Hawk didn't know the exact location of the X Academy mentioned by the Sentinel.
But...
He knew Westchester.
The place is famous for its beautiful countryside, vast estates, and relatively tranquil environment.
Simply put.
Most of the old money from the eastern Federation have placed their estates here, and the dense forests provide a perfect barrier for their immense estates.
Most importantly.
Westchester is not far from New York City, the so-called international metropolis of wealth, and Washington D.C., the so-called center of power.
Although Hawk knows where Westchester is, he hasn't really been there.
Before Little Cosmos appeared, he didn't go because he was broke, and that place was filled with "Private Land, Do Not Approach" signs. If he, an orphan with neither money nor power, got caught, who knows whose body his organs might end up in.
After Little Cosmos appeared, he went even less.
The first reason being busy, and secondly, he no longer cared about Westchester.
To put it simply.
Previously, Westchester didn't care for him, but after Little Cosmos awakened, he was out of Westchester's reach.
The sun set in the west.
In New York, Westchester, Greymalkin Lane, also known as the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters arrived.
However...
It seemed they came late.
Looking around, it was a mess. The vast Xavier Manor looked like it had been bombed, the main structure had collapsed into ruins, with debris and various living supplies scattered all over the lawn.
But there was no sign of humans.
Thud!
Hawk landed with Wanda on the lawn in front of the main building turned ruins.
"Did we come too late?"
"There's nobody here."
Wanda glanced around, frowning slightly at the deserted manor.
Hawk's gaze also swept the surroundings.
Just then.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
From the woods around the manor came the sound of things being launched, followed by a dense swarm of objects that looked like small, delicate drones being fired into the sky. Upon reaching a certain height, they emitted a dazzling blue light that connected in an instant, casting a blue net over the Xavier Institute.
Wanda watched this, feeling something move within her, then raised her hand, observing the suppressed Crimson Chaos Power: "It's that X gene suppressor again."
Hawk grinned at Wanda: "Now you understand why I wanted to take Quantico down, right?"
The same story.
The Federation's credibility isn't much better than Mephisto's.
In some ways, it's not even as trustworthy as Mephisto.
No matter how shameless, no matter how untrustworthy Mephisto is, he wouldn't pull off an act where he comes out of Hell and backtracks in the next breath.
But for the Federation, that's just standard practice.
"Then why didn't you take them down back then."
"Didn't you think it would be very cruel?"
"When did I ever..."
Upon hearing this, Wanda instinctively turned to look at Hawk.
Hawk's gaze was calm.
Their eyes met.
Wanda opened her mouth, then avoided Hawk's gaze: "Alright, I indeed didn't expect the Federation here to be so shameless."
She truly didn't expect the Federation here to play like this.
Hawk had already confronted them, showcasing his ability to obliterate them, even providing them a chance to survive.
And the result?
Just a second after leaving you, you plotted revenge?
So stubborn?
No.
Who gave you the courage?
So brave?
Wanda found it incomprehensible.
Hawk understood well.
Who else but the renowned mutant Professor X, Charles Xavier gave the Federation such audacity.
Whenever mutants stand up to fight for mutant rights with humans, Professor X always steps forward.
As a mutant, he stands with humans.
It was true with Sebastian Shaw.
It was also true with Magneto Eric.
Professor X diligently and tirelessly advocated for mutants to believe that humans and mutants could coexist peacefully.
It's precisely because of Professor X's blatant favoritism that humans now have such impunity, which results in the current plight of mutants...
Simply put.
Mutants are treated worse than black slaves.
And as the blue net entirely enveloped the Xavier Institute, continuous footsteps sounded from the woods, followed by numerous armed soldiers with some Sentinel-uniformed Sentinels emerging from the trees.
Besides these soldiers, a few armored vehicles rumbled out of the woods, each soldier holding steady the heavy machine guns on the vehicles.
After appearing, these soldiers and Sentinels, without any words or hesitation, immediately aimed their guns at Hawk and Wanda, who appeared to be thoroughly surrounded and suppressed.
The orders they received were to lay a trap here, then lie in wait, sitting and waiting for the prey to enter the trap, and finally eliminate the prey.
Yes.
Eliminate, not capture.
So—
"Heavy fire!"
The command seemed to have been given by the commanding soldier instantly.
