"Otherwise, what will you do!"
"..."
At the moment this haunting voice came from behind the Hydra trio, the expressions on their faces instantly disappeared.
Even their complexion turned extremely pale in an instant.
Gwen, however, smiled.
The seriousness and intimidation on her pretty face melted away at a visible speed, her gaze swept past the shoulders of the Hydra trio in front of her, landing on Hawk who seemed to have refreshed from the space behind them. Her expression gradually outlined a very beautiful smile.
As expected!
Whenever I encounter danger, Hawk can always appear by my side in the first moment.
Gwen smiled sweetly.
In the next second.
Her gaze returned to the Hydra trio with pale faces and seemingly trembling bodies in front of her, giving them an I warned you look, as if to say, "See, I just warned you."
And inside the room, Sharon Carter, who had been sticking to the wall, trying hard to stay conscious, already planning to walk out at the last moment to avoid implicating Gwen, instantly relaxed upon hearing Hawk's voice, her whole body softened and she fell to the ground with a thud.
Hearing the noise, Gwen turned around and immediately saw Sharon lying on the floor from the wall.
"Sharon!"
Gwen's expression changed instantly, she turned and ran into the room without closing the door.
Because the man of the house had returned, there was no need to close the door.
When Hawk found he couldn't contact Gwen with the satellite phone, fearing something had happened, he put down the satellite phone and rushed back to New York City at the fastest speed.
And then...
He saw from a distance the three federation agents standing at his door, blocked outside by Gwen, then with a thought, his figure disappeared into the sky above miles high, while simultaneously slowly appearing behind the three federation agents, just in time to hear what seemed to be a threat to his fiancée.
Hawk laughed.
As Gwen didn't bother acting, yelled Sharon and turned to run inside, the Hydra trio at the door reacted at that moment too, their expressions looked like they were attending a grave, heads turning mechanically and slowly one after another.
They saw Hawk.
The man crowned by the organization as 'Demon King'.
Hawk looked at the three turned Hydra members, his expression neither sad nor happy, even his tone was quite calm: "Continue, otherwise what will you do, are you planning to forcefully break into my house or planning to kill my fiancée and then break in."
The Hydra trio shuddered at his words, shaking their heads like rattles, faces pale and speaking urgently.
"We don't dare."
"Absolutely not."
"We were just trying to scare her."
"We were acting under orders, Demon Ki... ah no, Mr. Phoenix."
"Hehe."
Hawk looked at the three Hydras about to cry in anxiety, even kneeling and begging for mercy, and let out a light laugh, confirming for the sake of caution.
"You're Hydra?"
"..."
The Hydra trio, struggling to fight for a chance to live, froze at his words, looking at each other.
Finally, it was the leader of the Hydra agents who looked up at Hawk, swallowed his saliva, and then presented their original plan of playing good cop, bad cop, and ugly cop to force out Sharon Carter without reservation.
"Mr. Phoenix, we really didn't intend to harm Ms. Stacy."
"No, we didn't even have that thought."
"Is that so."
Hawk listening to the plan told by the Hydra trio, his gaze became somewhat profound, looking at the three in front of him: "You say you didn't want to come, you were forced by your superiors, who, Alexander Pierce?"
The three exchanged a glance, and the Hydra leader finally answered Hawk's question.
"No, it's John Garrett."
"Who is he?"
Hawk heard the name, recalled it, and found that he didn't have any information on this person in his memory bank.
Unexpectedly, he should be a minor role.
But...
Would a minor character dare to try breaking into his house while he's away?
Goodness me.
Is it because I haven't killed enough, or haven't killed harshly enough.
Fine!
Then I'll kill more, and kill more harshly.
Hawk thought to himself.
At the same time, the Hydra leader also laid bare all the information he knew about his superior John Garrett.
"He's our boss, also the commander responsible for this New York S.H.I.E.L.D operation."
"John Garrett used to be a member of S.H.I.E.L.D."
"But now he basically doesn't carry out missions, instead serves as an advisor to New York S.H.I.E.L.D."
"He was responsible for this operation, we told him Sharon Carter ran over to you, we were going to go back, we didn't want to come here."
"But John Garrett scolded us."
"He insisted we capture Sharon Carter or kill her, if we can't, just kill us, we had no choice."
"Really!"
"We were wrong, we won't dare again, please, spare us this time."
