"Erik? Erik?" Professor X called twice. When he realized he could not sense Magneto's brainwaves, he gritted his teeth and muttered, "Did you have to put on that damn Helmet at a time like this?!"
At this moment, anyone from the X-Men who saw Professor X's expression would have been utterly shocked. Professor X had always been gentle and refined before others, always looking as though everything was under control.
"Couldn't you have waited until you were practically home before hanging up?" Magneto's voice came from behind Professor X. Professor X turned to look at him just as Magneto removed the Helmet, letting his silver-white hair fall loose.
He set the Helmet aside and said, "We've more or less destroyed all three star systems there. Polaris captured the captains of two transport fleets and learned from them that the laboratories there were probably funded by the Council of Elders."
"I knew it was them." Professor X sighed. "Can you get this news spread across the Three Great Empires' wide-area networks before tonight?"
Magneto frowned. "Why the rush? Didn't you say we had three days to spread the news?"
"The plan has changed." Professor X told Magneto about Nathaniel and Apocalypse, then continued, "I suspect the people behind Apocalypse may be the New Skrull Empire."
"They're going after Mutants? Why go through such a roundabout way?" Magneto asked, though he clearly did not intend to wait for Professor X's answer. In this regard, he was far sharper than Professor X.
No matter what, Apocalypse was also one of the Mutants. To other advanced civilizations, identifying Mutants was not difficult. If Apocalypse attacked them, then it would become an internal Mutant war.
And if that war caused any damage, the Mutants would bear full responsibility. By then, they would have an excuse