Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Because right after Anya finished saying that sentence.

A voice that felt both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar rang in her ears.

"is it?"

"I don't remember saying that."

As the words fell.

into the eye.

The space in front of the booth rippled like a stone dropped into a river. As the ripples widened, Hawk, dressed in a suit and tie, walked out with Wanda, a faint smile on his face.

Space Stone.

It allows the holder to travel freely through space to any location, move objects they wish to move, or arrange spatial sequences. Theoretically, if you wish, you can be omnipresent.

But once again.

To avoid alerting Universe 616 itself and the Celestials, Hawke cannot make any major moves, even while carrying the Space Stone from his own universe.

but……

It is still possible to open a portal to space and travel freely on Earth.

Anya watched as Hawke emerged from the portal, and almost simultaneously stood up from her booth, her pupils contracting rapidly as she stared at him with disbelief.

Hawke looked at Anya's expression and smiled slightly.

"What, don't you recognize your dear brother?"

"..."

Xu Xialing, who was standing to the side, was also stunned almost the moment Hawke walked out of the spatial gate.

She didn't know Hawke very well.

But Wanda...

After all, Wanda saved the Earth from a cataclysmic event, so she is somewhat well-known.

Upon hearing Hawke's words, Anya's eyes narrowed again. Coming to her senses, the disbelief in her eyes turned into vigilance, and her gaze snapped to Wanda.

The voice also became unusually cold.

"Is this another trick of yours?"

"A trick?"

Hawke raised an eyebrow upon hearing this and looked at Wanda beside him: "Again?"

Wanda first glanced at Anya, who was glaring at her, then looked at Hawke and shook her head: "After Shuo Mie, she knew you weren't coming back, and she was in despair. I couldn't do anything; I couldn't just watch her starve to death, so..."

At first, Anya still had hope when Wanda and Hawke disappeared.

Because the Avengers are still around, the story won't end so soon, so Anya, clinging to the past, continues to guard 521A Palm Street.

But after the scorching sun was extinguished, only Wanda was seen, not Hawke. Anya's hopes were dashed, and after realizing that there was no hope for her brother's return, she was so desperate that she wanted to starve herself to death.

Wanda, seeing this, had no choice but to use chaos magic to conjure up a Hawk when Anya attempted to starve herself.

result……

This is why the relationship between the two sisters-in-law deteriorated to such an extent after Hawke passed away.

After listening to Wanda's explanation, Hawke finally understood why the two women had parted ways after he disappeared from the area.

The root of our feelings lies here.

Hawke thought to himself, then shook his head with a wry smile.

You shouldn't have lied to her.

"Should I just watch her starve to death?"

Wanda shrugged, then looked at Anya, who was still glaring at her, and spread her hands: "I didn't use my magic this time."

No magic was used?

Anya was taken aback by Wanda's actions, then realized what was happening and her gaze fell on Hawke once again. Her eyes widened in disbelief, and her voice began to tremble.

"elder brother?"

"if not?"

Hawke smiled and said, "Besides your brother, who else could have guessed that you were trying to find a dragon to wish for my resurrection?"

Speaking of it.

Hawke paused, then looked at Anya with some curiosity.

"But I remember when I told you this story, it said that you need to find the seven Dragon Balls to summon Shenron before you can grant any wish..."

"elder brother!"

Just as Hawke was halfway through his sentence, Anya became absolutely certain that the Hawke standing in front of her was her brother. She could no longer hold back and shouted. As soon as she finished speaking, she threw herself into Hawke's arms, and her tears finally burst forth.

Hawke's collar was visibly damp.

But he didn't feel sad. Instead, he hugged his sister who had rushed into his arms and gently comforted her as she cried uncontrollably.

From the moment the light faded, Anya held onto a single thought. After the light faded, that thought collapsed in despair, and Wanda used illusions to make her believe her brother had returned. After discovering the truth, Anya had only one thought in her mind: to bring her brother back. At this moment, holding her living, breathing brother, who was no longer a dream or an illusion, the taut thought in her heart finally let go amidst her uncontrollable sobs.

Then--

Anya fell asleep.

Hawke raised an eyebrow, looked at his sister sleeping amidst the rain-drenched pear blossoms, and exchanged a glance with Wanda beside him.

Wanda looked at her sister-in-law, who was still clinging to her man even after falling asleep, and shook her head helplessly.

Hawke's gaze then fell on Xu Xialing, who was standing silently to the side.

