Chapter 35

They were all still young, and constantly giving way to humans and bowing their heads and swallowing their anger before the outside world left them utterly disheartened and frustrated.

Now, a boy almost their own age stood before them.

He had accomplished something even Magneto had failed to achieve in the past.

Alongside their fear, everyone's gaze toward Su Chen held a trace of admiration and reverence.

Sigh...

Professor Charles could sense the change in everyone's state of mind. In recent years, cases of injustice against Mutants had indeed grown increasingly rampant, leaving people restless.

"Professor."

The X-Men crowded around him, their wary eyes fixed on Su Chen not far away.

"Scott's right shoulder was pierced clean through. If it had been just over ten centimeters off, that guy probably would have completely shattered his entire arm."

Storm spoke indignantly.

As fellow X-Men and partners for more than a decade, most of those present felt for Scott and shared his anger.

"Arrest him."

"Don't hesitate any longer, Professor."

"What he's done is just a repeat of Magneto's actions. His existence will only continue to tear apart the ties between Mutants and the human race."

Hearing this,

Su Shan flew into a rage and said indignantly, "Are you guys so used to being enslaved? They're walking all over you, and you still want to make peace with them. Are you saying my brother deserved to be hunted down by humans and used as a lab rat?"

"You..."

Though Su Shan was only in her early teens, she was sharp-tongued, and her retort was masterful.

If the X-Men hadn't been wary of Su Chen, quite a few of them would have nearly lost their tempers and charged forward.

"That mischievous little witch..."

Colossus grew angry at the thought of how, to stop them from setting out earlier, she had used her power to remove one of the jet's wheels.

"We've already discussed this."

Ignoring the clamor around him, Professor Charles calmly said to Su Chen, "The X-Men and I will personally deal with all the evil General Stryker has done and see that you receive justice."

"Do you think I need your help?"

The warmth gradually faded from Su Chen's face.

Professor Charles was at a loss for words. Su Chen had indeed accomplished something many extremist Mutants had failed to achieve in the past.

However, the world was far larger than he imagined.

At the very least, the boy had no idea that he wasn't invincible, or that there were even more unimaginable beings in this world.

"No, you need to clear the stain on your name. You need to stand before the whole world and dispel the panic you've caused. You're only thirteen. You should be at school, enjoying your school life, not running around as a globally wanted fugitive."

Professor Charles tried to make him reconsider.

"Do you think I care?"

Su Chen's expression remained cold.

Over the past several days, he had fully grasped the law of the strong preying on the weak.

If he was stronger than everyone else, he didn't have to care about any rules.

He had no need for anyone else's pity or sympathy.

He wasn't in the wrong, and he had absolutely no need for redemption.

If something weighed on his mind, he would use his own fists to sweep it all away.

As for the shackles humans had placed on him, he would even break them himself.

"I'll always believe in you."

Su Shan gripped Su Chen's arm tightly with both hands.

At a time like this, only the affirmation of family could bring Su Chen a little warmth.

"So, are you still determined to stand in my way? If it weren't for the fact that you did save Su Shan, I wouldn't have had the patience to say this much to you."

Su Chen had issued his final ultimatum.

He had no patience left to listen to these people's earnest lectures. They were no different from Iron Man Tony's line of argument.

When people didn't see eye to eye, even half a sentence was too much.

At that moment, even the warmth on Professor X's face gradually faded.

"Kid, you're too self-centered..."

Just then, a tall, shapely red-haired woman walked over.

"I know the pain in your heart. I've lost control of my emotions many times and nearly destroyed the Earth, so your power is nothing much in my eyes..."

"Admit you were wrong!"

"Of course, don't worry. I'll be your guardian, and I absolutely won't let what happened today happen again."

Phoenix, Jean Grey, made her promise with complete confidence.

In that instant, the tall, beautiful woman revealed her powerful will and determination to control Su Chen.

P.S.: Thanks to "Jiang Rui" for the 200 tip.

Chapter 35

(Notice: The earlier account of the protagonist's first psychic confrontation with Professor Charles has been revised slightly; otherwise, the later story couldn't develop.)

Guardian?

A beautiful woman in her twenties had suddenly appeared and offered to act as his guardian. Su Chen found it utterly absurd.

But the next second, the woman before him, whose red hair reached her waist, made no attempt to conceal the fluctuations of her power.

