Chapter 3892

The moment the small mushroom cloud of fire rose, Iron Man and Peter subconsciously raised their arms to block their faces, but were still blown away by the air wave at that moment.

Fortunately, the flames did not spread, and the air wave was not the heat wave produced by an explosion, but purely a kind of energy ripple. So although things that were not fixed on the street were blown over and people fell, it did not cause too much destruction.

Iron Man straightens his body, narrows his eyes and stares at the base and says: "It's Magneto, it must be him."

"Do you think Magneto is playing tricks, or is Jean Grey about to break out but was stopped by Magneto?"

Iron Man shakes his head slowly, his expression becoming very serious. He adjusts the channel in his steel suit and soon connects to Professor X.

"Hello, Professor Xavier, I am Iron Man of the Avengers. I saw a fire at the X-Men base, may I ask what happened? Do you need help?"

Peter stands on the side watching Iron Man communicate with Professor X. After a while, Iron Man says: "He invites us in, but I suggest you had better not go in. Your magic is sometimes effective and sometimes not..."

"No, I suggest you had better not go in. Don't you forget? Once I am in life danger, the god I believe in will pull me into his god kingdom. No one can kill me, including Jean Grey. But you are different. If Jean Grey really breaks out..."

"Then hiding to the end of the universe is useless." Iron Man waves his hand, "Forget it, let's go in together."

The two return to the main entrance of the base. This time, finally someone comes out to greet them. Seeing Mystique, Peter knows that Iron Man is right—Magneto is likely really here.

A few people walk into the base, and the voice-activated lights turn on. When they reach the office, only Professor X is there. But Peter feels that they are not deliberately hiding Magneto; after all, the grievances and entanglements between these two are known to the world, and it's too late to hide now. Magneto is likely doing something only he can handle.

Thinking of this point, Peter's heart sinks further. He looks at Professor X's blue eyes that have been the same for decades, and really doesn't believe he is the culprit who caused all this.

But Peter has to be suspicious. Cyclops and Wolverine haven't been rivals in love for just one day, but if Wolverine were such an impulsive person, then the first day Cyclops and Jean Grey established a relationship, he would have gone crazy.

But in reality, judging from what Captain America said, although Logan's fighting style is fierce, just like a wolverine galloping on the prairie, he actually has a kind of shrewdness and cunning unique to small animals. He would absolutely not be the one to make the scene ugly first.

And Cyclops is even more so. Maybe he was a bit impulsive when he debuted, but after so many years of tempering, he is long gone from being that greenhorn. If he didn't have a temperament that makes people feel secure, Jean Grey wouldn't have taken a fancy to him.

To sum up, although the relationship between these two is not good, it absolutely wouldn't reach the point of a life-and-death duel. If no one instigated it, even if Jean Grey married one of them, they would at most not attend the wedding, and wouldn't do anything more bastardly.

Then who instigated it?

This has to be mentioned at this time point. It didn't happen before because the two Earths didn't merge. After the merger, who was affected the most among mutants? Of course, it's Magneto, who doesn't get along with Superman.

With Superman and Wonder Woman who get rid of evil completely, the Brotherhood of Mutants can't be proud anymore. This also had a certain blow to Magneto's prestige. He used to rely on terrorism to force the federal government to compromise, but now there are people he can't deal with, and the federal government won't give him a good look either.

Then is it possible that Professor X deliberately directed such an accident for Magneto to frame it on Superman?

As long as Superman is given some trouble, so that he can't restrict Magneto for a while, the other party will naturally collect the accounts of this period with interest.

Although Peter has this suspicion, he cannot be sure. Even having this suspicion is because the entanglements between Professor X and Magneto are too deep.

Peter is a person who understands love very well. He has both the ability to accept other people's love and the ability to love others. So he knows very well that simple love or simple hatred is not enough to bring these two to where they are today. It must be love-hate entanglements and mutual indebtedness that have given them such deep origins.

This kind of relationship cannot be called healthy; the main reason for not separating might be that the revenge hasn't been taken yet. In this situation, it's not strange for these two crazy guys to do anything.

Peter observes Professor X carefully. He doesn't smile like he used to; on the contrary, he looks worried, and the furrows on his face show the traces of time even more. However, Peter still doesn't relax his vigilance, because this kind of person is always used to showing weakness.

"You came from the scene of the explosion?" Professor X says. In the past, he would add "Don't worry, I didn't read your minds, just deduced it," but now he clearly doesn't have this mood.

"I am very sorry, destroying the building was not our intention. Are there any casualties?"

Saying this is equivalent to admitting it. Peter has to overturn his previous guess—it seems Professor X didn't want to frame Superman, so this matter is indeed very likely just an accident.

