Although Daisy's explanation was utter nonsense—without Leech, they would not figure it out even in another five hundred years—Cyclops did not know that.
Just as Black Panther could not accept becoming the last king, he could not accept becoming an ordinary person again. Wear a suit and tie to work? Impossible!
"Let me think about it." Leaving those words behind, he turned and walked away.
"It's fine. Don't worry, I'll go check on him." Jean hurriedly apologized to Daisy and quickly went after Cyclops.
After the two left, Stark glanced toward the door before asking in a low voice, "Has S.H.I.E.L.D. really developed a power-suppressing drug for Mutants? Can you wipe out the entire race?"
Daisy studied his eyes carefully. "Looks like you have prejudices against Mutants too."
He answered very quickly. "I don't."
Whether someone did or did not was not determined by what they said, but by what they did. Without even using telepathy, Daisy knew that Stark, Captain America, and Coulson all harbored hostility toward Mutants, differing only in degree.
Having lived for so long in an environment hostile to Mutants, Stark had been misled by all sorts of media reports, just like many others. He was hostile toward Mutants.
Captain America was relatively objective. He was still in the observation stage when it came to the world seventy years later.
Coulson was the most practical. Like many agents, if the partner beside him in a hail of bullets had powers, he would only be happy about it. At such times, there was no time to ponder things like Homo sapiens replacing Neanderthals, or Mutants replacing humans.
"The issue of Mutants is too complicated. It seems they will not be coming back anytime soon... What do you think about what we discussed before? Tony, I want to