Xavier sighed, "Yes, I'm afraid that is indeed the case."
When Peter returned to the others, Scott and Qin were playing basketball with the girls. He stood on the sidelines with his arms folded, watching the two Mutants suppressing three ordinary girls. Only Felicia had some achievements. Every time the opponent scored two points, she could always get one point back.
"Hey, do you want to join?" Scott just made a three-pointer and asked him back.
Peter shrugged. "Not fair."
"Who is unfair?" Scott is funny.
"To you." Peter replied.
"Do you think you can beat us?" Scott was happy.
"Of course he can," Qin interrupted, patting the ball, "He's super agile."
"Really?" Scott raised his eyebrows, "Okay, then come, you and me, one-on-one."
Peter smiled, "You really don't want to do this, Scott."
"So confident?"
"It's not confidence, it's just that I know very, very well what I can do."
"Okay, how about a gamble?" Scott also smiled, "I won, and you can lend me your DeLorean for a lap."
Peter raised his lips. "Okay. If I win, you have to tell me what your abilities are. Deal?"
Scott threw the ball to him. "Deal."
He took off his jacket and walked onto the court. "Great, there is a good show to watch." Mary Jane smiled and sat down by the court with the girls.
Peter stood in front of Scott and handed the ball to him with one hand, "Are you sure you want to play?"
Scott snapped back, "Of course."
Peter grinned. "Silly hater."
Five minutes later...
"Xavier Mutants The king of the school basketball court is Peter·Parker!" Peter shouted, completing his fifth dunk. He landed lightly and grinned at Scott, whose chin almost fell to the ground.
"H-How did you do that?!" Scott roared.
Peter smiled, "I'm really agile."
"Okay you two, it's time for lunch!" Qin shouted loudly, walking back into the house with the girls.
"Here we come." Peter responded, putting his hand on Scott's shoulder and leading him inside, "Okay, I won, tell me, what is your ability?"
Scott sighed, "This... is a bit complicated. It can probably... blow things up."
Peter grinned. "Cool."
They had lunch with others in an incredibly clean kitchen. At a long table for twelve people, the girls chatted about old times, and Scott and Peter talked about his abilities.
"So it's a shock beam? Not thermal energy?" Peter was slightly surprised.
Scott nodded. "Yes, that's what the professor said. He said the source of my ability is in my eyes, but he doesn't know where it comes from."
Peter pondered. On his earth, there is a theory that Scott's power comes from another dimension. Perhaps it is like Johnny's ability to draw power from another dimension and then introduce it into this world in some form of energy.
"Close your eyes." Peter said.
Scott was stunned. "What?"
"I want to see how your eyelids look when you close your eyes. Close." He repeated. Scott followed suit, and Peter carefully took off his goggles. There was a faint red energy under his eyelids, but it did not tear the eyelids.
"Are you ready?" Scott was a little impatient.
"Okay." Peter put his glasses back on for him. Through the red lenses, he could see Scott's open eyes. "Okay, I think I have a clue about how your ability works."
Scott blinked. "What?"
Peter nodded. "I know a person with abilities similar to yours. His power comes from another dimension, a plane of existence that his body can summon at will. I think the same is true for your body. This energy is part of your body in a sense, and that is why your eyelids will not be torn apart. I guess your fingers or even any other part of your body are also immune to this energy. Maybe they will absorb the energy in turn and guide it back into your body... But I'm not completely sure."
Scott was stunned. "How do you know this?!"
Peter shrugged. "Didn't Qin tell you? I'm a genius."
For most of the remaining day, they walked around the manor with Scott and Qin. Scott and Peter chatted about cars. Although Peter was not as enthusiastic as him, he learned a lot during those days when he was tinkering with DeLorean with Johnny and Ben, so we were able to chat a few words.
In the evening, they had to say goodbye. Scott, Qin, Xavier, Ororo and Logan all went to the front door to see them off.
"I can't believe you can drive this." Scott looked at Peter's car.
"I miss you so much." Qin said, giving them big hugs one by one. When it was Peter's turn, she lightly kissed him on the cheek, then raised her hand and took off the Mind Stone blocker on his ear.
Peter was startled and was about to speak when her voice rang in his mind: Next time, only Felicia will be brought. The three of us will be alone. Qin smiled and put the earrings on for him again. Peter's face turned red.
"Professor, thank you for your hospitality." Mary Jane politely thanked you, "This place is really great."
"Yes, I'm glad that our Xiaoqin is being taken care of so well here." Liz also nodded repeatedly.
"You're welcome," Xavier nodded, "You are always welcome to come and play. The door here is always open for friends."
"But it's best to say hello before coming back next time." Logan added gruffly.
Peter blinked, as if he suddenly remembered something. "Oh, right, I almost forgot!" He walked quickly to the car, dug out his history textbook from his luggage, took it to Logan, and opened it to the World War II page, "Here, can you sign your name for me?"
Logan and others looked surprised. "What are you doing?" Logan asked.
"This." Peter pointed at Captain America and James Howlett in the photo - that is, Wolverine. He discovered this photo a long time ago, and it was it that made him realize that there really was Mutants in this world. He didn't know it at the time. I thought too much, but now I just took the opportunity to tell Logan about his past without revealing the secret. "This is you, right? I talked to the captain, and he said that it was very cool to fight alongside you. By the way, do you mind if I tell Steve about you? He must be very happy to meet you. To be honest, that guy is actually quite lonely."
Logan stared at the photo, his pupils suddenly dilated. "This... is this me?"
Other Mutants also came over to look at the photos, and they all couldn't help but gasp.
"Holy shit." Xavier said in shock.
"Why have I never noticed this before!" Qin also shouted.
Peter shrugged. "I'm just more observant."
"Peter, you don't know how big a thing you just did. Logan He... no, James he has lost his memory. He knows nothing about his past, and now..." Xavier couldn't continue talking midway through his words.
"Now I know." Logan flipped through the pages of the book, trying to find more information, but in the end he just cursed, "Damn it! This thing has no content at all!"
"Calm down, Logan. This is a huge breakthrough in itself. Now that we know where to start, we will definitely find more." Xavier reassured him.
Logan threw the book back to Peter and growled, "Tell Rogers that I want to talk to him." His voice gradually became deeper, and finally he added gloomily, "And, boy... thanks."
Peter blinked. "Ah... you're welcome?" His performance just now was probably enough to win an Oscar, because they all believed it.
Not long after, the girls and Peter got into the car again and started on their way home. This time Felicia grabbed the co-pilot, and Mary Jane and Liz fell asleep in the back seat. There was no words all the way, but Peter's mind was filled with all kinds of thoughts.
There was one thing that he had been deliberately avoiding. Ever since Uncle Ben mentioned that his father had a storage room in the city center, where the DeLorean and other relics had been stored... His curiosity could no longer be suppressed. What else is there? Can you give him clues to tell him what Richard·Parker did to "Peter's book"?
Anyway, it was time to explore the storage room. But there was a voice in his heart saying that this might be the beginning of a really dangerous period.
Oh, damn comic book world.