Chapter 29: The Riot
Manhattan, New York, evening
Adam had just come out of the office when he received a call from Tony.
"Brother, what are you busy with? You haven't been drinking with me for three days, so how many drinks are you going out for tonight? I'm in for a treat! ”
Adam said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Tony, something has happened recently, I can't be distracted, I can't go with you tonight, you can go alone first." ”
Tony knew it was about the Shadow, so he said, "Okay, let's talk about it next time!" ”
Adam put away the phone, went home directly and asked Athena to call up the defense arrangement of Ellis Island, and carefully studied how to remedy it if any accident occurred, after all, most of the people who came to Ellis Island this time were the leaders or representatives of the second-in-command of various countries, if something happened to them, it would be a disaster for the United States, and it was likely to cause a war, which was not the result that Adam wanted, so Adam had been discussing these issues with Athena in addition to going to work normally.
At this moment, Athena suddenly called up a video and said, "Master, the mutants are dispatched, dozens of mutants have been found near Ellis Island, and they are attacking the police!" The scene is very chaotic and there are many casualties! ”
Adam sighed and said, "I knew it would be like this!" Well, I'm off! After saying that, he disappeared suddenly.
Ellis Island is an island located in the Upper New York Bay southwest of Manhattan, New York. It was the main immigration checkpoint in the United States from 1892 to 1943, closed in 1954 and now serves as a museum where modern Americans find their roots.
The location of this multinational joint meeting is also due to the above reasons, implying that mutants who want to live in the United States must be censored by the government, otherwise they will not be able to live in the United States at all.
Mutants living at the bottom of the United States have always been discriminated against, hiding in Tibet and living an inhuman life, just because they are mutants, just because they have strange powers, just like the black people of decades ago (ostracized because of their skin color), they have always been silent about these rejections, most mutants have never thought of using their abilities to gain respect or revenge against society, most of them hate their abilities, are afraid of ordinary humans, and passively accept social discrimination.
But now everything is different, when the government issued the "Mutant Registration Act" to make it mandatory to announce their identities, the resentment that has been accumulating is finally about to explode, because most of them can't survive after their identities are revealed, which is to deprive them of the right to live!
In an abandoned church in Queens, more than thirty people had gathered, most of them dressed as stall goods, pale and numb-eyed, staring at the middle-aged man standing in the center and talking incessantly.
The middle-aged man was wearing a priest's robe and gold-rimmed glasses, and he looked very Sven, but what he said now had nothing to do with Sven.
I heard him shout to the crowd below very excitedly: "Brothers, you are all a group of honest people, and you have not used your ability to commit crimes, otherwise your life would not have fallen to such a point, but now that the government is forcing us to die, do you think we can agree?" ”
A few young people in punk costumes below shook their heads excitedly and said, "Don't agree!" We want revenge!! ”
However, those who are middle-aged or this is an elderly person who stands numbly are clearly feeling lost in later life.
When the priest saw this, a red glint flashed in his eyes, and he said sharply, "What are you waiting for?" Will we wait until the humans have wiped out us all before we rebel? We are God's messengers, and our strength is God's gift! Don't be afraid of your own power, compatriots, we have the power to change this world, let us use our power to change this corrupt world! ”
A strange red light suddenly appeared in the numb eyes of the more than thirty people below, and they looked at the priest and shouted intermittently: "We want revenge!" We want to change the world! ”
A sneer appeared at the corner of the priest's mouth, and he said lightly: "Very good, everyone, since those politicians don't let us have a good time, then they don't want to have a good time either!" Let's go, go and vent your anger, and vent your grievances! ”
The people below shouted, "Yes, let those politicians know that we mutants are good!! ”
The priest clapped his hands, walked out of the door on the side of the two men in black with sunglasses, looked at the crowd below, and said, "Father, you are really good enough, you can control so many mutants so quickly!" ”
The priest smiled faintly and said, "What's amazing, my ability can only control mutants, okay, the promised thing has been done, and I should go back." ”
The other man in black smiled and said, "That's why this time will be successful, by the way, they won't suddenly lose control, right?" ”
The priest smiled proudly and said, "Don't worry, no, unless Professor X makes a move or someone knocks them out, but by the time those people find out about the problem, our goal has already been achieved, so there is nothing to worry about." ”
After hearing this, the No. 1 man in black nodded and said, "Since that's the case, then you can go back!" ”
The priest bowed slightly, turned and left the church.
After the priest left, the second man in black sneered and said, "What a coward! I didn't dare to go to the scene for fear of being caught. ”
The No. 1 man in black said lightly: "That's why he has been able to live until now, and his ability is only to control mutants, and he is also these mutants of level 3 or below, so it is not shameful for him to be afraid of death." ”
The second man in black shrugged and said, "Okay, how are we going to control these people?" ”
The man in black said coldly: "It's none of your business, you still have to take care of yourself!" Don't mess with me! ”
After hearing this, the second man in black said, "Okay, okay, you're the boss!" ”
The man in black glanced at him faintly, then came to the front of the thirty or so mutants and shouted, "Get in the car!" After speaking, he pointed to a bus parked in front of the church.
Thirty or so mutants walked into the car door without resistance, and then sat in their seats and waited quietly, if it weren't for the constant flashing red light in their eyes, the second man in black would have thought they were normal people.
The bus started and walked short on the way southwest of Manhattan to Ellis Island. At this time, Ellis Island had been taken over by the police and the army because of this meeting, and everyone standing guard was nervous about the bus that suddenly appeared on the road, could something happen?
The bus slowly stopped in front of the cordon, and a policeman with a pistol in one hand walked over and knocked on the door, shouting: "Hey, man, this place has been taken over by the army, and tourists are not accepted!" ”
The door of the bus was opened, and a middle-aged man stepped out of the car, looked at the museum opposite, and said, "Lackeys of the government, go to death!" ”
The middle-aged man waved his right hand, and the air in front of him was instantly compressed, turning into a sphere, and with the middle-aged man's thoughts, it hit the policeman hard, and the policeman was blown to pieces with a bang, and blood flowed all over the ground.
When several policemen at the outpost saw this, they quickly pressed a red button and shouted, "Mutants are coming!! After saying that, he took out his pistol and started shooting.
Seeing that the police were fighting back, the No. 1 man in black who was driving the car sneered and said, "Hey, man, the people below are all handed over to you, we are waiting for you inside!" With that, he drove and left.
The middle-aged man who got out of the car had a crazy smile on his face, his hands kept waving, and the air cannons shot at the police one after another, but as a second-level mutant, his strength was not so powerful, and after firing the air cannons for more than ten minutes, he was shot into a sieve by the army that rushed over to reinforce him.
After the army shot the middle-aged man with an air cannon into a sieve, he left the scene to support the police inside. A moment later, Adam arrived at the scene, looked at the corpse on the ground, frowned, and said, "This is a suicide attack at all, who did it?" ”
After hearing this, Athena said, "Master, I'll check their identities, maybe we can find clues!" ”