Chapter 249: Retribution

"Mutations mostly occur during puberty, induced by emotional fluctuations."

At the debate meeting, a woman wearing glasses and a red professional suit was standing on the podium, talking endlessly about her theory.

"I think..."

"Wait a minute." Congressman Kelly stood up from his seat, "Ms. Grey's words are very educational, but I think she has deviated from the theme of this time."

Congressman Kelly looked at the camera above and revealed a smile, "In fact, the theme of our debate this time is: Are mutants dangerous?"

"You asking like this is not accurate." Jean Grey spread her hands, "In fact, some people drive and have car accidents..."

"So you need a driver's license." Congressman Kelly interrupted Jean Grey's words.

"Dad, this guy called Congressman Kelly is so annoying." Ripley pouted and said angrily.

Since being taken away from the island by Ye Nan, Ripley had been attracted by the flourishing world of New York, especially during the days when Angela took care of her, she became obsessed with clothes and never said clothes were in the way again.

"Why does Ripley think he's annoying!" Angela teased Ripley. She sat in a wheelchair, and a trace of blood appeared on her face, which was rare; it was no longer a pale look.

After Ye Nan returned from the nameless island, he hired a president, freed himself from the busy affairs of the company, and left enough time to accompany Angela. It was also at this time that she met Ripley. For Ye Nan's daughter, she expressed great welcome. In her words, Ripley was Ye Nan's daughter, which meant she was her daughter too.

"Because he is fighting against that sister." Ripley stated her reason, immediately making Ye Nan cry and laugh.

"He is a congressman supported by our ICQ Company. In fact, everything here is sponsored by our ICQ Company." Ye Nan said lightly.

Even though he had fallen out with Douglas, there were still many media outlets coming, and this was a live network broadcast, which the entire American public could see.

Ye Nan knew that this was Morgan, Rockefeller, and some other financial groups exerting force behind the scenes, so he could break through Douglas's blockade and invite so many media outlets, although many media outlets came uninvited.

"But survival doesn't have a license, in fact, Congressman." Jean Grey looked at Congressman Kelly, "Once a mutant exposes their identity, it will cause panic, hostility, and even violent tendencies. To avoid mutants suffering from this hostility, I call for the cancellation of mutant registration."

"This woman indeed has some skills. It seems Congressman Kelly is not her opponent." Ye Nan watched Jean Grey talking eloquently on the stage with interest and summoned Congressman Kelly's assistant over.

Saying assistant, in fact, this assistant was Mystique. This was not in Ye Nan's plan; it was Magneto who modified the plan privately. Because Ye Nan knew the plot, he also knew her identity, but he didn't expose all of this, "Go hand this data to Congressman Kelly."

"What data is this?" The assistant asked.

"Just some data on mutants." Ye Nan looked at the assistant disguised by Mystique playfully and sent her away.

At first, he couldn't be sure that this assistant was disguised by Mystique, because this world was not the world of the movie, and the characters and plots of multiple movies were intertwined, which would always cause confusion. But wanting to confirm a person was too simple. He just used psychic power to sense it and knew who she was.

"Magneto, it seems your cooperation with me is not sincere. Never mind, let me see what your plan is."

"Oh." The assistant took the data from Ye Nan's hand, then walked down and handed the data to Congressman Kelly.

"With this data, let's see how you debate."

Suddenly, Ye Nan felt a scorching gaze staring at him, and immediately turned his head, just in time to see Professor X looking at him with burning eyes.

"So it's Professor X." Ye Nan's mouth moved, and he transmitted his words with psychic power.

"But why are you looking at me, and your gaze is so scorching? I'm not gay."

Ye Nan's words made Professor X, who was watching him, feel as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly, wishing he could take action immediately to clean up Ye Nan, lest he play conspiracies and tricks behind his back.

But he didn't dare. With so many people and so many media outlets, if he took action here, then mutants would truly be excluded by the entire human world.

"Young man, playing around is fine, but going too far will get you involved. Be careful of playing with fire and hurting yourself."

"Please rest assured about this point. I am the ancestor of playing with fire and will definitely not hurt myself. On the contrary, old gentleman, you are so old and still coming out to do things, it's truly pitiful." Ye Nan retorted.

While Ye Nan and Professor X were transmitting words to each other with psychic power, the assistant below also found Congressman Kelly and handed the data to him, "This is the data Mr. Ye Nan gave you."

"Mine?" Congressman Kelly turned to look at Ye Nan, just in time to see Ye Nan smiling at him, and immediately picked up the data and stood up, "Why hide? Sneaky?"

