Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 281 Anna's Punishment (Third Update!)
Anna didn't hide anything and told everything she knew and understood.

Just like her conversation with Hawke before.

No hiding.

There was no deception.

Hawke, standing to the side, did not disturb her and listened quietly as Anna recounted what had happened.

His expression remained unchanged.

Only after Anna finished speaking did he look at her with some curiosity: "You originally planned to deal with that baby girl?"

Anna gave a wry smile: "I originally planned to take her away to some small country, find someone to adopt her, and then find an opportunity to tell you."

Hawke raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.

"I thought you were going to destroy her."

“Alexander Pierce does have this plan.”

"Oh?"

"But I didn't agree."

Anna took a deep breath and looked at Hawke, whose face was calm and showed no emotion: "She has your blood. Only you can decide how to deal with her. No one else, including Sitchrek, has the right. I told Pierce that once he does so, the entire Hydra will be destroyed in your anger."

Hawke listened to Anna's words and looked at her calmly.

Anna neither dodged nor avoided.

That's exactly what she thought, and that's exactly what she planned to do.

Eyes facing each other.

Hawke looked away and chuckled softly.

“You’ve been missing for two years, Anna.”

"what?"

Anna's expression instantly turned to astonishment upon hearing this.

She had thought that she had come here because she couldn't be saved and had died.

But her accident would normally last at most a few days or a few months.

result……

Two years?

How is this possible?

Hawke smiled slightly as he looked at Anna's bewildered expression.

Anna's story has just ended.

Now it's his turn.

"Alexander Pierce is dead."

“Arnim Zola is also dead.”

"Because the two of them conspired to deceive me. Guess what they lied about me about?"

"..."

Anna frowned as she looked at Hawke's smile, a possibility forming in her mind.

“Dr. Anim Zola is an electronic life form. I guess he disguised my voice to make you think I’m still alive.”

"clever!"

Hawke smiled slightly: "Then guess how I found out they were lying to me?"

Anna thought for a moment: "Did they make unreasonable demands?"

Hawke shook his head: "You are my first friend, and as I said, I owe you a favor, so no request is too much for you."

Just like when Hydra came to his house demanding people back then, when he was in S.H.I.E.L.D. in New York, he once again chose to stay out of the game between Hydra and S.H.I.E.L.D. because of a phone call from Anna.

The first one is always special.

Putting aside Anna's allegiance and ulterior motives, at the very least, Anna was the first person to choose to be his friend, and Hawke didn't feel awkward at all during their time together; on the contrary, he felt quite comfortable.

Not to mention, it was Anna who gave him the truckload of meteorites he needed most to start his business.

Anna met Hawke's gaze, pursed her lips, said thank you, and then shook her head.

"What's that for?"

“It’s noon in New York City right now, but it would be evening in Hong Kong. If I said good morning to you, what would you say?”

"Of course, good evening."

Anna answered almost without thinking, then realized what was happening and looked at Hawke: "Did they greet you at the same time as you?"

Hawke smiled.

"Yes."

"I became suspicious, so I made a special trip to the island nation to see you."

"Island nation?"

“Alexander Pierce told me that you’ve been promoted and are now in charge of the island nation.”

Hawke seemed to remember something and looked at Anna: "But I didn't see you on the island. Instead, I saw another woman. She said her name was Ophelia and that she was your good friend."

Anna nodded.

“Ophelia, the Hydra Lady, yes, we’ve met a few times because of Alexander Pierce, and I often go shopping in Japan, so yes, she’s my friend.”

"That's good."

After confirming this, Hawke removed Ophelia from his list of people to be confirmed and said to Anna, "It was from Ophelia that I learned you had never been to the island nation, and she hadn't seen you in a long time, so I went to the SHIELD triumvirate to ask Alexander Pierce where he had hidden you."

Hearing this, Anna already guessed what was going to happen next.

"He didn't say."

"No, I told you. Do you know what he said before he died?"

"what?"

"Long live Hydra!"

"..."

Anna glanced at Hawke, who was repeating Alexander Pierce's last words, opened her mouth, then seemed to realize something, and shook her head with a wry smile: "It seems he has been brainwashed by Sitori. After I fell into a coma, he agreed with Sitori's plan, thinking that as long as he had your child, he could control you."

Hawke chuckled.

"You think he only kept this one thing from me? He also kept the cloning a secret from me, you didn't know that either."

"..."

Anna looked up at Hawke again, her expression one of shock.

