"How are things on your end?" Kirk asked urgently.
"Not looking good. I just came out of seclusion and was about to go help them. What about you?"
"Even worse. Magneto's a stubborn old fool. Who knows where he's run off to with Raven?"
"Could he still be set on it and have gone to the President to assassinate Nixon?"
"Damn it! But it's definitely possible. I don't think Magneto's given up."
"Things are bad here. You need to hurry."
"Don't worry."
After ending the call, Kirk asked Professor X, "Where's the President?"
"He'll be holding a special briefing in Washington tomorrow at noon to announce the policy toward Mutants."
"Could it be the Sentinel Project launch?"
"From the looks of it, yes."
"Bastards. They've still decided to wipe out the Mutants."
"Let's get to the White House and teach the President a lesson."
"Also, Bolivar isn't dead," Professor X said gravely.
"I don't understand." Kirk furrowed his brow.
"According to the course of history, he should already have been killed in Raven's assassination attempt," Professor X said meaningfully.
"I see." Kirk suddenly understood. "History has changed. It started last night, when we stopped Raven. But if Bolivar isn't dead, why is the world still heading toward a Sentinel-led massacre of Mutants instead of everyone living in peace, like in the story?"
"There must be something hidden here, something even you, despite coming from the future, don't know. All I can say is that history has countless branching paths. One small misstep, and it can veer toward a completely different outcome," Professor X said.
"You mean—"
"The key is Bolivar. He's clearly alive, yet the war still broke out."
"Bolivar faked his death and provoked the US Government into thinking Mutants were too great a threat, so they started a