Chas is a good friend of Duponde.

The chubby driver, who was as skilled as Du Pende, walked through the streets and alleys, chatting with Merlin as he took him to Xavier's Talented Junior Academy, on the edge of Queens.

"Bang"

Merlin closed the car door, reached out and handed a few bills to Chas, and said:

"Thanks, Chas."

"Mr. Merlin, do you need me to wait for you here? It's hard to get a taxi around here. ”

Chas poked his head out of the car window and said to Merlin:

"I can give you a 20% discount."

"No need, Chas, go get busy, I won't delay your business."

Merlin shook his hand without looking back:

"Be careful when you go to work at night, and when you're in trouble, call me."

Behind him, Chas shrugged his shoulders and quickly turned on the steering wheel to steer the car out of the middle of nowhere.

Merlin had seen more than once the information of Xavier's Gifted Youth Academy in the information of S.H.I.E.L.D., and he knew that this academy, which seemed to be normal on the surface, actually recruited mutant students who were abandoned or hostile to society.

This academy was founded in the 80s of the last century, but the prototype of the mutant academy was already in existence at the end of World War II.

It is said that Professor Charles, who was born into a wealthy family, was a young man who had a relationship with the other leader of the mutants, the radical Magneto. Lancheel had an adventure together for a while.

They did a lot of great things and were really good friends and brothers, but the two men always had ideological friction and eventually parted ways after the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Truth be told, almost no one can tell the truth about that period of history.

Even Ms. Carter's legacy is vague about the deadliest incident of the Cold War, and according to Ms. Carter, there are many who suspect that Professor Charles used his own abilities to forcibly cover up the truth about the Cuban Missile Crisis, but the problem is that no one can come up with evidence to prove it.

Even Ms. Carter herself wasn't sure if her memories of the incident were real or had been altered by the powerful mutant who excelled at psychic powers.

It sounds like a fantasy, but the problem is, Professor Charles, who does have the ability.

Because of this, in the internal archives of S.H.I.E.L.D., Professor Charles's ability threat assessment has always been the highest level S.

He may not be the most powerful mutant in the world, but for the government, he is definitely the most threatening, and from the perspective of maintaining public safety and social order, even the extremely destructive Magneto is not as threatening as him.

"It is said that in the eyes of Professor Charles, there are no secrets in the world... He's a dangerous guy for an agent. ”

Merlin stood in front of the black fence door of Xavier's Gifted Youth Academy, and he looked out at the academy in front of him.

This place, judging from the appearance alone, is a little too luxurious.

It is the size of four golf courses, like a small kingdom of its own, with a huge red castle-like building in the middle of the grassy earth.

This building is similar to the castle at Wayne Manor in Gotham City, both of which were built in an era.

In front of the castle, there is an elegant fountain, and in the sunlight, some children are playing in the grass, and a few young people are gathering to catch fish in the pond by the grass.

At the end of Merlin's line of sight, there was even a grove that seemed to serve as an embellishment to the family estate.

It is said that this area is the family business of Professor Charles, who almost single-handedly supported the development of this college.

This is also enough to prove that Professor Charles's family was once wealthy, perhaps not as prominent as the Wayne family, but it is definitely beyond the category of ordinary people.

"Ding"

Merlin reached out and pressed the doorbell, and a moment later, a muffled inquiry came from the intercom by the door:

"Sir, who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Professor Charles."

Merlin said softly:

"My name is Merlin, Merlin. Riley. ”

"Do you have an appointment? Mr. Merlin. ”

The voice on the intercom asked:

"You should know that Professor Charles will not see you without an appointment."

"Uh, I didn't have an appointment."

Merlin Says:

"But I don't think the professor will turn me away, you can ask the professor himself. I said, "I'm here to thank him." ”

“......”

There was silence for a moment on the communicator's side, and then he said:

"Please wait, Mr. Merlin."

The voice responded politely, and a few minutes later, the closed black fence gate in front of Merlin's eyes slowly opened, and a red golf cart also stopped in front of Merlin's eyes leisurely along the road between the lawns.

