Chapter 157: If Others Don't Provoke Me, I Won't Provoke Them
After hearing Hank's words, Mystique fell silent, once again using her shapeshifting superpower to return to her previous blonde-haired, blue-eyed image.
"You look beautiful like this; we can't define public aesthetics. We need this cure."
Hank held up the serum in his hand, looking at Mystiquewith a serious expression.
After saying that, he didn't wait for Mystique's answer, left another vial of serum for her, and got up to leave the bedroom.
The hallway outside the bedroom.
Upon coming out of Mystique's bedroom, Hank saw Royleaning against the hallway wall.
"A word of advice: don't use the serum."
"I know you want to become normal, but Mutant genetic mutation isn't as simple as you think."
"If you use the serum, the consequences might be completely different from what you imagine, making you even less normal."
As Hank passed in front of him, Roy spoke up.
He was telling the truth.
The serum Hank had researched was indeed useless.
Furthermore, because the chromosomes in the serum were isolated from Mystique's DNA, injecting it would not only fail to make the external mutations disappear but would also grant the user Mystique's blue skin and further mutations.
"I admit your combat ability is strong, and I know you possess many kinds of superpowers."
"But you aren't a scientist, and you don't know the formula for the serum."
"I have great confidence in the serum's effects."
"This serum is my most satisfying masterpiece to date!"
Hank stopped in his tracks, turned to look at Roy, and spoke quickly.
"I'm indeed not a scientist, but I possess superpowers that science cannot explain."
"Whether you accept my advice or not is your business."
Roy said unhurriedly.
He knew that there was a high probability Hank wouldn't accept his advice, but for the sake of being teammates, he had still come here.
Just as he said, whether Hank accepted his advice was Hank's business.
And whether or not to warn Hank was his business.
Hank didn't answer Roy immediately, sizing him up with a serious expression.
Then, he said slowly, "I don't know if it's because opposites attract or likes repel, but from the first moment I saw you in the Base lab, I didn't like you very much."
"But it doesn't matter; after tomorrow's events are over, everyone will go their separate ways."
"If nothing unexpected happens, you and I will never have the chance to meet again, so whether I like you or loathe you doesn't matter anymore."
Normally, the introverted and somewhat cowardly Hankwould never say such words to Roy.
But things were different now.
He had originally planned to experience the wonderful feeling of returning to normal together with Mystique.
However, Mystique's reaction had been a blow to the head, making him feel as though it had been his wishful thinking all along.
To put it simply, he was in a very bad mood right now.
"I'll give you a quote."
"These are the words Eric said to Raven and the others in the gym a few days ago."
"You want society to accept you, but you cannot accept your true self!"
After speaking, Roy used teleportation and disappeared from in front of Hank.
After he left, Hank didn't hesitate and walked toward the lab.
First-floor drawing room.
Professor X and Magneto sat opposite each other, chatting while playing chess.
"There is no essential difference between America, the Soviet Union, and Cuba."
"If these countries weren't already hostile toward each other, no matter how Shaw plotted, there would be no risk of World War III breaking out."
"We might be able to stop Shaw tomorrow, but we can't stop America and the Soviet Union from being hostile to each other."
Professor X picked up a Bishop on the board and moved it a few spaces.
Hearing Professor X's words, Magneto quickly said, "I won't stop Shaw; I will kill him."
"You've seen my memories; you know what he's done."
Magneto moved his King, captured Professor X's Bishop, and holding the Bishop piece, continued, "You know this has always been my wish. Whether joining the team or staying here, my goal is to kill him."
"The existence of Mutants is still a secret now, but after tomorrow, the whole World will know of our existence."
"In the eyes of others, we are no different from Shaw."
"They will fear our abilities, and to eliminate that fear, they will surely move against us."
Unlike Professor X, who was used to thinking of the bright side of everything, Magneto was much more realistic.
Or rather, because of their different upbringings, Magnetodidn't harbor illusions about the World like Professor Xdid.
"When we risk our lives to stop Shaw and prevent the outbreak of World War III, they will know that not all Mutants are bad people."
Professor X spoke quickly.
"No, they won't think that way. They will only blame everything on Mutants."
Magneto said with a serious face.
"It's precisely because the vast majority of them won't think that way that we should prove it to them even more."
"If we aren't willing to give them a chance, they won't give us one either."
"We can become better people than them!"
Professor X still refused to give up on persuading Magneto and continued.
"We are already better than them; we are the next stage of human evolution."
"You said it yourself; from a biological evolution perspective, we have evolved to be superior!"
Like Professor X, Magneto was also unwilling to give up on persuading Professor X.
They both knew very well what kind of impact the other's superpower could bring to the Mutant race.
"You know I didn't mean it that way!"
Professor X shook his head and said quickly.
"Charles, you really shouldn't be so naive anymore!"
"After tomorrow, humans will unite to deal with us until they feel we are no longer a threat to them."
"You know this very well, yet you choose to turn a blind eye, or rather, you naively think they will accept us like Agent Moira does."
Magneto, of course, knew that there would be humans willing to accept the existence of Mutants.
But such people were a minority, after all.
If nothing else, one only had to look at the CIA to know.
In the CIA, the only one willing to believe in Mutants was Agent Moira.
As for the others.
For example, CIA Director McCone and Agent Pratt, they respected Mutants on the surface, but they all treated Mutants as potential threats.
The only reason they hadn't moved against them yet was because Shaw was still out there.
Once Shaw was captured or killed, they would become the CIA's new targets.
"Perhaps I really am a bit naive, but Eric, you are also a bit too pessimistic."
"The situation of ordinary people uniting to deal with Mutants is indeed possible, but it hasn't happened yet."
"We cannot treat them as enemies in advance because of things they haven't done yet."
"Furthermore, I know your long-standing wish is to avenge your mother, but killing Shaw won't truly bring peace to your heart."
"Your mother wouldn't want to see you become a murderer driven by hatred."
Professor X looked at Magneto with a serious face and said slowly.
"I have never thought about obtaining inner peace."
"As for becoming a murderer, I already am one."
"Roy and I are the same kind of people; our hands are both stained with the blood of our enemies."
"Whether you can accept this or not, Charles, it is a fact."
"Or rather, Roy and I were the bad guys among Mutants from the start; people like him and me will never be accepted by ordinary people."
"Because as long as he and I are still alive, we will be serious potential threats to the authorities."
Just as Magneto finished speaking, Roy's voice drifted in from the doorway.
"Your ideologies differ; there's no need to drag me into it."
"I'm not like either of you; I have my own set of principles."
As Roy spoke, he came to the sofa next to them and sat down, picking up the whiskey on the table to pour himself a glass.
"Since you're here, are you willing to share your principles with us?"
Magneto looked at Roy with interest and asked quickly.
"If you want to hear them, I don't mind sharing."
"If others don't provoke me, I won't provoke them!"
"If others provoke me, I will surely provoke them back!"
"I just want to live out my life comfortably in my own way."
"If someone insists on messing with me, I'll let them know exactly what the consequences of messing with me are."
"As for whether people love me or are hostile toward me, it doesn't matter."
"As long as they don't show it in front of me—for example, by insulting me to my face—I can pretend I don't know and let them off."
Roy took a sip from his glass and stated his principles.
Hearing his principles, Magneto and Professor X frowned at the same time.
On the surface, there was nothing wrong with Roy's set of principles.
But they both knew this was Roy's subtle way of putting it.
Take the consequences of messing with him, for example.
Although Roy didn't specify what kind of end those who provoked him would face, it wasn't hard to imagine they would surely meet an incredibly miserable fate.
Professor X and Magneto glanced at each other, and the thought involuntarily popped into their minds: unless necessary, try not to anger Roy.
Don't be fooled by Roy's current easy-to-talk-to appearance.
If he were truly enraged, it was estimated that not many people in the World could stop him.
After chatting in the drawing room for over ten minutes, Roy and the others left the room and began returning to their respective bedrooms.
Magneto's bedroom.
Mystique, transformed into a blonde beauty, lay naked on Magneto's bed, waiting for his return.
Before long, the bedroom door was pushed open.
"Why are you here?"
Seeing Mystique lying on his bed, Magneto asked with a frown.
"To give you a surprise!"
Mystique replied quickly.
"This isn't a surprise; it's a fright!"
"Go back; I'm going to sleep."
"When you're a bit older, I might have some interest."
After looking at Mystique for only a few seconds, Magneto withdrew his gaze.
Although Mystique's current image fit the public aesthetic, he had no interest in her right now.
Hearing his words, Mystique once again used her superpower, changing her appearance from someone in her early twenties to someone in her early thirties.
"And now?"
Mystique continued.
Not only did she make her appearance more mature, but her voice also became much more mature.
"I like the real you."
Magneto said slowly.
Mystique misunderstood Magneto's meaning, thinking that the 'real' he meant was the younger version of the blonde beauty, so she used her superpower again to make herself look young.
