Chapter 231: Terrible Enemy?
The wife of Mario, the supreme councillor of Oceania, is actually a mutant, and the news eventually spread quickly in the circles of the top of the Federation.
Although Mario's PR team has made a rescue and made a cut with the escaped Penny, they still can't resist the rolling tide of crusades.
Outside the office building of the Intercontinental Congressman, a large number of protesters poured in, demanding that Mario step down.
Most of them are extremists, of course, but there are certainly Mario's political enemies who are trying to cause trouble.
However, he did not send anyone to drive him away or deal with it, but only allowed them to protest outside, even if it would take a heavy toll on his reputation, he ignored it.
Because he doesn't care about that anymore.
Penny's departure had too much impact on him.
Especially when he learned that Penny was calculated and left by 'his own people', he felt more and more uncomfortable.
What would Penny think of him?
What will be the fate of their newborn child?
He didn't know, and he didn't dare to imagine.
Several other intercontinental parliamentarians also contacted him one after another after getting the news, but they were all ignored by him.
He didn't care about that anymore.
It's nothing more than death.
Bang dang!
The office door was suddenly pushed open, and the female secretary asked angrily, "Mario, how long are you going to be willful?" β
Mario looked at him blankly, then withdrew his gaze, neither sad nor joyful, and did not intend to respond.
The female secretary continued to angrily ask, "Mario! You are so selfish! Even if you don't think about yourself, can't you think about your family? You know how much ...... this incident has brought to the family."
The female secretary kept complaining, but Mario didn't even react as if she hadn't heard her at all.
In the end, the female secretary probably felt that this was meaningless, and threw the door away in annoyance.
It wasn't until the female secretary left that Mario smiled sarcastically.
"You shouldn't be like this, dear ......" The sudden voice behind him made Mario's body stiffen.
He looked back in disbelief, only to see that the person he had been thinking about for a long time had actually appeared in front of him.
Yes, it was Penny who just spoke!
However, his first reaction was not surprise, but annoyance, "What are you doing here?" Do you know that your identity has been revealed...... It's going to die!! β
"Let's go, let's go!"
Mario noticed that behind Penny was a spatial portal, and knew that Penny was supposed to come back to see her through the spatial portal ability of the mutant named Flicker, who was listed as an S-class wanted by 'Eve'.
He immediately wanted Penny to get out of here.
Even if it is the 'Extinction Project', it will take some time for it to be fully launched, but if Penny is found now, she will die immediately, and it is better to die late than early.
This time, instead of listening to him, Penny rushed to him and gave him a hug, lying on his shoulder and crying.
"Don't cry, you go quickly, in case you are seen by that slut Carol again, it will be too late!" Mario was in a hurry.
The Carol he refers to is his cousin and female secretary, and the culprit who forced Penny away.
"It's okay, we're going to be fine." Penny wiped away her tears and said with a tearful smile.
"What do you mean?" Mario doesn't know why.
"Mr. Mario, huh? Let me introduce myself, my name is Raymond, and I'm here to negotiate with you on behalf of mutants. Another voice rang out.
Mario noticed that it was a half-race young man who had just walked through the door of the space.
With him are the two original leaders of the mutants - Magneto and Professor X!
It's just that the original two mutant leaders seem to have become foils at this moment, and they seem to be led by this mixed-race young man named Raymond.
"Hello......" Mario hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and shook Raymond's hand.
After shaking hands, he suddenly thought of a question!
Why did these mutants show up in their rooms without triggering any alarms?!
This simply doesn't make sense!
With the Federation's current technology, even if it can't completely block the ability of mutants, it is impossible to even detect it, otherwise the leaders of the Human Federation would have been beheaded by mutants one by one.
It was unheard of for several mutants like this to appear in his office at the same time, the Supreme Councilor, without raising any alarm.
Although he believed that Penny would not bring anyone to harm him, he was still a little shocked by this situation!
It's just that the mutants on the other side obviously didn't mean to explain to him, or Raymond continued
"I've come to you this time, and I only have one question for you, what do you think...... Is it possible for ordinary people and mutants to live in peace? β
"Yes, but it's very unlikely." Mario pondered for a moment and replied, "Humans are complex emotional animals, and there have always been different voices in the Federation, and they have caused ......waves at one time."
