Sorcerer Ancient One came gently.
Just as she left gently.
Hawk also found it hard to keep Ancient One, after all, in Ancient One's words, she had to go back and clean up the timelines disrupted by a few brats.
He felt a little guilty.
It was like a teacher coming for a home visit; naturally, he hoped the teacher would leave quickly.
But... Ancient One's visit did explain to him why Doctor Strange was able to reverse time.
In fact, this wasn't really Doctor Strange reversing time.
At least in the future, Doctor Strange wouldn't be able to reverse time like this.
This time, Doctor Strange mainly benefited from the energy surge that occurred when Earth's time merged with the Marvel Main Universe's time.
Simply put.
The right time, place, and people combined, allowing Doctor Strange to seize a window of opportunity, a gap in time, just as a new future and a new past were forming, thereby restoring Hong Kong Island to its undamaged state.
But this opportunity is rare.
It won't happen again; even if it did, Doctor Strange wouldn't be able to reverse time and still be lively and well, like this time.
Hawk had to follow proper procedures to resurrect someone, such as cloning them with technology, and then going to Hell to retrieve their soul.
What Doctor Strange did was directly snatch someone from Mephisto's hands.
After Ancient One left, Hawk also contacted Mephisto, who had now finished devouring the Heaven Dimension and returned to his peak, to inquire about it.
After all, Earth's souls belonged to Mephisto.
He was very curious if Mephisto knew about this matter.
The answer was affirmative.
Mephisto's reply was also very interesting.
When Mephisto saw someone forcibly snatching a person from his Hell, he initially thought it was Hawk, and was about to pretend not to see it, but then realized it wasn't Hawk, and immediately flew into a rage, preparing to teach this thief a lesson, only to receive a message from his direct superior.
"Let go!"
"Let go?"
"Yes, if I were to guess, it means that my devouring of the Heaven Dimension and the reversal of Earth's time cancel each other out, and the matter is closed."
"Eternity found Death?"
"Ha."
Mephisto laughed heartily, then said in a slow tone, "Brother, don't be like this. Although your time is independent, and they won't feel it, we still need to be stable, after all, our Universe hasn't appeared yet, don't you think?"
Don't blame him for being so fawning.
Any Dimensional God, given the chance to become the 'God of Death' of a brand new Universe, would be just as fawning.
Progress, there's nothing shameful about it.
From a certain perspective, after receiving Hawk's promise, Mephisto was even more eager than Hawk to see the Phoenix Universe appear.
Hawk pouted, but he moved past the topic.
"What else did your boss say?"
"Nothing, just that one sentence."
"Alright."
Hearing this, Hawk ended his call with Mephisto and stood quietly on his Time Galaxy.
He actually didn't care about Earth's time merging into the Marvel Main Universe, or Doctor Strange's time reversal.
Hawk only cared about one thing.
When the new past was formed, where did Eternity, this Time, put his good friend Peter Parker's family?
He couldn't have just made them disappear.
If that were the case, then he would have to... Wait.
Godson.
His godson, Ben Hawk Parker.
Hawk's heart suddenly stirred, remembering the north cross constellation (cygnus) saint cloth pendant he had given his godson during his baptism, and had instructed Peter not to touch.
His gaze instantly turned to the north cross constellation (cygnus) shining in his Little Universe.
Cygnus!
The next second.
Hawk's figure completely disappeared into the Universe behind him, followed immediately by the Phoenix form that constituted the current Universe solidifying into reality, then looking towards the north cross constellation (cygnus).
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—
Light in his golden pupils receded at an extremely fast speed.
Hawk's pupils glowed golden, and as far as his sight reached, bubbles formed by one parallel Universe after another flashed across his eyes.
Soon.
Following the light of the north cross constellation (cygnus) that had established a connection with his Universe, Hawk's gaze, with a whoosh, pierced through a Universe bubble, then landed on Earth, passed through the atmosphere, and then entered Osborn Manor in the suburbs of New York City.
His gaze passed through the manor.
Finally!
Hawk saw Peter and Felicia, who were in the manor, seemingly discussing something in low voices due to the sudden changes.
And... his godson, Ben Hawk Parker, who was holding the north cross constellation (cygnus) saint cloth necklace, still unaware of what had happened.
Just as Hawk was about to speak.
Boom!
His Sixth Sense stirred greatly, and he instantly retracted his gaze, then saw the time trap on his Time Galaxy attempting to flow upstream and strike the present.
Hawk smiled.
"So, this is aimed at me, isn't it?"
"Seeing that I don't intend to submit and play by your script, so you're pulling this stunt."
