Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 200 Hydra's Lifelong Enemy!
The water from the tap was flowing freely.

Hawke frowned, staring at the flowing water, seemingly lost in thought.

At first, Gwen didn't notice anything amiss until she put the pasta down and saw Hawke still standing in front of the sink.

"Hawk?"

"……Um."

Upon hearing the sound, Hawke instinctively looked up at Gwen.

Gwen looked at Hawke with suspicion.

"what happened to you?"

"The island nation's time is thirteen hours ahead of New York City."

"what?"

Gwen was taken aback for a moment, then said, "It's early morning now, but it's 1 p.m. the next day in Japan, that's right, what's the problem?"

Hawke said thoughtfully, "But just now when I went to SHIELD in New York, Anna called me and said good evening."

Gwen frowned.

"It is indeed evening here. Is there anything wrong with her saying 'good evening'?"

"Others can do it, but she can't."

"Uh……"

"Something's wrong with Anna!"

After a moment's thought, Hawke looked at Gwen and said, "I suspect I've been made a fool of."

Gwen couldn't understand.

"Just because you said good evening and Anna didn't say good morning, you feel like you've been tricked?"

"Yes."

Hawke nodded, looked at Gwen, and explained his reason for his suspicion: "Because when I talk to Anna, we always greet each other at our own respective times."

He didn't talk to Anna very often.

but……

Whenever they greeted each other on the phone, Anna invariably greeted him according to her own time, not according to his time.

This could be considered one of Anna's little trademarks.

But just now, while I was in New York, Anna called from the island nation. When I greeted her, Anna greeted me in the same timeframe as him.

In a word.

This is not Anna at all.

Gwen opened her mouth, then looked at Hawke, and said, "Why don't you call Anna again now?"

Hawke shook his head.

"I strongly suspect that the person I just spoke to was not Anna."

"If it's not Anna, then who is it?"

"do not know."

Hawke's eyes flickered: "But I'll know once I get to the island nation and confirm it."

Gwen raised her eyebrows.

"Island nation, now?"

"Yes."

Hawke recalled Anna's strange greeting, and then thought of Dr. Zola's last words before logging off. He looked at Gwen and smiled slightly: "Of course, let's have supper first."

Although he really wanted to fly to the island nation right now to see it for himself.

but……

Gwen's midnight snack is ready. If he doesn't move and goes off to Japan to find another woman, Gwen will probably go crazy.

But it's obvious.

Gwen isn't that petty.

soon.

She watched as Hawke devoured the late-night snack she had carefully prepared in no time, then looked up at her and shook her head helplessly.

"Go ahead and come back early."

"it is good."

Hawke responded without hesitation, his figure instantly disappearing from the bar stool. Once he appeared high in the sky, he transformed into a rainbow and sped rapidly toward the island nation.

Making a phone call is out of the question.

He had already begun to suspect that the Anna he was talking to was not the Anna he knew.

There is only one way to dispel this doubt.

seeing is believing!

Meanwhile, Gwen, at home, watched Hawke's seat disappear as soon as he finished speaking, blinked, then got up, preparing to tidy up and go upstairs to sleep.

But just as Gwen was rinsing the dishes, preparing to put them in the dishwasher...

The doorbell rings.

Upon hearing the doorbell, Gwen instinctively looked up at the clock on the wall.

It's almost 12:30.

Who.

Just then, Sharon's voice rang out from outside the door.

"Gwen!"

“Sharon…”

Gwen heard Sharon's voice, realized what was happening, wiped her hands, walked to the door, opened it, and saw Sharon standing there. Her eyes lit up, and then her gaze fell on the man and woman standing next to Sharon.

She knew the woman.

Natasha.

She and Natasha had a close relationship.

But what surprised Gwen was the man next to Natasha.

"Captain America!"

Gwen seemed a little incredulous at her eyes, looking at Steve Rogers who appeared at her doorstep with a look of surprise: "Jesus God, it really is you."

one more time.

Captain America Steve Rogers' old home in Brooklyn has become a tourist attraction with daily reservations fully booked.

Let's say that.

If Captain America were to run for president right now, his approval rating would likely be precipitous.

Although Gwen doesn't follow celebrities, Captain America is different; he's a famous historical figure, and right now, this historical figure is standing right in front of her.

This……

Gwen was pleasantly surprised and quickly invited the three of them into the house. Then she ran upstairs and after a while, she brought out a copy of "Captain America" ​​written by a well-known federal author, along with a pen, and handed it to Steve Rogers.

"Captain, could you sign this for me?"

