Chapter 47: To Live is to Have a Future
"I know that the Erdman metal in your body contains toxins that are slowly killing you. ”
Logan knew this, it was his own body, and he could feel the effect of the Edelman metal on him very clearly.
In the past, Edelman metal did not affect him, because he was still young at that time, and his vitality was vigorous, and a small amount of toxins would be completely removed by his self-healing factor, so there were no problems.
However, as he grew older, the effect of the self-healing factor continued to decline, and the 'weak toxin' that had gone unnoticed by him gradually became a deadly poison that could kill him, torturing him almost every second.
His physical fitness has declined, his recovery ability has been deteriorated by toxins, his senses have declined, and now he can't even read the handwriting on the medicine bottle, and he has always felt that this is a normal phenomenon that he is finally getting old and his life has come to an end - Edelman metal only hastened his death.
Until today, he had always thought so.
"Actually, it wasn't Erdman Metal that killed you. Ethan patted Logan on the shoulder, and he could feel how weak the body was through direct contact: "It's the food and water you eat every day." ”
"What?" Logan was stunned for a long time, not quite understanding what Ethan's words meant. "What do you mean by that?"
That's what it means literally. ”
After a while, Ethan had already taken a look at the environment of this place, and also found the place where Professor X was hidden.
What looked like a big water tank? Ethan didn't continue to explain his words, and walked straight in that direction.
"Hey, you'd better explain your words. ”
Ethan didn't look back, waved his hand and motioned for Logan to follow: "It's too troublesome to explain repeatedly, let's listen together." At the same time, he beckoned to Caliban, who found that the situation was wrong and came out to check the situation: "You are also with you." ”
Caliban was very puzzled, and did not respond to Ethan's words, but turned his head to look at Rogan: "Who is this person?"
But Logan didn't pay attention to him, because he found Ethan walking straight to the place where Charles was hiding: "Stop, this is private territory, you can't just mess around." ”
"I know this is private territory, but this place doesn't seem to belong to you. ”
Regardless of whether it was through any relationship or the place taken by the leather bag company, Rogan was nominally not the owner of the place anyway, and even if it was really his place, he would not dare to do anything, and provoking law enforcement officers would only cause them more trouble.
He quickly followed, intending to stop Ethan, but he watched as the young man walked, waving his hand lightly from a long distance, and the iron door that had only been reached for some distance opened automatically.
This scene made Logan's eyelids jump, and reminded him of many not-so-good memories - especially the creaking sound of the metal door when it opened.
"Mutants?"
Caliban has been trying to show his presence, and Ethan's movements also reminded him of a very familiar person.
It was just such a stunned effort, Ethan was already standing at the door, and even turned around to wait for the two of them.
"Won't you keep up? I'm not going to explain it to you alone. ”
"Damn little bastard. ”
Logan was very unhappy, but he had no choice but to limp and follow. He was also worried about what the young man would do, even if the guy hadn't shown any malice so far.
"See what he's going to say. ”
Caught up and entered the space that appeared to be a large water tank, and Caliban closed the door when he finally entered.
At least here, no matter what you say, you don't have to worry about being overheard.
Logan rushed in front of Charles as soon as he entered, protecting the former mutant leader who was already in extreme physical condition.
Especially when Ethan was standing there, looking at him with bad intentions.
"It seems that I came at a bad time. ”
"What?"
"He can't have a conversation right now. ”
Charles Xavier's state is really terrible, not to mention the serious aging of his body, the degree of degeneration of his brain is especially serious, the powerful mental ability that could destroy the world has been weakened to a very low level, not to mention, his own memory and thinking ability is on the verge of collapse.
If he hadn't been Charles Xavier, one of the most powerful mutants in this world, he would have died a long time ago. In this case, Charles can still maintain a normal state from time to time, which is enough to prove his strength.
Seeing his situation, Ethan even began to wonder if it was because these older generation mutants were too powerful that those guys deliberately used the professor's hand to erase the current generation of mutants, otherwise with their method of poisoning food, I am afraid that none of these older generation mutants will be poisoned to death, and all of them will survive to the day of normal old age.
