Entering the Dam

"Was the U.S. military blind? They didn't see who attacked them?"

"According to the surviving soldiers, it was either a robot with tusks and a boar's head on a human body, or someone wearing strange metal armor. But no one knew who might be beneath the armor. They hadn't even heard the person's voice."

"You believe that nonsense?"

"Actually, I may have encountered the person they described. I vaguely remember the same impression."

"You didn't read his mind to see who he was?"

"I wanted to, but I couldn't. Before I regained consciousness, he threw a concussion grenade and rudely woke everyone up. My head was still spinning then. How could I have used telepathy?"

Professor X had held something back. In truth, he had barely managed to use his telepathy, but he could not read that person's thoughts, as though something had blocked him just like Magneto's helmet.

However, Professor X could not determine whether his condition had been too poor for his powers to work, or whether the other person's helmet truly possessed psychic protection.

"Also—"

"Raven!" Professor X interrupted Mystique's endless stream of questions. "If you have any more questions, come in and ask me directly. While you're at it, have Qin and the others bring in first-aid supplies. There are still many injured people here who need help. Is that all right?"

"Damn it, call me Mystique!" She angrily tossed aside the radio handset and turned to Magneto. "Are you going to believe what that bald man said? Believe this isn't a trap?"

Magneto did not answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Is there anyone who could force the stubborn Professor X to say such things?"

Those words were like a footnote affirming the X-Men's resolve. Storm piloted the X-Jet and boldly landed it vertically in the