In an instant.
Twelve armored vehicles fired simultaneously, heavy machine guns spat tongues of flame, and shell casings rained down on the grass like a torrential downpour, thousands of bullets transformed into an impenetrable kill net, instantly engulfing Hawk and Wanda.
Wanda stretched out her hands.
Despite certain suppression, the uncompletely suppressed Crimson Chaos Power instantly created an Energy Barrier.
Countless bullets battered the crimson Energy Barrier, responding with countless ripples.
Bullet heads piled up on the ground of the barrier in an instant.
Beside him, Hawk watched the scene, his voice calm.
"Do you still have sympathy now?"
"..."
Wanda continuously provided energy to the barrier, stopped breathing for a moment upon hearing Hawk's words, then glanced sharply at Hawk beside her.
"You're right, they don't deserve your mercy."
"Heh."
Upon hearing this, Hawk laughed lightly, then said no more, his feet gradually left the ground, directly leaving Wanda's Energy Barrier.
A sniper saw this, did not hesitate, directly aimed at Hawk's eyes, and instantly pulled the trigger.
Bang!
The specially made armor-piercing bullet exited the chamber in response, issuing a sharp whistle as it broke through the air, instantly reaching Hawk's left eyeball.
But…
This bullet, which the sniper thought would directly pierce Hawk's eyes, was flattened in an instant upon touching Hawk's left eye, transforming into a useless metal fragment, then the metal fragment also transformed into dust at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Not just this specially made armor-piercing bullet.
At the moment Hawk left Wanda's Energy Barrier, all the bullets began to move with Hawk, but at the moment thousands of bullets hit Hawk's skin surface, they met the same fate.
Turned into dust!
The next moment.
Hawk moved.
His movement had no preparatory actions, one moment as exquisite as a statue, the next transformed into a red flash, in the blink of an eye he passed through the so-called blue net the soldiers had high hopes for believing it could trap him, and then charged directly into the midst of the soldiers.
Hawk moved so fast that the air tore around him, forming a temporary vacuum channel, and the two rows of soldiers were directly lifted by the whirlwind, like dolls being kicked by giants, lifelessly in the air, then fell as corpses to the ground.
A machine gunner standing on an armored vehicle watched Hawk charging at him, his pupils expanded in shock.
But…
Before he could finish expanding his pupils, the armored vehicle beneath him was already punched through by Hawk, along with the lower half of his body inside the vehicle was torn apart.
Thud thud thud!
Wearing the red tight Battle Armor custom-made by Wanda, Hawk ignored the bullets storming at him like a torrential rain, turning around directly punched the ground.
The ground beneath his fist responded with an eruption, a sweeping eruption centered on him, the shockwave radiated outward in a ring, soldiers within fifty meters lost their balance, thrown skyward along with the erupting ground, the shock wave passing through them, shredding their organs directly.
Ratatatat!
"Fire!"
"Phew!"
As Hawk raised his eyes, an air-to-ground missile launched from a arriving fighter jet.
The missile instantly struck his body, bursting with endless flames.
Hawk leapt directly from the flames, instantly hovering in front of the arriving fighter jet and same-arriving helicopter squad.
The helicopters and fighter jets' machine cannons fired crazily.
Bullets collided, deformed, and bounced off Hawk's chest.
Hawk expressionless, appeared directly in front of a helicopter, then, his right hand stretched open and grabbed the wildly spinning rotor.
The rotor instantly stopped moving.
Boom!
At the moment the engine caught fire, the soldiers in the helicopter tried to parachute escape, Hawk treated this helicopter as a weapon, swinging it at another helicopter nearby.
Boom!
At the moment the two helicopters collided.
Two huge fireballs exploded in response.
Dazzling like flames.
The fighter pilot, maneuverability the strongest, watched the scene, the soul terrified, tried to turn around to escape.
But at the moment he prepared to flee.
Bang!
Hawk directly pierced the fighter jet with his body, hovered in the air, expressionless as he watched the fighter jet explode into fireballs and fall toward the ground below.
Five minutes later.
The battle ended.
But…
Only the battle here ended.
After all!
The chance to live, he gave.
Sadly!
General Thaddeus Ross also mistook his mercy for his weakness!
If that's so.
Then, die!
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