Chapter 266: The Beginning

Boom!

Brilliant fireworks bloomed in the sky, representing the successful convening of this summit, yet they could never have imagined that the power of mutants was about to stain them.

Magneto slowly ascended, finally landing on a high tower about several hundred meters from Ellis Island. On it, a pitiful young girl was locked up.

"Foolish humans." Magneto's feet touched the ground, and as he looked at the brilliant fireworks in the distance, he couldn't help but reveal a sneer. "People who only know how to immerse themselves in a prosperous world, you cannot see the suffering of the mutants hiding in the dark corners of the world. And now, I will make you experience the suffering that mutants have endured."

Magneto recalled the suffering of mutants he had seen along the way—that invisible rejection, those discriminatory gazes, and that deep-seated hatred. These were the tribulations humans had imposed upon mutants, and now he would repay them one by one.

Suppressing the agitated emotions in his heart, Magneto looked slowly at Rogue, watching her fearful appearance, and couldn't help but smile. "You don't need to worry. The sacrifice you are making now is for the great cause of mutants. You are the hero of the mutants; all mutants will remember you and be grateful to you."

"I don't want to be a hero; if you want to be one, do it yourself." Rogue glared at Magneto with hatred.

Ever since she gained her ability, she had suffered from the coldness of the world. Her heart was full of vigilance toward this world. She had finally found a glimmer of warmth at the X-Mansion, only to be captured by Magneto. Moreover, Magneto wanted to use her life to power this machine to turn everyone into mutants, but she would die in the process.

She didn't want to die, and she didn't want to die, so she hated Magneto, who wanted to kill her, and wished he would drop dead immediately.

"I cannot do it myself." Magneto shook his head. "I am destined to be the leader of the mutants. I will lead the mutants in the future to establish a mutant empire and enslave that group of lowly humans."

"However, you don't need to be nervous. Heroes don't get nervous." Magneto took off his black glove and reached out. The handcuffs restraining Rogue immediately lifted, along with Rogue's hand.

"Don't worry, Rogue, it will be over soon. You will become the hero of the mutants." Magneto pressed his hand against Rogue's, and with his other hand, he aimed at the machine. Only then did the machine begin to rotate, and strands of light were born from within it.

"It has finally begun." Magneto released his hand and looked up at the sky. "The historical moment will arrive soon. A new prologue is about to begin."

Perhaps due to excitement or something else, there was a trace of old age in Magneto's voice. At this moment, he seemed to have aged several decades, and wrinkles appeared on his face, while his voice became shaky and strained.

"Save me, save me, someone save me." Rogue's voice carried fear. She was truly terrified, and her voice, aided by magnetic force, spread continuously.

Hearing Rogue's voice, Ye Nan, who was far away on the dome of the building, suddenly opened his eyes. "It is time."

Ye Nan opened his palm, and two small suns formed in his hand. Ye Nan slowly pressed the small suns down, letting them come into contact with the iron plates restraining him.

Hiss, hiss!

A slight sound came, and the iron plates restraining Ye Nan turned into a strand of molten iron the moment they touched the small suns, flowing onto the ground from his body.

The small suns themselves had no heat, but the energy contained within them was more scorching and violent than fire. Any object that came into contact with the small suns would be melted by the energy inside. Only Mandrake metal and Amande metal could resist for a moment, but even that was only for a moment; if left for too long, they would still be melted into molten iron.

Seeing this, Toad immediately opened his mouth, and a long tongue shot out toward Ye Nan.

"Seeking death." Ye Nan slapped back, sending the small sun out. Toad's tongue came into contact with the small sun, and he immediately let out a miserable shriek.

"How... is this possible." Toad supported himself with one hand, his voice strained. He no longer had that playful expression; his tongue was not an ordinary tongue, as it was covered with a layer of special scales that protected it from many injuries, even fire could not burn it. But now, his tongue had been melted.

"Damn it... damn it... you... you won't..." Toad cursed intermittently, but before he could finish, he was kicked to the ground by Ye Nan.

"Peter, I don't want to waste time on him. You handle him. If you can subdue him, that would be best, but if you can't, then cut the weeds and dig up the roots." Ye Nan slowly pressed the small sun toward Peter's chest, melting the iron blocks on him.

For Ye Nan, he had always lacked talent in combat. After all, the intelligence of the Terminators was a flaw, and Ye Nan had always been suppressing the birth of true AI, which resulted in the lack of mid-to-high-end combat personnel for the ICQ Company.

Toad's power was not strong, but he was always very cautious in his actions, and his combat intelligence was not bad—much stronger than that stupid Sabretooth.

The melted iron plates turned into a pool of molten iron on the ground, and after cooling, they turned into irregular iron blocks.

"Ye Nan, thank you." Peter looked at Ye Nan earnestly.

Ye Nan was stunned, then said, "Thank me? Brothers don't need to say thank you. Saving you is my duty."

