The facts proved that Magneto had indeed been planning something big for some time: developing a machine that would forcibly turn every ordinary human into a Mutant.
Humans viewed Mutants as freaks? Fine. If all of humanity's leaders became Mutants, wouldn't that solve the problem?
But Magneto had clearly changed his mind.
As for what motivated Magneto to do this, Duva figured that, on one hand, directly making enemies of the entire world was unrealistic. Even if old Magneto could withstand nuclear bombs, he was far from invincible.
On the other hand, it was probably related to Professor X.
Duva had communicated telepathically with Professor X and knew that Professor X was always nagging him, trying to persuade him to be more restrained and not become the kind of evil villain Magneto was in the eyes of the world.
What a joke. Duva was focused on building his empire; he had no intention of wasting time playing villain. Though if being a villain would help him achieve his goals more smoothly, he would seriously consider it.
Still, Duva guessed there might be another factor that had pushed the two toward reconciliation and prompted them to use the Joint Summit as a platform to announce some earth-shaking news to the world.
"Was it because of the Deviants? Have you decided to stop being human?" Duva asked Magneto.
Magneto did not respond, but Duva learned of a peculiar Mutant from Mystique: Destiny.
"Destiny..."
The moment Duva heard that name, his interest was immediately piqued. This Mutant could see through fate and had clearly foreseen that the future of Mutants was far from promising.
With a subordinate who had read part of the script in his hands, it was no wonder old Magneto's actions had veered from the usual course. It would have