Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 172 Hawke's Meeting with Alexander (First Update!)

T'Challa is dead.

Theoretically speaking, it was still self-destruction.

His vibranium claw pierced through his hood without any resistance, as easily as stabbing into a block of tofu, and went straight into his head.

moment.

All the anger and resentment subsided with the passing of T'Challa's life.

Boom!
The moment Hawke released his right hand, T'Challa fell to the ground with a thud, like the corpse of a black panther.

He glanced calmly at T'Challa's body lying in front of him.

Was T'Challa wrong to seek revenge on him?

not at all.

Hawke's revenge is also justified.

But T'Challa made a mistake in one aspect.

Wanting revenge is fine, but until you have the absolute strength to succeed in revenge, you must endure even the greatest hatred.

That's exactly what Hawke did.

The fight between Abomination and Hulk back then affected innocent people, killing his sister Anya. At that time, Hawk wished he could eat Abomination and Hulk alive.

But the idea is good, the reality is cruel.

If he had just gone straight for it back then, there would have been only one possible outcome: Abomination or Hulk would have torn him apart.

In a word.

Weakness is the original sin.

This is the rule.

At least in the Marvel Universe, whether on Earth or in space, the law of the jungle, championed by Western society, prevails.

If you're not at the table, then you're on the menu.

It's that simple.

Hawke felt no remorse for killing T'Challa, nor would he utter any words of regret, nor would he feel any remorse for stealing Wakanda's vibranium.

He just wanted to be on the table, not on the menu.

There are no grudges, no right or wrong.

Just like he did when he answered T'Challa's question.

Destroying you has nothing to do with you!

and so……

Hawke glanced calmly at T'Challa's corpse before turning his gaze to the only intact palace before him.

next second.

He raised his right hand and threw a punch. Instantly, a sound of collapse rang out, and accompanied by rising dust, the palace that proved Wakanda had once existed crumbled in the dust.

Hawke declared that from that moment on, Wakanda ceased to exist.

He does what he says.

Looking around, the only things that could prove Wakanda's existence, besides the black panther's corpse in front of us, are probably the vibranium artifacts buried under a thick layer of white ash.

Teeth made of vibranium.

A ring made of vibranium.

There are also various components made of vibranium used in Wakanda's weapons.

and also……

Not far away is Wakanda's former vibranium sacred mountain.

Whether this vibranium sacred mountain in Wakanda can still be called by this name in the future depends on whether the Security Council wants to help change its name.

It's likely they'll change the name, and this place will probably become a restricted area in the future.

It's now a military restricted area jointly managed by five philanthropists.

However, from a long-term perspective, with the five philanthropists permanently residing here, the African continent within the range of artillery fire radiating outwards from Wakanda will certainly usher in an unprecedented period of peace.

So from this perspective, he did a good deed.

Hawke thought to himself, looking at the collapsing palace, and then turned to leave.

but……

Just as he was about to turn and leave, his keen senses seemed to detect something. In the instant he looked away, he turned his gaze back to the palace, which had become a ruin.

next second.

Hawke stepped forward with his right foot and appeared directly in front of the collapsed palace. At the same time, several strangely shaped spheres buried in the ruins floated up in front of him using telekinesis.

The sphere is blue overall, much like the color of the ocean.

wrong.

It's not just the ocean; it's the ocean inside.

Hawke raised an eyebrow, stretched out his right hand, grabbed one of the blue spheres, glanced at it, and then threw it away. The instant the eye shock detonated the sphere.

moment!

Wow!

As the blue sphere exploded, an extremely high-pressure stream of water shot out like a bomb, instantly cutting through everything within the blast radius like a super-high-pressure water jet.

"Yo!"

"Wakanda has this kind of technology?"

"It seems like they didn't appear in the movie."

Hawke's eyes lit up. Recalling the Black Panther movie he had watched before his time travel, he confirmed that such a magical water bomb had not appeared in the film. He looked at the remaining three water bombs with a sense of novelty.

at the same time.

Having found themselves in a safe zone, and seeing that the group had fallen silent after the white light, Maria Hill appointed a S.H.I.E.L.D. team to take the lead and re-enter the Wakanda region, which they had just evacuated from.

into the eye.

It was like a vast, clean expanse of white earth. The forests disappeared.

The riverbed has dried up.

It was completely covered with a thick layer of white ash, but beneath this thick layer of white ash, the vibranium color underneath could be faintly seen, which could not be concealed no matter what.

