Maria Hill's pointed direction wasn't anywhere else.
It was precisely in the direction where the true Wakanda was, a piece of the forest used by Wakanda to deceive the outside world.
The battle between Hawk and Demon Hulk had ended, but the fight for S.H.I.E.L.D. was just beginning.
After all, both Hawk and Demon Hulk had abruptly emerged from that forest.
So...
While chatting with the S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander, Hawk watched as agents on the ground ran to the edge of Wakanda, scanning the barrier on the Wakanda border and reporting the results to Maria Hill's hidden earpiece.
Hawk looked in the direction Maria Hill was pointing.
He saw.
A dozen S.H.I.E.L.D. agents were excitedly holding various instruments, scanning the invisible barrier in front of them.
Maria Hill watched Hawk's expression.
"Can't you say it?"
"I can."
Hawk snapped back to reality, looked at Maria Hill, and shrugged: "That is Wakanda, the real Wakanda."
Maria Hill was slightly stunned.
Hawk then succinctly explained how Wakanda, while occupying the Vibranium ore veins, masqueraded as poor beggars at the United Nations.
There was no embellishment, just the plain truth.
The fact is.
Wakanda is essentially a high-tech nation developed through Vibranium ore veins, but outwardly pretends to be a poor country to deceive the United Nations for economic aid and food subsidies.
If they weren't tricking the United Nations for economic aid and food subsidies, Hawk would have had a bit more respect for them.
But now, sorry, there's no increased respect here.
Because the economic aid and food subsidies Wakanda tricks might be insignificant to them and even unworthy of their regard, but these things, if given to a truly needy small nation, could mean many won't starve to death needlessly.
So...
Black is black, no matter how high-tech it develops, no matter how much it looks like a person from the outside, it can never truly become one.
Hawk thought to himself.
Maria Hill listened to Hawk's words, her expression shocked once more.
More shocked than when Hawk brazenly threatened to behead Mephisto as a piss pot.
Because Mephisto is too distant.
Wakanda is too close.
She couldn't link the seemingly impoverished small nation constantly begging for economic aid and food subsidies at the United Nations with the image Hawk painted of a Wakanda brimming with Vibranium and advanced technology far exceeding the world's lead.
Hawk looked at the shocked Maria Hill and suddenly thought of Anna, who had helped him a lot, and smiled slightly.
"Don't believe it?"
"Honestly, not really."
Maria Hill snapped back and looked at Hawk, choosing to speak truthfully.
Hawk smiled slightly, didn't say anything, and instead looked at the Vibranium Energy Barrier protecting the real Wakanda from being exposed.
Wakanda.
Imperial Palace Command Center.
After an emergency rescue, the old King T'Chaka, who had just passed out, woke up.
But...
How much longer can he stay awake?
He was already old, too old to continue working as the Black Panther, despite looking like he was casually kicked away by Hawk at the Holy Mountain.
But that kick from Hawk was enough to instantly snap an ordinary man in half, and although T'Chaka only passed out then, his injuries were serious.
The only reason T'Chaka wasn't dead yet was due to advanced medical treatment and the fact that the enemy was still present.
At this moment.
Sitting in a wheelchair, T'Chaka watched the projections in the command center, showing the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents outside Wakanda's border.
Wakanda, although outwardly a poor African country, was a nation recognized by the United Nations.
As a king, T'Chaka naturally knew about the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization, formed by the collaboration of the UN's five major powers for global peacekeeping.
He even, like other third-world countries, signed authorization allowing S.H.I.E.L.D. to operate freely within his nation.
But knowing wasn't the same, as Wakanda had never interacted with S.H.I.E.L.D. before.
Of course.
S.H.I.E.L.D. had also never interacted with Wakanda, as no major global peacekeeping issues linked to a seemingly insignificant African warlord-ignored poor country could attract S.H.I.E.L.D.'s interest.
But after today, that changed.
For an inexplicable reason, when the old King T'Chaka saw the S.H.I.E.L.D. Commander Maria Hill and Hawk, who brought disaster to Wakanda today, on the projection, his heart skipped a beat.
Wakanda...
Its isolated, peaceful days might end starting today.
Outside Wakanda's border.
Maria Hill took the tablet handed over by a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, glanced at the data, and then looked up, shocked at the gigantic golden dome revealing faintly after the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents' attack.
She started to believe Hawk's description of Wakanda.
However...
Maria Hill turned to Hawk: "How can we get in?"