"I'm talking about the real Raven!"
Magneto continued.
Only then did Mystique finally realize, and in front of Magneto, she let her skin and appearance return to their true form.
"Perfect!"
"You are a masterpiece of God!"
Magneto said with absolute seriousness.
"Give me the bathrobe."
Mystique said to Magneto.
Magneto came over and sat in front of Mystique: "You don't need to hide yourself under clothes. Have you ever seen a tiger or a lion disguise itself?"
"No, but..."
Before Mystique could finish, Magneto interrupted her.
"Raven, you are a perfect creature. It's just that this Worldhas always wanted to tame you; you should be free!"
After saying that, Magneto kissed Mystique on the forehead.
"Go back!"
Magneto continued.
"Mm-hmm!"
Mystique nodded, pulled back the covers, left Magneto's bedroom, and headed toward Professor X's bedroom.
Finding that Professor X wasn't in his bedroom, she didn't hesitate and immediately went to the dining room.
Soon, she arrived at the dining room and saw Professor Xlooking for chilled champagne in the refrigerator.
"Sometimes I ask you, if you hadn't found me that night, what would my life be like?"
Mystique said to Professor X.
Professor X turned to look at her and said with a surprised face, "Where are your clothes? You should put on some clothes."
Then, he turned his head away.
"That's not what you said when you first met me."
"Pets are cuter when they're little, right?"
Seeing Professor X turn his head away, Mystique sat down at the dining table and continued.
"Raven, I don't know what's been going on with you lately. I thought you were in a good mood."
"Hank told me he found a way to solve your 'beauty' problem."
"Tell me exactly what happened, or should I use Telepathy on you?"
Professor X sat down in front of Mystique with the champagne.
"You promised me you wouldn't use Telepathy to read my thoughts."
Mystique said quickly.
"In the past, I didn't need Telepathy to know what you were thinking, but now, I really don't know what's on your mind."
Professor X continued.
"You know, I used to think we were fighting this Worldtogether."
"Now, I finally understand."
"No matter how bad this World is, you don't want to fight it; you want to blend in!"
Mystique looked at Professor X with a disappointed face, got up, and left the dining room.
Watching Mystique's departing back, Professor X resisted the urge to use Telepathy on her, picked up the champagne, popped the cork, and took a large swig...
Chapter 158: The Beast Emerges
The next morning, a bit after eight o'clock.
After washing up, Roy and the White Queen went to the dining room on the first floor.
Although they had woken up quite early, Professor X, Magneto, Raze, Angel, and Banshee had woken up even earlier than them.
Seeing him, Magneto nodded toward him.
Roy scanned the dining room and said, "It seems we aren't the last ones after all."
Professor X and Magneto had already arrived.
But Mystique and Hank had yet to appear.
"Raven and Hank should be over in a moment. Let's eat breakfast first."
Professor X said slowly.
Roy didn't say anything more and sat down at the dining table with the White Queen.
As soon as they sat down, Angel and Agent Moira placed the prepared breakfast in front of them.
Unlike usual, everyone's breakfast was the same today.
Glancing at the standard American breakfast in front of him, Roy picked up a sandwich and took a bite.
While it wasn't a particularly exquisite breakfast, it's quite difficult to make a sandwich taste bad.
Or rather, if someone can make even a sandwich taste bad, it only proves one thing: the person who made breakfast is an out-and-out disaster in the kitchen.
To ease the tension of Raze, Angel, and the others, Professor X considerately cracked small jokes with them.
Time passed bit by bit.
Five or six minutes later, Mystique, wearing black leather clothes, arrived at the dining room.
As soon as she appeared, she drew the gazes of Raze, Angel, and the others.
At this time, Mystique had not transformed into a blonde, blue-eyed beauty, but had come to the dining room in her true appearance.
Raze, Angel, and the others knew Mystique had the superpower to transform into any appearance.
But none of them had ever seen Mystique's true form, and they all showed expressions of disbelief.
The only ones who knew what Mystique's true form looked like were Roy, Professor X, and Magneto.
Raze, Agent Moira, and the others had always assumed that the blonde beauty was Mystique's true form.
As it turned out, they were mistaken.
Or rather, if that blonde beauty were Mystique's true face, she wouldn't have had so many troubles in the past.
"Are you... Raven?"
After sizing up Mystique for a moment, Raze said slowly.
"Yes, this is my true self. What you saw before was just a disguise I used."
In the past, Mystique would never have let Raze, Angel, and the others see her true form.
However, she no longer intended to continue hiding behind a disguise.
Still, she had considered Raze and the others' level of acceptance and didn't come over naked.
From a purely biological standpoint, she really had no need to wear clothes.
Because she didn't just have blue skin; her skin was also similar to reptiles like chameleons and lizards, covered in scales, which gave the impression she was wearing a blue skintight suit.
After answering Raze, Mystique glanced at Professor Xand Magneto.
There were empty seats beside both Professor X and Magneto.
She didn't think for long and went straight to sit beside Magneto.
Seeing Mystique choose to sit next to Magneto, Professor X felt an indescribable sense of loss in his heart.
Although he had always viewed Mystique as a younger sister, he also knew she didn't just view him as an older brother.
Professor X said nothing, quietly calming his emotions as he continued to enjoy the meal in front of him.
Hank had still not appeared by the time everyone had finished breakfast.
Without any hesitation, they walked together toward Hank's lab.
Soon, they arrived outside the lab.
The lab door was tightly closed, with a piece of paper stuck to it.
"I've gone to the airbase first. The uniforms are in the box, remember to put them on!"
Professor X tore off the paper and pushed open the lab door.
As the door opened, the scene inside the lab came into view for Roy and the others.
The massive lab looked as if it had been ransacked; it was a complete mess.
Experimental equipment, tables, and chairs were overturned, and glass shards were scattered everywhere on the floor.
"What happened here?"
Magneto said with a frown.
"The Beast is out!"
Roy said slowly.
Beast?
Hearing his words, Professor X and Magneto's gazes fell on him simultaneously.
"Don't look at me like that, I just said it casually."
After saying that, Roy walked toward the innermost part of the lab.
Soon, he came to a metal box placed by Hank at the very back of the lab, which had an 'X' taped on it with black tape.
He snapped the fingers of his right hand, and the lid opened, revealing the uniforms inside.
Sure enough, it's this color scheme!
Seeing the yellow uniforms inside the box, Roy showed an "as expected" expression.
Although he had intervened and changed some things, some events were still the same as in his memory.
Inside the box were the original yellow uniforms of the X-Men.
By the standards of this era, these uniforms weren't considered ugly.
"Do we really have to wear these?"
Raze was the first to speak.
"We don't have superpowers to counter high G-force or block bullets, so we'd better put on these uniforms."
Professor X said slowly, his hands in his pockets.
"You guys wear them. My superpowers can withstand high G-force and ignore bullet attacks, so I won't be wearing one."
Although the uniforms Hank made weren't that bad, Roystill didn't plan on wearing one.
Seeing that Roy didn't plan to wear a uniform, the White Queen immediately spoke up: "I won't wear one either. My diamond form can..."
However, before she could finish, Roy interrupted her.
"You should still wear it. Your diamond form only provides a certain amount of protection; it can't make you completely immune to damage."
While diamond hardness is indeed high, its toughness is far inferior to its hardness.
If you strike a diamond with a hammer, you can easily shatter it.
"Alright, I'll listen to you!"
After saying that, the White Queen pressed her curvy body against him and took Roy's right arm.
Seeing the White Queen's actions, Mystique, standing behind them, immediately rolled her eyes.
Before Roy brought the White Queen back to the manor, Mystique had quite a bit of goodwill toward him.
However, once Roy and the White Queen hooked up, she lost all interest in Roy.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have appeared in Magneto's bedroom last night, but in Roy's.
"Then everyone except Roy, put on the uniforms!"
Professor X said.
Five or six minutes later, Professor X and the others, now in uniform, came to the lawn behind the manor.
Roy took the suspension ring out of the system space and created a Portal Spell to the airbase hangar in front of them.
Soon, a circular Portal Spell sparkling with golden sparks took shape.
Professor X and Magneto were the first to step through the Portal Spell.
Then came Agent Moira and Mystique.
Raze, Banshee, Angel, and Darwin followed closely behind.
Once they had all crossed, Roy and the White Queenstepped through the Portal Spell, arriving at the hangar where the original blackbird fighter jet was parked.
As soon as they entered the hangar, Professor X, Magneto, and the others fixed their gazes on the original blackbird fighter jet.
For this era, the blackbird fighter jet, in both performance and design, was truly ahead of its time.
"Where is Hank?"
After examining the original blackbird fighter jet, Mystique said slowly.
Just as she finished, Hank's voice came from the hangar door.
"I'm here!"
Hank replied.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, a completely transformed Hank walked toward them.
Blue skin, thick fur, sharp fangs, and claws.
