The Matter Settled

Soon, Logan returned with the wounded Caliban, looking dejected.

Lin Xu was puzzled. The person had been saved, so why did he have that expression?

What's wrong with him?

Caliban was still somewhat weak, speaking feebly, "The person who sold the secondhand ship was from the Essex Corporation; his money is gone..."

Hearing this, Lin Xu glanced at the two of them, somewhat speechless. "I say, have you been hiding for too long? Has your moral compass gotten any higher? If I remember correctly, you stole that car downstairs, and now that you've been scammed, don't you know how to get it back?"

Logan froze upon hearing this.

Yeah, why don't I just steal the 100,000 dollars back?

Thinking of this, he turned and left.

Snap~

With no support, Caliban collapsed to the ground, reaching out to look in the direction Logan had gone, hesitant to speak.

Then he looked at Lin Xu.

Lin Xu glanced at Caliban's exposed skin, which was already somewhat eerie due to albinism, and the red spots left by sun exposure made it look disgusting no matter how you looked at it.

"Laura! Help your Uncle Caliban into his room!"

After casually shouting something, Lin Xu went straight into the bedroom.

Caliban: So what if I shot you in the foot? Why are you being so petty!

In the middle of the night, Lin Xu was converting his divine power when the door opened, and an extremely alluring figure with long hair quietly slipped in.

The person who arrived was wearing SpongeBob SquarePants shorts, and his shirt had an extremely ugly Spider-Man design on it.

"Wade, what are you doing in my room in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?"

"Oh no, I've been found out. I don't remember making a sound."

"The door spoke up for you."

"Cough cough..." Through the streetlights outside the window, Wade looked at Lin Xu, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, and slowly climbed onto the bed.

"Roll!"

"Okay..."

Wade agreed quickly, but seeing that Lin Xu didn't open his eyes, he didn't take any further action.

"If you have something to say, just say it! Don't look at me like that!"

"Hehe, well, how about this: did you use some kind of magic to make everyone forget about the X-Men today?"

Lin Xu suddenly opened his eyes and looked at Wade: "So,... you haven't forgotten?"

"Ah, hahaha, what's X-Men? I have no idea!"

Wade shrank back timidly, thinking, "Would this guy kill me to cover it up?"

Suddenly, Lin Xu reached out and grabbed Wade's head.

"It's over, I'm doomed!"

Lin Xu pressed the Seal of Vishanti again before saying, "Your mission is complete. You can leave now. Remember to stay away from Charles. If you get too close to him, you'll die!"

Lin Xu wasn't lying. "The Kof-Carl's Ruins" had no effect on him, and the X-Men memories were still in his mind. If Charles were to enter his mind and see them one day, Wade would be the first to suffer.

"Huh? Have I completed my mission?"

Are you leaving or not?

"Ah, I'm leaving!"

"By the way, if—and I mean if—another one asks you for Golden Desert Eagle, just give it to him. The gold I gave you can be used to make another pair. Nothing is more important than life."

"What do you mean by 'another me'? As for the Golden Desert Eagle, humph! That's impossible to send away unless I..."

Before Wade could finish speaking, a portal suddenly appeared beneath his feet, swallowing him whole.

"Ah, I was wrong, I don't want to land for thirty minutes..."

After closing the portal, the room became much quieter, but he still felt like he had forgotten something.

Meanwhile, far away on the streets of New York, Wade looked at himself in a short-sleeved shirt and shorts, lost in thought...

The next morning, at the dining table.

The homeowner looked left and right, but couldn't find Wade anywhere.

Where are they?

Who are you looking for?

"That handsome guy who went to the sluice gate with me yesterday, you wouldn't believe how handsome he is! He can actually cut bullets with a knife!"

"Oh, he's gone. He came to say goodbye last night."

The homeowner looked incredulous. "Impossible!"

"Really, believe me."

"But his clothes and gun are still inside the house..."

"..."

Just say you forgot something.

Lin Xu silently got up, went to Wade's room, and found a long hair on his jersey.

Clothes, long swords, gold, and everything else were delivered to him.

"Haha, dear employer, I knew you wouldn't abandon me! Hey... hey? Don't turn it off..."

On a cliff in North Dakota, the X-23 finally found her companion.

They were all conceived from fertilized eggs, injected with Mutants genes, and then conceived in the bodies of Mexico girls.

In essence, they are no different from regular Mutants. The only difference is that they were originally intended to be used as weapons of war, so they were injected with genetic serum.

The government's genetic virus had no effect on them.

However, these children, guided by several nurses, had a natural aversion to war, which is why the Essex Corporation destroyed them.

"This is a great location, a secluded spot."

Lin Xu stood on the edge of the cliff, gazing at the distant forest with a serene expression.

Upon hearing this, Logan immediately understood what Lin Xu meant.

Are you really not coming with us?

No, thank you.

"And you, now that you've gotten the money back, save it for now. With so many children, the expenses are quite high. Why don't you stay with them? You haven't been back to your own country in a long time, have you?"

"But I promised Charles I would buy him a boat and watch the sunrise at sea..."

"The sunrise doesn't matter where you watch it, and are you sure Charles would prefer to be alone with you?"

Logan followed Lin Xu's gaze and saw Charles sitting in a wheelchair, surrounded by a group of young Mutants, creating an incredibly harmonious atmosphere.

"Well, it seems he really does prefer children..."

Soon, three days passed, and several more children were added.

After everyone arrived, Logan refused Lin Xu's offer to open a portal. Now that Caliban was with them, there was no risk of being tracked, so he planned to take the children on a steady journey.

And so, Lin Xu stood on the edge of the cliff, watching the group slowly disappear into the distance.

"Tsk, family-friendly dramas are so much better, but these directors always insist on making tragic plays."

"Because a happy ending is the most ideal outcome, while tragedy is more likely to permeate life from beginning to end."

"That's true, but..."

Wait, who's speaking? And how could someone get so close to him without being noticed?

Lin Xu slowly turned around and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Then he saw a pair of legs that were longer than his entire body—in a physical sense, yes.

The person was about six meters tall, with blond hair cascading down like a waterfall to his heels.

The long skirt woven from green grass trailed on the ground, and was covered with thousands of different flower petals.

However, her whole being was flickering between light and shadow.

The Eye of Agamotto began to tremble the moment it saw this person.