This woman...

Su Chen frowned slightly. His awakened Combat Intuition also told him unmistakably that this woman was truly dangerous.

"Believe me, I have the ability to be your guardian, so naturally I have the ability to control everything about you."

Facing this unruly child, who remained cold and unfeeling, the dignified Jean Grey spoke with a hint of threat.

"The professor is right. You're still too young. You have a much broader future ahead of you, and everything can start over."

"So my brother really has to go to prison?"

Su Shan couldn't help stepping forward to demand an answer.

"Yes. When you do something wrong, you must pay the price. That is the order of this world. Besides, I've always dedicated myself to building a bridge of communication between humans and Mutants, and now, because of your appearance, human fear of Mutants will intensify once again."

Professor Charles, seated in his wheelchair, abandoned his gentle expression and looked at Su Chen with a grave face.

"Because of your appearance, our X-Men's efforts over more than a decade may even have been for nothing."

A terrifying Mutant who had successfully detonated a nuclear bomb on the mainland.

A wanted criminal who had committed even more monstrous crimes than Magneto, Erik.

It was easy to imagine how much humans would come to hate the Mutant race.

To mend the rift between the two races, the X-Men had put in who knew how much effort and saved who knew how many humans, only then managing to push back somewhat against prejudice toward Mutants.

Now, Su Chen's appearance had presented them with a major problem.

Even the usually peaceful Professor Charles couldn't help growing somewhat angry at this moment.

He didn't have many years of his life left. He only hoped to achieve peace between the two races as best he could in his remaining years, so he would never allow anyone to destroy the present situation.

"But my brother is clearly the victim..."

Tears welled up in Su Shan's eyes as she faced people pressuring them in the name of their race's greater good.

Faced with people condemning her brother from the moral high ground, she felt terrible. Sharing his pain, Su Shan couldn't help wanting to denounce these Mutants.

Unfortunately...

"No matter what your original intentions were or what persecution you suffered, when you do something wrong, you have to pay the price. Just like your brother striking Scott so viciously, he has to pay the price for that too."

Storm added coldly from the side.

For a moment,

The atmosphere at the scene turned tense, and an inexplicable killing intent spread through the surroundings.

In such an atmosphere, even the flow of air seemed to slow to a halt.

The students behind the classroom building's windows had long since disappeared.

Across the vast field, only the X-Men in their combat uniforms gradually closed in from all sides.

Faced with their undisguised will to fight, Su Shan could no longer bear the words they had just spoken from the moral high ground.

She looked at the people before her, wiped the tears from her eyes, and roared in fury, "It's because people like you keep giving in that my brother could be captured whenever they pleased."

"If it weren't for you, my brother and I wouldn't have had to hide everywhere back then."

"I see you for what you are now. Brother, let's go..."

The clever and quick-witted Su Shan had delivered a strong rebuttal.

Upset, she tried to use her weak spatial transportation ability to leave the scene directly.

"Ah..."

But the next second, Su Shan's brows knitted tightly, and she cried out in pain.

Phoenix, Jean Grey, had made her move.

Her invisible psychic fluctuations directly suppressed Su Shan's thoughts.

"How dare you lay a hand on her!"

Su Chen flew into a rage. His little sister was essentially his reverse scale.

In an instant, his mind became like a volcano poised to erupt, boundless waves of terrifying Telekinesis about to surge forth.

"Don't even think about it!"

But at that moment, Professor Charles, master of the mind, also made his move.

In their previous clash, he had been surprised that Su Chen could resist within his own mental world, but he had not felt much fear.

After all, Professor Charles had always adhered to the principle of never using too much psychic energy unless necessary.

That was because he didn't want to invade other people's privacy.

Now, facing a Mutant who was at least Omega-level, he could only unleash his full power without restraint.

"Ah..."

For a moment, Su Chen felt as though his mental domain were being battered by a towering, raging wave.

Compared with Professor Charles, the Mind Catcher he had encountered before was as different as mud from the clouds.

The Mental Barrier Su Chen had constructed in his mind shattered completely in that instant.

Boundless pain surged through him.

The psychic power even tried to seize control of his body.

"Damn beast..."

Su Chen was furious.

His roar echoed incessantly through his mental domain.

At that moment, stimulated by the powerful psychic ability, his infinitely evolving mutant genes began continuously transforming to develop abilities that could counter it.