At 2 o'clock in the morning, Merlin was standing in the wilderness of South Texas, and before his eyes was a crater like a meteor falling to the ground.

The irritable energy exploded uncontrollably on the ground, comparable to a large-yield bomb exploding in front of Merlin's eyes, he should be glad that this was not a densely populated residential area, otherwise this explosion would definitely bring him a lot of trouble.

There is still some black smoke left in this pit, and the surrounding soil is bursting into high school, and there are traces of melting into glass.

But that mutant...

The eccentric mutant in armor with multiple abilities, the culprit of the mutant's disappearance, the dangerous guy, has disappeared through this explosion.

Merlin completely lost his tracks, and Raven Victor chased him down, and that guy moved fast, not to mention that he could teleport.

That's a dangerous criminal.

Judging from the brief fight between Merlin and him just now, this guy has a lot of abilities,

Super power, psychic projection, psychic temptation, super speed, teleportation, energy projection, toxin conversion, and more.

Merlin looked down at the unconscious mutant at his feet, he saved 2, and 1 was drained of power before the battle, that guy was miserable, not only lost his strength, his appearance and body shape were changed, and he was almost twisted into another person.

This means that the red marauder still has the faint power to modify reality.

This also explains why S. The agents of the L.D. and the Assassins of the League of Assassins, two super-executive groups that have been searching together for so long, have not been able to find the missing mutants...

Because they are all "modified" identities.

His appearance and body were changed, and his memories and personality were even modified, and he completely became another person.

That marauder, he didn't kill them, he just took their power and turned them into ordinary people, before throwing them back into this society.

"It's a mystery."

Merlin shook his head after confirming that the altered creature was still alive, he had a hard time understanding the predator's thinking, and he had a hard time evaluating this behavior.

Judging from the situation of the mutant at Merlin's feet, the more than 160 mutants who disappeared before should have suffered the same situation.

There are less than 160 radical or neutral mutants in this world, and more than 160 ordinary people who are featureless.

"Professor, are you okay?"

Merlin put his weapon away, he picked up the severed remains of the armor from the mountain above the ground, he touched the cold metal, and he asked:

"Can you still find him?"

"I'm fine, it's just that I'm a little weak from the clash of psychic powers, and besides, the marauder has hidden himself, Merlin. You've done him a disservice, and he probably won't show up for a long time. ”

The professor's tone was somewhat weak, and he said:

"That man has no worse control over his psychic power than I do, and if he's determined to hide, I'll have a hard time finding him. However, when I was in contact with his mind just now, I did find something related to him... You may be able to come to Xavier Academy tomorrow, and I'll sort out my thoughts and the information first. ”

"Okay."

Merlin grabbed the three unconscious guys on the ground, and he said to the professor:

"I'll visit on time tomorrow, Professor, I'm sorry for you today, please rest first."

Merlin took one last look at the still smoke-emitting crater behind him, and he cast a shapeshifting spell and returned to the ghost base with the three hapless guys. A few minutes later, Agent Trip, who was on duty tonight, arrived at Merlin's office, and he received the prisoners with two agents.

"I've found the missing mutants."

Merlin leaned back in his chair and said to his subordinates with a headache:

"Check to see if there are any strange homeless people near where they disappeared, or if the local police department has received strange requests for assistance... They were all turned mutants by that red madman, their faces and their bodies reshaped, and even their spirits and personalities altered. ”

Merlin Says:

"I know it sounds like a fantasy, and I know it's troublesome, but I'm sure these things won't bother you."

"I don't doubt your claims, sir."

Tripp pushed the toad mirror on his face, and the shrewd agent said to Merlin:

"I work in S. I've seen so many bizarre things in L.D., and my mind is already very strong. But I'm still a little puzzled, that marauder, that red madman, why did he do this? Why convert those mutants into ordinary people? ”

"He absorbed the abilities of those mutants."

Merlin explains:

"But I suspect he's selectively absorbed, and if he really absorbs all of the abilities of more than 160 mutants, then I'll have a hard time fighting him off tonight. As for why he turned mutants into ordinary people... Before the war, he had said it. ”

"He said he was helping us, saying that radical thinking had to be completely cleaned up before mutant civilization could truly move towards the future."

"This..."

Tripp blinked in surprise as he said to Merlin:

"That doesn't sound like a casual thing, sir. Looking at the information we've gathered so far, most of those who have disappeared are radicals, a small number of neutral mutants, and most of them are people who tend to think radically... It seems like he's really doing what he claims to be, just the means... How to say it, some are incomprehensible. ”

"yes, I don't even know what to do with him now."

Merlin looked at the painting on his desk, "? The piece of paper said:

"He committed kidnapping, but there's a good chance he sent them all back."

"He hurt thugs, like the self-proclaimed righteous superheroes, who punished radicals and criminals in his own way, but instead of killing them, he gave them a new life."

"It turns out that he's not as vicious as we thought, but he's still dangerous."

He said to Tripp:

"He has an extreme mindset, an ever-expanding power, and a willingness to put his ideals into action, all three of which combine to make him more threatening."

"Sir, what do you mean?"

Tripp asked.

Merlin glanced at him and whispered:

"I'm referring to the plan of action to capture him... Keep going, and we've got to defend against it. If he really is an idealist who wants to achieve mutant peace with this transformation, then the ghost base where so many radical mutants are imprisoned is where he has to be. ”

"And the good news is that he's not invincible..."

"At least not right now."

"Once I got more information from Professor Charles, we started to set the trap."

