Hawke's raised right hand froze in mid-air.
Betty Ross, dressed in loungewear, opened the door, glanced at Hawke with a nonchalant expression, then opened the door to her room and stepped aside: "Come in."
It was as if she had known Hawke would come.
Hawke withdrew his right hand, glanced at Betty Ross, whose eyes showed no fear of death, only composure in the face of death, as she invited him into the room, chuckled, and then stepped into the room.
The door closed.
Betty walked towards the apartment's bar.
"What would you like to drink?"
"No, thank you, I'm in a hurry."
"..."
Betty, who was almost at the bar, trembled involuntarily upon hearing Hawke's words, then took a deep breath: "Then can I have a glass of whiskey?"
Hawke thought for a moment.
"Sure!"
"Thank you."
Betty calmly said thank you, then walked behind the bar, took a bottle of whiskey from the liquor cabinet behind her, and poured herself a glass.
Hawke looked at Betty calmly.
Betty picked up her glass.
Although her expression was calm and her eyes showed no fear of impending death, her trembling right hand holding the glass revealed that her heart was not as calm as her expression and eyes.
After all, few people can truly face death without fear.
Hawk was also afraid of death.
Unfortunately.
"If only you had known then what you know now."
"You killed my father."
Betty met Hawk's gaze and said calmly, "I was just avenging my father, just like you avenged your sister."
Hawk chuckled.
"Yes, and that's why you have the opportunity to enjoy one last dinner."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Hawk looked expressionlessly at the two-thirds of the whiskey still in Betty's hand: "I'm curious, what was your initial plan? To kidnap Gwen and then make me die?"
Betty took another sip of her whiskey and looked at Hawk.
"No."
"Then what is it?"
"Kill her, then record it and send it to you."
"…"
Hawke listened to Betty recount her plan, somewhat surprised, but glanced at her calmly.
He seriously suspected that Betty Ross had gone mad.
But it didn't matter.
Mental illness only grants immunity from prosecution in court, not to him.
Hawke thought, then chuckled softly.
"A good plan. If you can't kill me, kill my girlfriend.
That way, even if I find out, and I've already killed you, Gwen will have already been killed along with you."
"Yes!"
Betty nodded, readily admitting it, then said in a low voice, "Unfortunately, you ruined it."
As she spoke,Betty seemed to realize something, shook her head with a self-deprecating smile, downed the last sip of whiskey in her glass, placed the glass on the bar, and looked up at Hawke.
"She's really lucky."
"Her good fortune is your misfortune"
Hawke said expressionlessly.
"Whoosh!"
"Thump!"
Hawke appeared in front of Betty in a flash, then emerged from behind the bar, grabbing her by the neck, and slammed her against the wall with a thud.
His right hand, gripping Betty's neck, loosened slightly.
"I'll give you one last chance to speak."
"Heh!"
Without struggling or showing fear, Betty stared into Hawke's eyes, letting out a strange laugh, then her voice turned calm and venomous.
"I'll be waiting for you in hell."
"…"
Hawke paused slightly, then looked at Betty, whose eyes had become incredibly venomous, and smiled slightly: "I will go to hell."
After all, his sister was still waiting for him to come and take her home from hell.
With that,Hawke's right hand tightened, and a crisp cracking sound rang out.
Betty's expression froze on a strange, venomous look.
Betty Ross dead!
Thud.
Betty, lifeless, fell straight to the floor.
Hawke shifted his gaze from Betty's body, then fixed it on a large photograph on the living room wall not far away.
It was a photo of Bruce Banner and Betty Ross's wedding.
It was their wedding photo.
Hawke raised an eyebrow, as if he had thought of something, and his gaze returned to Betty's lifeless body on the floor.
Thoughts flashed rapidly through his mind.
After a while.
Hawke looked at Betty's body and suddenly laughed.
"Heh."
"Want to get involved?"
"Fine."
"I'll give you that chance."
Hawke's thoughts raced.
He glanced one last time at Betty's lifeless body, uttered these words, and then turned and left the apartment.
When he saw the wedding photo, he had already guessed what Betty was up to.
Betty certainly couldn't kill him on her own.
So if Betty wanted revenge for her father, she could only rely on external forces.
But who dared to help her?
Who could help her?
