"Long time no see, Director Fury."
Hawking Apparated to the company headquarters office and found that not only was Susan there, but Nick Fury, the long-absent director of S.H.I.E.L.D., was there as well.
Nick Fury looked at Hawking with a grave expression.
"Long time no see, Mr. Hawking."
"Boss, we didn't want to disturb you during the holiday, but I'm afraid only you can handle this one personally."
Susan's expression was equally grim.
"Tell me. What happened?"
Hawking sat down in a chair and gestured for Susan to explain in detail.
He felt that perhaps his earlier guess had been wrong. It probably was not the Celestial Embryo hatching ahead of schedule.
At most, the hatching of the Celestial Embryo would cause some abnormal natural phenomena. Those unaware of the truth might be puzzled, but they would not be acting as if they faced a formidable enemy.
Even Fury had come here in person. It felt more like they had encountered an enemy they could not contend with.
Susan turned on the office projection. A silver figure standing on a surfboard appeared before Hawking.
"This guy appeared suddenly this morning. He seems to have come from outer space.
"After entering Earth, every place he flew over experienced abnormal phenomena.
"Snow in Egypt, frozen seas in Japan, power outages in Washington, and so on. He caused all of it."
"The moment I discovered him, I sent fighter jets after him, but they were all destroyed.
"Then I sent Captain Maria herself to find out why he had come to Earth. He said Earth would be destroyed in eight days, then easily defeated Maria."
Nick Fury continued Susan's explanation.
When he had first discovered this invader from outer space, he had intended to capture and study him, to see whether they could