Recaps

Dilos encountered a young girl with superhuman senses and strength, then discovered she had claws like Wolverine. He identified her as X-23, an artificial Mutant with Wolverine’s abilities.

• Dilos noticed the girl’s unusual appearance and the scent of blood on her, then restored himself to adult size.
• The girl sensed Dilos entering the room and studied his armor, deciding to attack its softer sections.
• The girl charged Dilos with alloy claws, but his armor repelled her strike and sent her claws rebounding toward her eyes.
• Dilos stopped the girl with his mental power and found claws extending from her toes, identifying her as X-23.

Dilos examined X-23’s memories and discovered that Stryker had combined her Werewolf genes with multiple X-Gene variants, then resolved to eliminate the researchers and eventually Stryker. In another cell, Dilos recognized Jason Stryker as a dangerous psychic and killed him before moving on to the next prisoner.

• Dilos probed X-23’s memories and learned about her brutal training and Stryker’s experiments combining Werewolf genes with X-Gene variants.
• Dilos concluded that Stryker’s research threatened to produce a powerful living Sentinel, and decided to kill the researchers while keeping Stryker alive for now.
• Dilos knocked X-23 unconscious and went to inspect the other cells.
• Dilos recognized Jason Stryker in a cell and judged his psychic abilities too dangerous to leave alive.
• Dilos decapitated Jason, threw an acid grenade onto his corpse, and shrank down to continue to the next cell.

Dilos encountered Emma Frost, the imprisoned White Queen, and agreed to free her in exchange for her working for him and teaching him to improve his telepathy. After opening her cell, he prepared to help her escape and find proper clothes.

• Dilos visited Emma's cell and learned she could still sense thoughts despite the psychic-blocking devices.
• Emma offered to teach Dilos telepathy and take him somewhere safe in exchange for his help escaping.
• Emma revealed her identity as Emma Frost and offered him a favor, but Dilos demanded that she work for him instead.
• Emma agreed to Dilos's terms, and he used his molecular vibration ability to unlock her cell.
• Dilos freed Emma and told her they needed to find her decent clothes before escaping.

Emma escaped Stryker’s prison with Dilos, who recruited her to help watch over X-23 and sought out other useful mutants. After freeing thirteen teenage prisoners, Dilos drew their hopeful attention as they looked to him for leadership.

• Emma remembered how Stryker’s men had imprisoned and experimented on her before Dilos rescued her and gave her clothes.
• Dilos asked Emma to monitor the unconscious X-23, and Emma learned the girl was an artificially created mutant assassin with Wolverine and Dust’s genes.
• Emma told Dilos that Cain Marko, known as Juggernaut, was held in the fourth cell and that she could control him, but Dilos moved on to the fifth cell.
• Dilos opened the fifth cell and used his superalloy claws to break the locks on thirteen cages holding teenage mutants.
• The freed teenagers gathered around Dilos with gratitude and hope, while Emma sensed that he might become a figure mutants would follow.

Dilos led Emma and thirteen teenage Mutants out of their cells, then faced the pursuing modified Werewolves. He defeated them effortlessly, leaving the teenagers stunned and asking whether they were still panicking.

• Emma suspected Dilos wanted to become another Mutant leader and planned to escape from him.
• Dilos agreed to guide the teenagers out if they followed his instructions, and led them through the corridors with Emma behind him.
• When soldiers approached, the teenagers panicked, but Dilos quieted them and told them to assess the situation before choosing whether to fight or hide.
• The soldiers transformed into modified Werewolves, and Dilos stopped Emma from attacking so the teenagers could see how he handled the threat.
• Dilos entered Tiger King Mode and knocked down the modified Werewolves, then reflected the final Werewolf's laser beams into its chest and destroyed its psychic energy cluster.
• Dilos turned to the stunned group and asked whether they were still panicking.

Dilos led Emma and the rescued teenage Mutants toward Juggernaut’s cell after demonstrating his overwhelming power, leaving Emma convinced she could neither defeat nor escape him. Meanwhile, William Stryker secured the president’s support and additional authority for his plan to pass the Mutant Registration Act.