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Early the next morning, Merlin arrived at Xavier Academy on time.

Auroro was already waiting for him.

"What did you do with the professor last night?"

The Storm Girl looked at Merlin suspiciously, and she said:

"The professor was injured last night."

"Huh?"

Merlin pushed his glasses, and he asked:

"Are the injuries serious?"

"It's serious."

Storm Girl Says:

"When the professor came out of the secret room where the brainwave enhancement machine was stored, he was covered in blood, and his spirit was shocked, you should know that since the last battle with Magneto, the professor's health has not been very good."

"Well, it seems that the good old man still hides his injuries."

Merlin Says:

"We hunted down the guy who had been plundering mutants last night... After a fight with him, the professor had a psychic confrontation with him, and perhaps this triggered his old wounds. ”

"You two!"

The Storm Girl said angrily:

"Shouldn't we be notified of this kind of thing? If we had been there, maybe the professor wouldn't have been hurt. ”

"You have to understand, Auroro."

Merlin and Auroro walked towards the castle as he explained slowly:

"We're dealing with a mutant who can be mind-manipulated, and he can also absorb the abilities of other mutants, as I've seen with my own eyes... He is dangerous to you, and perhaps the professor foresaw this crisis, so he did not involve you in it. ”

"That good old man is trying to protect you, just like he used to be."

"But at what cost?"

Auroro whispered:

"He's not invincible, he's endured pain and hurt for mutants time and time again, he may fall, and after he falls, who will replace him?"

"At this moment, there is only one last way left to see the peaceful world he wants to see, and he is the one who needs to be protected."

"You should go and say these things to the professor's face."

Merlin said in a calm tone:

"It's useless to tell me this, he won't listen to me, and I'm not a mutant."

He looked back at Auroro and said:

"If you care about him, then you should let him know that he is a lonely old man and he needs attention from the students, and as far as I know, the professor has no children, right?"

"Actually, there is one, only those closest to him know."

Auroro whispered:

"But... Alas, it's hard to put into words. ”

A hint of curiosity flashed in Merlin's eyes, but instead of continuing to ask, he quickly arrived in Professor Charles's office.

The old man was still immersed in the affairs of the mutants, perhaps preparing another speech, and Merlin could tell at a glance that the professor was a little weaker than before, and even a little unstable with his huge psychic powers.

"Here you are, Merlin."

The professor looked up, his pale face full of smiles, and said to Merlin:

"Sit down. Auroro, can you pour us a cup of tea? ”

Storm Girl gave the professor a worried look, she turned and left the office, and after Auroro left, Merlin took out the metal debris he had obtained the night from his pocket, and he placed the metal scrap on the professor's desk, and said:

"My agents tested the composition of this thing overnight, and it turned out to be made of a material similar to the Erdman alloy in Logan's body, but differently, and while maintaining its sturdy properties, the metal was endowed with other strange abilities. Professor... Have you ever seen anything like this? ”

"Well, I did."

Professor Charles, stroking the cold metal fragment, said to Merlin:

"This is an Edelman alloy mixed with N metal, do you know N metal? Merlin. ”

"I've heard of it."

Merlin replied truthfully:

"At another mutant, he told me that this metal has subtle magical powers, can perform a series of rituals such as purification or sealing, and is a very magical metal, which does not exist in the natural world as a physical body, and must be refined in a complex way."

"Well, that's true."

The professor whispered:

"Eric, I and I, when we were younger, had seen such metals a long time ago, after the end of World War II, and there was a time when some radical human scientists were working on a secret project called Sentinel, which aimed to find and eliminate mutants hiding in the crowd."

"Those scientists, they invented a unique tracking robot, and in order to counter the mutant power, they added a lot of special abilities to those robots, including this metal that can absorb and store mutant abilities... That plan ultimately failed, and with Logan's help, Eric and I destroyed all the prototypes of the Sentinel Robots. At least we thought we had destroyed them all. ”

"But that mutant last night, I saw something in his memory."

Professor Charles looked up, and he said to Merlin:

"His name is Ansrat, and he gives himself the nickname 'Berserk'."

"He found the remaining modules of the Sentinel Robot in an abandoned laboratory, and then took some engineers hostage and used the ingredients to make him the armor that could absorb mutant abilities, but the armor was not the most important thing... Merlin, the one hiding under the armor is what we should be concerned about. ”

The professor's expression became serious, and he said:

"His mental strength is huge, not weaker than me, and he is very aggressive, you can treat it as another me who has no bottom line... You have to be cautious with him, you can't be slack, he's cunning and knows how to hide. ”

"Well, that's true."

Merlin also nodded cautiously, and said:

"But I'm more curious, how did such a powerful mutant come about? Why didn't we know about him before? A mutant as powerful as him shouldn't be so obscure. ”

"He was born in an accident."

The professor said:

"I saw very little, all I knew was that it was a special energy chaos that woke him up... He was born only in the last few years. ”

"He said he was an idealist who shouldn't have been born."

Merlin said to the professor:

"I always thought there was something else in it, but I couldn't figure out what he was trying to say."

"I don't really understand either."

The professor lowered his head, he looked at the metal fragments on the table, a slightly dim light twinked in his eyes, and he said:

"Perhaps, as he said, he was a life that should not have been born."

The Professor sighed, and he looked away from the purple metal fragment, then opened the drawer and took out a folded piece of paper, which he handed to Merlin, and said:

"Merlin than the vanishing onslaught."

"I have another problem now."

"A... Big trouble. ”

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