Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 194 Grant's Immediate Appearance and Exit (First Update!)

"Hawk is back."

"..."

Beneath Times Square, in the S.H.I.E.L.D. New York Operations Command Center, John Garrett, who was sitting in Victoria Hand's office, took a deep breath as he listened to the electronic voice coming from his headset, having successfully led Hydra's second attempt to take over the area.

A bad feeling, the kind only elite agents have, crept into his mind.

"Sir..."

"You know what to do."

After saying those words, Dr. Zola's electronic voice went offline, instantly erasing any connection between himself and the New York SHIELD system.

Although the information shows that Hawke is not very proficient in computer technology, his cell phone was a second-hand phone that his fiancée gave him, and the laptop he owns was also purchased from a second-hand forum.

but……

It's always better to be cautious.

After listening to the complete silence that followed Dr. Zola's departure, John Garrett's previously anxious heart finally died.

at this time.

The office door opened.

into the eye.

Grant Ward, a man who looked upright and was dressed in a suit, walked in with Skye, a black-haired Asian woman whose hands were cuffed behind her back and whose expression was full of resentment.

John Garrett snapped out of his reverie, looked up at his adopted son Grant who had walked in, a smile appearing on his face, before his gaze fell on Skye, who had been brought back.

"You must be Skye. Would you like to join us?"

"Pooh!"

Bound and brought back by Grant, Skye spat at John Garrett, who was sitting behind his desk, expressing her anger.

John wasn't annoyed. He chuckled and pressed a button on the desktop.

soon.

A Hydra agent walked in.

"Take her away."

"Yes."

The Hydra agent who entered nodded in response and took Skye from Grant's hand.

Skye tried to twist her body in resistance.

next second.

"Oh!"

"hiss!"

Without any hesitation or mercy, the Hydra agent punched Skye in the stomach and coldly rebuked, "Behave yourself."

John Garrett smiled at Skye, who was hunched over, and said with a slight smile, "If nothing unexpected happens, you'll be free soon."

Skye thought John was going to kill her and glared at him angrily.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. will stop your evil plans."

"And you..."

“Grant, I was blind back then.”

The thought that she had been on good terms with Grant Ward, the man in front of her who was called S.H.I.E.L.D. but whose real name was Hydra, made Skye feel like she was completely unclean.

Grant remained expressionless, not even glancing at Skye.

John simply waved his hand.

Seeing this, the Hydra agent holding Skye pulled her away and walked expressionlessly towards the outside.

Skye's angry voice faded into the distance, eventually becoming barely audible.

John smiled as he watched the fleeting, subtle expression on his adopted son Grant's face.

"What, are you feeling distressed?"

"No."

Grant shook his head: "Any stumbling block that stands in our way will be removed."

John smiled upon hearing this.

next second.

He changed the subject.

"It's time for you to go."

"……Target?"

Grant Ward was somewhat confused as to why he had just returned and was being sent out again, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he quickly got into the zone and asked about his next mission objective.

John did not immediately reveal the name of the next target.

"Leave New York City and head to the island nation first. You'll find out your next mission objective on the plane."

"clear."

Grant Ward nodded without hesitation and then turned and left the office.

He glanced subconsciously in the direction Skye had been taken away from the office doorway, seemingly lost in thought, but quickly came to his senses and headed back towards the exit.

John Garrett watched his adopted son walk toward the exit through the monitor on his desktop computer, his eyes also flickering.

The next goal?

Perhaps there will be a next target.

But he had no target left after Dr. Zola cut off the communication.

and so……

Tiger venom doesn't even eat seeds.

Although he adopted Grant back then and carefully nurtured him, turning him into an excellent, cold, and professional Hydra agent.

But Grant was, after all, his adopted son.

So he deliberately sent Grant away.

Because the feeling of unease in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.

A spy's intuition is very sharp, especially for a Hydra agent in S.H.I.E.L.D., who must trust their intuition even more.

So this is most likely not an illusion.

Hawke is coming.

wrong!

Hawke has arrived.

Grant, who had just crossed the lobby and was about to head towards the elevator, suddenly saw the distorted space in front of him. His professional instincts kicked in, and he instantly drew his gun and pulled the trigger at a figure that appeared in front of him.

"Oh!"

"Buzz!"

Hawke, who had just teleported directly from the hospital ward, saw the bullet aimed at him and, with a thought, instantly stopped it just 0.1 millimeters from his forehead. Then, he smiled slightly at Grant Ward, who looked somewhat handsome but was pointing a gun at him with flames still flying from the muzzle.

next second.

