New Mutant Leader

The Attribute Panel, resembling a Holographic Projection screen, immediately appeared in Richard's field of vision.

Host: Richard

Race: Human (Alpha-level Mutant)

Current Template: Sephiroth (Fusion Degree 45%)

Exclusive Equipment: Masamune, Summoned Swords

Skills: Octaslash lv3, Earth Shake lv3, Sky Tremor lv3, Zanshin lv3, Iai Slash lv3, Hell Gate lv3, Black Magic Crystal lv3, Great Lightning lv3, Great Blizzard lv3, Great Fire lv3, Great Gust lv3, Dimension Slash lv3

Magic: 523/2000 (recovers 450 points per hour)

X-Gene Superpowers: 19

Alpha-level: Plunder, Super Strength, Super Constitution, Super Self-Healing, Teleportation

Beta-level: Energy Emission, Energy Absorption, Invisibility, Super Vision, Telepathy, Giant Body, Gravity Restraint, Heat Vision, Air Bullet, Deflection, Attack Transfer, Telekinesis

Delta Level: Beast Instinct, Bone Claws

Mission: None

Storage Space: Unlocked

After he upgraded his skills to level 3, the system had removed the original proficiency display and changed it to display only the level.

Unless he deliberately opened the skill description, the system would not actively show the skill's exact proficiency.

Moreover, after reaching level 3, he could finally control the skills' consumption as he pleased.

Or rather, control their power as he pleased.

He could now freely adjust a skill's power between level 1 and level 3 according to the situation, and the magic consumption would change based on the skill's actual power.

Though the system had not given any explanation, he could roughly guess why.

If the old him had released skills like he was playing a game, then after upgrading them to level 3, his mastery of these skills had reached the point of perfection.

To put it simply, even without any help from the system, he could now use these abilities however he wanted, rather than merely choosing whether to activate them like in a game.

If there was anything he found unsatisfactory, it was that the system had not issued any new missions over the past three months, so he had not obtained any new Character Template skills.

Glancing at his current fusion degree, a thought flashed through his mind.

Given that the system had not issued any new missions in three months and he had not awakened any new skills either, a fusion degree of 50% was probably a dividing line.

Once the Template Fusion Degree exceeded 50%, the system should issue new missions.

Of course, it was also possible that he would automatically awaken skills such as One-Winged Angel Form, Supernova, Heartless Angel, and Divine Judgment.

As he imagined himself using One-Winged Angel Form, an expectant expression appeared on Richard's face.

After reviewing his skills, his gaze fell on the X-Gene Superpowers.

Just as he had initially guessed, mental abilities such as Mental Isolation, Mental Charm, and Death Suggestion could fuse and strengthen into a more comprehensive Telepathy ability.

More than a month ago, after killing a Female Agent from the Department of Mutant Affairs, he had successfully Plundered Telepathy.

More precisely, he had Plundered Beta-level Telepathy.

The moment he obtained Telepathy, abilities such as Mental Isolation, Mental Charm, and Hypnotic Suggestion began fusing to strengthen the Telepathy he had just Plundered.

In terms of level alone, his Telepathy was still inferior to Professor X's and the White Queen's.

But he did not pay special attention to that.

Although his Telepathy was only Beta-level for now, as long as he continued to Plunder other mental abilities, it was only a matter of time before Telepathy advanced to Alpha-level.

Telepathy was not an especially rare ability.

Besides Professor X and the White Queen, there were many Mind Ability Users in the world.

That meant he did not need to worry about being unable to Plunder other mental abilities.

More than that, as long as he killed enough Mind Ability Users—or killed both Professor X and the White Queen—it was not impossible for his Telepathy to advance to Omega-level.

Judging by the number of X-Gene Superpowers, the number of abilities he possessed had not increased by much.

But in terms of strength, he was far more powerful than he had been three months ago.

The current him had few mutant opponents even if he relied solely on his X-Gene Superpowers without using any Character Template skills.

After reviewing his X-Gene Superpowers, he closed the Attribute Panel and used Teleportation.

In an instant, he vanished from the depths of the devastated forest and returned to his current residence.

Because the Department of Mutant Affairs had issued an S-level Wanted Order for him, and because his flowing silver hair was difficult to disguise, he had lived away from crowds for the past three months.

Unless he needed to buy daily necessities, he basically never entered cities.

Moreover, even when he went into a city to purchase supplies, he would use Beta-level Telepathy to freeze everyone inside the supermarket.

More importantly, after purchasing his supplies, he would head to the next city, never giving the Department of Mutant Affairs a chance to follow the trail.

After using Teleportation to return to his current residence, he calmly began preparing lunch.

He was currently living in a small wooden cabin deep in the forest.

Though he had no idea who owned the cabin, there was one thing he was certain of: its owner was not short on money.

The cabin looked ordinary on the outside, much like the wilderness construction videos he had watched before transmigrating.

But the interior was decorated and furnished quite nicely.

In other words, it was a vacation home located in the forest.

It had everything: a living room, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and more.

For the past three months, he had been living in similar cabins.

It had to be said that America's middle class really knew how to enjoy life.

Forests near many cities had cabins like this.

And it was precisely because of these cabins that he had lived quite comfortably over the past three months.

After working in the kitchen for a while, Richard carried his freshly made lunch to the dining table and sat down.

He then opened the laptop on the table and picked a show with a decent plot to watch while he ate.

Although he had been in this world for more than three months, he had retained many of his old habits.

For example, he liked to watch something while eating alone.

A good show suited to his tastes could even make the food in front of him seem a little more delicious.

Of course, that was purely psychological.

No matter how good the show was, it could not change the food's original flavor.

Still, Richard had no intention of changing that habit.

He watched the show as he ate.

Before he knew it, he had finished today's lunch.

After lunch, he did not immediately clear away the knives, forks, bowls, and plates in front of him. Instead, he moved them aside and began browsing recent news online.

Especially news related to himself.

While he could not possibly find out online what kind of Mutant Agent the Department of Mutant Affairs would send to capture him next, it still allowed him, living apart from society, to learn what had been happening in the outside world lately.

After entering his own name as a search term, he quickly found a huge number of reports about himself.

The passage of time had greatly reduced his online popularity.

But rather than diminishing, the impact he had brought about was growing ever greater.

Soon, one highly ranked article caught his attention.

"New Mutant Leader? Richard Wesley's Influence on the Younger Generation of Mutants!"

Richard frowned slightly when he saw the headline. He clicked on the article and began reading the full report.