“Cloning, I remember Pierce agreed with me at the time, saying that he would never clone you, after all, you said beforehand that cloning was not allowed.”

"Who told you to faint?" "...Sorry."

"this is not your fault."

Hawke waved his hand, then seemed to remember something and looked at Anna: "Would you like to go see Alexander?"

Anna was slightly taken aback.

Hawke, with a thought, instantly teleported Anna from the Pure Land to the Frozen Underworld.

Snow and ice.

It's snowing heavily.

Visible to the naked eye, there were two souls, one in front of the other, walking mechanically like zombies, wearing only a thin coat, their arms wrapped around themselves, shivering.

Whenever the soul behind him tried to stop, the blood elf behind him would lash out with his whip, causing Myrick to let out a howling scream.

In comparison, Alexander Pierce was clearly much more self-aware.

After dying and being resurrected time and time again, Alexander Pierce continued to walk blankly into the distance where he could not see the end.

Hawke led Anna to stand on the ice in the distance, watching Alexander Pierce from afar.

"See that, Myrick?"

"I know him."

Anna nodded, still not hiding anything: "This person was once noticed by Pierce and was listed as a potential research subject."

Hawke smiled, then looked at Alexander Pierce, who was walking mechanically in the distance.

"I never give ordinary people a chance."

“But Alexander Pierce, I gave him two chances because he is your adoptive father.”

"The first time, on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Trinity Force, I told him, 'Tell me where you are, and I might spare your life.'"

"He not only refused, but even shouted 'Long live Hydra!'"

"So he died."

“I threw him here, intending for him to suffer here forever.”

"But after I caught Merrick, I gave him another chance, and do you know what he said?"

“He didn’t say a word, he just ignored me and chose to continue suffering here.”

"I'm not going to give him a second chance."

Hawke said this, then looked at Anna with a half-smile: "Now, Anna, tell me what I should do with you."

Anna's heart skipped a beat. Meeting Hawke's gaze, she chuckled, then looked away, preparing to step out of the protective circle in front of her.

next second.

Anna's vision blurred, and once again she found herself stepping onto a meadow that resembled paradise.

"what?"

"Haha."

Hawke's voice came from behind: "I never said you were going to suffer with Alexander Pierce. You are my friend, Anna."

Anna turned to look at Hawke.

"But we..."

"It's not us, it's them, not you."

Hawke smiled slightly: "You are you, and Hydra is Hydra. If you knew about cloning me and didn't tell me, then I would throw you into the Underworld and make sure you get a taste of the eight hells I've meticulously designed."

Anna opened her mouth.

"But I didn't have that baby girl either..."

"Do you remember the warning I gave you before you took my blood?"

"remember."

"What did I say?"

"You said that we can use your blood for any research, as long as we don't do cloning."

"Yes, cloning, my warning only applies to cloning."

"..."

Anna was silent for a moment, then looked at Hawke, who was smiling, with some uncertainty: "So, you don't mind Sitor doing this at all?"

Hawke shook his head.

"No, I still mind."

"That……"

“But that’s between me and Sitor, it’s none of your business. However, I am indeed angry that you knew about the baby girl without telling me. You should have told me immediately.”

"……Feel sorry."

"It's too late, I'm going to punish you."

Hawke smiled at Anna, then seemed to remember something: "I remember you said that if you weren't Hydra, you'd like to open a flower shop, right?"

Anna nodded, though she didn't quite understand what Hawke meant.

"Yes."

"Well."

Hawke smiled slightly, then snapped his fingers behind him without turning his head.

next moment.

As the etheric power of the two Eyes of Reality in the microcosm manifested, the earth above the Pure Land undulated like dragons and snakes, and in the blink of an eye, a beautifully designed flower shop full of flowers appeared on the side near the River Styx.

Hawke and Anna teleported directly to the entrance of the flower shop.

Anna stared wide-eyed at the flower shop in front of her, which was exactly the same as the one she had imagined.

"As punishment for you, you will never be able to leave the Pure Land again."

"You must take good care of these flowers."

“In the future, any soul suffering in the underworld will receive a bouquet of flowers from you, and will be able to leave the underworld and live in the Pure Land.”

Hawke smiled and revealed his punishment for Anna.

As the words fall.

The underworld trembled instantly, as if recording Hawke's words.

at the same time.

At this moment, the flowers displayed inside and outside the florist also fully bloomed.

……

(End of this chapter)