Chapter 484
"Ellie".
Su Quan said a name.
The young girl, Jean Grey, was somewhat bewildered; she had never heard of any singer or musician with that name.
Su Quan smiled and pointed to a bar across the street. There was a homemade poster on the bar's glass, showing a young and beautiful blonde girl with her arms crossed and her head tilted back, singing.
Her name is below her name.
Ellie!
The young Jean Grey asked, speechless, "You didn't just see the poster and that's why you want to go to her concert, did you?"
Su Quan smiled without saying a word, while the young girl, Jean Grey, already believed her guess.
Do you want to go to a concert?
You just want to see pretty girls!
Su Quan and the young girl Jean Grey enjoyed a hearty meal at a nearby restaurant, and then strolled around a nearby shopping mall, where he bought her several outfits.
It wasn't until night fell and the lights came on that the two arrived at the bar, waiting for the concert to begin.
The bar wasn't very big. Staff were setting up equipment on the stage in the corner, and customers were chatting and drinking in small groups, seemingly not paying much attention to the upcoming concert.
Su Quan and the young girl Jean Grey sat in the first row in front of the stage. After inquiring, Jean Grey learned that this Ellie was just a new singer who had just started out and had no fame.
Even new singers and so-called concerts often have a lot of hype.
To be honest, this was just a live performance by a bar singer!
The young girl, Jean Grey, became even more convinced of her guess: Su Quan was only after Ellie's looks.
Hmph, how superficial!
Well, Jean Grey, the young girl, was a little jealous.
After all, not long ago Su Quan was wholeheartedly teaching and instructing her, but in less than half a day, he had already changed his mind.
They get bored with the old and crave the new way too quickly, don't they?
At that moment, a blonde girl wearing a white dress and exaggerated eye makeup stood in front of the microphone on the stage.
"She's not that pretty." The young girl, Jean Grey, looked herself up and down a few times, then glanced down at herself. "Her figure isn't as good as mine."
To be fair, there's no such thing as a standard for body shape; it's all a matter of personal taste, like different strokes for different folks.
Some people like the fierce Jean Grey, while others prefer the slender and delicate Ellie.
Su Quan is different; he likes anyone who is beautiful!
Let's get back to the main topic.
When Ellie came on stage, she didn't introduce herself like other singers did, nor did she warm up the audience; she just started singing right away.
As the melodious music began, the moment Ellie opened her mouth, Su Quan felt as if he were drinking ice water on a sweltering summer day—it was incredibly refreshing and exhilarating.
I was shocked.
Her voice is so beautiful?
Jean Grey looked at Ellie, who was immersed in the music, with surprise. She then observed the guests around her. Most of the guests who were originally drinking and chatting had been attracted by her singing and had turned their attention to the stage.
"Bang!"
The already dim lights in the bar suddenly went out completely.
Before the guests could react, a bright spotlight shone directly on Ellie, who was still singing on stage.
At that moment, Ellie seemed to become the only light!
"Oh, it was just a stage effect."
The guests realized what had happened and continued drinking and watching the performance with peace of mind.
This design is indeed a stage effect, but it's just the prelude. The real effect is about to appear!
Ellie slightly raised her hand, and tiny points of light, like fireflies, appeared at her fingertips, shimmering and dancing in the air with her fingers and arm.
Under her direction, the points of light gradually gathered together, turning into a colorful halo, and then changing into various shapes as she sang high and low notes.
At this moment, Ellie was like a goddess surrounded by radiance, beautiful and breathtaking.
"Is this a lighting effect?" Jean Grey, the young girl, looked at the light spots being directed by Ellie and vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
It's so realistic, so perfect, and the timing is so precise.
If the changes in the light spots are due to well-designed lighting effects, then the stage effect we see today is perfect.
But can she really time it that precisely?
Besides...
Where is the light source that projects the spotlight?
Although there were various light sources on the roof above the stage, none of them could be matched to the specific points of light.
If it's not a lighting effect, where do these light spots come from?
The young girl Jean Grey suddenly narrowed her eyes and released her Psychic Abilities towards Ellie, beginning to sense her.
