Deathly silence.
In the iron cabinet, the huddled corpse told everything silently.
The truth was like a cold sharp knife, stabbing into the heart of everyone present.
"So..." Charlotte looked pale, "Mr. Erik in Xavier's School... is a fake?!"
"... Without a doubt." Miles looked at the corpse huddled in the iron cabinet and replied in a low voice.
"Well..." Dani, who had just woken up, rubbed his head and said hoarsely, "So... the 'ghost' here is actually the real Mr. Erik? How could he become like this?!"
"Perhaps... it would be more appropriate to call him 'Magnetic-Field Wraith'."
Miles took a deep breath of the cold and oppressive air, feeling the invisible and chaotic spiritual magnetic field that filled every space in this building.
"Mr. Erik's ability is to control Electromagnetic Force. During his lifetime... he must have developed his own abilities to an extremely astonishing degree. Therefore, at the moment of his death, out of strong unwillingness and obsession, he forced his abilities to undergo some unknown changes, making his abilities out of control, or... evolved..."
"His will, his spirit, everything about him... has turned into the magnetic field itself..."
Miles's voice echoed faintly in the empty basement.
"This should be the truth about 'ghost'."
"Spiritual consciousness turns into a magnetic field..." Charlotte said with some disbelief, "Can mutant abilities really achieve this?"
"According to Nathaniel's 'Metempsychosis' theory, the soul can also be used as a carrier of mutant abilities. Erik's ability is to manipulate magnetic fields, so with the in-depth development of his abilities, it is natural that his soul will also begin to possess magnetic field properties... Huh?!" At this point, Miles suddenly felt something in his heart.
["Metempsychosis" theory...]
[The spirit leaves the body and looks for a new body...]
"So, what should we do now?" Frost said.
"I'll collect the data first." Miles said, operating the terminal to record in detail the electromagnetic intensity, magnetic induction intensity, wavelength spectrum and other data of the electromagnetic field here, and then solemnly put it away.
"Let's go." Miles turned around, "Let's go back."
"But, where is Mr. Erik?" Dani pointed at the iron cabinet and asked reluctantly, "Do you want to take him back with you?"
Miles turned back and took a deep look at the desolate skeleton.
He seemed to be able to see an aloof king, at the end of his life, using the most tragic way to mark his existence on the world.
In the spiritual world, this skeleton is the center of the entire magnetic field storm and the anchor point of "Wraith". Moving it is like moving an extremely unstable nuclear reactor. Once you do that, no one knows what will happen.
"We will prepare to fight soon, and now is not the time." Miles slowly shook his head, "Next time, we will bring Charles with us and take him home."
"... Okay."
Several people left the basement with heavy hearts and left the steel tomb where a legendary soul was imprisoned.
They finally found the truth they had been looking for, but no one could have imagined that it would be so cruel.
When they finally walked out of the building and breathed in the cool air outside, everyone felt a sense of exhaustion after a disaster.
The never-ending mental scream in the building was finally isolated behind him.
"Miles, where are you?"
Just after leaving the building, Aurora's emergency communication came from Miles's "X Terminal".
"Aurora?!" Miles's expression perked up and he asked quickly, "We are at Hamilton, where are you? What happened in Xavier's School?"
"Mr. Erik appeared with Obadiah. After I experienced the last 'electronic storm', I wrote an 'escape protocol' for myself. The moment Obadiah appeared, I transferred my consciousness. The main consciousness was scattered in thousands of service nodes around the world, and then it was gathered and restarted in the Blackbird main control system, which delayed a little time..."
"You said Obadiah went to Xavier's School?!"
Miles was stunned for a moment, and then an ominous premonition enveloped his heart.
"Huh?"
At this moment, Miles suddenly felt something in his mind and suddenly raised his head to look at the distant sky.
A burning flame cut through the sky of Hamilton City like a meteor and fell towards the mountains in the distance.
Dani and Charlotte also followed his gaze, and their pupils suddenly shrank.
"Then... what is that?!"
At the end of the distant field of vision, a bright light flashed on the horizon.
Immediately afterwards--
"Boom--!!!!"
The devastating loud noise came belatedly and resounded throughout the sky.
Separated by dozens of kilometers, the earth under everyone's feet trembled slightly, and then returned to calm.
Tactical missile?!
"This is..." Miles's expression froze, "Obadiah... He's crazy?!"
Xavier Institute, Mind Control Room.
