Hawk's tone was calm.
After he finished speaking, he no longer looked at the corpse, which was casually thrown on the war room table like a dead dog, and disappeared from the spot the moment he turned around.
Old Secretary Bai (Minister Bai) and a group of Military bigwigs stared at the two corpses left on their table, then exchanged glances.
"Why are you looking at me?"
"You heard him, chop it up and feed it to the dogs."
"Remember to take pictures."
Feeling as if he had just walked around the gates of hell, Old Secretary Bai (Minister Bai), after Hawk left, slumped into the chair behind him, pulled out his handkerchief again, and wiped the sweat from his forehead, sweat born of surviving a great ordeal.
Thus.
With the Vice President taking office, the Super Hero Act abolished, the Death of David Harris, and the demise of the Wall Street seafood conglomerate that gambled with their lives in this incident, a conspiracy that had been brewing since Hawk left Earth was completely dismantled in less than four hours after Hawk's return.
The speed, as always, was swift.
The reaction... "Still as explosive as ever."
After Maria Hill went on an urgent leave, Commander Victoria Hand, who was fully in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. affairs on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier, couldn't help but exclaim repeatedly as she looked at the latest incoming reports.
Just then.
A voice, accompanied by a figure appearing before her, emerged.
"Not severe enough, not enough to establish authority!"
"..."
Victoria Hand looked up.
Hawk had silently appeared in the office.
"Where's Hill?"
"She's on leave."
Victoria Hand stated truthfully, "She was worried that if things got too big, the White Room would ask her to step in, so she simply turned off her phone and went on vacation."
It turned out Hill had completely overthought it.
Things were indeed big.
But not that big.
Because—
The Pentagon defended Hawk.
The big hole in the White Room was caused by a meteor.
The senators committed suicide.
The Wall Street side were terrorists.
Victoria Hand thought of the Anglo-Saxon gang, who had been operating at full capacity for the past three hours, and couldn't help but look at Hawk with some curiosity.
"Did you plan to go to the Pentagon from the start?"
"I initially wanted to send the Federation to join Wakanda."
"..."
Victoria Hand's eyes widened as she heard this, looking at Hawk.
Hawk's expression was calm.
He had indeed thought that at first.
In a word.
His growth period was over now; even if he directly blew up Earth, his heart wouldn't ripple at all.
The Universe was vast; he could go wherever he wanted.
So... the moment Hawk took off from Westview, he was indeed thinking of simply erasing the Federation from Earth.
He didn't have Earth time to play any sh*t back-and-forth games with people he didn't know.
They weren't worthy.
But he thought of Gwen.
Deep down, Hawk might have no sense of belonging here.
After all, this was not where his soul belonged.
But Gwen was.
Hawk thought of his wife, a smile playing on his lips, then looked at Victoria Hand: "Oh, by the way, Gwen is pregnant."
Victoria Hand was slightly stunned, then her expression turned surprised.
"Pregnant? Really?"
"Mm."
Hawk smiled, "She got pregnant during our honeymoon, and it's been a month now."
Victoria Hand's expression brightened with joy upon hearing this.
"Congratulations."
"Thank you."
Hawk smiled, accepting Victoria Hand's blessing on behalf of Gwen, and then, his tone shifted!
"Notify the Security Council that I'm giving them half a month to evacuate their people from the Kingdom of Judah. After half a month, the Kingdom of Judah will be wiped from the face of Earth!"
"..."
Victoria Hand's expression, genuinely happy for Gwen's pregnancy, instantly froze at Hawk's unexpected announcement.
"...The Kingdom of Judah?"
"Judah betrayed Jesus."
"So..."
"I'm avenging Jesus!"
Hawk smiled slightly.
His soul came from the East.
When the East acts, it emphasizes having a just cause.
Hawk was no different.
However... the reason he found had a similar effect to Emperor Yongle avenging Emperor Gaozu of Han back then.
But that wasn't important.
What was important was that in half a month, the Kingdom of Judah would be erased from Earth.
He said it.
This time, even if Jesus himself came, it wouldn't work.
Because Jesus wouldn't come.
Who told Judah to betray Jesus?
After speaking, Hawk looked at Victoria Hand, who had recovered from her frozen state, smiled, said no more, and vanished.
He came here just to say this.
Originally, Hawk thought Maria Hill would be here, but it didn't matter; Victoria Hand relaying it to the Security Council was the same.
Victoria Hand stared blankly at the spot where Hawk had disappeared.
The next second.
"sh*t!"
Victoria Hand snapped back to reality, instinctively cursed, then frantically returned to her desk, grabbed the phone, and called this month's Security Council duty overlord.
Only half a month.
They didn't have much time left.
Just as S.H.I.E.L.D. also joined the chaos in D.C., Hawk, who had issued the ultimatum, had already returned to 521A Palm Street.