• Dilos’s display of strength and mental power frightened the rescued Mutants and convinced Emma that she had to follow him.
• Dilos led the group toward Juggernaut’s cell after secretly killing the modified Werewolves and searching their memories.
• At the White House, William Stryker asked the president for more funding and expanded powers to advance the Mutant Registration Act.
• The president approved Stryker’s requests but warned him not to let Mutants’ bodies appear on the six o’clock news.

President Dean backed William Stryker’s Mutant-soldier program, hoping to secure his power and strengthen the United States. Meanwhile, Dilos freed Juggernaut from his restraints and demanded that he honor their bargain by working for him long-term.

• President Dean reflected on the danger Mutants posed and decided that developing Mutant soldiers could help enforce the Mutant Registration Act and strengthen the United States.
• President Dean supported William Stryker’s work and authorized him to proceed with the Mutant-soldier program.
• Dilos entered the facility where Juggernaut was held and offered to free him in exchange for working together.
• Juggernaut bet that Dilos could not break the Adamantium-containing restraints and promised five jobs if Dilos failed, but agreed to work for him long-term if he succeeded.
• Dilos used his speed and strength to slice through the restraints, freeing Juggernaut, then asked him to honor his promise.

Aboard a private jet after escaping Stryker’s base, Dilos rejected Emma’s proposal to kill Stryker because he still had a use for him. As the aircraft neared its destination, Emma considered how to overcome Dilos’s distrust, while Juggernaut asked about the jet.

• Dilos and Emma used telepathy to kill the remaining staff in Stryker’s base, and Dilos set its self-destruct timer before the group escaped.
• On the private jet, Emma urged Dilos to kill Stryker and target the officials pursuing Mutants, but Dilos said Stryker needed to remain alive because he was useful.
• Emma noticed the Adamantium tracking bracelet Dilos had placed on her and privately planned to find a way around it.
• Juggernaut asked whether Dilos could teleport the jet into existence, and Dilos declined to explain how he obtained it.
• The jet’s autopilot sounded an alert as Dilos realized they were nearing their destination.

Dilos brought Emma, Juggernaut, and thirteen teenagers to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters after secretly transferring X-23 to his private army and altering witnesses' memories. There, he met Professor X for the first time as Charles and his fellow teachers greeted the arriving group.

• Charles sensed Emma and other powerful Mutants approaching Xavier's School and alerted Scott, Jean, and Ororo.
• Dilos secretly had X-23 transported in a cryogenic pod to the underground base on Isla Sorna and altered the other teenagers' memories.
• Dilos escorted Emma, Juggernaut, and thirteen teenagers to the school in a motorhome, while Emma warned him that Charles had detected them from far away.
• Dilos and his group arrived at the school, where the teenagers drew attention from the Mutant students on campus.
• Ororo, Jean, Scott, and Charles approached the group, and Dilos removed his helmet and greeted Professor X.

Dilos told Charles that William Stryker had advanced his mutant-gene soldier experiments, but that Dilos had destroyed the facility and the means to resume them. As Dilos and Charles began discussing mutant-human relations, Emma and the X-Men nearly came to blows before a mysterious young woman calmed them.

• Dilos met Charles at Xavier's School and warned him that Stryker's research had enabled soldiers to fuse with mutant genes.
• Dilos said he had destroyed Stryker's facility, research, and other resources, and Charles thanked him for preventing a threat to mutants.
• Dilos and Charles agreed to discuss their views on mutant-human relations.
• Emma taunted Cyclops and Jean about their past and Jean's dangerous powers, escalating tensions between Emma, Juggernaut, and the X-Men.
• A young woman appeared and sent a wave that eased everyone's anger before asking what had happened.

Dilos and Charles discussed a gifted student who could calm people, while Emma confronted the girl and had her telepathy sealed. Dilos restored Emma’s powers and greeted the girl as Jia Yin.

• Charles told Dilos that one of his students had gone to stop Emma’s group, and Dilos accepted Charles’s advice on refining his mental skills.
• Jia Yin arrived and insulted Emma, provoking Emma to attack her with telepathy.
• Jia Yin sealed Emma’s telepathy, leaving Emma panicked and unable to summon her mental power.
• Dilos approached Emma, restored her telepathy, and addressed the girl as Jia Yin.

