Gwen looked at Sharon's serious expression, and when Sharon mentioned Dr. Mallick, the cloning expert who had been swapped again, a terrifying thought instantly appeared in her mind.
Just as she was feeling shocked and incredulous,
Tony Stark's voice interrupted her, and at the same time, confirmed the conjecture that had just surfaced in her mind.
"Hiss!"
"Cloning Hawk."
"But they don't have…"
Gwen gasped, looking at Tony who had just walked over, and subconsciously wanted to deny this terrifying guess, but suddenly her words stopped.
She originally wanted to say that HYDRA didn't have Hawk's DNA information at all, so how could they clone Hawk?
But at this moment, Gwen suddenly remembered an experience she once had accompanying Hawk to sell blood.
That was before Hawk went to seek revenge on the Hulk.
She remembered it very clearly.
And at that time, it was Anna who came to buy the blood.
So that means...
Gwen reacted and subconsciously looked at Hawk.
"Anna…"
"She wouldn't lie to me."
At this moment, Hawk's mind had returned, and it returned just as Tony Stark revealed that HYDRA seemed to be cloning him.
After Hawk finished speaking, he sighed inwardly.
Not because of the cloning incident.
But because he found that he could no longer return to the depths of the Seventh Sense.
However…
Forget it.
Rushing things is not good.
Go with the flow.
If he gets it, he's lucky; if he loses it, it's his fate. Anyway, he still has the Mind Stone as a backup, and getting the Seventh Sense is only a matter of time.
Hawk thought to himself, then got up from his seat, looked at Gwen, and said with a smile, "If Anna lied to me, do you think Alexander Pierce would rather die than reveal Anna's whereabouts?"
Gwen raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
Hawk said nothing more, looking at the computer files that Jarvis had recovered on the big screen, his figure swayed, and he appeared directly in front of the big screen.
Sharon subconsciously looked at Gwen.
"Does this Anna have Hawk's blood sample?"
"Mm."
Gwen nodded, glanced at Hawk who was looking at the files on the big screen, then whispered, "Hawk once made a deal with Anna for his blood."
Sharon heard this and exchanged glances with Tony, who was beside her.
Their expressions showed sudden realization.
After they recovered this file, which seemed to be about cloning Hawk, they were still curious about how HYDRA obtained Hawk's DNA data.
It couldn't be that they disguised themselves as cleaners, collected the trash from 521A Palm Street, picked out used condoms from it, and then extracted it that way.
The most important point.
The timing didn't match.
According to the data Tony and his team recovered, it seemed that HYDRA had been trying to clone Hawk much earlier, even before Hawk moved to Palm Street.
Now, hearing Gwen's explanation, the confusion in their minds was finally resolved.
Then—
The three of them, by coincidence, turned their gazes towards Hawk, who was not far away.
Hawk had already skimmed through all the files that Jarvis had managed to repair and retrieve from the HYDRA system.
Yes.
HYDRA was indeed trying to clone him.
But Hawk was not surprised by this.
After all, he had heard from Gwen about the reason for HYDRA's efforts this time, and he already knew that Dr. Mallick, whom he wanted to find, had been swapped by HYDRA.
So when Hawk heard this, he had already thought of Alexander Pierce's attitude of rather dying than speaking, and then combined with the conversation with Strucker in Sokovia, remembering Strucker's statement at the time, 'No one in this World is immortal, and you are no exception,' he already had a rough guess in his mind.
Now, it was just a complete confirmation of his guess.
At the same time, this also explained why Alexander Pierce, despite having the option of being on good terms with him, foolishly chose to offend him.
Cloning!
After HYDRA swapped the cloning expert Dr. Mallick, they intended to clone Hawk—a Hawk who truly belonged to them and was under their control—thereby killing the real Hawk, who, while on good terms with them, was also on good terms with S.H.I.E.L.D.
Only cloning, if this matter were discovered by him, would make him completely furious and would also lead to the complete destruction of HYDRA.
After all, Hawk had once said personally that his blood could be used for anything, as long as it wasn't used to clone him.
So Alexander Pierce would rather die than give in.
Even now, he is endlessly in the frozen purgatory, dying again and again, resurrecting again and again, but has never begged for mercy.
Just…
All of this was merely Alexander Pierce, HYDRA, and others' presumptuous ideas.
Hawk?
Once again.
When he sold his blood at that time, he had actually already considered that HYDRA might try to use his blood to concoct various strange things.
This included cloning.
