Toby's eyes were cold. He grabbed Shadowcat's ponytail while she was phased and, under her horrified, disbelieving gaze, forced her back into a solid state!
Her lower body was still buried in the ground. The moment she turned solid, the ground severed it, leaving only her upper body to wail!
That wailing lasted less than a second. Toby seized her ponytail and slammed her down, flattening Shadowcat's face against the ground!
"Ah!"
A terrified scream rang out.
It didn't come from the dead Shadowcat, but from Rogue, who had quietly circled behind Toby and watched her best friend die so horribly.
She had planned to team up with Shadowcat for a surprise attack on Toby.
But she had barely taken off her gloves when Shadowcat died right in front of her!
Toby flicked Shadowcat's blood from his hand, then turned to Rogue. Her hands trembled, and she couldn't bring herself to touch him. He reached out.
Taking her hands, he placed them against his body.
"You want my powers and life force? Here..."
The next instant, Rogue's passive ability activated, drawing in another person's powers and life force through physical contact.
Boom!
She lasted less than a second before her entire body exploded into a mist of blood.
It wasn't because Toby had done anything.
On the contrary, it was because he had done nothing.
He had lifted his limits and let Rogue absorb the near-infinite energy inside him. She exceeded what she could take in and exploded!
"I'll take you down with me!"
With Shadowcat and Rogue killed in an instant, Mutants charged Toby from every direction.
Leading them was, naturally, their most confident and bravest member: Porcupine Man.
He lunged and wrapped his arms tightly around Dean from behind, a cruel glint in his eyes.
"Do you?"
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