Under Obadiah's terrifying and unreasonable Electronic Infiltration, in just a few minutes, the specific locations of more than 130 "Leech Factory" hidden around the world were marked!
"There should be about ten underground secret factories. What they do is really hidden." Obadiah said to himself.
"I'll take care of it." Magneto said, getting ready to leave.
"No need to bother." Obadiah said softly, and then thought again.
The next moment, in countless military bases in major countries around the world, the thick manhole covers of missile launch bays all slid open at the same time!
North American Aerospace Defense Command, the piercing siren sounded throughout the ground, and hundreds of staff were in chaos.
"General! Our 'militia' is out of control!"
"Who did it?! The Russians? Or China?!"
"No! General... the signal source is inside our base! It... it is going to transmit on its own!"
Precision strike missiles carrying destruction took off automatically under the horrified gaze of soldiers from all over the world. They dragged long blazing tail flames, pierced the airspace of their respective countries, and accurately shot at the "Leech Factory" that had just been marked!
North America, Brazil, Europe, Russia Thaddeus Ross, China, Africa, Oceania...
The whole world, at the same moment, was bombarded by "self"!
United States White House, the president was holding an emergency meeting to discuss how to deal with the threat of Mutant. At this moment, the sky above his head was suddenly torn apart by several streaks of fire.
"What is that?!"
"Missile! That's our own Trident!"
The president looked in disbelief at the death meteors flying past outside the window. Surrounded by agents, he rolled and crawled to the shelter. Halfway through, he raised the phone and prepared to call Chief Department of Defense, but found that there was only a chaotic sound of electricity on the line.
Not just him, all communication systems in the world were completely paralyzed at this moment!
"Go to Department of Defense! And the CIA! FBI... call all their people over here!" The president roared crazily at the secretary, "Damn it... what the hell is going on?!"
"This is Washington! Why do I see our own missiles flying in the sky?!"
"This is treason! This is a declaration of war!!!"
Before he finished speaking, a series of horrific explosions rang out not far away in the direction of Virginia! As the earth shook and the mountains shook, everyone was unsteady, and the ground under their feet seemed to have turned into a deck in the wind and waves!
"Boom--"
"Boom--Boom--!!!"
On this day, the whole world went crazy!
Governments of various countries finally realized that the modern firepower they were proud of was not as reliable as they imagined! The radar and air defense systems all failed, and everyone could only watch helplessly as the "sky fires" raged across the sky, and then crashed down, destroying everything!
The order of the information age that mankind has built over decades is completely overturned at this moment!
At the same time, within Mind Control Room.
Magneto stared silently at the red dots on the screen, extinguishing them one after another.
It takes less than ten minutes.
One hundred and thirty-seven "Leech Factory" units around the world have been blown up, and at the same time, a quarter of the world's long-range guidance weapon inventory has been emptied!
"Well done, Obadiah."
Magneto watched the red dots on the screen dissipate quickly and showed a satisfied smile, "Human beings should have understood long ago that without the weapons they rely on, they are just a group of monkeys in clothes!"
Faced with Magneto's appreciation, Obadiah remained unmoved and just whispered to himself, "I can feel...Ritts is still alive."
"She was hiding, I couldn't find her... She should die."
"You don't need to worry about such a small role, Obadiah." Magneto said, "Now, with the power of you and me, the whole world will crawl at our feet!"
Obadiah slowly looked at Magneto and said calmly, "Competing with the world... Is that really what you think, Nathaniel?"
"Oh?" Magneto raised his eyebrows, "It seems you have discovered..."
The words just fell.
"Whoosh!"
Obadiah opened his palm towards Magneto without any warning!
In an instant, an invisible terrifying force turned into a cage, locking Magneto in place!
The extremely terrifying mental power came, and the entire metal wall of Mind Control Room groaned under the weight!
"The response is really fast."
Magneto looked at Obadiah who was getting up slowly, but there was no trace of panic on his face. He just chuckled, "When did you find out?"
"There is no need to find out." Obadiah replied, "I never trust anyone who takes the initiative to approach me!"
After saying that, he slowly closed his fingers.
The power of Cerebro was pushed to the extreme, and the terrifying power of Mind Stone crushed Magneto without any reservation!
Even with the protection of a helmet, Magneto's body still made a "gurgle" sound of dislocated bones. The strong pressure made his whole body tremble and he was almost crushed into a puddle of flesh!
