Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 206 Pierce, Pierce of Hydra (First Update!)

The phoenix is ​​burning!

Hydra is dying.

The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were engaged in fierce combat with Hydra agents on the ground stopped in their tracks, looked up, and saw one Hydra agent after another being thrown into the burning fire phoenix flames and turned to ashes.

at the same time--

The flames of the phoenix burned ever brighter.

soon.

The fire phoenix disappeared.

Hawke has also disappeared.

Boom!
After burning all the Hydra agents to ashes, Hawke returned to the conference room on the top floor of S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters, went straight to Alexander Pierce, grabbed him by the neck, and then looked at Natasha.

"I've taken care of the hardest part for you. You don't need my help with the finishing touches, right?"

"of course."

Natasha realized what was happening and nodded in response.

Hawke smiled slightly, said nothing more, and then looked at Alexander Pierce again, his eyes turning cold.

next second!
He and Alexander Pierce disappeared from Natasha's and the other three federal council members' sight.

at the same time.

Sharon's voice, tinged with suppressed excitement, rang out in the earpiece.

"The Insight Command Center has achieved control and has gained control of the second Insight mothership."

"Number three is also under control."

Tony Stark's voice rang out at that moment: "Jarvis, transfer control."

soon.

Sharon's eyes lit up as she looked at the new Insight Mothership that had come online: "The third Insight Mothership is online."

There are only three Insight motherships in total.

Hawke destroyed Mothership One, so only two Insight Motherships are left.

As for the first mothership...

"The first mothership has crashed into the Potomac River, and Agent 35 is leading a team to the scene."

"receive."

"Tu Tu Tu!"

As the excited voices of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents reclaiming control of the aircraft carrier echoed through the communication channels, a Quinjet swept across the sky and then landed vertically on the top-floor helipad of the S.H.I.E.L.D. III.

next second.

Maria Hill, dressed in a S.H.I.E.L.D. combat suit, stepped out of the fighter jet, glanced at Iron Man who had flown in from the third mothership, nodded in greeting, and then walked into the top-floor conference room with Iron Man.

Iron Man's mask opened, and Tony glanced curiously at the conference room before his gaze fell on Natasha.

Where is Hawke?

"Just left."

Natasha shrugged, then looked at Maria Hill as she walked in: "Commander."

"Thank you for your hard work." Maria Hill nodded to Natasha, then looked at the three Security Council members in the conference room and handed them the tablet in her hand: "Supreme order from the Security Council: I am being urgently promoted to Director of S.H.I.E.L.D."

She already knew about it when Alexander Pierce wreaked havoc on S.H.I.E.L.D.

but……

Alexander Pierce ordered her to remain in Wakanda, Africa, as the combat commander, citing security concerns.

Fortunately, S.H.I.E.L.D. in New York was liberated, and Victoria Hand contacted her, enabling her to urgently reach the Five Good Men through the UN Security Council forces stationed in Wakanda. While rushing home, she awaited instructions from the Five Good Men.

Until she flew back to the Union, the Eastern Good People and the Moscow Good People received urgent intelligence reports from their respective directors, and subsequently unanimously approved the promotion of Maria Hill to Director of S.H.I.E.L.D., giving her full authority over the Hydra saga.

The three board members already knew about the news. They glanced at the tablet Hill handed them, then looked away, leaving Maria Hill to handle the situation, before turning and walking outside.

S.H.I.E.L.D. has its own matters to handle.

They also, at the very least, rushed back to the Security Council to inform their capitals of their experiences.

soon.

Thor, the God of Thunder, also walked in from outside, holding Mjolnir.

"Where's Hawke?"

"Just left."

Natasha looked at Thor as he entered, shrugged again, and then paused slightly, as if she had just said those words not long ago.

Tony, standing nearby, looked at Thor and said, "Jarvis is checking Hawk's energy signal, but the signal seems to have disappeared."

Thor frowned and asked, "Back in New York City?"

Natasha shook her head: "No."

Commander Hand and a team of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are still over on Palm Street.

They had made up their minds: they would leave whenever Hawke returned; it all boiled down to one thing.

We must not give Hydra any opportunity to exploit the situation.

Where did Hawke go?

He didn't actually go anywhere, not even leaving Washington, D.C., after taking Alexander Pierce away from S.H.I.E.L.D.

next second.

Hawke then took Alexander Pierce back to his detached villa in Rock Creek Park, hidden in a dense forest.

"Boom!"

