Before Krakoa announced its founding.
Doctor Doom, Doom, arrived here.
After discussions with Professor X and the others, the Mutants decided to announce Krakoa's founding only after accomplishing something major. That would make it easier to gain recognition and support.
After all, even if they were establishing a nation for Mutants, they still needed international recognition.
If no one else in the world acknowledged it, it would exist in name only.
And it would easily become a target for all humanity.
To put it bluntly, the Mutants only had a population of a little over a hundred thousand. Trying to stand against the entire world was simply unrealistic.
Once they became hostile, even a minor blockade by humanity would be more than they could bear.
A blockade on food and energy alone would be enough to make the Mutant nation vanish overnight.
Fortunately, they had anti-cancer and life-extending drugs. That was enough to give them leverage in negotiations with humanity.
People might not care much about curing cancer, but to humanity's upper ranks, living longer was incomparably important.
Therefore, this was an opportunity for the Mutants.
Victor von Doom.
Doctor Doom, Divine Lord Doom.
He was undoubtedly a legendary figure.
He had been born in a poor, small country, with neither superpowers nor money.
For anyone, that was a cursed start.
Even the saying that the poor relied on mutation while the rich relied on technology had nothing to do with him.
Yet he had forced his way through and changed his fate.
His mother had been a Gypsy witch. He had been admitted to New York State University and understood both magic and science.
Though he had no superpowers whatsoever, through study he had mastered physics, robotics, cybernetics, genetics, and more.
He had also pored over all kinds of