William Stryker blamed Mutants for the destruction of his Alkali Lake base and lost research, then resolved to use Yuriko and seek more support. At Xavier’s School, Dilos and Qin Jiayin discussed his stay and her new powers, ending with Qin accusing him of fleeing because he felt guilty.

• William Stryker learned that attacks had destroyed his Alkali Lake base, a backup facility, his research, and the staff behind his X-Gene fusion experiments.
• William Stryker blamed Mutants for the attacks, vowed to eliminate them, and saw Yuriko as his chance to recover his position before deciding to contact other allies.
• Dilos reflected that he did not have romantic feelings for Qin Jiayin and regretted agreeing to pursue her at Chloe’s urging.
• Qin Jiayin asked how long Dilos would stay, and he said he planned to spend about a month at Xavier’s School, study mental techniques with Professor X, and teach combat lessons.
• Dilos teased Qin Jiayin about her new powers and her confrontation with Emma, then vanished when it was nearly time to teach her class.
• Qin Jiayin pouted at Dilos’s disappearance and accused him of leaving because he felt guilty.

Dilos assessed six young mutants in the Danger Room before announcing a combat exercise using Mutant Velociraptors. Ororo panicked at the apparent threat, until Dilos revealed that the dinosaurs were contained in a small black box.

• Dilos watched Iceman Bobby, Pyro John, Colossus Pete, Kitty Pryde, Jubilee, and Starlight Qin Jiayin practice their abilities, intimidating them with his stern presence.
• Ororo asked Dilos to ease up because the students were close to cracking, and he stopped projecting pressure before calling them over.
• Dilos explained that he would teach the group to fight together and make better use of their abilities in real combat.
• Dilos announced that he had brought Mutant Velociraptors from Jurassic Park for the students to fight, startling everyone.
• Ororo shouted at Dilos about the danger to the students, and Dilos showed her a five-centimeter black box containing the dinosaurs.

Dilos revealed a warehouse containing genetically modified Velociraptors and argued that the young Mutants needed realistic combat training to survive future dangers. Qin Jiayin chose to face one alone, and a Velociraptor lunged at her.

• Dilos expanded a small box into a superalloy warehouse and demonstrated that terrifying creatures were inside.
• Dilos warned the students that advancing technology and human conflicts would expose them to danger, and urged them to confront their fears.
• Qin Jiayin said she feared death but wanted to become strong enough to protect the people she cared about and accept her identity as an X-Man.
• Dilos challenged Qin Jiayin to face a genetically modified Velociraptor, explaining that it could rival a Lizard Monster.
• Qin Jiayin accepted, and Dilos pulled everyone else back as a Velociraptor burst from the warehouse and lunged at her.

Dilos tested Qin Jiayin against a fire-breathing velociraptor, and she survived its attacks with her Starlight Energy. When she could no longer defend herself, Dilos intervened and defeated the creature, praising her performance.

• A velociraptor ambushed Qin Jiayin outside the alloy warehouse, but she shielded herself with Starlight Energy and recovered quickly.
• Dilos warned Qin Jiayin and the other students that the velociraptor could breathe fire, alarming Ororo and the rest of the group.
• The velociraptor blasted Qin Jiayin with fire, melting part of her energy cocoon and leaving her nearly exhausted.
• When the velociraptor launched a stronger second blast, Dilos appeared in front of Qin Jiayin and took the attack without being harmed.
• The velociraptor lay injured on the ground, and Dilos praised Qin Jiayin for her performance.

After Dilos gave the students three days to decide whether to become X-Men, Charles worried that Mutants were losing ground as human technology advanced. He trusted Dilos despite his harsh methods and asked Scott to deliver him a box.