Her eyes were bloodshot!

"boom!"

"puff!"

Grant Ward, who should have had at least two more seasons of screen time, froze in shock, and before he could even react, he vanished on the spot.

"hiss!"

"Thank you so much!"

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"The Demon King, it's the Demon King."

The moment Grant Ward vaporized on the spot, the Hydra agents surrounding him also realized what was happening.

Some who didn't know Hawke's identity drew their guns and pulled the triggers, seemingly intending to kill Hawke on the spot.

The Hydra agent who knew Hawke's identity screamed in terror and then ran quickly toward the emergency exit.

but……

No innocent souls will perish under the Phoenix Ray!
"Buzz!"

"puff!"

"Buzzing."

"Puff puff--"

Hawke stood motionless, two phoenix rays shooting from his eyes beginning to circulate around him.

Wherever the Phoenix Ray swept, the tabletop vaporized, the objects vaporized, and even the Hydra agent who fired the gun and the Hydra agent who tried to escape were instantly vaporized.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of Hydra agents in the entire S.H.I.E.L.D. operations hall had vanished.

It has vanished in a physical sense.

next second.

Hawke looked over and saw the Hydra agents who had heard the gunfire coming from not far away rushing towards the passage. In a flash, the Hydra agents appeared at the passage entrance, and the Phoenix Ray shot out again towards the densely packed Hydra agents in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, dozens of Hydra agents vanished into thin air in a real-life version of what happens in the corridor.

He now finally understands why both Icarus and the DC version of Superman are so keen on heat vision.

Without him.

Thermal vision seems to be something like that.

Unlike boxing, where you can only land one punch at most, thermal vision, when facing ordinary people, can kill anyone it hits.

And it saves effort!

Hawke thought to himself, but his expression remained icy.

Having experienced the massacre of his family by General Ross and the extermination of Wakanda, Hawke, who already possessed the mindset of a transmigrator, infinitely raised his threshold for killing.

This is why you shouldn't mess with time travelers.

because--

They really dare to kill.

Hawke dared to kill.

He came here to kill.

Therefore, with the help of Hawk's new skill Phoenix Ray, Hawk only took less than five minutes to completely take over the SHIELD branch, which originally took Hydra about five hours to completely occupy.

Moreover, he spent four out of those five minutes searching for any fish that had slipped through the net.

By the time he appeared at the door of Victoria Hand's office, 99 percent of the Hydra agents at the base had already been vaporized on the spot.

Hawke pushed the door open and entered.

into the eye.

John Garrett sat calmly in the chair behind his desk, his hands on the table and a cigarette between his fingers.

After seeing Hawke walk in, he took a deep breath, inhaled deeply, glanced at the last cigarette he had just lit, and looked at Hawke.

"Could you let me finish this last cigarette?"

"I'll grant your request since you didn't commit suicide."

"Thank you."

John Garrett thanked him and then, under Hawke's gaze, took another deep breath.

Good guy.

That blissful expression made Hawke want to join in.

But no.

Smoking is harmful to health and is said to affect the baby, so Gwen told him that if he wanted to smoke, he could wait two more years until they were twenty-one, and then they could have the baby first. It wouldn't be too late for him to smoke and drink then.

soon.

Smoke eventually burns out!
After the last breath was inhaled into his lungs by a large, sweeping motion, John Garrett looked at Hawke with an expression of utter satisfaction.

"Thank you, Mr. Phoenix."

"You're welcome."

Hawke smiled slightly, suppressing the urge to join in, and looked at John Garrett in front of him.

"Did you give the order for those three Hydras to come to my house?"

"Yes."

"May I ask why?"

“Sharon Carter is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and I am a Hydra agent, ordered to take over the entire New York branch. If she escapes alive, it will make me look incompetent.”

"Makes sense."

Hawke listened to John Garrett's explanation, nodded, and then chuckled.

"Didn't you consider that doing this might offend me?"

"Have."

"Then?"

"Sharon Carter must die."

"Ok."

Hawke chuckled softly, looking at John Garrett, who was leaning back in his chair, seemingly ready to face death in a comfortable position: "You have one last chance to say your last words."

John Garrett rose from his chair, straightened his suit and tie, and then, under Hawke's gaze, made a gesture that is now explicitly prohibited in European countries.

Then--

……

(End of this chapter)