Hawk met Wanda's gaze calmly and smiled slightly.
Help Earth?
Heh.
Why should he help Earth, just because he's an Earthling?
The greater the power, the greater the responsibility?
Don't be ridiculous.
Since when is responsibility tied to capability? Responsibility has always been linked to power.
Everyone knows that.
It's better to go home and sell sweet potatoes than to hold office and not serve the people.
Power, responsibility.
So...
The greater the power, the greater the responsibility?
No.
The greater the power, the greater the responsibility!
Besides being an Earthling, what else is Hawk?
So!
He doesn't represent Earth.
The most important point.
Hawk thought to himself and calmly said to Wanda, "I have already told Sharon the solution."
Wanda heard this, her eyes narrowed slightly.
"Through destruction?"
"Do you think that's cruel?"
"You can see it as Earth being ill, with a disease that will explode once the life quantity exceeds a certain threshold. Now you have two choices: first, do it yourself; second, cherish the remaining days and become nourishment for the explosion."
"Which one would you choose?"
Hawk looked at Wanda's slightly constrained expression, smiled slightly, and spoke thus, then looked at Wanda with some curiosity, seemingly very interested in Wanda's choice.
Wanda's expression froze, caught in Hawk's two choices.
Hawk didn't rush Wanda but was also pondering another question while Wanda was thinking.
One sentence.
Waiting passively for death has never been his nature.
Moreover, he promised Gwen that he would go to the universe where she was and personally bring her back.
So...
Hawk still wants to travel through the Multiverse to find his Gwen.
But!
The trap of time is set there, and the Eighth Sense is not so easy to comprehend, and he doesn't want Gwen to wait too long.
This is a deadlock.
At first glance, it seems like a deadlock because Hawk believes more in a light at the end of the tunnel.
There must be a way to avoid the time trap and go to the Multiverse.
He just hasn't found it yet.
But Hawk vaguely feels he might already know such a way, but he hasn't recalled it since returning from the World Tree.
Just as Hawk was thinking to himself.
Beside him, Wanda snapped out of her thoughts and revealed her choice.
"I don't know."
"That's normal."
Hawk, coming back to his senses and listening to Wanda's answer, smiled slightly and said, "Just a casual chat, don't take it to heart."
His Wanda was not the one from another universe who had experienced the pain of losing her father and son nor met Witch Agatha, then turned into the Scarlet Witch.
Hawk's Wanda has not been through much.
From the Atlantic Ocean Bottom to West View Town, it was a seamless transition. Originally, Wanda wanted revenge for her parents, but now the Maximovs are back, with one daughter and two sons, very happy.
So...
His Wanda can't make a choice, which is normal.
Hearing Hawk's comfort, Wanda furrowed her eyebrows and then seemed to think of something: "If it were Gwen, what would Gwen answer?"
Hawk raised his eyebrows upon hearing this.
"Gwen?"
"Yes, if it were Gwen, which choice would Gwen make?"
"Her, huh."
Hawk shrugged with his hands in his pockets.
"The first choice."
"Clear out..."
"This is a matter of survival or destruction, a dilemma that can only be decided by reason, not by emotion. When emotions can't solve the problem, Gwen would choose reason without hesitation."
Either save oneself.
Or face destruction.
Even though saving oneself might require the sacrifice of a continent.
But...
By sacrificing one continent, other continents can be saved; by sacrificing a small part, a large part can be saved. So, from the perspective of survival, it's the optimal choice.
No doubt about it.
When the Five Great Dominators hear 'survival' or 'destruction,' they will undoubtedly choose 'survival.'
As for which continent to sacrifice?
That's hard to guess.
Of course.
All these are choices made by Earthlings themselves, none of Hawk's business.
Wanda listened to Hawk's answer, furrowing her brows.
"The first choice?"
"Of course."
Hawk came back to his senses, changed his tone, looked at Wanda, and laughed: "When Gwen makes the first choice, she would ask me if there's a way to solve the cancer inside Earth."
Wanda was slightly stunned, looking up at Hawk.
"Can you?"
"Of course."
Hawk shrugged: "Years ago, I met with the Celestial God within Earth, absorbed a part of its energy, and delayed its emergence time, so yes, I do have a way to solve it."
Couldn't before.
Because his power was insufficient.
Now he can.
Wanda listened to Hawk's answer, feeling a bit overwhelmed.
"This is a third option you didn't tell me about."
"It's a hidden option."
"..."
Wanda opened her mouth, looked at Hawk who was full of smiles, and shook her head.