"They didn't hide..."

"I know where they are hiding."

Jean Grey had just spoken when she was interrupted by Congressman Kelly. One could see Congressman Kelly holding the data in his hand, turning to face the guests of the debate, and also aiming at the camera, facing the millions of people behind the camera.

"What I have in my hand is a list of mutants within the United States."

Jean Grey's face changed drastically upon hearing this, "Congressman Kelly."

"There is a girl who can walk through walls. If she sneaks into a bank vault to steal gold; or she sneaks into the White House to assassinate the President; or she sneaks into everyone's home to steal property."

"Congressman Kelly." Jean Grey's face changed again and again, "Please don't maliciously speculate about others."

"Am I maliciously speculating? I'm just making a hypothesis, just like someone assuming the outbreak of World War II, making their own judgment through various clues." Congressman Kelly denied.

"That's different."

"It's all the same."

Congressman Kelly interrupted Jean Grey's words again, "Everyone probably doesn't know yet, in fact, there is already a mutant who has threatened the safety of all humanity."

"He can sense and control human thoughts, depriving us of our right to freedom. And he also manufactured a thing called a Cerebro. He can strengthen his power through this machine and freely control every human in the world, depriving them of their thoughts."

"Can we really feel at ease with such a dangerous person?"

Kelly spoke extremely sincerely, and plus the fact he said was truly terrifying, in an instant, all the guests fell silent. No matter what attitude they held toward mutants before coming, facing a mutant who could control thoughts and manufactured a Cerebro, they truly had no sense of security.

As for believing, just kidding, no one would casually believe a stranger, and this stranger also manufactured a Cerebro, an instrument that posed a great threat to humanity.

"Congressman Kelly, the facts are not like this, I..." Jean Grey didn't know how to explain anymore. From the expressions of the guests present, she saw that after today, the situation of mutants would be even more difficult.

"Damn it, who gave him this list? Who organized such a debate? Damn it."

"We have the right to decide whether our children need mutants as teachers or classmates, or simply stay away from them."

Congressman Kelly's words immediately caused applause and nodding from the guests present. Congressman Kelly's words spoke directly to their hearts and won their approval. One could hear the 'clap-clap' applause resounding throughout the venue.

Seeing this scene, Congressman Kelly immediately knew he had persuaded them, so he said in an even more sincere tone: "Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, mutants do exist, and they are right beside us. We must know who they are and thoroughly study them, know their abilities. This is our right."

Clap! Clap! Clap...

Even more enthusiastic applause rang out, and some even whistled to show their agreement with Congressman Kelly's words.

"Don't be like this, don't be like this..." Jean Grey looked at the people applauding, looked at their approving gazes, and knew the situation was gone. She stood on the podium, looking around powerlessly, exceptionally pitiful.

Looking at the people applauding around, Professor X was expressionless, but the veins on his hand gripping the armrest bulged, betraying his inner unrest.

"You succeeded. The public's fear of mutants has been successfully provoked by you." Professor X said lightly, transmitting his voice into Ye Nan's mind.

"But do you know how unfair you are to mutants by doing this?"

"There are too many unfair things in this world. I am just stating a fact. And Professor X, don't you think pushing the mutant registration proposal is a very good proposal?" Ye Nan asked rhetorically.

The mutant proposal, in his eyes, was a proposal that must be pushed. This proposal was not only to deal with the X-Men, but also for the evolution wave of the Earth.

"When humans discover that there are so many mutants in this world, humans will urgently need agents to evolve themselves, and Superman serum happens to meet this requirement."

Ye Nan thought to himself, the smile at the corners of his mouth becoming more and more smug. He could predict that the future world would belong to the evolved. The evolved who evolved from ordinary people would occupy all fields of this world and become talents urgently needed by society.

"They are like college students from prestigious universities, who will be snatched by various companies. They will become new social elites, and ICQ Company, which masters these drugs, will become one of the largest financial groups in the world."

"You are depriving them of their freedom. You will be cursed by all mutants." Professor X roared angrily, his voice turning into a psychic storm, ringing in Ye Nan's mind.

"Don't say that, my dear Professor X. Saying that, I will think you are cursing me—cursing me in a fit of anger."

"Have you forgotten? When you were in the spaceship, how majestic you were. Why, now, have you become impotent? Hey, my dear Professor X, this is called retribution."

Ye Nan visualized a shield to block Professor X's psychic storm, his face still wearing a hearty smile, "You wouldn't want to kill me now, would you? There are many media outlets here."

"Retribution, I give this sentence to you." ===== CHAPTER 250 =====