Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 248 Success is achieved through secrecy, failure through leaks (Second update!)

The moment Hawke returned to New York City.

After receiving the signal, the well-hidden S.H.I.E.L.D. agents stationed at 521A Palm Street quietly left.

Gwen, who was digging in the backyard garden with a shovel, suddenly felt everything go black, and then a pair of warm hands covered her eyes.

next second.

A deep, bubbly voice rang out.

"Guess who I am."

"Tweet?"

"Chirp chirp... Who is this?"

"A madman who wants to rule the world."

"Oh, no, guess again."

"Duken?"

"Du...who is this?"

"A scientist with blue skin, wearing a blue robe, who is determined to conquer the world."

Gwen shrugged, playing along with her fiancé who was covering his eyes.

Hawke, standing behind, twitched at the corner of his mouth.

"So in your mind, I'm a villain who wants to rule or conquer the world?"

"Cho Choo is from 'The Powerpuff Girls,' and Dr. Duncan is from 'Posh Spice.'"

Gwen smiled and turned around, looking at Hawke who appeared behind her: "Although the demon Jojo wants to rule the world, he is not bad at heart. He just wanted to use crime to get Dr. Yu's attention. Dr. Ducan is just too radical in his thinking. But my Hawke is not bad at heart, and his thinking is not radical either, is it?"

Hawke looked at Gwen, who was smiling at him with her expressive emerald eyes, and shook his head.

"You're just saying that to make me happy."

"Yes."

Gwen smiled, took off her gloves, put her arms around Hawke's neck, kissed him, and then said, "Are you happy now?"

Hawke looked up, thought for a moment, and then looked at Gwen.

"I'm happy."

"Then I'm happy too."

Gwen smiled brightly, kissed Hawke again, and then, feeling Hawke's claws moving up her body, handed him the small shovel: "Help me with the work."

Hawke looked down at the shovel in his hand, blinked, then looked at Gwen who was gesturing to him, chuckled, shook his head, and squatted down to help Gwen dig the pit she hadn't finished digging.

Gwen put her gloves back on and sat on a small stool, cleaning the plants that had been shipped back from her grandfather William's place.

“It’s alright if Dr. Merrick didn’t get caught, Hawke. You can fail countless times, but he will be caught by you the first time he fails.”

"Dr. Merrick has solved it."

"That clone..."

"It's resolved too."

"Uh……"

Gwen knew it was Hawke when he covered his eyes, and she also knew that Hawke was not in a good mood.

Because if Hawke is in a good mood, or if he's just okay, he won't play this kind of game.

So she guessed that it might be because Dr. Merrick's matter was not going well, which was why she was cooperating with Hawke.

result……

Gwen looked curiously at Hawke, who was digging a flower hole for her, and asked, "Why is that?"

Hawke shrugged and looked at Gwen.

“Alexander Pierce, I really want to grind him to dust.”

“Alexander…”

Gwen blinked, then realized what she meant.

"Isn't he already dead?"

"Yes, his soul is still suffering in the frozen underworld, and this time Merrick is also in it, and their punishment will be eternal."

"then you……"

"I gave Alexander Pierce another chance this time, to tell me where Anna was being held captive. After all, Hydra's plan to clone me, kill me, and then conquer the world had failed. Do you know what he said?"

He rejected you.

Gwen chuckled and looked at Hawke: "If he had agreed, you wouldn't have that expression. But why?"

Hawke frowned.

"I suspect it might be related to Sitrek."

"Sistrek?"

"Wolfgang von Sitterke, the one I went to Sokovia last time and found the place deserted, he's one of the old-school Hydras."

"reason?"

“Sitrick probably has another plan targeting me, and Anna will likely be with Sitrick as well. That’s why Alexander Pierce isn’t saying anything; clearly, he’s still hoping for the best.”

“It’s understandable that he was willing to die for Hydra.”

Gwen calmly analyzed, "However, yet another plan? Didn't you suspect that Merrick and this Sitor were in cahoots? Didn't Merrick say anything?"

Hawke scoffed: "No, Merrick said he's just a brainless idiot who's been fooled. I swear to God I'd let him go if he told me everything, and he believed me. Doesn't he know God has already offended me?"

Even if he hadn't used rhetoric to deceive Merrick, Merrick still wouldn't have survived.

God?

Please, Merrick's God has chosen to provoke him; he'd love for that old bastard God to appear before him after he breaks his vow.

"But in the final confession, I asked Merrick if he knew where Cestrick was, and he said he didn't. Clearly, they weren't working together."