Logan didn't know what Ethan was thinking, but he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his embarrassed look and didn't seem to want to do anything.
"As I said, there are no professors...... There will be no more in the future. ”
"Wait, Logan, let me talk to this young man. ”
Charles, who was still babbling nonsense before, suddenly spoke, and the words were no longer the illogical content before, and when Logan turned around, he saw Charles, who had been in a daze, showing clear eyes that he hadn't seen for a long time, and the look he showed at this time made him think that he had returned to many years ago.
Ethan found out before Logan that Charles was back to normal. At that moment just now, a powerful spiritual force attacked his brain, although it was only lightly touched, and he immediately took it back, but it still aroused his vigilance, and he immediately found that this spiritual power came from the old man in front of him.
It's just not clear whether Charles just happened to return to normal and then tried it, or whether he inadvertently used his mental power and was stimulated by Ethan's mental power, which in turn brought him back to normal.
Whatever the reason, at least Professor Charles is in a state where he can talk now.
"It's not easy to meet you. ”
The previous Logan refused to believe himself, and he was in a state of confusion when he finally met people, and it was only at this moment that he actually met Professor X, the leader of the X-Men and one of the most powerful mutants.
"I can't choose all of this, and thanks to you, your mental power is strong and pure, and at the same time, it has a very pure vitality, which can make me recover...... Although I don't know how long it will last. ”
Professor Charles did not hide the truth of the facts, and even told it at the beginning. In his chaotic state, he will unconsciously release his spiritual power, and ordinary people are likely to be hurt by him, and it is for this reason that Logan locked him up here.
So at the beginning, Rogan didn't let Ethan see the professor, and to some extent he was also protecting Ethan - look at Caliban, because every time he sent food and medicine to the professor, he was risking his life, and he had already expressed his dissatisfaction with Rogan more than once.
Ethan certainly thought of this, so he took a special look at Logan, but this guy wouldn't admit it whether he really thought it or not.
He was more concerned with one thing than that.
"You said you'd tell me everything you want to know if you met the professor, so I want to know what you're going to do now?"
"I said, let's talk about your future. ”
Rogen tried to taunt him, but Charles stopped him.
"Do you think we have a future?"
"Aren't you still alive now? As long as you live, you have a future. "Ethan actually wants to say that even if he dies, his soul is immortal and has a future, but this is too cumbersome to explain.
Logan didn't believe much of this kind of chicken soup, but Charles liked it.
"You're right, as long as you live, you have a future. Of course, liking is liking, and now the question to be solved is very realistic: "So what kind of future do you think we will have?"
This question needs to be answered well, which determines whether he can get the other person to follow his advice and do things next. Ethan wants to make his mood happy and change the tragic fate of these people, but that doesn't mean that he is led by the nose by the other party and then works as a nanny for them.
There are many ways to solve problems, and he prefers to solve them at his own pace.
"As it stands, then death will be your destination...... And that time won't be too far off. ”
Ethan's words were not subtle, and the IQs of several people present were also online, and the meaning of his words could be heard.
"Do you think we could have avoided this?"
"Absolutely. ”
"How?"
Ethan touched his chin and gave an answer that surprised them: "Far from it, the best thing you should do at the moment is to throw away all the food and water." ”
Logan remembered what he had just said, and it was already the second day he had mentioned food and water.
"Food and water, what's the problem?"
"Of course there is a problem, haven't you thought about what is the reason why no new mutants have appeared for such a long time?" "It has been clearly mentioned in the original plot that the 'drug' that destroys the mutant genes is hidden in ordinary food and drinking water, and the existing mutants will also seriously affect their genes because of the use of these foods, and eventually their abilities will deteriorate.
Wolverine's body was destroyed by these genetic drugs, and then the weakened body could not continue to remove the toxins of the Edman metal, which affected its own health.
So let's not talk about the others, as long as I don't continue to eat these foods and do some simple treatment, Logan can soon turn back into the Wolverine who can't be killed.