"Mr. Merlin?"

The driver was a very large young man, with short hair, not handsome, and his face was as contoured as a knife and axe-cut rock, and he looked very intimidating. But when he laughed, he was very gentle, and this big man had a peculiar, quiet temperament, like an artist, well, a philosopher.

"Get in the car, the professor is waiting for you."

Merlin sat in the golf cart, and as he looked at the beautiful scenery of the college, he asked:

"Are you a mutant too?"

"Yes."

The young man, who was meticulous in his drive, replied:

"My name is Piot. Nikolaevich. Rasputin, uh, the name is a bit long, don't mind, you can call me Piot, or just call me 'Colossus'. ”

"Huh? Colossus? ”

Merlin laughed:

"That's a pretty domineering name, generally speaking, mutant nicknames represent your abilities, so you're actually a very powerful warrior?"

"Sort of."

Piot smiled implicitly, and said to Merlin:

"Are you a friend of the professor? Mr. Merlin. ”

"Sort of."

Merlin responded to the young people around him with the same sentence.

He didn't really want to talk about the affair between himself and the professor, because although Professor Charles saved him twice, Merlin never saw him. This is the first time Merlin has officially met with the professor, and the story between them cannot be told clearly in a few words.

Seeing that Merlin was reluctant to speak, Coulis did not continue to ask, and the young man with a little obsessive-compulsive disorder drove the car and made a great circle along the road between the lawns before sending Merlin to the gate of the small castle of the academy, where a lady in a suit was already waiting for him.

It was a slender black lady with an impressive face and short silver-white hair, which, according to Merlin's experience, did not look like it had been dyed, but should have been her real hair color.

"This is Ms. Auroro."

Colossus parked the car one by one, and then introduced Merlin:

"She is one of the professor's disciples and the vice president of the academy, and she will lead you to meet the professor next."

"If I hadn't known that you were an academy, I might have thought I was part of some secret organization."

Merlin jumped out of the car and joked to Colossus and the silver-haired Lady Auroro:

"In just a short journey, just change two guides, your secrecy work is really good."

In the face of this ridicule, Colossus shrugged his shoulders and did not say anything, while Auroro spoke:

"Mr. Merlin, after meeting the professor, you will understand the current state of affairs... Please follow me. ”

Auroro's work and the unhurried Coulix are two extremes, she has a strong executive ability, and her whole body exudes the air of a strong woman, Merlin straightened her clothes, waved her hand to the Colossus she just met, and then followed Auroro into the castle.

The two walked side by side in the historical, but cleanly groomed hallway, and a few seconds later, Merlin suddenly asked:

"You're a wizard too?"

"Hmm."

Auroro nodded, she didn't hide her identity, she said:

"My family is a famous wizard family in a country in East Africa, and it is also a mutant blood family, we have all mastered the power to control wind, rain, thunder and lightning for thousands of years, and I came to North America for some special reasons... Speaking of which, you're also a wizard, right? Mr. Merlin, I met you a few times when I went to the Wizarding Congress to buy materials, and you had a great conversation with Archwizard Samuel, and it seems that you were their guest. ”

"I'm a mutant and a wizard, Lady Auroro, and it's surprising that you have a dual identity."

Merlin gave a small compliment, and as he looked at the hanging paintings on either side of the hallway, he said:

"Perhaps, we can find a moment to talk about magic, about spells."

"Yes."

Auroro did not refuse, probably because of his identity as a wizard, which brought the relationship between the two people closer at once, and the silver-haired lady said to Merlin:

"When the students are out for the holidays, I'll be free, and then we can go out for a meal together. I've heard that Mr. Raven, who is one of the most famous in New York's alien world, is a powerful wizard with many advanced spells. ”

"Hehe, that's just praise and misinformation."

Merlin waved his hand, and said with a look of honor and disgrace:

"I'm just an ordinary wizard, and I just happened to be in those events."

