Chapter 897

"You reminded me."

"Yes, I reminded you."

After Tony got out of the car, he raised his hand, displaying the time-travel navigator he had built in the Stark Industries laboratory: "Fortunately, I finished it—a fully functional time-travel navigator."

Captain America's gaze fell upon the object Tony was displaying.

Very soon.

Following the reconciliation between Iron Man and Captain America, and also because Hawkeye Clint, having lost his entire family in the Snap and having nothing left to lose, traveled to the past and brought back the baseball glove, the official launch of the "Time Heist" plan was formally announced.

"We need help."

"Rocket, Falcon, and Nebula have already received the message and are on their way back."

"Danvers?"

"Haven't been able to contact her for the time being."

"Thor?"

"Norway. I'll go find Thor and bring him back."

"Take Rocket with you."

"Right."

Just as Captain America was arranging the troops, he suddenly thought of someone: "What about Hawk? Dr. Bruce Banner said his strength is very high, and he can freely travel through the Quantum Realm. Will he come over to help us?"

Bruce Banner shrugged: "If it's the Hawk from the multiverse I visited, yes, he is very strong."

Natasha met Captain America's gaze and shook her head: "He probably won't come to help us. He was very certain when he said that back then, so we can only rely on ourselves."

Upon hearing this, Captain America didn't say anything more.

By the time Bruce Hulk Banner and Rocket brought back Thor, who had turned into a fat slob, from New Asgard in Norway, it was already the twenty-second day since Hawk descended into this universe.

In the Avengers base, the seven Infinity Stones were lined up.

Space, Mind, Time.

Reality.

Soul.

And Power.

This was the final arrangement after Natasha's reminder; at a specific point in time, three Infinity Stones appeared on Earth simultaneously.

So they also split into three groups.

"Five years ago, we lost!"

"We lost completely!"

"We lost friends, lost family, and even a part of our team."

"But today, we have a chance to get them back."

"Everyone knows their friends, knows the mission, find the Infinity Stones, and then bring them back."

"Each person can only go back and forth once. There can be no mistakes, and there is no redoing it. The places we are going are places we were once familiar with, but everyone must never let their guard down. Be extra careful and look out for each other."

"This is our battle of destiny."

"We must win!"

"Whatever it takes!"

"See you in a bit!"

"Hum!"

Accompanied by the activation of the time-travel device, amidst Natasha's smile and blessing—which seemed to show her relief at seeing the "family reunited"—the Avengers members on the platform were instantly swallowed by the time-travel device.

The next moment.

The past of the long river of time seemed to have been thrown a stone into it, rippling with waves.

At the same time.

Hawk, who was in the backyard of 521A Palm Street under the Wutong tree but had his seventh sense covering the Avengers base, also dove into the long river of time the moment he saw the Avengers and the others dive in.

And then...

Swimming against the current.

Time!

2012, the Chitauri invasion, the second after Bruce Hulk Banner borrowed the Time Stone.

On the rooftop platform of the New York Sanctum.

Hawk appeared silently.

The Ancient One, who had just sent off Bruce Hulk Banner, looked at Hawk appearing before her. She was stunned for a moment, then a brilliant smile appeared on her face.

"Oh! Long time no see, Hawk."

"..."

The Ancient One looked at Hawk, whose expression had tightened, and said with a smile: "When Bruce Banner came to borrow the Time Stone just now, I took a look at my own timeline. The Phoenix Main God from the multiverse—of course, I know you prefer me to call you Hawk."

Upon hearing this, Hawk laughed, then directly stated his purpose.

"I want to know what's going on with me and Wanda in this universe?"

Initially, after receiving his time and memories in this universe, he hadn't really thought about it in detail.

Once again, his main goal in coming here was to break through to the eighth sense of life and to chop up the Celestial Aris who had run to this universe.

But as time passed, after his Golden Wutong Phoenix Universe gradually manifested here, and as he observed his past on the river of time, he finally discovered something strange.

