Chapter 534

Su Quan and Esme's goals are consistent to a certain extent; both are using the Sentinel Services to strike at the mutant underground organization, and then provide help to turn them into their own people.

Su Quan represents Void Island, and Esme represents the Hellfire Club.

Their goals are the same, but their plans are different.

Esme's plan is to become a member of the mutant underground organization, gain everyone's trust, and then influence the organization's decisions at a critical moment.

Su Quan is different; his plan from the beginning was to take over the nest, heading straight to becoming the leader of the mutant underground organization.

Influence the organization's decisions?

Heh—my thoughts are the organization's decisions!

"You mean Esme is encouraging us to take on the Sentinel Services with the goal of winning me over and making me join the Hellfire Club?"

"Yes."

Lorna couldn't quite figure it out; does taking on the Sentinel Services have any connection to her joining the Hellfire Club?

When it really comes to that, she would definitely stand with the underground organization; how could she abandon everyone and run off to join the Hellfire Club?

"Lorna, you are too close to the situation," Sage said thoughtfully. "With Su Quan here, we won't have any casualties against the Sentinel Services. But what if Su Quan weren't here?"

"We would definitely suffer heavy casualties, and the organization would fall apart. When that time comes, if Esme invites you to join the Hellfire Club, would you join for the sake of the remaining people?"

Lorna was silent for a moment, then shook her head: "I don't know, maybe... maybe I would."

Sage thought of something and teased with a smile: "Actually, I think Esme's target right now might not be Lorna, but rather you."

Su Quan was stunned, then laughed: "You're right, it really might be me."

Esme's plan must have been implemented before Su Quan was wanted, because with Su Quan here, the underground organization couldn't suffer heavy casualties, and naturally, Esme would have no reason to win Lorna over to join the Hellfire Club.

The Hellfire Club has always been plotting to confront ordinary humans, but they are different from the members of the underground base; the methods they adopt are often more brutal and extreme.

Esme's task is to win over prestigious mutant families in history to form an alliance with the club, such as Lorna, whose father, Magneto, was once a member of the club.

Or like Andy and Lauren, who are currently far from the plot; they are the new generation of Fenris twins in the family.

Although the plan to win over Lorna went bankrupt as soon as it started, Esme definitely wouldn't give up just like that; after all, Sophie and Phoebe were still being held by the Sentinel Services.

Now the underground organization is basically run by Su Quan. It's not exactly a dictatorship, but he has veto power over any action.

If Esme wants to save people, she has to deal with him first.

Hehehe, I'm starting to look forward to it.

"I'll handle Esme's matter. You guys collect information related to Trask Industries. By the way, you can look for a man named Otto."

"He is Reed Strucker's father and also a mutant. He used to work at Trask Industries and holds a lot of useful information."

The father-son relationship between Otto and Reed is very poor, and they haven't seen each other for many years. Using news about Reed and Lauren should be able to trade for quite a bit of information.

Su Quan is somewhat interested in his method of suppressing Reed's mutant gene.

After giving a few instructions, Su Quan prepared to go talk to Jace Turner. After considering it for so long, there should be an answer by now, right?

Sentinel Services Headquarters, First Action Team Captain's Office.

Su Quan's sudden appearance startled Jace Turner, who was buried in his work. His first reaction was to get up and lock the door.

"Click."

Jace Turner, who had locked the door, breathed a sigh of relief and said in a low voice with displeasure: "Why did you come here? This is the Sentinel Services headquarters."

"Are you teaching me how to do things?" Su Quan looked at him and asked with a sneer.

Jace Turner's expression stiffened, and he shook his head slowly: "That's not what I meant, it's just... this is the Sentinel Services headquarters."

"So what? It's not my first time here."

Alright, other mutants might treat this place like a dragon's den or a tiger's lair.

But for Su Quan, this place was probably no different from a coffee shop on the street that he could come and go from as he pleased.

Jace Turner straightened his attitude, and Su Quan didn't continue to press him, asking straight to the point: "How have you considered it?"

Is stance more important, or is your daughter more important?

Jace Turner had considered this question for a long time and already had an answer.

It's just that the bureau had been very busy lately, and there was a shortage of manpower everywhere, and the decision to betray his stance was very difficult, so he hadn't taken the initiative to contact Su Quan, which could be considered burying his head in the sand and deceiving himself...

Now that the matter was at hand, there was nothing to hesitate about.

Jace Turner took a deep breath and said firmly: "As long as you haven't lied to me, my life will be yours from now on."

Su Quan patted him on the shoulder and said indifferently: "You are just a captain of an action team. What you can do, others can also do. I chose you just because I appreciate you, not because you are indispensable. Don't overestimate yourself too much."

Jace Turner nodded: "I understand."

"Have you decided? Do you want to become a mutant, or find a mutant to help?" Su Quan was very curious about his choice.

Jace Turner had already made his decision and said without much hesitation: "I choose to become a mutant, but... I have one condition."

This choice didn't disappoint Su Quan. He smiled and said: "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll give you a chance. Go ahead, what condition?"

Jace Turner looked into Su Quan's eyes and said word for word: "If the experiment fails and I die, I beg you, resurrect my daughter."

"Grace, right?"

Hearing Su Quan say his daughter's name, Jace Turner felt much more at ease.

"Yes, her name is Grace, and she is my everything." Jace Turner nodded heavily.

Su Quan teased: "Aren't you afraid Paula will make you kneel on a keyboard for saying that?"

Jace Turner's eyes widened in astonishment. He didn't expect Su Quan to joke with him, and even less did he expect Su Quan to know his wife's name.

He forced an awkward smile and then asked: "When will you arrange for me to undergo the transformation experiment?"

"Whenever you want."

Jace Turner thought for a moment: "Is a week from now okay? The bureau has been very busy lately, and I... I also want to take a few days to spend time with Paula."

In his view, the success rate and safety of this kind of experiment to transform humans into mutants definitely couldn't be as high as Su Quan said.

For his daughter, he was willing to take the risk, even if... he might die!

— Author's Notes —

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