"It's not like that." Peter shook his head, his gaze fixed on Toad. "You know I don't like killing, so you left the opportunity to me. You are sparing his life, right!"

Although Peter used a question mark, his tone was one hundred percent certain.

Hearing this, Ye Nan felt even more stunned. He had only handed Toad over to Peter to let Peter deal with the trouble; there was no other meaning behind it.

"Forget it, do whatever you want here." Ye Nan shook his head and rescued Cyclops and Jean Grey at the same time.

"You two once saved Peter, and now I have saved you. One good turn deserves another; we are even." Ye Nan said, then stomped his feet and leaped onto the high tower, looking into the distance.

In his view, the machine rotating in the distance was emitting strands of radiation, and what provided power to the machine was Rogue, who had absorbed Magneto's power.

"Sure enough, everything is according to plan." Seeing this situation, Ye Nan couldn't help but reveal a smile. He stomped his feet, his legs continuously stepping on the air, and his whole body turned into a shooting star, flying toward the machine.

Counterattacks from space landed on him continuously. He entered that state again—the state of being about to break through the obstacles of space. It was a speed approaching teleportation.

In his eyes, the air was as viscous as a pile of liquid. Every time he stepped on the air, a sonic boom would occur, and then he would borrow the force to leap out again.

"What is this?" Seeing a stream of light flying from afar, Magneto was stunned. It wasn't until the stream of light completely dissipated that he saw clearly.

"Ye Nan, you actually escaped my restraint." Magneto's face sank, and he felt a hidden worry in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface.

"Ye Nan, but it's useless even if you come. Your power is too humble to me. However, the historical moment is about to arrive, and I don't want to stain my hands with blood, so if you retreat, I can choose not to pursue your offense."

Magneto stood with his hands behind his back, calm and composed, as if Ye Nan were just an ant not worth mentioning.

Seeing Magneto's appearance, Ye Nan immediately found it funny. If he hadn't been familiar with the movie plot and known that Magneto was in an unprecedentedly weak state at this moment, he might have been deceived by Magneto. But now, Magneto's acting made him feel like a clown performing in front of him.

"Magneto, you gave your superpower to Rogue, and then used your superpower to start the machine. How much of your power is left? Is there even one percent?" Ye Nan's face wore a mocking smile.

In the movie, Magneto, who could easily defeat Wolverine, could only barely control him at this moment, which was enough to prove how weak Magneto had become.

"To tell you the truth, I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. You thought you could easily defeat me? What a joke. That was just a disguise I deliberately put on to paralyze you, making you think I was weak, so you would feel safe transferring your power to Rogue."

Ye Nan blurted out the things he had been holding back for a long time.

"From the first time I met you, I started collecting your data—your past, and even your capital dealings with the Jewish bankers. I know everything clearly."

"In fact, you are not thinking for the mutants at all. You are thinking for your Jewish bankers, just like Professor X, who has Douglas standing behind him."

"Perhaps in the past, you really chose your respective camps because of different philosophies, but in reality, from the moment you chose your camps, you had to consider the interest groups behind you, thus becoming tied up."

In the movie world, many things were not explained clearly, such as the Cerebro, or this machine that produces radiation—they all required a large amount of capital and time to research. The movie never explained the source of the funds.

Science is different from awakening. Mutant awakening can succeed under accidental conditions, but science requires a large amount of knowledge reserve and a large amount of time and materials for repeated testing.

And repeated testing is impossible without sufficient money. No matter how talented a person is, it is impossible to create this cross-era machine out of thin air.

Ye Nan had checked all the cases in the world, and there was no record of Magneto robbing a bank, so Ye Nan guessed that there was an interest group supporting Magneto behind the scenes. After investigation, he finally discovered that this group was the Jewish bankers.

"Magneto, oh Magneto, you are just like Professor X. On one hand, you consider the interests of the mutants, and on the other hand, you consider the interests of the Jewish bankers. I guess this plan of yours was also devised by the Jewish bankers for you."

"Tsk tsk, turning most of the heads of state in the world into mutants in one fell swoop, and then driving them off their thrones to establish your Sixth Empire—the ambition of the Jews is truly immense."

Ye Nan had only learned the tip of the iceberg of the Jewish bankers' plan, but this tip of the iceberg allowed him to see the true face of this world, and also the behemoth hidden behind the world.

The war between Professor X and Magneto was a war of their philosophies, but also a war between the Jewish bankers and the American consortium led by Douglas. This war had spread from the economic field to the mutant battlefield.

"I didn't expect the conversion between enemies and friends to be so wonderful."

Ye Nan sighed. Just as Cyclops said, they had reached a tacit understanding. This understanding was supported by interests. From the moment he appeared as the face of the American consortium, it meant he had officially become an enemy of the Jewish bankers. Naturally, he was also an enemy of Magneto and a potential ally of Professor X.

"Now, it is time to cut off the claws of the Jewish bankers."