Young Professor X

"Charles! Charles! Charles!"

Inside the noisy bar, handsome young men and beautiful young women gathered around a table in the center, waving their hands and cheering loudly.

Standing on the table was a handsome, well-dressed man who looked to be around thirty.

He held a long glass filled with alcohol and poured it into his mouth, trying to finish it in one go. Clearly, that was not something an ordinary person could manage.

Such a young Professor X, and this scene... could it be?

The moment Jerry entered the bar, he used the Name Positioning Method to identify the man drinking atop the table as Professor X, Charles Xavier—only a younger version of him.

Combined with the scene before him, Jerry quickly recalled enough information to roughly guess which universe he had entered.

X-Men: First Class. It should be 1962 now. Mutants have yet to formally enter the public eye, and the X-Men and Magneto do not know each other yet.

"Looks like I'll have to wait another year in this universe!"

Once he confirmed the time, Jerry rubbed his chin and thought to himself.

If he remembered correctly, Jean Grey should be born in 1963. Since it was now 1962, he would have to wait until next year to carry out his plan and extract the Phoenix Force to strengthen the Ring Universe.

Having figured that out, Jerry headed toward Professor X.

Even after Jean Grey was born next year, Jerry would not be able to locate her with the owl's Name Positioning Method because of the Phoenix Force within her. However, Professor X could.

Jean Grey not only possessed the Phoenix Force within her; she was also a Mutant, a Mutant with abilities similar to Professor X's. It was only because the Phoenix Force had amplified her own