Chapter 4079
Yes, in the setting of the comics, although mutants have always existed, because there was no such thing as genetic science before, and modern science was not developed enough, people would treat those powerful out-of-control people as demon-possessed, or punished by God, in short, more inclined to religious explanations.
And it was also in the era when Professor X and Magneto rose, that human modern science made great progress. Many scientists were studying these out-of-control cases that occurred frequently around the world, and finally found the consistency of this group of people, which was the X-gene.
This was a big explosion. Originally thought this was God's punishment for humans, but you told me these people were not humans at all, but monsters mixed among us. Because they couldn't hit God before, they didn't blame God, but now there was finally someone they could hit, so why wouldn't they go crazy and hit them?
Racism was very popular in this era itself, Magneto had just emerged in the terrorist world, and Professor X's terrible ability had just been exposed. The anger of the masses was ignited to the extreme. And then, in an accident, it broke out completely.
That was the day after the New York Police Department's phone was blown up, a terrorist massacre occurred in a kindergarten. An extreme anti-mutant activist, because he felt that this kindergarten took in two mutants, rushed into the kindergarten with a gun and fired, killing more than a dozen children on the spot, and dozens of students and teachers were injured.
It just so happened that in the subsequent autopsy, it was found that one of the dead children was indeed a mutant. The public opinion wind direction changed on the spot. People didn't blame the murderer for why he did such a cruel thing, but started to blame the child's parents, why they sent the little monster to the kindergarten. If he didn't go to kindergarten, wouldn't this have happened?
Even more outrageously, the murderer caught in court defended himself actively, insisting that those victims were not killed by himself, but that the little mutant's power exploded, and everyone was harmed by the mutant.
And it just so happened that this guy's background was not simple. The forces behind him bought the jury, and the final result of the trial was to classify this case as a mutant power explosion, requiring mutant parents to be responsible for this, while the real murderer was fine, let alone going to jail, even mental hospitals didn't need to go.
After watching the news report, Shiler knew that things were going to be bad. Sure enough, after the trial ended, this person took out a gun from somewhere and killed all the jury and the judge.
Everyone knew who did this, and this action of Charles also completely angered the upper class. They used a special modified soldier whose memory had been modified by dozens of psychologists working together, sneaked to Charles's side, and captured him in one fell swoop.
Don't ask where Shiler and Arkham Batman were. The young Charles was truly cruel. Shiler once disguised himself as a police officer to approach him, and even relied on high-level lying skills to deceive him, but just as he wanted to open his mouth to persuade, the other party seemed to have a stress disorder attack, and directly gave Shiler's brain a punch with brainwaves, making his head buzz on the spot.
Arkham Batman also tried to approach Charles by resisting the attack, but facts proved that this thing was not something that could be done just by having willpower. Even without a brainwave amplifier, if Charles wanted to attack a person's brain with all his strength, no one could hold it.
And after these two times, he had already remembered the brainwaves of Shiler and Arkham Batman. As long as these two dared to appear within ten kilometers of him, they would directly suffer mental attacks.
And Constantine, who joined them, tried to trap him with magic, but he didn't have the ability to cast magic from thousands of miles away, but couldn't get close, and wanted to cast magic remotely but needed a medium. He couldn't get close, and getting items important to him was even more out of the question.
It was Jack who relied on high-level fabrication skills to dodge round after round of brainwave detection, using a method similar to that special modified soldier to approach Charles, but he couldn't beat that modified person. Even if Shiler gave the other party a shot from a long distance with a sniper rifle, he still didn't take him down, and Jack himself was stabbed.
Shiler climbed in from the window, flipped Jack who was lying on the ground over, and checked his wound. Actually, there was nothing to check. Within such a short few minutes, it was almost healed.
The other party used a bayonet, just to create pain and bloodletting, but the Joker was not afraid of these two at all, and the wound caused by this kind of weapon was not large, which just facilitated Jack's healing.
Shiler helped Jack up from the ground, Constantine walked over from the door and said: "What now?"
"Erik and the others will definitely go to save him," Shiler thought for a while and said, "I think the key now is that we have to find the original Erik in the nightmare. He was just injured, not dead. If we can save him, and then let him save Charles, it will definitely be more able to win his favor than Erik saving Charles alone."
"It should indeed be like this," Arkham Batman said, "The problem now is, if Doctor Strange and the others make a move, they might be able to save the person very quickly, and Charles might not be able to wait for us."
"Then don't let them be so smooth," Shiler said.
Arkham Batman shook his head and said: "The older version of Magneto and the Doctor Strange in his prime, the era is too early now, most of the superheroes on your side haven't debuted yet, I'm afraid they are not so easy to deal with."
"It's precisely because the era is too early that they are easy to deal with. The Sorcerer Supreme on Earth now is the Ancient One, and he won't allow anyone to abuse magic. You and Constantine go to the outside of the New York Sanctum and watch. If someone runs out in a hurry, that should be Doctor Strange making a move. I want to go to S. H. I. E. L. D. and find a way to persuade Nick to deal with Magneto."