Though completely transformed, Hank still wore his old nearsighted glasses.
Except for Roy, everyone showed expressions of surprise.
They never expected that the previously refined, nerdy-looking Hank would turn into this.
Hank ignored their stares and went straight to Mystique, saying, "The serum didn't attack the cells that cause our outward mutation; instead, it enhanced the mutation."
"The serum didn't work; I overestimated myself."
"Mutant genetic mutation is much more complex than I imagined."
At this point, Hank turned his head to look at Roy.
When Roy warned him last night, he only felt Roy was looking down on him, not believing he could create a serum to eliminate Mutant cells.
Now, he knew Roy was right.
Mutant genetic mutation was far more complex than he had imagined!
"No, the serum worked!"
"The serum turned you into your true self; this is the real you!"
"Neither you nor I need to hide our true selves anymore."
As Mystique spoke, she stroked Hank's blue fur as if petting a dog.
"Raven is right; you look much better now."
Magneto said with total sincerity.
He wasn't mocking Hank; he truly felt that the current Hank looked much better than before.
But Hank didn't think so.
Or rather, the Hank whose wild nature had been fully awakened didn't think so.
As soon as Magneto finished, Hank, like a provoked tiger, bared his sharp fangs and let out a low growl.
At the same time, he lightning-fast raised his left hand and grabbed Magneto's neck.
"Don't mock me!"
Hank lifted Magneto with one hand and said fiercely.
"Hank, put Eric down!"
Professor X said quickly.
Hank ignored Professor X and stared fixedly at Magneto.
"Stop it. Put him down."
Seeing Hank was still unwilling to let go of Magneto, Royspoke up.
Hearing his voice, Hank glanced at him and released his left hand from Magneto's neck.
Although Roy's tone was calm, Hank's wild instincts made him feel a strong sense of pressure he had never felt before.
"I wasn't mocking you!"
Magneto gasped for air and said to Hank.
"I have to admit, you look quite menacing now."
"I'll give you a new name."
"Beast!"
Raze said with a serious face.
"Are you sure this thing can fly?"
Before Hank could answer, Banshee asked.
"Of course, I designed it!"
Hank replied quickly.
"Alright, let's not waste time. Let's head out."
"The freighter carrying nuclear missiles is about to reach the blockade line."
Roy said slowly.
Hank nodded and turned toward the hatch of the original blackbird fighter jet... Cuba's waters.
The American and Soviet fleets were dozens of nautical miles apart, facing each other across the sea.
Between the two fleets was a Soviet freighter, the "aral sea," carrying nuclear missiles.
"What is the current status of the freighter?"
On the bridge of the American flagship, the fleet Commander observed the "aral sea" through binoculars and asked his first officer.
"Course 1-8-0, speed 12 knots, estimated to reach the blockade line in three minutes."
"If they cross the line, we can only pray for God's mercy."
The first officer replied immediately.
"May God bless us!"
After saying that, the fleet Commander continued without hesitation, "Enter Condition One battle readiness!"
"Condition One! Condition One! All hands to battle stations!"
"Operation Code: Zebra!"
The first officer repeated the Commander's orders.
The next second, the alarm for battle stations sounded throughout the bridge and cabins.
As the orders were issued, the sailors on the warship systematically put on helmets and life jackets.
On the other side, on the Soviet flagship.
The Soviet captain approached the radio operator.
Before he could speak, the radio operator shook his head.
Meanwhile, the first officer came to the captain and said, "Officer, we already have our orders. Why are we still waiting for new ones?"
"I've lived through one World war; I don't want to see another."
Despite his words, the captain still issued the order for battle readiness.
The alarm sounded immediately.
As the "aral sea" drew closer to the blockade line, the captain of the American flagship began ordering the gunners to aim at the ship.
Once the "aral sea" crossed the line, the gunners would fire shells at it.
Not only was the American fleet prepared to attack, but the Soviet fleet was also ready to counterattack at any moment.
As soon as the American fleet attacked the "aral sea," they would immediately begin their counterstrike.
Just then, the radio operator on the Soviet flagship received a new order.
"New orders from the Kremlin, received at 10:25. The freighter aral sea is hereby ordered to immediately change course and return to Odessa!"
After reporting, the radio operator immediately began calling the aral sea.
However, no matter how much they called, the aral seagave no response, still heading straight for the blockade line at an unchanged speed.
"aral sea, change course immediately!"
"Do not cross the blockade line, return immediately!"
The radio operator shouted.
Boom!
Suddenly, the sound of a massive sonic boom and the roar of an engine came from the sky!
The sudden, loud noise immediately captured everyone's attention.
Under the watchful eyes of the American and Soviet navies, a uniquely shaped black fighter jet roared in from the distance, demonstrating exceptional aerial maneuverability as it arrived over the waters and began circling the aral sea.
After flying for over an hour, Roy and the others finally arrived at the waters where the blockade line was located.
"The situation down there looks worse than usual!"
Hank, piloting the original blackbird fighter jet, said immediately.
"If it weren't bad, we wouldn't need to be here," Royreplied
Chapter 159: I'll Teach You Another Move
"I'll check the situation."
After hearing Hank and Roy's words, Professor X spoke immediately.
Then, habitually pressing his fingers to his temple, he unleashed his Telepathy.
Without any effort, he locked onto a crew member on the bridge of the aral sea.
To be precise, it was a crew member who was severely injured, lying on the ground, and liable to lose consciousness at any moment.
Through the crew member's perspective, he saw a strange man in a black suit with red skin and a tail, looking much like the devils from myths and legends.
Red Devil!
The strange man Professor X saw was none other than Red Devil!
Red Devil didn't have Telepathy, but he immediately saw the critically injured, semi-conscious crew member turn his head toward him.
Without any hesitation, he walked up to the crew member and kicked him in the head.
Bang!
The already severely injured crew member, without suspense, breathed his last immediately, dying as dead as could be, and Professor X's mental link was forced to disconnect.
"The crew on the aral sea are all dead; Red Devil is on the bridge."
Professor X stopped using Telepathy and spoke.
"Shaw must be nearby too!"
Magneto said immediately.
He was only interested in Shaw.
As for Red Devil and Riptide, they were inconsequential to him.
"Red Devil set the autopilot to make the aral sea charge straight for the blockade."
Professor X said with a frown.
"If the aral sea breaks through the blockade, America's warships will fire immediately, and the Soviet Union's warships will counterattack, officially beginning WorldWar III."
Agent Moira, wearing a gray uniform, said quickly.
Since she wasn't a Mutant, the uniform Hank prepared for her was gray to distinguish her from the others, rather than yellow.
On the surface, this was just to distinguish identities.
But in reality, it was intentional on Hank's part.
Although he wasn't as extreme as Magneto, believing all ordinary people would be hostile toward Mutants.
But having experienced plenty of discrimination since childhood, he didn't trust ordinary people as much as Professor X did.
Put simply, he didn't think all ordinary people were bad, but he didn't think they were all good either.
"Shaw definitely isn't on the ship right now, and Red Devil will surely use his superpower to leave before the aral sea is attacked."
"Before searching for Shaw, we must find a way to stop the aral sea."
After speaking, Professor X's gaze fell on Roy.
"I'll handle the aral sea; you find Shaw."
Roy said calmly.
With his current strength, stopping the aral sea from reaching the blockade was a simple matter.
Whether it was turning the aral sea around or destroying it completely, neither was difficult.
"What do you plan to do?"
"Destroy the aral sea directly?"
Agent Moira asked quickly.
"No, I plan to make the aral sea turn back."
Roy replied.
In the movie, Professor X used Telepathy to control the second mate on the Soviet fleet's flagship, making him press the missile launch button to blow up the aral sea.
Although he could do the same, he didn't intend to copy Professor X's method exactly.
Professor X's method was indeed effective, but it would also land the second mate on the flagship in a military court.
He was relatively kind-hearted and didn't want to involve others.
After answering Agent Moira, Roy stretched his neck, unbuckled his seatbelt, went to the window, and looked at the aral sea.
Then, he said to Magneto, "You can control super-giant objects now too; want to give it a try?"
"Not interested, do it yourself!"
Magneto replied quickly.
If it were Shaw's submarine, he would use his superpower without a second thought.
But the aral sea wasn't Shaw's submarine, and he didn't plan to waste his energy on it.
"Since you're not interested, I'll do it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Roy unleashed his Magnetism Manipulation Superpower.
A second later, under the gaze of the America and Soviet soldiers, the aral sea, which had been charging straight for the blockade, rapidly rose from the sea surface and flew like an airplane.
This... seeing this scene, they all wore expressions of disbelief.
Under Roy's control, the aral sea in the sky turned 180 degrees and flew into the distance like a starship from a sci-fi World.
Before long, the aral sea had flown dozens of nautical miles away.
