The outpost at the edge of the Shi'ar Empire's Great Portal sector had been converted from four joint-defense capital ships of the Shi'ar Empire. The Nine Realms, the Skrull Empire, and the Shi'ar Empire each occupied one capital ship, while the remaining one had been assigned to the coalition forces of civilizations from this universe.
Mystique had made this arrangement mainly because if so many people were crammed into a single base, old grudges and fresh enmities would inevitably spark. To say nothing else, Odin had beaten up more than eighty percent of the civilizations in the interstellar coalition. Putting them all together for discussions? They might as well skip straight to an all-out brawl.
Though not many people had come from the Nine Realms, every one of them was an important figure. In the spacious, brightly lit conference room of the capital ship, everyone turned to look at Strange as he entered.
Strange sighed and said, "This wasn't my idea. It was Professor X's."
Magneto, seated at the far end of the table, immediately frowned. He had not said a word throughout the meeting, but now he gave a soft cough.
Stark's expression eased slightly. After all, he knew Professor X's character. The combined moral bottom line of every superhero in New York might not measure up to Professor X's. Without him, ordinary people and Mutants would have gone to war long ago.
The others also had to consider the Mutants' opinions, not because individual Mutants were particularly powerful, but because Mystique currently occupied the position of Shi'ar Queen. The focal point of the offensive and defensive war against the Annihilation Zerg was the Great Portal sector of the Shi'ar Empire. If this was Professor X's idea, it naturally deserved serious consideration.
So everyone listened intently as Strange explained