Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 533 The Rat Hidden in the Dark (Second Update!!)

Unlike other Eternals living on Earth.

Ajak did not choose to continue living in the spaceship he came from like Macari, nor did he become a Bollywood superstar like Jingo.

She chose a life akin to self-exile.

For years, Ajax has lived in the Union, specifically in South Dakota, as a rancher, surrounded by nature and animals, far from the modern city.

When Hawke brought Sersi to the farm, they happened to see Ajak dressed as a milkman walking out of the cattle yard behind them.

When Ajax saw Cersei, he was initially delighted, but then his expression froze when he saw Hawke standing next to Cersei. He quickly recovered and walked over naturally.

"Mr. Phoenix."

"Chief Ajak".

Hawke and Ajak nodded, then their gazes fell on the freshly milked milk in the basket in the latter's hand, and then they noticed Ajak's milkman's attire: "Chief Ajak shouldn't be short of money, right? Haven't you thought about hiring an employee?"

Ajax nodded with a smile.

"I thought about it."

"Then……"

"I was hoping to find someone with thick skin and tough flesh."

Ajac responded with a smile: "But I suddenly realized that there's no need to keep those tough-skinned creatures, so let them perish under the will of Heaven."

Hawke raised an eyebrow at Ajax's answer, and then a smile that was no longer formulaic appeared on his face.

“I’ve suddenly realized that I’m starting to like you, Chief Ajak.”

"My pleasure."

Ajak smiled slightly at this, and then invited Hawke and Sersi to the private cabin built on the ranch.

Tea or coffee?

"Tea!"

After Hawke sat down on the sofa, he began to look around at the layout of the two-story wooden house.

The layout is unremarkable, and there's really nothing to see; it's just the typical layout of a farmhouse.

But Hawke saw a sense of life in it.

Every corner of this house is filled with the atmosphere of life, and Hawke can even see in these atmospheres a person who is content with the ordinary and enjoys the ordinary life.

soon.

Ajak came over with a cup of tea.

Hawke looked away, took the cup, said thank you, and then his gaze fell on the tea in the cup.

"Eastern tea?"

“I probably know you a little better than Mr. Phoenix thinks.”

Even as he sat down, Ajax continued to smile at Hawke.

Hawke smiled upon hearing this.

"I understand. If my enemies understood me as well as Chief Ajak, they wouldn't have been wiped out by me, their families would have been exterminated, and their races would have been wiped out."

“There are always people who take chances and think they are the exception, but they don’t know that there are no exceptions when it comes to you.”

"Ha ha!"

Hawke chuckled again at Ajak's answer, then thought for a moment and said to Ajak, "Actually, there are some."

Upon hearing this, Ajax paused slightly and looked at Hawke.

In her understanding, almost—no, not almost—any enemy who opposed Hawke, or attempted to oppose Hawke, had already been wiped out by Hawke, their entire family, their entire clan, or even their entire species.

But right now?
Hawke actually admitted that someone could survive his clutches?
This surprised and intrigued Ajax, who had been living in seclusion here for a long time and whose temperament had long since become indifferent, and who hadn't even been particularly surprised to see Hawke.

"May I ask who has such an honor?"

"Mephisto!"

"Lord of Hell".

Ajax frowned slightly upon hearing Hawke utter the name: "Wasn't he already...?"

Hawk smiled slightly: "Yes, he was reduced to ashes, but I preserved his soul. However, he has now been resurrected in another universe and has become the lord of hell there. By the way, you should also know something about that universe, since that's where Icarus went."

As Ajax listened to the end, his curiosity vanished, replaced by a serious expression.

“Mr. Phoenix, Icarus’s behavior…”

"I know."

Hawke interrupted Ajak directly, smiling as he said, "Cersei already told me this before I came, and I have already promised my sister to pardon you, so don't worry, I didn't come here for this reason."

Upon hearing this, Ajax instinctively looked at Cersei sitting to the side.

Cersei nodded.

"Yes, Ajax, Mr. Phoenix has pardoned us."

"Thank you."

After hearing Sersi's confirmation, Ajax did not hesitate and looked at Hawke: "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Phoenix."

Although they didn't do anything specifically targeting Hawke, they shouldn't have been in any danger of being killed.

They tried to reason with her, but the reasoning was set by Hawke.

