Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 482 What you can't get on the battlefield, you can't get on the table either (First update!)

Our past has shaped our future.

Or has our future changed the past?

This is what Hawke told Wanda.

While Wanda was pondering whether the Gwen in Hawk's timeline was the real Gwen or herself, Hawk seemed relaxed and told Wanda not to worry about it.

but……

Wanda wasn't the only one thinking about it.

He was thinking the same thing.

Generally speaking, Hawke doesn't like to reminisce about the past.

Someone once said this.

You only start thinking about things that have already happened when you become weak and want to escape.

Because when a person is not weak and does not run away, he only cares about the present and looks to the future.

Although Hawke was very reluctant to admit it.

But at his request, Hawke's body, which had been sealed away by Wanda and become ordinary, began to fall ill. While taking a hot bath, Hawke was sweating profusely and pondering whether Gwen, the wife who witnessed his birth and accompanied him through his growth in his timeline, was actually Wanda.

The most important thing.

What kind of answer do I really want?
He was trying to find evidence to prove that the Gwen in his timeline was Gwen herself, and not the Wanda who had traveled to his timeline.

Or are you trying to prove something else?
In the steamy bathroom, Hawke, who was completely submerged in the bathtub, opened his calm eyes, his thoughts twitching wildly like a computer mainframe malfunctioning.

The past cannot be changed.

What has already happened is destined to happen again. Even if you change the past, in the end, that thing will always happen again.

Time needs to be in a closed loop.

Without a closed-loop system, time is like an opened can of food; over time, it will spoil, mold, and rot.

and so--

Wanda Maximoff is Gwen Stacy.

Gwen Stacy is Wanda Maximoff.

At least, that's how it is on his sacred timeline.

finally!
As Hawke lay in the bathtub, his mind clearing, his peaceful eyes slowly closed once more.

next second!
Clang!
When the phoenix comes, it will not rest unless it finds a place to rest on.

The phoenix cries in the sky, its song resounding.

Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, its flames burn fiercely!
At the very moment Hawke's thoughts were clear, within Hawke's microcosm, the crimson chaotic fire that had been burning from the impossible life that had been born on Hawke's now-repaired river of time cascaded down from the river of time, like a red lotus waterfall reaching to the heavens.

The crimson chaotic fire cascaded down and disappeared into Hawke's microcosm. With the fusion of the former, the flames of the phoenix that now obscured the almost boundless microcosm also began to surge.

The flame ignited by the birth of the first life began to merge with the flame ignited by the birth of the most unlikely life.

Hawke's inner universe began to roar at this moment.

His inner universe once again expanded relentlessly outwards into the surrounding chaos.

At this moment, a momentous event unfolds, a spectacle that marks the beginning of time.

Completely merging with the crimson chaotic fire, the fire phoenix, bathed in the flames of "anything is possible," let out a deafening cry and fully manifested itself in his microcosm, its wings spreading wide, and flames instantly engulfing the entire microcosm.

Then--

The Big Bang!

"boom--"

"Qiang——!!!"

A deafening phoenix cry rang out!

But this time, the sound of the phoenix's cry did not come from his own small universe, but from this entire universe.

To be precise, it's at the edge of this universe.

The flames that ignited Hawke's first life could not breach a cosmic barrier.

The flames that Wanda, born from the most unlikely life form, could not possibly shake a cosmic barrier.

But what happens when the two are combined?
The flame born from the first life and the flame born from the most unlikely life merge to form the flame that is possible in all things.

This flame is naturally capable of blasting through the cosmic barrier.

It seems that no cosmic barrier can stop this flame.

because!

Anything is possible!

Meanwhile, Wanda, who was in the living room making dinner while listening to Qin explain why she had come back that night from the kitchen island, also heard the sound of a phoenix's cry. She subconsciously looked up, her gaze passing through the roof, the atmosphere, the solar system, the Milky Way... and finally landing on the pure golden liquid that was seeping in from outside the universe.

The sound of the phoenix's cry emanated from this pure golden liquid.

Under Wanda's gaze, the pure golden liquid seeped in and began to condense on the spot, forming a fire phoenix bathed in pure golden flames in a very short time.

The phoenix spread its wings and let out a cry that shook the entire universe, announcing her arrival.

next second!
The phoenix's sharp eyes instantly fell on the direction of Earth, and then it transformed into a golden stream of light, rapidly heading towards Earth.

Upon seeing this, Wanda withdrew her eyes, a slight smile playing on her lips.