As the Hydra leader recounted, the other two Hydra agents joined in, each telling what they knew about John Garrett, then once again pleading for their lives.
They begged Hawk.
Begged Hawk to spare their miserable lives.
Hawk didn't move.
As the three stopped speaking, with a pleading tone looking at Hawk, the expressionless Hawk revealed a slight smile.
The three were overjoyed.
But...
Hawk's next words made them fall into an ice cellar completely.
"Thank you, but no!"
Words fell!
Eye impact!
Hawk's eyes turned scarlet in an instant.
The next second.
Boom!
In the moment when two scorching crimson energies shot out from his eyes, the three Hydra agents who still wore a faint smile of survival were instantly vaporized under the scorching Phoenix Flame.
No.
To be precise, they were vaporized on the spot, not even leaving any ash.
This skill was something Hawk learned after facing Icarus once and then absorbing the vast Life Energy of Tiam.
Actually, the principle is quite simple.
It's about using eye impact to release his now-mutated Phoenix Cosmic Power.
After mastering it, he eagerly anticipated the next meeting with Icarus.
Hawk was curious whether Icarus's Thermographic Vision was stronger or if his mutated eye impact was superior.
But right now...
The effect was quite satisfactory.
With his eyes returning to clarity, Hawk looked at the spot where the trio of Hydra agents had stood, now empty and devoid of any ashes, and smiled slightly, thinking.
He never said he would let the three Hydra agents go.
What a joke.
Why would you knock on the door if you didn't have that intention?
And not only did they knock, they even threatened.
Heh.
This indicated that these three Hydra agents harbored some level of wishful thinking.
The most important point.
There might even be some probing intent involved.
Hawk didn't want to give anyone the chance to probe.
Not even once.
If he let these three go this time, would someone else break into his home next time with the same excuse, saying they didn't want to come?
Unacceptable.
How could this be allowed?
Hawk didn't intend to give anyone that misconception.
To prove this point, he first dug up General Rose's family cemetery, then killed the entire Rose family, and even wiped out the Wakanda tribe afterward.
There's a saying.
The current slaughter is just to prevent greater slaughter.
Killing to stop killing.
Hawk wanted every enemy, whether in the open or hidden, to understand one simple thing.
Don't mess with me, or I'll kill your entire family, even your entire tribe.
So...
"John Garrett, is it."
"Heh."
"I want to see if you really have nine lives."
Hawk's lips curled up as he looked toward Times Square.
But just as he was about to head to New York S.H.I.E.L.D, he heard Gwen's voice from inside the house.
"Hawk."
"...coming."
The murderous intent that just surged in Hawk's heart was instantly suppressed, and he returned with a single word, heading back inside.
Upon entering his line of sight.
Gwen, who had just helped Sharon Carter onto the sofa, felt Sharon's weakening pulse while looking at Hawk: "Hawk, it seems like Sharon is in bad shape."
Hearing this, Hawk glanced at Sharon Carter.
"There's a bullet fragment still inside."
"Impossible, I already..."
Gwen instinctively refuted, then glanced at the bullet fragments she had just removed from Sharon, noting that one bullet was indeed incomplete.
"Hiss!"
Gwen took a sharp breath, looked at Hawk: "We need to get her to the hospital quickly."
Hawk nodded slightly, and with a gentle wave of his right hand, under the effect of Telekinesis, he quickly lifted the unconscious Sharon, moving her toward the garage.
Seeing this, Gwen also got up from the sofa, hurrying to follow Hawk toward the garage.
"I'll go with you."
"Sure."
Hawk didn't refuse. Before confirming whether Hydra was deliberately provoking or testing him, it was safer for Gwen to stay by his side.
It's just...
As Hawk placed Sharon in the back seat and waited for the garage door to open, he seemed to think of something, turning to look at Gwen already buckled up in the front passenger seat, with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
"Eating people without spitting bones, is it true?"
"Ah..."
Gwen, who had just fastened her seatbelt, was momentarily stunned, then smiled gently in response to Hawk's teasing expression.
"I just exaggerated a little to scare them away."
"It's all your fault."
"Me?"
Hawk was bewildered.
Gwen nodded: "You disappeared for more than half a month, if you'd come back earlier, I wouldn't have needed to make you sound so terrifying, right?"
Hawk opened his mouth, met with Gwen's accusing gaze, fell silent for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile.
"Alright, my fault."
"No worries, I forgive you, now let's get going."
"..."