Tony turned and walked out the door.
Hawk raised an eyebrow, chuckled, and followed him out.
Soon.
The two left the room where Hawk's saint cloth was kept, passed through an outer corridor, then turned right into another room with silver walls, designed in the style of a futuristic technology laboratory.
The next second.
Hawk's gaze fell on the clothing worn by a mannequin at the end of the room.
Upon sight!
The battle suit on the mannequin was entirely silver.
Its faceplate was similar to his phoenix cloth's faceplate.
A diamond-shaped energy source, emitting a faint blue light, was embedded in the mannequin's chest.
Its design—
It looked exactly like a combination of his saint cloth and Tony Stark's Iron Man Suit.
A stitched monstrosity?
Currently, two S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists were examining this stitched battle armor, which looked very much like a fusion of his saint cloth and Tony Stark's Iron Man Suit.
Tony then raised his hand and activated his wristband, projecting an image in front of them.
A video surveillance feed instantly appeared.
In the surveillance footage, also within this underground Base, but presumably in some testing ground, a burly, bear-like bearded man was, with the help of several staff members, putting on a silver battle armor similar to the one in front of them.
Soon.
After the bearded man had fully donned the silver battle armor, and he nodded to indicate he was ready, the diamond-shaped energy source on the armor's chest slowly lit up.
The next second.
An uncontrolled scream burst from the bearded man's mouth, followed by a "bang," and the bearded man inside the silver battle armor seemed to be instantly crushed.
As countless blood mists surged out, the silver battle armor clattered to the ground.
As for the bearded man, he had completely vanished.
Hawk looked at the projected surveillance footage, raised an eyebrow, and with a whoosh, took a step, appearing directly in front of the mannequin, placing his uninjured right hand on the battle armor of the mannequin.
Hawk's sudden appearance startled the two S.H.I.E.L.D. scientists nearby.
Tony also walked over at this moment, looking at Hawk, whose one hand was in a sling and the other was on the silver battle armor, and said, "This footage was just recovered by Jarvis from their destroyed system."
Hawk's right hand had already left the silver battle armor in front of him, and he commented very fairly, "It seems clever, but it's actually a very foolish idea.
It's clever because it's clear that HYDRA put a lot of effort into replicating his saint cloth.
HYDRA also realized that a purely copied battle armor simply wouldn't possess the energy of the saint cloth Hawk wore.
So they referenced the miniature Arc Reactor that Tony Stark used to power his Iron Man Suit.
However…
The energy source on the chest of this battle armor isn't an Arc Reactor.
It's Vibranium energy.
Energy extracted from Vibranium by Wakandan technology.
As for foolishness.
In one sentence.
Vibranium energy is incredibly vast.
Let me put it this way.
Hawk already knew HYDRA's plan.
HYDRA intended to use Vibranium energy to replace the energy of his saint cloth, thereby powering this battle armor to give it unpredictable abilities.
But…
How immense is Vibranium's energy?
Didn't you see that Wakanda built a separate room just to release Vibranium energy?
HYDRA was foolish enough to believe that their mortal bodies could withstand this Vibranium energy, and the result of their doing so would be only one.
Just like what the bearded man in the projected surveillance footage showed.
Less than a second after the Vibranium energy was activated, he was directly torn to shreds by this immense energy.
This is why Hawk said HYDRA's idea was both clever and very foolish.
Tony, listening to Hawk's words, naturally understood what Hawk meant, but looked at the battle armor in front of him with some curiosity.
"If the battle armor and Vibranium energy were perfectly fused, how would it compare to your saint cloth?"
"Compared to my saint cloth?"
Hawk glanced at Tony, thought seriously for a moment, then looked back at Tony and gave a fair assessment.
"Compared to my first saint cloth, it's about sixty percent, and that's assuming someone can actually wear this silver battle armor."
"But you don't think anyone can wear it?"
"Yes."
Hawk nodded, then seemed to think of something, looked at Tony, and added, "Steve might be able to wear it, after all, he was modified by the Super Soldier Serum. With his physical fitness, he probably could wear it, but you can't. If you want to try, believe me, your outcome will be no different from that bearded man's."
To prevent his designated future saint cloth blacksmith from seeking death, Hawk specifically added this line to Tony Stark with a serious expression at the end.
Tony Stark was indeed the future saint cloth blacksmith.
In the future, he planned to entrust all the saint cloths in his Universe, such as Bronze and Silver saint cloths, to Tony for forging.
But not his exclusive saint cloth.
Hawk had chosen the Dwarf King as the blacksmith for his true Phoenix golden saint cloth.
