Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 319 How Many Angels Were There in the Past? (Second Update!)
Again.

To say that Hawke had a deep affection for Amy Chloe and her son is pure nonsense.

But to say there is absolutely none would be a lie.

and so……

It would be completely unrealistic to expect him to ignore Amy's plight and situation.

From a certain perspective.

He is the one who made me who I am today.

But the past cannot be changed.

just.

Xijing Town is a really nice place.

The area has excellent public security.

The scenery is beautiful.

The people are simple and honest.

It's a really nice place to retire.

The most important thing.

Anya wants to see her.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Gwen looked at Hawke, who had spoken.

"Did you tell Anya?"

"Ah."

Hawke nodded and took a sip of his coffee. "This isn't just my business, it's Anya's business too. She has the right to know all of this."

Gwen blinked.

"So... what was Anya's reaction?"

"She cried."

Hawke succinctly stated, then shook his head at Gwen's expectant gaze, which seemed to demand further explanation: "She cried after she found out we weren't intentionally abandoned."

People are divided into three, five, and nine classes.

Orphans are also divided.

In the federal foster care system, orphans who are nameless, whose origins are unknown, and who don't even have their own surnames are at the bottom of the social hierarchy.

At the top of this hierarchy of contempt are orphans who have been stripped of their parental rights.

Do not ask.

The answer is that at least they still have biological parents, it's just that their parents have been stripped of their parental rights.

and so……

Anya burst into tears after learning that she and her brother Hawke were not abandoned orphans, but rather had been forced into this situation.

But it wasn't the kind of crying that comes from sadness; it was more like... how to describe it, it's just that kind of crying that's hard to put into words.

However, after crying so much, even though his sister Anya didn't say anything, Hawke could sense that his sister, who had initially been indifferent to whether or not she would leave the Underworld, now wanted to leave if possible.

The reason is obvious.

She wanted to see Amy.

"Just right."

“After Anya is resurrected, if she doesn’t want to stay here, she can go to Xijing Town.”

Hawke smiled as he looked at Gwen.

Gwen held her coffee cup with both hands, glanced at Hawke, and smiled slightly: "Pretty good, there are still options."

Hawke raised his eyebrows.

"what?"

"nothing."

Gwen shook her head, then looked at Hawke, pursed her lips, and said with a smile, "I thought you would keep Anya under your watchful eye after she was resurrected, so she wouldn't have to go anywhere."

Well known.

Hawke's journey to his current state began with his desire to resurrect his sister.

and so……

Even Gwen thought that if Hawke really resurrected his sister, he would make sure she stayed right under his nose.

Hawke was taken aback when he heard Gwen's words.

next second.

He burst into laughter.

Hawke's expression then turned serious as he met Gwen's gaze.

"Wen, I'm not a sister-complex."

"I know."

Gwen stared back at Hawke with her expressive emerald eyes, but the smile on her lips was obvious.

Hawke opened his mouth.

Seeing this, Gwen immediately changed the subject.

"The cloning experiments of S.H.I.E.L.D. should not be finished yet."

"……almost."

Seeing that the topic had shifted, Hawke did not continue on it, thinking about his conversation with Sharon yesterday: "If nothing unexpected happens, it should be ready in three months."

He called Sharon yesterday to inquire about the progress of the SHIELD cloning experiment.

In a word.

The progress is encouraging.

Clinical trials have begun, and the cloned embryos are developing well. They are just waiting for the cloning process to end in two months, after which they will enter a one-month post-operative observation period.

Two months of clonal development.

One-month postoperative observation period.

A total of three months.

"If no problems arise after three months, then there are no problems."

"Then we can open the museum to extract my sister Anya's DNA data and then cultivate clones."

"but……"

"I'm afraid I won't be able to make it for Christmas this year."

"After all, it's already August."

"But that's okay."

"As long as my sister is here, every day can be a holiday."

Hawke couldn't help but smile happily as he thought about seeing his living sister Anya in three months, and then another three months.

Seeing the smile on Hawke's face, Gwen abandoned the idea that Hawke was definitely a siscon.

"Is there someone you've forgotten?"

"..."

Hawke snapped out of his reverie, glanced at Gwen, his thoughts raced, and he chuckled.

"You mean Andrew?"

“Yes.” Gwen nodded, then looked at Hawke and said, “Phoenix’s is Phoenix’s, Chloe’s is Chloe’s, but Phoenix is ​​also Chloe.”

No one will look down on Westview just because Hawke says he's Phoenix and Chloe from Westview.

