Are You a Robotic Cat?

After returning to Kamar-Taj, The Ancient One suddenly felt that she might have made a terrible move.

Emmmmm...

She hadn't shown any hostility at first, had she? He had been the first one to speak rudely, right? The Ancient One couldn't understand it. How had he seen through her thoughts?

If she had known that Kino possessed "telepathic" abilities, she probably wouldn't have been so surprised.

In short, she had made a terrible move.

A person who could use New York's time and space to resonate with each other, forming some kind of "magic" far beyond her understanding and shutting her out...

Such a person was not someone she should have offended so rashly.

"Ah!"

The Ancient One let out a long sigh. She had miscalculated.

"Mordo, I'll leave the New York Sanctum to you."

"I'll keep an eye on him."

"No! Our duty remains protecting this world from magical invasions. The New York Sanctum is of utmost importance. I can no longer go to New York, so nothing can happen to you."

Mordo furrowed his brow. "I understand."

Kino smiled and greeted the X-Men squad. They looked cold and indifferent, but he didn't care. He turned to Rogue. "Where were we? Oh, right. Do you still want to..."

"Yes! Yes!" Rogue shouted excitedly. "I don't want to hurt anyone else. I don't want to be alone anymore. I..."

"You're not alone. You have all of us!"

An unwelcome voice drifted over.

The young people inside the school building stared at the foolish-looking guy outside, then looked around themselves in confusion. What... when had this guy gone out?

"Bobby, are you crazy? Get back inside!" Pyro shouted anxiously.

Iceman turned his head and glanced back, then shook his head and walked out resolutely. He didn't know why. His legs felt a little weak, but... a voice in his heart told him that he had to go out, or he would lose something important.

"Anna, he's lying to you. You're not alone. You have all of us."

Rogue glanced at him without saying anything.

Kino paused, looking at Rogue with amusement. "He likes you!"

"W-what are you talking about?" Iceman turned red with embarrassment.

"Oh? You don't like her? Then why the hell did you come out here?"

"I... I... Of course I like her!"

"Then you should support and respect her decision even more. Otherwise, what do you like about her? You can't kiss, let alone have sex. Even holding hands means wearing gloves. Heh, this is the first time I've seen such a bizarre couple."

Kino mocked Iceman once, then mocked him again.

"You say I'm lying to her? Heh, you're the one hurting her. Because of your 'selfishness,' you cruelly deprived a girl... uh, a woman of her right to become a mother."

"You're selfish!"

"No! I'm not!"

"No, you are!"

"I'm not! I'm not! I'm not—" Iceman clutched his head with both hands and shook it hard!

Then, as if stunned stupid, he raised both hands at Kino. Two streams of freezing frost shot out—

"Bobby!"

Professor X panicked. What was wrong with this kid? They weren't even a match for Kino, so why was he coming out here to cause trouble?

"Weak! Weak! Too weak!"

Kino didn't even move. He simply punched the air, and the frost was blasted apart. Then Iceman was sent flying as well.

He slammed into the school building's wall and slowly slid down, coughing up a mouthful of blood. He wouldn't be getting back up anytime soon.

Pyro ran out anxiously and dragged him back inside. "I think you've gone completely insane! Why do you care about that woman? She'll get us killed!"

Iceman's chest felt tight, and he couldn't say a word.

Hearing that, Rogue's heart skipped a beat again, and she slowly lowered her head.

Kino gently patted her shoulder. "Actually, he isn't wrong. To other Mutants, your existence is a disaster. Once you become strong enough, you could even turn them back into ordinary people. In the future, neither Mutants nor the human world will accept you! And you seem to have forgotten... someone's trying to capture you, right?"

Rogue raised her head in confusion.

"With your kind of ability, you're practically a treasure to certain conspirators. As far as I know, if handled properly, you could even turn ordinary people into Mutants..."

The X Squad was dumbfounded. What?

Nick Fury was also stunned. "What? Mutants... wait, wait, are you serious?"

"Of course!" Kino glanced at him and shrugged. "Do you think I have nothing better to do than joke around?"

Of course, those "Mutants" created through assimilation would die very quickly!

"This..."

"As far as I know, the one trying to capture her seems to be a guy called Magneto, right?"

Magneto!

Professor X's heart trembled.

"Magneto, Erik? He's a major person of interest for S.H.I.E.L.D., but he... he's too powerful. Are you sure he's involved? If that's the case, then this incident is really serious." After saying that, Nick Fury looked at Rogue with slightly more hostile eyes.

How should she be dealt with?

Capture her?

Then Magneto would probably tear apart S.H.I.E.L.D.'s headquarters.

That wouldn't work. This was troublesome too. It seemed that removing her abilities was currently the easiest solution.

Yes, that was it!

It could also redirect Magneto's attention toward Kino.

If those two fought, one of them would definitely die. At the moment, Magneto was the more likely one to die. Perfect—it would remove a problem for S.H.I.E.L.D.

But soon, he grew nervous again.

Neither of those two was easy to deal with. If they really fought, would they destroy half of New York?

That made him depressed again.

Kino had no time to care what Blackhead was thinking. "Leave Magneto's matter to them. Of course, if he comes looking for me, that would actually be a good thing."

Professor X's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said, "Don't worry. Leave Magneto to us X-Men."

He didn't know what Kino meant by "a good thing," but it definitely wouldn't be good for Erik. The two had fought for half their lives, a pair of best friends who loved and killed each other. He didn't want to watch Magneto walk toward his end.

Kino stopped paying attention to everyone. He plopped down on the ground and began fiddling with his chemistry equipment.

Everyone was left utterly baffled. Those test tubes, oil lamps, glass stands, and other stuff—where had they come from? Was he a robotic cat? Without anyone noticing, another item would suddenly appear in his hand.

What the hell?

Magic Item [Space Belt]: Can store any object, including living beings and liquids. However, living beings will enter a dormant state once inside.

After saying that, Kino took out some strange "herbs" and began boiling them.

After a long while, a cup of milk-like liquid appeared.

"Put in a drop of blood."

Rogue said nothing. She bit her index finger and let a drop fall in.

About a minute later, the milk turned pink.

"Drink it!"