"But with the advent of the self-proclaimed 'God' apocalypse a few years ago, which caused heavy casualties in several major human cities, the dissenting voices were completely silenced."
"Is that our fault? We deserve to be slaughtered by you, shouldn't we resist? Magneto on the side exploded as soon as he heard this, and asked coldly.
"There is no right or wrong in different positions." Mario glanced at Magneto and didn't argue with him, just said calmly, "The contradiction between ordinary people and mutants can be traced back to decades ago, and I think Your Excellency Magneto knows better than me where the original contradiction came from. β
"Today, there is no point in arguing about who is right and who is wrong, because both sides have a lot to lose."
"There are not a few people in the Federation who hate mutants, and I think there will only be more people among mutants who hate ordinary people, and even if there are different voices, they have to learn to shut up."
"Whoever makes a proposal to make peace with mutants now will be immediately torn to pieces by the angry crowd, even if he is the FΓΌhrer."
"I know that this answer may not quite meet your expectations, Lord Raymond, but this is the reality, you saved my wife and children, and I don't want to deceive you......"
"No, I've guessed the answer a long time ago." Raymond shook his head and smiled, "With the current situation, it is undoubtedly difficult for ordinary people to accept peace with mutants, after all, the power of the two sides has been unbalanced. β
"But what if things change?"
"Change?"
Mario was a little confused about what medicine was sold in Raymond's gourd, "What kind of change do you mean?" β
"For example...... A terrible enemy has suddenly appeared on Earth, it not only has the power to exterminate mutants, but also has the power to exterminate ordinary people, and only by joining forces can the two survive the crisis safely? β
Raymond smiled and asked, "If that's the case, how do you think it will end?" β
"This ......," Mario paused.
With his political acumen and an IQ superior to ordinary people, he quickly analyzed the greatest possibility, nodded and said, "If this really happens, it is indeed possible for ordinary people and mutants to live in peace." β
"After all, survival is the highest goal of a race, and if you can't even guarantee survival, there is no point in other things."
"However, how can such a terrible enemy appear on Earth, is there an alien coming?"
Mario looked at Raymond for some reason.
Raymond smiled and shook his head, not answering Mario's question, but continuing to ask "If, I mean if...... If the situation I just mentioned really arises, would you be willing to lead the peace negotiations between humans and mutants to explore ways of cooperation? β
"Of course!"
Mario nodded without hesitation.
"Very well, then we'll take our leave, trust me, we'll meet again soon......" Raymond waved at Mario and smiled mysteriously.
This made Mario a little skeptical, because Raymond seemed so sure that what he said would happen next.
But the question is, where does he get his confidence?
Mario couldn't think of a reason for a while, but finally warmed up with Penny for a while before reluctantly watching Penny leave.
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A few days later.
The wave of protests against Mario did not dissipate, but rather intensified.
This is undoubtedly the result of someone constantly pushing behind it, but Mario doesn't bother to pay attention to it.
He'd been thinking back to what the new mutant leader named Raymond had said that day for the past few days, because he had always felt that it wasn't that simple.
He had used his authority to inquire, and the Human Federation didn't know that there was such a mysterious new leader on the mutant side, and there was not even a word about it.
This in itself is somewhat unusual.
In addition, when Penny was last with him that day, she had said that there was no need to worry about her safety.
The words are full of longing for the future and optimism about the future fate of mutants.
This is even more unusual.
You know, before Penny left, especially when she learned that the 'Extinction Project' was going to be launched in advance, she was already in despair.
In order not to bother him, he was even willing to leave quietly with the child, and he was ready to die.
Within two days, the attitude was completely different, from despair to optimism.
From what he knew about Penny, he didn't think that this transformation was happening for no reason, and that it was obviously because Penny knew something.
It was precisely because of what she knew that she felt that even if it was an 'extermination plan', there was no need to be afraid.
Combined with Raymond's conversation with him that day, he already had some vague guesses in his heart, but he couldn't be sure if his guess was right.
The point was that he didn't have to ask any further that day, so as not to make it difficult for Penny.
This also made him more and more curious, almost thinking about this question without thinking about it.
It wasn't until just now that a henchman reported to him the latest secret information that he suddenly realized who Raymond's so-called 'terrible enemy' was!
"How is this possible......" Mario muttered.
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