Chapter 584

"Arnim Zola is also dead."

"Because the two of them teamed up to deceive me, guess what they deceived me about."

"..."

Anna looked at the smile on Hawkeye's face, frowned, and thought of a possibility.

"Dr. Arnim Zola is an electronic life, I guess he disguised my voice, making you mistakenly think I was still alive."

"Smart!"

Hawkeye smiled slightly: "Then guess again, how did I discover they were deceiving me?"

Anna thought for a moment: "They made unreasonable demands?"

Hawkeye shook his head: "You are my first friend, and I said I owed you a favor, so for you, no request is unreasonable."

Just like when Hydra ran to his house to ask for people, when he was at New York S. H. I. E. L. D., because of a phone call from Anna, he chose to stay out of it again and not participate in the game between Hydra and S. H. I. E. L. D.

The first one is always special.

Setting aside Anna's faction, and setting aside Anna's ulterior motives, at the very least, Anna was the first to choose to be friends with him, and during the process of getting along, Hawkeye didn't feel awkward, but rather very comfortable.

Not to mention, it was Anna who gave him that truckload of meteorites he needed most to start his business.

Anna met Hawkeye's gaze, pursed her lips, said thank you, and then shook her head.

"Then because of what?"

"Right now, it's noon in New York City; if you were in Hong Kong, it should be night. If I said 'good morning', what would you say?"

"Of course, 'good evening'."

Anna said almost without thinking, then reacted, and looked at Hawkeye: "They greeted you according to your time?"

Hawkeye smiled slightly.

"Yes."

"I became suspicious, so I specifically made a trip to Japan, intending to go see you."

"Japan?"

"Alexander Pierce told me you were promoted and went to be in charge of affairs in Japan."

Hawkeye said this, seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Anna: "But I didn't see you in Japan; instead, I saw another woman. She said her name was Ophelia, and she said she was your good friend."

Anna nodded.

"Ophelia, Madame Hydra, yes, because of Alexander Pierce, we have met a few times, and I also like to go to Japan to shop, often together, so, yes, she is my friend."

"That's good."

After Hawkeye confirmed this, he completely deleted Ophelia from his 'to-be-confirmed' list and said to Anna: "It was also from Ophelia's mouth that I learned you had never been to Japan, and she hadn't seen you for a long time either, so I went to the S. H. I. E. L. D. Triskelion, intending to ask Alexander Pierce where he had hidden you."

Anna heard this and already guessed what would happen next.

"He didn't say."

"No, he did. Do you know what he said before he died?"

"What?"

"Hail Hydra!"

"..."

Anna glanced at Hawkeye, who was repeating Alexander Pierce's last words, opened her mouth, and then seemed to have thought of something, shook her head with a bitter smile: "It seems he was still brainwashed by Strucker; after I fell into a coma, he agreed with Strucker's plan, thinking that as long as he held your child, he could control you."

Hawkeye laughed.

"You think he only hid this one thing? He also hid cloning from me; you didn't know that either, did you."

"..."

Anna looked up at Hawkeye again, her expression shocked.

"Cloning, I remember Pierce also agreed with my view at the time, saying he would never clone you; after all, you had said beforehand that cloning was not allowed."

"Who told you to fall into a coma."

"... Sorry."

"This isn't your fault."

Hawkeye waved his hand, then seemed to have thought of something, and looked at Anna: "Want to go see Alexander?"

Anna was slightly stunned.

Hawkeye had a thought, and instantly moved Anna from the Pure Land to the Frozen Underworld.

Ice and snow.

Heavy snow flying.

Visible to the naked eye, there were two souls, currently one in front of the other, like zombies, mechanical, wearing only a thin coat, arms crossed, shivering as they walked.

Every time the soul behind tried to stop, the blood elf behind would lash out with a whip, making Merrick let out 'ao ao' screams of misery.

By comparison, Alexander Pierce was clearly much more self-conscious.

