Chapter 178: Nick Fury

A few days later.

Hawkeye drove the black Audi A8 repaired by Gongrong Insurance, carrying Gwen to Kennedy International Airport.

Today was the day Gwen was flying to California to visit Berkeley University.

Originally, George wanted to see her off.

When eating last night, George had specifically mentioned this matter, and then this proposal was rejected by Gwen on the spot.

After Hawkeye parked the vehicle, he took the suitcase out of the trunk.

Gwen then very naturally took Hawkeye's arm, and the two walked towards the entrance not far away.

"Is there anyone picking you up over there?"

"Rest assured, there is a commissioner picking me up at Berkeley University."

"Alright."

"If you are worried, you can accompany me."

Gwen looked sideways at Hawkeye, blinking her eyes and saying: "Who knows, there might be a robber trying to kidnap me over there too."

Hawkeye heard this, did not speak, and quietly looked at Gwen.

After a while.

He withdrew his gaze.

"There isn't one over there."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I am sure."

Hawkeye's tone was very certain.

This incident with Betty Ross was the first time, and it would also be the last time.

As everyone knows.

The same trick is ineffective against a Saint.

Therefore...

While accompanying Gwen to pick up her ticket and waiting for Gwen's flight at the boarding gate, Hawkeye took a note with a phone number written on it from his pocket and handed it over.

"Here."

"What is this?"

Gwen took the note, turned it over with her small hand, saw the string of numbers on the note, and looked curiously at Hawkeye: "What is it for?"

Hawkeye smiled: "Responsible for protecting you while in California, but you should be able to see her once you get off the plane."

Gwen widened her eyes, then laughed dumbly.

"I was joking, Hawkeye."

"I wasn't."

Hawkeye's expression was serious, his tone earnest: "Although California is not very far, just in case."

Gwen frowned slightly.

"I thought this kidnapping case was already over."

"It is over."

Hawkeye smiled slightly: "But there is still an uncertain factor; why not solve it in advance."

Betty Ross was dead.

But Bruce Banner was not dead yet.

And Bruce Banner was the uncertain factor he spoke of.

Gwen looked at Hawkeye, whose eyes were flickering, and knitted her willow eyebrows.

"Hawkeye."

"Hmm."

"Promise me, don't let your heart get agitated."

Gwen held Hawkeye's palm, looked tenderly at Hawkeye who was sitting next to her accompanying her to board the plane, and said in a soft voice: "At the very least, for now, Bruce Banner is still innocent, isn't he?"

The Niuyuecheng Police Department had also already closed the case.

To be precise, it was not the Niuyuecheng Police Department that closed the case itself, but the Federal Bureau of Investigation stated that while capturing a police hater, after killing them, they discovered the relationship with the kidnapper who kidnapped Gwen in their home, thus closing the case.

In short, it was one sentence.

The mastermind behind the attempt to kidnap Gwen had already been shot dead on the spot by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The Niuyuecheng Police Department was dumbfounded when they heard this news.

George was the same.

But Gwen knew the inside story, because Hawkeye had not kept it from her, so Gwen also knew about Betty Ross's plan to enter the game with her own body.

When Gwen heard it at the time, she also had an indescribable feeling.

However...

She had all kinds of feelings, except for sympathy.

Still the same sentence.

She was kind, but not a saint, at least not a saint to the point of ignoring the murderer who wanted to kill her.

In the end, throughout the whole thing, from beginning to end, Hawkeye had always been defending himself.

If Thaddeus Ross had not come to attack Hawkeye, would Hawkeye have rushed to Quantico?

This time was the same.

If Betty Ross had not attempted to kidnap and assassinate Gwen, would Hawkeye have killed her?

The answer was no.

At that time, if she had not been lucky enough, and Hawkeye had not appeared in time to save her, it would have been her turn to be the one who died.

So Gwen did not sympathize with Betty Ross.

One sentence.

She deserved to die.

But Bruce Banner?

When Gwen heard Hawkeye recounting Betty Ross's plan to enter the game with her own body, and heard about Betty Ross's scheming against Bruce Banner, she only had one evaluation.

"Bruce Banner is so pitiful."

Yes.

Pitiful.

Because in Gwen's view, if Betty Ross really loved Bruce Banner, then she should hope for Bruce Banner to find happiness.

Instead of like now, where the so-called marriage, the so-called love, were all merely for the sake of scheming against Bruce Banner.

Hawkeye had regretted it while talking at the time, intending to just take Bruce Banner away as well.

It was Gwen who held Hawkeye back.

The reason Gwen used at the time was the same as now.

"Betty Ross deserved to die."

"But Bruce Banner is also just a pitiful person schemed against by Betty."

"Don't let your heart get agitated, Hawkeye, once again, try to be a person with a clear conscience."

"Of course."

"If Bruce Banner is really schemed against by Betty Ross, at that time, I will absolutely not stop you."

"I promise you, after I get off the plane, I will make this call."

Gwen said in a soft voice, soothing Hawkeye's agitated heart, her small hand pinching the note with the phone number, looking at Hawkeye with a serious guarantee.

Eyes met.

Hawkeye opened his mouth, and finally shook his head with a laugh.

"Alright."

"Then let's wait a bit longer, and see if he will fall into Betty Ross's trap."

Gwen heard Hawkeye's guarantee, and a gentle smile appeared on her face.

At this time, the flight to California also began boarding.

Gwen stood up, hugged and kissed Hawkeye.

"Alright, I'm leaving."

"Good."

Hawkeye smiled and watched his girlfriend board the plane.

Half an hour later.

After the flight to Berkeley, California, taxied on the runway, it reached its decision speed, and then lifted its wheels and soared into the sky.

Hawkeye watched the flight disappear into the clouds, withdrew his gaze, took a deep breath, and turned to the airline counter: "A ticket to Paris in half an hour, one, thank you."

He had checked online yesterday, and there happened to be a flight to Paris, which would allow him to seamlessly connect to Paris after seeing Gwen off, and then take a private plane from Paris to Africa.

He had even already booked a vehicle online at the African airport.

Once he got there, after getting off the plane, he could drive straight to Wakanda.

Soon.

Flight 180 from Niuyuecheng to Paris also entered a taxiing state after the boarding procedure ended.

At the same time.

In a cemetery in Jersey City, a funeral was being held.

However, there were not many guests who came.

But how does the saying go.

Quality is better than quantity.

Although the number of guests who came was small, the guests who could come here were not small figures.

"Bruce."

"Pepper."

"My condolences."

Pepper Potts, the CEO of Stark Industries who had just cleared the Extremis virus from her body and recovered to normal last month, was wearing a black dress and a veil today. After the coffin was buried, she came to Bruce Banner, who was in low spirits, and after hugging him, said: "Tony really wanted to come, but you know, his treatment has entered a critical period, and Dr. Cho strictly forbids him from going out."

Bruce nodded, bracing himself with a smile.

"I know, Tony called me last night."

"Once again, my condolences."

Pepper said, then hugged Bruce Banner again to say goodbye.

There were many things at Stark Industries, and Tony was still in the critical period of treatment; she was too busy.

Sharon Carter came to Bruce after Pepper, and likewise, she also conveyed the condolences of Captain America Steve Rogers.

"My condolences."

Sharon Carter said with a bitter smile: "The Captain had originally booked a ticket to come, but Auntie's condition worsened again yesterday."

Bruce said: "It's okay, Steve also told me, I'm fine, really." ===== CHAPTER 180 =====