At this point, Merlin and Auroro had already gone up to the third floor of the castle, and his nose twitched suddenly, and then he asked in a low voice:

"There's the smell of medicine and blood, someone is hurt?"

"Yes."

The sorceress Auroro's expression was a little depressed, and she reached out to push open the closed door in front of her, and then said to Merlin:

"It's Professor Charles, my mentor. He had been attacked by an unknown energy last night and had only awakened a few hours earlier. ”

"Last night?"

Merlin's expression changed for a moment, and he walked quickly into the room in front of him, and then he saw a bald old man, lying on a hospital bed, with a drug catheter in his arm, and there were treated abrasion marks on his cheeks and neck.

There was an intellectual beauty with long brown and red hair beside him who was taking care of him, and judging by the acquaintance of that beauty and Auroro, it should be another student of the professor.

Merlin looked at Professor Charles in front of him.

Aside from a bare, hairless, eyebrowless, beardless face, his appearance was not so conspicuous, but the eyes were impressive, bright enough to almost ignore the overall image of his face.

"You... Here it comes. ”

The professor lay on the hospital bed, his tone a little weak.

Merlin nodded, he pushed his glasses, and his vision activated, in his eyes, the professor's vitality was slightly weak, but there was no sign of serious injury, which made Merlin feel a little relieved.

It seems that Professor Charles's brief contact with the Queen of Pride last night was not peaceful, and judging from Raven's later performance, she won the battle between her and the professor.

Even a mutant boss like Professor Charles has failed in front of the arrogant queen, and it seems that the mysterious "original sin" in Raven's body is really terrifying.

"I'm here to thank you, Mr. Charles."

Merlin pulled over a chair and sat down beside the professor, and he said to the old man on the hospital bed:

"Thank you for your help last night, and the previous one... As much as I don't like people getting into my mind, you saved me after all. ”

Professor Charles tilted his head and looked at Merlin on a pillow, he didn't answer, just smiled, as if to say, it's nothing.

"I didn't bring a gift."

Merlin sat up straight, and he said to Charles in front of him:

"It's a little insincere, but if there's anything I can do to help, I'm not going to say no."

"Yes."

The professor closed his eyes and thought for a moment, he did not hide the matter, on the contrary, he said to Merlin very calmly:

"Agent Merlin, there's one thing I've been focusing on lately. Some mutants, some mutants on the North American continent, some of whom I and you are following, have been lost in this period of time. ”

He looked at Merlin, and he said:

"For example... Logan. ”

"Logan?"

Merlin's eyes blinked at the hearing of the name, which he remembered as he remembered.

In Fury's plan for the Avengers, Logan's number is 003, which is even higher than him, and Logan is indeed a mutant.

"Yes, Logan, the powerful mutant you've always wanted to get hands on."

The professor sighed, and he said:

"I've been in Logan's whereabouts before, but I don't know if I can trust you guys, and now that Logan's whereabouts are gone, I suspect he's in some trouble. If you can help us get Logan, and the other missing mutants, then I'd personally be very grateful to you. ”

The old man raised his hand helplessly, patted his body, and said to Merlin:

"It was supposed to be my thing, but last night, I underestimated that kid... So I paid the price for my recklessness. ”

"The professor was affected by the energy of the recoil, and a tricky energy was entrenched in his body."

Auroro stood behind Merlin and explained to him:

"Until the professor recovers further, he will not be able to use his psychic powers to search for his missing compatriots."

"I need more information, some clues."

Merlin breathed a sigh of relief, he looked at the professor and then at Auroro, and he said:

"The mass disappearance of capable people like mutants was originally a case of S. L.D. is under their control, and I'll help you find them. But I also need your help when necessary. ”

Merlin Says:

"Powerful mutants like Logan are missing, which means we can't take lightly the forces that have taken them captive."

Auroro exchanged glances with his mentor, Professor Charles, who was lying on the bed, and she nodded to Merlin, and said:

"Yes, we will send a trustworthy compatriot who will not hold you back."

"And we're not going to leave you alone, Mr. Merlin, and the X-Men will be on hand if necessary."