As soon as her Psychic Abilities were unleashed, the girl Jean Grey let out a muffled groan and turned to look at Su Quan, who was drinking beer.
Immediately, her voice rang in Su Quan's mind.
"Why are you stopping me? I suspect she might be Mutants."
"No doubt about it, that's her!" Su Quan replied with a smile, explaining, "Do you really think I only went to her concert because she's pretty? Her full Ellie Allison Blair, codename: Xuan Yin."
"She really is Mutants, so those lights are her abilities?" the girl Jean Grey asked in surprise.
"Her ability is to convert sound waves into various types of light energy, which can provide illumination, project realistic holograms, emit blinding pulses, emit psychedelic flashes, create laser-like Cutting Beam, and emit solid photons and oscillating force beams."
"Don't let her lack of success as a singer fool you; she's actually a highly skilled athlete and roller skater, and also possesses strong hand-to-hand combat skills."
PS: The image is of Xuan Yin.
Ellie was born in a suburb of Long Island, New York City. Her father was a law student and her mother was a free-spirited entertainer. The two eventually ended their relationship due to differences in their views.
As a teenager, Ellie dreamed of becoming a singer. Later, while performing a dance, she accidentally triggered her superpowers, causing everyone present to go blind.
After entering university, she gradually became familiar with her superpowers and began to use them to realize her dream of becoming a singer. She is considered a talented singer, actress, and dancer.
He later joined groups such as the X-Men and Arcadia Team.
If the story unfolds as it should, even if Su Quan doesn't look for her now, she will Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters in the near future and make a brief appearance during the Dark Phoenix arc.
Su Quan doesn't know much about her experiences in the comics, since she's not a main character, but there is one thing worth mentioning.
In the comics, she has a husband named Longshot, who comes from a special dimensional space called the Mojoverse.
The Mojoverse is extremely adept at genetic engineering, and the Longshot is a genetically modified human created by local scientists.
Besides possessing Super Strength, Super Endurance, Super Speed, and super agility, his main ability is to control probability, which can cause events to occur in his favor.
In addition, Longshot has a special ability, or rather, a unique characteristic.
The purer and kinder his heart, the stronger his abilities; if he turns evil, he will lose all his superpowers.
Another Mutants is good at controlling probability, namely Domino the Afro-haired Lucky Girl from Deadpool, fought a head-on battle with Longshot, and Longshot won decisively.
Besides Xuan Yin and Domino, there is another woman who has a very direct connection with him.
A woman skilled in dark magic, possessing six arms with superhuman strength, who has undergone human modification technology, knows how to teleport, and can travel through different times and spaces.
Spiral!
Spiral's real name is Rita Hayworth. She was originally a well-known stuntwoman in Hollywood. After meeting Longshot, who came from Earth, she became his lover.
However, Rita, who was tasked Longshot saving the Mojoverse, was attacked by a woman with six arms and wearing a samurai helmet while helping him return home.
The operation by Longshot failed, and Rita was kidnapped and imprisoned. Longshot's memories of Rita were also completely erased.
Rita was imprisoned for several years. In order to make Rita loyal to him, scientists under Mojo, the ruler of the Mojoverse, subjected her to extreme physical and mental modifications.
They gave her four arms, granting her the ability to see through different spaces.
Under such physical and mental transformation, Rita suffered a mental breakdown, and her hair turned silver-white. Afterwards, Mojo instilled knowledge about black magic in her, making her his loyal servant— the Spiral.
Incidentally, the six-armed woman that Rita encountered back then was none other than Rita herself, who would later become the Spiral!
The future her attacked her, causing her to become the future her. It has to be said, it has a bit of a paradoxical loop feel to it.
How about learning about a pre-destination destination?
As Su Quan watched Ellie's performance, his thoughts wandered, and through her, he thought of another female Mutants.
Lylla Cheney.
She possesses exceptional performing talent and, like Ellie, is a singer and musician; she also has her own band.
Her abilities are not as special as Ellie's, but they are very powerful. She can create faster-than-light particle fields, allowing herself or others to teleport between stars, and even across galaxies.
However, she cannot teleport short distances.