"Cough, cough, cough."

After being carelessly abandoned by Hawke, Alexander Pierce, who was already nearly suffocating from being squeezed, instinctively clutched his neck and coughed incessantly.

Hawke scanned every corner of the villa with his six senses, then put his hands in his pockets and looked at Alexander Pierce, who was coughing as he got up from the ground.

Alexander Pierce, who was once full of vigor, now looked tired and old.

lost.

A complete defeat.

but……

Alexander Pierce, maintaining the last vestiges of dignity of a Hydra leader, rose from the ground, took a deep breath, and, after regaining his composure, looked at Hawke.

"If I told you I never intended to harm you, would you believe me?"

"Hehe." Hawke chuckled at Pierce's words, but then his smile faded and he looked at Pierce.

“I believe you, but that doesn’t change anything. The fact is, you made your move. I always thought you were a smart man, Pierce. I’m not interested in Hydra, and I don’t even care whether you can rule the earth this time.”

He didn't lie.

Throughout the entire Hydra empire, he had always believed that Alexander Pierce was the most intelligent one.

After all, Anna was Alexander Pierce's woman.

His relationship with Anna was really good. In a sense, if Alexander Pierce's strategy hadn't been to befriend him, he and Anna wouldn't have become friends.

This is why he didn't suspect Alexander Pierce of lying when he was in Wakanda.

There's no reason for it.

Alexander Pierce wasn't a fool. He knew his own strength was undeniable. Offending him would mean that Hydra's dream of domination would never be realized.

result……

Pierce actually did it.

This is very inconsistent with Pierce's character, unless there is a possibility that Pierce feels that the cost of hiding himself is less than the cost of telling himself.

Hawke's thoughts raced, and he thought of his friend Anna before looking at Alexander Pierce.

"Where is Anna?"

"died."

Alexander gave a wry smile.

Hawke chuckled, looking at Alexander Pierce, whose answer mirrored that of the three pilots at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters: "Anna isn't dead, I'm pretty sure of it, do you know why I'm so sure?"

Alexander looked at Hawke.

but……

Hawke had no intention of explaining to Alexander, or even that thought; he simply looked at Alexander thoughtfully.

“Anna is clearly not dead, but you insist on saying she is.”

That can only mean one thing.

"Either Anna is currently imprisoned, or she is in a dying state."

"But that's not important. What's important is that you'd rather I believe Anna is dead than see her."

"so……"

“You’re hiding something from me, Pierce.”

"why?"

“I was thinking about this when I came here, but now I’m too lazy to think about it anymore.”

"That's not necessary."

"so--"

At this point, Hawke's gaze turned extremely cold as he looked at Alexander Pierce in front of him: "I'm only giving you one last chance. For the sake of Anna and me being friends, either you tell me now, or you'd better never tell me."

He really wanted to know why the intelligent Pierce would do something so foolish to him.

Really.

but……

Pierce didn't say anything, and he couldn't be bothered to ask anymore.

It's not necessary.

The question can be summed up in one sentence.

He was invincible among men, and he had neither the inclination nor the interest to play any riddles with this group of people.

and so.

"You choose, Pierce."

"hehe."

Upon hearing this, Pierce's bitter smile deepened: "If I don't tell you, you might give me some face for Anna's sake, but if I do, I'm afraid I won't even have any face left."

Zola's plan to clone Hawke is one thing.

But the girl that Sitori brought out in Sokovia...

He really can't say.

But it's not that he didn't want to say it, it's just that he said the same thing again.

He is Hydra.

It's a hydra that grows two more heads after one is cut off.

Even though he will die right now.

But if Dr. Zola's contingency plans, or if things go smoothly with Sitor, Hydra's Third Struggle will one day begin again.

And at that time, Hydra will truly be able to rule the world.

and so……

After a bitter laugh, Alexander Pierce's dejected and tired expression vanished, and he looked as if he had regained his youth as he met Hawke's cold gaze.

next second.

His right hand was raised at a 45-degree angle.

"hail hydra!"

"Long live Hydra!"

"..."

Hawke looked at Alexander Pierce, who was beaming with excitement, just like John Grant back then, showing no fear of death but instead displaying a strange fanaticism, and laughed heartily.

"Row."

"You want to die."

"I will grant your wish."

"You will experience what it means to be worse off dead!"

Hawke's face lit up with a smile.

next moment.

Her eyes were bloodshot!

boom!
……

(End of this chapter)