Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 452 Hawke's Rise to Power (Second Update!!)
Hawke looked up at the sky.

He had a feeling that someone was watching him.

William Stryker?

Hawke thought of Colonel Stryker, a notorious enemy of the mutants.

Right.

With the Sentinel Special Service deploying so many agents to wipe out this mutant underground community, how could William Stryker, their leader, possibly not notice this?

Hawke thought to himself.

at this time.

"Hawk."

Wanda's voice came from behind.

Hawke came back to his senses.

With two mutant guards flanking her from the left and right, Wanda ran up the steps of the escape tunnel and came to Hawke's side.

Wanda looked at Hawke, who seemed to have emerged from a pool of blood, and asked, "Are you alright?"

Hawke shook his head.

The two mutant guards stared wide-eyed at the messy and devastated scene on the ground.

One of the mutant guards even swallowed hard.

It is clear.

The mutant guard was shocked.

The administrator, Mark, who was being helped out by a mutant guard, glanced at the corpses scattered on the ground with a pale face, then looked at Hawke and said thank you.

He was unlikely to have been saved.

but……

Hawke intervened in time, destroying the two armored vehicles equipped with X-Force suppressors. As a result, the administrator Mark, who had regained his mutant abilities, used his "self-healing" X-Force to pull himself back from the brink of disaster.

However, his healing factor is nowhere near Wolverine's.

Wolverine has the kind of self-healing ability that allows him to recover from a bullet wound to the head, even if he only feels pain for a few days.

Administrator Mark's abilities are not as powerful.

Hawke listened to the administrator Mark's thanks and looked at Mark: "I thought such a commotion would bring Professor X out."

Administrator Mark smiled, his face pale.

"Professor X doesn't care about the life or death of us ordinary mutants."

"Ok."

Hawke remained noncommittal upon hearing this.

at this time.

Two unremarkable-looking vans sped to the side of the road. Then, the doors opened, and the surviving mutants, under the guidance of their mutant guards, quickly climbed into the vehicles.

They've been exposed here; they must leave immediately.

After all, Sentinel Special Operations support might already be on their way, so they didn't have much time left.

With the help of a guard, the administrator Mark looked at Hawke.

“Mr. Phoenix, let’s go. The Sentinel Special Service agents should be here soon.”

"Thank you."

Hawke thanked the administrator Mark for the invitation, then smiled slightly: "But, no need."

Upon hearing this, the administrator Mark looked at Hawke.

Eyes facing each other.

Administrator Mark understood and didn't say anything more.

"Take care, we sincerely wish you and your wife can find your daughter."

"Thank you."

Goodbye, Mr. Phoenix.

Goodbye, Mark.

Hawke smiled.

The administrator, Mark, stopped talking and, with the help of his guards, climbed into the van. Then, the two vans, carrying fewer than twenty surviving mutants, sped away.

at the same time.

In the distance, the belated but timely wail of police sirens could be heard from the streets.

Wanda looked at Hawke when she heard the siren.

What's next?

"Next..."

Upon hearing this, Hawke looked up again, glancing at the vast sky: "Do you think this Sentinel Special Operations Bureau might be watching this area with satellites?"

Wanda raised an eyebrow.

"possible."

"So now the Sentinel Special Operations Bureau has taken notice of us?"

"Probably."

Wanda nodded, and following Hawke's gaze, looked up at the sky high above: "There is indeed a satellite pointing this way."

"That's it."

Hawke's lips curled into a smile, then he looked at Wanda again: "Do you know when I started to earn the Federation's fear?"

Wanda looked at Hawke and blinked: "Fear? I thought the Federation respected you."

Hawke laughed heartily.

“I have thought about earning their respect.”

"Then?"

“They took my respect as my weakness and tried to provoke me again and again.”

Hawke spoke calmly, recounting his journey: "So, after that, I learned one thing: I don't need their respect, I just need their fear."

Respect comes from within.

But fear stems from instinct.

Like a tiger, even if it does nothing but stand there quietly, any small animal that smells its scent will tremble with fear and be unable to control itself. Some might even play dead on the spot, hoping that the tiger will treat it as a corpse and not look at them.

That's exactly what Hawk did in this universe.

He doesn't need the respect of the federal government or anyone other than those he considers his friends; all he needs is for these people to fear him.

Hawke also did a great job.