Although he could have made the aral sea fly all the way back to Moscow, Roy didn't want to waste any more energy and let the aral sea land on the sea surface.
"The issue with the aral sea is settled; you can look for Shaw's submarine now."
Roy turned and said to Professor X and the others.
"No problem, leave it to us!"
Professor X replied immediately.
Beneath the sea.
Inside Shaw's nuclear-powered submarine.
Red Devil used Teleportation to return from the aral seato the submarine's control room.
"The aral sea flew up and turned back dozens of nautical miles away. A strangely shaped aircraft also appeared in the sky. Should we continue with the original plan?"
Red Devil said to Shaw.
Hearing his words, Shaw immediately frowned.
"No need!"
"The aral sea is useless now. The people who kidnapped Emma should be on that aircraft you saw."
"Activate the backup plan!"
After speaking, Shaw picked up the psychic shielding helmet and quickly put it on.
Inside the blackbird fighter jet.
"I can't find Shaw; he must have put on that helmet that blocks Telepathy!"
Professor X said while looking toward the White Queen.
"Don't look at me; I only know that the helmet was a gift from the Soviets."
"He had me test it before; once he puts on the helmet, I can't enter his mind either."
The White Queen said slowly.
"Shaw is down there; we must find him!"
Magneto looked at Agent Moira with a serious expression.
"There's nothing unusual on the radar or scanners!"
Agent Moira checked the radar and scanners and said quickly.
Just as she finished, Hank's voice rang out.
"Then he must have come by submarine. The aircraft doesn't have sonar, so it can't detect underwater targets."
Sonar?
Hearing Hank's words, Banshee suddenly remembered something and said, "No, we have sonar!"
Professor X and Magneto reacted immediately.
Just as they were about to unbuckle their seatbelts and use Banshee's throat as sonar, Roy said to the two of them, "No need for that trouble, I can find Shaw's submarine..."
At this point, he paused, his gaze falling on Magneto.
"Last time I taught you how to control super-giant metal objects. Now, I'll teach you another move."
"Although not all objects can be perceived by magnetic fields, metal items and living creatures both carry magnetic field signals."
"In other words, magnetic fields can also be used to lock onto targets."
"You used to be accustomed to controlling targets after seeing them, but targets you can't see can still be controlled as long as you perceive them."
"Experience it well; I'll only demonstrate once."
After speaking, Roy used Telepathy to establish a mental link with Magneto, taking over control of Magneto's body.
To let Magneto personally experience what it felt like to perceive unseen targets with magnetic fields, Roy did not strip him of his consciousness or senses.
Magnetic field perception!
After taking over Magneto's body, he immediately used Magneto's superpower.
Without much effort, he perceived Shaw's nuclear-powered submarine.
Shaw's nuclear-powered submarine wasn't a small target; it could be found with just a casual sweep of perception.
After locking onto the nuclear-powered submarine, he continued using Magneto's body to apply his superpower, making the submarine surface rapidly.
Within a few seconds, Shaw's nuclear-powered submarine was floating in the air, just like the aral sea.
After witnessing the freighter aral sea fly, the Americaand Soviet soldiers now witnessed a flying submarine.
With the example of the aral sea before them, seeing Shaw's nuclear-powered submarine rise from the sea into the air didn't cause them to look too surprised.
Even a freighter can fly!
A submarine flying is nothing strange!
"Go to the nearby island!"
Roy said to Hank.
"Okay!"
Without any hesitation, Hank replied immediately, piloting the first blackbird jet toward the island.
Soon, they arrived over the island.
Boom!
The nuclear-powered submarine floating in the air slammed heavily onto the beach and rolled several times due to inertia.
After finishing this, Roy released the Telepathy and returned control of the body to Magneto.
"Shaw is absorbing energy in the submarine's nuclear reactor room. Red Devil and Riptide are also inside the submarine."
"What to do next is up to you."
Roy scanned Professor X and the others, speaking slowly.
Magneto nodded immediately, signaling Hank to land the first blackbird jet on the beach.
Before long, the first blackbird jet landed on a corner of the beach.
As the hatch opened, Magneto was the first to step out.
Professor X and the others followed closely behind.
Soon, only Roy, White Queen, Hank, and Agent Moiraremained inside the cabin.
"Aren't you going to help them?"
Agent Moira unbuckled her seatbelt and asked Roy.
"If I handle everything, there's no point in you all coming along."
Roy said casually.
Agent Moira said nothing more and immediately left the cabin.
After Hank also left the cabin, Roy led the White Queenout unhurriedly.
Just as he and the White Queen stepped down, they heard Professor X giving instructions to Mystique and the others.
"Eric and I will handle Shaw."
"You all will handle Red Devil and Riptide."
"Although their combat experience is richer than yours, you are also warriors. As long as you cooperate, defeating them won't be difficult."
Professor X looked at Mystique and the others seriously.
"Leave it to us!"
"If six of us can't win against two, we'd be too pathetic."
Raze replied with excitement.
After speaking, he raised his hands, aiming at Red Deviland Riptide, a dark red light glowing on his arms.
After a few days of practice, he had fully adapted to releasing energy beams from his hands.
If there were any issues, it was that his accuracy still needed improvement and the wind-up time for the skill was a bit long.
At this time, he couldn't accurately hit a moving target yet, nor could he fire the energy beam immediately; he needed some time to condense the energy.
Seeing him raise his hands, Red Devil immediately grabbed Riptide's shoulder.
Teleportation!
Red Devil and Riptide immediately vanished from Raze's and the others' sight.
Having lost his targets, Raze could only fire the energy beams at the nuclear-powered submarine, blasting two holes in its hull.
"Watch out!"
Just as Raze lowered his hands, Hank's voice came from behind him.
Before he could react, Red Devil teleported behind him, the scimitar in his hand thrusting toward his back like a lightning strike.
Just as Red Devil was about to succeed in the backstab, Hank pounced onto Red Devil like a true Beast.
Just as Hank neutralized Red Devil's sneak attack, Riptide, who had been moved under a coconut tree by Red Devil, unleashed his superpower.
Riptide raised his hands, and two small, madly spinning tornadoes immediately appeared in his palms.
As soon as these small tornadoes formed, he threw them out.
After leaving his hands, the tornadoes rapidly grew in size, flying toward Professor X and the others at high speed.
Seeing the tornadoes flying toward them at high speed, Angel and Banshee immediately unleashed their superpowers.
Angel grabbed Mystique's right hand and flew up with her.
Banshee grabbed Darwin's shoulder, opened his mouth, and emitted a powerful ultrasonic wave, using the sound wave's recoil and his wingsuit to fly up with Darwin.
Raze didn't dodge the tornadoes like the others; instead, he used his superpower to the fullest and began condensing energy in his chest.
He didn't plan to run; instead, he intended to use the energy beam fired from his chest to blast the tornadoes apart.
Although he didn't know if the energy beam he fired could actually blast the tornadoes apart, he still wanted to try.
Soon, he had condensed enough energy, and an energy beam about twenty centimeters in diameter shot from his chest.
Boom!
The thick energy beam struck one of the tornadoes.
Then, it passed right through the tornado.
Uh... seeing this result, Raze's expression instantly became awkward.
Then, he immediately turned to look at Roy, who was still near the first blackbird jet.
He had chosen to attack the tornado with an energy beam.
On one hand, he wanted to see if the energy beam could blast the tornado apart.
On the other hand, he knew Roy would certainly not stand by and watch him get hurt or die.
Although he had never addressed Roy as teacher, in his heart, Roy, who was younger than him, was his teacher.
If a student is in danger, the teacher will certainly not sit idly by!
It must be said that this thought was very fitting for his age.
However, he overlooked one thing: Roy might not necessarily step in to save him.
Only if he truly encountered an unavoidable fatal danger, and everyone else was too late to save him, would Roytake action.
And right now, Roy didn't feel there was any need for him to act.
Because besides him, there was another person on the scene who could save Raze.
Seeing that Raze still stood in place without leaving, Magneto took action.
Magneto immediately used his superpower, locking onto the metal buckle on Raze's uniform, and by manipulating the buckle, he made Raze fly up and land on the beach twenty meters away, dodging the oncoming tornado...
Chapter 160: Black King Shaw's Provocation
Although his landing posture was a bit clumsy, Razemanaged to dodge the tornado's attack nonetheless.
After Mystique, Raze, and the others avoided the tornado's attack, Riptide did not stop and continued to control the tornado.
Under Riptide's control, the tornado grew larger at a visible speed, heading towards Roy and the White Queen.
In the port of Miami, the tornado created by Riptide had been swallowed by an even larger one created by Roy.
Although Riptide himself was not injured, the incident still left a deep impression on him.
Or rather, it had completely piqued Riptide's competitive spirit.
Both were wind users!
Why should your tornado be able to swallow mine!
Even though Riptide was already in his thirties or forties, a man's competitiveness does not disappear with age.
Under Riptide's control, the massive tornado quickly reached Roy and the White Queen.
