Red Devil

Toad came to his senses and hurriedly shot his tongue at Andrew. Disgusted, Andrew stepped back and dodged.

Sabretooth roared and charged at Andrew with thunderous steps, but Professor Charles, taking pity on his "boyfriend," secretly let Sabretooth go.

Andrew knocked Sabretooth to the ground with a swing of his umbrella. Seizing the chance, Magneto controlled himself to slide into the distance. Then, with an angry roar, he sent all the nearby cars flying, hurling them one after another at Andrew.

Andrew dodged the cars as leisurely as if taking a stroll. The vehicles crashed to the ground in rapid succession, countless parts flying everywhere as cries of alarm rang out around them.

Magneto, nearly driven mad with rage, was about to continue attacking when a red figure in a suit with a tail appeared beside him and took him away in an instant.

Immediately afterward, the red figure appeared behind Toad and Sabretooth, turning the two of them into red mist before vanishing.

"Red Devil? So that means people from the Hellfire Club are still alive?"

Andrew's eyes flickered, but he did not give chase. In truth, he had never intended to kill Magneto. Otherwise, Magneto would have been beaten to death already.

Villains were valuable resources. He could not just kill them whenever he wanted. If he killed them, who would bring fear and despair to the people of New York?

Andrew shook his head and pressed a button on his watch. All the electronic devices nearby were formatted. This was a hacker watch Howard had developed.

"Coulson, I'll leave the aftermath to you."

After giving Coulson that instruction, Andrew left with an excited Gwen. Coulson reflexively acknowledged him, then suddenly realized, I'm not your subordinate!

Coulson shook his head helplessly and began dealing with the aftermath. He first sent agents to calm the civilians, then walked over to Professor Charles and said, "Professor, I think we need to cooperate now. Magneto clearly wants to make something big happen."

Professor Charles asked curiously, "Who was that man just now? Was he one of your S.H.I.E.L.D. people?"

"No, we can't afford to hire someone like him. He was just passing by."

Coulson gave a wry smile. At that moment, Professor Charles said, "Oh, so he is the Angel of Fire. No wonder he was so formidable."

The smile on Coulson's face froze. No wonder Nick Fury never went to see Professor Charles. Talking to a mind reader was simply too painful.

In fact, Professor Charles had not read Coulson's mind. He had merely received fragments of consciousness Coulson unconsciously emitted due to emotional fluctuations. It was an instinct he could not stop.

"I'll keep it secret."

Professor Charles said, "Jean will discuss the cooperation with you."

After saying that, Professor Charles controlled his wheelchair toward Wolverine and Rogue. He said, "Rogue, I respect your choice, but I hope you'll think it over carefully. Your ability is a gift bestowed upon you by heaven."

"I don't want a gift like this."

Rogue smiled bitterly. After thinking it over, she decided to return to Mutant Academy with the professor first—what had just happened had frightened her a little.

An hour after Rogue and the professor left, the Mutants remaining in Times Square felt their vision blur and found themselves in separate offices. Then Hell Messenger, as beautiful as a supermodel, asked with a smile, "Do you want to become ordinary people again?"

The Brotherhood of Mutants' base in New York was located on an island. After being rescued and brought back, Magneto, bruised, battered, and utterly disheveled, roared, "Why did you bring me back? I was going to kill that brat."

Magneto did not think he was weaker than Andrew. He had merely been careless earlier and failed to dodge.

"Raven told me to bring you back. She thought that if you kept making trouble, things would not end well for you."

Red Devil shrugged. He and Magneto were merely partners, so he did not bother being polite.

Furthermore, Red Devil had once tricked Mystique Raven into bearing him a child, Blue Devil. Their relationship was terrible. If it had not been for Magneto, Raven would never have called Red Devil.

"Damn it."

Magneto cursed resentfully. How many years had it been since he had been this humiliated? Pinned to the ground and beaten by some brat.

Toad said, "Erik, calm down. We need to take our time with revenge."

"We can't take our time. What happened today will make those people lose their awe of Mutants. More importantly, there must be a huge conspiracy behind Mutants becoming ordinary people. We have to act quickly."

Magneto took a deep breath and said coldly, "Prepare the instrument. In seven days, we will attack New York Times Square and turn everyone in Manhattan into Mutants. Red Devil, you will come with us then."

Red Devil shrugged. "I don't care."

Toad froze, then hurriedly said, "Erik, without that girl, you'll die if you activate the instrument."

Magneto had developed a Radiation Instrument that could transform ordinary people into Mutants, and he had to activate it personally. The instrument consumed an enormous amount of energy. If he wanted the radiation waves to cover all of Manhattan, Magneto would most likely have to sacrifice his old life.

That was why Magneto wanted to capture Rogue—Rogue could absorb other people's abilities, and Magneto wanted her to activate the instrument in his place.

It was worth mentioning that Magneto's instrument was actually a failed product. It could transform people into Mutants, but after the transformation, they would die from Gene Collapse within a short time.

What? Why did Magneto not know?

Because he had never conducted any experiments at all. People in this lousy world were just like that. Lizardman, the future Mutant Cure, and the transformation instrument—everything was put into use immediately after being developed. There was not the slightest scientific spirit.

Magneto said coldly, "It's fine. Raven found a Mutant capable of Life Link. When the time comes, we'll use the lives of those Traitors in Times Square to complete the great cause of us Mutants."

"Then there's no problem. Erik, we'll go make preparations. This time, we'll make humanity pay."

Toad nodded and left excitedly with the others. Feeling the pain throughout his body, Magneto's anger flared again. He would definitely make that brat pay the price.

Although Times Square had suffered Magneto's attack, it did not become deserted because Mutants kept turning back into ordinary people. Instead, it grew increasingly lively.

In Rebirth Tower near Times Square, Andrew sensed Soul Pacts being signed one after another and felt quite satisfied. What pleased him even more was that, according to the investigation, Mutants from other places were gathering in New York.

In other words, for the next period of time, Andrew would keep handing out Curses until his hands cramped.

"Technology really is the primary productive force. Say, if I developed a formula for eternal youth, would those women sell their souls to me for it?"

Andrew stroked his chin. This seemed highly promising. Just look at the cosmetics market to see what price women were willing to pay for youth.