He used the lightest punishment of wiping out entire families and the heaviest of clans to instill fear in the Federation and almost everyone who knew of his existence. "So..."

Hawke smiled slightly and looked at Wanda: "Guess how much blood I need to shed here to make the Federation and this Sentinel Special Operations Bureau understand this principle?"

Wanda raised an eyebrow, meeting Hawke's smiling face.

"What happened to the promise of steady development?"

"I'm thinking about a steady development."

"but?"

"I also like to nip danger in the bud."

Hawke's voice was low and menacing, as if he could see the Sentinel satellite watching them from thousands of miles away: "The police need evidence, I don't. I only need to suspect that the Sentinel Special Operations Bureau might become a problem for me, and that's enough."

While talking.

Police cars that had arrived were already parked not far away. One after another, New York police officers ran out of the police cars with guns drawn, pointing them at the duo who, instead of fleeing, were still standing there talking.

"do not move."

"Put yourself down... hands up!"

"Damn it, hands up!"

"..."

The police officer's voice was accompanied by the incessant barking of the siren.

Hawke's lips curled up, and under the watchful eyes of the officers, he lifted Wanda into the air with visible speed.

next second.

"boom!"

"Boom, bang, bang!"

"what!"

As the sonic boom suddenly appeared beneath Hawke, a burst of wind swept around in a ring, shattering the windows of the arriving police cars and forcing all the officers to close their eyes as they were forced to retreat by the fierce wind.

And when they opened their eyes again...

into the eye.

Hawke and Wanda have long since disappeared.

"What about people?"

"Has it been located?"

"Shit, they're so fast."

"They want to go there."

The Sentinel Special Operations Command Center, under the lock of the Sentinel satellite, firmly locked onto Hawke, who was flying at high speed at an altitude of thousands of miles.

Stryker's eyes narrowed.

For some reason, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

but……

He had seen mutants, even more powerful than Hawke, and had even killed some.

and so!
"Lock onto them. Once they land, immediately notify the Strategic Support Force to set off. Tell them, 'I want them alive.'"

"Yes."

Upon hearing his boss's voice, the sentry quickly nodded in response.

After Stryker finished speaking, he looked at Hawke on the big screen again, his eyes gleaming.

"Where are you going?"

"Quantico!"

Holding Wanda, Hawke, whose cosmic energy was blocked and who could only fly at supersonic speeds toward Quantico, spoke to Wanda in his mind: "This is Earth, so whoever provokes me, I'll take on the military."

Well known.

Hawke is able to maintain his deterrent power in this universe for two reasons: firstly, his killings are so terrifying that everyone is terrified; secondly, he has his own soldiers to defend him.

Anyway, no matter who provokes him, he will attack the military. If the military wants to reason with him, they can bring over the heads of those who tried to provoke him first.

So in this situation, if someone wants to target Hawke, Hawke will target the Pentagon, and the Pentagon will target those reckless individuals who want to target Hawke.

It forms a closed loop.

Logically, Hawke intended to storm the Pentagon directly.

but……

In this universe, he stormed the Pentagon because he had already established his formidable reputation beforehand. So when he first appeared, all the military leaders who knew him instantly switched from proud eagles to trembling quails. That's why, after his intimidation, they obediently went to fry squid for him.

But the Earth we see now is a completely new Earth.

Nobody knows who he is.

And there's one thing Hawke has to admit: on this Earth with mutants, the people here are all incredibly stubborn.

And it's not ordinary iron.

While one reason why Earthlings are so stubbornly opposed to mutants might be because there's a mutant dove on their side, it's clear that these Earthlings are the type who won't submit unless you beat them badly, cripple them, or even kill them.

Fortunately.

Hawke is the master of dealing with those who dare to defy him.

Let's start with Quantico.

After all, from a certain perspective, Quantico was his birthplace.

In 2012, he embarked on his journey to become stronger from Quantico, and after several years of hard work and struggle, he has acquired the great strength he possesses today.

and so--

It makes sense that he started with Quantico this time as well.

soon.

Quantico has arrived.

Hawke, holding Wanda, brought his body to a sudden stop, halting his supersonic speed. He then looked down at the Quantico military base, where training was in full swing.

next second.

He looked up at the sky again.

Colonel William Stryker, who was in the Sentinel Operations Hall, felt a sudden jolt of fear when he saw Hawke's mocking gaze through the screen.

"Oh no! Tell Quantico quickly..."

"boom!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)