Chapter 639

Ben Urich was George's mentor and partner after he joined the 21st Precinct Major Crimes Unit.

This...

Hawk didn't have any impression.

He stood on the side, like an outsider, looking at the crying blonde woman, who, after hearing the whole story, looked at the young him and young sister in what seemed to be a second-hand stroller.

The reason for young George's visit was simple.

The blonde woman's husband was dead.

Three hours ago, he was found dead in a small alley about three blocks away from here.

The blonde woman cried and asked her neighbor to come over to look after her son and daughter, and then left with George and the others.

By the time the blonde woman returned home in the evening, her eyes were already swollen from crying, and she was holding a shopping bag she got from the police station.

The shopping bag was stained with blood and wrinkled.

Three cans of milk powder.

Two pieces of clothes for a boy and a girl.

Hawk stood quietly on the side, looking at the things the blonde woman took out of the shopping bag, and frowned slightly.

The next second.

The light and shadow around him reversed, and at this moment Hawk was already standing under a street lamp; not far away was the church he was very familiar with—St. Paul's Church, which adopted him and his sister.

And the blonde woman, after lowering her head and kissing him and his sister on the forehead, placed them at the door of the church, then knocked on the door of the church, and then quickly left without looking back.

But she didn't really leave, but hid under a street lamp of a building until she saw the church door open, the priest checked around to no avail, and hugged him and his sister back into the church; only then did she turn and leave with a pained expression and a sigh of relief.

Hawk watched the blonde woman walk further and further away, finally disappearing from sight, his mind moved, his right hand raised, and a tear that the blonde woman dropped the moment she turned and left appeared in his hand.

The tear was crystal clear.

Hawk felt the emotions in this tear, watched the direction the blonde woman left, and his mood didn't have much fluctuation.

Still that sentence.

Abandonment is nothing more than two reasons.

One is not wanting.

The other is not being able to afford.

But no matter which one it is, these have already passed, and Hawk doesn't care anymore.

So...

Hawk clenched his right fist, looked at St. Paul's Church not far away, took a deep breath, and withdrew his gaze.

He already knew the story that happened later very well.

He didn't want to recall it again; after all, the experience of church adoption and community adoption was nothing worth recalling.

Especially the day of his sister's death in 2008.

He didn't want to experience it again at all.

Therefore!

Time to do business.

Time needs a closed loop.

Hawk remembered what the Ancient One said just now, his heart moved, and by the time he appeared again, he was already in an ancient castle located in Sokovia.

Hydra's ancient castle.

"Push!"

"Come on, it's coming out soon."

"Effort!"

"Ya... wah, wah, wah!"

A Hydra female agent carefully wiped the water stains off the newborn Jean, wrapped her in a swaddle, and handed it to Wanda, who was also sweating profusely on the bed.

Although Wanda looked a bit weak, her eyes were excited and nervous as she took Jean in the swaddle.

Hawk looked at Wanda, who was leaning on the bed, even though she was very weak, still looking at Jean with a strange look, and the look of the blonde woman holding him after he was born appeared in his mind.

Time slipped away.

In a room in the ancient castle.

Pietro and Jean met.

Pietro, who had just finished the super-ability experiment of Strucker, although he looked a bit tired, was still happily teasing Jean in the swaddle.

"By the way, Wanda, have you thought of a name?"

"Hmm."

Wanda, who was sitting on the sofa holding Jean and breastfeeding, nodded, looking at Jean in her arms.

"Jean."

"Jean?"

"It means God's gift."

"... Alright."

Pietro listened to Wanda's explanation, looked at Jean in the swaddle, and said to Wanda: "I thought you would throw this child to Strucker directly after she was born."

"This is my daughter."

"Although her birth might be a mistake."

"But..."

"This is my daughter, my Jean."

Wanda, who had just given birth, had a maternal glow on her face, looking at Pietro seriously and saying so, then continued to look down at Jean in the swaddle, teasing her with a smile.

Pietro looked at his sister, was stunned for a moment, and then joined in the teasing.

Hawk watched like a spectator on the side.

