"First of all, the ones who liked to reveal their identity before committing a crime were the Brotherhood of Mutants. Their goal was to demonstrate against ordinary people and society's administrators, fighting for Mutants' rights."
"But all these years, they had never targeted S.H.I.E.L.D., because they knew S.H.I.E.L.D. wasn't like ordinary government agencies that could do nothing against them. We had the Avengers."
"Besides, demonstrating against us would have been useless. We couldn't make policy and could barely change the current conditions of Mutants' lives. Angering us was completely not worth the cost."
"If Magneto himself had come, he would most likely have taken all the equipment away instead of blowing it up. Magneto didn't lack that kind of ability. He could even open a portal directly and let all the equipment fly into it on its own. That wouldn't have been difficult for him."
"Mutants had never been in a very good position. They wouldn't leave so many advanced and dangerous weapons unused just to blow them up. That was utterly uneconomical, and it might even provoke a fierce backlash from us."
"But if it wasn't the Brotherhood of Mutants, why did they deliberately leave behind traces of Mutants?"
Nick turned to look at Natasha and said, "I'm not blaming you, Natasha. There had rarely been such an embarrassing moment in your career as an agent, but the enemy clearly had sinister intentions."
"You're a super-soldier, but after all, your strengths lie in power and combat. You don't possess any extraordinary perception. Yet in that dangerous situation, you still managed to spot traces of Mutants. That means it was very possible they wanted you to see them..."
"We've encountered this tactic many times. They deliberately disguise an incident as something mysterious and bizarre, then leave behind a small flaw