"It is still being counted." Iron Man didn't give a specific answer. There were workers in this factory at the time. However, fortunately, the commotion made by these two fighting was quite big, and normal people ran away when they heard the commotion. So by the time they released their big moves, there shouldn't be many people left in the building. If really tragic corpses were found, it wouldn't be this level of alert, so there are mostly no deaths, but there must be injuries.

Professor X sighs deeply and says: "I really feel very sorry, this is all my fault. I didn't expect my indulgence to cause such a tragedy."

"Wait a moment," Peter says, "Tell me what happened first."

"You should have already seen it, right? The laser that cut the house was made by Scott. He couldn't catch up with Logan, and in a fit of anger used a range attack."

"We are more concerned about where they are now," Iron Man says, "Don't tell me that even after such a thing happened, you still want to protect your students."

"Of course not, the X-Men have already locked them up separately. It's just Jean Grey... you know, we can't completely restrict her, even with Magneto here, he still caused a commotion."

"So what the hell is going on? Did they fight because of feelings?"

"You could say that. At first it was just small conflicts, similar to who said what in front of whom, and then it gradually developed into a quarrel. Later, when we went camping, they had a fight on the beach. If I had attached importance to it at that time..."

"Get to the point, Professor." Peter has to remind him, he really doesn't have time to listen to Professor X repent.

"And then it got out of control." Professor X cannot help but press his temples on both sides with the thumb and middle finger of one hand and says, "Originally I reprimanded them, but I didn't discover that they had already lost control at that time. Verbal reprimand didn't have any effect, and in the end the situation escalated, they blew up a thermal power plant, and then today—Scott directly used a laser to cut open the building."

"This kind of thing shouldn't have happened," Iron Man says, "Especially when you are Professor X. Can't you take time to care about their mental health?"

"Unless necessary, I won't easily read other people's minds." Professor X shakes his head and says, "It's even more impossible for my own students. Of course, this also stems from my arrogance. I thought using psychology and pedagogy was enough to manage them, didn't expect such a thing to happen."

"Alright, let's not talk about other things. They didn't fight early or late, but fought at this time, what stimulation did they receive?"

"This is also what I want to know." Professor X says, "The emotional outbreak of the two of them is indeed not very normal. I am considering using mind reading, but you know, Jean Grey..."

Iron Man also cannot help but sigh. To tell the truth, although this mostly requires the Avengers to clean up the mess, he can still empathize with Professor X.

For anyone to store and manage so many nuclear bombs, it is not an easy thing, and what is even more terrible is that these nuclear bombs will also have some chemical reactions, and if one is not handled well, it will be a chain explosion.

Now, Cyclops Scott has caused a big disaster, but to punish him, or even just to investigate him, will cause emotional fluctuations in Jean Grey. No matter what Jean Grey thinks, as long as she has emotional fluctuations, the Phoenix will take advantage of the situation, eventually leading to the outbreak of the Phoenix Force.

Even if Jean Grey chooses to stand on the side of justice, it doesn't mean she won't be sad. Even before the trial, when she herself knows that the two sides are fighting for her, she will definitely be both angry and sad. Just now the Phoenix was likely running out like this; if it weren't for Magneto coming quickly, that fire wouldn't just burn the base.

Now, any handling of Cyclops must be very cautious. To handle him, you have to pass Jean Grey's level, but Jean Grey is clearly not in a state to think calmly now; even if she is moved to Centaurus, once the Phoenix Force breaks out, it might still burn to Earth. It is simply impossible to handle.

Iron Man is having a headache, but Peter says: "I went to the battle scene to take a look, the claw marks left by Wolverine Logan on the wall were to escape, he was clearly the calmer side and didn't want to have a conflict with Cyclops. Why not ask him?"

"In fact, I asked the first time," Professor X says, "But he said he didn't know either, and even felt inexplicable. He said Cyclops seemed to have become a different person, frequently finding trouble for him, from verbal sarcasm to direct action. But he doesn't understand why the other party would do this."

"That is to say, Logan is innocent?" Iron Man asks.

"For now, his suspicion cannot be ruled out, so he is also locked up now. But judging from the performance of the two, Logan is indeed calmer. Do you want to see him?" Professor X says, "I know this time I'm afraid I'm troubling the Avengers again, in order to show our sincerity, the X-Men can let you question them personally. But considering the danger of Cyclops and Jean Grey, before Magneto completely suppresses them, I'm afraid I can't let you contact them. However, Logan's danger is slightly lower, and he is clearer-headed, so you can see him."

Peter and Iron Man look at each other. Iron Man presses his earphone and nods and says: "Alright, the Avengers should indeed see Logan—but it's not us who will see him, Captain America will be here soon."