Gwen, who was watching the news at home, caught a glimpse of Hawk appearing in the backyard, her face lit up, and she rose from the sofa.
Hawk quickly embraced Gwen as she rushed over.
"Whoa, careful, you're pregnant, remember?"
"Are things done?"
"More or less."
Hawk held Gwen, who clung to him like a koala: "Are the gifts sorted? Can we go to Helen's now?"
There was no need to tell Gwen about some things that sounded very bloody.
And Hawk didn't dwell on his recent trip to D.C., nor on what would happen in half a month.
But there was one thing he did dwell on.
For example... after returning from their honeymoon, according to custom, he had to take Gwen back to her family's home.
Gwen saw Hawk change the subject, raised an eyebrow, but didn't press further, her smile radiant.
"Already sorted, just waiting for you to come back."
"Then let's go."
Hawk said with a smile, then, holding Gwen, prepared to go to the garage and drive Gwen back to her family's home.
But... Gwen reacted, patted Hawk's shoulder, then got down from his embrace and ran towards the stairs.
"Wait for me, I'm changing clothes."
"Okay."
Hawk smiled and agreed.
Then this wait lasted two hours, but the two still made it just in time, arriving back at Stacy's apartment as the Sun was about to set.
New York City was very chaotic right now.
George, as the precinct captain, was holding down the fort at the station, deploying all available police forces to maintain the safety of his jurisdiction.
But he still made time to come home after receiving a call at the station, knowing his daughter was back from her honeymoon.
However, he only stayed for a short while; after celebrating his daughter's pregnancy and finishing dinner, he didn't even have time to unwrap the gifts before leaving home again to rush back to the precinct.
Hawk, Gwen, Helen, and the others were already used to it.
After dinner, Helen sat on the sofa unwrapping gifts. When she saw the 'Rainbow Flower Seeds' that Gwen had brought out, her eyes lit up, and she praised the gift repeatedly. Then she took Gwen's hand and, as an experienced mother, imparted some precautions for pregnancy.
For a mother, her daughter's gifts are never the most important; her daughter's happiness and health are what matter most.
Helen could tell that Gwen was very happy, genuinely happy.
So... that was enough.
As for where the two went for their honeymoon, and the flower seeds that could bloom in rainbows.
Was that important?
It wasn't important.
The next day.
D.C. and New York City were still somewhat chaotic, but much better than yesterday.
Earth would not stop rotating for lack of any one person.
Similarly, the Federation lacked everything else but people.
In D.C., the lost congressional seats were being filled at a visible rate.
Similarly!
The Wall Street companies that were surrounded by soldiers yesterday due to national security concerns also welcomed new shareholders today.
Hawk and Gwen also went to Westview with a trunk full of gifts.
In Gwen's words, they had already visited Stacy's family, so they couldn't not visit Chloe's, and besides, her sister Anya was still waiting in Westview for her brother to pick her up.
Hawk thought Gwen was right.
He was going to pick up his sister Anya.
So—
They left as two people and returned as three.
Sitting in the back seat, Anya, who had been picked up and brought back to New York City, was happily playing with the high-tech wrist computer her sister-in-law had just given her.
The following days were still filled with visiting relatives and friends.
Hawk accompanied Gwen to her Grandpa's house on Long Island and hosted a dinner for the classmates who had attended their wedding.
After ten busy days like this, as Hawk and Gwen donated twenty thousand U.S. dollars to Trinity Church in the name of the Phoenix couple and walked out of Trinity Church behind them, all the procedures of their wedding were truly completed.
Sharon also finished her busy day today.
When Hawk drove Gwen back to Palm Street, Sharon was already waiting at the door.
Gwen stepped out of the passenger seat first, opened the door, and invited Sharon inside.
Hawk, meanwhile, parked the car in the garage.
By the time he came out of the garage, Gwen and Sharon were already sitting on the sofa, chatting.
Gwen took out the gift she had prepared for Sharon.
Hawk didn't interrupt the two, but walked to the bar, took out a bottle of bourbon, poured himself a glass, and then smiled as he watched the two women chatting on the sofa.
After a while.
The alarm rang.
Gwen raised an eyebrow, said goodbye to Sharon, then got up and walked towards the kitchen to prepare to take her nutritional supplements at regular intervals as prescribed by Xandar.
However, Sharon didn't stay on the sofa either; she got up, pulled out a bar stool, sat on it, looked at Hawk, and said.
"Thank you."
Hawk smiled slightly, said nothing, but pushed the poured bourbon towards Sharon, then raised his glass.
Sharon understood, picked up the glass in front of her.
Clink.
The glasses clinked.
Hawk drained the wine in his glass, then checked the time on his watch, and said to Sharon in front of him with a calm expression.
"Time's up!"
"..." (End of chapter)
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