It all happened in the blink of an eye.

As Jean was speaking, she noticed Wanda's gaze shift slightly upwards, and then a look of 'happiness?' appeared on her face. Jean blinked.

"Mother?"

"Hawk's power has descended."

"what?"

Qin was slightly taken aback: "So fast? Didn't you say this morning that it might take another year?"

Wanda shrugged: "I meant within a year."

Qin's lips twitched.

"It's only been less than a day, Mom."

"Just tell me if one day counts as part of a year."

Wanda smiled. Besides.

Both she and Hawke studied law.

Well known.

In the West, whether it's law or magic, it's all about idealism.

But idealism doesn't follow any laws of reality.

Just like Hawke's cosmic power.

In the morning, Wanda did indeed sense Hawk's power descending, which would take at least a year.

result……

Hawke's mind was clear, and with one channel open, all channels were open. The flames completely transformed into golden flames that made anything possible, instantly piercing through the barrier of this universe and descending upon it.

"Not so fast."

Wanda looked at the somewhat bewildered Jean and smiled again: "Your father's power has only just descended into this universe and hasn't materialized yet. It should still take some time."

Qin looked somewhat suspicious upon hearing Wanda's words.

"Mother?"

"Ok?"

"I hope it won't take another year this time."

"Hey!"

Wanda looked at Jean with a suspicious expression, glanced behind Jean, looked at Hawke who was coming down the stairs in a gray nightgown, and then said to Jean, "Your father is down. Ask him yourself."

Qin turned her head to look.

Hawke, smiling, walked down the stairs: "What did you ask me?"

Qin blinked as she listened to Hawke's voice: "Dad, didn't your power descend? Why does your voice still sound a bit muffled?"

Hawke walked over, took the lemonade and cold medicine Wanda handed him, thanked her, and after finishing the lemonade and medicine, said to Jean, "Because I haven't accepted my power yet."

Qin was slightly taken aback.

"Didn't you accept?"

"Yes."

"why?"

“A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step.”

Hawke smiled and said, "Because I'm going to retrace my steps, and there are only forty-two days left until my second journey."

Upon hearing this, Qin blinked as if she understood, then shook her head. Coming back to her senses, she remembered the important matter she had brought up that evening and then mentioned the mutant peace bill hearing that was to be held in Washington, D.C. at the beginning of next month.

Hawke sat on a high stool to the side, listening attentively.

After Jean finished speaking, she looked at Hawke, who hadn't said a word, and cautiously asked, "Dad, can I go to Washington with Professor X?"

Hawke didn't speak, but simply looked calmly at Qin.

"do you want to go?"

"I want to go."

"why."

"Because I can..."

"truth."

"Ok."

Under Hawke's gaze, Jean opened her mouth and said, "After all, I've lived here for over a decade. Before I leave, I really want to see the humans of this world shake hands with the mutants and live peacefully together."

Hawke remained silent upon hearing this.

Qin looked at Hawke with anticipation.

"dad?"

"By the way..."

Hawke spoke, not to the piano, but to Wanda, who was untying her apron to the side, with a playful smile: "Look, your daughter's innocence comes from you."

I?
Innocent?

Qin blinked.

Wanda was slightly taken aback by Hawke's words, then rolled her eyes at him: "There's a saying in the East: 'If you raise a child but don't teach him, it's the father's fault.' So, guess whose problem this is?"

Hawke raised an eyebrow, then chuckled and shook his head.

"Well, my bad."

Say it.

Hawke then looked at his daughter Jean, who had a bewildered expression, and said with a smile, "Fortunately, your growing up here is only temporary."

Qin snapped out of her reverie and, hearing the teasing in Hawke's words, became somewhat displeased.

"father!"

"Darling, you don't really think that a piece of waste paper can buy peace, do you?"

"That's a law, not a piece of waste paper."

Qin corrected, "And Dad, that was heard in Congress, it has legal effect, and it must be obeyed."

As Hawke listened to his daughter Jean's story, a smile visibly spread across his face.

Even Wanda sat down on a high stool to the side, serving dinner to the three of them while watching the father and daughter's debate with a look of amusement.

But there's really nothing worth arguing about.

After all, daughter Jean is Hawke's child.

As Qin watched Hawke's smile grow ever brighter and even more unsettling as she spoke, she thought of her father's glorious achievements, fell silent for a moment, and then remained completely puzzled.

"Can't the Peace Act bring peace?"

"Ha ha!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)