Black Widow and Green Giant

After seeing the contents of the signs and banners, Richard knew that these mutants were members of the so-called Liberals—the mutants who regarded him as their faction leader.

Not only that, among these young mutants were some of his fanatical fans.

He knew this not because he had used Telepathy to read their memories, but because he spotted seven or eight mutants with long silver hair among the young protesters.

Long silver hair was a typical trademark of his fanatical fans.

If they already had long hair, these fanatical fans would dye it silver.

If not, they would wear wigs with long silver hair.

As far as he knew, many young men and women who were not even mutants, let alone his fanatical fans, were now dyeing their hair silver.

As for why these young men and women, who were not even mutants, did this—

The reason was simple: it looked cool! It would not be an exaggeration to say that he had single-handedly started a silver-hair trend in the United States.

Richard had no interest whatsoever in being some faction leader.

But when he saw these young mutants protesting at a bustling intersection, with seven or eight of his own fanatical fans among them, his interest was piqued.

Because of the Mutant Restriction Act and the Department of Mutant Affairs, many mutants would not reveal their identities in public.

Even "legal" mutants registered with the Department of Mutant Affairs.

Once they revealed themselves as mutants, they would still face discrimination from all sides, even if they were registered with the Department of Mutant Affairs.

Those who discriminated against mutants did not care whether they were registered or not.

The San Francisco Police officers who got out of the Police Cars immediately began dispersing the young mutants without a word.

Unsurprisingly, the San Francisco Police's efforts to disperse them quickly turned into arrests.

Once the San Francisco Police began using weapons, the protesting young mutants did not hesitate. They unleashed their superpowers and began fighting the San Francisco Police.

Bang bang bang bang bang...

Boom boom boom boom boom...

Gunfire, collisions, blows, and explosion sounds rang out without pause, and the bustling intersection instantly descended into chaos.

Although they had no firearms, the protesting young mutants quickly drove back the San Francisco Police with their superpowers.

Of course, quite a few mutants were wounded by bullets and began retreating with the help of their companions.

If no other organizations or forces intervened, the young mutants, having already driven back the San Francisco Police, could have retreated safely before other officers arrived.

But unfortunately, their luck was not very good.

Before they could withdraw, people from the Department of Mutant Affairs arrived on the scene.

Whether in major cities like New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, or in cities that were less well-known, there were branches of the Department of Mutant Affairs.

The only difference was the number of personnel and the strength of each branch.

When the Mutant Agents from the Department of Mutant Affairs arrived with fully armed Special Forces Members, the young mutants attempting to retreat were quickly stopped.

If the young mutants had been using their superpowers to bully the San Francisco Police just now—

Then it was the Mutant Agents' turn to use their superpowers to bully them.

Although there were only four Mutant Agents who had arrived, far fewer than the protesting mutants—

The Mutant Agents were vastly stronger than the protesters.

The gap between them was about the same as the gap between a National Basketball Association team and a high school basketball team.

Unsurprisingly, before these four Mutant Agents, the protesting young mutants were captured one after another and fitted with Superpower Inhibitor Collars that resembled dog collars.

With their superpowers suppressed, the protesting young mutants immediately lost the ability to resist.

On the Building Rooftop, Richard sat on the edge and watched the young mutants being escorted into vehicles as he poured the last few chips from the bag into his mouth.

Then he raised his right hand and lightly snapped his fingers.

Great Lightning!

Rumble rumble rumble!

Peals of thunder immediately echoed one after another through the clear sky.

The next second, four silver-white bolts as thick as arms and more than a dozen as thick as fingers descended from the sky, striking down at the four Mutant Agents and the Special Forces Members.

The moment the four Mutant Agents heard the sudden thunder from the sky, they realized something was wrong.

But that did not mean they could avoid the Great Lightning Richard had unleashed.

Compared to three months ago, Richard's mastery of Great Lightning had now reached perfection.

Whether it was the power of the lightning, the speed at which he unleashed it, or his control over it, he far surpassed his former self from three months ago.

In an instant, the arm-thick silver-white lightning struck the four Mutant Agents.

As for the finger-thick bolts, they struck the fully armed Special Forces Members.

All of them felt the intense agony of powerful currents coursing through their bodies, and their bodies collapsed to the ground beyond their control.

This...

Seeing the Mutant Agents and Special Forces Members knocked to the ground by the sudden lightning, everyone—whether the young mutants wearing Superpower Inhibitor Collars, the surrounding San Francisco Police, or the Bystanders—wore expressions of shock.

Although they did not know who had launched the attack, there was one thing they were certain of: whoever had summoned lightning to attack the Mutant Agents and Special Forces Members was definitely no ordinary mutant.

There were quite a few mutants who could summon lightning or discharge electricity, but very few could attack with such precision and instantly take down Mutant Agents and Special Forces Members.

Just as they wondered who had secretly stepped in to help the young mutant protesters, a handsome, imposing man with flowing silver hair appeared out of thin air before them.

Richard!

The person they saw was none other than Richard, who had just been watching the show from the Building Rooftop!

After using Teleportation to blink from the rooftop of a nearby building to the street, Richard said to the young mutant protesters:

"If you don't want to wear collars like dogs, you'd better practice your superpowers more."

"Your control over your superpowers is as clumsy as a child who has only just learned to walk."

As soon as he finished speaking, the Superpower Inhibitor Collars around the young mutants' necks were sliced apart by invisible sharp wind blades and fell toward the ground under gravity.

Great Gust! Wind Blades!

Richard had no intention of summoning Masamune to help them remove their Superpower Inhibitor Collars, so he chose to use Great Gust to create wind blades the size of daggers.

While these dagger-sized wind blades did not possess especially astonishing destructive power, they were more than enough to tear apart Superpower Inhibitor Collars.

After hearing Richard's words, a man who looked to be in his early twenties, with short blond hair, said excitedly:

"I finally get to meet you in person!"

"Do you live nearby, or did you come here specifically to save us?"

"Can we learn from you?"

Once the first person spoke up, the other young mutants nearby immediately crowded around as well. Like fanatical fans meeting their idol, they surrounded Richard so tightly that not even water could pass through.

At the same time, like the blond man, they questioned him excitedly. Some even stretched out restless, grabby hands, trying to touch his body and stroke his flowing silver hair.

Though they meant no harm, Richard was not about to let them touch him so easily.

Boys had to learn how to protect themselves when they were out in the world!

Repel!

Without any hesitation, he immediately used Repel, creating a three-hundred-and-sixty-degree air shockwave with no blind spots and pushing the young mutants several meters away.

He had not created a particularly powerful air shockwave. He had merely pushed them away without harming them.

"I have no intention of teaching you, and I didn't come here specifically to save you."

"I just don't like the Department of Mutant Affairs!"

Richard swept his gaze over the young mutants and said calmly.

After saying that, he prepared to use Plunder to take the superpowers of the four Mutant Agents.

However, at that moment, he spotted two "familiar" figures among the Bystanders.

Why were they here?

Seeing those two "familiar" figures, he frowned slightly.

"Black Widow" Natasha Romanoff!

"Green Giant" Bruce Banner!

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