London streets at night.

Fading the splendor of the day. Under the gray starry sky, the lights are blurred, and the neon on the tall buildings melt into clouds of light and shadow. The concrete city is like a huge and solid cage, holding away all the creatures that are indulged in it, trapped in a never-ending rain.

The city is noisy enough and cold enough. There are too many people who live in a daze in this illusion of tranquility, but with a little attention, it is not difficult to see the dark secrets hidden in it.

It is a war of ethnic groups that are on the margins of society.

Perhaps because of a heavy rain not long ago, the road under his feet was a little slippery, but it didn't affect his movements. West Xavier stood quietly at the mouth of the empty alley, his eyes closed, a finger on his forehead, as if listening carefully.

And it didn't take long for him to finally find what he needed as the clouds slowly swam past the moonlight on the horizon.

Sighing slightly, looking at the obscure and dark night sky overhead, West stepped forward without hesitation: "You don't seem to be nervous today, Scott?" ”

The boy's tone sounded calm, and there was no emotional fluctuation at all. But on the other side of the city, listening to the voice that sounded directly in his head, Laser Eye, who was selected to go on a mission with the hermit lord this time, looked stiff and couldn't help but shiver.

A long time ago, when Cyclops wasn't the captain of the X-Men, and West was still the militant who called the world to call for wind and rain, the legend spread throughout Xavier School that you should never make a mistake in front of the hermit during a mission. After all, everyone in the school, including the once young Cyclops himself, was harshly tuned by West when he started to take on the mission. has been taught, step by step, forced into the appearance of being alone and not moving in all directions. And after someone left everything to his adoptive father, the X-Men of their generation were about to forget that the hermit had a little sand in his eyes and threw people directly into the opponent's lair if he didn't agree with him.

"I ...... I didn't mean to!! ”

He didn't dare to delay at all, turned around and chased the figure in front of him and ran away, and Laser Eyes felt that his whole head was in a cold sweat. This time, the two of them came to London in order to uproot a secret stronghold of Elizhe here and completely cut off all his retreats. If they can't kill with one blow and let one or two people escape inside to report the news, then their entire encirclement plan will be affected, and it is likely that Elizhe will be aware of the X-Men's actions in advance and diverted. At that point, not to mention the chances of catching the culprit again, Merlin who was still there as a hostage would be in danger - and whichever of those two things came true, Cyclops thought he might be close to being crushed to death in the Thames.

But it's just such a task that can only succeed and not fail, but something went wrong with me. For the sake of the concealment of the action, the two of them who came to London this time discussed one side, and Cyclops went to kill the head West to kill the group, which can be regarded as making the most suitable arrangement according to their abilities. As a result, because the target's intelligence was not carefully collected before the operation, the laser light power was not adjusted enough, and the opponent actually resisted hard and ran away from under his nose!!

- It's terrible, the current transformers are so thoroughly transformed that they can't even penetrate the laser light? If you say yes, you can even cut through an asteroid?! Isn't it good to be more sincere and less routine!!

Chasing closely behind his target, the captain felt that he had never run so fast in his life. He wasn't worried that this Yi Laizhe's right and left hand in the British region might escape today, after all, the area around here was all under West's control, and as long as the eldest young master was happy, he could turn the entire territory upside down at any time. All he fears about now is his own life...... One-on-one can still make people run away, and if he really has to let West make a move, he can basically say goodbye to the world with that hapless reformer.

"No, I won't do anything to you even if you miss, Scott." Knowing what he was thinking, of course, West sighed softly, his voice so gentle that it almost dripped.

Swindler!! That's what you said when you put my brain in the Pacific Ocean!!

And Cyclops doesn't eat him at all. There have been too many bloody lessons from the past, and he didn't believe the hermit's promise at all, but ran faster and faster, and even wished that he could immediately fly with his wings in his wings.

At this moment, Cyclops, who had led the entire X-Men for many years, remembered the fear of being dominated by the Great Demon King again.

"The target has entered the seventh block, and if you don't solve it, he will rush into a crowded area."

Sitting in front of the screen with a blank face, watching the real-time monitoring transmitted back by the MI6 satellite. Q, who had been ordered to provide technical support and surveillance to the two men, took a sip of coffee from his cup, and his finger on the call button moved: "Do you need me to notify nearby agents for help?" ”

"Huh." With a chuckle, West's expression became more elusive, "Maybe you really should ask Scott." ”

…… It's a challenge to his dignity as a mutant.

