On Earth, there exists such a wall.
It is constructed through a discontinuous method, with core components consisting of more than forty checkpoints, equipped with electronic surveillance equipment and military posts.
In the past, the people needing protection were inside the wall.
But this wall is an exception.
It encircles the so-called enemy within its bounds.
In the high sky above.
The figure of Hawk emerges, glancing upwards.
He can sense that at the very moment he appeared, numerous satellites were secretly watching him.
But it doesn't matter.
"As everyone knows."
"One person makes a mistake, the whole clan pays."
"So——"
"Super meteor!"
Hawk closes his eyes, as his right hand points to his brow. Before him, the golden light surges, and within the surging golden light, a two-faced Golden Holy Armor steps out, extending its right hand, aiming downward.
Then——
The meteor descends. At the moment it lands, a powerful shock wave emerges. As buildings are instantly vaporized, the explosion of the meteor at landing sends countless particles like a fierce storm sweeping in all directions.
At this moment, the sky darkens like night.
At this moment, all is silent.
"Hill, Sharon called just now. By the time she arrived, Hawk had already left."
"..."
Maria Hill, in the secret operations room of the S.H.I.E.L.D. Aerospace Carrier, withdraws her gaze from the blank screen and looks at Victoria Hand beside her, who hangs up with a bitter smile and shakes her head, sighing.
"This news is so unfortunate."
"Yes."
Victoria Hand shows a hint of helplessness.
"Just a minute too late, what a pity."
"What a pity."
Maria Hill also expresses a somber demeanor with a sigh, then exchanges a glance with Victoria, shrugging: "Fine, it's come to this, let's eat first."
Victoria nods in response.
"Makes sense."
"Satellite off."
"Yes, Director."
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agent nods, making a throat-cutting gesture to the two agents operating the S.H.I.E.L.D. Satellite. The two agents understand and turn off the screen facing the blank area.
With the S.H.I.E.L.D. Satellite shut down, others who were using satellites to spy on Hawk also see the suddenly blank space, swallow, and decide to move the satellites.
High in the sky.
Hawk reopens his eyes, feeling the vanished sensation of being watched, chuckling lightly.
But...
Just as he turns to leave, his movement pauses slightly, seeing a spark teleportation gate appear in front of him.
Hawk looks at the familiar classical layout behind the spark teleportation gate, raises an eyebrow, then steps forward.
When he passes through the gate, he has already arrived at the New York Hall of Kamar-Taj, where he once brought Gwen.
"Hawk Phoenix."
"I am Dr. Stephen Strange."
With black hair, a gaunt face, a small mustache, dressed in Kamar-Taj's blue mage robes, and wearing a red Magic Talisman Cloak, Doctor Strange stands at the stairway leading to the second floor of the hall, watching Hawk emerge from the teleportation gate: "You can call me Doctor Strange."
Hawk glances at Doctor Strange, whose hands hang low but with a vigilant face, in a posture ready to switch to attack mode any moment.
"Anything?"
"It's not done this way."
Doctor Strange looks at Hawk with eyes full of intelligence mixed with wariness, his voice deep.
"Is it?"
Hawk responds, looking at Doctor Strange, chuckling lightly.
"And then?"
"You can't do this anymore."
"Ha!"
Hawk laughs.
He looks at Doctor Strange, smiling: "I'm curious, when the Supreme Mage retired, did he ever talk about me?"
Doctor Strange remains silent for a while, then meets Hawk's gaze.
"He did."
"Good."
Hawk hears this, nods with a bright smile, then looks at Doctor Strange: "Then I have only one question, Strange, tell me, do you sympathize with them?"
Doctor Strange's pupils contract.
Hawk smiles broadly, looking at Doctor Strange: "I remind you, think carefully before answering because your answer concerns your life."
Doctor Strange meets Hawk's aggressive gaze.
"I only care about the safety of our world."
"Don't change the subject."
Hawk opens his right hand, energy from the Little Cosmos gathering in his palm at a visible speed, gradually forming a ball of light that looks golden but contains energy enough to destroy a city: "Look into my eyes, tell me, Strange, do you sympathize with them?"
Doctor Strange's gaze falls on Hawk's palm, on the deceptively beautiful but extremely dangerous ball of light, then back to Hawk.
"I do not sympathize with them."
This is the truth.
Before he went to Kamar-Taj, he was their recruitment target, after all, he was a highly skilled surgeon.
Hence, what he wanted, money, houses, luxury cars, they chased to give him.
But after his car accident.
His sports car, house, and even his bank account were immediately taken away, and he was left drowning in debt, declared bankrupt.
