still wouldn't allow them to gather the Infinity Gemstones.
Various thoughts raced through Doctor Strange's mind.
But...
He got half of it right!
With a gesture that carried eerie elegance, Blackwood Throat raised his long, slender right hand, first pointing at Doctor Strange, then at Bruce Banner, his voice hoarse like dry wood: "This one, and this one, hand them over and we'll leave peacefully."
Upon hearing this, a thought suddenly struck Doctor Strange as he glanced at Bruce Banner, realizing something.
But...
Before he could ponder further.
Black Dwarf had already made his move!!
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