Chapter 1154

Hawk had originally intended to wait until his sister woke up before heading to the Hell dimension to find Mephisto.

As it turned out—

Before he could even wait for his sister Anya to wake up, the person he had just mentioned in his conversation with Wanda showed up at his door.

Pepper Potts.

No!

It was Pepper Stark.

After all, Pepper and Tony were already married, and she had already taken her husband's surname.

After the Blip, Pepper, as his wife, inherited Stark Industries and had been living in the lakeside cabin in the suburbs of New York, raising their daughter, Morgan Stark.

Furthermore, she had established the "Tony Stark Foundation," dedicated to public welfare fields such as education and healthcare.

Therefore—

Even after the Blip, although Pepper seemed to have faded from the public eye, her connections to New York City and Washington D. C. still existed.

Thus, her visit this time was also at the behest of Washington D. C.

"They said you were resurrected."

Upon seeing Hawk, Pepper's expression was quite vivid: "I didn't believe it at first, but I never expected you to really be back."

Hearing this, Hawk smiled slightly: "Wanda said you helped keep 521A Palm Street safe all these years. Thank you."

Pepper laughed: "There aren't many people left these days who can still talk about those things."

Indeed, there weren't many left.

After the Blip ended, there weren't many of the original Avengers left either.

Natasha Romanoff had left herself in the Soul World to gamble on a hope.

Steve Rogers had returned to the past.

Tony had sacrificed himself for all of humanity.

Thor was rarely on Earth for years at a time.

So—

Aside from Hawkeye and the Hulk, who were still active but had basically returned to their families, it could truly be said that an era had faded away.

And the reason Pepper chose to keep 521A Palm Street was just as she had just said.

She just wanted to keep a witness to what could be considered her husband's era.

As for the rest.

Pepper didn't think much about it.

Soon.

After being invited by Wanda to sit on the sofa, Pepper took a glass of water handed to her by Wanda, took a sip, and stated the purpose of her visit.

"Washington D. C. wants to know your future plans."

"Plans?"

Wanda frowned slightly.

Pepper shook her head with a smile: "Wanda, you destroyed the S. A. B. E. R. headquarters not long ago."

Hearing this, Wanda sneered.

"They concealed Hawk's body; it was already a mercy that I didn't go to Washington D. C. and level the White House to the ground."

"That is exactly what Washington D. C. is worried about."

Pepper said with a smile: "Washington D. C. really wants to know the future mode of interaction, so the President found me and asked me to be a lobbyist."

Leaning against the stairs, waiting for his sister to wake up while listening to the two of them talk, Hawk raised an eyebrow at this.

"A lobbyist?"

Hawk looked at Pepper, who had looked up at the sound of his voice, and smiled: "What conditions did they offer?"

Wanting a truce?

That's fine too.

Though there wasn't really any war to speak of, since Washington D. C. wanted to pay, he might as well take it.

Besides, taking this money could put Washington D. C. at ease and, more importantly, put Hawk more at ease.

After all, he was planning to go to Hell in a moment, and then transit through Hell to reach the main timeline of the 616 universe.

He was going there to fight, so whether it was Wanda or his sister Anya, he could only leave them here and couldn't take them with him.