Magneto the Showman

The instant Magneto made his move.

S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.

A piercing alarm blared.

Nick Fury hurried into the combat command room.

"Can someone tell me what happened?"

Coulson gave the tablet in his hand a light shake, and the image on it immediately transferred to the massive screen in the operations room.

The footage showed the situation on Nake Island.

"Director, Magneto appears to have come into conflict with someone!"

"Zoom in!"

At Nick Fury's command, the image drew closer.

But the island was now completely shrouded in a powerful magnetic field under Magneto's control.

Other than Magneto's blurry figure flying in the sky, they could not see anything happening inside.

"Director, although the conflict is taking place on the eastern side of Nake Island, if this continues, the residents of Nake Town may be affected!"

"Then what are we waiting for? Contact Professor X immediately!"

He knew very well that relying on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s ordinary agents to deal with a powerful Mutant like Magneto would be exceedingly difficult.

Unless they deployed weapons of mass destruction.

But using such weapons could easily make the situation spiral beyond control.

With that in mind, his desire to establish a special emergency response team grew even more urgent.

Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Inside a classroom.

"Just as I usually tell you all..."

Professor X, seated in his wheelchair and teaching the children, suddenly paused.

He slowly turned to look toward the door.

Sure enough.

Moments later, Beast Hank shoved the classroom door open.

"Professor, something happened!"

A few minutes later.

A jet slowly took off from the academy.

Inside the jet.

"Damn it, it seems the cure the government developed through Jimmy isn't all that reliable!"

Storm Ororo, who was piloting the jet, complained.

Jimmy was the boy capable of causing nearby Mutants to lose their abilities. After being rescued, he had remained at the Mutant academy.

Wolverine Logan, seated in the cabin, had a cigar clenched between his teeth.

"I said from the beginning that I should've crushed that brat's heart!"

He had been born in 1832 and was now nearly two hundred years old, so calling Magneto a brat was nothing unusual.

Besides, after several clashes, the Adamantium in his body meant that Magneto's ability practically countered him completely. Every time he encountered Magneto, he could only let the other man manipulate him as he pleased. Naturally, he had no favorable opinion of him.

"Enough, Logan!"

"Now isn't the time to discuss that!"

Professor X spoke with a grave expression.

"What we should be considering now is how to stop him!"

Beast Hank adjusted his glasses. After hesitating for a moment, he pulled a plastic pistol from his backpack pocket.

"Should we shoot him again?"

"Oh my God!"

Logan shifted his butt farther away from him.

To him, that thing was practically no different from Venom. One shot could probably kill him.

"Why do you still have one of those?"

Hank spread his hands.

"This was left over from the last battle. I thought perhaps we might need it someday!"

On Nake Island.

Xu Mo watched the metal flying wildly all around them.

A trace of amazement appeared in his eyes.

Magneto truly lived up to his reputation as a showman.

Even before his powers had fully recovered, he could create an impact over such a vast area.

Magneto, floating in the air, lightly waved his right hand.

Countless pieces of metal gathered in the air. Before long, they formed a massive object.

By conservative estimates, it already weighed over a thousand tons.

Magneto looked at Xu Mo on the ground, a victor's smile appearing on his face.

"I wonder whether your strength can withstand this attack!"

But Xu Mo did not care.

The reason he had not stopped the other man was naturally because he was confident he could defeat him.

Mutants like Magneto were like mages. His ability to control metal was indeed powerful—so powerful that even after Xu Mo reached Planetary Level, it was difficult for his Psychic Force to completely suppress him. But he also had a tremendous weakness: his body and reaction speed!

Even with Xu Mo's current physical abilities.

If he went all out in speed, with his own agility, as long as he carried no metal objects, the other man could not hurt him in a short time.

And as long as Magneto was within the range covered by his Psychic Force, controlling him would be as easy as turning his hand.

Magneto's helmet was his best weapon.

Looking at Magneto floating in the air.

Xu Mo slowly extended his right hand toward him.

"You're celebrating too soon!"

As he spoke, he lightly clenched his right hand.

The instant Magneto saw Xu Mo's movement, he realized something was wrong. He hurriedly controlled the massive metal block in the air and smashed it toward Xu Mo.

Unfortunately, he was still too late.

As Xu Mo's palm closed, Magneto felt an intense pain erupt from his head. The helmet that blocked psychic abilities instantly transformed into a continuously shrinking cage.

"Damn it, how is this possible?!"

Magneto's expression changed. He grabbed the helmet with both hands and tried with all his strength to tear it from his head.

But it was clearly all in vain.

Under Xu Mo's Psychic Force, the section of the helmet around his neck had already contracted, becoming as narrow as his neck.

The helmet had been forged by Black King Shaw. To guard against Magneto, its material did not contain even a trace of metal.

This also meant that he had no way to control the helmet's contraction through magnetism.

As Xu Mo increased his Psychic Force, Eric felt as though his skull were about to explode.

"Kid, you win. We can sit down and talk!"

Looking down at Xu Mo, he endured the pain and forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart.

His life was in the other man's hands, so he had no choice but to yield. Yet inwardly, he had already made up his mind that once he escaped this predicament, he would tear Xu Mo to pieces.

"Talk my ass!"

Xu Mo had no intention of talking to him. Instead, he instantly increased the Psychic Force pressing on the helmet.

Even after being completely controlled, he still put on such a lofty attitude.

He did not truly intend to negotiate; he was merely bowing to circumstances.

Besides, looking at Magneto's entire life, he had never been someone who kept his promises. And compared to promises, Xu Mo trusted the Soul Seal's reliability more.

As the Psychic Force intensified, pain quickly drowned Magneto's consciousness.

Finally, once the helmet had contracted to a certain degree, Magneto let out a scream and fainted.

After losing his control, the surrounding magnetic field instantly descended into chaos.

All the metal flying through the air began falling toward the ground, including the enormous mass of metal Magneto had controlled.

Although Xu Mo's Psychic Force was not enough to hold up the metal block, pushing it through the air was no difficult task.

Propelled by his Psychic Force, the metal block traced an arc through the sky and plunged directly into the distant sea.

Then, using his Psychic Force to control Magneto's body, he lowered him in front of White Queen Emma.

Xu Mo lightly waved his right hand, and the helmet swiftly returned to its original shape before falling from Magneto's head.

"I'll leave the rest to you!"