But when the night was quiet, he appeared silently beside the crib, looking at Jean sleeping in the crib.

But the moment he appeared, Jean in the crib seemed to perceive his arrival, opened her eyes, and then, as if seeing Hawk, revealed a brilliant smile at Hawk with her chubby little face.

Originally, Hawk just wanted to take a close look at this daughter of his bloodline.

But...

Looking at Jean, who revealed a brilliant smile after seeing him, he also smiled slightly, his right hand passed through the present, reached the past, and tapped slightly on Jean's little nose, saying hello: "Hello, Jean!"

As his words fell, in Jean's big and bright eyes, a phantom of a fire phoenix seemed to emerge.

Jean, who seemed to perceive something, moved her limbs happily.

The next second.

The lights turned on.

Wanda on the side turned on the lights, looked at Jean in the crib, smiled slightly, hugged Jean from the crib, then held her in her arms, and gently hummed a local Sokovian lullaby.

Jean was very excited at first, but with Wanda's lullaby, she gradually calmed down; one little hand was grabbing Wanda's hair, and the other little hand, which was outside the bed, also seemed to be holding a finger.

Hawk's finger.

He looked at Jean, who seemed to be holding his finger, and then looked at Wanda, who also fell asleep while coaxing Jean to sleep, and couldn't help but smile.

By the time Wanda woke up with a start, it was already morning.

Wanda first subconsciously looked into her arms, then immediately looked at the crib; seeing Jean in the crib, she breathed a sigh of relief.

But soon, she was slightly stunned, looking into her arms again subconsciously.

Hawk, standing by the crib, looked at Wanda, who seemed to be thinking about something, and a sentence couldn't help but appear in his mind.

One pregnancy makes you stupid for three years.

However...

Hawk just glanced at Wanda, then looked at Jean in the crib, who was opening her big eyes and seemed to be able to see him, and smiled slightly: "See you next month!"

For Jean, who was still in swaddles, maybe it was a month.

But for Hawk, it was just an instant.

Hawk accelerated the flow of time, ensuring that he appeared in every month of Jean's time.

Because what Jean told him was that he would come to see her every month.

So!

Time needs a closed loop.

Soon.

By the time Hawk appeared again, another acquaintance appeared.

Anna!

Black long hair.

Black leather jacket.

Hmm.

It is indeed Anna.

At this moment, Wanda was holding Jean, looking vigilant, and retreated to the corner of the wall.

"Don't take her away."

"Don't worry, I won't hurt her."

"I promise."

Anna squatted down, her voice gentle, her eyes also very gentle looking at Jean in the swaddle, then looked at Wanda: "But she must leave here, otherwise, all of us will die; believe me, we cannot bear the anger of the Demon King."

Hawk, who was watching silently on the side, listened to Anna's serious words and couldn't help but touch his nose.

Is he very scary when he is angry?

Not really.

Hawk asked himself.

At this time, Anna also stretched her hands toward Jean in the swaddle.

But Wanda was still unwilling.

A Hydra agent saw this and directly activated the nanobots in Wanda's body; accompanied by Wanda's muffled groan, Anna took Jean while turning her head to look at the Hydra agent, her voice angry to the extreme.

"What are you..."

"Boom!"

Just when Anna scolded the Hydra, Jean, who seemed to perceive her mother being hurt, also rioted; a powerful Phoenix Force came out from the swaddle, and in the blink of an eye, it directly turned the five Hydra agents belonging to Strucker, except for Anna, into ash on the spot.

As for Anna...

Anna, who was closest and bore the brunt, did not turn into ash, but was impacted by the Phoenix Force, smashed heavily against the wall, and then with a thud, fell to the ground and entered a near-death state.

This is not because Anna's constitution is special.

It is because Hawk took action.

But the moment Hawk subconsciously thought Anna was his good friend who took action, he reacted.

Alright.

This finally explained a question he had after listening to Anna's story at the time.

Why was Anna so close, but didn't die on the spot.

So...

Was it he who took action, protected Anna, and didn't let Anna die on the spot, which is why Anna appeared in the Underworld after so long, and why it took him so long to know about Jean's existence?