Chapter 4734

Steve sat at the bar in the restaurant and took a glass of wine from Polaris. After taking a sip, he smiled and said: "The taste is not bad, ma'am. You seem to be in a good mood."

"This is really strange. It should be me asking you this." Polaris wiped her hands with a towel and said, "I heard your friend is sick. It seems he is not used to Krakoa's environment. Is he okay?"

"Borrowing your good words, it's not bad, just a small cold. And a treatment method has already been found."

"I know what you are worried about," Polaris was also quick-spoken, she said, "Krakoa hasn't been established for long, and it has been sanctioned by so many countries. You are worried that we will become the next Cuba. But in fact, our situation before was much worse than this. Now what is there to worry about?"

"I forgot about this, you reminded me." Steve took another sip of wine.

"You don't look like someone who would come to get drunk at this time." Polaris shook her head and said, "It seems you are still very worried about him."

"A little," Steve didn't deny it, "Tony is a very strong person. Occasionally getting sick can also be very carefully taken care of, and he won't let us see it. This is the first time I've seen him have a high fever, it's really scary."

Polaris hesitated for a moment, and then said: "You might not believe it. Mutants like us also get sick. Especially when losing mutant abilities, I have seen many.... Forget it, why am I telling you this."

"If you want to confide, I'm willing to listen. But I think those things have passed. Just like you said, Krakoa is a brand-new beginning, and it's already better than ever."

"Although that's the case, what I'm happy about isn't entirely this." Polaris's tone became lively again, "I adjusted my shift with them. I'll be off for the next two days, to be precise, two and a half days. I'm considering where to go to play."

After a pause, she said to herself: "Do you know if there are hot springs at the volcano in the north?"

"Oh?" Steve showed some interest.

"The entire Krakoa Island is high in the north and low in the south. This is because there is a volcano in the north. I don't know exactly what kind of volcano it is. But there are indeed underground hot springs there, I've seen them before. It seems the temperature is very high, maybe it can't be soaked directly, and cool water needs to be added to adjust the temperature. But we happen to have Iceman. I'm thinking of persuading him to take two days off, and we'll go soak in the hot springs together."

"May I ask, is he your boyfriend?"

"No," Polaris said, "I know in many universes, I am entangled with Havok and Iceman, but in this universe, I am single, not dating anyone, and haven't talked to them."

Just as Steve was about to ask why, Polaris answered him, she said: "The news of the nine lives brought by Moira was already known by the Professor ten years ago, and he started preparing at that time, and I was very young then, following Magneto around, preparing for the mutant nation-building plan, so where would I have time to fall in love. The X-Men are the same."

"Besides, after hearing about the love history of my other counterparts, I think being single is not bad. Perhaps after the situation is completely stable, I can consider it, but for now, forget it."

"The hot spring I'm talking about is for everyone to go together." Polaris said while wiping the wine glass, "Everyone was exhausted some time ago, it's time to relax properly. The new Professor looks quite easy to talk to, I'm considering whether to tell him."

"You might have some misunderstandings about Charles," Steve said. But he paused and changed his words, "But it's hard to say. He has always been gentle to mutants. You are such a group of hardworking and sensible good children, maybe he is really willing to give you a hot spring holiday."

"What do you mean? He isn't gentle to others?"

"Not that easy to talk to," Steve shook his head and said, "Believe it or not, in a while he should call me to work..."

Before he even finished speaking, Charles's voice sounded: "Alright, Captain. I know you are very worried about Tony. But in the case that he hasn't returned to his post, you have to help keep an eye on things. This is for his own good, isn't it? Finish the wine in your hand and come to the pier..."

Steve shrugged at Polaris, drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, put down the glass, and walked toward the pier. Polaris hurriedly called him to stop, and then said: "In this way, I can't ask directly. Help me probe his tone, ask him if he is interested in hot springs. Maybe everyone can go soak together."

Steve waved at her, signaling her to rest assured, and soon arrived near the pier by stone platform. The project here had been fully unfolded, and the scale was larger than before, obviously the mutant leader of the Central Universe had greater ambition for this.

"Are you planning to build it directly into a military and commercial port?" Steve asked.

"Yes. But it was just decided," Charles said, "The more they sanction, the more we must show a tough attitude. Originally, we felt that it was not good to force a large project when resources and manpower were insufficient. Now it seems it was too polite."

"And I'm also preparing to withdraw the manpower in the universe directly. If asked, it's because the pier is built too big and there isn't enough manpower, so we can only take care of ourselves first. Although the Shi'ar Empire is already a remnant army, it is not without danger. Giving them a chance to rest, Earth is equally in danger."

