Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Well known.

Hawke's arrival this time was not his true form.

His true form is still in the main universe. The reason he came here is merely a tactic to locate the enemy.

And now——

The enemy has shown themselves, and their location has been revealed.

That being the case!

Then it's time for the true form to descend!
Just as Wanda finished speaking to the imposter Sierra with Hawk's face, a great light shone brightly outside Earth.

next second.

Just as Sera was about to reach out and touch what appeared to be Hawk's soul, a burst of light erupted, shooting into the sky and heading straight for the Phoenix Nebula, billions of light-years away.

boom!
At first, the light that fell into the Phoenix Nebula was just a tiny, almost imperceptible flame, but it was like a flame falling into a pot of boiling oil.

Originally suppressed by this universe to prevent Hawke from using the local Phoenix constellation to investigate its true nature, the dim Phoenix Nebula was no longer suppressed after Hawke ignited it with his own soul.

The dimming of the Phoenix Nebula lasted only a moment.

Immediately afterwards——

The darkness seemed to collapse, but then it expanded rapidly, as if at that moment the Phoenix Nebula had come back to life, taking a deep breath and then exhaling an entire golden-red universe.

next second.

A golden-red light rushed in from billions of light-years away, arriving in the Milky Way in the blink of an eye. Then, like the Milky Way bursting its banks, the golden-red torrent, carrying the residual heat and roar of the birth of the Phoenix Nebula, crashed into the Earth.

The first to appear was the phoenix.

A phoenix, its body entirely golden-red, with double pupils and bathed in endless flames, appeared on Earth. As it raised its eyes and looked at the analyst Nezel with its endlessly indifferent double pupils, it spread its wings.

Just as the phoenix spread its wings, an outline appeared first among the flames as the phoenix wings fell like a waterfall.

Followed by.

A towering silhouette began its self-sculpting amidst the endless flames swept by phoenix wings.

Lines older than mountains.

The crystal on its forehead absorbed the endless phoenix fire, transforming it into boiling golden-red light energy.

The gold and red armor solidified from the void.

next second.

As the phoenix projected above the Earth turned around, it flew behind Hawk, who was now appearing, and then folded its wings, completely merging itself into Hawk's silhouette.

Then--

Let's spread our wings once more!
Clang!
The phoenix cries in the sky, its song resounding.

Soaring golden-red flames burst forth from Hawk's silhouette, then transformed into the Phoenix Suit above Hawk, whose silhouette was becoming increasingly clear. The flames then split and swept towards Hawk amidst the endless flames.

Bang!
The first piece covering the shoulder armor, adorned with ornate feather patterns, was placed on Hawk's right shoulder amidst the churning flames. Accompanied by a metallic roar like the collision of cosmic stars, it was instantly embedded and fused together. The left shoulder piece followed closely behind, symmetrical and majestic, with golden light flowing across the shoulder.

Then arm armor, leg armor, greaves...

Countless components, shimmering with golden-red light, seemed to possess life as they shot out from the vortex formed by the phoenix fire!

Their precise and elegant, continuous impacts locked onto every part of Hawk's body, and each impact of the Saint Cloth components felt like the heaviest iron hammer imprinting the will of the gods onto this indomitable body.

This is true.

As the Saint Cloth parts were loaded, Hawke's figure became increasingly clear in the golden-red light.

A pair of enormous phantom phoenix wings, made of pure golden-red energy, suddenly unfolded behind Hawke.

Finally, there was the mask, which also shone with a golden-red light, and with a click, it covered Hawke's cold and handsome face perfectly.

As the final armor was applied, Hawk, now fully descended into the silhouette, opened his eyes.

next second.

Hawke opened his eyes and looked up at the analyst Nezel, who, though expressionless, seemed to be shifting from 'successful plot' to 'disbelief' and finally to 'fear and unease,' even wanting to flee.

"Trying to run away now?"

"It's too late."

"I took one of your moves, now it's your turn, Nezel!"

"If this move doesn't kill you, I'll let you live!"

"Phoenix—"

"Lightspeed punch!"

Hawke's voice was calm, carrying a kind of divine indifference. After speaking, he threw a punch at the analyst Nezel, whose upper body already covered most of the earth.

It's more like light than fist.

More accurately, it is a phoenix born from light.

Well known.

Within seven steps, the punches are swift.

Within the universe, light travels faster.

