Chapter 1022

Yes.

This time Hawk is prepared to walk into silence again, and the realization of walking the path of life and death again is without any backup plan.

Unlike the time with Malekith at Stonehenge in London.

He still left a backup plan to ensure that even if the Phoenix couldn't Nirvana at the time, he wouldn't die.

This led to him not really entering the realm of silence at the time.

But this time!

Hawk has no backup plan.

The small universe is temporarily disconnected, the divine body power is also sealed. In such a situation, if he steps into silence, if he cannot walk out of silence, he will really die.

His belief has always been that others are not credible, only he himself is credible.

But...

Except for Wanda.

After accepting that his time was perfectly closed because of Wanda, if Hawk chose to believe in someone unconditionally, then there is and only is Wanda.

"Do you know what true silence looks like?"

"What?"

"When I enter silence, everything about me will collapse, as if it never existed."

Hawk's gaze was calm: "This is also why I didn't dare to entrust all my backup plans to 'Phoenix never dies, just Nirvana' back then. If I couldn't walk out of silence, then I would die."

Wanda looked at Hawk.

"But you succeeded back then."

"Just like my time never closed, my mind never sublimated."

Hawk smiled slightly: "Just like you said, things obtained by cheating, even if obtained, are only appearances, you have never truly possessed them."

The reason he stopped five steps away from the Eighth Sense gate of life was because he still had fear of death.

As everyone knows.

Fear means being afraid, and being afraid means escaping.

The dictionary of Saints does not have the two words 'escape'.

Only when you are fearless of death, ignore death, walk into death, and look at death, can you truly be considered to have walked a round of silence.

Therefore—

This time, he intends to do no backup plan, no distracting thoughts, truly, calmly walk a round of silence.

"When I enter silence, everything is empty."

"But when I come out of silence, I am the only one!"

Hawk's definition of his life is the only one.

The only one is the key for him to blast open the Eighth Sense of his life. This key is hidden in silence, and he needs to have the courage of ten deaths and no life to personally go to silence and retrieve this key.

"So..."

The smile on Wanda's face also gradually disappeared, because she heard the infinite danger hidden in Hawk's calm words: "This time, if it doesn't go well, you will really die?"

Hawk came back to his senses, facing Wanda, his tone still calm.

"I won't lie to you, yes."

"Why?"

"Because I am afraid."

"What?"

"Silence requires fearlessness, but I am afraid, so, back then, I chose to cheat."

Living things have the instinct to be afraid of death.

Hawk is no exception.

This is also why he respects those enemies who can still be fearless in the face of death.

Like Alexander Pierce.

He was fearless in the face of death, and even in the frozen hell, he still showed the calmness of accepting the bet.

This is also the final reason why Hawk chose to exempt Alexander Pierce.

Just like everyone hates being a saint, but everyone likes to be friends with a saint.

Because he is not.

Wanda heard the "fear" that Hawk said, her tone a bit surprised: "You are afraid of death?"

Hawk heard the curiosity in Wanda's words.

He laughed.

"What's so strange about this? You said it yourself, I'm not a good person, so, isn't it normal for bad people to be afraid of death?"

"You are indeed not a good person."

Wanda looked at Hawk seriously: "But you have been doing a kind person, real bad people will not give any person who tries to attack them a chance to live."

Hawk heard Wanda's words, laughed, and didn't make any explanation, just shook his head.

Because the reason he let those people go, he didn't tell his daughter Jean, and similarly, he couldn't tell Wanda either.

He is really a bad person.

Kind?

He is forced to be kind.

Wanda took a deep breath, looking at Hawk, who was shaking his head and smiling bitterly: "So, what should I do to ensure you can walk out of silence."

Hawk shook his head: "I don't know."

Wanda frowned.

"What, you don't know."

"If I knew, that would mean I still have a backup plan."

Hawk looked at Wanda: "And if I knew this backup plan, it would mean I was prepared to step into silence."

Wanda frowned tightly: "But you are so certain I can pull you out of silence?"

Hawk shook his head.

"I don't know."

"Wh..."

"But only you, and only you can do it."

Hawk interrupted Wanda's words, his eyes fixed on Wanda's eyes, and then a brilliant smile appeared on his face, laughing softly: "When I was killed by the mutant Apocalypse on all timelines at the same time, didn't you save me?"

Wanda heard this, and was also amused, looking at Hawk: "Two years ago at the Apocalypse pyramid, you also left a backup plan, right."

Hawk nodded.

"Yes."

"But this time there really isn't one?"

"Really no."

"... Okay."

Wanda looked at Hawk's eyes seriously, as if she wanted to see through Hawk's mind world, and then also showed a brilliant smile: "You are not a good person, but you are a good father. In order not to let our children lose their daddy, I will make you come back."

This was the sentence Wanda said two years ago in front of the Apocalypse pyramid, stepping into the time galaxy where Hawk's time collapsed at the same time.

That time, Wanda was also holding the determination to die, stepping into Hawk's time galaxy.

After Wanda finished speaking, she noticed the solemnity of death, and also smiled easily, looking at Hawk: "So, when do you intend to go to die."

Hawk raised his eyebrows.

"That depends on how Bolivar Trask's Sentinel robot is doing. After all, the strong should have the death of the strong."

Just like the emperor should have the death of the emperor.

If he must die at some point, then the death he imagines must be sensational and heroic.

How does an old saying go.

A real man!

If you can't eat from the five tripods while alive, then you will be cooked in the five tripods when you die!

Just like back then, even if it was a fake death, he had to find a Stonehenge in London as a dojo for himself. This time, if he really wants to die, he must also find a good place and choose an opponent to send him to silence.

Bolivar Trask's complete Sentinel robot is not bad.

"Right, how is that short guy's Sentinel robot doing."

"It's estimated that it won't be on time."

Wanda shrugged: "Aren't they catching that Mystique Raven? They only caught Mystique Raven a few days ago. These days, they are working overtime to extract the 'mimetic genes' and the fitting program for the Sentinel robot."

Mystique Raven is not a sweet girl, especially in these years, traveling north and south to rescue mutants, she already has rich experience in tracking and anti-tracking.

But in the end, without a cliff-like crushing of strength, an individual can never compete with the state machine.

A few days ago, to be precise, five days ago, Mystique Raven was finally blocked in Podonil by the Sentinels and successfully caught.

But Mystique Raven has no life danger.

Wanda has been watching.

"What about Professor X and the others, have they received the news that Mystique was caught?"

"Not yet, the news was blocked very tightly by Washington."

Wanda shook her head, looking at Hawk: "Need to tell our daughter this news?"

Hawk thought for a while, and then shook his head: "No need, Bolivar Trask's complete Sentinel is not out, Washington won't dare to turn against me. Right, Magneto also seems to have gone to the X-Mansion today, after all, they are going to set off for Washington tomorrow."

Bolivar Trask's progress is slow.

But Professor X's progress is rapid. In just half a month, he successfully persuaded his good friend, let Magneto Erik trust humans again, and also gave humans and mutants a chance to achieve permanent peace, successfully letting Magneto Erik loosen his mouth and agree to accompany Professor X to the Congress in Washington.

Poor Magneto, this time it is estimated that he will be pitted miserably by Professor X again.

No.

This time it seems he can't be pitted. After all, Bolivar Trask's progress seems to be lagging, unable to drum up a complete Sentinel robot before the Congressional hearing as scheduled.