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“Yes, it seems that you’re the only one other than Charles that have some brain cells.”
Magneto looked at Hawking with even more appreciation.
Phoenix wasted no time and walked towards Nightcrawler. She whispered some words before concentrating on reading his memory.
It didn’t take long for her to extract the location of the Stryker experimental base from Nightcrawler’s blocked memories.
“It’s at the Alkali Lake Industrial Complex in the Canadian Rockies.”
“Impossible. I just came back from there. It’s already been abandoned. There’s nothing there except a few wolves.”
Wolverine had a look of disbelief on his face.
Phoenix explained:
“The base isn’t in the industrial complex above the ground, but built under the dam of Alkali Lake itself.”
After the location of the base is determined, the next step is to send out the personnel.
They determined for Magneto, Mystique, Wolverine, Storm, Phoenix, Nightcrawler and Hawking to go in the mission, with Colossus staying behind to take care of the children.
But at the end, Hawking raised an objection.
“I think we should let Professor Jean to stay and protect the student, while Piotr go with us to rescue the professor.”
He didn’t want Phoenix to go to the base. If she was overstimulated and broke through the mental barrier that Professor X had placed in her brain, it would turn into a major natural disaster.
As a level 5 mutant, Jean possesses the power of the Phoenix, one of the three ancient powers. When she unleashes her full power, she would be no weaker than even fully-powered Wanda with the power of Chaos Magic.
It’s just that the accident in her childhood that killed her mother had caused a multiple personality disorder.
The main personality was her current kind character, but she was hiding a dark and murderous personality within.
In order to prevent Phoenix from losing control, Professor X used his psychic energy to build a barrier in her brain, temporarily restraining the dark personality.
Therefore, the ability strength displayed by the Phoenix was only at level 3 instead of her full level 5.
If not stimulated, the kind personality of the future Phoenix will slowly develop and fully control the power of the Phoenix, and will eventually be able to completely eliminate the dark personality.
“Piotr had only been training for a short while. He couldn’t compare with Jean.”
Storm frowned and objected.
Hawking began to explain seriously.
“That is why I suggested Professor Jean to stay. The safety of the students here is also important.
“The combat at the school last night must’ve alarmed the local police department. The area must be surrounded by cops and government personnel right now.
“Perhaps among them are Stryker’s men.
“If this shelter is discovered, the safety of the students will be jeopardized.
“Professor Jean has the same mind control ability as Professor Charles. She could help misdirect the police and protect the students.”
“I think what Mr. Hawking said makes a lot of sense.”
Magneto was the first to agree when he heard this.
He was not concerned about the safety of the students in the school. He simply thought of Jean as a hindrance.
In contrast, Piotr, who can turn his body into metal, was fully under his ability’s control, just like Logan.
“The little monkey has some points. Jean, you should stay and keep the students safe.”
Wolverine also agreed with Hawking’s point of view, because he liked Jean and didn’t want her to join the mission where she could be injured.
Considering that what Hawking said did make sense, Storm finally agreed.
“Logan, promise me you will rescue Scott!”
Seeing that everyone agreed, Phoenix had no choice but to nod, but she made one last request to Wolverine.
Professor X was kidnapped by Stryker, and Cyclops, who was responsible for protecting Professor, naturally was also captured.
Cyclops was Jean’s boyfriend.
“Stryker had only obtained the Cerebro mainframe last night. It would take time for him to assemble and troubleshoot.
“For now, let’s get a good rest. We would depart at night to launch attack in the morning!”
After the personnel for the operation were decided, Magneto also determined the time for the operation.
Everyone didn’t sleep well last night, especially Magneto who escaped from prison and Storm who went to Boston to find Nightcrawler. They didn’t sleep at all, so the most important thing now is to re-calibrate their bodies.
Hawking has no objection to this. His protagonist template has not yet finished cooling down, so he also needed some time.
…
Hawking came straight to the basement of the villa after the meeting.
In addition to a lot of food that can be stored for a long time, there are also many daily necessities here.
“Found it!”
After some searching, he finally found what he needed from a box – sunglasses.
“It’s a pity that they are all children’s toys.”
He picked a Mickey Mouse-shaped one and stuffed it into his pocket before leaving the basement.
Why look for sunglasses?
Because tonight happened to be full moon. If he looks directly at the moon without wearing sunglasses, he would turn into a ruthless and irrational giant ape.
Of course, this was also his biggest trump card in this operation.
If he encountered a crisis beyond even the protagonist template’s power, then he could transform into a giant ape as a last resort. Giant ape form amplified his strength by a factor of ten.
As for the others…he could only pray for them.
“Logan, I’m sorry, you’re nice and charming, but I choose Scott, so… don’t do this again.”
When he walked out of the basement, Hawking happened to catch Wolverine and Phoenix kissing passionately. After the passionate kiss, Hawking heard Phoenix’s decision to reject Wolverine and choose Cyclops.
Both Wolverine and Cyclops liked Phoenix, but ultimately Phoenix had chosen Cyclops, who had been with her day and night for more than ten years.
“Oh, to be in love and heartbroken. Would you like a cigarette?”
Hawking pulled a cigarette from the box in his pocket and offered it to Wolverine.
“Thank you. Maybe Scott is more suitable for her than me.”
Wolverine comforted himself.
He is a lone wolf who has lost his memory and has been wandering around in search of himself. Even if he occasionally returns here, it is only a temporary stop.
“Hey, why is this cigarette look so familiar?”
“Yeah, I picked a box of it on the ground.”
“Picked it up? I dropped it while drinking yesterday!”
“Well, it’s mine now.”
“That’s my last box, give it back to me!”
“Logan, don’t be so rude. It’s really embarrassing for an adult like you to snatch things from a child. Okay, okay, I’ll give it to you. I’ll give it all to you, okay?”
“You’re still a kid. This thing is really bad for you. Let me hold on to it until you really need it.”
“Hahaha, just kidding, I don’t really smoke.”
Hawking didn’t have the protagonist template loaded, so while he was stronger than ordinary people, he was much weaker than Wolverine. Wolverine ultimately got the cigarette pack back.
However, his last words also made Logan depressed for a while. It echoed in his mind for a long time.
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