Urgent Departure

Alright everyone, Guan Heng clapped his hands and laughed. There will be plenty of opportunities for banquets later. By the way, I have a big appetite, so remember to prepare plenty of food. Also, if you invite me to eat at a restaurant, remember to pool more money, lest I eat you all poor.

Hahaha, the X-Men and the Professor all laughed. They knew Guan Heng was trying to ease the atmosphere.

I have a prisoner tracking signal from Director Fury here, Guan Heng pointed to the communicator on his wrist. The small red dot on it was the high-speed moving prisoner. Coupled with Phoenix's powerful telepathy, that attacker wouldn't be able to escape our grasp. This time, I will definitely capture him red-handed.

Wait, let's bring Scott and a few of the more capable kids, Professor X said. They can help out and also get some training. This is also a process of cultivating successors, and I hope they can become independent as soon as possible.

The Professor knew that there were many excellent children in the academy now, but they lacked practical combat experience and control. They needed to be tempered.

Immediately, he instructed Cyclops to summon three people: Fireman, Iceman, and Colossus.

Iceman, who is still fifteen or sixteen years old, will become a veteran member of the X-Men in the future. His ability can lower the temperature of matter to cause freezing, including air, achieving ice spray effects or creating ice weapons, even his own clones. When his entire body is in an icy state, he can possess superhuman strength and increase his size. Even if injured, he can rapidly condense water vapor into ice to restore his body. He has infrared vision and can move rapidly over long distances by integrating his body's molecules into water flow.

However, the young Iceman's abilities have not been fully developed yet. As for Fireman, there's no need to say more. His fire control skills are top-notch. He can transform into flames to burn enemies with sharp and scorching attacks.

Colossus is also very young now. His ability is to transform every structure of his body into a substance similar to steel. Its hardness is second only to Wolverine's Adamantium claws. This substance is not steel, but a kind of carbon steel similar to Osmium. In his transformed state, he doesn't need to breathe, but he also cannot survive in a vacuum for long. The time limit is said to be three and a half minutes.

Professor, is it okay to take them away? Jean Grey asked with some concern. These three children are our second-strongest combat force. I'm worried you'll be short-handed.

It's fine, the Professor said. We have Guan Heng. Let him integrate with everyone and deepen their cooperation. I believe he can handle it.

One more thing to remind you, Guan Heng remembered a problem. I estimate that the military has already mobilized. There are too many children here, so you'd better be prepared. Stryker knows the Professor's abilities. What if he uses the children to threaten the Professor and forces him to wear a device that restricts telepathy?

Then let Scott stay, the Professor considered. Also, I've already notified Logan, and he's rushing back too.

Guan Heng's eyebrows twitched, and he secretly thought: Will Qianhuan be alright?

The Professor saw his worried expression and comforted him, Don't worry, Logan will take good care of her. You should trust Wolverine's skills.

That's true, Guan Heng nodded.

At this moment, Cyclops led all the children in the academy to the underground safe house to take temporary shelter, while Jean led Guan Heng and a few young assistants to the X-Jet parking area.

These three assistants, Iceman, Fireman, and Colossus, are all under sixteen or seventeen years old, yet they cannot live with their families or ordinary friends, nor have they experienced a normal campus life. Instead, they have come here.

At this moment, the three looked at Guan Heng with eyes full of admiration and respect. Young boys are always in awe of heroes, and Guan Heng, who defeated their teacher Cyclops, is definitely an incredibly awesome hero. The three excitedly surrounded Guan Heng, showing a clear intention to follow his lead.

Because Guan Heng understood the movie plot, he was very familiar with the abilities of the three. He also knew that these children would become the backbone of the X-Men in the future. He showed a very willing attitude to befriend them, which made everyone feel that he was approachable, kind, capable, and humorous. This was the good impression Guan Heng left on the three children.

As for Jean Grey's abilities, there's no need to elaborate. She possesses telepathic powers to read others' minds, control them according to her will, and can read multiple minds simultaneously. Phoenix's telekinesis can gently lift and manipulate various objects, create force fields, allow flight, and stimulate thermal molecules to create rapid shockwaves.

Guan Heng was very familiar with the abilities of these new and old X-Men members. He began to plan how to capture Nightcrawler and how to reasonably utilize everyone's abilities. Thus, the group boarded the X-Jet one after another.

Sitting in the pilot's seat, Jean Grey couldn't help but glance at Guan Heng, wanting to say something but stopping herself. She quickly withdrew her gaze. This scene was noticed by Guan Heng, who was sitting next to her. From the moment he sat beside Jean, he felt a burning sensation in his chest. The closer Jean was to him, the stronger this feeling became.

This sensation was just like when Guan Heng himself was accepting the inheritance of the Dragon Heart Flame deep within the Kunlun Secret Cave, the same burning and restless feeling.

However, Guan Heng forcefully suppressed the urge to have a heart-to-heart talk with Jean Grey. He sat in the co-pilot's seat, his eyelids drooping as if he were asleep, like an old monk in meditation.

The X-Jet suddenly took off, tearing through the sky and flying towards the distant horizon.

After watching the plane disappear, the Professor and Scott immediately began the work of settling the children. Preparations were underway in full swing.

Not long after Guan Heng and Jean's plane departed, a small truck was bumping along the road leading to the X Academy.

"What bad luck. Picking up two troublesome passengers on the way back," Wolverine Logan grumbled, gripping the steering wheel.

In the back seat, three girls were sitting. Li Qianhuan was next to two girls. One was sleeping on Li Qianhuan's lap, unconscious, while the other was wrapped tightly in a black robe, sitting in the corner, afraid to touch anyone else.

"Uncle Logan, stop complaining," Li Qianhuan said with a smile. "You were the one who eagerly jumped into action when you saw those Hydra lackeys just now."

She then asked the girl in the black robe, "You said your name is Rogue. What about her?" she gestured to the unconscious girl. "I saw her frantically phasing through walls to escape the Hydra people just now, and she accidentally bumped into something hard and fainted. She's really clumsy."

Rogue said, "She's a new friend I just met. Her name is Kitty, and others also call her Phantom Cat."

"Hmph, these chattering little girls are so annoying," Logan muttered unhappily. He thought to himself, *The military is assembling so frequently in this area. Their target might be the X Academy. Something big is probably about to happen.*