Gwen had actually lied.
She hadn't rushed back from Berkeley because of the graduation yearbook and contact list.
There was only one reason Gwen returned to New York City early.
She wanted to confirm with her own eyes whether Hawk was injured.
After all…
Yesterday, there was a video circulating online.
Although the filming technique was as shaky as a Parkinson's patient, the footage vaguely showed a gigantic monster, as robust as a black hill, on the great plains of Africa.
It looked exactly like a black Hulk.
And there was also a blurry figure fighting the black Hulk, but in comparison, it was like a small wizard meeting a great one.
It was said that the blogger who uploaded this video was an East Country national.
He had traveled with a backpack for years, trading among the indigenous tribes of Africa, and stumbled upon this scene on his way to Wakanda.
Although this video was taken down less than ten minutes after it was uploaded.
Although the blogger later filmed an apology, admitting he faked it for traffic.
But…
Those who know, know.
Gwen was certain that the blurry figure in the video uploaded by the East Country blogger, who was fighting the black Hulk, was her boyfriend, Hawk.
So!
Even though Hawk sounded relaxed on the phone, Gwen couldn't truly relax until she returned and saw him with her own eyes.
Now.
Having confirmed it, Gwen completely relaxed, looked at Hawk, who was pushing her suitcase, smiled slightly, and naturally linked her arm with Hawk's, walking towards the parking lot outside the airport.
A moment later.
After Hawk put Gwen's luggage into the trunk, he got into the car, started the engine, and smiled at Gwen, who was already buckled into the passenger seat and looking at him.
"How was your study trip to Berkeley? Satisfied?"
"To be honest, not very satisfied."
Gwen shrugged, and after Hawk drove out of the airport, she spoke about her feelings about this trip to Berkeley: "I originally thought the public safety in New York City was bad enough, but I never expected Berkeley's public safety to be even worse."
As she spoke, she recounted how she had nearly been robbed three times by Black people while shopping in Berkeley these past few days.
Goodness.
It was still daytime then.
However…
Gwen let out a slightly relieved chuckle, looking at Hawk.
"Luckily, Kara was there."
"Kara?"
"The bodyguard you found for me. You don't mean you don't know her name, do you?"
"Oh, oh, I remember now."
Hawk reacted.
Kara Palamas, with long brown hair and a delicate appearance, was the bodyguard Anna had recommended at the time.
However, he hadn't paid much attention to this Kara.
In a word.
He didn't care about the process, only the result. Anyway, whether good or bad, he attributed it to Anna.
If Gwen was fine, he would think well of Anna.
Similarly, if something happened to Gwen, he would only look for Anna, after all, Kara was guaranteed and recommended by Anna.
It was that simple.
Hawk thought to himself, then looked at Gwen.
"Do you still want to go to Berkeley?"
"Yes, anyway, I live in the school dormitory. At worst, I just won't leave the campus."
After all, what did the poor public safety of Berkeley city have to do with Berkeley University? She was going to Berkeley University for school, not to settle in Berkeley city.
Gwen said her solution with a smile, then changed the subject: "I've finished talking, what about you? How was your trip to Africa?"
Hawk smiled and said: "Perfect."
Although this trip to Africa encountered more twists and turns than the first trip to Quantico, it delayed him for half a month.
But good things come to those who wait.
His gains this time were immense.
His Little Universe was modified into the Phoenix Little Universe, which was more in line with the Marvel Universe system.
And the Phoenix saint cloth was also concocted.
The most important point.
He also learned in advance about his sister Anya's situation in Hell.
Anya was doing very well in Hell.
As long as he didn't die, Anya would be doing very well until he went to Hell to pick her up.
This was even personally certified by Mephisto.
So…
Hawk thought for a moment, glanced at Gwen, nodded, and added a sentence.
"It couldn't be better."
"What's with that black Hulk?"
Gwen smiled and spoke the moment Hawk's words fell.
"That's Hell…"
Hawk instinctively spoke, then paused slightly, and looked at Gwen again.
He couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Did you see something?"
"You guess."
Gwen sat sideways in the passenger seat, looking at Hawk, smiling gently, but didn't actually make Hawk guess. Instead, she talked about the video that appeared online yesterday, filmed and uploaded by an East Country blogger who did business in various indigenous tribes in Africa, which was taken down in less than ten minutes.
Hawk understood.
Especially when Gwen said that the blogger who filmed the video was an East Country national, he found it even more reasonable.
As everyone knows.
Even on Marvel Earth, East Country nationals were famous street wanderers worldwide.
You could find at least one East Country national in any corner of the World.
Hawk thought to himself, then met Gwen's curious gaze and shrugged.
"Alright, it's just as you saw in the video."