"Ha... As expected of you, Obadiah." Magneto raised his head with difficulty, his voice hoarse, "In this case... why didn't you do it earlier?"
"Because destroying ATHENA is also my goal." Obadiah replied, "A lifeless world is meaningless. Only the birth of more unique Mutant can push my power further!"
"I see..." Magneto seemed to understand, but at the same time, his body began to twist and deform under the pressure of thought power, and his flesh and blood collapsed...
But at this moment, Magneto forced out a strange smile.
"So, this is your biggest weakness, Obadiah."
"You - you are so arrogant."
"Huh?"
Hearing Magneto's voice, Obadiah had a bad premonition in his heart.
The next second, he felt that the whole world suddenly became quiet!
The feeling of being one with the whole world and controlling all thoughts and electronic signals has disappeared!
His mental power... is cut off!
"This is..."
Only then did Obadiah realize that the Cerebro he was wearing had turned into a shiny metallic helmet exactly like Magneto!
Anti-Mind-Control Helmet!
Magneto's standard equipment can isolate the internal and external Mind Stone abilities.
For others, this is a necessary armor to protect themselves from the enemy's Mind Stone ability; but for the Mind Stone ability user himself, this is also the best cage to seal his own Mind Stone ability!
Under the influence of the helmet, Obadiah's telekinesis, Electronic Signal Manipulation, Psionic Weapon... all the abilities based on Telepathy were blocked!
"When was this..."
The horrified Obadiah was just about to reach out and take off his helmet, when the specially-made armor made of synthetic materials suddenly collapsed like gravel, turning into a series of tough ropes, locking his limbs tightly!
"Huh... so dangerous."
Magneto, who was freed from the restraint of telekinesis, was panting miserably. While he stretched out his left hand towards Obadiah, maintaining control of the armor, he slowly pressed his right hand on the console beside him.
With his touch, the solid console slowly collapsed like sand, and then the fine material molecules re-condensed in his hand, turning into a black collar that shone with dangerous light.
"Molecular Manipulation..." Obadiah said to himself with difficulty, "When did you...?"
"Of course, when you don't know, my cute little Obadiah..." Magneto showed an unusually friendly smile, and slowly put the collar on Obadiah's neck, "You all know that I found three Sacred Remainss in Egypt. But in fact... I also hid the fourth one!"
"Thanks to your 'Chimera' technology, I fused the genes of that Sacred Remains and Mr. Erik, and I was able to barely support this body... Unfortunately, it is almost reaching its limit now."
Magneto slowly opened his palm. The flesh and blood of his entire forearm had begun to undergo genetic collapse uncontrollably. Obviously, even without the oppression of Obadiah, his body would definitely not be able to support it for much longer.
"Of course, the most coincidental thing is that this Sacred Remains still has the ability gene of 'Molecular Manipulation'."
"How's it going? Isn't it a surprise, Obadiah?!"
Magneto said with a joking face, and slowly placed his bloody palm on Obadiah's chest.
"It's time, Obadiah... give your body and strength to me..."
"Don't even think about it!" Obadiah roared like Beast, "Nathaniel... Our souls are from the same origin! You can't devour my will! I will become your worst nightmare and torture you forever and ever! Forever!!"
"Really?" Magneto chuckled, his eyes full of greed and madness.
"Then, won't you know if you try it?"
"Click--"
Two minutes later, Mind Control Room's thick alloy door slowly slid open to both sides with a soft sound.
In Charles's silent gaze, the figure of "Magneto" slowly walked out.
And "Obadiah. Apocalypse" has completely disappeared.
"Where is Obadiah?" Charles looked at him and asked aloud.
"He has gone back." "Magneto" replied, and then said, "Just now, we have almost destroyed all Leech Factory in Project ATHENA."
"We won, Charles."
"..."
Charles closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Until just now, he was still naively hoping that everything in front of him could be undone.
However, now that things had happened, he finally began to realize... that it was just another unrealistic dream of his.
When he opened his eyes again, there was only cold scrutiny in his gentle blue eyes.
He stared hard into the other person's eyes, gritted his teeth and asked, "Who are you?"
"WHO...ARE YOU!!!"
Faced with this sudden question, "Magneto" even showed a hint of confusion on his face. "Charles, are you asking me?"
Charles Looking at his familiar face full of doubts as an old friend, the last bit of warmth in his heart disappeared.