After Hawke's triumphant display in Quantico, the silenced military was unlikely to help her.
At least until they devised a plan with at least an 80% chance of defeating him, they wouldn't take action against him again.
Unless the military wanted to repeat the tragedy of Quantico!
S.H.I.E.L.D.?
Perhaps.
But two months had passed since Hawke returned to New York City, and S.H.I.E.L.D. hadn't made a move, which could only mean that S.H.I.E.L.D. didn't intend to get involved.
Perhaps it was because Hawke was in the right, or perhaps they, like the military, weren't confident in capturing Hawke.
In short, without external support, it would be very difficult for Betty to avenge her father on her own.
So she chose to get involved, and marrying Bruce Banner was probably part of her revenge plan.
Bruce Banner might not avenge a former father-in-law who was hunting him down.
But Bruce Banner would definitely avenge his wife.
If his wife were pregnant, that would be even better.
Unfortunately!
Betty Ross wasn't pregnant.
Hawk was certain of that.
He guessed that Betty initially planned to get pregnant before launching her revenge plan, but perhaps after realizing she wasn't pregnant, or that it was impossible, she simply started the plan herself.
She was gambling that after she got killed by Hawk while getting involved, her newlywed husband, Bruce Banner, would avenge her.
A good plan.
Hawk also wanted to see if Bruce Banner would take revenge.
Because after returning from Lake Culver, he had some regrets.
The reason was simple.
Just like Daigo could transform back into Ultraman Tiga after losing his energy bar.
Hulk was dead, but Bruce Banner wasn't.
Who knows if Bruce Banner will transform into the Hulk again?
That's why Hawke had a slight regret after returning from Lake Culver.
But at that time, he still adhered to the principle of holding the guilty accountable.
Now he's giving Betty, who's willing to get involved, a chance.
Hawke left.
Bruce returned.
But when he returned, Hawke had been gone for over two hours, and Betty Ross, lying on the floor, was cold and stiff.
The moment Bruce saw Betty's body on the floor, he felt as if he'd been hit on the head with a hammer, a buzzing sound, and he froze on the spot.
Victoria Hand, who happened to meet Bruce Banner downstairs and came up with him, also saw Betty's body.
The SHIELD satellite had been monitoring this area.
She knew when Hawke had left, but she hadn't gone up yet, waiting until Bruce Banner arrived before following him.
Victoria Hand looked at Bruce Banner beside her, his lips twitching and tears beginning to spill, opened her mouth, and was about to say something when she heard a roar.
"Betty!"
Bruce Banner roared, rushing to Betty's body and kneeling down.
Looking at his wife's corpse with disbelief, his hands trembled as he cautiously touched her.
The moment he felt the cold touch on his fingertips, Bruce Banner broke down.
He clutched Betty's body, wailing uncontrollably.
Victoria Hand watched this scene, took a deep breath, and remained silent.
Bruce Banner continued to weep, clutching Betty's body, for a long time, from sunrise to sunset.
Finally, when Victoria Hand, unable to bear it any longer, came to pull him away, he slumped weakly to the side, watching the SHIELD agents who came to help collect Betty's remains.
Bruce Banner, his eyes lifeless, seemed to have lost all strength and hope of survival, collapsing to the floor.
Victoria Hand remained silent for a moment.
"My condolences, Bruce."
"Who?"
"What?"
"Who did it?"
The word "Bruce" was practically squeezed out between clenched teeth.
Victoria Hand looked at Bruce and noticed that his eyes were bloodshot, a flame of revenge burning within him.
"Hawk."
Victoria Hand didn't hide anything, but after saying Hawke's name, she recounted how Betty had hired criminals through a black market middleman to kidnap and kill Hawke's girlfriend, but Hawke discovered the plot and failed, leading to his own demise.
At first, Bruce's anger burned fiercely.
But after Victoria Hand finished speaking, the anger in Bruce's eyes clearly subsided.
After all, the meaning was clear.
Betty had struck first, and from a certain perspective, Hawke killing her was simply revenge.
After listening to Victoria Hand's account, Bruce fell silent.
Victoria looked at Bruce, whose eyes had once again returned to their lifeless state, and pursed her lips.
"My condolences."
"..."
Bruce Banner slumped to the floor, then seemed to remember something, staring blankly at the wedding photo hanging on the hall wall.
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