Mad Shaw

Charles's news filled Lox with delight.

Of course, he knew the route Sebastian Shaw's nuclear submarine had taken. But the goals he had been pursuing—raising mutants' social standing and accelerating their integration into human society—had not yet been achieved. Shaw could not be taken out too soon.

But he truly had not known that Emma, the White Queen, would leave Shaw's side and travel alone to the capital of the Union States.

What was she trying to do?

"Shaw has noticed our threat. He's trying to change his approach and gather more forces to fulfill his ambitions," Lox judged.

"Charles is right. The White Queen poses a major threat to us. She is also a powerful Level Four mutant, possessing both psychic abilities and the power to turn her body into diamond."

Lox made it sound lofty, but what he truly wanted was to thoroughly study Emma, the White Queen.

She could temporarily transform her flesh-and-blood body into a material no different from natural diamond, granting it the same physical properties as diamond.

It might sound impressive, but while diamond's hardness was indeed remarkable, it was also extremely brittle. Under external impact, it could easily shatter.

Transforming oneself into diamond to withstand attacks was not a particularly brilliant method.

Heavy physical blows and intense heat could both completely destroy diamond defenses.

But just as Lox had said, many mutants had only scratched the surface of their abilities. They often treated their precious gifts as nothing more than hammers.

Emma's body possessed unique qualities in material transformation. Similar to her was the future mutant known as Colossus, who could likewise transform his flesh-and-blood body into an incredibly strong metallic material.

Although Emma's diamond body was not suited to directly resisting physical damage, the properties of its transparent crystal structure gave it