Chapter 376

"Although Magneto forcibly converted his human genes into Mutant Gene, giving him mutant abilities, his genes also completely collapsed. Even without what just happened, he wouldn't have lived long."

Su Quan put his arm around Storm's waist, and the light of Healing Magic immediately shone on her.

"We must stop Magneto and prevent such a tragedy from happening again!" Storm said firmly and in a low voice.

Su Quan couldn't help but laugh, "You're badly injured. How are you going to defeat Magneto like this?"

"Injury is not a reason to give up."

"Like when you attacked Dark Phoenix just now?" Su Quan curled his lip. "That wasn't about righteousness, nor was it a resolute act; that was just showing off!"

"And... you don't believe I can win?"

"Who, who knows if you can win? Besides, even if I knew you could win, I wouldn't place all my hopes on you and leave you to fight alone!"

Su Quan smiled and nodded, "So you can speak properly. Since you can speak, then say a few more words."

"..."

Storm rolled her eyes and pulled Su Quan's hand away. "Don't try to take advantage of me. My injuries won't kill me. Go check on Professor X."

"I'm fine." The professor struggled to lift the wheelchair and sat down on his own.

Are you hoping Su Quan will help?

Forget it.

Su Quan clearly only cares about you and Jean Grey. If it weren't for you, it's uncertain whether he would have stopped Dark Phoenix.

Speaking of which, we can leave Su Quan and Dark Phoenix aside for now, since we can't control them anyway. Let's focus on things we can control, like— Magneto, oops, Magneto!

Fish seek fish, shrimp seek shrimp.

As best buddies who love and hate each other, Magneto is his business— Magneto's business is his business, and stopping Magneto is his duty!

Although it's still unknown what kind of Mutants Magneto found to replace Anna, the professor knows that Magneto definitely won't give up.

The time and place of the summit have been determined. Now all we have to do is wait and see, defeat Magneto, and stop his plan.

Uh... easier said than done!

There are too few people available to send out on missions; at most, there are only Jean Grey and Storm, and now they're injured.

For now, we have no choice but to force the issue and select people from among the students.

The professor, preoccupied with his own thoughts, instructed Storm to take good care of Jean Grey, find someone to repair the infirmary, and then go out to comfort the frightened students and, incidentally, replenish the X-Men with fresh blood.

"That bald cripple is quite sensible."

Just because he left so decisively without staying behind as a third wheel, Su Quan decided that next time he was in danger, he would lend a hand and save him!

"Can't you show some respect for the professor? He's my... and Jean's teacher. Without him, we wouldn't be where we are today," Storm said irritably.

Su Quan curled his lip. "If that's the case, you should at least show me some respect."

"Why?"

"Without me, all Mutants would be wiped out."

Storm looked at him suspiciously. Was this guy telling the truth or lying?

"You don't believe me?" Su Quan snorted, feigning dissatisfaction. "A scientist named Bolivar Trask captured the professor's old friend decades ago, studied her abilities, and prepared to develop a weapon specifically to deal with Mutants — the Sentinel Robot."

"In the future, the Sentinel Robot will wipe out the vast majority of Mutants carrying Mutant Gene, leaving only Baldy, Magneto, you, and a handful of others to hold on."

"Finally, you took a desperate gamble to Days of Future Past, and in the process, you were killed by the Sentinel Robot."

Storm opened her mouth. "So, did we succeed?"

"It's a success."

Storm scoffed, "Since we succeeded, what does it have to do with you?"

Su Quan grinned. "It's very important, because I've messed up your timeline for Days of Future Past. If it had followed the original trajectory, you wouldn't have succeeded at all."

Storm's face darkened. "So you didn't help us or save the Mutants, you betrayed us."

Su Quan shrugged. "Bolivar Trask is dead, the Sentinel Robot can't reappear, and you don't need to Days of Future Past anymore. Doesn't this count as helping you, or saving the Mutants?"

Does this count?

You first destroyed our hope of self-rescue, then prevented the disaster from happening in advance, and then took credit for it?

Something feels off to me.

Etc--

Days of Future Past? Disrupting another timeline?

Storm exclaimed in surprise, "You... you're from another timeline?"

Su Quan rolled his eyes. "Couldn't it be that I went to another timeline?"

