Origin Falcon was one of the Origin Judges. It possessed combat power above the Multiversal Level, excelled at sealing techniques, and had exceptionally keen eyesight.
But good eyes did not mean a good brain.
It had originally pursued Deadpool to find the outsiders' home base, planning to wipe them all out in one stroke. Its earlier act of clearly recognizing that bastard yet pretending not to see him had been much like a cat toying with a mouse.
Eagles were actually extremely cruel animals. Sometimes, after catching prey, they would not kill it immediately, instead gripping it in their talons and slowly eating its internal organs alive for pleasure.
This time, it had thought things would not differ much from before. The prey ran, it chased; after catching up, it would toy with them for a while before sealing them into the Source Wall to guard the new multiverse.
But by the time it realized the prey had suddenly vanished and that it had fallen into a trap, it was already too late to turn back.
Flying too fast had this drawback: turning around was difficult. Wild rabbits often escaped an eagle's dive with sharp turns, and this time, the people it had regarded as prey vanished. In the falcon's view appeared a gigantic, fat green caterpillar.
That caterpillar was truly enormous and plump, irresistible to any bird. One look was enough to tell that it was meaty and juicy.
Yet Origin Falcon's mind was filled only with shrieking alarms. The instant it saw the caterpillar floating through the void and smoking, it realized something was wrong.
Just as it tried to turn and leave, it discovered that its retreat had been blocked as well. A large blue bird with long phoenix-like tail feathers landed behind it, soundless, its eyes