Rogue Crashes In Again

Although the Mutants war wasn't directed by a big Hollywood director, nor filmed by professional photographers from various angles, and was even shot from a distance, resulting in a blurry picture, its built-in sound and light effects still got viewers in front of their televisions excited.

In a situation like this, the authorities could not remain silent indefinitely. Footage from a television helicopter showed coast guard speedboats closing in on Liberty Island.

Henry maliciously speculated that during that slightly longer reaction time, the United States high command might have been considering blowing up Liberty Island to wipe out the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants' top-tier forces in one fell swoop.

As for why it wasn't done in the end, Henry didn't believe it was because the deaths and injuries of the personnel previously stationed on Liberty Island made the United States high command hesitant to act, fearing that their own people might be harmed.

Henry is more convinced that before the Mutants battle began, at a summit of world leaders, the United States representative used the Statue of Liberty in the background to promote what he considered to be advanced ideas.

If, in order to deal with Mutants, they turn around and smash their own Statue of Liberty pieces, the slap in the face would be too quick and too ugly.

What should have been a simple battle for a group of armed soldiers turned into a disaster. They couldn't even get onto the island before the aquatic Mutants capsized their boat.

After all, most of the ships that came were speedboats, not very large. What If...? there were Mutants were proficient in swimming, capsizing a few ships shouldn't be a big problem.

This shows that as long as Mutants have the advantage of terrain, they can still exert combat power beyond their mutant ability level.

This also means that the U.S. military, which can be considered support for the X-Men, Brotherhood of Mutants. While Magneto holds back against Mutants, he's completely unrestrained when dealing with ordinary people.

Suddenly, the television screen shifted from the sea to the torch of the Statue of Liberty. The original flame sculpture had been destroyed and replaced by a large metal structure containing a person.

Henry immediately recognized it as one of the many Mutant Conversion Device he had designed. Several 20-liter steel cylinders were vaguely visible connected to the bottom of the device, which should contain the X-Gene inducer.

However, one of the key aspects of the device itself is to fix Magneto's power into a certain magnetic field and spread it outwards as much as possible, so as to induce ordinary people who absorb the triggering agent to start the process of transforming into Mutants.

But the person inside the device wasn't Magneto, that handsome old man, but a young girl I'd never seen before.

Is the plot of this world reverting to a cinematic trajectory?

Henry remembered that the device he designed shouldn't be able to drain Magneto's power to the point of near death, so he had to find a substitute to take the fall.

Or did Magneto make some changes himself again?

It's often said that no matter how ingenious a designer's work is, it can never stop a user's sudden burst of inspiration and some jaw-droppingly clever move.

Henry could only frantically ask himself: Who is that girl? Who is that girl?

Suddenly, a voice in my mind replied: Is it your relative? Why are you in such a hurry?

No, isn't that device Magneto can use? Did he have a daughter who can control magnetic fields and take his place?

Of course not. She's a newly emerged young Mutants. Her purpose is to unleash Magneto's power without him having to go through the weakened state after operating the device. You don't think Magneto would let others deal with the X-Men without him having to get involved himself, do you?

Selene's argument is quite reasonable. Although Magneto is old, his combat prowess is undeniable. In frontline combat versus operating the device, the latter is clearly more replaceable.

Moreover, the device designed by Henry can filter magnetic fields within a certain range and adjust them to a specific form to stimulate and activate the human X-Gene.

This means that the operator does not necessarily need very precise control capabilities; as long as the magnetic field can be output, there is no need to attach Magneto to it.

Given this, finding a replacement for the operable device is a reasonable tactic. While no two Mutants have exactly the same abilities, finding one that is similar isn't that difficult; it just requires a bit of luck.

Furthermore, Magneto freeing up his hands could also prevent the U.S. military from firing missiles. Just because he has some reckless officials under his command doesn't mean the U.S. military wouldn't dare to wipe them all out.

Consider what happened to Mutants during the Cuban Missile Crisis. With such firsthand experience, who would still dare to trust the official line of conduct?

It's no wonder Magneto didn't dare to strap himself to that device without any protection and let himself be drained dry. He was fearless in the face of sacrifice for the cause of Mutants; but that didn't mean he would put himself in danger and die rashly.

Henry then asked telepathically, "So how did you choose that girl?"

This was something he really wanted to know. In the movie, after the Rogue awakened her abilities and hurt a boy, she ran away from home. There shouldn't have been anyone who thoroughly examined what her abilities were like or to what extent they could be used.

Why Brotherhood of Mutants target her from the start, attempting to capture her, and in doing so, involve Wolverine, whom they encountered by chance?

Selene pulled out a Ta Lo from somewhere and deftly shuffled it. Suddenly, she said to the old lady, "Kate, my fortune telling is very accurate. Would you like to have your fortune told?"

Catherine Hepburn, an atheist, clearly didn't believe in these superstitious things. She asked with a strange look, "Is it really that accurate?"

Selene said dismissively, "When a friend of mine gets lost, he always asks me to do divination to find his way forward. But he never does it for the future or whether things will succeed."

He always said that if you fail to succeed at something that can be accomplished through hard work, it only means that you didn't try hard enough.

What If...? one becomes complacent because a divination predicts success, is failure inevitable?

Catherine Hepburn astutely observed, "It seems he effectively avoided the opportunity to verify whether his prediction was accurate or not. If you're willing to put in the effort, nothing will go unresolved."

Selene wasn't offended at all; instead, she smiled brightly and said, "That's true. But my accuracy is on a different level, you know. Want to try it out?"

"Well—help me check this out, how popular is this kid with women?" Catherine Hepburn pointed at the dumbfounded Kryptonian was innocently caught in the crossfire. "Look, so young and already here keeping an old woman like me company. I'm starting to wonder if he has some weird fetish."

Grandma, could you please be a little gentler when you poke me in the heart? Kryptonian are made of flesh and blood too. Just because you don't feel anything when you poke them doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.

Selene, however, put down her Ta Lo and, feigning girlishness, was about to lean into Henry's arms. "No need for divination. If he wants me, I can be his girlfriend, his bed partner, his pet, his—"

"Go to hell!" Henry shoved the immortal witch away. Does this woman like me? She's obviously just after my Kryptonian body.

"Me, a mom? Kate, I have to say, this guy's taste is really peculiar," Selene complained, running back to her grandmother's arms.

Catherine Hepburn, however, was merciless in her rebuke. "Henry, use polite language!"