Just as the tornado was about to swallow them, Royfinally acted, using his superpower to control the weather.
Unlike the time at the Miami port, he didn't create a larger tornado, nor did he fly away with the White Queen, and he certainly didn't summon lightning to attack Riptide.
He reached out with his left hand to wrap around the White Queen's slender waist and unhurriedly raised his right hand, calmly snapping his fingers.
The roar of the tornado completely drowned out the sound of the snap.
Let alone Professor X and Magneto, even Roy and the White Queen themselves didn't hear the snap.
However, this did not affect Roy's superpower in the slightest.
After he snapped his fingers, the howling tornado vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.
How is this possible?
Seeing this, Riptide, standing under a coconut tree, showed an expression of disbelief.
Besides Riptide, the White Queen, Professor X, and the others also looked at Roy in confusion, curious about what he had just done.
"What did you do?"
The White Queen didn't waste any brain cells thinking about it; she turned to Roy and asked directly.
"Nothing much, just dissipated the formed tornado."
"I have the superpower to control the weather. Whether it's a tornado, a rainstorm, or a thunderstorm, it's all within my control."
"If I don't want there to be wind here, no wind will appear."
Roy said calmly.
Although he didn't like the character of Storm very much, he had to admit that her superpowers were quite good.
In ancient times, Storm, who could control the weather, would definitely have been regarded as a god by the ancients.
"Just how many superpowers do you have?"
The White Queen continued to ask.
"As for how many exactly, I haven't counted, but it won't exceed a hundred."
Roy replied.
He knew he had a total of 11 cards now, but the issue was that not all cards had only one superpower.
Take the Storm card, for example.
Weather control was just Storm's primary superpower.
Besides controlling the weather, Storm also had the ability to summon Solar Storms and Cosmic Elemental Torrents, agility far beyond normal humans, owl-like night vision, and the ability to resist Telepathy.
Although she was curious about what other superpowers Roy had, the White Queen knew it wasn't the right time to ask and suppressed her curiosity for now.
After Roy dissipated the tornado created by Riptide, Angel and Banshee immediately flew towards Riptidewith Mystique and Darwin.
They hadn't experienced real combat before, but they weren't stupid; they knew that getting close to Riptidewas the only way to have a chance at defeating him.
Otherwise, they could only watch helplessly as Riptidecreated tornadoes to attack them.
Despite carrying someone, Angel and Banshee quickly flew in front of Riptide.
They first safely placed Mystique and Darwin on the beach, then opened their mouths simultaneously to attack Riptide.
Angel spat out a glob of highly corrosive acid.
Meanwhile, Banshee attacked Riptide with ultrasonic waves.
Riptide didn't just stand there waiting to die.
Seeing Angel and Banshee flying towards him, he began to spin his body frantically.
With his spinning, a tornado several meters wide formed in the blink of an eye.
This tornado protected Riptide like armor from all 360 degrees, with no blind spots.
Whether it was the acid spat by Angel or the ultrasonic attack from Banshee, they were all blocked by Riptide's tornado.
Not only that, but the chaotic air currents generated by the tornado also caused the two of them to lose their balance, unable to maintain a stable flight posture, stumbling in the air like headless flies.
Still too green!
Seeing Angel and Banshee fly straight at Riptide and launch an attack, Roy knew their efforts would be futile.
Riptide's superpower really wasn't that strong.
But regardless, Riptide was a Mutant with extensive combat experience.
If he were that easily defeated, he wouldn't be qualified to be a core member of the Hellfire Club.
Although the Hellfire Club in this Universe only had four people, Shaw still upheld the principle of quality over quantity and did not recruit Mutants on a large scale.
After the initial panic, Angel and Banshee finally stabilized their flight and landed safely on the beach next to Mystique and Darwin.
The four of them looked solemnly at the tornado completely enveloping Riptide, their brains working frantically to think of a way to defeat him.
Seeing them temporarily stop their attack, Roy's gaze fell upon Hank and the Red Devil.
It had to be said that after becoming the Beast, Hank, who originally wasn't good at fighting, immediately became an elite warrior skilled in close-quarters combat.
Although he hadn't learned any combat techniques, with physical attributes far beyond normal people and Beast-like instincts, he managed to fight the thousands-of-years-old Red Devil to a draw.
The Red Devil's Teleportation was indeed elusive, and his mastery of the scimitar in his hand was superb.
But his physical attributes were not as strong as Hank's.
More importantly, he didn't have any long-range attack superpowers.
This meant he could only attack Hank from close range.
And as soon as he teleported near Hank, Hank would immediately sense his arrival and counterattack.
Compared to Angel and Banshee's attack on Riptide, the battle between Hank and the Red Devil was not only faster-paced but also more aesthetically pleasing, no worse than any Hollywood action blockbuster.
Coupled with one having blue skin and an atavistic appearance, and the other having red skin and a devilish appearance, their battle had the feel of a duel of destiny.
Roy and the White Queen stood near the blackbird fighter jet, watching the battle between Hank and the Red Devil with interest.
Professor X and Magneto took this opportunity to begin their move.
Professor X remained on the beach, using Telepathy to guide Magneto.
Meanwhile, Magneto used his superpower to tear a hole in the nuclear submarine and entered it to search for Shaw's trail.
Seeing Magneto enter the submarine, Roy said to the White Queen, "I'm going in to take a look; you stay here."
"Mm-hmm!"
The White Queen nodded immediately without any hesitation.
Hearing the White Queen's answer, Roy immediately used Teleportation, vanishing from her sight and moving from the beach to the lounge of the nuclear submarine.
Not long after he teleported in, Magneto also came from the control room to the lounge.
"Shaw is mine!"
Seeing Roy, Magneto said quickly.
"Don't worry, I won't compete with you. I just came in to watch your battle for revenge."
Roy said casually.
That being said, his purpose for coming in wasn't just to admire Magneto's revenge up close, but also to be safe.
In terms of strength, the current Professor X and Magnetocombined were no match for Shaw.
In the movie, the main reason they could defeat Shaw was largely because they were the protagonists and Shaw was the villain.
Not only that, but Shaw losing to them also proved once again the rule that "the villain dies from talking too much."
Shaw in the movie had already gained the absolute upper hand.
If he hadn't insisted on saying those villainous things to Magneto, Magneto would never have had the chance to manipulate wires to remove his helmet.
If Magneto hadn't removed Shaw's helmet, Professor Xwouldn't have had the chance to freeze Shaw, allowing Magneto to turn the tables and pierce Shaw's brain with a coin, completing his final revenge.
Although Magneto and Professor X teamed up to defeat Shaw in the movie, it didn't mean that the Shaw of this Universe would make the same mistakes.
Roy's arrival had already changed the original plot to some extent.
Now that the plot had been altered, it was normal for Shaw to make changes as well.
Hearing Roy's answer, Magneto said nothing more and scanned the entire control room.
"No need to look; Shaw isn't here. He's in the Nuclear reactor room inside."
Roy pointed to a wall behind them.
Magneto looked towards the wall he mentioned.
On the white wall hung an oil painting over a meter wide.
Other than that, there was nothing; it didn't look like there was a secret door at all.
"Are you going to use Teleportation to take me in?"
Magneto asked directly, having no intention of searching for a hidden switch.
"You don't need me to take you in; he'll open the door to the reactor room himself in a moment."
"You want to kill him, and he wants to kill both you and me."
Roy said unhurriedly.
Although Shaw hadn't met him, Shaw must have learned from the Soviet Minister of Defense that he was the one who kidnapped the White Queen.
If Shaw hadn't known where Professor X's family estate was, he would have brought people to rescue the White Queen long ago.
"He will definitely die by my hand!"
Magneto looked at Roy with a serious expression.
Not long after he finished speaking, Shaw inside the reactor room took the initiative to open the door.
The wall with the oil painting and the door to the reactor room split open simultaneously, revealing a reactor room that looked like a hall of mirrors.
Shaw, dressed in a sharp suit and wearing a psychic shielding helmet, stood before the door, calmly looking at Roy and Magneto.
Seeing the two of them, Shaw said quickly, "Excellent, you're both here. Saves me the trouble of looking for you one by one."
Without any hesitation, Magneto immediately walked towards Shaw.
After thinking for a moment, Roy also walked towards Shaw.
Although he could use Telepathy, the reactor room had the effect of shielding telepathic signals.
If he stayed in the lounge, he wouldn't be able to witness the entire battle between Magneto and Shaw with his own eyes.
Soon, Roy and Magneto arrived in the reactor room.
As soon as they entered, the reactor room door closed again, and the mental connection between Professor Xand Magneto was forced to disconnect.
"I have a question: why are you standing on the side of humans? We are of the same kind."
"Why are you fighting for humans?"
"They are laggards on the path of evolution, destined to be phased out and perish."
"If they knew their rule over Earth was about to end, they would unite to hunt us down and wipe us out!"