"Maybe he's lying to you."

“He’s stupid. I made a promise off the cuff and he believed it. Believe me, he’s not that smart.”

"Right."

Gwen looked at Hawke's confident expression, thought for a moment, and nodded in agreement.

Anyway, if it were her, and someone found her and said that she wouldn't die if she explained herself clearly, she wouldn't believe a single punctuation mark.

"So you suspect that Sitor is also planning something against you?"

“That’s the only explanation.” Hawke held the shovel in his right hand and spread his hands toward Gwen. “Anna is even in Sistrek’s hands. That’s the only explanation for why Alexander Pierce, even after seeing Merrick, still chose not to confess.”

Gwen's eyebrows furrowed.

"Is Sitori also trying to clone you?"

"will not."

"Are you sure?"

“I was skeptical about this at first, so I checked with Myrick. The core of Myrick’s cloning technology was in his own hands. He didn’t even have the same clone that he used to deceive S.H.I.E.L.D..”

This is why his sixth sense was kicking in when he wanted that Myrick clone to help him clone his sister Anna's body.

Let's say that.

If that Merrick clone were to actually clone his sister, what he would get would not be a perfect body, or even a body at all. What he would get would be a lump of rotten flesh that looks perfect from afar but would break open with a single poke.

and so……

"Cestrek won't be a clone, it will be something else."

"What else could he possibly do with your blood?"

Gwen, sitting on a small stool, frowned: "Use your blood to extract your DNA, and then create a DNA bomb compatible with you?"

Hawke shook his head.

"I am immune to all poisons, my dear."

"Honey, I'm talking about DNA bombs, biological weapons made by finding defects in your DNA, not viruses."

"That's impossible."

Hawke shook his head and looked at Gwen.

"Even if I stood at the epicenter of a nuclear blast, the nuclear bomb wouldn't harm me, and nuclear radiation wouldn't even give me a cold. Do you think the biological bombs they concocted that affect DNA are as powerful as nuclear radiation?"

"That's definitely impossible. No biological weapon can compare to the damage that nuclear radiation inflicts on human DNA."

As Gwen spoke, she sat down on a small stool and pondered what Hydra might do with Hawke's blood.

But aside from cloning and biological weapons, she couldn't think of anything else.

of course.

She did think of other options, the simplest of which was to frame someone.

They staged a crime scene, left Hawke's blood, and put him on the run globally, leaving him isolated and helpless.

but……

This method might work for others, but it's the least effective for Hawke.

The reason is simple.

Hawke really does dare to kill.

Therefore, this method might work for Iron Man, Captain America, or Natasha, but it's completely useless against Hawke.

Gwen thought about it for a while, then shook her head.

"I really can't understand what else they could do with your blood besides these two things."

"If you can't figure it out, then don't think about it anymore."

Hawke looked at Gwen's troubled expression and said with a smile, "Do you know why I really wanted to grind Alexander Pierce's soul to dust, but I didn't?"

Gwen chuckled at Hawke's smile, "You want to catch Sitor, you want to see Alexander Pierce's expression when he sees Sitor."

Otherwise, why would Hawke, who so desperately wanted to obliterate Alexander Pierce's soul, have refrained from doing so?

It can't be because of love, can it?

Hawke smiled broadly.

“I said Dr. Merrick’s cloning program is no threat to me.”

"And the facts have proven this to be true."

"The same goes for Sitrek."

"Whatever he's planning."

"Just like when I went to Sokovia, and the projection came to meet me, I said to Sitorik."

"He'd better hide for the rest of his life and pray that I never find him."

"if not……"

"He will die a horrible death."

Hawke was only angry because he hadn't heard from his good friend Anna, not because of Citrick.

Even though Sitori still possesses the Mind Scepter he desires.

but……

He's not in a hurry.

Even if he wanted the Mind Scepter, he wouldn't show it.

Things come true!

Words that reveal defeat!

He mistook Alexander Pierce for Anna and revealed the Mind Scepter, which resulted in Sitori disappearing with his Mind Scepter.

The same moves are ineffective against Saint Seiya.

because--

Saint Seiya will not make the same mistake twice.

"I believe you."

Gwen looked at Hawke's serious face for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Alright, then let's wait for this pest hiding in the soil to come out on its own. Do you know what you should be doing now?"

Hawke's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"sleep?"

"No, you should take off that S.H.I.E.L.D. T-shirt. We should go to Mom and Dad's house."

"We brought back gifts."

"remember?"

"..."

(End of this chapter)