"It's really Hulk. Wasn't he killed by you?"
Gwen frowned, remembering that before Christmas last year, Hulk had clearly been killed by Hawk in Culver Lake.
"Did Bruce Banner really find a way to revive Hulk?"
"Not entirely."
Hawk thought for a moment and shook his head: "Rather than saying Bruce Banner was the one who revived Hulk, it's more accurate to say it was Mephisto."
Bruce Banner's idea was a life for a life.
But if Mephisto had been unwilling at the time, Bruce Banner's idea would not have been realized.
After all, once a soul entered Hell, it belonged to Mephisto.
You say exchange and it happens?
How could that be.
Gwen, listening to the name Mephisto from Hawk's mouth, widened her eyes and looked at Hawk: "Is this Mephisto the Hell Lord you mentioned to Anya…"
Hawk nodded: "Yes."
Then he recounted how Mephisto had modified Hulk into the Hulk and sent him up to test Hawk's quality.
Gwen listened to Hawk's narration, her expression becoming shocked, then looked at Hawk: "So you knew Bruce Banner was still planning to seek revenge on you, which is why you ran off to Africa? After all, that place is vast and sparsely populated, so no one would see if you fought?"
Hawk shook his head.
"No, I went to find Vibranium."
"Vibra…"
Gwen was shocked again after she reacted.
Hawk looked at the expression on Gwen's face and chuckled: "Wakanda, I went to Wakanda. Vibranium is in Wakanda."
Gwen didn't speak. Instead, she took out her phone, tapped quickly, and soon found public information about Wakanda online.
"Wakanda, resource-poor, economically fragile, a backward small country primarily based on tribal alliances."
"The United Nations once again supported Wakanda with a new batch of food aid to help Wakanda overcome the great famine."
"Wakandan tribal conflicts are escalating, and the United Nations calls for avoiding a refugee crisis."
"The current King of Wakanda, T'Chaka, spoke at the United Nations, calling for a new batch of economic aid from the United Nations."
Gwen scrolled through the information related to Wakanda online, speaking as she did so, and looking at Hawk with a strange expression.
It seemed to say, this ghost place, are you sure it has Vibranium?
Hawk smiled slightly, then, just as he explained to Maria Hill, he told Gwen the true face of Wakanda: how it secretly developed into a high-tech nation while possessing vast amounts of Vibranium, all while feigning poverty and appealing for more economic and food aid from the international community.
Gwen was scrolling on her phone.
"You're saying Wakanda was exposed yesterday, but I haven't seen any news like that."
"Not that fast."
Hawk had already driven to the apartment building of Stacy's house. He parked the car at the entrance, opened the car door, took out the luggage from the trunk, and then walked with Gwen towards the apartment building.
"It was only exposed yesterday. The Five Great Benefactors are probably still in a meeting. Anyway, one thing is certain."
"What?"
"Oil creates the U.S. Military. Do you think this massive amount of Vibranium will summon the U.S. Military?"
"…"
Gwen didn't speak.
But not speaking meant tacit agreement.
The answer was obvious.
Oil summons the U.S. Military, and Vibranium summons the Five Great Benefactors.
Ten days later, an international news story appeared on the front pages of newspapers in various countries.
United Nations Statement: In view of the escalating tribal conflicts in Wakanda, which have already caused hundreds of civilian casualties, the Security Council's Five Great Benefactors have unanimously resolved to form a joint peacekeeping force to enter Wakanda and restore local peace and stability!
And upon seeing this news, the uninformed masses couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
In a word.
With the Five Great Benefactors jointly serving Wakanda like this, Wakanda's fortune was truly immense.
It was probably as if Wakanda's ancestral graves were smoking.
In fact, it was true.
Wakanda's sacred mountain, known as the Hill, a mountain containing massive amounts of Vibranium, was billowing with thick smoke.
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s scientists looked at the detected data, their expressions uncontrollably excited.
"Officer."
"How is it?"
"Massive!"
"Good."
The Commander of the peacekeeping force jointly formed by the Five Great Benefactors also laughed a few times uncontrollably after seeing the data reported by the scientist. He then immediately reported the massive amount of Vibranium discovered in just ten days.
Maria Hill was also nearby.
However, she was currently standing on the sacred mountain, gazing into the distance at the highly futuristic-looking Wakandan capital and royal palace complex.
And outside Wakanda's capital.
War chariots roared.
Tanks rumbled.
Fighter squadrons jointly formed by the Five Great Benefactors roared in from the distance, and several air-to-ground missiles exploded with a boom, boom, boom over the Wakandan capital.
Accompanying the explosions, a Vibranium energy shield, like a golden dome, also appeared over the Wakandan capital.
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