Chapter 452

The Black Queen spoke, then suddenly gave a mocking smile: "That old geezer Yashida Shingen is quite cunning. Although he didn't directly agree to our plan, he was very tempted, saying he could send Yukio to us first."

"I've seen Yukio; her mutant gene has already awakened."

Su Quan raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile: "Does he know who wants Yukio, and what they want her for?"

The Black Queen nodded and said: "He should know."

Su Quan sneered: "The old thing can't bear to part with his own granddaughter, but he's perfectly willing to part with someone else. Yukio should be about the same age as Mariko, right?"

Yashida Mariko is only thirteen now; Yukio is of a similar age, both minors. Yashida Shingen knows why someone wants her, yet he still sends Yukio out without agreeing to the plan. Calling him an old thing is not an exaggeration, is it?

Come to think of it, the man would even betray his own savior, let alone an adopted granddaughter taken in only for the sake of his biological one.

"I'll take her. You keep her by your side and train her first. As for Mariko, we'll talk about her in a few years," Su Quan said with a smile. "The story of an adopted granddaughter who was sacrificed returning for revenge, with sisters killing each other—that should be quite interesting."

The Black Queen understood and said she understood.

"Overall, you completed the task I gave you quite well. I am satisfied. Now, you have two choices."

"One, I will enhance your abilities."

"Two, I will bestow upon you a multiversal-level power known as the Phoenix Force."

Su Quan would never do something like wanting a horse to run without feeding it grass. If you draw too many big pictures, no one will want to eat them. Besides, they are working for him; the stronger they are, the more benefits he receives.

The Black Queen breathed deeply several times in excitement. After a few moments, she calmed down and stated her choice.

"I choose to have my abilities enhanced."

The Black Queen was certain the Phoenix Force was powerful; after all, it was described as a multiversal-level power. But for her, she preferred to have her own abilities enhanced, as that was power that truly belonged to her.

Moreover, she believed there would definitely be opportunities to obtain the Phoenix Force in the future.

She didn't believe there was only one Phoenix Force!

If there were only one, it wouldn't be easily bestowed upon others. After all, the White Queen was the most loyal and capable one; unless she already had it, it wouldn't be someone else's turn.

"As you wish."

Su Quan reached out his hand, and the space suddenly twisted strangely. The Black Queen sat in place without moving, but the space where she was located overlapped with the space where the table was.

Even though the Black Queen and the table overlapped, there was no conventional concept of up, down, left, or right in terms of position.

Together, yet not together.

The same position, the same space; both existed, both were real, and neither was illusory.

Madame Hydra reached out toward the Black Queen in shock, but her hand touched nothing. She touched downward and hit the table.

But in her line of sight, her hand was not in the Black Queen's space at all, but on the table.

She pulled her hand back and reached out again.

This time, she touched the Black Queen, and her hand appeared in the Black Queen's space, but in the table's space, her hand did not appear.

Such a bizarre scene left both Madame Hydra and the Black Queen dumbfounded.

Su Quan placed his hand on the Black Queen's head, and then, dazzling special effects light shone brightly.

The Black Queen's body shook, her eyes focused, and she said in a trembling, excited voice: "This feeling... this power... is this enhancement? I can feel my mind control and telepathy abilities becoming stronger! I... I also have an additional ability."

"I seem to be able to negate damage!"

Su Quan withdrew his hand, the special effects light vanished, and the space returned to normal.

This enhancement—something was off!

The Black Queen's abilities were not just mind control, telepathy, and damage negation; right, there was also space distortion.

However, her signature abilities were life absorption, ability enhancement, and shadow form.

Life Absorption: She could maintain her youth and longevity by regularly absorbing the life force of others, and she could also recover from injuries by absorbing life force.

During the absorption process, she could also remember the life history of any victim. If she only absorbed a portion of their life force, the victim would fall under her mind control.

Ability Enhancement: By absorbing life energy, she could increase her speed, strength, durability, and reaction time to superhuman levels. She could move at superhuman speeds instantly, but this would cause her to age rapidly and require more life energy.

Shadow Form: Transforming into a life form of semi-dark matter, she could appear or disappear at will. She could bind others in the same darkness that composed her body.

These abilities were the fundamental reason why the name "Black Queen" transcended her position in the Hellfire Club!

Besides this, the Black Queen was also skilled in various forms of magic and had unfathomable attainments in the magical field. However, the enhancement only concerned mutant abilities and would not increase magical ability. If she wanted to learn magic, she would have to go to other worlds.

But this enhancement only strengthened her existing psychic-side abilities and added damage negation; it felt somewhat incomplete.

What did this mean?

It meant the Black Queen had enormous potential; one enhancement could not fully unearth and transform her potential. She could undergo a second enhancement, or even a third!

He didn't know if others could also be enhanced multiple times. In the future, when there was a suitable opportunity, he could test it to see if it was due to the ability or individual potential!

"You, you can enhance a mutant's abilities?" Madame Hydra's reaction was even more excited than the Black Queen herself. She wrapped her hands around Su Quan's arm, her eyes turning into vertical slits.

Su Quan gave a hum, and Madame Hydra hurriedly changed her tone: "Master! Master, if you can enhance a mutant's abilities, then... can I be enhanced?"

Su Quan looked at her: "Do you have the value to be enhanced?"

"I do, I do!" Madame Hydra curled her lips and said very obsequiously: "Why don't we go somewhere else, and you give me a chance to properly demonstrate my value to you?"

Pfft, as if I don't understand. Are you trying to demonstrate your value?

Is this "value" of yours even decent?

"I have a task for you. I need you to research a set of methods that can suppress a mutant's self-healing ability and transfer that self-healing ability to an ordinary person," Su Quan said.

Madame Hydra frowned slightly. Suppressing the self-healing ability was easy, but transferring the ability to an ordinary person was not so simple.

"This set of methods is mainly to fool Yashida Shingen. It doesn't necessarily have to be able to transfer the ability. You can change your approach; as long as it can absorb the self-healing ability and allow him to regain his youth, letting him see hope is enough."

"Anyway... he won't live to see the final result!"

Hearing Su Quan say this, Madame Hydra breathed a sigh of relief. If it was just absorbing life force to regain youth, rather than completely transferring the ability, that was relatively much easier.

— Author's Notes —

PS: The picture is Madame Hydra.

PS: The image is of Yukio.