If he hadn't gone to Kamar-Taj, he would have ended up as one of the many homeless in New York City right now.
So...
"I don't like them."
"But..."
Doctor Strange gave his answer, then looked at Hawk: "Your actions could make them feel scared and fearful, thereby dragging the world into a more dangerous situation."
Hawk raised an eyebrow, looking at the Eye of Agamotto hanging around Doctor Strange's neck.
"Have you seen the future?"
"What?"
Doctor Strange was slightly taken aback, then glanced down at the pendant around his neck following Hawk's gaze, and then shook his head when he realized: "No, the Supreme Sorcerer told me..."
Hawk interrupted directly.
"You haven't seen the future, yet you say the future will be dangerous?"
"Your actions could lead to..."
"Don't think that exterminating a race is something I'm doing for the first time."
"..."
Doctor Strange listened to this sentence and was dumbfounded.
Hawk's lips curved upwards, with a thought, his Time Galaxy appeared above his head, and then he looked at Doctor Strange: "I'll give you a chance to see my past."
Doctor Strange said nothing, his gaze fixed on Hawk's Time Galaxy.
Entered his vision.
He killed the Hulk by the New Jersey Riverfront.
Engaged in a showdown with Hell Hulk in the African Wilderness.
Phoenix Wing Flight turned Wakanda into a wasteland.
Hydra probed, and Hydra was directly annihilated.
Faced Dark Elves in a showdown at Stonehenge.
Confronted Mephisto's threats without retreating, forcing Mephisto to concede the ownership of the soul.
And the completely lost nation in the Atlantic Ocean.
The most important part!
The annihilation of the Heaven Dimension and God.
Countless scenes from Hawk's past, where his lower threshold for action was to destroy families but more often destroy races, flashed before Doctor Strange's eyes.
Accompanying the flashbacks to Hawk's past scenes, Doctor Strange began to sweat on his forehead as he watched the images.
Even the red Magic Talisman Cloak draped over him seemed to be trembling slightly.
After Doctor Strange finished viewing, Hawk retracted his Time Galaxy.
"Hiss!"
After his mind left Hawk's Time Galaxy, Doctor Strange couldn't help but take a deep breath and instinctively looked at Hawk.
But the vigilant look in his eyes had completely disappeared without a trace.
Replaced by fear.
Fear deep in his soul.
"When I kill one, you can call me a criminal."
"When I kill ten thousand, you should fear me."
"When I kill enough, the only thing you can do is pray that my eyes don't fall on you."
"I am not for them to honor or revere."
"I am for them to dread and fear."
After retracting his Time Galaxy, Hawk looked at Doctor Strange expressionlessly and said in a calm voice: "Considering the bond I had with Kamar-Taj and the Supreme Sorcerer, I'll forgive your reckless behavior this time, but remember, the bond I have with Kamar-Taj and the Supreme Sorcerer can only be used once. Next time, I don't mind helping Emperor Vishanti find a new representative."
That said.
He glanced at Wang, the librarian from the Kamar-Taj Library who opened a portal to come here, and gave a slight smile: "I think Wang is pretty good."
Wang, just emerged from the portal with a sturdy physique clad in a dark vest, shirt, and suit pants, listened to Hawk's words, not quite understanding the situation, but still stood unsmilingly by Doctor Strange's side, bowing to Hawk.
"Mr. Phoenix."
"Wang."
Unlike Doctor Strange, Hawk gave a smiling greeting to Wang, who greeted him: "No longer busy with the sacred job of a librarian?"
Wang, hearing this, squeezed a slight smile onto his equally sturdy face: "I am now in charge of training new mages."
Hawk raised an eyebrow.
"Promotion, congratulations."
"Thank you."
Wang smiled and said, then looked at Doctor Strange, whose forehead was sweating, before glancing at Hawk.
"Mr. Phoenix..."
"It's this Doctor Strange who insisted on inviting me over as a guest."
"Hiss!"
Upon hearing this, Wang looked at Doctor Strange on one side, took a deep breath, then looked at Doctor Strange as if looking at a brave warrior.
Good fellow.
Aren't you brave, don't you know who he is?
Doctor Strange met Wang's warrior-like gaze with an eye roll.
Can he be blamed?
He was just performing his routine duties as a protector of Kamar-Taj.
Who knew...
Forget it.
Doctor Strange shook his head, extended his right hand, began drawing circles, and opened a portal leading to the backyard of Palm Street No. 521A, then looked at Hawk.
"Sorry for the disturbance, Mr. Phoenix."
"This portal..."
Hawk glanced at it, then looked at Doctor Strange.
"Change it."
"What?"
"Open one leading to Odin's location."
"..."