Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 245 Hawke Serves the Five Great Benefactors (Third Update!)

Dawn breaks.

A deafening roar suddenly echoed across the calm sea, followed by a violent explosion that spread across a 200-meter-diameter area.

A gigantic octopus, so large it seemed to blot out the sky, suddenly leaped out of the sea.

"Thick and greasy Xie Te!"

"Gissus!"

"Oh, God!"

In the S.H.I.E.L.D. command and operations center, all the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, who were holding their breath and watching the screen intently, saw the enormous octopus appear. It was as if a hideous female ghost had suddenly appeared on the screen while they were watching a comedy. Almost simultaneously, they all let out a gasp of surprise.

Even Hill and Hand's eyes narrowed sharply for a moment.

but……

One was the bureau chief, and the other was the commander; moreover, they were both women.

Well known.

Violent institutions have always been a man's world, or at least that's what everyone thinks. So, if a woman wants to be a leader in a man's world, she has to be stronger than most men.

So Hill and Hand suppressed their instinctive urge and tried hard not to gasp in surprise.

at this time.

A female agent who was covering her mouth suddenly had a bright idea.

"Look, it's a phoenix!"

"God, it's truly a phoenix."

"He's not dead. So, the merman is dead?"

"Mermaid?"

"I really wanted to call him the mermaid, but do you think he's beautiful?"

"Let's call him the Mermaid."

Hill and Hand exchanged glances as they listened to the SHIELD agents' discussion. Then they looked at the big screen where Hawke, after being lifted out of the sea and then casually discarded, reappeared shirtless and standing upright in the air.

Hawke's suit was in terrible condition.

As the giant octopus stirred up the underwater currents, his suit jacket was instantly torn to shreds by the turbulence.

It was only because Hawke reacted quickly that he was able to do so; otherwise, he wouldn't be shirtless now, but completely naked.

but……

How long has this damn octopus lived?
This must be 20,000 years ago.

Hawke, standing suspended in mid-air, frowned as he looked at the giant octopus corpse whose head he had smashed open, now spread out on the sea like a waterfall.

Hawke looked down at the octopus that had appeared just as he was about to deal with Namor, and thought of Namor's Nemo Trident.

If nothing unexpected happens, this giant octopus appeared to protect Namor.

Well known.

Nemo's Trident from DC Aquaman possesses the power to manipulate the ocean and communicate with marine life.

Aquaman, or Namor, from Marvel, also possesses a trident that grants him the power to control the ocean and summon marine life.

It didn't actually take Hawke long to deal with the giant octopus.

He was mainly looking for Namo at the bottom of the sea.

The results are obvious.

Namo has run away.

Hawke discovered an even deeper fissure beneath the seabed where Namor was buried, and Namor's presence vanished at this fissure.

He searched along the crack and, after confirming that Namor had completely escaped, he gave up, then carried the giant octopus and leaped out of the sea.

After all, this could be considered his spoils of war.

He hasn't yet tasted what takoyaki, which has existed for 20,000 years, tastes like.

Moreover, back in Fallstown, Hawke remembered the scene when he and Gwen attended the town's Christmas food party, and Gwen was eating takoyaki and saying it was her favorite snack.

and so……

Gwen would definitely love a 20,000-year-old octopus.

Hawke thought to himself.

at this time.

sudden!
sudden!
sudden!
On the distant sea, five speedboats, arranged in an attack formation, were rapidly approaching this direction.

Hawke turned his head and glanced at it, raising an eyebrow before instantly disappearing from the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already on one of the speedboats.

The two S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on the speedboat were startled by Hawk's sudden appearance.

Sharon Carter handed Hawke a black T-shirt with the S.H.I.E.L.D. logo that she had prepared beforehand the moment Hawke appeared.

"Give."

"Thank you."

Hawke took the S.H.I.E.L.D. T-shirt Sharon handed him, said thank you, and then looked at the T-shirt in his hand and asked Sharon, "How many S.H.I.E.L.D. T-shirts have I owned?"

Sharon thought for a moment: "The fourth one?"

Hawke shook his head: "The fifth item."

The first Aegis T-shirt he received was after he had swaggered around in Quantico.

The second item was prepared for him by Hill in Wakanda.

The third thing was London, which Natasha had prepared for him.

The fourth thing is in Texas.

Including this one, he should have five S.H.I.E.L.D. T-shirts now.

After Hawke put on the SHIELD T-shirt, he said to Sharon, "Gwen said last time that she wanted to ask who your T-shirt supplier is. She's planning to order a women's version to match yours."

Sharon smiled.

“Gwen mentioned it to me, and I’ve already given it to her.”

"She never told me."