As someone who knew Hawke well, Ajax remembered one of Hawke's classic quotes very clearly.

Destroying you is none of your business!

and so--

They cannot sit idly by and wait for divine punishment that may or may not come; instead, they should take the initiative to ask a deity for their forgiveness.

Fortunately, they got it.

"but……"

Just as Ajak breathed a sigh of relief, Hawk changed the subject and looked at Ajak curiously: "I'm curious, according to Cersei, your orders were to kidnap the people of Westfall Town to use the Celestials to threaten me. Did he say where to transport these people?"

Ajax did not hide anything.

"No."

"No?"

"Yes, that's all the instructions Nezel gave us."

Ajak recounted everything in detail. Nezel.

Analyst.

He is responsible for processing and analyzing data in the universe, calculating the development trajectory of civilizations and potential threats, and is known as the Analyst within the Celestials.

Hawke was the potential threat he analyzed that needed to be eliminated.

After Hawke absorbed the mutant universe and made it part of his own, he already knew the name of this Celestial member, so his expression didn't change much when he heard this.

But what surprised him was what Ajax said next.

"But later Sera also gave me instructions."

"Sera?"

Hawke frowned slightly upon hearing the name of the god.

"Who is this?"

“Sera is responsible for creating new life forms or modifying existing life, such as creating mutant races through genetic experiments.”

"Creation...like your Eternals, and the Abnormal Races?"

"Did you forget to mention Icarus?"

"Yes, and him too."

Hawke recalled their reunion in the mutant universe with Icarus, now an upgraded version of himself. He nodded, then shook his head and smiled, "So, this time I'm not dealing with one Celestial, but two."

Good guy.

The quantity has been increased.

One by one, they couldn't take him down, so this time they decided to team up.

He already said it.

No wonder his six senses suddenly gave him a warning when he was thinking of taking it easy.

There's another stinky rat hiding in a dark corner.

Hawke thought to himself, then came to his senses and looked at Ajax: "Cersei didn't tell me about this."

Upon hearing this, Cersei quickly replied, "I didn't know about this."

Ajax quickly added, "Mr. Phoenix, it's not that I intentionally concealed this news; it's just that Nezel contacted me this morning."

Hawke raised an eyebrow.

"This morning?"

"Yes."

What instructions did he give you this time?

"To hold you back."

"what?"

Hawke raised an eyebrow and looked at Ajax: "Hold me back?"

Ajak nodded.

“Yes, Nezel has ordered us to do everything possible, at any cost, even if it means the extinction of our entire race, to keep you occupied for a period of time and prevent you from leaving this universe.”

"..."

Hawke frowned as he listened to Ajax's words, but remained silent.

These two stinky rats made the Eternals keep him on this earth for a while?
For what?
Could the Eternals hold him back, allowing the Analyst Nezel to erase the tracking marks he left on him over time?
What are you thinking about?

You've become entangled with my karma, and you want to eliminate it?

Yes.

Either I kill you, or you kill me.

As for trying to eliminate this cause and effect over time, that's just wishful thinking.

Hawke thought to himself.

But if those two stinky rats weren't trying to use the Eternals to hold him back, so that the Analyst Nezel could erase his traces, then what were they after?

and many more.

Two smelly rats.

One was drawing his attention, fleeing throughout the multiverse.

What about the other smelly rat?
What is Sera, the one known as the Creator among the Celestials, doing that he didn't know before but only learned about from Ajax's explanation?

Hawke's mind raced, and then a possibility occurred to him, prompting him to scoff: "They don't think that by letting you hold me back for a while, they can create another weapon capable of killing me, do they?"

How is this possible?

Haven't you heard the saying?

A creator cannot create something that surpasses itself.

The same reason.

Even the Celestials themselves, on more than one occasion, were unable to kill him. So how can one expect something they created to kill Hawk, whom they themselves could not kill?

As Hawke was pondering this in silence,

Ajax, however, nodded abruptly.

"Yes, Sera is indeed building weapons that can kill you."

"..."

Hawke looked up at Ajax.

Ajak did not hide anything: "When Sera was on the phone with me, I entered his consciousness, and in the consciousness communication, I saw another version of you over there."

Upon hearing this, Hawke's brows furrowed deeply.

"I?"

"Yes."

Ajak nodded emphatically, his expression genuine.

"It's you!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)