She was a beautiful young woman with long hair draped over her shoulders, exquisite features, and a trace of madness hidden beneath her calm expression. She wore a long red dress, and on her head was a red headdress with two sharp horns.
Scarlet Witch!
Pietro instantly recognized the woman. Scarlet Witch's betrayal of the Avengers and her decision to become a state witness had shocked half of America. Pietro had never imagined he would see her here.
Likewise, Pietro could not understand why the Black Officer called Scarlet Witch "President X."
Scarlet Witch gazed impassively at the subordinate she had nearly crippled with a single strike. She gently raised her left hand, and scarlet energy immediately enveloped the black man's body. Like an invisible giant hand, it seized him and dragged him back from outside the factory.
"You're saying there's a traitor in my army?" Scarlet Witch had a lovely voice, like a lark singing. Anyone who heard it could not help but smile faintly, but her tone was exceptionally cold, creating a jarring sense of contradiction.
"I... I... don't know, sir." The black man spoke tremulously, clearly enduring immense pain.
"You are all talents I personally selected," Scarlet Witch said. "Every one of you was chosen by me. Lowly humans, I am proud of you. I mean, I gave you only one task: protect my safety before I completely take control of this body!"
"But what have you done? You actually let those Avengers remnants find this place. I really should execute every last one of you."
As Scarlet Witch spoke, she suddenly clenched her fist. The next moment, the black man's body was instantly compressed into a ball by red energy. He could not even scream before becoming an unrecognizable mass.
Seeing the Black Officer's fate, the surrounding soldiers silently lowered their heads. No one dared make a sound, afraid of drawing President X's attention and becoming his next "toy."
Scarlet Witch looked at her handiwork, joy appearing in her eyes for the first time. "Look at this power. How wonderful, how miraculous. It will be the key to my rule over this planet. I can't even fully control it yet."
Just then, Scarlet Witch furrowed her brow slightly, as if sensing something. She raised her hand, and scarlet energy danced at her fingertips. Soon, she seemed to confirm something and abruptly turned her head.
Her gaze landed precisely on Pietro's hiding place. When Scarlet Witch glanced at him, Pietro was nearly scared out of his wits.
He immediately reacted. Though he did not know how he had been exposed, Pietro knew that if he did not flee now, he would be waiting to die. With a light step, he dashed a hundred meters in an instant, so fast that even Scarlet Witch could not keep up.
Just as he ran toward the hole Scarlet Witch had blasted open earlier—
Pietro's right leg suddenly felt as though someone had violently snapped it in two. A crisp crack rang out, audible only to him. The next moment, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, rolling away with the momentum until he crashed into a mound of industrial waste and finally stopped.
"His..." Pietro clutched his leg and gritted his teeth, trying not to make a sound. But the pain kept crashing into his mind, bringing tears to his eyes.
Scarlet Witch looked toward Pietro and tilted her head slightly.
"Interesting. I remember you. You're also a prisoner from Mutant Prison. Your helmet is quite interesting—it can actually block my telepathy. No wonder I didn't notice you. You remind me of an old friend, though he should have died long ago."
But Pietro had no time to answer Scarlet Witch. He was using every ounce of strength in his body to suppress the pain shooting through his leg.
After all, his leg had been forcibly snapped by Chaos Magic. If anyone else suffered such pain, they might have died from it outright.
"So you've gotten in touch with the Avengers remnants? But it doesn't matter. With this power, no one can stop me anymore. And I should thank you for the gift you brought me. I'll be taking that helmet."
As Scarlet Witch spoke, she raised her hand again. Scarlet energy wrapped around Pietro's head. Clearly, she did not merely intend to remove his helmet—she wanted to take Pietro's head along with it.
At that moment, a laser suddenly blasted toward her, streaking toward Scarlet Witch at tremendous speed.
Scarlet Witch made no extra movement with her raised hand. With a slight flick of her wrist, the Particle Beam immediately curved through the air and blasted into the night sky.
Then, just as Scarlet Witch prepared to unleash powerful telepathy to find and control the person who had ambushed her, a cloud of Blue Smoke suddenly burst before her. A sharp claw tore through the smoke and shot out of the blue haze, aimed directly at Scarlet Witch's throat.
Without hesitation, scarlet energy surged forth wildly, instantly blasting the attacker away. But before she could catch her breath, she saw a blue monster swinging an enormous stone pillar at her.
Scarlet Witch only had time to raise both hands. The next moment, she was sent flying, crashing into the White Container with an explosive impact.
The mutant prisoners had come charging in.
The soldiers immediately clashed with them, but how could ordinary people fight these monsters? Moreover, after losing their humanity, the monsters had not weakened at all. Instead, they had grown considerably stronger.
Only then did Zhang Ye let out a heavy breath.
Honestly, firing his Repulsor Ray at Scarlet Witch had been a complete gamble. Zhang Ye had indeed seen the mutants charging in, but he feared that before they reached him, his brain would already have been invaded by the enemy.
Yes, Zhang Ye already knew that the Scarlet Witch before him was actually President X. Or rather, this Scarlet Witch had been subjected to Body Possession by President X using his telepathic abilities.
And Pietro was the key to Zhang Ye leaving this universe. Without Pietro, Zhang Ye had no way of finding President X's secret chamber.
Likewise, worried that Zhang Ye was deceiving him, Pietro had never told Zhang Ye where that secret chamber was.
So Zhang Ye could never stand by and watch Pietro die here.
The result was not bad. He had won the gamble. President X's abilities were not as unbeatable as Zhang Ye had imagined. They had a huge advantage in this wave.
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