Yes!
It was the Dwarf King who forged Mjolnir, Stormbreaker, and countless other divine artifacts like the Infinity Gauntlet.
As everyone knows.
Products from the Dwarf King are always masterpieces.
So…
Hawk planned to ask the Dwarf King to help him forge his own Phoenix golden saint cloth.
But there was no rush yet.
His Little Universe had not yet reached its peak, and he had no clue about the Seventh Sense. Going to the Dwarf King now, even if it were forged, it would be a defective product.
Hawk thought to himself, giving a warning to prevent Tony from trying to seek death, then lost interest and shook his head: "I thought you were showing me something important, but it's just this. It's boring, I'm going back."
His Emperor Experience Card was only for a hundred days.
He had exchanged it for his injury.
In one sentence.
At this time, he should already be lying in bed, not here with Tony looking at a piece of junk.
Yes.
Junk.
He had just told Tony that if someone could truly wear this battle armor, it could unleash about sixty percent of his saint cloth's power, comparing it to his first saint cloth, which was the broken one.
But when did Hawk wear that saint cloth?
He wore it when he first awakened his Little Universe. At that time, he hadn't even awakened his Sixth Sense.
Now…
If compared to his black phoenix underworld armor, which was stored in the Underworld Sanctuary.
Heh heh.
Let me put it this way.
The mere aura of the Black Phoenix's Underworld Armor could crush this battle armor into dust.
So…
Isn't it just a piece of junk?
If Alexander Pierce was unwilling to speak even unto death, and Strucker was so confident in saying, "No one in this World is immortal, and neither are you," because of this thing, then Hawk could only say one thing.
He had anticipated it for nothing.
Hawk snorted, thinking, then yawned, and then turned around instantly, disappearing from Tony's sight.
Tony looked at the spot where Hawk had disappeared, and once again turned his gaze to the silver battle armor, which Hawk had dismissed as junk.
On Palm Street.
Gwen, in the bathroom, was drying her hair while humming a pleasant tune.
She was very happy.
Because Hawk might not be back tonight, and she could finally rest for a night.
As a result…
Just as she finished drying her hair, opened the bathroom door, and was about to go to bed, Hawk, who had already returned and was lying in bed, smiled and waved to her.
"Hi!"
"…"
Gwen's smile fell. She looked at Hawk: "Every day, don't you get tired?"
Hawk shrugged.
"It's not me who's moving."
"You…"
Gwen was exasperated, then her eyes darted around. She looked at Hawk: "I was wrong. Why don't you take off the cast? Tony called so urgently, which means there's an emergency. It's very inconvenient for you to have your left arm in a sling."
Hawk shook his head.
"It's nothing big, just that my saint cloth was found. Apparently, HYDRA collected fragments of my saint cloth and tried to replicate it."
"Collect… replicate?"
Gwen's eyes lit up, and her expression no longer drooped. After getting into bed and pulling back the covers, she looked at Hawk, her big eyes fixed on him.
She seemed to be saying, "Elaborate."
Hawk smiled and briefly described what he had just seen, including the stitched battle armor that HYDRA had concocted by combining his saint cloth and Tony's Iron Man Suit, which he considered to be junk.
Gwen unconsciously lowered her gaze to her neck.
But her neck was empty.
Gwen was startled at first, then reacted, threw back the covers, and walked barefoot back into the bathroom. She then came out holding the andromeda saint cloth necklace.
"Like this?"
"How could that be?"
Hawk was also stunned, then looked at Gwen with some helplessness: "If anyone could truly wear that piece of junk, I wouldn't even need to act. Even you, wearing the andromeda saint cloth, could KO him with one 'Nebula Chain'."
Although the material of Gwen's andromeda saint cloth was the same as the material of the original saint cloth.
But…
Again.
Hawk's original saint cloth was forged when his Little Universe was in its early stages.
And the andromeda saint cloth he gave to Gwen was forged using his Sixth Sense Silver Little Universe, and the Andromeda galaxy Nebula was currently slowly rotating within his Silver Phoenix Little Universe.
Gwen, hearing Hawk's dismissive evaluation, relaxed, placed the andromeda saint cloth on the bedside table, and then lay down.
"Alright, let's sleep."
"Hey."
Hawk wasn't fooled by Gwen's change of subject. He looked at his fiancée, who had laid down and closed her eyes, intending to get away with it.
Just then.
Gwen's eyes suddenly opened. She seemed to have thought of something and looked at Hawk.
"Oh, by the way, Grandpa wants you to visit him this winter break. He wants to see you."
"…"
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