"Then you will..."
"I won't!"
Hawk's response was very resolute, then he changed his tone, looked at Wanda: "Then guess again why I don't intend to intervene in this matter."
Wanda met Hawk's smiling eyes, her mind turning.
The next second.
She thought of a certain possibility, and the more she looked at Hawk's expression, the more she felt that her guess was correct.
As everyone knows.
Hawk has three fears.
Fear of the dark.
Fear of ghosts.
Fear of fish.
This spread after the second Pentagon incident.
Of course.
This information is only spread within a small circle. Those who are qualified to know can know, those who are not, aren't privy to it.
Wanda, though a non-typical family member, is still family and within the circle of knowledge.
So...
After coming to her senses, Wanda looked at Hawk, who was standing there with a somewhat knowing smile, and seemed to understand his intention.
Seeing Wanda's expression, Hawk knew that Wanda had figured out his plan.
But!
"Tiam is different."
"Eh?"
Wanda was slightly taken aback by these words, looking at Hawk.
Wait.
Isn't it because of what she guessed?
However...
"This Tiam..."
"The name of the Celestial inside Earth."
Hawk smiled slightly: "I met Tiam a few years ago, she's different from other Celestials."
He indeed has the power now to completely prevent Tiam from emerging.
But he doesn't want to do that.
After all, in a way, Tiam isn't his enemy, and could even be considered his friend.
Adamantium.
Life energy.
These were all given by Tiam.
Even though he obtained the Adamantium himself, for life energy, without Tiam's tacit approval, even if she was slumbering, she could have crushed him back then.
So!
Yes.
Tiam, she's different from other Celestials.
That's Hawk's official answer.
No matter who asks, he always answers like this.
"Related to some continent."
"Related to some island."
"Related to some seafood, it's all irrelevant, it's not that I'm not helping, but Tiam, she's different from other Celestials."
"She understands me!"
Hawk maintained a serious demeanor, looking at Wanda: "So, Earth's future, let Earth choose, I won't interfere."
Wanda's mouth twitched wildly.
At first, she thought this Tiam was some lover of Hawk.
After all...
She's different?
She understands me?
This answer, no matter how you look at it, made it seem like Tiam was indeed Hawk's lover.
But...
No.
In a way, Tiam is indeed different from other Celestials and does understand Hawk quite well.
Other Celestials, Wanda had not met.
For a Celestial used as a scapegoat by Hawk, isn't Tiam truly different and doesn't she understand Hawk very well?
It's just...
Bro, you...
Wait.
No.
It's little bro.
Wanda suddenly remembered Hawk's current age, blinked, looked at Hawk with "Earth in the palm, Tiam on the back of the hand," feeling conflicted and can only choose to let them be unrelated, fell silent for a moment, then sighed.
"Does Tiam know she understands you so well?"
"It's enough that I understand she understands me."
Hawk grinned brightly.
As everyone knows.
When he makes friends, he never considers their status or allegiances, as long as he takes a liking to them, they're his friends.
So...
Hawk saying Tiam understands him, what does it matter to Tiam.
Of course.
Whatever choice Earth makes this time, Hawk would be understanding. If he couldn't, he'd reserve his opinions and not comment.
Just like he told Sharon, to live or to be destroyed, it's your choice.
Wanda looked at the smiling Hawk, fell silent again, then turned and looked at Sharon standing under the eaves.
Sharon had just left.
But...
Due to urgent news, she returned, and as she walked over, Sharon heard Hawk and Wanda's conversation.
Wanda greeted her.
Hawk, upon hearing, snapped back, turned, and saw Sharon, surprised: "Hey, Sharon, didn't you leave, why are you back, by the way, when did you get here, didn't hear anything, right."
Wanda heard Hawk's words, glanced at him.
She didn't believe Hawk wasn't aware of when Sharon arrived.
Because even she knew, Sharon came back when she was curiously asking Hawk if he really wouldn't intervene.
Sharon listened to Hawk's words naturally and shrugged: "Just now, what were you two chatting about?"
Wanda raised an eyebrow.
Hawk shrugged as well: "Just casually chatting about Anya's multiple-choice questions, there's one Anya doesn't know, I told her, this is something even elementary school kids can do."
Wanda glanced sideways at Hawk.
Sharon laughed and said: "Anya just got back, give her some time, and she'll make the right choice."
Hawk nodded.
"Hope so."
"By the way, did something happen again?"
"Mm."
Sharon nodded.
"Tony Stark and Doctor Strange have returned."
"..."