Chapter 1001

He was Otto's son.

If Otto knew that Reed might have been a mutant when he was a child, and he chose to hide the results of this research after successfully suppressing Reed's mutant gene, then the logic would make sense!

Because he didn't want people to know Reed was a mutant.

But this derived another problem.

Why was Otto so sure that Reed would awaken mutant genes?

Even if his family had produced mutants as thunderous as the Fenris twins, it couldn't prove that his son must also be a mutant, right?

Unless... he was also a mutant!

Because his elders were mutants, and he himself was a mutant, that's why he would think his son must also be a mutant.

Dr. Campbell took another deep look at Otto, and then stared at Su Quan with greedy and tiger-like eyes.

"Let's make a deal. As long as you don't erase our memories about this research, I swear on my life that I will immediately revoke the bounty on you—no, revoke the bounty on everyone in the underground organization, and guarantee that I won't actively target you again!"

Su Quan raised his eyebrows: "You are like a bare-bottomed person fighting a tiger—both shameless and reckless. Knowing that I can kill you with a single thought, you actually dare to set conditions and make deals with me?"

Dr. Campbell said noncommittally: "What can I do? Should I retreat three times every time I see you in the future and let you do whatever you want? You know that's impossible!"

"I'm also afraid of death, but some things must be done by someone, right? And even if you kill me, someone in the company will take my place, and the conflict between humans and mutants won't disappear, but will become even more intense!"

Kill one of me, and there will be thousands more of me. Instead of letting the situation intensify, it's better to use our own means within a range acceptable to both sides and compete for victory or defeat!

Su Quan understood what he meant; it was just everyone playing within the rules.

To be honest, if it weren't for himself, the underground organization would probably accept his proposal.

But without himself, he wouldn't have made such a proposal.

Because the biggest effect of this proposal was to restrict himself from being unscrupulous and doing whatever he wanted with his power.

Clearly, I can kill you in seconds with a single thought, yet I have to restrain my power, give up my advantage, and play a game of "soldiers come to block, water comes to cover" with you?

Do you think I'm a fool?

Su Quan sneered at him: "I have a big temper. If you are willing to bow your head, then bow it. If you aren't willing to bow your head... then kneel down!"

"Thump!"

Dr. Campbell's knees bent, and he knelt directly and heavily on the ground.

The sudden and unannounced kneeling almost made him break down.

He was afraid.

Just as he said himself, he was afraid of death. Facing mutants with extraordinary abilities, especially a powerful mutant like Su Quan who was unique in the world, who wouldn't be afraid of death?

There is only one life. There are only two kinds of people who say they aren't afraid.

One kind is a newborn calf that isn't afraid of tigers, hasn't faced the fear of death, and naturally isn't afraid of death.

The other kind is the ignorant who are fearless, because they don't know how strong Su Quan is, and naturally won't be afraid when facing him.

Dr. Campbell knew Su Quan very well. The more he knew, the more afraid he was. If Su Quan was willing to talk to him, he could still remain calm. If Su Quan refused to talk, maybe he would die in the next second, die silently. How could you expect him to be calm?

I can smile and reason with you, or I can turn my face and talk about rules with you.

For Su Quan—my rules are the rules!

Dr. Campbell's sudden kneeling not only made him break down but also made his subordinate agents break down.

The sudden extreme fear made one of the agents' muscle memory react, and he subconsciously fired at Su Quan.

It didn't matter that he fired; it directly led the other agents to fire as well.

Brain blank, fingers instinctively pulling the trigger...

"Bang, bang, bang—bang, bang, bang—"

In an instant.

Gunshots were deafening, and bullets were like rain.

In the laboratory, some of the rescued mutants fled in panic, some used their abilities to resist, and even Lorna was ready to use magnetic energy to intercept the bullets, but she soon found that she was doing something unnecessary.

"Puff, puff, puff—"

The bullets disappeared in front of him, and in the next second, they appeared strangely behind the agents, hitting them directly without stopping?

Watching the agents fall to the ground in unison, the mutants were stunned, looking at each other, guessing whose ability this was.

Lorna glanced at the calm Su Quan. Besides him, who else could manipulate spatial dimensions?!

"Thump!"

Otto knelt on the ground with a dull expression, dead... all dead...

The only ones left alive outside the laboratory were Dr. Campbell, who knelt first, and Otto, who knelt later.

Su Quan walked out of the laboratory and looked down at Dr. Campbell, who wanted to say something but didn't know what to say: "If it weren't for me, you might have achieved something in dealing with mutants. With me, you can only focus on participating!"

"Focus on participating..." Dr. Campbell looked up at Su Quan with bitterness and unwillingness: "Let's end it here this time, can we?"

Su Quan actually didn't want to kill him now. After all, he hadn't researched the ability combiner yet. Unfortunately, things had come to this, and there was really no reason to let him go anymore.

"Ending it here won't work, but... let's end it at you!"

Su Quan waved his hand gently, and an invisible force twisted Dr. Campbell's neck directly.

"Snap."

Dr. Campbell's eyes widened, and his body tilted and fell to the ground.

Although he killed the person himself, Su Quan felt that Dr. Campbell was actually tricked to death by Otto. This wasn't shirking responsibility, nor was it making Otto a scapegoat.

If he hadn't gone to find Otto, he wouldn't have known that Otto's research had succeeded. If he hadn't known that Otto's research had succeeded, he wouldn't have proposed that condition that treated himself like a fool.

If he hadn't proposed that condition, he wouldn't have died.

For Su Quan, you have value, I can not kill you first, but you treat me like a fool, that is asking for death!