"You know my time has contracted, the past is constant, you can't possibly make people who have interacted with me in the past disappear."
"So you sent them to a parallel Universe."
"And then you think I'll be anxious and go look for them, so you're ambushing me there."
"Let me guess, once I had projected myself over there, you would immediately show me scenes of the future, wouldn't you?"
"Hmph!"
"I'm giving you a choice now."
"Bring my Peter Parker back, and I'll pretend nothing happened. You can still incorporate the World Tree Universe's timeline into your possession, turning it into yet another of your multiverses."
"..."
After Hawk finished speaking, he calmly looked at his Time Galaxy, and the time trap, after he reacted, retreated back into the future.
The time trap remained motionless, attempting to disguise itself as an inanimate object.
"Fine!"
"We'll see about that."
Hawk smiled, but didn't pay it any mind. After uttering a threat, his consciousness ascended, and he slowly opened his eyes.
Then... Gwen, who had been at the bar, checking some information on her computer since returning home, heard the movement, turned her head, and her eyes lit up as she looked at Hawk, who had opened his eyes on the sofa.
"How was it?"
"Peter is no longer in this Universe."
"What do you mean?"
"A new future, a new past."
Hawk briefly recounted the conversation he had with Ancient One, who had come from the future, in the Phoenix Universe.
After listening, Gwen's expression was quite vivid, and then she gritted her teeth.
"D*mn Time."
"Hmm, you're right, it will pay the price for this sooner or later."
A gentleman's revenge is never too late.
Back then, Hawk had stubbornly persevered for four years to avenge his sister, and finally got his wish.
He wasn't a reckless man; he never did foolish things like seeking revenge when he lacked the strength.
Hawk had already noted Eternity, this Time, in his Xiao Ben, waiting for the moment he had the strength.
Hehe.
Eternity, this Time, would know that his Fire not only had warmth but also force.
However... Gwen frowned: "Did Sorcerer Ancient One not say what 'not the Peter we know' means?"
Hawk shrugged: "She was about to say it."
Gwen blinked, looking at Hawk who stopped speaking after that sentence, and glared at him.
"And then?"
"She was rushing back to the future to fix the timeline messed up by a few mischievous kids."
"Messed up..."
Hearing this, Gwen opened her mouth, then looked at Hawk somewhat speechlessly: "By the way, you were almost tricked by Time. Don't you know how to manage Time well in the future? How can you let mischievous kids mess up the timeline? Also, Time should be very sacred, how could those mischievous kids..."
Hawk's tone was calm, and he interrupted directly: "Ancient One said, they are our children."
Gwen, who was rambling, raised an eyebrow and subconsciously said "Oh," then, meeting Hawk's half-smiling eyes, she couldn't help but cough, swept her hair that hung low by her ears, and her voice became a little airy.
"Really?"
"Hmm, you really should educate our children well, in the future."
Hawk said without changing his expression, then walked behind the bar, opened the liquor cabinet behind it, and took out a bottle of Thunder Bourbon that Mephisto had given him on the first day of this year, celebrating his official coming of age.
He was twenty-one this year; he could drink alcohol now.
Just then.
Gwen, sitting on a high stool with her back to Hawk, suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around, and stared intently at Hawk, who was pouring himself a drink.
Hawk remained expressionless, pouring his drink as if nothing was happening.
Suddenly.
"Hawk."
"Hmm."
"The drink is overflowing."
"Oh, sh*t!"
Hawk reacted, quickly lifted the bottle, grabbed a towel, and wiped the bourbon that had spilled onto the counter.
Gwen's lips curved upwards: "What were Sorcerer Ancient One's exact words, Hawk?"
Hawk looked up: "What exact words? Just what I said earlier."
Gwen didn't speak, watching Hawk with gentle eyes that could see through his heart.
Their eyes met.
Hawk opened his mouth, was the first to give in, and while holding his glass and drinking, he whispered: "Ancient One said that when you were about to intervene, I stopped her, saying that it's children's nature to play, and anyway, if the timeline gets messed up, the God of Time will help clean it up."
Gwen immediately found it amusing.
"Then that's your problem. Why are you pushing the problem onto me? I just thought it was unlikely. If it were me educating them, I would absolutely not educate our children to be mischievous kids."
"Alright, I was wrong."
Hawk decisively chose to apologize.
Gwen shook her head: "You were indeed wrong, so now you know, in the future, when it comes to educating our children, you are not allowed to interfere."
Hawk blinked, didn't reply, put down his glass, looked at Gwen, and changed the subject.
"Let's go."
"...Where?"
"Aren't you curious who Peter Parker became in the new past?"
"..." (End of Chapter)
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