After death and resurrection time and time again, Alexander Pierce continued to walk toward the distance where no end could be seen with a numb expression.

Hawkeye led Anna to stand on the ice in the distance, looking at Alexander Pierce from afar.

"See that one? Merrick."

"I know him."

Anna nodded, still not hiding anything: "This person was once paid attention to by Pierce and listed as a research object to be absorbed."

Hawkeye smiled, then looked at Alexander Pierce, who was walking mechanically in the distance.

"I never give ordinary people a chance."

"But Alexander Pierce, I gave him two chances because he was your foster father."

"The first time, at the S. H. I. E. L. D. Triskelion, I told him, tell me your whereabouts, and I can spare his life."

"He not only refused, but even shouted 'Hail Hydra'."

"So he died."

"I threw him in here, originally intending to let him suffer eternally here."

"But after I caught Merrick, I gave him another chance; do you know what he said?"

"He didn't say anything, directly ignored me, and chose to continue suffering here."

"I don't intend to give him a second chance."

Hawkeye said so, and then looked at Anna, who was to the side, with a smile that wasn't quite a smile: "Now, Anna, tell me how I should deal with you."

Anna's heart trembled, she met Hawkeye's eyes, laughed, withdrew her gaze, and prepared to step out of the protective circle in front of her.

The next second.

Anna's eyes blurred, and she stepped on the grass of the Pure Land, which was like heaven, once again.

"Eh?"

"Haha."

Hawkeye's voice came from behind: "I never said I wanted you to suffer with Alexander Pierce; you are my friend, Anna."

Anna turned her head to look at Hawkeye.

"But we..."

"Not 'we', it's 'them', not you."

Hawkeye smiled slightly: "You are you, Hydra is Hydra; if you knew about the cloning of me and didn't tell me, in that case, I would have thrown you into the Underworld, ensuring you would taste the eight great Underworld prisons I carefully designed."

Anna opened her mouth.

"But that baby girl, I also didn't..."

"Remember the warning I gave beforehand when you took my blood?"

"I remember."

"What did I say?"

"You said, no matter what research we do using your blood, just don't do cloning."

"Yes, cloning, my warning only included cloning."

"..."

Anna was silent for a while, looking somewhat uncertainly at Hawkeye, who had a smile on his face: "So, you don't mind Strucker doing this at all?"

Hawkeye shook his head.

"No, I still mind it very much."

"Then..."

"But that is a matter between me and Strucker, it has nothing to do with you; however, I am indeed angry that you knew about the baby girl and didn't tell me; you should have told me the first moment."

"... Sorry."

"Too late, I intend to punish you."

Hawkeye looked at Anna with a smile, then seemed to have thought of something: "I remember you said that if you weren't Hydra, you wanted to open a flower shop, right?"

Anna heard this, although she didn't quite understand the meaning of Hawkeye's words, she still nodded.

"Yes."

"That's good."

Hawkeye smiled slightly, then snapped his fingers behind him without looking back.

The next moment.

Accompanied by the manifestation of the ether ability of the two reality eyes in the small universe, the earth on the Pure Land rose and fell like dragons and snakes, and in the blink of an eye, a flower shop with an exquisite shape and full of fresh flowers appeared on the side near the Underworld River.

Hawkeye took Anna and teleported directly to the entrance of the flower shop.

Anna opened her mouth wide as she looked at the flower shop in front of her, which couldn't be said to be exactly the same as the one she imagined, but could only be said to be carved from the same mold.

"As a punishment for you, from now on you cannot leave the Pure Land."

"You must take good care of these flowers."

"In the future, any soul suffering in the Underworld who can get a bouquet of flowers from you will be able to leave the Underworld and come to the Pure Land to live."

Hawkeye smiled and stated his punishment for Anna.

As the words fell.

The Underworld shook instantly, as if it had recorded Hawkeye's words.

At the same time.

The fresh flowers displayed inside and outside the flower shop also bloomed completely at this moment.