“…Of course.” Steve Rogers was taken aback at first, but when he saw the Captain America book handed to him, he quickly realized what was going on, took the pen, and then skillfully signed his name on the title page of the book.

obviously.

This wasn't the first time he'd done this.

After receiving the book, Gwen looked at the signature on the title page and was very happy: "My dad would be so envious if he saw that I have this book with Captain America's autograph."

After all, this was the first book George bought for her.

Most locals in the United States read Captain America as their first biography.

Of course.

Orphans are excluded.

After all, books are very expensive in the Federation, and most families rarely buy books but choose to rent them, let alone Hawke, who was an orphan.

Hawke's first book was the Bible.

Ok.

If the priest who adopted them knew that Hawke's first book was the Bible, yet he ended up with the nickname "Devil," he would probably go to the confessional and beg God for forgiveness.

after awhile.

After carefully placing the Captain America-signed copy of "Captain America" ​​back upstairs, Gwen came downstairs and looked at Sharon with some curiosity, asking why Sharon was here so late.

Sharon said, "It's the captain. The captain came to find Hawke, hoping that Hawke can help us."

She didn't understand the meaning of Hawke's words when she was still in the hospital.

But when she returned to SHIELD New York, she recalled Hawke's words in the hospital room: "From now on, it's up to you!"

obviously.

Hawke had no intention of getting involved in what was to come.

Sharon didn't insist on this. After talking to Victoria Hand, she said that Hawke had already helped them enough, and now it was their turn to play.

then……

Captain America and Black Widow then came to them, informing them of the Hydra final plan they had obtained from Dr. Zola, and were then shocked to learn that a short-range ballistic missile had exploded and destroyed an abandoned military base.

This is not.

Captain America learned Hawke's home address from Sharon and decided to visit her to invite her to travel to the capital city the next day to set things right, help prevent and thwart Hydra's plot to destroy the world.

result……

Gwen opened her mouth to speak after hearing the purpose of Captain America and the others' visit, and looked at Sharon: "You're too late, Hawk isn't home."

Natasha heard this.

"Has Hawke not returned yet?"

"No, I'm back."

Gwen shook her head and looked at Natasha: "If you had arrived ten minutes earlier, you would have met Hawke."

Sharon asked, "Hawk went out again?"

Gwen nodded.

Captain America speaks.

"Did you go to Washington, D.C."

"No, it's an island nation."

"Island nation?"

Sharon, listening to Hawke's whereabouts, was somewhat curious: "What is Hawke doing in the island nation so late?"

Gwen shrugged.

He said he felt like he had been scammed, so he went over there to check.

"……All right."

Although Sharon didn't quite understand what that sentence meant, she knew they were late.

Natasha looked at Gwen.

"Can I call Hawke?"

"Hey!"

Gwen gestured to the phone lying on the sofa not far away: "His phone is dead. It's at home. In his words, he didn't have international roaming, so calling is useless in Japan. Besides, he's not really used to using a cell phone."

Upon hearing this, Sharon nodded subconsciously.

indeed.

Before confirming his relationship with Gwen, Hawke didn't even have a driver's license, making him virtually invisible in the information age.

Natasha looked at Steve beside her.

"team leader……"

"Ok."

Seeing that he hadn't been able to meet Hawke, Steve Rogers didn't say anything more. He smiled, stood up, and shook hands with Gwen: "If Hawke comes back, could you tell him I was here?"

Gwen smiled and said, "Of course, I'll tell him right away."

Steve Rogers thanked them, then nodded to Sharon and Natasha before heading towards the front door.

Gwen escorted the three to the door.

The moment it was opened.

into the eye.

A row of black Chevrolet SUVs, exclusively for the Aegis system, have been lined up.

Gwen opened her mouth, looked at this scene, and then looked at Sharon beside her.

"What are you..."

"New York SHIELD has been liberated, but D.C. SHIELD is still in Hydra's hands. Moreover, they plan to launch their evil plan to rule the world tomorrow morning. We have to stop them. Captain came here to invite Hawke to join us."

Sharon smiled easily.

Although this trip to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters might be dangerous.

but……

They are S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.

And they have Captain America!
When these S.H.I.E.L.D. agents heard that Captain America was planning to head north to defend the emperor, they almost all agreed to join him without hesitation.

Don't ask them if they're afraid of dying.

This is Captain America!
and so……

Sharon is gone.

Natasha left too.

As one Chevrolet SUV after another, equipped with signal jammers to prevent Hydra from noticing, left the block, Gwen, standing at the door, slowly withdrew his gaze.

next second.

Gwen stood at the door, her gaze fixed on the direction of the island nation.

……

(End of this chapter)