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“S.H.I.E.L.D.?”
Professor X had a puzzled look when he heard the term.
Professor X was no stranger to the CIA. After all, he had cooperated with the CIA during the event of Liberty Island. He even fell in love with a female CIA Agent.
But he never heard of S.H.I.E.L.D..
He tried to telepathically read their memories, but he found that his ability couldn’t activate.
“We used to be called Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistic Division. By the way, Professor Charles, don’t try to control me with your abilities.
“I’ve come here to arrest you, so I naturally came prepared!”
Nick Fury tapped a circular device on his neck, glowing with blue light.
The brainwave interference device is modified from the device used by the Kree supreme intelligence to control Captain Marvel’s thoughts. It can perform a certain degree of mental intrusion and protection.
The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1963 was actually an incident caused by the mutant Black Emperor. Nick Fury had inherited the CIA intelligence on the matter after taking office as director.
Knowing the extent of Magneto and Professor X’s power, he hadn’t dared to take direct actions against the mutant factions.
But the mutants had attacked the president. This was a threshold that he couldn’t ignore. He also happened to obtain devices that could resist Professor X’s power, which emboldened him to take actions.
“I think there’s a misunderstanding…”
X The professor did not want to conflict with government agencies, so he patiently explained what happened.
Unfortunately, Nick Fury wasn’t so easily persuaded.
“Needless to say, I will find out the real answer after I take you into our custody. If we can prove that the assassination of the president has nothing to do with you and you are willing to sign an agreement, then I can consider letting you go back.”
The identity of the mastermind behind the attack on the president didn’t actually matter. Even if Professor X really was innocent, he still couldn’t let the professor and X-Men go on with their business.
For humans, the mutants would always be a time bomb. While he didn’t intend to exterminate mutants, he couldn’t let them do as they wish without supervision either.
The best outcome would be to take both leaders of the prominent mutant factions, Magneto and Professor X, under his control.
“I’m sorry, but I cannot leave the safety of my students in the hands of a government agency that doesn’t understand them.”
Professor X shook his head.
Despite his idealism, he wasn’t so naive as to believe that the government agencies will treat the mutants equally and release them from custody after confirming the facts.
He had made this mistake once before, and paid its price dearly. All his students were forced into a cruel battlefield. They all either died or turned into experiment subjects by ruthless opportunists.
He was put into a long bout of depression before he could pull himself on his feet.
So after the school opened again, he began to train students who could fight and induct them into X-Men to protect all his students from destruction.
He believes that the entire human race will eventually go on the right path and create a better future with mutants, but until that time comes, the mutants would have to protect themselves,
“That is unfortunate. I would have to deal with you the same as I dealt with Mr. Eric over here!”
Captain Marvel, Captain Carter, Black Widow, Hawkeye and three heavily armed S.H.I.E.L.D. agent teams launched an attack right after Nick Fury finished his sentence.
Previously, because they were worried about being affected by Magneto’s ability, the three S.H.I.E.L.D. agents had been hiding in the distance, led by Agent May.
But Magneto had been taken down, and they all wore devices to block mind control, so they could participate in combat.
“X-Men! Prepare for combat!”
Professor X had no choice but to order the X-Men into battle.
Storm’s eyes turned white as she activated her powers, and the sky suddenly became covered with dark clouds. Under her control, lightning struck at the gun-wielding S.H.I.E.L.D. agents.
Wolverine and Deathstrike regained their consciousness and let out their Adamantium claws before rushing towards Captain Carter, Black Widow and May.
Cyclops opened his eyes and unleashed his power at Captain Marvel, who was wrapped in energy in the air.
Colossus turned into steel and stood in front of Cyclops and Storm, helping them block the bullets fired at them.
The Christian Nightcrawler, who has little combat experience, is responsible for protecting Professor X and guarding Stryker from escaping in the chaos.
“Watch out!”
At this time, a sharp arrow, at a very special and sinister angle, escaped Colossus’ defense and shot towards Storm, who was controlling the weather and lightnings.
It was Hawkeye Barton who was hiding in a corner. He decided to launch a sneak attack against Storm, whose power was very effective in controlling the field and keeping most of the S.H.I.E.L.D. agents away.
“Hold it for me!”
Hawking threw his new Adamantium staff at Nightcrawler and reached for his Ruyi staff.
In the grand scheme of things, most of S.H.I.E.L.D. would pose no threat to the X-Men. The real threat was Captain Marvel.
The Captain Marvel of Earth-838 was not the hardheaded Carol Denver, but her best friend Maria Rambeau. This Captain Marvel might not be as strong, but she was definitely on a different class.
She could even defeat Eric.
Hawking’s priority was to clear up the ads and let everyone work together to help Cyclops against Captain Marvel.
Hawking accurately knocked away the arrows shot by Hawkeye with the Ruyi Jingu Bang, and rushed in a flash towards Hawkeye’s hideout.
Hawkeye wasn’t very powerful, but his arrows were very tricky, especially in group fights. He was also tactical enough to target the high-profile opponent Storm and Cyclops first.
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
Hawking’s appearance was that of a child, but Hawkeye knew better than to be careless. He shot arrows in quick succession at Hawking, each having different effect like electric shock, tranquilizers, slime, etc.
“Afterimage!”
However, Hawking wasn’t playing around either. He left a series of afterimages so he could rush at Hawkeye unimpeded.
“Stay down.”
With his absolute strength and speed advantage, Hawking knocked Hawkeye out with his staff.
But before Hawking could help the others, Cyclops was already near his limit.
Captain Marvel flew in the air, resisting Cyclops’ beam and even pushing back, slowly approaching him.
If Captain Marvel got close to him, Cyclops would probably be killed in one move.
Storm also noticed this and quickly concentrated all her lightning to attack Captain Marvel together with Cyclops, which slowed Captain Marvel down.
But she only slowed down, not stopped. Captain Marvel was still approaching them.
“Kamehameha!”
Hawking rushed to assist them, unleashing a full-force Kamehameha at Captain Marvel’s face.
Because Captain Marvel’s strength was concentrated on fighting Cyclops and Storm, she was caught off guard and was knocked away.
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