Hawk spoke calmly.
After saying this, he no longer looked at the corpse tossed casually on the strategy meeting table like a dead dog. He turned around and vanished from the spot in an instant.
The gaze of old White and a group of military big shots were fixed on the two bodies left on their table, then they looked at each other.
"Why are you looking at me?"
"You heard, chop them up, feed them to the dogs."
"Remember to take pictures."
Feeling like he had wandered around the gates of Hell, old White plopped down on the chair behind him after Hawk left, pulling out a handkerchief again to wipe the cold sweat off his forehead from having escaped with his life.
At this point.
With the vice president's rise to power, the Superhero Bill was abolished, the death of David Harris, and the collapse of Wall Street Seafood Group that bet on this with their lives, a conspiracy that started brewing since Hawk left Earth was completely dismantled within less than four hours as he returned.
Fast as always.
Reaction...
"Still so explosive."
After Maria Hill went on an emergency vacation, Commander Victoria Hand, who was fully presiding over S.H.I.E.L.D. affairs on the S.H.I.E.L.D Aerospace Carrier, looked at the latest transmitted news, clicking her tongue in amazement.
Just then.
A voice came alongside a figure appearing before her.
"Not heavy enough, not enough to make an impression!"
"..."
Victoria Hand looked up.
In her view.
Hawk silently appeared in the office.
"Where's Hill?"
"On vacation."
Victoria spoke honestly: "She was worried that things would get big, and over at the White Room they would ask her to step in, so she simply turned off her phone and went on vacation."
Facts proved Hill was overthinking.
Things indeed escalated.
But not too big.
Because—
The Freedom Pentagon defended Hawk.
The big hole at the White Room was caused by a meteorite.
Senators committed suicide.
Over at Wall Street were terrorists.
Victoria Hand, thinking of the Anglo-Saxon gang that had been running at full capacity in the past three hours, couldn't help but curiously look at Hawk.
"Did you plan to go to the Pentagonal Building from the start?"
"At first, I planned to send the Federation to accompany Wakanda."
"..."
Victoria Hand widened her eyes at Hawk.
Hawk remained calm.
That's indeed how he initially thought.
In a word.
His development phase is over now, even if Earth were directly wiped out, his heart wouldn't ripple one bit.
The Cosmos is vast, he can go anywhere he wants.
So...
The moment Hawk took off from West View Town, he indeed thought of simply erasing the Federation from Earth.
He doesn't have time to play pointless tug-of-war games with strangers.
They don't deserve it.
But he thought of Gwen.
Deep inside, Hawk may feel no sense of belonging here.
After all, this isn't the home of his soul.
But Gwen is.
Thinking of his wife, Hawk smiled and then looked at Victoria: "By the way, Gwen is pregnant."
Victoria was slightly stunned, then her expression turned surprised.
"Pregnant, really?"
"Yes."
Hawk laughed: "Got pregnant during the honeymoon, it's been a month now."
Victoria was delighted at this news.
"Congratulations."
"Thank you."
With a smile, Hawk accepted Victoria's congratulations on behalf of Gwen, then swiftly changed the topic!
"Notify the Security Council, I'm giving them half a month to withdraw their people from the Kingdom of Judah, after that, the Kingdom of Judah will be erased from Earth!"
"..."
Victoria's face was fixed with joy for Gwen's pregnancy, and froze at Hawk's unexpected announcement.
"...Kingdom of Judah?"
"Judah betrayed Jesus."
"So..."
"I'll avenge Jesus!"
Hawk smiled slightly.
His soul came from Tokyo University.
Tokyo University does things with legitimate reasons.
Hawk does the same.
Yet...
The reason he cited was similar to how Ming Chengzu avenged Han Gaozu back then.
But that's not important.
What matters is, in half a month, the Kingdom of Judah will be erased from Earth.
He said so.
This time, even Jesus can't help it.
Because Jesus won't come.
It was Judah who betrayed Jesus.
After saying this, Hawk looked at Victoria Hand who was processing from her dazed state, smiled and said nothing more, turning away to vanish.
He came here just to say this.
Originally, Hawk thought Maria Hill was there, but it didn't matter, Victoria Hand relayed the Security Council message as well.
Victoria stared blankly at the spot where Hawk had disappeared.
The next second.
"Shit!"
Victoria snapped back to reality, instinctively cursed, then hurriedly returned to her desk, grabbed the phone, and called the Security Council duty overlord for this month.
Just half a month.
There's not much time left for them.
While S.H.I.E.L.D. was suddenly bustling along with Washington, Hawk, who issued the final ultimatum, had already returned to Palm Street No. 521A.