Analyst Nezel watched as the fire phoenix, which had rushed in front of him almost as soon as Hawke finished speaking, appeared indifferent but was actually panicking and only wanted to escape. However, he couldn't even escape and could only choose to withstand the attack in a panic.

result--

Before it even had a chance to retaliate, Hawke's Phoenix Light Speed ​​Fist had already landed in the center of its massive head, which was large enough to shift planets.

No sound.

Because the universe forbids the propagation of sound, but the shock wave, visible to the naked eye, spreads silently in a spherical shape from the point where the fist landed.

Behind the analyst Nezel's head, a vacuum corridor stretching several light-years was forcibly torn open in a distant nebula by this force.

But its head itself did not explode. Instead, endless golden-red light emanated from within, and cracks spread across the entire head like a spider web, followed by the neck, the torso...

At last!
boom!
Analyst Nezel shattered like a piece of porcelain falling to the ground, instantly becoming countless fragments that could never be pieced back together and scattered throughout the starry sky.

"What a pity!" "I gave you a chance, but you were useless."

Hawk, dressed in the Golden Phoenix Cloth, looked at Analyst Nezel, who had been reduced to fragments by his most unremarkable attack, and said this in a listless tone. Then he turned his gaze to the imposter Sera, who was wearing his face and whose expression was completely blank.

"You have no backup plan."

“But I had a backup plan; you shouldn’t have killed me.”

If the analyst hadn't just punched him to death, he would have needed some time to prepare even if he wanted to descend here in his true form.

result--

Nezel blasted him apart with a single punch, and in space no less. For a moment, Hawke even began to doubt whether Nezel was his ally.

After all, even if he were killed on Earth, it would still be difficult for him to light up the Phoenix Nebula here.

You could blast him to pieces in space; what's the difference between that and just sending him home?

Sera reacted to Hawke's eerie voice.

next second.

He turned and tried to escape.

one more time.

It's too late to run now.

Hawke scoffed as he watched Sera run away, as if she had made up her mind. He then pointed his right hand at Sera, who was turning to run.

"Phoenix Illusion Demon Fist!"

"Oh!"

A strange black light struck Sera, who had exposed her back to Hawke, and instantly froze in mid-air, motionless.

Hawke then raised his eyes, his double pupils gazing into the depths of the universe, at his third enemy in this universe, which was this universe itself: "If you're willing to gamble, you should accept the consequences. What do you mean by begging for mercy now?"

Yes.

Just as he punched the analyst Nezel and turned his gaze to Sera, the third enemy, the universe itself, sent a fearful signal that it was trying to beg for mercy.

but--

Now you know to beg for mercy? Where were you before?

"When you were stripping away the Infinity Stones' powers, you were quick and your expression was cold."

"It's as if I'm an ant."

"how?"

"Now that the roles have reversed, why are you acting like this again?"

"You are the origin of the universe."

"So, stay focused and don't lose points."

"If you're wrong, admit it; if you're going to get hit, stand up straight."

“You tried to help them replace me, and now it’s my turn to replace you, so I’m giving you a chance.”

"You should commit suicide."

"Don't wait until I come looking for you; consider this my mercy to you."

"no way."

"It's all because my wife keeps urging me to try to be a good person."

Hawke said this, then looked at Wanda beside him.

This earned him a series of eye rolls from Wanda.

From the moment Hawk was blasted apart by the analyst Nezel's punch to the arrival of the real Hawk, it all happened in the blink of an eye.

and so--

This sudden change caught the Avengers completely off guard.

"This……"

"Is this the end?"

"if not?"

Wanda listened to Natasha's somewhat incredulous voice through the headset and chuckled, "I can understand if others say that, but Natasha, you should be able to understand."

Natasha, who was hovering the Quinjet in mid-air with her hands off the control panel, seemed to realize something upon hearing this and couldn't help but chuckle: "Sorry, I shouldn't have doubted that."

at the same time.

Hawke also turned his head to look at Natasha in the Quinjet fighter jet, and smiled slightly: "Yes, you shouldn't doubt me."

After finishing speaking.

Hawk walked straight to Wanda's side, removed his visor, and looked at her with a strange expression: "When did I ask you to deliver a message?"

He clearly told Wanda, "Don't worry after I die, I will come back again."

As it turned out, Wanda interpreted it as her relaying a message to Sera.

Wanda glanced at Hawke with a smile.

"You should ask me that."

"ask me?"

"After all, you said those words when you first met me."

"I……"

Hawke was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, then recalled his memories from this life and couldn't help but shake his head and smile.

...(End of chapter)