American Comics: The Serum
Chapter 153

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X-23 was an artificial Mutant created by combining Wolverine's Mutant Gene with the genes of another woman. In a sense, X-23 was also a clone of Wolverine. She possessed all of Wolverine's mutant abilities, and was even more agile. The only difference was that she had just two claws on each hand, and one on each foot.

What's more, only her claws were infused with Adamantium, so she didn't have the same tremendous defensive abilities as Wolverine.

From the moment she was born, X-23 had existed as a weapon. She was constantly subjected to training in killing and sent on assassination missions. She spoke in a very formulaic manner, without the slightest sense of humor. Like Wolverine, X-23's life was one long tragedy.

If Wolverine's amnesia had been a blessing because it allowed him to forget the pain of his past, then poor X-23, who couldn't forget anything, was constantly tormented by painful memories.

That was what Dilos knew about X-23 from his memories of his previous life.

"X-23 also stands for Weapon X's twenty-third subject. That means there are plenty of other test subjects after Weapon X Wolverine."

Dilos glanced at X-23, who was twisting her little face and struggling to break free of her restraints. He sighed softly, then used his mental powers to probe her memories. He only watched for a little while before he couldn't bear to continue. As he'd expected, X-23's memories were filled with cruelty.

From those memories, Dilos gained a rough understanding of how X-23 had lived. From childhood, she'd been forced to undergo all kinds of drug tests, combat training for assassins, and assassination missions. Whether she succeeded or failed, she was still beaten three times a day in the most brutal ways by a sadistic, mentally ill female combat instructor. After

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