Although he did not know exactly what Black King Shaw meant by "Pinnacle Work of Genetic Engineering," Richard could roughly guess by now.
From the situation before him, the so-called Hunters were not merely mutant clones. They were clones based on existing mutants, then modified—or rather, enhanced—through genetic engineering.
"Wasn't the Hellfire Club opposed to the Mutant Restriction Act?"
"Opposing the Mutant Restriction Act while cooperating with the Department of Mutant Affairs—you people are pretty contradictory!"
Although he had failed to immobilize the Enhanced Clones Black King Shaw called "Hunters," Richard remained unruffled.
Because of their Mental Isolation ability, he truly could not use Telepathy to hold them in place.
But aside from Magneto's Enhanced Clone, the other two Enhanced Clones posed no threat to him.
Whether it was Hydro-Man's elemental-like form or the one wreathed in High-Temperature Flame, neither was a particularly troublesome superpower.
The only ones he needed to watch out for were Black King Shaw and Magneto's Enhanced Clone.
"There are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests!"
"Come to think of it, I should thank you. If you hadn't gone on a killing spree at the Los Angeles Branch and made the Department of Mutant Affairs realize that Sentinel Robots were not as reliable as they had imagined, they would never have come to me on their own to discuss cooperation."
"You are indeed very powerful, but the power of one person has its limits."
"I can overlook the fact that you killed Azazel. For the sake of us both being mutants, I'll give you one more chance to join the Hellfire Club."
"As long as you join, the position of White King will be yours. Within the Hellfire Club, your rank will be second only to mine."
"Of course, the prerequisite is that you undo whatever