Looking at Xu Xialing in front of him, he thought of Xu Wenwu, the rebellious son who had become a white-hearted traitor under the influence of Runren's descendants, and he also thought of Xu Wenwu, who was just as devoted to love as he was.

Hawke withdrew his gaze and then looked at Xu Xialing and spoke.

"excuse me."

"When you have time to see your father, tell Xu Wenwu that if I were him, and there was a wicked son in the family, I would choose to clean house rather than be infinitely lenient, because that might cost me my life."

"gone."

After saying this, Hawke turned around, holding his sister who was fast asleep in his arms, and ran his right hand across his face. The next second...

A portal to 521A Palm Street appeared instantly amidst the spatial ripples.

Hawke, carrying his sister Anya, stepped into the portal.

Wanda followed closely behind.

In the blink of an eye, Hawke, along with his sister Anya and Wanda, disappeared from Xu Xialing's sight, as if they had never been there at all.

next second.

The surrounding noise and commotion reached Xu Xialing's ears again.

Hearing the commotion around her, Xu Xialing finally realized that it seemed like no one around her had seen what had just happened. It was as if, at that moment, her space and that of Hawke and the others had been separated.

"hiss!"

"Hook Phoenix".

After Xu Xialing realized what was happening, she gasped and recalled Hawke's words before leaving. She took another deep breath and hurried toward her office.

Just as Xu Xialing was about to call her father, Xu Wenwu...

Back at their home at 521A Palm Street, Hawke had already put his sleeping sister to bed and covered her with a blanket.

When Hawke came out of the room, the entire house had been cleaned by Wanda using chaos magic; even the floor was so clean you could see your reflection in it.

"I thought this place had been taken over."

“Pepper has been helping to pay the property taxes here.”

"Pepper?"

Upon hearing this, Hawke looked at Wanda: "Pepper Potts?"

Wanda nodded: "It's Pepper Stark. After the Smoldering incident, Pepper has been helping to pay the property taxes here, even though I said it wasn't necessary. Pepper said this is home, after all."

Hawke nodded thoughtfully.

After the scorching event, it wasn't just the Stark family that was shattered; 521A Palm Street was also torn to pieces.

The first to leave home was Anya, the younger sister, who felt she had been deceived.

After that, they left for Westview, where Wanda created a town where Hawke existed.

521A Palm Street was instantly deserted.

But this is the federal government, and the IRS doesn't care if you have family or relatives. All they know is that if you don't pay your taxes on time, they'll take your house away.

During this period, Pepper was paying the taxes for 521A Palm Street.

Hawke thought of Tony Stark, who had disappeared from this timeline after snapping his fingers: "How is Pepper now?"

Wanda shook her head: "Pepper values ​​her family more now and doesn't care much about what happens outside."

Hawke nodded.

Wanda looked at Hawke's expression and seemed to have thought of something.

"You want to resurrect Stark as well?"

"Tony? His soul isn't in hell."

Hawke chuckled and looked at Wanda: "His soul belongs to death."

Although Tony lost his life by forcibly sacrificing himself to activate the Infinity Gauntlet, logically speaking, his soul should belong to Hell.

But don't forget, there is a Soul Stone among the Infinity Stones.

and so!
Tony's soul actually belongs to death.

Taking a soul away from death is no easy task.

At the very least, it's not enough that Pepper has been helping to pay the property taxes all these years to save 521A Palm Street.

but……

"talk later."

Hawke thought for a moment, but did not give a definite answer: "Even if I wanted to resurrect him, it wouldn't be now."

It's still because of the 616 universe itself and the Celestials.

He has a way to contact Death. In the mutant universe, Death gave him a way to contact him before he left.

Hawke wouldn't contact Death to come to this universe now.

Because it will expose you.

Therefore, whether he is willing or not, or whether he wants to resurrect Tony Stark or Natasha who sacrificed her soul in this timeline, he will not do it now, at least not after he has chopped up the Celestials.

As for now?

Hawke smiled slightly and looked at Wanda: "It's about time to go to Hell to find Mephisto."

Wanda raised an eyebrow.

"When?"

"Let's wait until Anya wakes up."

Hawke thought for a moment, then smiled at Wanda and said, "Don't let her wake up and find that I'm not here, and then she'll think you're lying to her."

Upon hearing this, Wanda thought for a moment and nodded.

"indeed."

"Your sister is a total brother-lover."

"Do not."

Hawke smiled.

"It's not brotherly love!"

"It's not that we depend on each other for survival."

"..." (End of this chapter)