"Just yesterday when she returned to New York City, I went to the airport to pick her up."

"……Thanks."

Upon hearing this, Hawke glanced at Sharon, thanked her, and then looked at Sharon, who was smiling but whose eyes still showed a hint of fatigue.

It is clear.

Sharon arrived here immediately after picking up Gwen.

Hawke's heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Sharon: "Alright, ask me anything, I'll answer whatever I know!"

Sharon smiled. "Any questions?"

"Anything!"

Hawke sat down on the deck and looked at Sharon with her arms outstretched: "At this moment, I am an open book, open to all knowledge and unreserved words. By the way, you can take the octopus, just leave me three tentacles, the fat kind."

Upon hearing this, Sharon immediately turned her head and nodded to the other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents on the speedboat.

Agents on another speedboat immediately contacted the nearest Aegis ship.

Sharon then sat down directly on the deck.

"That mermaid just now..."

"Mermaid?"

Hawke raised an eyebrow.

Sharon explained, "It's the nickname that Maren from the SHIELD command center gave him, the one you fought."

Hawke's expression suddenly dawned on him.

“Okay, his name is Namor McKenzie, the king of the underwater kingdom of Talokan.”

"Talokan?"

"Atlantis, the predecessor of Talokan was Atlantis."

"hiss!"

Sharon gasped: "The Lost Atlantis?"

I've never even heard of Talokan.

But Atlantis is quite familiar, after all, it is a country that now only exists in legends, and some scholars even believe that Atlantis never existed at all.

Sharon used to be one of those people.

result……

"Does Atlantis really exist?"

"Of course, but it's been renamed. It's now called Talokan, the underwater kingdom. Their people all live in the sea."

Hawke flipped through the information in his memory palace about Namor McKenzie and Talokan.

"Talokhan is now located somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean."

"Atlantic?"

"Yes."

Sharon nodded, then remembered the mermaid.

"That mermaid..."

"Escaped."

"Escape?"

Sharon seemed somewhat shocked, her eyes wide as she looked at Hawke.

Hawke couldn't help but chuckle as he looked at Sharon's expression.

"You seem even more shocked than I am?"

"of course."

Sharon nodded subconsciously, then realized what she meant and said to Hawke, "I mean, this is probably the first enemy to escape from you."

Hawke blinked and looked at Sharon: "Really?"

The last one, that Eternal Race...

Oh.

S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't on Skull Island last time, so I don't know.

Hawke then chuckled and looked at Sharon: "Namor McKenzie's nickname should be Aquaman. Just as I can't kill the Lord of Hell in Hell, I can't kill Aquaman in the ocean either, at least not now."

This is the truth.

Although he found Namor's weakness, it didn't mean he could kill Namor on the spot.

At least not now.

If they were on land, and he had just delivered that punch to Namor's weak point, Namor would undoubtedly have died.

But this is the ocean, Namo's home ground.

and so……

After he dealt with the giant octopus that Namor had summoned to protect him, Namor had already taken the opportunity to escape.

"but……"

"Even if he's not dead, he's already severely weakened."

"And it's severely crippled."

"It will take him at least a year to recover."

Hawke thought of Namor, who, despite narrowly dodging his full-force attack, was still blasted to the point of coughing up blood by most of the punches, and a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Don't forget, he is currently manifesting the power of his Sixth Sense Silver Cosmo at all times.

Even without his holy armor, every punch and kick he made carried a wisp of phoenix energy.

The phoenix belongs to the fire element.

Namo belongs to the water element.

Water and fire are incompatible.

Even if Namor is Aquaman, so what? If he can control his ocean power without the trident, he might recover in ten days or half a month.

But nowadays, Namor the Sea King is a fork god, just like Thor, who is pronounced as the God of Thunder but written as the God of Hammers.

Therefore, Namor's injuries would not heal for at least a year, and during that year, he would suffer the burning of the phoenix fire that Hawk had injected into his body every moment.

This is why Hawke wasn't angry at all after discovering Namor had escaped.

Upon hearing this, Sharon looked at Hawke with a serious expression.

“We’ll keep a close eye on this guy, and I’ll let you know as soon as he shows up.”

"Don't worry, if I say he won't be out for a year, then he won't be out for a year. Don't be so nervous."

Hawke looked at Sharon, who was even more nervous than himself, and laughed heartily. Then, he raised an eyebrow and looked at Sharon.

"correct."

"There are also vibranium veins in Talokan, and there is also a special herb there. The original Talokan people gained the ability to breathe underwater after eating this herb."

"If the five philanthropists are interested, they can go and find them."

"If you find it, let me know. Just like in Wakanda, I'll clear the area for you."

"..."

(End of this chapter)