The Marvel Company wasn't doing this just for show or to rake in cash. More importantly, it wanted the whole world to see what the X-Men had done.
In most superhero movies, the heroes quietly saved the world with their heads down. Ordinary people had no idea what they had done, or even that Earth had nearly been wiped clean.
Once the fighting ended, someone else took all the credit. And whenever something went wrong, those same superheroes took all the blame. It was a thankless job.
Du Mu certainly wasn't going to do things that way.
If I'm saving the world, I'm doing it loud and proud. Otherwise, what's the point?
At the same time, the Brotherhood had finished its prebattle preparations.
The power Apocalypse had displayed was unprecedented. Even judging only by what he had openly shown, he far surpassed Sebastian back in the day, never mind whatever abilities he still kept hidden.
Sebastian:
This trip to Cairo would be incredibly dangerous. Anyone who wasn't strong enough would just be going there to die, accomplishing nothing except making the soles of Apocalypse's feet a little stickier.
So Du Mu immediately excluded every mutant with lousy combat power or poor survival skills.
Erik, who had insisted on bringing Charles back himself, was naturally on the list, along with Darwin, wielder of Survival of the Fittest,
the immortal brothers Logan and Victor, and Alex, also known as Havok.
There were also several younger members: Cyclops Scott, Quicksilver Pietro, Phoenix Jean Grey, and a newcomer who had just joined the Brotherhood, Nightcrawler Wagner.
Nightcrawler's ability was identical to Azazel's. Both could teleport other people along with themselves, and even their appearances were remarkably similar. The only difference was that one had blue skin and the other red. Nobody would have believed