Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 55: Favors must be repaid, and hatred must be avenged!
Sticky pipe walls.

Cold air.

There was also a stench of rust, silt, and unknown fermented substances, which made Hawke block his sense of smell as he walked through it.

He is not afraid of heat or cold, but he is afraid of stench.

The cold and the heat are bearable, but the stench is unbearable, especially this kind of stench that penetrates every pore.

Hawke looked at the spider spirit leading the way in front and was very curious.

"How did you find this place?"

"I found it by following the lizard."

Walking in front, perhaps because he also felt the stench was too strong, even with the spider mask on, Peter's voice was a little muffled: "It's right in front, just around the corner."

The day before yesterday, when he was fighting the lizard people at school, he found some lizards crawling out of the sewer pipes.

So yesterday, Saturday, when Peter woke up and thought of this, he thought he had nothing to do anyway, so he just rushed into the sewer to look for it.

As a result, after searching for a whole day, this morning he finally found Dr. Connors' temporary residence in the underground pipe maze.

This is not.

After he found it, he thought of Hawke and thought Hawke might also be interested, so he simply ran to Hawke and invited Hawke to join him for a weekend adventure in the underground maze of New York City.

soon.

After Hawke followed Peter around a corner, he saw a platform not far away.

There were wires on the platform that were connected from somewhere. The wires were stuck to the wall by an unknown liquid and connected to several light bulbs, illuminating the platform where two notebooks and some laboratory equipment were placed haphazardly.

After Hawke stepped onto the platform, he looked around.

"Where is that video you mentioned?"

"this."

Peter walked to a laptop and tapped a few times on the keyboard, and then a video appeared on the screen.

"That blood is Hawke's."

"I should call Hawke..."

"Shh... No, he definitely won't give it to me."

"Chila!"

"Right, Gwen."

"I can capture Gwen and force Hawke to give me his blood."

"Bala..."

"Yes, that's it. Capture Gwen and have Hawke give me the blood."

"catch……"

In the video, Dr. Connors, whose clothes are filthy and whose hair hangs down on his head due to sweat, talks to himself as if he is possessed, with the screen flashing from time to time.

At the end of the video, Dr. Connors, who seemed like a demon, grabbed the last three regeneration potions without hesitation and injected them into his body. Then, amidst bursts of broken roars, Dr. Lizard made a brilliant appearance.

The video ends here.

Hawke's expression became strange.

So this is the reason why Dr. Lizard is targeting Gwen and killing him. His purpose is to capture Gwen and force him to hand over his blood?

This……

Hawke said he found it difficult to understand Dr. Connors's thought process.

He thought about it and there was only one reason to explain Dr. Connors' behavior.

"The lizard serum messed with his brain."

"Then will you give it?"

"what?"

Hawke looked at Peter.

Peter asked curiously, "If Connors called you and asked for your blood, would you give it to him?"

Hawke frowned slightly at Peter's question.

Would he give it to him? He thought about it for a moment, then nodded and looked at Peter.

"If not too much, yes."

"why."

Peter's eyes widened when he heard Hawke's answer. "Although I don't know the details of your blood, it's likely the key to Connors' transformation into Dr. Lizard. If you knew the outcome, would you still give your blood away?"

Hawke looked at Peter and said calmly, "He used my blood to become Dr. Lizard, that's his business, but he asked me for it, and whether I give it to him or not is my business."

Peter frowned and shook his head.

"I don't understand."

"You and I are the same. Although you don't have parents, at least your parents existed, and you still have your Uncle Ben and Aunt May. I'm different. I'm an orphan and always have been. So you can become a superhero, but I can't, and I will never be able to."

"why."

"I'm not as kind as you."

Hawke smiled.

"Of course, I'm not that evil, but I've always followed a saying: a favor must be repaid, and a grudge must be avenged!"

"When I was fired from Osborne Industries, Dr. Connors wrote me a letter of recommendation even though it was none of Dr. Connors's business."

"Although this letter of recommendation is useless now, Dr. Connors didn't ask anything of me when he gave it to me, so..."

Hawke smiled again and looked at Peter. "It's just a tube of blood. It's no loss to me. I'll give it to him. As for what he does with it, whether it's good or bad, that's his business. I just need to have a clear conscience."

Peter listened to Hawke's explanation and nodded thoughtfully.

Hawke seemed to have thought of something at this time and looked at Peter: "Why, you are also interested in my blood? If you want, I can also give you a tube."

Peter came back to his senses and shook his head like a rattle.

"No, no, I don't want it."

"OK then."

Hawke smiled and said nothing more. He just glanced at the platform again and shook his head. "That's why I said Dr. Connors' brain was damaged by the lizard serum. He could have asked me for it, but he had to do it like this. Let's go."

Now that we know Dr. Connors' motive, even though it sounds a little unreasonable.

But if you consider Dr. Connors' mental state in the video, it becomes understandable.

Mentally ill people are much happier.

Just as you never know what a cat is thinking, you can never peek into the thoughts of a psychopath.

and so……

Hawke was about to leave.

He was thinking of taking advantage of today to get the five trophies and see if he could sell them for money, but he was forced to come here.

Peter looked at Hawke who was about to leave: "What about this side?"

Hawke thought about it.

"Burn it."

"Burned?"

"When a person dies, it's like a light goes out. Besides, if I keep these things, what if another lizard monster appears? But I don't care. It's up to you whether to burn them or not."

"...makes sense."

Peter thought about it and nodded.

"Okay then, I'll leave this to you. I'm going back first. Good neighbor to New Yorkers."

Hawke smiled slightly when he saw Peter nod, then turned around, waved his hand without looking back while speaking, and left.

After seeing Hawke leave, Peter looked around and left as well.

He needs to find tools to burn this place down.

Just after Hawke and Peter left, a faint, flickering red dot on the platform gradually dimmed.

……

(End of this chapter)