Chapter 341

He had his own things to do and didn't care much about the grudges between Hydra and this world. Anyway, even if Hydra eventually took over the world, it wouldn't actually have any impact on him.

Hawk came for his friend Anna.

When he thought of it during this time, he made a few more calls to Anna, but the calls went through, yet they were always in a state of no one answering.

Hawk thought to himself, while withdrawing his right hand and looking at Alexander.

"Yeah, Anna, my friend, who works at your company. By the way, is your company's annual leave so long? It's been almost half a year, hasn't Anna come back to work yet?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, Alexander Pierce faced Hawk's eyes and didn't speak immediately, but said "wait a moment." Afterward, he walked to the tent door, called his assistant, and instructed them to guard the door and not let anyone in. Only then did he return to the tent, his expression looking at Hawk with surprise and incomprehension.

"Anna's annual leave was finished long ago. Around Christmas last year, she already went to the island nation to be responsible for the work there. Didn't Anna tell you?"

"Island nation?"

Hawk raised an eyebrow, looked at Alexander, and shook his head.

"No."

"Shit, I'm really sorry. How about this, I'll arrange..."

"I don't want that."

Hawk listened to Alexander's words, interrupted directly, looked at Alexander, and said: "My friend is Anna, not anyone else."

Alexander opened his mouth.

Hawk smiled slightly.

"Since you said Anna went to the island nation, can you make a call to her?"

"Of course."

Upon hearing this, Alexander nodded without any hesitation, then turned to take the phone placed on the table.

Hawk stood calmly, his five senses fully open, watching Alexander, who picked up the phone and then dialed a number.

Soon.

This call was connected.

Hawk heard a Japanese voice coming from inside: "Moshi moshi..."

Alexander asked about Anna directly.

However, unlike the gentle voice just now, when making this call, Alexander's voice sounded somewhat low.

But this was normal; the identity had switched, and the voice certainly had to switch along with it.

Hawk's suspicion in his heart dissipated a little.

After a while, following the conversation between Alexander and the person on the other end of the phone, accompanied by the sound of the lady's footsteps on that side, Anna's voice sounded on the other end of the phone: "Sir?"

Alexander then handed the phone to Hawk.

Hawk took the phone.

"Anna."

"Hawk?"

Anna's voice came through from the other end of the phone with a lot of surprise and a hint of confusion.

Hawk smiled.

"Are you in the island nation now?"

"Yes, I got a promotion and am responsible for the operation of a base here. It's all thanks to you."

"Me?"

"Yeah, didn't you tell me to talk to the boss and let them give me a promotion and a raise?"

"I remember now."

Upon hearing this, Hawk thought that he had indeed said this sentence, looked at Alexander in front of him, and said with a smile: "Thank you."

Alexander waved his hand with a gentle expression.

Hawk then asked Anna about business.

"But why didn't you tell me when you were suddenly transferred to the island nation? And why couldn't your phone be reached?"

"I came here temporarily, I didn't bring anything over, and, the phone, it's impossible that it couldn't be reached. Hiss, that's not right, I sent you an email telling you I changed my number. Didn't you see the email?"

"Email?"

"Yes, it was sent around Christmas."

"..."

Hawk didn't speak, took out his phone, opened his mailbox, and then flipped to around Christmas last year.

What met his eyes.

An unknown email was surrounded by telemarketing emails from before and after.

And this email was read.

After Hawk opened it, he looked at the timestamp; it was indeed around Christmas last year.

But he had no impression of this email at all.

"Hiss!"

"Could it be that I was busy going to Texas to find the Four Demons of Genesis at that time, so I just glanced at it and then forgot about it?"

Hawk looked at this email, his thoughts turning rapidly.

Just then.

Anna's voice came from the phone: "Did you find it? I remember sending you an email. It was Christmas at the time, and I was afraid of disturbing your holiday, so I sent an email."

Hawk came back to his senses, put away his phone, listened to Anna's words, and laughed.

"We are friends, Anna, you can call me anytime."

"Alright, my mistake."

Anna on the other end of the phone admitted her mistake very simply: "I have something to do here. If you don't mind, I'll go to New York in half a month and treat you to afternoon tea as my apology?"

Hawk laughed: "Alright, I'll remember this afternoon tea."

Anna laughed and agreed, then pulled the topic to the present: "By the way, Hawk, is there anything you're looking for me for? I'm in the island nation now, but I can recommend a..."

Hawk interrupted: "No need, this matter of mine is not urgent. It won't be too late to talk about it when you come to Niuyuecheng in half a month."

The Mind Stone is not like the Reality Stone.

In a word.

When obtaining the Reality Stone at that time, time was time-sensitive. If that time was missed, the Reality Stone would be taken away by Malekith. Even if Thor defeated Malekith according to the original plot, the Reality Stone would likely not fall into his hands.

And even if the Reality Stone was given to the Collector according to the original plot, with his strength at that time, he would not be able to run to ask the Collector for it.

So...

The time window for obtaining the Reality Stone was limited; he could only obtain the Reality Stone during that period.

But the Mind Stone is different.

It has no time limit; wanting it now and wanting it in half a month makes no difference.

And!

To be honest, having not seen his good friend Anna for so long, he really missed Anna.

An old friend coming to Niuyuecheng next month to get together is quite good.

After all, he initially thought that something had happened to Anna and she had died.

But then he thought it was unlikely.

Because Anna didn't report to his Underworld.

Don't forget, Hawk had already negotiated with Mephisto that anyone he knew, who praised his name, would not enter hell, but only enter the Underworld.

So...

If Anna died, by virtue of being Hawk's friend, going to the Underworld would also mean being directly teleported to the Pure Land of the Underworld.

But Anna did not appear in the Underworld, which meant Anna did not die.

But he couldn't contact Anna before, so when he was in Niuyuecheng, he thought that when Sharon said Director Alexander Pierce was presiding over the negotiation work in Wakanda, he simply ran over to ask why Anna didn't answer his calls.

Anna on the other end of the phone listened to Hawk's appointment for next month and didn't hesitate.

"Alright, then see you in Niuyuecheng in fifteen days."

"Alright, then I won't disturb you, you go ahead and get busy."

"Alright..."

Hawk then hung up the phone and returned the phone in his hand to Alexander.

Alexander took back the phone with a gentle expression.

Hawk said again.

"Thank you, sorry for the disturbance."

"You're welcome, I'm very happy that Anna can be your friend."

"I won't disturb you anymore, I'm leaving."

"Go slowly."

Upon hearing this, Alexander didn't continue to say anything else.

The occasion was not right.

Hawk didn't care about this point either.

He came over just to find Alexander to confirm Anna's situation. Since the matter had been handled, it was naturally time to go home.

The next second.

Hawk's figure instantly disappeared, appearing again at an altitude of ten thousand miles, and then, accompanied by the appearance of a sonic boom cloud, turned into red light and flashed toward the direction of Niuyuecheng.

Alexander Pierce, standing outside the tent, watched the red light disappear in the sky, withdrew his gaze, turned around, and walked back into the tent.

It was just a moment of going out and coming in.

The expression on his face completely sank.

His complexion was black—

Scary!