• Ororo struck Dilos with miniature lightning six times for putting the students in danger, and Dilos explained that Charles had eventually agreed to the exercise if the students volunteered.
• Qin Jiayin agreed to face more monsters, while the other students remained undecided, so Dilos gave them three days to choose whether to join the X-Men.
• Dilos stored the injured Velociraptor in his shrinking warehouse, ended the lesson, and sent Qin Jiayin to the infirmary for blood tests.
• Charles told Scott he feared he would not live to see peace between humans and Mutants, especially as human technology advanced.
• Charles gave Scott a box for Dilos and said Dilos was someone the X-Men could trust.

Dilos examined Qin Jiayin’s Starlight Energy and restored her strength with qi, recognizing her potential to become an Omega-level Mutant. He offered her a demanding training plan, and she agreed to begin.

• Dilos drew Qin Jiayin’s blood and discussed how quickly human technology was advancing while Mutants struggled to keep up.
• Qin Jiayin demonstrated her Starlight Energy, and Dilos assessed its versatile powers and her ability to shield herself from telepathy.
• Dilos used qi to restore Qin Jiayin’s energy, then explained how qi and Guoshu worked.
• Dilos told Qin Jiayin that martial arts helped him unlock his physical potential and complement his technology.
• Dilos offered Qin Jiayin a rigorous training plan, and she agreed to follow his instructions.

Dilos taught Qin Jiayin how to extract vital energy and warned her to limit her practice and eat more to avoid harming herself. After he teased her about the benefits to her appetite and figure, Qin Jiayin collapsed from hunger, and Dilos carried her to the cafeteria.

• Dilos used vital energy to help Qin Jiayin quickly master basic Guoshu training and discovered that she was unusually talented at extracting vital energy.
• Qin Jiayin overextracted vital energy and became weak, so Dilos limited her training to three hours a day and explained that she would need to eat about twice as much.
• Dilos teased Qin Jiayin that she could eat without gaining weight but might become muscle-bound, then reassured her that the method could improve her figure without building muscle.
• Qin Jiayin excitedly moved close to Dilos, and he found himself captivated by her smile.
• Qin Jiayin's legs gave way, and Dilos caught her; after she collapsed into his arms again, he carried her toward the cafeteria.

Dilos carried Qin Jiayin to her dorm, fed her Chinese food, and left them both confused about their growing feelings. Charles then summoned Dilos and warned him that Magneto might be planning something major.

• Dilos carried Qin Jiayin through the crowded school, where students gossiped about their closeness.
• Dilos offered Qin Jiayin food at his room, but she asked him to take her to the dorm instead.
• Dilos brought out a miniature insulated food box, served Qin Jiayin a Chinese meal, and encouraged her to keep practicing Guoshu.
• Qin Jiayin ate half the packed meals, then felt shy and troubled as she recalled Dilos carrying and feeding her.
• Charles summoned Dilos to the principal's office, where Jean and Ororo stood with him and a dark-haired young woman sat nearby.
• Charles told Dilos that Magneto might be planning something big and asked for his help.

Dilos and the X-Men brought Wolverine and Rogue to the school after Magneto's men attacked them, while Dilos privately worked out Magneto's plan. The chapter ended with Dilos suspecting that Mystique had already infiltrated the school.

• Jean and Ororo rescued Wolverine and Rogue after Sabretooth knocked Wolverine unconscious and brought them to the underground infirmary.
• Dilos considered whether Wolverine's Adamantium bones could inspire a new serum and told Charles that Magneto might want Wolverine's Healing Factor.
• Dilos recognized Rogue and privately deduced that Magneto planned to use her to power a machine that would awaken X-Genes in world leaders.
• Scott and Charles questioned why Magneto had targeted Wolverine, while Dilos kept his knowledge of the plan to himself.
• Jean restrained Wolverine and covered his eyes, allowing Dilos to draw more blood samples from him.
• Dilos suspected that Mystique had already infiltrated the school.

After Dilos’s Danger Room exercise forced the trainees to confront the possibility of death, Bobby, John, Li Qianhuan, Kitty, and Piotr each wrestled with whether they could become X-Men. Meanwhile, Dilos discovered a genetic combination that could lead to a serum to strengthen him further, though he still lacked the right genetic material.