Steve looked at Charles. He knew that the Professor of their universe had plenty of strength and means; dealing with political struggles on Earth was a small matter.

The Shi'ar Empire's army, although it had become a climate, was for mutants. Magneto or Apocalypse could rush in and kill them all in a few strokes. But the exhausted Avengers might not be able to, and ordinary people had no chance.

At this time, mutants stopped, which became a big problem. People with discerning eyes could see that this was because the Earth government announced sanctions. Even if they wouldn't revoke the sanctions because of this, at least it would give enough pressure and let the other party understand that in the case where mutants have the ability to protect Earth, being against Krakoa is not wise.

"This is not necessarily effective," Steve pointed out the loophole, "Krakoa is on Earth. If the army hits, they won't have any benefits either. Perhaps other governments will take a gamble, you don't dare to let go completely."

"This is my next plan," Charles said, "Mutants will always leave Earth. Having been bullied for so long, it's not too much to take some specialties away, right?"

Steve opened his eyes slightly and said: "You wouldn't be thinking of taking the whole island away, would you?"

"Why not?" Charles looked at him and asked, "Anyway, ordinary people can't stay on this island. It's completely useless to ordinary people, giving it to us can be considered the best of both worlds."

"This isn't giving, isn't this hard grabbing?" Steve shook his head, but didn't express opposition. Mutants' control over Krakoa was too deep. If they didn't take the island away, but left a group of people here, it might cause greater disputes.

"Tony thinks so too," Charles said, "Otherwise, why do you think he has been studying the location of the pier. If you want the whole island to take off, the center of gravity is very important, and the arrangement of the engine is also very particular. Where the pier is now might be an important position, so he wanted to move the pier to another place."

"Then why are you still building here?" Steve said with some surprise, "What if it conflicts with the engine later?"

"Isn't Tony sick?" Charles said helplessly, "We aren't that inhumane to send a patient to do this kind of work. He is sick, so we can only abandon technological means completely."

"Then are you thinking of using mutant abilities?" Steve thought for a moment and said, "Magneto should be able to do it, after all, he can even drag planets away."

"Absolutely not," Charles said, "Didn't you notice? This island also has a suppression effect on mutants' mutant abilities. Some weak mutants will completely lose their mutant abilities, even our powerful Omega and Alpha levels will be weakened a lot."

"There's such a thing?" Steve was really a bit surprised, "Then why did mutants choose this island?"

"Of course it's related to the totem." Charles said, "And weakening mutant abilities is not a good thing for powerful mutants, but for many mutants with defects, it can be called a gospel. They finally don't have to be troubled by those incomplete mutant abilities and can be happy ordinary people."

"In this way, the two leaders of this universe are indeed idealists," Steve sighed, "Willing to make such sacrifices for those weak mutants."

"Although it may be part of the reason, more of it is that powerful mutants can leave the island easily. Being restricted on the island is not a big deal, and at most it's just troublesome to build houses. Otherwise, how could this pier not be finished for so long."

Steve nodded. He had thought before that, in fact, just such a pier didn't need so many mutants, Polaris came and helped. He didn't expect it was because mutant abilities were restricted.

"How long until the pier is finished?" Steve asked.

"Not necessarily. I see the children are exhausted, and I want to give them a holiday. Sharpening the knife doesn't delay cutting wood." Charles smiled and said.

"Polaris wants to tell you... oh, how did I forget, you must have heard it. What do you think?"

"They will definitely soak in the hot springs, but the process can't be so easy. Otherwise, they will have to sneak over every few days. Not to mention delaying progress, that volcano is also quite dangerous."

"Then what do you plan to do?" Steve asked curiously.

"Tonight, Apocalypse and the others will withdraw. The Magneto of this universe told me that Apocalypse intends to see the skills of the new generation of mutants. So we plan to set up a ring on the island. Those who win can get hot spring tickets, and those who lose will go to work."

"Isn't this too cruel?" Steve said, "Others go to soak in hot springs, but they are left behind, this is not conducive to their interaction, right?"

"I didn't say they were left behind to build the pier, don't hot springs need to be built?" Charles shrugged, "Winners just enjoy, losers have to build the hot spring bathhouse with us. But they can soak in the end."

"This is better." Steve said, "Alright, I'll go over there and watch first. I see some of them are eager to try next to the crane, and they aren't wearing safety helmets."

"Professor." Charles heard someone calling him, the tone was quite listless. He responded: "What's wrong, Schiller?"

"Tony is having nightmares again, trouble you to come over and help him sort out his spirit. I really don't want to go into his realm to face the Jurassic big dinosaurs and Darth Vader's laser sword again."