Chapter 641

In the long river of time.

Hawk was immersed within it, sitting cross-legged; he appeared to be sitting in place, but the waters of time were washing over his body like a flowing stream.

It made him look exactly as if he were swimming upstream against the long river of time.

But Hawk did not move.

Rather, it was time that was moving!

The Mind Stone was within his small universe, its dim yellow light brilliant, shining in mutual reflection with the fiery red light of the Reality Stone.

The Time Stone hovered level with the center of Hawk's brow.

And under the flow rate of the Time Stone, as Hawk continued to immerse himself in the long river of time, the moment the dim yellow light of the Mind Stone in his small universe touched the fiery red light of the Reality Stone, a strand of golden light burst forth.

Following the appearance of the first strand of golden light in the small universe.

His small universe seemed to vibrate.

Because of this golden light!

It was not gold, nor was it yellow.

It was—

The golden light of a Gold Saint.

In the long river of time, Hawk was still shrinking his timeline into a closed loop.

At this moment, Jean, Wanda, and Pietro had already been transferred to the Hydra base beneath the deep sea.

And Jean was already two years and three months old at this moment.

Wanda and Pietro had gone out, and two-year-old Jean was staying at home all by herself.

With Hawk's appearance, Jean, who was sitting on the fireplace mat by herself, saw her eyes light up, and she ran to greet him: "Daddy!"

Hawk hugged Jean as she threw herself into his arms.

"Daddy."

"Mm."

"Why can't Mommy and Uncle see you? I said you come to see me every month, but they all think I'm lying to them."

"Because it is not yet time."

"Then how long do I have to wait?"

"Wait until..."

Hawk held Jean, sitting on a sofa with a layout identical to 521A Palm Street: "When Daddy stops coming to see you, as long as you think of Daddy in your heart, the Phoenix will take you to Daddy's side."

Jean, who was hugging Hawk's neck, blinked her big eyes upon hearing this.

"Really?"

"Of course."

"When will that be?"

"Very soon."

"Okay."

Seeing that she couldn't get a specific time, Jean didn't get discouraged. After sitting down in Hawk's arms, Hawk then opened his right hand, and the children's book placed in Jean's room upstairs instantly appeared in his hand, and as usual, he read the fairy tale in his hand to Jean.

Hawk read quietly.

Jean listened quietly.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

In fact, the flow of time was still the same, but when the torrent of time washed over Hawk, it automatically diverted, as if avoiding Hawk and the Jean in his arms.

To an outsider's eyes, at most ten minutes had passed.

But in Jean's perception, it felt as if a whole morning had passed.

This was also the reason why, every time he came over and Jean told Wanda about it, Wanda never believed her.

Hawk also had no intention of showing himself to meet Wanda.

He came here to complete the closed loop of his timeline, thereby shrinking it to achieve the state where the past is him, the present is him, and the future is also him—a three-time unity.

Only in this way, and only in this way, could he control his own time.

The most important point.

He didn't know what to say even if he saw Wanda.

Regardless of whether it was in this past, or in the present.

Actually, there was one thing Gwen said right when she was complaining to Shalang at the time.

From a certain perspective, it was indeed because he didn't know how to handle this matter that he went into seclusion after returning from the Atlantic and taking Gwen home.

Hawk's thoughts at the time were very simple.

He didn't know what to say now; it was simple: go into seclusion and let the future Hawk solve this matter.

Right now...

Hawk really wanted to cross the long river of time and give himself, who had rushed home to go into seclusion, a big slap, telling him to solve the matter before going into seclusion, and not to leave the mess for himself.

Pity.

The past cannot be changed.

As for the future?

The future cannot be observed!

Very soon.

When Wanda and Pietro returned home, Jean, who had already had a nice sleep in Hawk's arms, saw her eyes light up and ran to Wanda and Pietro once again, telling them that Daddy had just come to keep her company again.

But just like before, the two of them didn't believe it.

However, this time was different from before.

Pietro listened to his niece Jean's words and smiled as he picked her up: "Then you tell your daddy to appear quickly and take us out, okay? Otherwise, you're going to have a little sister or brother."

Upon hearing this, Jean subconsciously turned her head in Pietro's arms to look at Hawk, who had risen from the sofa.

Hawk smiled and made a 'shh' gesture to Jean.

Wanda and Pietro also followed Jean's gaze to look at the sofa.

But the sofa was empty.

Very soon.

Jean returned to her room, and after Pietro and Wanda saw Jean go back to her room, the smiles on their faces instantly vanished.

Wanda's scarlet Chaos Magic surged between her hands, obscuring the entire room.

Just as the scarlet Chaos Magic brushed past Hawk, who was standing quietly to the side, Wanda's heart stirred, but she didn't show it.

Pietro said with a dark face: "Damn Strucker, this is treating you like a breeding machine."

Wanda glanced out of the corner of her eye at the place where her magic surge had encountered a slight obstruction, and comforted Pietro: "We don't have the right to refuse, besides, he also promised to help us deal with Tony Stark, didn't he? Relying on ourselves alone, we can't deal with Tony Stark; he has a god friend."

Pietro couldn't help but rub his head, looking at his sister who was comforting him in turn.

"Why are you the only one pregnant?"

"Didn't Strucker say that Jean's father's life level is too powerful, and ordinary women are unable to bear offspring for him?"

"I seriously suspect that this guy is in cahoots with Strucker."

"..."

Me?

Strucker.

In cahoots?

Hawk, who was standing to the side quietly listening to their conversation, subconsciously looked at Pietro, very much wanting to know how this Pietro with the somewhat messy hairstyle came to such an outrageous answer.

Wanda shook her head.

"He isn't."

"Hm?"

Pietro subconsciously looked at Wanda: "You're so sure?"

Wanda thought of the woman who had appeared to take her daughter away when they were in Sokovia, and as she spoke, she looked at Pietro: "That woman should have known him at the time. I could actually feel that she just wanted to take Jean away and had no intention of hurting Jean. I could feel that the woman wasn't lying. Once he knows of Jean's existence, he will definitely be furious."

Pietro frowned.

"But Jean is already two years old; hasn't he discovered it yet?"

"He should have already discovered it."

"Hm?"

"Otherwise, Strucker wouldn't have hurriedly taken us away from the castle in the middle of the night. I feel like he was about to come, and that's why Strucker transferred us and then hid in this deep-sea base, wherever it is."

"... Also true."

Pietro listened to Wanda's analysis, nodded thoughtfully, and looked at Wanda.

"Strucker must be very afraid of him. We've been here for so long, and he's been here for just as long, as if he's very afraid to go out."

"This means he is looking for Strucker; as soon as Strucker shows his head, he will discover it."

"Hiss!"

Pietro gasped, somewhat puzzled: "Since Strucker is so afraid of him, then why does he still want you to continue to conceive?"

Wanda subconsciously looked toward Jean's room on the second floor, her gaze deep: "He probably thinks one Jean isn't enough to threaten him, so he plans to add bargaining chips."

Pietro cursed.

But just as Wanda said, they didn't have the ability, nor did they have the qualifications to refuse Strucker.

Not to mention the nanobots in his and Wanda's bodies, just for Jean's sake, they couldn't resist.

Hawk heard this and chose to turn and leave.

Just as he left this timeline, Wanda glanced in the direction Hawk had left.

Pietro noticed Wanda's gaze and also looked at where Hawk had left.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

Wanda came back to her senses, withdrew her gaze, and shook her head.

In the few months that followed.

While Hawk was keeping Jean company and continuing to shrink his timeline, Wanda's belly was also growing little by little.

He once again witnessed the birth of Billy and Tommy.