• Bobby told John that he wanted to make his family proud but feared dying and doubted he deserved to be an X-Man, while John struggled with his own doubts about risking his life.
• Li Qianhuan asked Qin Jiayin why she chose to become an X-Man, and Qin Jiayin said she wanted to avoid regret and would help those who deserved it.
• Kitty tried to reassure herself that she was too young to join the reserves, but Dilos’s sudden coldness made her hesitate.
• Piotr considered how his durability might be undermined by advancing technology and wondered how Scott and the others kept facing danger without hesitation.
• Dilos used a digital simulator to find a genetic combination containing his own data and realized it could lead to a serum that would make him stronger, though he still needed the right genetic material.

Dilos struggled to advance from peak An Jin to Hua Jin while training Qin Jiayin and planning her development as a fighter. He also had Emma continue watching Rogue, while their disagreement over her public clothing ended with Dilos catching her insult telepathically.

• Dilos wondered whether the serum-enhanced body made it harder for him to reach Hua Jin and considered the limits of Guoshu’s later stages.
• Dilos told Qin Jiayin to stop training for the day, estimated she could reach initial An Jin in one to six months, and urged her to develop both Guoshu and her Mutant powers.
• Dilos continued his own body training and telepathically told Emma to keep watching Rogue and have Juggernaut handle suspicious targets.
• Emma asked to wear her old low-cut outfits, but Dilos insisted she dress more conservatively in public as his employee.
• Dilos cut off the telepathic connection, then heard Emma silently call him annoying and little-boyish, prompting her to curse him privately.

Dilos failed to find Mystique and began training Qin Jiayin and Piotr after the other students declined the X-Men reserve positions. Impressed by Piotr’s resolve and unusual stamina, Dilos trained him intensively and ended the week with a plan to expose Mystique.

• Dilos searched for Mystique but found no suspicious leads, and he concluded she might be hiding from Charles’s telepathy.
• After the three-day deadline, Piotr was the only student besides Qin Jiayin to accept a reserve position, so Dilos revoked the others’ access to the underground facilities.
• Dilos asked Piotr why he had volunteered, and Piotr explained that he wanted to risk himself to protect what mattered rather than live with regret.
• Dilos decided to devote himself to Piotr’s training, and Piotr quickly learned to draw out and control his vital energy.
• Piotr used his metal form to train for long periods and grew strong enough to fight Qin Jiayin to a standstill.
• After a week of training, Dilos devised a way to make Mystique reveal herself.

Dilos arranged to use Rogue as bait to draw Mystique out, while Rogue agreed to join Bobby and the others at the mall. As Dilos secretly followed the group, Mystique impersonated him at the school, but Qin Jiayin detected the deception and forced her to reveal herself.

• Bobby invited Rogue to eat at the mall, and she accepted after he reassured her about the students' fear of her powers.
• Dilos told Ororo that he was using the outing to draw out Mystique and promised he could protect the students.
• Scott and Ororo drove Rogue, Bobby, and the others to the mall while Dilos followed them in miniature armor.
• Piotr told Qin Jiayin that Dilos had asked him to deliver a USB drive containing data about a machine that could stimulate Mutant development.
• A disguised Mystique approached Piotr and Qin Jiayin as Dilos, but Qin Jiayin attacked and demanded that the impostor reveal herself.
• Mystique changed back into her blue-skinned form and introduced herself as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants.

Qin Jiayin and Piotr fought Mystique after she stole a flash drive and tampered with Cerebro. They defeated and captured her, then Qin Jiayin revealed she saw through Mystique's disguise because Dilos called the Professor “Charles.”

• Qin Jiayin attacked Mystique with energy swords, forcing her to dodge while Mystique looked for a chance to escape.
• As Qin Jiayin tired, Mystique sprinted toward the basement elevator with the flash drive.
• Piotr intercepted Mystique and struck her with a Half-Step Crushing Fist, sending her flying toward Qin Jiayin.
• Qin Jiayin hit Mystique with a giant energy fist, knocking her unconscious, and Piotr retrieved the flash drive.
• Qin Jiayin praised Piotr for helping fool Mystique with the fake drive and explained that Dilos's habit of calling the Professor “Charles” exposed the disguise.