Really Controlled You

"Why!"

The White Queen, enraged, slammed the table down and stood up, glaring at Ben.

But the next second, Ben pressed the switch, and the White Queen immediately convulsed and collapsed.

"I really have you under my control."

As if the pleasure had been amplified a thousandfold, activating the highest level of purple mood, the White Queen instantly rolled her eyes.

A few minutes later, before the neurotoxin caused irreversible consequences, Ben turned off the machine and asked, "Why?"

"You people only think about the resurgence of Mutants, have you ever thought about whether those Mutants even want to become Mutants? Every awakening is accompanied by harm, separation from family and friends, being treated as monsters, and being discriminated against. Have you ever thought about any of this?"

You don't!

"You only think about reviving the Mutants!"

How could you be so selfish!

Although Mutants are now beginning to resurface, that doesn't stop Ben from cursing them.

In such a short period of time, the number of Superpowers cases caused by Mutants has exceeded several hundred times the total number in the entire past.

"What do you know? This is evolution!" Cable exclaimed excitedly, only to be slapped to the ground by Ben a second later.

"Evolve your mother!"

It seems that the resurgence of Mutants is unstoppable, but the source of this resurgence is very likely these very people.

They instilled in the Charmcaster the idea and desire to revive Mutants, and the Charmcaster at that time also possessed the power of the Phoenix. So, at the moment the real Phoenix awakened, they resonated with each other, leading to the emergence of the X Gene in this universe.

"No matter what you say, this is our race!" Magik was unusually assertive for once.

"And Hope is our Messiah; reviving Mutants is her mission," Cable continued, even after being punched.

"That's the value of her existence!"

Unbeknownst to him, at that moment, the Charmcaster, who was in the training room trying to control the Phoenix Force awakening within Alien X, already knew that Magik and his team had come to rescue her, and thus rushed over, wanting Ben to release them.

But that's exactly what I heard.

Her hand, which had been about to push open the door, recoiled as if she had been electrocuted, and she pursed her lips, lost in thought.

Is my purpose in existing solely to revive Mutants?

Are you kidding me!

She did want to revive Mutants, but that was merely a way of repaying the White Queen and her allies for their care over the years.

Rather than being used as tools to sacrifice everything for their goals.

"Cable, you're going too far."

Before Ben could speak, Colossus frowned and looked at Cable.

"Hope has her own life to live; she's not a tool, but someone we need to help."

Colossus has a gentlemanly and reasonable personality.

But Cable is different. His personality is very similar to his father Cyclops, but even more extreme and obsessive.

So what?

"She was born with the Phoenix Force, the Phoenix's chosen host, and she was born to revive the Mutants!"

Thump!

A crisp sound.

The Charmcaster pushed open the door and entered, her gaze icy.

Cable, oblivious to her expression or rather, unconcerned about her thoughts, exclaimed excitedly, "Hope, you've come at the right time! Quickly, make this guy release me!"

Call me the Charmcaster.

She said awkwardly.

"What?"

"I will restore Mutants; you don't need to worry about that," she said.

Regardless, the Charmcaster didn't want to owe them any favors.

She had promised to revive Mutants, and she wouldn't go back on her word, but beyond that, she didn't want anything else to do with these people.

The Charmcaster turned to look at Ben, her Bingbing expression finally softening. Seeing this, Felicia enthusiastically patted Ben's other thigh, gesturing for the Charmcaster to sit down with her, but the Charmcaster ignored her.

This woman is truly like a mad cat.

"Benny, can you please let them go?" the Charmcaster pleaded.

"No."

Ben refused outright.

"They trespassed into the Galactic Plumbers base and attacked the Security Officer. I didn't kill them on the spot because no one else was injured," Ben said.

He couldn't possibly turn a blind eye to these people just because they knew the Charmcaster.

In ancient times, what difference would the actions of Cable and his gang be made from breaking into the palace and assassinating the emperor?

"All right."

The Charmcaster didn't argue, but asked worriedly, "So what do you plan to do with them?"

"For your sake, I won't keep you locked up in the Null Void Realm. I'll send you to Sakaar to fight in the arena."

"If you can win one hundred consecutive matches on Sakaar, or complete three championship trials, you will be free." These were the words Ben said to Cable and the others.

Neither of these requirements is simple.

The fighting competitions on Sakaar are becoming increasingly well-known. As the Galactic Plumbers gradually gains control of the entire universe, many powerful individuals from other star systems have come to participate.

Even some powerful warriors from various pantheons occasionally come here to hone their skills.

Ben had seen a Greek god named Heracles and Ares each try to win the championship.

Ultimately, both of them were honored with champion statues by the militant Sakaaran, who erected them as champions at the time.

Even setting aside these gods, there are also Nova Corps and other planetary Plumbers who come here to hone their combat skills.

As for the Champion Challenge, needless to say, the third stage involves facing Ben himself.

The former could rely on luck and might escape if they didn't encounter a powerful opponent. As for the latter, if they could have defeated Ben, they wouldn't have been captured in the first place.

"Security Officer Norman, activate the Particle Collider, open the portal, and take them to Sakaar."

Norman Osborn nodded.

He quite liked Ben's style of referring to job titles when working.

"By the way, I have some good news for you all," Ben said, watching Cable and the others being escorted away, "The Mutants have been revived."

"What?"

The previously dejected White Queen suddenly perked up, as if she had seen a glimmer of hope.

But she was also puzzled. "But the Phoenix Force hasn't arrived yet..."

Ben said, "You all know the Phoenix Force hasn't arrived yet, so the idea that Hope's value lies in reviving Mutants is utter nonsense!"

No one is born to accomplish a particular task.

"Hope is Hope; she has her own ideas, and she's not your tool."

They saw the Mutants off.

Ben looked up, he saw the Charmcaster staring at him with teary eyes, her body almost twisted into a maggot.

What are you doing?

"Benny, I'm so touched!"

The Charmcaster lunged forward, trying to hook onto Ben, but was instead captured by Ben.

"Don't act crazy here."

Felicia nodded in agreement. "Exactly! The team isn't even all here yet, and you want to play alone?"