Shaw looked Roy and Magneto over and spoke.
Neither Roy nor Magneto answered him.
As soon as Shaw finished, Magneto, without hesitation, stepped in front of him and threw an uppercut.
His fist struck Shaw's helmet hard.
Then, Shaw's head swayed in an eerie manner.
"About the prisoner-of-war camp, I'm sorry!"
Having said that, Shaw raised his right hand and lightly tapped Magneto's forehead with a finger.
Boom!
Magneto immediately felt a massive force, and he flew backward uncontrollably, crashing into the mirror-like wall and smashing spider-web-like cracks into it, destroying the wall's integrity.
When the gap appeared in the wall, Professor X once again sensed the mental signals of Roy and Magneto.
He didn't try to establish a mental connection with Roy, but connected directly to Magneto.
"Eric, whatever you're doing, keep doing it. I can sense you now."
Professor X's voice rang out in Magneto's mind.
After knocking Magneto back, Shaw's gaze fell on Roy, and he said to him, "Do you intend to just watch like this?"
"Just watching me with your eyes won't be enough to defeat me."
Roy looked at Shaw and said with a smile, "There's no need to provoke me. I know your superpower is energy absorption. Attacking you recklessly will only make you stronger."
"Besides, I'm just here to watch the show."
"He is your opponent."
Although Shaw's superpower was tricky, for Roy, killing Shaw wouldn't be much harder than killing an ordinary person.
He only needed to use the Intangibility ability granted by the fusion: Ghost Cat card, pass his hand through Shaw's heart or head, and then deactivate the superpower to easily kill him.
"It seems Emma revealed quite a bit of intel to you after falling into your hands."
"Since you're unwilling to act, I'll force your hand."
Just as he finished speaking, Shaw launched an attack on Roy.
He raised his right hand, aiming his palm at Roy.
Then, he converted the nuclear energy stored in his body into kinetic energy and released it from his right hand.
The released kinetic energy sped toward Roy in the form of a shockwave.
Intangibility!
Roy did not hesitate and immediately activated his Intangibility superpower.
Bang!
The rapidly approaching shockwave passed through his body and struck the mirror-like wall, shattering part of it like a cannonball
Chapter 161: Magneto's Speech
Black King Shaw's superpower is quite good.
But it also has weaknesses.
First of all, because his energy absorption is not an Omega-level superpower, the total amount and types of energy he can absorb are limited; he cannot infinitely absorb all types of energy.
For instance, he cannot absorb psychic energy.
Secondly, the energy Black King Shaw absorbs cannot be stored in his body for long; it can only be maintained for a period of time.
Roy was not sure exactly how long that was.
However, judging by Black King Shaw's performance, the storage time would not exceed a day.
Finally, even if Black King Shaw absorbs a large amount of energy, his physique will not be strengthened to a particularly ridiculous degree.
Compared to an ordinary person, he does indeed have a physique far exceeding that of a normal human after absorbing energy.
But his physical defensive power is still not considered strong.
It was precisely because of this that in the movie, after being immobilized by Professor X, he was killed by Magneto with a slowly flying coin.
Black King Shaw did not know what type of superpower the Intangibility Roy was currently using was.
Seeing the Impact he released pass directly through Roy's body like it was passing through air, he had a bad premonition.
However, he quickly calmed down.
He indeed didn't know what was going on with the Intangibility Roy was using, but he wasn't worried about Roy attacking him.
In his view, no matter how Roy attacked him, he could use his energy absorption superpower to neutralize Roy's attacks.
"Your superpower is very good!"
"There is absolutely no need for someone like you to risk your life for human nations like America and the Soviet Union!"
"Join the Hellfire Club, and I can give you the same status and power as mine!"
Black King Shaw sized Roy up and said quickly.
"Have you absorbed too much nuclear energy and broken your brain?"
"Give me the same status and power as yours?"
"Aren't you thinking a bit too highly of yourself and the Hellfire Club?"
Roy looked at Black King Shaw with a look as if he were looking at an idiot, speaking with a face full of disdain.
Giving him face, yet he doesn't want it!
Black King Shaw cursed inwardly, then continued: "I'll deal with Eric first, and then I'll play with you slowly!"
"Your superpower is very special, but it's not to the point of being completely unsolvable!"
"Once I find a way to counter your superpower, it will be the day you die!"
Roy didn't take Black King Shaw's threat to heart at all, saying unhurriedly: "Try to survive today first!"
While Roy and Black King Shaw were talking, the knocked-away Magneto stood up again.
Just as he was preparing to use his superpower to attack Black King Shaw, Black King Shaw took the initiative to come before him and raised his right hand to lightly touch him.
Black King Shaw didn't use much force.
But Magneto was still sent flying without any suspense, crashing into the mirror-like wall once again, directly shattering an entire mirror wall.
Black King Shaw converted the energy stored in his body into kinetic energy and released it onto Magneto.
"Everything I did to you back then was to make you a stronger person."
"I taught you to adapt to and use your superpower, turning you from a weakling who couldn't even truss a chicken into a powerhouse who can dominate his own destiny."
"You should thank me, not hate me!"
Black King Shaw looked at Magneto and spoke slowly.
"It's working, I can clearly see Shaw now, but I can't enter his brain!"
"The helmet he's wearing is preventing me from entering his brain; find a way to take off his helmet."
"If one person isn't enough, you can ask Roy for help; he definitely has a way to take off Shaw's helmet."
Professor X's voice rang out in Magneto's mind.
Although Roy didn't have a psychic shielding helmet like Black King Shaw's, the psychic shielding he naturally possessed was much stronger than a helmet.
Take right now, for example.
Professor X could not sense Roy's existence at all and could only see Roy through Magneto's perspective.
"Compared to back then, you've become much stronger."
"At that time, you could only manage to destroy iron gates and move some small metal objects."
"Now, you can even make a submarine fly."
"If your mother saw this scene, she would certainly be proud of you!"
Black King Shaw continued.
He didn't know that Roy also possessed the Magnetism Manipulation Superpower, instinctively assuming the person who had just controlled the submarine to fly was Magneto.
Upon hearing Black King Shaw mention his mother, an uncontrollable and intense killing intent immediately surfaced on Magneto's face.
Although he wished he could kill Black King Shawimmediately, he did not act impulsively.
He quickly got up and looked at the steel frames and pipes inside the damaged wall.
Then, he immediately had a plan.
Without any hesitation, he decisively exerted his superpower, his hands dancing continuously.
Under his control, the steel frames and pipes in the nuclear reaction chamber crashed through the mirror-like walls one after another, flying towards Black King Shaw.
Intangibility!
While Magneto was frantically attacking Black King Shaw, Roy once again used Intangibility.
He didn't want to be accidentally injured by Magneto.
Although his physique was very strong and he had amazing self-healing abilities, he still didn't want these steel frames and pipes to touch his body.
The steel frames and pipes carrying immense force did not injure Black King Shaw.
To be precise, they didn't even hit Black King Shaw.
Not only that, the kinetic energy carried in the steel frames and metal pipes was also absorbed by him, completely making up for the energy he had just consumed.
Soon, with Black King Shaw at the center, an irregular metal cage appeared.
Black King Shaw looked at Magneto with disdain, converting a small portion of the energy in his body into kinetic energy, directly flicking away the surrounding steel frames and pipes.
Then, he walked unhurriedly towards Magneto.
Seeing Black King Shaw walking towards him, Magnetoimmediately increased the intensity of his magnetism manipulation, attempting to push Black King Shaw away with the steel frames in front of him.
However, even though he had used all his strength, he still couldn't stop Black King Shaw from walking towards him.
After reaching him, Black King Shaw raised his left hand and pressed against the steel frame with a calm face.
After holding on for only a second or two, Magneto was pushed against the wall by Black King Shaw.
"I don't want to hurt you, I never wanted to, I only want to help you."
"Now is our era, we are the future of humanity; we shouldn't kill each other, but should instead unite to deal with ordinary people."
"The future belongs to us, we will replace ordinary people and become the new Masters of Earth!"
Even now, Black King Shaw was still unwilling to give up the opportunity to talk Magneto down.
After a few seconds of silence, Magneto looked at the exposed wires in the wall behind Black King Shaw and said slowly: "Everything you did to me wasn't to make me stronger, but to turn me into a weapon, a weapon to help you kill people."
"The future belongs to Mutants, but... you must die today!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the wires controlled by Magneto grabbed Black King Shaw's helmet like octopus tentacles and snatched it off.
At the same time, Magneto shouted loudly: "Charles, now!"
In fact, he didn't need to shout at all.
Professor X was still maintaining a mental connection with him; he only needed to think it in his mind, and Professor X would be able to read his thoughts.
However, Magneto still shouted it out with all his might.
Without any hesitation, Professor X immediately locked onto Black King Shaw and immobilized him with Telepathy.