After all, HYDRA was not a benevolent organization; they prepared so many meteorites, so many gifts, they must have had an ulterior motive.
It could even be said that their ambitions were huge.
But!
Hawk didn't care at all. The reason he told Anna not to use his blood for cloning was just a casual remark, while also a warning to HYDRA.
His implied meaning was simple.
If you want to clone, do it quietly, just don't let me know.
As a result…
HYDRA seemed to have misunderstood his meaning.
This—
Hawk's thoughts swirled, and after realizing this, he couldn't help but chuckle, then withdrew his gaze, shaking his head speechlessly as he turned around.
The next second.
He saw the three people who were currently looking at him, one nervous, one worried, and one curious.
Hawk looked at Gwen, who was visibly nervous, raised an eyebrow, and walked over to her.
"What's wrong?"
"…Hawk, are you okay?"
Gwen snapped back, looking at Hawk, who showed no unusual expression, and asked cautiously.
After all, this was cloning.
HYDRA was secretly cloning Hawk, which explained why Alexander Pierce would rather die than speak.
After all, not speaking meant death, and speaking might lead to an even worse death, so why bother speaking then?
Hawk looked at the nervous Gwen and chuckled, "Don't be so nervous, it's just cloning. I already guessed this possibility when Alexander Pierce refused to speak even at the cost of his life."
Gwen was slightly stunned upon hearing this and looked at Hawk: "You guessed it long ago?"
Hawk stroked his chin with his intact right hand: "At the time, it was just a guess; now it's just proven. Why would HYDRA swap Dr. Mallick for no reason? Isn't it for the cloning technology Dr. Mallick controls?"
Cloning technology is actually not difficult.
Especially in this Marvel Universe where black technology is rampant, cloning technology can only be considered high-end, but not top-tier.
However, life is a forbidden zone for science.
Other scientists have also conducted cloning experiments, but while they were good at cloning animals, when it came to cloning humans, they could only produce a pile of rotten flesh.
But Dr. Mallick was different.
Let's put it this way.
Dr. Mallick is currently the only one who has successfully cloned humans and can make the clones possess their own consciousness.
Science cannot explain all of this.
But metaphysics can. Simply put, Dr. Mallick seems to be able to imbue these clones with their own souls.
This is also why S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't arrest other cloning experts, but only Dr. Mallick.
Sharon, standing by, also looked at Hawk, who had a normal expression and spoke in a normal voice, with some curiosity.
"Hawk, HYDRA is cloning you, aren't you angry?"
"Look at my left arm."
"What?"
Sharon subconsciously looked at Hawk's still-slung left arm.
Hawk said with a smile, "If I were angry, by now, I would have already unsealed it."
Sharon's expression froze upon hearing this.
That's right.
If Hawk were angry about this, he shouldn't be standing here; he should be… anyway, he shouldn't be standing here.
Tony, standing beside him, was more concerned about another matter.
"If HYDRA really clones you, then, what about the combat power of your clone…"
"You want to ask if he's stronger or I'm stronger, right?"
"Yes."
"Do you remember my saint cloth?"
Hawk looked at Tony, who nodded, and chuckled, "I remember you asked me this question just last night. You asked me if the battle armor cloned by HYDRA was comparable to my saint cloth."
Tony frowned.
"What if it's your clone and the cloned battle armor?"
"Haha."
Hawk burst out laughing.
The next second!
Chirp!
With the sound of a phoenix's cry, in an instant, a vast, clear, and incredibly real projection of a fiery phoenix appeared behind Hawk.
And within the embrace of the fiery phoenix's wings, there was a similarly vast, incredibly clear, rootless Universe with boundless stars, seemingly contained within it.
"This is the true source of my power."
"My bloodline descendants can inherit my power."
"But cloning?"
"Fake is fake. He might be able to clone my face, but he can't possibly clone the source of my power as well."
They want to obtain the power he painstakingly acquired by cloning him?
What kind of Greek joke is that?
This is like how no one will ever perfectly replicate his saint cloth.
Because the key to the saint cloth is the saint seiya.
Similarly!
The key to the saint seiya is the Little Universe.
So…
Even if HYDRA can clone him, so what? Can HYDRA also replicate the Little Universe?
Even if HYDRA can…
Can my ass!
There's no such possibility at all.
One hundred percent no.
In a word.
If HYDRA could mass-produce cloned Little Universes, would they still be stuck on Earth, failing twice in a row?
If HYDRA had this technology, they would have long since conquered the Universe.
…
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