Chapter 508: Mutant Underground Organization (First update, please subscribe!)

The car drove on the pitch-black highway. The rain had stopped, and except for the occasional bark of a dog, the whole world seemed silent.

The low atmosphere and exhaustion made the car even quieter. John, blaming himself, didn't speak the whole way. Clarice leaned on Su Quan, forcing herself to stay awake while looking at the unchanging darkness outside the window.

I don't know how long it had been, but the car slowed down and turned into a courtyard. Under the illumination of the headlights, it could vaguely be identified as an abandoned bank building.

"We're here."

Parking and turning off the engine, John said in a low voice, leading them to prepare to enter the building.

On the outer staircase high up on the building, there was a man holding a sniper rifle. He looked somewhat like a demon elf from a Western fantasy story, with pale skin, stripes, and a pair of long ears.

If one didn't have super night vision, it would be hard to spot him, as he had perfectly blended into the surrounding night.

He was a guard for the mutant underground organization and possessed the ability to induce feelings of fear in others.

Anyone who approached the base would feel fear and discomfort, thus staying away.

The building was brightly lit, and mutants were doing their things in an orderly fashion.

John took them to a corner on the second floor and had someone prepare water and blankets.

Su Quan and Clarice sat on the sofa for a while before seeing a woman who looked like a manager walk over.

"How do you feel?"

She sat down at the coffee table in front of them and introduced herself with a smile: "My name is Sage."

"Clarice."

"Su Quan."

Sage said with a smile: "I have a few questions I want to ask you."

She first asked Clarice.

"Is Clarice your real name?"

"Yes."

"Is there anyone you need to contact? Like family?"

"No." Clarice shook her head: "My family... it's a long story."

"Alright."

Sage didn't force it and turned to look at Su Quan.

Su Quan said directly: "Same as her, real name, no one needs to be contacted."

Sage shrugged: "That's how it is. You will stay here with us for a few days to avoid the limelight, and then we will find you a place to settle down."

Clarice nodded in thanks: "Okay, thank you."

Just at this moment, an argument came from not far away. John was having a dispute with a very beautiful woman.

"John, we have to go find Lorna, we can form a small team..."

"To do what? Send team members to their deaths? Sonya, we barely escaped from a dozen police officers; you want to fight a hundred now? We can't take risks right now."

"Then when? The X-Men? The Brotherhood of Mutants? We don't even know if they still exist! We are isolated and helpless, being picked off one by one!"

"Look at this place; doing that would put the people here in danger, and all the effort could go down the drain—everything Lorna built!"

John and Sonya's dispute ended without result. Sonya turned and left. John took a deep breath and walked toward them.

Sage nodded at him, stood up, and left.

John looked at Su Quan and Clarice, suddenly feeling like something was wrong. He looked carefully for a few moments, then suddenly frowned and asked Su Quan: "Where is your blade?"

John hadn't forgotten Su Quan's magnificent entrance—the person on the blade, the blade in the air—but when they were running away, and just now when they got out of the car, he hadn't seen his blade.

Such an obvious silver long-blade couldn't have been lost easily, right?

"You mean it?"

Su Quan waved his hand, space twisted slightly, and the silver long-blade fell, appearing out of thin air before John's eyes.

John was stunned and asked in surprise: "Where was it before?"

"It has always been by my side. I can put it away at any time, and I can summon it at any time."

Su Quan waved his hand again, and the silver long-blade seemed to sink into the sea, disappearing into thin air.

John said in surprise: "So you have two abilities? One is the same ability as Lorna's, and the other is summoning this blade?"

Su Quan smiled without answering, shaking his head slightly.

My abilities are not just two, and it has nothing to do with this blade.

"John."

Just as John wanted to pursue the question, Sage, who had just left, called to him from a room not far away.

John hurriedly walked over.

At the same time, the sound of the television news also rang out.

"Breaking news: A mutant attack occurred at Bellevue High School. We believe two mutant children are the culprits behind this terrorist attack."

"According to reports, federal authorities will intervene in the investigation. As the footage shows..."

John watched the news and said in a low, depressed voice: "If the situation wasn't tricky before, it definitely is now."

Sage and Sonya, who had rushed over upon hearing the news, remained silent. They knew that next, they not only had to rescue Lorna but also rescue the two mutant children mentioned on the news.

Because this was the mission of the mutant underground organization, and it was what they had been doing all along.

"That Su Quan brought back by you... is he really related to Lorna?" Sage suddenly asked in a low voice.

Sonya was stunned and looked at John: "What's going on? He's related to Lorna?"

John shook his head and hesitated: "It's not certain yet, but he possesses the same ability as Lorna, and seems to be stronger than Lorna."

"Lorna mentioned him, asked him what his relationship was with him, and he said no relationship."

The "he" and "him" back and forth sounded a bit confusing, but Sage and Sonya understood: one "he" referred to Su Quan, and the other "him" referred to the famous Magneto!

Sonya had just mentioned the Brotherhood of Mutants; naturally, it was impossible for her not to know the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants, Magneto.

Lorna possessed the same ability as Magneto; their relationship was already an open secret within the mutant underground organization.

Now another Su Quan had appeared, possessing the same ability as Lorna and Magneto; naturally, they would make the association.

"He... he doesn't look like a mixed-race person?" Sage said hesitantly.

She didn't see any mixed-race features in Su Quan's facial features.

The implication was that he was unlikely to be Magneto's son or something; after all, Magneto was a pure European.

If he wasn't Magneto's son, then he had nothing to do with Lorna.

"Perhaps... just a coincidence that he has the same ability?" Sonya said.

John shook his head: "Regardless of whether there is a relationship, we can only take it one step at a time now. If... I mean if, he really is related to Lorna, he might not want to acknowledge it. His attitude toward Lorna and his reaction after Lorna was caught are both a bit odd."

"Should I go try?" Sonya volunteered, and without waiting for John's answer, she went directly to find Su Quan.

— Author's Notes —

PS: The picture is Sage!