Chapter 93: black phoenix
This ex-girlfriend is a bit fierce!
After confirming glances, she's the kind of woman Mo Fei can't afford to provoke.
Jean!
Phoenix Jean!
She's the black phoenix who usually looks gentle and elegant, but when she gets angry, she can blow up the Earth.
The Phoenix Force is an incredibly powerful force in the Marvel Universe's Multiverse, an embodiment of the primordial cosmic life force and emotional energy, and also the nexus of all minds. It's an extremely buggy existence, one could say.
When fully unleashed, it can even contend with Skyfather-level figures like Odin.
Of course, developing the Phoenix Force to that extent is no easy feat.
"Jean, why are you here?" Mo Fei forced a smile, his face a little pale, and sweat inexplicably beaded on his forehead. Not for anything else, but because he remembered the reason he broke up with Jean... If Jean ever went berserk, he would definitely be the first to go!
"What, am I not welcome?" Jean smiled gracefully, still so gentle and elegant.
"Of course, you're welcome! Please, come in, come in!" Mo Fei quickly stepped aside, letting Jean walk in.
Scott maintained his cool guy facade, forcibly suppressing the urge to beat up this scumbag who had made his goddess, whom he secretly admired, sad. He was about to follow Jean inside—
Bang!
As soon as Jean walked through the door, Mo Fei slammed it shut with a bang.
Scott: "..."
"Mo Fei, you're old enough, can you stop acting like a child and constantly targeting Scott?" Jean said helplessly.
"Targeting him? I'm not targeting him? Why are you suddenly asking that?"
"Then why did you shut him out?"
"Shut him out? Are you saying Scott came with you? Why didn't I see him?" Mo Fei opened the door in surprise and indeed saw Scott wearing large glasses: "Oh, you really came! Where did you hide? Playing hide-and-seek with me, huh? Naughty!"
Scott: "..."
Damn it, I've been standing right behind Jean the whole time, such a big person, and you're telling me you didn't see me? What the hell kind of hide-and-seek, I'm naughty my ass!
Sitting in the living room, Mo Fei looked at Jean very, very sincerely and said, "It really wasn't my intention to cheat on you back then. That was just a little joke Kitty and I made, and I didn't expect her to be too young to understand and actually take it seriously, then she kept chasing me! I only pretended to agree to her because I was looking out for her youth and didn't want to hurt her. In fact, at that time, I didn't have any improper thoughts about her at all!"
Hmm, the reason Mo Fei and Jean broke up back then was because Mo Fei cheated, and the object of his infidelity was Jean's student—Kitty Pryde!
Kitty was only 15 at the time, at the age of first love. When she saw a handsome, gentle, and charming older brother at the school, who was also quite flirtatious and liked to tease people, she fell for him. Is there anything wrong with that?
"Do you believe what you're saying?" Scott interjected coldly from the side.
"Huh? Scott? Why are you at my house? When did you arrive? You didn't even say anything beforehand, I would have gone to greet you!" Mo Fei looked at Scott with a surprised expression.
Scott: "..."
You're just going to pretend I don't exist, aren't you?
"Mo Fei, let bygones be bygones, don't bring it up again." Jean shook her head, then said seriously, "We came to see you today for something important!"
"Important business? What important business?"
"Mo Fei, do you know about your sister?" Jean asked, her hands clasped on her red dress, her posture elegant and her manner very formal.
"What kind of question is that? She's my sister, how could I not know about her?" Mo Fei was completely bewildered, wondering why Jean suddenly came to him for such a bizarre matter.
"Then do you know she is a Mutant?"
"A Mutant?" Mo Fei's voice suddenly rose three octaves, filled with disbelief. Besides being a top assassin who could use Bullet Time and Curved Shot, Mindy was also a Mutant?
"That's impossible, are you sure you haven't mistaken her for someone else?"
Does Mindy have more cheats than I do?
"She's right, I am a Mutant!" Mindy emerged from the kitchen, her small face tightly set, not knowing what she was thinking. Taking off her apron, she took a deep breath and said to Mo Fei, "I awakened my ability when I was 5 years old. Mom and Dad knew, but they wouldn't let me tell you!"
"But!" Mindy's gaze sharpened as she looked at Jean, "How did you know?"
Feeling Mindy's deep hostility, Jean quickly explained, "The headmaster of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is Professor X, one of the most powerful Mutants in the World. His telepathic abilities can connect to everyone on this World. The Professor has a very broad mind. He often tries to find potential Mutants in this World and bring them to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters so they can live with their own kind and not be persecuted by certain ambitious individuals. When you used your ability last time, the Professor happened to sense it, so he had been paying attention to you for a while. However, your ability is highly concealed, and he couldn't locate you. You used your ability again today, which allowed him to pinpoint your location and discover your true identity."
Mindy thought for a moment. The last time she used her ability was to steal the parchment Mo Fei valued so much from Mo Youqian. Today, she used her ability to help Ji Ze'er escape from the FBI's encirclement. It seemed both times were for her troublesome older brother.
"Then what exactly do you want from me?" Mindy asked.
"According to the Professor, your ability is very powerful and very dangerous. He wants to invite you to study at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters so we can better protect you! Because if some ambitious people discover your ability, it will inevitably cause a huge stir, make the ambitious restless, and bring great danger to yourself and your family!"
"No!!!" Still processing the news that Mindy had even more cheats than him, Mo Fei, who was in a daze, immediately and emphatically objected upon hearing Jean's words: "Mindy is my... my sister!!! She always has been, always will be! I will not allow anyone to take her away from me! No matter what happens, under any circumstances!"
Listening to Mo Fei's words, Mindy's tense feelings towards him immediately relaxed. Her slender, fair fingers, clasped behind her back, intertwined happily, a little joy bubbling up.
Hmph, you idiot, at least you're finally living up to how good I've been to you!
Because in the Marvel Universe worldview, the interaction between ordinary humans and Mutants is truly an awkward matter. From a scientific perspective, the genetic sequence of Mutants is fundamentally different from ordinary humans; they can even be considered two different races, only distant relatives!
So, because of the Mutant issue, it's not uncommon for close family members who once had no conflicts to suddenly turn into mortal enemies.
When Iceman went home, he was reported by his own brother! It wasn't because his brother had a grudge against him, but simply because he became a Mutant!
Mindy was also afraid that Mo Fei, upon learning she was a Mutant, would at least distance himself from her, even if he didn't hate her. Even though this possibility was small, after all, Mo Fei also had a Mutant girlfriend like Jean!
But sometimes, a girlfriend is not the same as a sister. A man might go against his parents for a girlfriend, severing father-son or mother-son relationships, but would he do the same for a sister?