"Mr. Erik, coming to see me specifically at this hour, you probably didn't just want to chat. What exactly is this very important matter you mentioned?"
Sipping his coffee and listening to Magneto ramble on with the same old mutant ideology, Hawking decided not to waste any more time and got straight to the point.
Normally, in a conversation between two people, whoever lost patience first would fall into a disadvantage and lose the initiative.
But Hawking did not see it that way. He believed that as long as one was strong enough, one would never lose the initiative.
Even without transforming into a giant ape or loading any Protagonist Template, he could now suppress Magneto. Naturally, there was no need to waste time competing with Magneto in patience. What he wanted now was to finish this quickly and go home to reunite with his family.
Seeing Hawking lose patience first, Magneto wisely stopped while he was ahead. He no longer kept him guessing and instead said with a grave expression:
"Hawking, S.H.I.E.L.D. is preparing to deal with us mutants!"
"What? You're not joking, are you?"
Hawking immediately raised an eyebrow.
Among Nick Fury's current subordinates, aside from Captain Marvel, there were few who could fight. Carter, Hawkeye, and Black Widow could only contend with ordinary X-Men.
Against him, Magneto, and Professor X, Captain Marvel alone could not hold them off at all.
That was also why Nick Fury had been willing to accept the three-party negotiations in the first place.
And at this point in time, Avengers like Thor, Hulk, Iron Man Tony, and Doctor Strange Stephen had not yet appeared, nor had they been recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D. It shouldn't be possible.
Could it be that Magneto wanted to stir up trouble himself?
Given the current situation, as long