Hawk raised an eyebrow: "We, no, no, I'm not going in, but if you want to go in, I can help break this barrier."
His purpose in coming to Wakanda was already fulfilled.
As for the remaining Vibranium inside...
Whoever wants it can have it.
Just like Hawk's attitude towards money.
Your own strength is the true king.
Money, Vibranium, as long as it's enough. Never lose sight of the priority. As long as his strength is still here, when he needs money or Vibranium in the future, naturally there will be money and Vibranium.
Maria Hill thought for a moment, then nodded seriously at Hawk: "I'll leave it to you, Hawk."
If Wakanda is really as Hawk described, overtly a poor small country, but in reality, a technologically advanced hidden nation with countless Vibranium, then…
The problem is massive, and must be reported to the Big Five philanthropists immediately.
Just one phrase.
What are you trying to do, a small African country secretly developing into the number one in technology while clamoring for food aid?
Today you dare to develop stealthily, tomorrow you'll dare to rebel.
So...
The issue must be confirmed, and if it's true, then Wakanda must give the Big Five a reasonable explanation for these issues.
Maria Hill spoke with a serious expression, then looked toward Hawk, seemingly thinking of something: "Do you need us to step aside so you can wear that flashy battle armor?"
Hawk was initially stunned, then laughed heartily, looking at Maria Hill.
"Does it look good?"
"It looks good."
Maria Hill nodded seriously, saying with earnestness: "It looks much more imposing than Tony Stark's Iron Battle Armor."
Hawk's lips curled up, and he said thank you.
As the words fell.
The shadow of the Phoenix constellation appeared behind him, and with a phoenix cry, the part resembling the Golden Holy Armor but actually a Bronze Level Phoenix Holy Armor replaced it. As the light of the blazing fire flashed, Hawk donned the Phoenix Holy Armor again and appeared in front of Maria Hill.
A hint of undisguised amazement flashed in Maria Hill's eyes.
Beautiful.
Donning this Holy Armor, Hawk was enveloped in a kind of beauty symbolizing extreme danger.
Hawk smiled slightly, looking at Maria Hill.
"It's time for you to call your people back."
"…Understood."
Maria Hill snapped back to reality, calling for the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents still studying the Energy Barrier to retreat quickly.
Soon.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, responding to her call, retreated with the excited scientists from the edge of Wakanda, standing far behind Hawk.
Wakanda Royal Palace Command Center.
Princess Shuri turned her head to look at her father.
"Father."
"Direct all energy to the defense shield. He just finished fighting that terrifying Hulk. There's no way he has the energy to break through our defense."
"Yes."
Princess Shuri nodded, immediately ordering to enhance the Vibranium Energy Defense Shield that had kept their Wakandan past peaceful.
Beyond Wakanda's border, Hawk stood tall, the Little Cosmos inside him burning slowly, and strands of visible crimson flames began to appear around him.
As the Little Cosmos in him burned to its peak.
The aura around Hawk also reached its peak.
"Phoenix—Wing—Sky—Soar!"
A low roar, like the cry of a Phoenix Nirvana, tore through the silence of the air.
In an instant.
The blazing phoenix silhouette emerged behind Hawk, and as he threw a punch, accompanied by phoenix cries, the blazing phoenix followed, crashing swiftly into the Vibranium Barrier, said to absorb all kinetic energy and energy!
Boom—!!
It was as if time utterly froze at that moment.
Instantly.
A deafening, soul-shattering crash resounded.
In an instant, a golden, visible Vibranium Barrier enveloping all of Wakanda completely materialized, appearing for the first time in everyone's sight.
Vibranium indeed has some capabilities to absorb all kinetic energy.
But…
There is a limit to how much it can absorb, and once it exceeds this limit, it can no longer absorb.
Just like how Thanos could slash through Captain America's Vibranium Shield.
Currently, the Vibranium Barrier with ripples appearing in every corner is exactly like that.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
"Energy Shield remaining at forty percent!"
"Twenty percent!"
"Five percent!!"
"Shit, we can't supplement the energy fast enough!"
"Boom!!"
"Crack!"
With a sound like something shattering, suddenly, the dome that truly concealed Wakanda, protecting it from being discovered by the outside world, was shattered by Hawk's powerful strike.
At this moment.
The real Wakanda, loaded with abundant Vibranium mines, impoverished on the surface but in reality overflowing with riches, was finally exposed to the world!
…