At the very least, having witnessed Hawke's dominance in taking on two opponents at once on the Atlantic, they would not underestimate him.

Instead of underestimating it, they joined forces to renovate Xijing Town.

Even S.H.I.E.L.D. has a station disguised as a post office in Westview, and the S.H.I.E.L.D. agent stationed there is Gale.

He was the first to arrive at Amy's apartment, and also the SHIELD agent whom Hawke had rescued and whom he had met a few times, so he was quite familiar with him.

Anyway-

To outsiders, Hawke is both Phoenix and Chloe.

Gwen knew very well that the reason for keeping Phoenix's things with Phoenix and Chloe's things with Chloe was that Hawke was making a promise to himself.

Just like what Hawke said when he proposed.

Only their bloodline descendants are qualified to inherit his power and Phoenix, the surname they both chose together.

and so……

Hawke is very determined, and Gwen is very mature for her age.

“You’ve met your father, Andrew, but Anya hasn’t. And since we’re reunited, it would be best if the whole family were together.”

"family……"

Hawke muttered Gwen's words to himself, then shook his head.

"His soul is not in hell."

"what?"

Gwen was slightly taken aback upon hearing this: "Not in hell? How could it not be in hell?"

Hawke shook his head and didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Gwen remembered that Hawke's past was caused by the dark forces of the Heavenly Dimension, and realized: "Heaven?"

Hawke shook his head again.

"Not here either."

"That……"

"It's still in the hands of the murderer who shot Andrew."

"..."

Gwen frowned deeply.

As Hawke spoke, his mind sank, and he once again entered his still dazzling golden cosmos.

Above his now dazzling golden universe, there is a galaxy that spans the entire universe.

That is the river of time that belongs exclusively to Hawke and his microcosm.

After shrinking his timeline, he was able to control it even without the Time Stone.

but……

In this galaxy of time that spans the entire universe, the past and the present are visible, but the future is not.

The soul gem, now transformed into phoenix eyes, emitted a faint yellow light.

Hawke's mental power surged, and then his mind transformed into a bright spot, once again disappearing into the timeline that made up his Phoenix Galaxy.

Time point.

The day Andrew Chloe was shot and killed in 1995.

boom!
A gunshot rang out in the alley. A tall, thin white man and a tall man drew their guns almost simultaneously, and three bullets pierced Andrew's body.

Accompanied by what seemed like rhythmic running sounds, the two ran to Andrew's fallen body.

A soul emerged from Andrew Chloe's body.

next second.

Andrew Chloe's soul entered the silver cross necklace that was hanging around his neck.

Hawke opened his eyes, looked at Gwen, and nodded.

"Yes, it's on the murderer."

"who is it?"

"do not know."

Hawke shook his head: "I had already recorded the scents of these two gunmen, and I was planning to find them after I came back."

Gwen blinked.

"But you didn't find it?"

"Ah."

Hawke nodded. "I originally thought Father John knew their whereabouts, but do you know what Father John said?"

Gwen shook her head.

"How to say?"

“Father John told me that the two gunmen were just ordinary thugs, and his task was simply to mislead Andrew.”

"ordinary……"

Gwen's expression turned somewhat strange: "Could an ordinary thug really take Andrew's soul?"

Hawke chuckled.

"he does not know."

"I didn't tell him either."

“But Father John did not lie.”

"Moreover, it was only after seeing Father John that I realized what those two thugs who shot Andrew were."

Hawke's lips curled up slightly as he said this.

"Angels' energy comes from their angel wings."

"Angels whose wings have been cut off will become mortals, no different from ordinary mortals."

"But their aura is still fundamentally different from that of ordinary people."

"And the scent of the two thugs who shot Andrew was exactly the same as the scent of Father John when I went to the church to see him."

"so……"

“They are not ordinary thugs.”

"But rather, they are angels whose wings have been cut off."

Hawke looked at Gwen, whose little mouth was gradually widening, and said, "So, in fact, there wasn't just one angel in my timeline that day, but three."

One is in the open.

Two in the shadows.

However, the two thugs who shot Andrew must have been on Earth before his timeline, and they had their wings cut off, making them no different from ordinary people. This is why Hawke did not notice it at first.

Gwen listened to Hawke's speculation, her mouth slightly agape.

"So, is it still possible to find them now?"

"I don't know, but I know someone who should have a lead."

"Who?"

"The patrol officer who was in charge of this case back then."

"..."

(End of this chapter)