Chapter 994

Esme was very curious about what gift Su Quan had prepared, but she did not choose to enjoy it alone in advance.

Even though they, the Cuckoo sisters, were one entity and could share memories and senses when they met, this was the first gift they had received since they were children.

This joy should be witnessed together.

How could sharing happiness with them compare to the greater happiness of being happy together?

Su Quan brought Esme to the intelligence room where core members gathered, which was also the place where Sage usually monitored news.

Everyone looked at the two who appeared together with strange eyes and teasing expressions; they already knew the little story between Su Quan and Esme.

Esme greeted everyone generously. Su Quan came to Lorna's side and asked very naturally and casually: "Did you find Otto?"

Otto Strucker was Reed Strucker's father, and also the grandfather of Andy Strucker and Lauren Strucker.

At first glance, it sounded like a useless sentence, and in reality, it was a useless sentence, including this one!

Lorna glanced sideways and hummed with dissatisfaction: "We aren't as leisurely as you, having time to pick up girls."

Su Quan wanted to pat Lorna's shoulder, but Lorna, who had already written her displeasure on her face, dodged directly.

His hand missed, but Su Quan didn't mind, smiling as he used his psychic ability to connect with Lorna.

"Jealous?"

Lorna hummed: "I'm not jealous, I'm just angry! You said Esme had a problem and said you'd handle her, and this is how you handle it?"

You keep saying you like me, then you're with Sonya, and you're involved with Clarice? That would be one thing, but you even... with the problematic Esme?

This is what you call liking me?

I really fell for your nonsense!

Su Quan explained with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to get angry. Do you know who her mother is? It's the White Queen! Of course, it's only from a genetic perspective, and it's the cross-dimensional kind!"

Lorna widened her eyes in surprise: "You aren't lying to me? She's really the White Queen's daughter? Is the White Queen still the Little White Queen? Uh... it seems they are all the same?"

Su Quan continued: "I can't kill them, and I can't leave them alone. What can I do? I can only turn them into our own people."

"You really are..." Lorna didn't know what else to say.

Su Quan shrugged, cut off the psychic connection, and said: "Let's talk business. Tell me Otto's address; I'm very curious how he managed to let Reed be an ordinary person for so many years."

Lorna asked in surprise: "What do you mean? You mean... Reed is also a mutant?"

"Reed is a mutant? That's impossible, he doesn't have any superpowers, and if he were a mutant, how could he become a prosecutor specifically in charge of mutant cases?"

The few people who knew Reed found it hard to believe that he was actually a mutant. Clarice, however, thought of something and said subconsciously: "Reed's mutant gene was erased?"

Erase the mutant gene?

"That's impossible. If someone had mastered a method to erase the mutant gene, there would definitely be related rumors and news."

"Being able to erase the mutant gene means being able to exterminate mutants. If someone could really do it, the Sentinel Services would definitely be hunting mutants like crazy."

"Exactly..."

Everyone argued back and forth. It wasn't that they didn't believe Su Quan, but this news was simply too shocking.

Clarice glanced at Su Quan and didn't continue to argue.

"Whether it's possible or not, we'll know once we see Otto." Su Quan reached out to Lorna: "Shall we go together?"

"Okay."

Lorna took his hand and stated Otto's address.

"Whoosh—"

The two disappeared.

Tennessee, Chattanooga.

The sky was overcast with a light drizzle. There were few pedestrians on the street, and they were all walking quickly with umbrellas.

"I hate rainy days," Lorna muttered, pointing her chin at an antique shop on the street not far away: "That's it."

The two pushed the door open and went in. The wind chime at the door rang. The white-haired old man at the counter looked up at the sound and said politely to the two: "Feel free to look around; if you are interested in anything, you can ask me."

The shop wasn't very large, and all kinds of antiques and old objects were arranged in an orderly manner, with a sense of history hitting them in the face.

Lorna looked around curiously. Su Quan came to the counter and said softly: "The only thing here that interests me is you—Otto Strucker."

Otto's cloudy eyes emitted a flash of light: "Who are you people? I don't seem to know you."

"Be bolder, remove the 'seem to'." Su Quan said with a smile: "This is our first meeting. My name is Su Quan, and she is Lorna; you can also call her Polaris."

Otto glanced at Lorna, who was waving at him, and said in a deep voice: "Are you from the mutant underground organization? The Sentinel Services have been here; they think you are a terrorist organization."

The Sentinel Services had looked for him because of the Reed family's affairs, but his relationship with Reed wasn't good, and they hadn't been in contact for many years. Moreover, he was a retired employee of Trask Industries, so it was just a routine inquiry, and they didn't make things difficult for him.

"We are not terrorists, sir!" Lorna said with dissatisfaction.

"No, no, of course not. You are freedom fighters, right?" Otto said.

This was sarcastic, wasn't it?

Su Quan stopped Lorna, who was a bit angry, and said with a chuckle: "We aren't here to have a political debate with you. You should have heard about Lauren and Andy, right? Even if you haven't heard, the Sentinel Services would have told you."

"I heard; they told me when they interrogated me," Otto said. "I told them I had never seen my grandson and granddaughter, and I hadn't been in contact with my son for many years."

"That's the truth, so you've come for nothing. Regarding them, I probably know even less than you do."

Otto thought they had come for Lauren and Andy.

Su Quan shook his head: "I came for your research at Trask Industries."

"Trask Industries no longer exists; it closed down long ago," Otto said.

Su Quan looked at him and smiled: "You should know very well that this kind of lame excuse is useless. But if you say it's closed, then it's closed. After all, it's better that it's closed, so no one will know what you did."

A flash of doubt crossed Otto's eyes: "It, it reopened?"

Lorna hummed and took over: "They are doing anti-mutant research. As far as I know, you worked there for thirty years, and it turns out your grandson and granddaughter happen to be mutants."

"Oh, almost forgot."

"Your son is also a mutant!"