Almost burst into tears in the calm contempt of the quartermaster and the gentle taunt of the hermit, where did the laser eye, who failed to snipe again, dare to answer, and simply did not adjust the gear, gritted his teeth, and directly took off his glasses.

The powerful red blast slammed into the target's back, and no sturdy body could withstand the near-devastating impact. Since they had already run to the vicinity of Tower Bridge in pursuit, under the merciless attack of Cyclopax, they directly slammed the poor reformer from this side of the Thames to the other side, turning into ashes and disappearing into a large splash of water.

"That's it."

After searching for a long time, and no more brainwaves were found, West nodded with satisfaction.

“Shit！ Say that it will definitely not cause panic among the public!! ”

Contrary to the relieved laser eye, Q almost threw the coffee cup to his mouth, jumped up from the chair, and angrily dispatched the logistics troops to the location of the incident to eliminate the impact: "I should have let 007 follow!" Look at what you've done so far!! ”

Blinking in disbelief, it is estimated that Q should be dizzy from anger. West's pause and asked rhetorically with a smile, "Bond?" Are you sure? ”

"......" then remembered that his agent seemed to be a humanoid demolition machine with its own explosive attributes, and the quartermaster had a mouthful of blood on his chest and stopped talking.

Silently watching West press the headphones to catch up with each other, Cyclops didn't mind being completely ignored, but took the initiative to shrink into the shadows, wishing to disappear in place immediately.

'I shouldn't have listened to Stormgirl's rhetoric, and I shouldn't have waited for New York to come out with West for some damn targeted killing. Pressing the text message to Qin on his mobile phone, the captain who was threatened by the evil forces all night was extremely aggrieved. I wanted to find my girlfriend to comfort my wounded heart, but I didn't expect that Qin's text message would reply very quickly, but the content made him feel the malice of this world again.

'Don't complain, protect Willy, Scott. His mood has not been quite right, and none of us want him to collapse before the final battle. ’

“……”

- So you don't care if I collapse or not?!!! Where is that big demon king in a bad mood!! It's still as scary as before, right!!

Cyclops felt tired again.

"It's time for us to go."

I didn't notice how sad and angry my captain's expression was. West hangs up the communication with Q and beckons Cyclops to his side. At the same time, there was a faint helicopter roar above their heads.

The commotion was so great that at least a few hundred people on both sides of the Thames witnessed the terrible ray. It may not be clear what was going on, but the fact that a crowd had gradually gathered around him made West's original plan to quietly kill his opponent and then evacuate without him knowing. God knows if there is still an eyeliner in the vicinity, if they report tonight's situation to that vigilant madman and let him be fully prepared, then they are likely to lose the first opportunity, and the whole battle situation will fall into a stalemate again.

Although this is not to blame Cyclops for being aggressive. But for West, everything he's doing now, even keeping Merlin in the hands of that madman, is to be able to complete the siege of Elizhe in a quiet situation, and he must not fall short here. So, with Professor X's permission, he contacted MI6 and asked Q to send a helicopter directly to send them to the final battlefield, to the underground cage hidden deep in the Alps, which had once carved an insurmountable chasm in his life.

"Scott will be with me, Charles...... Tell Stormgirl that our battlefields in Western Europe and North America can be over. ”

Dragged the loveless laser eye to climb into the helicopter, and nodded to the smiling 007 in the driver's seat by the way, which was considered to have said hello. West looked out the window at the receding night sky, and something flew through his eyes, but he was finally submerged in those star-studded blue eyes.

Twenty years, he'd been doing this nightmare for too long, and now it's time to put an end to it.

"Raven told me that she could bring Merlin out at any time. Logan will be at his destination in three hours, and I'll be in touch with Steve and Tony on the Avengers' side—"

"Neither Hydra nor Elizhe will need to see the rising sun tomorrow."

… …

"What the hell is going on here!!"

Kicking over the low table next to him, watching the red dots representing his power disappear one by one on the LCD screen, Yi Laizhe felt that he was about to be angry.

Using the power of Hydra to contain the Avengers and X-Men in North America was part of his long-planned plan. After all, his advantage is not in the head-on confrontation, and his reformers have also suffered a lot of blows because of Magneto's pursuit, so they take advantage of Hydra and improve their research on mutant genes by the way. For this reason, he did not hesitate to give away most of the bionic soldiers, just to stop the mouth of his temporary alliance, keep the existing transformers in his hands, and accumulate strength. In this way, no matter whether Hydra succeeds or loses in this battle, his interests will not suffer anything, and he can even wait for the two sides to lose and reap the benefits of the fisherman...... After all, it's a shame not to use it as easy as a Hydra.

