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“How exciting.
Hawking subconsciously glanced at the abyss in front of him. His base instinct were provoked.
The body of an eleven or twelve year old has already entered puberty, and coupled with the soul of an adult in the previous life, it is inevitable that there will be some reaction to this beautiful scenery so close.
Maybe this is the benefit of being reborn as a child.
“It will be better soon.”
Finally, Storm rubbed Hawking’s head and stood up.
She had only thought of Hawking as a child, so she didn’t expect him to get excited.
Hawking coughed awkwardly, and then said:
“Piotr hadn’t been able to contact the professor, and yesterday’s intruders targeted the Cerebro. Logan told me that the professor’s ability was needed to use the Cerebro.
“I suspect those people have captured the professor and want to do something with him and the Cerebro.”
Everyone was shocked to hear Hawking’s analysis, which was so close to the truth.
Logan walked up to Hawking.
“Don’t underestimate Hawking. He killed most of the invading soldiers yesterday. He even crushed ten attack helicopters.
“Without him, I would’ve been in great trouble.
“I suggest that you take him into account in your meetings and mission plans!”
Hawking had talked to him in the morning, asked for a lot of information, and made his own guesses and judgments, most of which matched the intelligence brought by Magneto.
Coupled with his display of strength yesterday, Wolverine felt that he could trust Hawking.
Of course, it was certainly not because Hawking threatened to tell the professor about the two smoking and drinking together last night!
“How extraordinary!”
Magneto looked at Hawking with admiration in his eyes. He wished he could immediately recruit him into his brotherhood of mutants and train him.
With such strength and wisdom at a young age, he will definitely be an elite among the elite when he grows up.
If he can be won over, he will be one of his generals.
“But he’s still a kid.”
Storm and Jean obviously objected to bringing Hawking, a child, into the thick of battle, regardless of Hawking’s prowess.
In their eyes, children are still children no matter how capable they are, and they should not be allowed to go to the battlefield.
“He is not an ordinary child, but a warrior. I think he’s better prepared than you, Charles’ garden flowers!”
Magneto stepped forward.
He wanted to increase Hawking’s impression of him. Children often lack a sense of identity, and if he could dye Hawking’s identity with his own, Hawking would surely follow him.
On the other hand, he really did believe what he said. Except for Wolverines, the X-men were all little babies. They might have learned how to use their abilities from Charles, but they had no conviction and ruthlessness.
They were as naive as Charles, unable to finish off wounded enemies even if it would endanger themselves.
If Charles had been ruthless enough to kill Magneto, the brotherhood would’ve been finished long ago.
“Flowers, you say? Then what that makes you, the person who lost to those flowers last year and was sent to prison?”
Wolverine raised his right hand and extended the metal claw in the middle towards Magneto, as if giving a middle finger.
Magneto just smiled when he saw this:
“Your memory is much too short.”
Magneto had defeated Wolverine by manipulating the Adamantium in Wolverine’s bones. He can bring Wolverine to fate worse than death with a mere thought.
Mystique on the side stepped forward and touched Wolverine’s chin, mocking him just like Magneto.
“You won’t be so lucky next time.”
“Now, now, this isn’t the time to settle old scores. Don’t we need to think about how to rescue the professor?”
Seeing the spark of conflicts in the air, Hawking quickly stepped in to defuse the situation.
After hearing what Hawking, one of the children, said, it was really hard for both parties to continue arguing.
“That makes sense. For the safety of Charles and the entire mutant population, we really need to work together this time.”
Magneto nodded.
Wolverine also put away his claws.
Hawking stepped forward and held Storm with one hand and Phoenix with the other and said:
“I know you are doing it for my own good, but the current situation is special. For the sake of the professor, the school, and all mutants including my sister and brother, I must join the mission.
“Rest assured. I grew in the war-torn Sokovia, I know how to handle combat and protect myself. I would prioritize my own safety.”
Looking at Hawking’s firm eyes, Storm and Phoenix looked at each other, and finally nodded helplessly.
They could only sigh and praised in their heart, what a good child!
“That old man over there is a bad guy, so don’t trust what he says too much.”
Storm squatted down and leaned against Hawking’s ear, whispering while pointing at Magneto.
Hawking was still young, so she was afraid that he would be led astray by Magneto’s crooked theories.
“Don’t worry, I won’t be fooled by that old man so easily.”
Hawking smiled and winked.
Everyone gathered in the conference room prepared by Colossus and began to discuss their action plan.
Magneto told all the information he knew.
“That’s what happened. The information I have now is that Stryker has rebuilt the Cerebro in his base, and only needed a suitable host to complete it.
“If he really controls Charles and can use the Cerebro to kill all mutants, then all of you will die except me.
“I still can’t determine the specific location of Stryker’s experimental base yet. “
Magneto tapped his helmet.
His helmet could block Professor X’s psychic invasion, as well as any other mental attacks.
His intent was clear: even if worst come to the worst, he would still fine, so he was here out of kindness of his heart. The X-Men should be grateful and trust him.
“But one of you would know that already.”
“Professor has tried, but I still can’t restore my memory.”
Wolverine frowned.
According to Magneto, he was captured by Stryker and transformed in that experimental base, but he has lost those memories.
“Oh, you thought it was all about you, huh?”
Magneto smiled mockingly at Wolverine.
“The old man should be talking about him.”
At this time, Hawking opened his mouth and pointed at Nightcrawler.
“Since he was controlled by Stryker to attack the president, there is a high probability that he has been to the experimental base. Professor Jean can use telepathy to read his memory, and then we may be able to find clues about the base.”
His wisdom was his strongest weapon. He needed to show everyone here that he was not a mere child.
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