In a word.

The Hawk here is not him, but he is the Hawk here.

This is not a special case.

Because Hawk, through the river of time, also smelled the same aura on the Wanda here.

Simply put.

The Wanda here seems to be the same one he knows, the one currently living in Westview.

Just like him, one tree, two flowers.

Hawk found it hard to understand.

And he probably couldn't go back for a while. As it happened, he thought of the Avengers who were trying to play time robbers, so he simply came to the timeline where the Ancient One still existed.

The Ancient One smiled and didn't answer Hawk's question, but instead looked at him with a smile and asked in return.

"What do you think is going on?"

"... I'm the one who wanted to ask, Sorcerer."

"You actually already have the answer in your heart, don't you?"

"..."

The Ancient One's smile remained, her voice peaceful, her gaze soft as she looked at Hawk: "You just don't want to believe it."

Hawk didn't speak, his eyes looking calmly at the Ancient One.

The Ancient One also met Hawk's gaze.

Eye to eye.

After a long while.

Hawk's mouth twitched slightly, he moved his gaze away from the Ancient One's eyes, his voice faint: "Multiverses and such, I hate them the most. I have an urge to destroy every universe other than the one I'm in."

The Ancient One's smile was brilliant.

"No, you don't."

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

The Ancient One looked at Hawk with a very certain tone: "Because as long as there is a multiverse where you and Wanda exist, then there is definitely someone else who will also be there. And as long as that person is there, no matter what, you will never be destroyed."

Hawk looked at the Ancient One again.

"Anya!"

"Yes."

The Ancient One nodded: "No matter which universe, Anya Phoenix will always be Hawk Phoenix's most precious sister."

Hawk listened to the Ancient One repeating his own words, his mouth twitched again, a hint of a smile appeared, and then he sighed and looked at the Ancient One.

"So, give me some advice, Sorcerer. After all, my God of Time doesn't know where she went on vacation, and I can't find her."

"Sorry."

The Ancient One's smile was brilliant as she shook her head again, looking at Hawk: "The family affairs of a Main God are not something we subordinate gods can interfere with. After all, it's very easy to get burned."

Hawk blinked.

"Didn't you say you weren't my subordinate god?"

"But the other me is, and you have come to this universe."

"So?"

"I can also be considered your subordinate god, after all..."

The Ancient One said while looking up, seemingly looking at this universe, then returned her focus to Hawk, her expression helpless: "Don't make things difficult for me. You wouldn't want me to weave a timeline for you where Zeus turns into a bull, would you?"

Hawk was amused.

"So, a subordinate god can't interfere in the Main God's family affairs, but can threaten the Main God so openly?"

"If the Main God is going to use power to suppress a subordinate god, you can't expect the subordinate god to just surrender and not defend themselves, right?"

The Ancient One also said with a smile, then seemed to see something: "Is the Main God sure he wants to continue wasting time here with me? After all, someone is about to jump off a cliff."

Hawk didn't speak, quietly watching the Ancient One.

After the Ancient One finished speaking, she didn't say anything more, and also met Hawk's gaze again.

The next second.

"I didn't understand before why I would indulge my child in making a mess of the timeline you wove."

"I felt a bit guilty at the time."

"Now I know the reason."

"Fence-sitters are the least liked."

"Yes."

The Ancient One listened to Hawk's complaint and continued to nod, her tone calm: "But offending one person or offending two people—this is a multiple-choice question even a child would know how to answer."

Speaking of this.

The Ancient One lowered her voice, her expression serious as she whispered: "Women hold grudges."

Hawk's mouth twitched wildly.

And then...

He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes again, glanced at the Ancient One, stopped speaking, turned around, and left the rooftop of the 2012 New York Sanctum.

The next second.

He followed the ripples in time caused by the Avengers, hid his figure, arrived at a point in time, and then leaped up!

Coming into view.

A red moon in the sky!

This is Vormir!