"So you've been to another timeline?"

Su Quan nodded. "I do come from another timeline."

"..."

Storm rolled her eyes, lightning crackling around her. "Is it fun to mess with me?"

"I don't know if it's fun to mess with you, but you... should be fun!" Su Quan deliberately looked you up and down.

Storm, enraged, cried out, "Su... Quan...!!!"

"Don't look at me like that. I'm just a little late and didn't come to you beforehand, but there's still time in the other timeline. Believe me or not, I can find you again and raise you from childhood so you can call me 'Dad'?"

"Um?"

"Slip of the tongue, I meant to call you teacher!"

Time flies, the sun rises and the moon sets.

A new day begins with Jean Grey blocking the door...

"Good morning." Su Quan greeted Jean Grey, who was hesitating outside the door, and asked with a smile, "How are you feeling?"

Jean Grey first replied with a "Good morning," then asked hesitantly, "What did you put inside me?"

Su Quan was taken aback for a moment, then chuckled and said, "What kind of question is that? You're a woman, and I'm a man. What do you think I could put inside your body?"

"..."

Jean Grey declared that she was too innocent to understand! If she did understand, it would definitely be because of Dark Phoenix, and had nothing to do with her.

Early in the morning, Jean Grey didn't want to talk about such a sensational topic. After a few seconds of silence, she ignored him and continued talking to herself.

"I know everything that happened yesterday. You defeated the Dark Phoenix and the Phoenix Force. You also saved me and healed my injuries. When I woke up today, I felt... I felt very relaxed, as if all the repression I had been feeling had disappeared, and the Phoenix Force seemed to be gone as well."

At this point, Jean Grey frowned and thought for a moment, then shook her head and changed her words, saying, "It didn't disappear, but was suppressed by another peaceful force. I can feel the balance between the two forces tilting. The power of the Phoenix Force is weakening, while the peaceful force is strengthening."

"Is this peaceful power... your Phoenix Force?"

Su Quan shrugged and admitted it.

Jean Grey asked hopefully, "Then... will the Phoenix Force within me disappear completely because of this?"

Su Quan shook his head and said, "My relationship with the Phoenix Force is one of mutual diminishing and equal strength, making it difficult for us to coexist! As the saying goes, two tigers cannot share one mountain. Unless one is male and the other female, it will not relinquish its power and coexist peacefully with me unless we fight a few times and completely subdue it."

"Besides... your problem isn't just about the Phoenix Force!"

"Dark Phoenix is a second personality created by the Phoenix Force. She has a master-servant relationship with the Phoenix Force, not a symbiotic relationship. Even without the Phoenix Force, she will continue to exist, but it will not be so easy for her to emerge."

The Phoenix Force does indeed affect the host's personality and thinking. Others who are Possession the Phoenix Force will experience a drastic change in personality, leaning towards evil and darkness, but they do not develop a second personality. Jean is an exception.

It's also possible that other people have been hosts of the Phoenix Force for too long, and the effects of their corruption haven't been enough to create a second personality.

On a side note, the stronger the power, the harder it is to master. Like the Phoenix Force and the Chaos Force, they are powerful to most people, but their subtle influence is too great. Even if someone is a hero at the beginning, they will slowly fall into depravity under their influence.

For example, Dark Phoenix, and Scarlet Witch...

Let's get back to Jean Grey.

"I don't think you need to worry about the Phoenix Force. Whether it's still there or not, with my Phoenix Force around, it can't affect you like it used to. You don't need to worry about when the power will go out of control."

"Now you can travel light and enjoy life to the fullest."

Jean Grey said softly, "I think it's a bit difficult."

I don't need to worry about the original Phoenix Force, but your Phoenix Force... will still affect me!

Right now, you're even more attractive to me than before. How am I supposed to discern my own feelings and be sure of what I'm thinking?

Uh, Su Quan thought she was just being pretentious.

Emotions arise from hormonal attraction, and from this perspective, the Phoenix Force works in the same way.

Moreover, regardless of the cause, if the process is real and the result is real, then it is real!

The establishment of a relationship and whether it can last depends on many factors, and the cause of its formation is only the cause.

So, is there something wrong with it?

No problem!