[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start":3,"chapter-marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-35":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Marvel: Awakening the Cosmo at the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2232016,4216,"Chapter 35: Marvel: Awakening the Cosmo at the Start, Chapter 17","marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-35",35,"\u003Cp>Gwen looked at the stiff, surprised expression on Peter's face and could no longer hold it in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Peter, your acting is even worse than Hawk's.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, haha, hahaha...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter's expression stiffened; he subconsciously scratched his head and laughed, then said goodbye to Hawk before walking off toward the school gate on his own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Hawk prepared to leave as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had to start his summer job at Oscorp Industries early tomorrow morning, so he planned to get to sleep early tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen blocked his path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're acting strange, Hawk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk was slightly taken aback.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen knitted her brows, looking at Hawk with some curiosity: \"Since when did you get so familiar with Peter? I've never seen you talk to him before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, she had never seen Hawk chat with anyone at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when other classmates approached Hawk, he would dismiss them in a few words and continue doing his own thing, indifferent to others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, just like at the dance, at the beginning, there were female students who took the initiative to find Hawk and ask if he could be their date.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To use the words circulating among the female students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hawk?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That guy is an iceberg, and a ten-thousand-year-old iceberg at that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Other female students felt the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen was no exception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen thought about the times she had approached Hawk; although he didn't show it, she could feel that Hawk seemed to have a resistance to talking to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her intuition told her that the invisible sense of resistance Hawk had when speaking to her seemed to have vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen was very curious about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk listened to Gwen's complaints and explained with a relaxed expression: \"Peter and I aren't actually close. He came to find me because I happened to be there when Flash cornered him in the restroom last time, and he came to thank me for that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen listened to Hawk's explanation and fell silent once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked into Hawk's eyes and revealed a faint smile: \"If you don't want to say it, you don't have to; there's no need to lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Hawk thought for a moment, looked into Gwen's rather pretty eyes, and nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I don't want to say it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll find out on my own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk nodded and prepared to leave, but before he did, he thought for a moment and said to Gwen: \"Investigate all you want, but don't get sucked in. I've heard that when a woman becomes curious about a man, that is the beginning of her downfall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen was finally certain that the invisible resistance Hawk previously held toward her had disappeared, but she scoffed on the surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't think I'll get sucked in by a guy who finds it a struggle to even consider us friends.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She once again thought of the day she drove Hawk home, and the very reluctant expression on his face after she said they were friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The resistance Hawk had toward her had already weakened at that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen thought of the scene from that day again, and her heart stirred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk did not refute her; he just shrugged and lifted his feet to walk down the stairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Goodbye, Gwen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gwen watched Hawk's departing back and called out: \"I will find out your secret.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good luck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk waved his hand without looking back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't take this matter to heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he had just said to Gwen about a woman falling for a man once she becomes curious was just something he said off the cuff.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before awakening his Cosmo, he probably wouldn't have said something like that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting in the last row of the school bus back to his new apartment, Hawk looked at the scenery flashing past the window and couldn't help but think to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, for the Hawk before he awakened his Cosmo, love was a luxury.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A luxury that was out of his reach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after awakening his Cosmo?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did that saying go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Money is a man's courage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Hawk still had no money, he had fists!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power is fists.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Power is money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the same logic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having fists is equivalent to having money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The past is the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The present is the present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he had awakened his Cosmo, he should have the qualifications to speak from a position of strength and say that he could possess love.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk thought to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The image of Gwen looking into his eyes just now surfaced in his mind, and his heart couldn't help but twitch at that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hiss!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk snapped to his senses, gasped, and subconsciously shook his head, casting this sudden thought to the back of his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The warning of the three great illusions of life was online again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was not Peter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Peter would mistake a slight smile from Mary Jane as her liking him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk would not have such an illusion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Forget it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Business comes first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was going to start his summer job at Oscorp Industries tomorrow, and then he would know if the thing in Dr. Connors' lab was the Gammanium he wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it was, that would be great.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk had already made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the key to forging the Cloth, \"Gammanium,\" was confirmed, his next target would be Wakanda, which was rich in vibranium.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still the same point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wakanda was willing to hand over the vibranium he wanted, it would naturally be a happy ending for everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if Wakanda not only refused but even dared to strike back at him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he was sorry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hawk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was not good with words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew a thing or two about fists and kicks!\u003C\u002Fp>",967,"2026-06-18T05:22:53.059Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","d5cfdc950dc04e38a82b3aa871a1bbf0951a6a1fbb51cb2c4a23356c939e99ff","marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-36","marvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-chapter-34",999,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fmarvel-awakening-the-cosmo-at-the-start-cover.jpeg"]