It turned out just like that after all!
Seeing this scene, Roy sighed inwardly.
He had thought Black King Shaw wouldn't make the same mistake as in the movie and would directly give up on the idea of talking Magneto down.
It turned out he had overthought it.
Or rather, the villain dying because they talk too much was Black King Shaw's fate.
The immobilized Black King Shaw maintained the posture of turning around to try and grab the helmet, standing in place motionless like an exquisite wax statue.
"I can't control him for long, he has too much energy stored in his body!"
Professor X immediately spoke to Magneto via mental transmission.
Magneto did not answer Professor X; he let the steel frame blocking him fall to the ground, walked up to Black King Shaw, and sized him up with a satisfied expression.
Then, he manipulated the wires, bringing the psychic shielding helmet into his hands.
"Sorry, Charles!"
After saying that, Magneto did not hesitate and immediately put on the psychic shielding helmet.
Having put on the helmet, Magneto turned his head to look at Roy.
Seeing that Roy had no intention of stopping him, he said to the immobilized Black King Shaw:
"If you can hear me, I want to tell you that I actually agree with your views."
"Mutants are the future!"
"However, you killed my mother, so your future can only end here."
After speaking, Magneto took out that Nazi coin he always carried with him.
This coin was the very coin Black King Shaw had made him use to demonstrate his superpower back then.
Because he had failed to move the coin, Black King Shawhad killed his mother right in front of him.
The hatred and anger from his mother being killed had caused him to completely awaken his Magnetism Manipulation Superpower.
Or rather, it had allowed him to find the way to use his superpower.
"I'll count to three, and then I'll start moving the coin!"
Back then, Black King Shaw had also given him three seconds.
Now, he was likewise giving Black King Shaw three seconds.
Under his control, the coin floated up and flew towards Black King Shaw at a slow speed.
"One... two... three!"
At the moment Magneto counted to three, the coin happened to reach Black King Shaw's forehead and drilled in like a sharp blade.
Professor X, who was still maintaining a mental connection with Black King Shaw, immediately felt intense pain and shouted uncontrollably, forced to break the mental connection.
The coin, stained with blood and brain matter, flew out from the back of Black King Shaw's head and then fell to the ground under the influence of gravity.
"Congratulations, you've finally completed your revenge!"
Roy, having witnessed the entire process, spoke to Magneto.
Magneto didn't speak, but nodded.
After avenging his mother with his own hands, he had thought he would be very happy.
But now, he wasn't happy at all.
Not only that, there was also an indescribable sense of emptiness, as if his life had lost all meaning... Washington D.C.
Inside a huge Military briefing room in The Pentagon.
High-ranking officials from the American Military and government were seated around the huge round table in the conference room.
"The Soviets' concerns are the same as ours; Mutants have become the greatest threat to humanity."
"We will launch a joint attack on the Mutants on the island; we can eliminate the crisis on the island beforehand."
"Now is the last chance!"
A white-haired official in a suit spoke with righteous indignation.
As soon as he finished, CIA Director McCone, sitting next to him, spoke up: "We have an Agent on the beach."
"Just one Agent."
The official replied immediately.
"She is a very excellent Agent!"
McCone continued.
"Then she should have been prepared to sacrifice herself for the country long ago!"
Never mind just one Agent, even if it were a hundred CIAAgents, they couldn't stop America from attacking the Mutants on the island now... After spending two or three minutes, Magneto finally let his mood return completely to normal.
Under Roy's gaze, he continued to manipulate the wires, binding them around Black King Shaw's corpse.
Then, with a forceful wave of his right hand towards the hull of the submarine, he tore out a gap over two meters wide.
"Red Devil and Riptide are also our own kind; letting them live is better than killing them."
Magneto said to Roy.
"I don't care, do as you wish."
Roy said slowly.
He didn't even have the interest to kill Black King Shawhimself, so of course he wouldn't have the interest to kill Red Devil and Riptide.
In addition, he wouldn't forget that his dungeon mission this time had two requirements.
The first was to change Professor X's fate of disability.
The second was to become the new Master of the Hellfire Club.
Even if Red Devil and Riptide died, the Hellfire Clubwouldn't disappear, but it was better to spare their lives if possible.
After hearing Roy's answer, Magneto immediately manipulated the wires wrapped around Black King Shaw's corpse, making the corpse's arms spread out in a crucifix pose.
Then, he manipulated Black King Shaw's corpse to fly out.
"The battle is over!"
"There's no need for us to continue this internal strife!"
Magneto followed and flew out, shouting to Professor Xand the others.
Seeing Black King Shaw's corpse, Red Devil and Hankwere the first to stop fighting.
Riptide, who was still spinning frantically in the eye of the tornado, also stopped, dispersing the ever-growing tornado.
Under the gaze of Professor X and the others, Magnetofirst let Black King Shaw's corpse fall onto the beach before landing on the beach himself.
At the same time, Roy used teleportation to return to White Queen's side.
"Did you kill Shaw, or did he?"
When he returned, White Queen immediately asked.
"He did."
Roy replied.
White Queen nodded and said nothing more.
After landing on the beach, Magneto began his speech.
"Brothers and sisters, put down your hostility; we are of the same kind, not enemies."
At this point, he raised his left hand, pointing towards the American and Soviet fleets, and continued: "They are our true enemies!"
"I can feel their cannons being loaded and moving; they are aiming at us, trying to eliminate us here!"
"Americans, Soviets, all of humanity will unite in the face of unknown fear to deal with us."
"Fellow Mutants, these cavemen who have already fallen behind us on the path of evolution are preparing to wipe us out!"
After speaking, Magneto looked at Professor X and said to him: "Speak, Charles, tell me I've sensed wrong."
Professor X habitually pressed his finger to his temple and used Telepathy.
Without much effort, he sensed that the soldiers on the warships were making final preparations before firing, and his expression immediately became extremely ugly.
He didn't speak, but turned to look at Agent Moira.
Agent Moira immediately understood his meaning and ran towards the first-generation blackbird fighter jet, trying to use the radio to contact the fleet Commander.
Soon, she returned to the first-generation blackbird fighter jet's airfield, picked up the radio headset, and shouted into the microphone: "Fleet Commander, this is XB-7-0, please respond!"
"The beach is secure, the target is dead, stop the attack!"
"Repeat! Stop the attack!"
The radio clearly transmitted her words, but no one responded to her.
The unresponsive radio immediately made her realize that she too had been abandoned as a pawn, and a look of loneliness and sadness immediately surfaced on her face
Chapter 162: Magneto, the "Man of the Hour"
Agent Moira was slow to emerge from the prototype blackbird fighter jet.
Professor X used his Telepathy and locked onto Agent Moira.
The next second, his expression turned incredibly grim, and he turned to look at Magneto.
Although he didn't speak, his current expression was the best answer.
Realizing this, the expressions of Mystique, Hank, and the others also became extremely solemn, and everyone fell silent.
Unlike Mystique and Hank, Red Devil and Riptideremained as calm as ever.
Teleportation!
Without any hesitation, Red Devil immediately teleported in front of Riptide, ready to take him off the island at any moment.
However, the next second, the two of them stood frozen in place like statues.
Telepathy!
Roy didn't hesitate for a second, immediately using Telepathy to freeze them both.
Not long after he froze Red Devil and Riptide, the fleet Commanders of America and the Soviet Union gave the order to fire.
Boom, boom, boom, boom... The American and Soviet warships, already aimed at the island, opened fire, and various missiles and shells flew rapidly toward the island.
The first performance of Magneto, the "Man of the Hour," had arrived!
Roy looked at Magneto with great interest, anticipating his next move.
Although he could also use his Magnetism Manipulation Superpower to control these missiles, he didn't intend to do so.
If he acted, Magneto wouldn't have the chance to show off.
Within seconds, the missiles and shells arrived in front of Roy and the others.
At that moment, Magneto raised his right hand and activated his Magnetism Manipulation Superpower.
Under Magneto's control, the incoming shells and missiles seemed to be caught by an invisible net, stopping dead in mid-air.
The thrusters at the back of the missiles were still spewing flames, and the kinetic energy of the shells hadn't been fully exhausted.
Even so, these missiles and shells couldn't advance another centimeter, forcibly held in the air.
The officers and soldiers on the American and Soviet warships watched this bizarre scene in disbelief.
Mystique, Hank, and the others also hadn't expected Magneto to neutralize the American and Soviet fleet's attack in such a way.
After stopping all the incoming missiles and shells, Magneto didn't stop using his superpower.
Under his control, the missiles and shells began to turn around one after another.
"Eric, don't!"
"You said it yourself, we are better than them, and now is the best chance to prove it!"
Realizing Magneto intended to hurl the missiles and shells back at the warships, Professor X spoke immediately.
Magneto still didn't stop, continuing to manipulate the missiles and shells.
"There are thousands of people on those ships!"
"They are innocent; they are just following orders from their superiors!"