He shook his head and said slowly, "Miles told me before he left that there is a dangerous guy hidden in Xavier's School."
"So, are you doubting me?" "Magneto"'s expression remained calm, "It's really... disappointing."
"Enough!!!"
Charles stopped sternly, and then said coldly, "After Miles left, I have already seen the memories of everyone in Xavier's School... except... you!!"
Because since Magneto was rescued, his helmet has never been taken off!
"Oh?"
Hearing this, the disappointment and confusion on "Magneto"'s face finally faded away, replaced by an unabashed and enthusiastic smile, "It's... surprising!"
"You actually do this kind of thing? My dear Mr. Charles?"
While speaking, "Magneto" slowly took off his helmet, revealing the "♦" pattern with an ominous red light flashing in the center of his forehead.
Under the pressure of Charles, he finally began to stop hiding!
"Shashasha..."
As he slowly moved forward with brisk steps, his body also began to change. His originally old face became young and unfamiliar, his skin became sickly pale, and the robes on his body gradually turned into dark striped cloaks.
"Reintroduce yourself."
The man slowly spoke in a pleasant, magnetic and extremely elegant voice, "My name is Nathaniel·Essex. Or, you can also call me..."
"Mr. Sinister(Mr. Sinister)."
Charles silently looked at the completely unfamiliar and terrifying figure in front of him, and asked in an extremely hoarse voice, "So, where is Erik...?"
"Of course... I have already killed him." Mr. Sinister showed a pleasant smile and replied slowly, "Yes, just a few months ago, in a basement in the outer city of Hamilton, I stabbed the neck with the tip of a knife and severed the artery..."
"I think during that time, Mr. Charles, you should be teaching those cute little guys in Xavier's School."
After getting Mr. Sinister's affirmation, Charles slowly opened his eyes, and then asked with difficulty, "So, Erik has..."
"That's right, it was me at the beginning." Mr. Sinister smiled slightly, "I have to say that playing Mr. Erik is indeed very interesting... but also... quite boring."
"Mr. Erik's way of thinking is really simple and easy to understand, 'Mutant is supreme', 'Everything is for the compatriots', 'Human beings cannot be trusted'... Grasp these points, no matter how I improvise, it will all be reasonable and reasonable in your opinion."
Mr. Sinister said and showed a meaningful smile to Charles, "So, with the 'most powerful brain in the world', why can't you always understand Mr. Erik's thoughts, my dear professor?"
"Aren't you... the best of friends?"
Listening to Mr. Sinister's words, Charles's eyes gradually became bloodshot, and his trembling hands slowly clenched his fists.
At the same time, Mr. Sinister had already arrived in front of him, leaned into his ear, and spoke softly in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"By the way, let me tell you one more thing."
"The last words Mr. Erik said before he died were..."
"'Charles'."
At this moment, Charles's entire world stopped.
"Do you know why?" Mr. Sinister chuckled, looking at the dead pain on Charles's face with great enjoyment, and continued to whisper in that devilish tone, "Because he knows very well... In this world, the only person he can call a friend is you..."
"..." Charles opened his mouth, but no sound came out, as if even his soul had been pulled away.
"Okay, it's time to leave, and it's time for me to leave." Mr. Sinister smiled, turned and passed Charles, "Thanks for the hospitality, goodbye... Professor..."
However, Mr. Sinister has just taken two steps.
The next moment--
An unprecedented spiritual storm, pure to the extreme, mixed with endless murderous intent and grief and anger, came suddenly without warning!
"Ah--!!!!"
Charles suddenly raised his head and let out a roar that was not like a human voice. Two lines of blood and tears spurted out from the corners of his closed eyes!
This old man who has been kind all his life... for the first time in his life, he showed the most primitive and pure murderous intention to another life!
"Well..."
Mr. Sinister only had time to let out a muffled groan before his whole body felt as if he had been hit hard and he covered his head in pain!
He looked back at Charles in shock, with shock appearing on his face for the first time!
Such terrifying spiritual power! This was simply beyond his knowledge!
In Mr. Sinister's perception, the power of Mind Stone exploded by Charles at this moment even far surpassed the Obadiah that he had just swallowed!
"Ugh!!!"
"It hurts!"
The entire Xavier Institute turned into a hell on earth at this moment.
Whether it was the experienced X-Men or the young students who were still learning, everyone covered their heads in pain, feeling as if their brains were being smashed alive by an invisible force!