Gwen, watching the news at home, caught sight of Hawk appearing in the backyard from the corner of her eye, her face lighting up as she got up from the sofa.
Hawk hurriedly embraced Gwen who rushed over.
"Wow, be careful, you're pregnant, remember?"
"Is everything done?"
"Almost."
Hawk held Gwen, who clung to him like a koala: "Have the gifts been sorted? Can we go to Helen's place now?"
There was no need to tell Gwen about the bloody stuff he'd been involved in.
Plus, Hawk didn't dwell on what had just happened in Washington or what would happen in half a month.
But there was something he did care about.
Like...
Returning home with Gwen for a visit, as was customary after their honeymoon.
Gwen noticed Hawk changed the subject, raised her eyebrows, but didn't press further, smiling brightly.
"The gifts have been sorted for a while, just waiting for you to come back."
"Then let's go."
Hawk said with a smile, then embraced Gwen, intending to head to the garage, drive, and take Gwen back to her parent's house.
But...
Gwen realized, patted Hawk's shoulder, then got down and ran toward the stairs.
"Wait for me, I'm changing clothes."
"Okay."
Hawk replied with a smile.
Then they waited for two hours, but still managed to head back to the Stacys' apartment right before sunset.
New York City is a mess now.
George, the precinct captain, was stationed at the precinct, deploying all police force to maintain the safety of his jurisdiction.
But at home, knowing his daughter returned from her honeymoon, he found time to come back.
However, he only stayed a while. After celebrating his daughter's pregnancy and having dinner, he didn't even have time to open the gifts before leaving home to go back to the precinct.
Hawk, Gwen, Helen, and others weren't surprised at all.
After dinner, Helen sat on the sofa unpacking gifts, her eyes lit up when she saw the 'Rainbow Flower Seeds' Gwen gifted her. She praised the gift continuously, then took Gwen's hand, imparting pregnancy advice as someone who had been through it.
For a mother, the gift from her daughter is never the most important; her daughter's happiness and health are what truly matter.
Helen could see that Gwen was genuinely happy, truly happy.
So...
That's enough.
As for where the couple went for their honeymoon or where one could plant rainbow flowers.
Does it matter?
It doesn't matter.
The next day.
Washington and New York City were still somewhat chaotic, but much improved from yesterday.
Earth won't stop turning due to the absence of anyone.
Similarly, the Federation lacks anything but certainty.
Over in Washington, the lost senator positions were being replenished at a visible speed.
Similarly!
The Wall Street companies surrounded by soldiers due to national security concerns yesterday welcomed new shareholders today.
Hawk also took Gwen and a trunk full of gifts to West View Town.
According to Gwen, having visited the Stacys, they couldn't skip the Cloys, not to mention that sister Anya was waiting for her brother to bring her back in West View Town.
Hawk agreed with Gwen.
He was there to bring sister Anya back.
So—
They went as two people, returned as three.
Sitting in the back seat, sister Anya, who was brought back to New York City, was happily playing with the new hi-tech wristband computer just gifted by her sister-in-law.
The following days were filled with visiting family and friends.
Hawk accompanied Gwen to her grandfather's in Long Island, and hosted a reunion with friends who attended their wedding.
After being so busy for ten or so days, once Hawk and Gwen donated twenty thousand US Dollars to Trinity Church as the Phoenixes, as they walked out of the church behind them, all their wedding formalities were officially completed.
Sharon was also done with her busy day.
When Hawk drove back with Gwen to Palm Street, they saw Sharon already waiting at the door.
Gwen got out of the passenger seat first, opened the door, and invited Sharon inside.
Hawk parked the car in the garage first.
When he came back from the garage, Gwen and Sharon were already chatting on the sofa.
Gwen took out the prepared gift for Sharon.
Hawk didn't disturb them, instead he went to the bar, took out a bottle of bourbon, poured himself a glass, and smiled watching the two women chat on the sofa.
After a while.
The alarm clock rang.
Gwen raised an eyebrow, said something to Sharon, then got up and headed to the kitchen, following Sandaar's medical advice to regularly take nutrition.
But Sharon didn't stay on the sofa either; she got up, pulled out a high stool, sat on it, looked at Hawk in front of her and said.
"Thank you."
Hawk smiled slightly, said nothing, but pushed the poured bourbon toward Sharon, and then raised his glass.
Sharon understood, picked up her glass.
Clink.
Glasses collided.
Hawk downed his drink, checked the time on his watch, and said calmly to Sharon in front of him.
"Time's up!"
"..."