240, a new home
"This is your private kingdom?"
Dressed in a white suit, Magneto ascended the elevator to the top floor of Ambrera's main building, which belonged to Sean's private area, and not even Dr. Connors or Gwen would rush over to disturb him.
The leader of the Brotherhood saw at a glance that the young man standing in front of the glass curtain wall, as a veteran powerhouse among the mutants, even if he was now a prisoner of the other party, he still maintained a kingly pride, and was unwilling to wag his tail and beg for mercy from the enemy without dignity.
Ever since escaping from the Nazi concentration camps and freeing himself from Sebastian Shaw's control, Eric Lansel has vowed never to bow his head to anyone again.
"As you can see, this is my kingdom alone, an inviolable private territory."
Sean smiled back, and he stretched out his hand to invite the old man to sit down, and on the long table was an ice bucket with two Munich beers, surrounded by fruit baskets and delicacies, as if a big dinner was about to take place.
"I hope this kind of hospitality won't detract from your identity."
With a gentle smile on his face, the young man said softly: "The mutant registration bill has already begun, and in just one week, more than two hundred mutants have registered in the specially set up 'reception center' of the human government, New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Chicago...... Every day, mutants reveal their identities. ”
"Under the arrangement of the government and me, they have been given stable jobs, which are also covered by social welfare guarantees, and they will soon be able to live the same life as normal people."
Osborne Industries and Ambrera alone will definitely not be able to absorb a large number of mutants, but with the Hell's Kitchen controlled by Wesley, as well as the major factories under its name, even if the number of people increases several times, there is no problem.
The government is projecting the construction of mutant communities, and Ambrera has generously donated, providing nearly sixty percent of the aid funds, while also pulling in the Tony Stark guy, and the long-awaited Iron Man is not far behind, bearing a huge cost of twenty percent.
I believe that it won't be long before mutants from all over the North American continent will flock to it, and at that time, Sean can calmly select young people with enough potential to be stuffed into the newly established umbrella security team, and the others also have their own arrangements, factories, schools, laboratories, etc.
Then push out a few capable guys to strengthen their control over the mutant community. In this way, almost all the mutants who have been divided and disintegrated have fallen into the palm of their hands.
He is not a philanthropist who gives without knowing how to ask for returns, nor does he have a natural warm-heartedness, the reason why he has been planning for a long time, winning over Vice President Underwood, and pushing for the implementation of the mutant watch bill, is now going to great lengths, in addition to trying to gain the trust of the professor, is to hold this powerful force in his hands.
"Hmph, it's all a good show you directed with Charles."
Magneto snorted coldly, his face full of indignation, "I really don't know what crazy that old friend of mine is going to believe in a human being...... Like Sebastian Shaw, you are ambitious, ruthless and selfish, and will not hesitate to betray mutants when the time comes! Sooner or later, Charles will fall into a situation from which you will never recover! ”
"That's what you say about me? Resemble? The Black King of the Hellfire Club? ”
The young man pouted with disdain, Sebastian Shaw, just a mad scientist who wanted to achieve his ambition by destroying the world, he found the key to open the door to evolution from mutants, but he was unwilling to continue to explore, but began to lead a group of mutants in an attempt to trigger a nuclear war between the two superpowers, so as to obtain huge benefits.
A mutant kingdom that exists on the wreckage of ruins? It's funny to think about, if this planet is involved in a monstrous war and World War III starts, will it do mutants a little good?
Mutants can't make parts on an assembly line, they can't conjure food and gasoline out of thin air, and destroying humans is nothing more than digging their own graves for them, and only a madman with ambition would do that.
"There will be no place for you in this country, the Brotherhood's radical approach is outdated." Sean said lightly.
Magneto habitually waved his palm, and when he saw that the Munich beer in the ice bucket did not fly into his palm, he sighed and had to do it himself. Once they lose their natural abilities, the strong among the mutants are no different from ordinary old people.
The leader of the Brotherhood knows that Sean is in possession of the mutant suppression serum, and with this as a killer feature, even if he and Charles join forces, they may not be able to defeat each other.
"I agree to your conditions." Taking a sip of cold beer, Magneto said slightly depressed.
His heart was full of faint melancholy, he was originally going to show his strength and lead his compatriots to develop his power, who would have thought that he would kill a Sean in the middle of the road and let his plan fall through, but instead failed miserably and paid the heavy price of becoming a prisoner.
"Leaving this country is the right choice, it's time for the Brotherhood to shake off the past, a new future is ahead, and Magneto I know is not like an old man, immersed in the good memories of the past."
Sean's tone was calm, he also picked up another bottle of beer, gulped it down, and stared at the gray-haired old man, the face full of majesty, which had long been smoothed out by time and handsome, and all that remained was old wrinkles.
"The history of the African continent is the history of bloody colonization by European countries, in the nineteenth century, about 95 percent of the territory was divided by the great powers, and resources were plundered for a long time, even now, and the developed countries continue to harvest in another way with money and materials."
"It was a paradise for Western colonizers, and the long-term ethnic conflicts, tropical diseases, and environmental damage caused by industrialization have made the African continent war-torn and politically unstable, barren and impoverished, but rich in resources." ”
"With your power, you can lead mutants to build new homes, whether you play the role of a savior or a demon, everything is up to you."
Sean has a deep vision for Magneto, and the Brotherhood needs a stage to use their abilities, a land of chaos and struggle, and it is up to them to establish a new order.
"You're going to control us in this way?" Magneto sneered, his eyes sharpened, and the decadent old state just now was swept away.
"Let me take my fellow Brotherhood to Africa, all the supplies, weapons and equipment, medical supplies, I'm afraid you will have to pay for it, mutants alone can't gain a foothold in a strange place. There are vicious warlord leaders, primitive and backward tribal chiefs, military groups and mercenaries of various countries, and it is impossible to survive and develop without strong support. ”
"There is a warlord leader named Suowanda, I have taken over all his forces, these problems can be easily solved, and you can grow and grow in no time." Sean glanced at the vigilant Magneto and teased, "How can the famous leader of the Brotherhood look like a hesitant coward." ”
"Please be clear, who is the prisoner who has lost his freedom? You can go back to the underground prison, and I can still pick one more mutant who might be more obedient than you. ”
Magneto was silent, this time is different from the past, he no longer has any bargaining capital, sighed deeply, in front of this young man, even if he is arrogant and conceited, he can only bow his head.
The other party can always use seductive chips to make you his weapon, and although he knows that the Brotherhood is just a pawn to be used, the aging Magneto still can't refuse this cooperation agreement.
He was no longer an energetic young man, his old face was full of wrinkles, and he had wasted too much precious time in years of confrontation with humans and professors.
"Say goodbye to Charles for me."
The old man's eyes were full of remembrance and sentimentality, and although they had been on opposite sides for a long time, it was undeniable that the professor was indeed his only friend.
When Magneto decides to set foot on the African continent, he and his old friends who fell in love and killed each other may not have the chance to meet again.
"Rest assured, what belongs to you will be obtained." As if chanting an aria, "I'm looking forward to the Brotherhood building a beautiful home in a utopia." ”