The group split into two paths. Arkham Batman and Constantine went to the New York Sanctum, while Shiler and Jack went to S. H. I. E. L. D. However, the station of S. H. I. E. L. D. in this era was not in the place later, they took some detours, but still successfully found it.
Shiler also found his way up in the name of an FBI agent. Maybe it was because his temperament was too much like an agent, or maybe it was because Nick in this era had already started the mode of eating empty salaries from three parties, and no one even checked Shiler's credentials. He entered smoothly like this and soon met Nick.
This black-hearted egg didn't change much, just sitting in the chair sizing up Shiler, with shrewd light flashing in his eyes.
"Charles Xavier was caught by the military."
"What?!" He almost jumped out of the chair.
"Your news is really not sensitive enough. Now the person is probably already at the military base, and you still have time to dawdle here. Guess who they killed first after mastering Xavier's ability?"
Nick immediately called someone, and after hearing the exact same information from the other end of the phone, his face was terrifyingly deep.
Seeing his reaction, Shiler knew he guessed right. S. H. I. E. L. D. in this era was in the rising period, and it was hard to avoid friction with the military. Nick was a master who never suffered losses, and he could disgust those officers with a few tricks. I guess he offended quite a few people. If those officers got Xavier, his good days would be over.
"There is another worse news," Shiler said lightly, "Someone went to save Xavier, but it definitely wasn't your people, and it wasn't even my people. Guess who it is?"
Nick stared at him tightly. Shiler said: "If I didn't guess wrong, you should have participated in the action of saving Magneto before, then you should know where that guy is and what his state is now. But I can clearly tell you that Magneto is among the people saving Xavier now. Do you think what's going on?"
Actually, Shiler didn't know what was going on either, but anyway, Nick would fill in the blanks himself. Basically, whoever his strongest opponent was at the current stage, he would put this black pot on whoever's head.
"Hydra..." Nick gritted his teeth and said.
Shiler's hand paused. He just remembered that the war had just ended not long ago, and it was exactly when Hydra was rampant. Hydra now was not a funny character. On the contrary, these two behemoths, the US and the Soviet Union, sometimes had to look at their faces.
"Falling into the hands of the military, at most you die; falling into the hands of Hydra, it's us dying together. I won't beat around the bush with you either. Those two people are not something we can deal with. If you have a way, try it. Otherwise, pick a good tombstone as soon as possible."
After Shiler finished speaking, he turned and left. Nick hesitated for a while, then called him and said: "Who else?"
"A mage," Shiler turned his head and said, "Looks like he came out of Kamar-Taj, but it's hard to say. I can't understand any magic."
After saying this, he was completely gone. After Shiler left, Nick thought about it and picked up the phone and said to the other side: "Connect to the Spear Bureau."
Not long after Shiler left, Erik and Doctor Strange met the Ancient One and the mages he led on the way to the military base. Seeing Doctor Strange, the Ancient One narrowed his eyes.
The teacher of the Dream-Powered Doctor Strange was the white-bearded old man version of the Ancient One. Seeing this person in front of him, he was stunned for a moment. When he reacted, he wanted to open his mouth to say hello.
"Strange, you shouldn't have traveled through time to come here," the Ancient One said immediately, "I'm afraid I've told you repeatedly that time travel is very dangerous, and attempting to modify history is even more dangerous. Return to where you should be!"
Doctor Strange immediately realized that the Ancient One was probably misunderstanding. The Sorcerer Supreme can see the line of fate to a certain extent, so in this era, he already knew who his successor was, and thus inferred that Doctor Strange might have traveled through time to interfere with history. This speculation could be said to be completely off the mark.
Doctor Strange just wanted to open his mouth to explain, but the Ancient One interrupted him again: "No matter what crisis the timeline you are in is encountering, returning to the past cannot change anything. Now, leave!"
The Ancient One drew his hands, and a bright circle of light appeared between his hands. He actually chose to make a move directly. Doctor Strange was very helpless, but could only take the move, fighting while scolding in his heart. He didn't know how the Ancient One came so fast; he didn't expose any magical energy at all.
But in fact, it was because Shiler went to Nick and put this pot on Hydra. Nick realized the seriousness of the matter and called the Spear Bureau directly, and the Spear Bureau informed Kamar-Taj. Hearing that one person was a mage and might be from Kamar-Taj, the Ancient One of course couldn't sit still and arrived on the scene immediately to prepare to stop them.
The Dream-Powered Doctor Strange could beat the Ancient One, but the game rule was that there could be no intense armed conflict, so he could only run while fighting. Magneto helped out on the side, but at most could only make him run less embarrassingly, and had no way to shake off the Ancient One.
Their side was dragged down, while Shiler and Arkham Batman's side achieved not small progress.
End of Chapter
