Perhaps they had been too badly frightened, or perhaps they were worried that the Black King would come back again. Everyone was exhausted, yet no one slept well that night.
Not only was it difficult to fall asleep, but even after finally drifting off, they would wake up suddenly several times. The slightest rustle of wind or grass was enough to make their bodies tense.
They were on edge.
This was destined to be a restless night for everyone.
The scenes of the Black King leading people in a massacre at the CIA base had left far too deep a psychological shadow over them.
Rorschach did not sleep either, but unlike the others, it was not because he had been frightened.
On the contrary, he was too excited.
He could not wait to find out what his heat vision felt like!
At a time like this, everyone must already be asleep, right?
Thinking this, Rorschach could no longer suppress the urge in his heart. He threw back the covers and got out of bed.
He planned to find a place in the yard to give it a proper try.
Charles's yard was large enough for Rorschach to cut loose, as long as he was careful not to damage the flowers and plants.
Creak~
Afraid of waking the others, Rorschach carefully—almost tiptoeing—opened the door.
But the moment he stepped outside, a surprised voice rang out. "Rorschach?"
Rorschach turned his head and was equally surprised. "Raven?"
Mystique was wearing a bathrobe. Though loose-fitting, it still highlighted her curvaceous figure.
It was worth mentioning that Mystique was not in the appearance of an ordinary human at the moment. She had blue skin covered in distinctive patterns, revealing her original form.
Clearly, Mystique removed her disguise when she slept.
Like everyone else, Mystique had been unable to sleep. She had gotten up to find something to drink, only to run into Rorschach.
"Can't sleep?"
After a brief pause, Raven naturally greeted Rorschach and walked directly toward him.
Rorschach secretly regretted it. He decided that whenever he sneaked out in the future, he had to use his super-hearing to check his surroundings beforehand.
That would prevent awkward situations like this.
"Neither can you?"
Though he thought that, Rorschach merely smiled calmly at Raven.
"Everyone was scared by what happened today." Raven came closer and closer, until she stood directly in front of Rorschach.
Rorschach could clearly feel Raven's breath and smell the perfume on her body.
"But... you weren't." Raven raised her head and looked at Rorschach with a faintly seductive gaze.
"Since no one can sleep, perhaps we could go to your room. You could tell me why you're able to be so brave."
Is this woman after my body?
Rorschach was speechless.
He knew Western women were open-minded, but this was his first time experiencing it firsthand. If she had been an ordinary woman, he would not have minded something happening.
But Mystique's current appearance, while not ugly, was still far outside Rorschach's tastes.
"Raven, I'm not sleeping because I have something to do." Rorschach looked at Mystique with a serious expression.
"Is it because of how I look?" Mystique thought Rorschach had rejected her and seemed a little dejected.
Then, with a thought from her, ripples passed across her body, and she transformed back into the appearance of the glamorous woman.
"Is this better?"
It's exactly the same, okay?
Rorschach grumbled inwardly.
It was just like a blind date. If you had already seen your date's real appearance, what was the point of them photoshopping themselves into looking prettier?
"Raven, look into my eyes."
Rorschach suddenly said to Raven.
Raven thought Rorschach had something affectionate to say to her. Otherwise, why would he want her to look into his eyes?
But in the next second, she saw Rorschach's eyes begin to glow crimson.
"Rorschach!"
Raven jumped in fright. Her previous little thoughts vanished completely, replaced by a face full of astonishment.
"See? It seems I've awakened an ability, so I plan to test it out." Rorschach explained seriously to Raven.
Only then did Raven realize that Rorschach had not been making an excuse to brush her off. He really did have something to do.
"Raven, I want to find out exactly what this ability does. Can you take me somewhere suitable?"
Rorschach made a request of Raven.
His heat vision was not some shameful secret, so naturally, he was not afraid to display it in front of Mystique.
"Of course. No problem."
"Somewhere open, preferably with plenty of space."
"Rorschach, Charles's home may lack many things, but space isn't one of them."
In the end, Raven led Rorschach to a sports field in Charles's yard. Yes, Charles's yard actually had a sports field. Could you believe it?
There was more than enough room here.
Rorschach took a deep breath. Energy within his body began gathering in his eyes, condensing into two blazing beams.
Sizzle!
Two beams of heat vision shot out from Rorschach's eyes.
"Oh my God!"
Raven could not help covering her mouth as she cried out. Even though she was a mutant herself, the sight of lasers shooting from someone's eyes was incredibly shocking to her.
Even without personally testing the power of those beams, merely standing nearby allowed Raven to sense the tremendous energy contained within them.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
The two beams lit up the night sky like two dazzling pillars, striking and brilliant.
To Rorschach at that moment, they were the most beautiful beams of light in the world.
The only pity was that the heat vision could only last five seconds. Any longer, and Rorschach's eyes could not take it.
But considering that he had only unlocked 5% so far, Rorschach quickly got over it. Five seconds was merely the beginning, nothing more!
Next, Rorschach found some stones to test it on.
Hard stones were as fragile as paper before the heat vision. Rorschach could effortlessly blast them into fragments.
"Not bad. Heat vision will be one of my important trump cards!"
Rorschach was quite satisfied with this.
"Rorschach, you've become stronger again. You're already the strongest among all of us," Raven said with great emotion from the side.
Previously, everyone had actually thought highly of Alex's potential, because his energy rings were truly powerful.
Even Rorschach would not dare face them carelessly.
But now, Rorschach had gained an offensive ability that could compare with them.
And since Charles's ability was completely ineffective against Rorschach, there was no longer any doubt that Rorschach was the strongest among them.
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