Chapter 544

Dr. Campbell looked at the researchers in the laboratory who were "ignoring the world outside, only wanting to do experiments."

He said with burning eyes: "Su Quan, you controlled them because you wanted to verify Otto's research, right? Because the results of the experiment haven't come out yet, that's why you haven't left!"

"Yeah."

Su Quan didn't deny it.

Judging from the current situation, Otto's experiment back then must have succeeded, but he didn't report it to the company, nor did he continue research in this area.

He was intentionally hiding the results. Why?

Dr. Campbell remembered that this research was mainly aimed at mutants who hadn't awakened their mutant abilities. Analyzing by time and motive, he thought of one person—a person who met the conditions and was unexpected.

Former prosecutor, now a fugitive—Reed!

He was Otto's son.

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

Because he didn't want people to know that 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 such thunderous mutants like the Fenris Twins, it couldn't prove that his son was definitely 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 was definitely a mutant.

Dr. Campbell took another deep look at Otto, then stared at Su Quan with greedy 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 your—no, revoke the bounty on everyone in the Underground, and guarantee that we won't actively target you again!"

Su Quan raised an eyebrow: "You are like a naked man fighting a tiger—you have no shame, and you don't want your life either. Knowing that I can kill you with a single thought, you actually dare to propose conditions and make a deal with me?"

Dr. Campbell said noncommittally: "What can I do? Avoid you three hundred paces every time I see you, 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; instead, it will become more intense!"

Kill one of me, and there will be thousands more of me. Rather than letting the situation escalate, it's better to use our own methods within a Detection 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 fair, if it weren't for himself, the Underground would probably accept this proposal of his.

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

Because the greatest effect of this proposal was to limit himself from recklessly using force to bully others and doing whatever he wanted.

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

Do you think I'm stupid?

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

"Thump!"

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

The sudden and unannounced kneeling almost broke his defense.

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?

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

One kind is the newborn calf that isn't afraid of the tiger; they haven't faced the fear of death, so naturally, they aren't afraid.

The other kind is the ignorant who are fearless; because they don't know how strong Su Quan is, naturally they 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 reason with you with a smile, or I can flip the table and talk rules with you.

For Su Quan—my rules are the rules!

Dr. Campbell's sudden kneeling didn't just break his own defense, it also broke the defense of the agents under him.

The sudden extreme fear caused one of the agents' muscle memory to 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.

Their brains went blank, their fingers instinctively pulled the triggers...

"Bang, bang, bang—bang, bang, bang—"

In an instant.

Gunshots were deafening, bullets were like rain.

In the laboratory, the rescued mutants were scurrying for cover, some using their abilities to resist, and even Lorna was preparing to use magnetic energy to intercept the bullets, but she soon discovered she was doing something unnecessary.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft—"

The bullets disappeared in front of them, 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 and composed Su Quan; who else could manipulate spatial dimensions besides him?!

"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, looking 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 here, you can only focus on participating!"

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

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

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

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

"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 conditions that treated him like a fool.

If he hadn't proposed those conditions, he wouldn't have died.

For Su Quan, you have value, I can not kill you for now, but you treat me like a fool, that is seeking your own death!