However, he planned well and perfectly, but after the war began, he found out that this was not the case at all. Although his allies did not hesitate to fight the Avengers head-on as he thought, and the sneak attack on Xavier's Talent Junior School obviously annoyed the X-Men, and gave him an undying enemy, but at the same time, Elizhe was distraught to find that his power around the world was also being eaten away by a little bit of impact like Hydra.

First, his eyeliner stationed in New York was shattered almost overnight, which directly caused him to lose his surveillance and intelligence sources for the X-Men. And before he could figure out what was going on, his bases in Canada and western America were quietly discontinued. Then Siberia, Central Asia, Oceania, Northeast Europe, and even most importantly, the British Isles, which were the back route, were dealt a heavy blow...... Such a heavy loss is unacceptable to Elizhe in any way.

"And how could they find all my deployments with such precision?!!"

Smashing almost everything in the room, the man roared angrily at every living person he could see. Although the people who can follow him to guard this underground base are all the elites of the reformers, and they have basically received all kinds of superpower transplants, but no one wants to be sprayed in the face by the boss who seems to be about to go crazy in this situation, and they all hide in the corner without saying a word, and even Adelaide is far away from the conference room, unwilling to appear in front of Yi Laizhe.

After all, although she is not very old, she should have a sharp mind at all. It stands to reason that Yi Laizhe's deployment is indeed extremely hidden, and the eyeliners everywhere are in contact with him in a single line, and no one can leak secrets. But she won't forget that there is still an omnipotent archmage in this base...... To say that the current situation has nothing to do with him, Adelaide will never believe it.

But what does this have to do with her?

Tilting her head, looking at her boss and being furious, she gritted her teeth and ordered all her subordinates to check if someone had infiltrated the base to leak information, and the girl turned away without any expression, disappearing into the dim shadows of the corridor.

Not far away, Merlin, who had everything in his ears, withdrew his magic and reported it to Professor X, who had been in contact with him, hiding his merits and fame.

"Hey, boy, it's time for us to go."

After making sure that there were no patrolling transhumans, the Demonic jumped straight from the ceiling, startling the mage. But then all attention was drawn to her words.

"Is Serena Williams coming?"

Almost jumped up from the ground. Although staying here was indeed out of the desire to help West, he also succeeded in driving Elizhe crazy. But for Merlin, not seeing his boyfriend for so long is also about to push him to the limit, and if he continues to do this, he can't guarantee that he will just take this place away.

"Yes. He asked me to tell you that from now on, seal off your brain, and in order to avoid being tracked by the transhuman who has been transplanted with psychic abilities, neither Charles nor he will contact you by telepathy. ”

In West's old mother-like chatter, I refined the key points and explained them to the mage. The demon girl who was invisibly fed a large handful of dog food calmly walked to the iron fence, but did not move. Because West had been the focus of Elizhe's attention, the design of the compartment was also very high-tech and could not be opened by him. Although imitating Elizhe's pupils and fingerprints to unlock them is not a problem for the Demon Woman, the bad thing is that they have to enter the password after opening the door, otherwise, the alarm that rings throughout the underground base in an instant will completely reveal their whereabouts.

"Now we have three options, but each one will have to be implemented when they start working. Before that, there are a few things I think you need to know......"

Explaining in detail to the mage the information she had obtained in the base these days, as well as each entrance and exit and staffing, the demon girl did not forget to pay attention to the movement on the other end of the corridor at any time while talking. Merlin may not feel it, but countless experiences of lurking are telling her that at a time when West has not yet arrived and Elizhe is suspicious because of the heavy losses, it is the most dangerous time when anything can happen.

And in the center of the entire base, he finally thought about all the doubts that he had ignored. The white-haired man with gold-rimmed glasses was silent for a moment, and when he raised his head again, his gaze had become gloomy and vicious.

"Martial law is imposed on the entire base, monitoring all creatures that enter the northern shore of Lake Lugano. Whatever it is, even if it's a bird flying by, you have to keep an eye on it. ”

Turning to his men waiting at the door, Elizhe stood up and strode out of the laboratory:

"Call Adelaide and come with me to Zone B...... I think the hermit's restless little boyfriend might have something to say to us. ”