Waiting for Rorschach

"Charles, what is it?"

Erik walked up to Charles and asked in a puzzled tone.

"Moira is here."

Charles spoke to Erik and Rorschach. He had already sensed Moira's arrival.

Erik's expression immediately turned grave.

Since Moira had come, it meant the CIA had reached a decision.

The group exchanged glances. Without wasting any words, they headed to the entrance together and brought Moira to Charles's room.

"Just as we expected, the CIA has disbanded our unit. From now on, you have nothing to do with the CIA."

Once everyone was seated, Moira spoke to them with a grave expression.

The outcome came as no surprise to anyone.

The CIA had indeed abandoned them.

"Fine!" Erik spread his hands. "It doesn't change anything. Besides, we never needed the CIA."

"And what about you?"

Charles fixed his gaze on Moira and asked.

During the time they had worked together at the CIA, Charles had developed feelings for Moira that went beyond friendship.

"They said it was my proposal that caused the CIA to suffer such losses, so now... I've been suspended."

Moira deliberately spoke in a light tone, but she could not hide the disappointment in her heart.

"When something goes wrong, they find someone to take the blame. That really is their usual style." Charles stood up for Moira.

Even so, there was nothing any of them could do now.

"Let's not talk about that. So, what are you planning to do next?"

Moira clapped her hands, changing the subject as she looked at everyone.

"Actually, we're planning something big. We're going to give Shaw a surprise." Charles smiled meaningfully.

Then he told Moira about their plan.

After hearing it, Moira immediately said that she wanted to join them.

Even though the CIA had suspended her, it could not extinguish Moira's determination to keep investigating Shaw.

Before, she had worried that she was alone and lacked the strength to do anything. But now, that concern had become unnecessary.

With Charles and the others around, many things would become much easier.

"Well."

Charles's smile grew even brighter. "Moira, welcome aboard!"

Although Erik had always held deep prejudices against ordinary people, he also trusted Moira greatly and raised no objections.

After Mystique, Hank, and the other mutants learned of this, they also warmly welcomed Moira.

From then on, Moira became Charles's assistant, helping him put the young mutants through special training.

Of course, Rorschach did not undergo Charles's special training, because he was the only one who had perfect control over his abilities.

Even if Charles wanted to teach him, there was simply nothing he could teach.

While everyone else was being trained to the brink of death by Charles, Rorschach trained alone in the gym.

Even Erik did not receive such treatment, because he too was being trained by Charles.

Life at Xavier's Manor became bustling and energetic.

It had to be said that Charles was truly remarkable. His mastery of genetic mutation research ran extremely deep.

No matter what abilities the mutants possessed, Charles could devise suitable training methods and achieve highly noticeable results.

The nickname "Professor X" that Mystique had given him was exceptionally fitting. No one understood the X-gene better than Charles.

In just ten short days, all the mutants participating in the special training had made obvious progress.

Although they were still some distance from fully mastering their abilities or reaching combat-ready standards, compared to before, they could be described as completely transformed.

Charles and Erik both felt greatly relieved when they saw this.

Everything was moving in a better direction.

"Charles!"

While Charles was training Magneto on the field, Rorschach appeared.

Charles and Magneto both stopped and turned to look at him.

"Rorschach, this is rare. You finally decided to come out today?"

Magneto began teasing him.

Over the past few days, Rorschach had shut himself in the training room every day, and they had barely seen him.

"I came to inspect the results of your training." Rorschach smiled and teased him in return.

Over the past few days, he had become very familiar with Charles and Erik. Unlike before, they now stood on completely equal footing.

So Rorschach spoke much more casually.

"Then you came at a bad time. I haven't reached the point where I can make you gape in amazement yet." Erik spread his hands.

"Actually, Erik's abilities have already been developed to a considerable degree, so improving further is more difficult for him than for the others."

Charles explained this to Rorschach from the side.

That was only natural. Erik had spent most of his life pursuing Shaw alone. His control over his own abilities was hardly comparable to that of those young mutants.

"All right, Charles, I have to go. It's almost time."

After chatting for a bit, Rorschach spoke seriously to Charles and Erik.

The last time at S.H.I.E.L.D., Howard Stark had said he wanted to invite Rorschach to his home for a casual meal. Rorschach had thought he was merely being polite, but unexpectedly, the playboy had meant it.

He had truly sent Rorschach a formal invitation.

Rorschach could find no reason to refuse the chance to build a connection with someone as wealthy, influential, and powerful as Howard Stark, so he accepted.

Naturally, Charles and Erik had no objections to this.

They were like-minded friends with Rorschach, not his parents.

They would not interfere in Rorschach's private life, as long as he did not affect everyone else.

And Rorschach himself was precisely the person Charles and Erik worried about the least.

"Rorschach, do you need a car? You can take mine."

Charles even made the offer from the side.

"Thanks, Charles. Maybe next time!"

Rorschach waved his hand and declined Charles's kindness. He had a chauffeur coming to pick him up for this appointment.

After leaving Xavier's Manor, Rorschach once again arrived at 75th Street in New York, at the same street corner where he had parted ways with Jarvis before.

Jarvis was already waiting for Rorschach there.

But what Jarvis could never have known was that he was not the only one waiting for Rorschach!