"Damn... what's going on?" In the lounge, Logan punched the wall, but it couldn't relieve the sharp pain like needles in his head. He gritted his teeth and growled, "Charles... the old guy lost control again?!"
At the same time, countless people within the area of most of United States covered their heads uncontrollably at this moment and fell to the ground in pain!
Divine punishment has come.
"Ugh!!"
Blackbird rushed towards Westchester. Miles and the others groaned, and then they all covered their heads uncontrollably!
"This is... Professor?!" Dani trembled to himself, "What a terrifying spiritual power..."
"Ugh..." Prosta's face turned red, and it was obvious that he was in uncontrollable pain!
"Madeleine..." Miles looked at Madeleine with difficulty, and Madeleine also looked at him.
The two nodded in agreement.
The next moment, they simultaneously released the power of Mind Stone, and then... merged together.
Under the comfort of this new force, everyone in the fighter plane finally felt that the pain was relieved a lot, and they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Charles something happened..."
Miles looked in the direction of Xavier Institute from a distance, and the uneasiness in his heart gradually amplified to the extreme.
"Damn... what happened?!"
"Damn!!"
In the underground corridor, Mr. Sinister's eyes widened, and he used all his strength to resist the pure and extreme murderous intention.
He has integrated the body and strength of Obadiah while retaining his complete consciousness. Although the two have not yet been perfectly integrated, they should be far superior to ordinary Mutant.
But at this moment, under Charles's spirit Impact like a landslide and tsunami, his little self-confidence was crushed to pieces!
This old guy is crazy! He completely allowed the power of Mind Stone to go completely berserk and desperately wanted to kill him!
On the other side, Charles's eyes were bleeding, and his mouth was open and he could no longer make a sound. However, in the spiritual realm, the silent scream had almost completely penetrated Mr. Sinister's brain!
Then, he staggered and slowly walked towards Mr. Sinister!
What this old guy with a thin body and an old face burst out at this moment... was enough will to kill the gods!
Mr. Sinister even doubted that even if the former Apocalypse appeared here, he would not be able to win over this old guy!
[Will die!]
Realizing that he was in danger, Mr. Sinister also burst out with a strong desire to survive. Faced with Charles's mental attack like a flash flood and tsunami, he struggled to resist it.
However, at this moment, the consciousness of Obadiah, who had just been devoured, seemed to sense an opportunity, and suddenly began to resist in his spiritual world!
"Damn Obadiah..."
Mr. Sinister snorted and relaxed for a moment, but Charles took advantage of it!
"Pfft!!!"
Mr. Sinister's brain buzzed, his vision went black, and warm liquid instantly spurted out from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose!
What a terrifying spiritual power!
"Wait...Charles!!" Under the severe pain, Mr. Sinister screamed in a hoarse voice, "Stop it!!"
He seemed to have grabbed the last straw and yelled crazily, "This is your Xavier's School! Listen to the outside! Your students, they are about to be killed by you!!"
"Open your ears and listen carefully, don't you hear their pain!"
"..."
Mr. Sinister's reminder works.
Gradually, Charles's footsteps stopped again.
He "heard" it.
In Xavier's School, the painful wails and desperate cries of the children were clearly transmitted to his mind.
He "saw" it.
Those kids were curled up on the ground, twitching all over, like... just like Westchester back then.
Hank...Ororo...Piotr...Kitty...Raven...
Those companions he killed with his own hands are Charles's lingering nightmare for the rest of his life, and they are also a pain that he can never heal from.
[No...]
[I can't... ruin this again...]
[I can't... make the same mistake... again...]
At this moment, the nearly 100-year-old man began to sob silently...
Trembling, he slowly relaxed his mental restraint.
So, it was this moment of hesitation--
"Goodbye!"
Mr. Sinister, who got a chance to breathe, didn't hesitate at all. He laughed evilly, stretched out his hand and swiped behind his back!
A dark space door opened instantly, and without thinking, he rolled and crawled in!
"Nathaniel!!!!"
Charles roared loudly, and Mind Stone pursued with the power again!
However, at this moment, the space door has closed and disappeared.
"..."
In the corridor, only the pungent smell of blood and dead silence remained.
Charles stared blankly at the empty wall in front of him and opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
Finally, he gritted his teeth.
[I... still can't do anything after all.]
"Plop."
Mind Stone After his strength was completely drained, he finally couldn't hold on any longer, his legs went weak, and he collapsed on the ground.