An agent bent down, picked up a vibranium tooth from the white ash, paused for a moment, and then handed it to Maria Hill, who was standing next to him.

Maria Hill took it and glanced at the vibranium tooth.

At first, she looked somewhat confused, but soon, as if she had thought of something, she glanced at the white ash covering the ground in front of her, a look of horror flashing across her eyes, before she fixed her gaze on Hawke's back as he stood in front of the ruins in the distance.

Hill and his agents left neat footprints in the thick layer of white ash as they arrived at the former Wakanda royal palace area.

An agent discovered T'Challa's body lying in the white ash, as if surrounded by snow.

"Sir!"

"...Properly bury him."

"Yes."

The agent who discovered T'Challa's body nodded, then glanced at another agent he was on good terms with. The two then quickly walked to T'Challa's body, lifted it up one after the other, and prepared to move the body out.

no way.

They now understood what the white ash beneath their feet was, but the more they understood, the more they felt an uncontrollable chill seeping into their bodies as they walked through it.

This is only during the day; at night, they probably wouldn't dare to come in.

At least not until all this white ash has been cleaned up.

soon.

Two agents carried T'Challa's body and ran outside, while Hill, just like the last time he came to Africa, walked straight to Hawke's side once again.

Hawke glanced at Hill standing beside him out of the corner of his eye and chuckled, "No need for thanks. If you really want to thank me, just tell me where I can get clones."

Hill laughed upon hearing this: "SHIELD's research on cloning is second only to its research on organs, but there are no clones."

Hawke glanced at Hill.

"I believe you."

"Thank you."

Hill smiled slightly and then said, "Sharon has already reported to me that I have authorized her to go to the Black Prison to meet Dr. Merrick, who almost caused a major mess a few years ago because of his cloning research."

Hawke was curious upon hearing this.

"This Dr. Merrick can clone?"

"More than just that."

Hill chuckled: "He was even researching it right under our noses, and he already had a finished product. If we hadn't discovered it in time, there would probably be a lot of clones in society by now."

Hawke's eyes lit up at this and he looked at Hill.

"That……"

"can."

Before Hawke could speak, Hill nodded and said, "But Dr. Merrick is dangerous. He cannot be handed over to you. If you want to see him, you must be accompanied by Sharon, and the experiment must be conducted under our supervision."

Hawke replied without hesitation, "No problem."

He didn't intend to use the clone for anything; he simply wanted to create a body for his sister and then completely resurrect her.

and so……

If he's going to be the supervisor of S.H.I.E.L.D., then let him be the supervisor. He doesn't have any bad intentions, so he's not afraid of being supervised.

Hill breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Hawke nod.

Dr. Merrick is a true madman. According to S.H.I.E.L.D.'s plan, Dr. Merrick will never see the light of day in his life.

After all, this guy used to be a mentor at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy and collected the blood of various agents, including even Black Widow's blood.

Fortunately, it was discovered in time, thus nipping the cloning crisis in the bud.

Therefore, it would be impossible for Hawke to take Dr. Merrick away if he really wanted to, but fortunately, Hawke did not refuse their suggestion to supervise him.

Hill thought to herself, then smiled and said, "Thank you for understanding."

Hawke smiled.

“The people are yours, and you may even need to provide the equipment and materials. I should be thanking you for using your people and facilities to do my thing. If Dr. Merrick can really help me get what I want, I will owe you a favor.”

"Then I wish you all your wishes come true."

"Thank you."

Hawke looked at Hill, thanked him sincerely, and then said, "I'm leaving."

Hill's smile remained unchanged: "Take care."

Hawke fell silent, looked up at the sky, and vanished from Hill's sight in an instant.

next second.

Hawke, who had appeared high in the sky and was planning to go home, suddenly raised an eyebrow again. Then, as if he had thought of something, he looked down at the temporary base of the joint forces stationed near the Hell Passage.

In an instant, his figure disappeared from the spot once again.

Inside the temporary tents at the joint base.

Chairman Alexander Pierce is holding an online intelligence meeting with the other four chairmen regarding the emergency in Wakanda.

The other four board chairmen listened to Alexander Pierce's description with expressions of instinctive surprise.

What do you mean Wakanda is gone?

"Define it and that's it."

"It's gone, gone in a physical sense."

"..."

The four board chairpersons remained silent.

Just as Director Alexander Pierce was about to speak again, he looked up at Hawke, who had suddenly appeared before him, his eyelids twitched, and his finger pressed a key, abruptly ending the ongoing online meeting.

……

(End of this chapter)