Professor X continued.
Hearing his words, Magneto said slowly, "I once spared people who were just following orders, and the result was my mother being killed."
"I will not make the same mistake again!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Magneto's right hand swept out forcefully.
The redirected missiles and shells immediately flew toward the American and Soviet warships.
"Eric, stop!"
Professor X shouted loudly.
At this point, Magneto naturally wouldn't stop just because of Professor X's words, and he steered the missiles and shells toward the warships at high speed.
Finding himself unable to persuade Magneto to stop, Professor X didn't hesitate and immediately ran toward Magneto, intending to stop him physically.
Soon, he reached Magneto's side and tackled him to the ground.
As Magneto fell, some of the missiles and shells lost control and exploded in the air like fireworks.
Professor X pinned Magneto to the beach, trying to remove the psychic-shielding helmet Magneto was wearing.
Once the helmet was off, he could use Telepathy to freeze Magneto.
"I don't want to hurt you, you're forcing me!"
Magneto said as he gave Professor X an elbow strike, knocking him over.
The next second, he flipped over and straddled Professor X, who had a pained expression on his face.
This position is a bit inappropriate for children!
Seeing Magneto and Professor X's movements, the first thing that popped into Roy's mind wasn't to stop them, but that their current posture was a bit suggestive, easily bringing other things to mind.
Unlike him, when Mystique, Hank, and the others saw this, they immediately rushed toward Magneto, trying to pull them apart.
However, they had only run a few steps when Magnetonoticed their intentions.
"Back off!"
Magneto shouted, immediately locking onto the metal parts on their uniforms and giving them a push through the air.
Without any suspense, Mystique and the others were all sent flying backward, landing heavily on the sand.
After forcing Mystique and the others back, Magnetopinned the struggling Professor X with one hand while controlling the remaining missiles and shells with the other.
"Eric, you can't do this!"
Professor X struggled frantically, raising his hands to repeatedly strike Magneto while continuing to shout.
His struggle not only failed to change the situation of being pinned by Magneto but also thoroughly enraged Magneto.
Thud!
After being hit a few times by Professor X, Magnetoraised his right hand and punched Professor X in the head.
Magneto didn't hold back with this punch, making Professor X experience an intense pain he had never felt before, causing him to involuntarily stop resisting.
When he stopped resisting, Magneto stood up and accelerated the flight speed of the missiles and shells.
The first civil war between the best friends Magneto and Professor X was over!
It was time to step in and put an end to this matter!
After reflecting internally for a moment, Roy also activated his Magnetism Manipulation Superpower.
As he acted, the missiles and shells flying toward the American and Soviet warships once again came to a bizarre halt in the air.
Although both were manipulating magnetic fields, whether it was in terms of range, strength, or precision, Roy far surpassed the current Magneto.
Never mind that Magneto was only controlling missiles and bullets now; even if Magneto were controlling the Earth's magnetic field like in the movie 'X-Men: Apocalypse,' Roy could still disrupt his control.
Before the missiles and shells attacking the warships had even stopped, Magneto noticed Roy's intervention.
He had originally intended to compete with Roy's control ability.
But soon, he realized he was no match for Roy at all, being completely suppressed by him.
"Are you going to stand on their side too?"
Magneto lowered his right hand and asked Roy.
"No, I'm not standing on their side. I just don't want my students to become the number one most wanted fugitives of America and the Soviet Union starting tomorrow."
Roy said with a casual expression.
"I don't mind being wanted by them!"
Magneto said quickly.
"I do!"
"I can't control what you do in the future."
"But today, I will not let you destroy the American and Soviet warships."
As Roy spoke, he detonated the missiles and shells flying toward the warships.
Boom, boom, boom, boom... The missiles and shells about to hit the warships exploded in the air like fireworks!
Seeing this, Magneto stopped using his superpower.
Although he could still directly manipulate the American and Soviet warships, it was clear that Roy would not let him.
After detonating all the missiles and shells, Roy released the freeze on Red Devil and Riptide, returning control of their bodies to them.
Then, he glanced at Professor X, Magneto, and the others, saying calmly, "Shaw is dead, and the Hellfire Club is now without a Master."
"I intend to take over the Hellfire Club. If any of you want to join, you can come over to my side now."
"By the way, Eric, you don't have a choice. You must join."
What?
Hearing his words, Magneto and Professor X both showed surprised expressions.
Not just them, even White Queen hadn't expected him to want to take over the Hellfire Club.
As the only person on the scene who knew Roy came from another Universe, she had thought that once this matter was over, Roy would take her away from this Universe.
She didn't expect that Roy actually wanted to take over the Hellfire Club.
Although she didn't know why Roy had such a plan, she didn't overthink it and immediately said, "I was already a member of the Hellfire Club."
"More importantly, wherever you are, I will be!"
White Queen was the first to state her position.
After she finished, Raze followed up, "I haven't learned how to release optic blasts from my fingers yet. I plan to continue studying with you for a while."
After saying that, he looked at Professor X apologetically and nodded to him.
Then, he quickly moved to Roy's side.
Once Raze had made his choice, Mystique went to Professor X and said, "Charles, I..."
Before she could finish, Professor X raised his right hand and gently stroked Mystique's long burgundy hair, saying slowly, "It's okay, go. I've always treated you like a child and ignored your feelings."
"Although Roy does things a bit willfully, he isn't a bad person. Following him isn't a bad thing."
Though he was loath to see her go, after what happened last night, he knew Mystique was going to leave him.
Mystique didn't say anything, but hugged Professor Xtightly.
Standing on tiptoe, she kissed Professor X on the forehead, then let go and walked toward Roy.
Red Devil and Riptide exchanged looks.
The next second, Red Devil grabbed Riptide's shoulder and used Teleportation to appear by Roy's side.
Seeing Mystique go to Roy's side, Angel turned to look at Darwin and Banshee beside her.
After thinking for a moment, she gave Darwin and Banshee a hug, flapped the wings on her back, flew in front of Roy, and said, "Can I join too?"
"Of course!"
"You are one of us!"
Roy replied.
If he had any other choice, Magneto didn't really want to join the Hellfire Club.
Although he took over the Hellfire Club in the movie and rescued White Queen from her imprisonment at the CIA, at this moment, he hadn't accidentally injured Professor Xas he had in the movie, which would have left Professor Xparalyzed for life.
More importantly, Roy had just stopped him from attacking the American and Soviet warships with missiles and shells.
Standing in place and remaining silent for over ten seconds, Magneto sighed helplessly and walked toward Roy.
Roy had already made it very clear: he had no choice and must join.
When his strength was inferior to another's, no matter how unwilling he was, his only choice now was to join the Hellfire Club.
When Magneto stood before him, Roy said to him, "I won't stay in the Hellfire Club for long. After I leave, you will be the new Master of the Hellfire Club."
"I know you're upset, but I can tell you clearly that with your current strength alone, you cannot stand against all nations by yourself."
"If you want to help other Mutants, you need your own power and partners."
Magneto looked at Roy with a surprised expression.
Roy didn't say anything more, patted him on the shoulder, and walked toward Professor X.
Soon, he arrived in front of Professor X.
Just as Professor X wanted to say something, Roy spoke first, "Don't worry, I have no interest in becoming someone like Shaw. You don't have to worry that I'll become a terrorist after taking over the Hellfire Club."
"The estate in the suburbs of New York is quite suitable for a school."
"The existence of Mutants is no longer a secret. If you want to help other Mutants, you can consider setting up a school specifically for them."
"You would be a good teacher, and Hank and Darwin can help you out."
"Finally, I'll give you one more piece of personal advice."
"I know you don't want to be an enemy of the authorities, but if you want them to be reasonable, you must have the strength to make them sit down and be reasonable."
"The cerebro that Hank invented is quite good; you should consider building one in the school."
"With the help of cerebro, whether it's finding suitable students or negotiating with the authorities, things will be much more convenient."
Although Professor X was somewhat idealistic and indecisive, he was not a bad person by any means.
Let's leave it at that.
Without him, many Mutants wouldn't live to see adulthood.
"Actually, you don't need to take over the Hellfire Club."
"Although we haven't spent much time together, I can tell that you're not very interested in power or wealth."
"If I'm not mistaken, you're taking over the Hellfire Club to give other Mutants more choices."
"Besides that, you also hope the existence of the Hellfire Club will make the authorities realize that Mutants are not soft targets that can be pushed around at will."
"We can work together like before; there's no need to split into two factions."
Professor X frowned and said slowly.
"Putting all your eggs in one basket is not a good habit."
"Alright, let's not talk about this anymore."
"You guys take the blackbird fighter jet back to New York. If I have time, I'll come to New York to find you."
Roy said slowly.
Professor X wanted to say something more, but before he could open his mouth, Roy used Teleportation to appear in front of White Queen and Magneto, put on his suspension ring, and performed a Portal Spell...