This Is What You Call Professional

Charles was stunned for a long while. After looking around, he confirmed it.

Qin Yi possessed the same psychic abilities as he did.

Unable to hide his shock, Charles was deeply curious as to why Qin Yi possessed the same abilities as both him and Jean Grey.

"Stop looking. I'm nearby. Just expose that Secretary of Defense as an alien impostor with your telepathy."

With that, Qin Yi released his mental control over several Skrulls who had transformed into high-ranking United States officials attending the meeting.

The Skrulls, their minds restored to freedom, froze for a moment and blankly stared at their fat hands and the golden conference hall.

He clearly remembered attending a meeting of his people. Why had he suddenly appeared here?

Was it because I haven't been sleeping well lately? And where is this? Who did I turn into?

Other than the female congresswoman, the rest—including the Black congressman—were equally confused.

After recovering from his shock, Charles silently used telepathy to read the Secretary of Defense's memories. Then he spoke to the plump Johnson.

"I remember Davis didn't like white shirts before."

The Skrull sitting across from Charles remained utterly confused. Only when Charles questioned him did he stammer out a response.

"Ah, right, right. But I've started liking white shirts again recently."

Charles asked again.

"Davis, where are you working now?"

The bewildered Skrull nervously watched everyone at the conference table staring at him.

The United States officials who had not been replaced by Skrulls also came to their senses.

The United States Secretary of Defense was named Johnson, not Davis.

Charles rose to his feet and asked sternly.

"You're not the Secretary of Defense. Who are you?"

For a moment, chaos broke out among the United States officials who had been standing on the same side. Everyone looked left and right.

What were they supposed to do now? Even the Secretary of Defense had been replaced. Could there be others who had been swapped out too?

Vice President Husky Smith finally understood what was happening.

The damn Secretary of Defense was replaced. No wonder something felt off.

There must be some kind of conspiracy here. Better watch and see first.

The meeting fell into a brief silence. No one spoke.

Charles finally could not hold himself back any longer. He used telepathy to control the plump figure and ordered him to drop his disguise.

Everyone in the conference hall watched in terror as the fat Secretary of Defense slowly turned into a green figure. They hurriedly backed away, warily watching one another.

Qin Yi yawned from atop one of the hall's beams and waved a hand. It was time to end this.

Just as everyone rejoiced that Charles had controlled the green monster—

Several figures shed their disguises amid roars, revealing several more green-skinned monsters in the conference hall.

Vice President Husky Smith hid to one side, lowering his head as he pondered.

No, these people had individually met with the president just yesterday afternoon...

Husky Smith suddenly raised his head. Excitement gleamed in his eyes.

That's right! The president—there must be something wrong with the president too.

Breathing excitedly, he hurried over to Charles.

Before he could speak, everyone else in the hall rushed over as well.

They all felt that Professor X's side was definitely the safest place to be right now.

The green figures faced off against the crowd. Vice President Husky Smith hurriedly shouted at the fully armed soldiers in the hall.

"Quick, capture them!"

The moment his words fell—

Qin Yi made the soldiers in the hall shed their disguises.

As all the soldiers in the conference hall roared and transformed into green-skinned monsters—

Everyone silently huddled behind Charles.

The gathered Skrulls pointed their guns at the people in the hall and slowly approached their companion controlled by Professor X.

The Mutants imprisoned nearby stared blankly through their iron cage at the two sides facing off.

Beast could not help celebrating.

"Good thing my transformed form is blue. These green-skinned freaks are damn ugly."

Storm could not help rolling her eyes at Beast.

Husky Smith stood behind Charles and said quietly.

"What do we do, Charles? I've always been friendly toward Mutants. Those previous arrests must have been planned by these monsters."

Charles's voice sounded in Husky Smith's mind.

After hearing Charles's telepathic message, Husky Smith—

Quietly moved over to the imprisoned Mutants. After finding Storm and Beast—

He removed the mutant suppressors restraining their necks.

The X-Men, Storm and Beast, walked over to Charles and joined the standoff against the green-skinned monsters.

The Skrulls controlled by Qin Yi spoke.

"Release our companion, and I can let you leave with some dignity."

Charles froze for a moment upon hearing that. He knew these people had been arranged by Qin Yi.

But he was not sure what Qin Yi's attitude toward these green monsters was.

And if they fought, hurting the crowd behind him might affect the peace between humans and Mutants.

Watching Charles fall into indecision again, Qin Yi sighed.

This guy is just too indecisive.

At a time like this, he should just take them all down. So what if a few United States officials get hurt?

Did you forget that female congresswoman who suggested having Storm create artificial rainfall?

She wasn't a Skrull.

Forget it. Better let Magneto out now.

After passing through two spatial vortices, Qin Yi grabbed Magneto and threw him between the two opposing sides.

Ignoring the bewildered looks from Charles and the crowd—

The king of grand entrances stood up, rubbed his arms, and turned to look at the green-skinned Skrulls holding machine guns.

With only a wave of his hand, every gun instantly flew out of the Skrulls' hands, rose into the air, and slowly aimed at the Skrulls.

Qin Yi controlled several Skrulls and sent them charging forward.

Under Magneto's control, the guns in the air went rat-a-tat-tat-tat-tat.

Magneto seemed to be venting all the anger and grievance he had built up recently, emptying every last bullet.

The fallen Skrulls bled green blood.

After hearing the gunfire, the soldiers standing guard outside rushed into the conference hall under the lead of a familiar face.

Qin Yi glanced over. It was Tony's best friend, Rhodes.

Seeing that the king of grand entrances had already dealt with all the Skrulls, Vice President Husky Smith puffed out his chest and stepped forward.

He expertly directed the soldiers to secure the scene, then comforted the other frightened United States officials.

Husky took Rhodes over to Charles and said.

"Charles, I suspect the president has also been kidnapped by those green-skinned monsters. I'll need you to come with us to the White House later and confirm it."

Charles nodded, his gaze occasionally drifting toward Magneto, the king of grand entrances.

Husky Smith then said to Magneto.

"Mr. Magneto, on behalf of the government, I thank you for appearing. With your help and Lieutenant Rhodes's, we were able to crush the aliens' conspiracy. Thank you for saving the United States."

After that—

Vice President Husky Smith ordered the soldiers to release the imprisoned Mutants nearby. He spoke to them passionately.

"I will do everything in my power to bring about a human-Mutant peace conference. We are family..."

Qin Yi, standing atop a beam in the conference hall, could not help muttering.

This is so damn professional!