Chapter 17: News of the Mutants
Adam spent the day at Dawning Films, arranging the filming of "Twilight", and then returned to Howard's villa.
Upon entering, Adam finds that Tony has returned, sitting there talking to Maria.
When Maria Stark saw Adam, she laughed and said, "Oh, my child, you're here, are you alright?" ”
Adam walked over and hugged Mary and said, "Well, Mother, I came to see you, I went to my father's company today, and my father said that he would come back tonight, why haven't you come back yet?" ”
Maria smiled and said, "Your father is like this every time, hehe, I'm really happy that you and Tony are back today, since you moved out and Tony doesn't live here, this home is very deserted, and it's uncomfortable to stay." ”
Adam apologized, "I'm sorry, Mother, I'll come back to see you often, I promise!" ”
Tony also hurried and said, "Well, there's me, forget it, I'll move back in!" ”
Mary laughed and said, "Really? Hehe, great, your father is usually away, and your brother's career is busy, so it's okay to have you with me. ”
Tony was suddenly depressed and said, "Oh, Mom, I didn't do my job in your eyes?" ”
Mary pretended to be very puzzled and said, "Huh? Tony, do you have anything else to do? Is it better to be a playboy than to accompany your mother? Or do you make a playboy a profession? ”
Tony was suddenly defeated and said, "Okay, okay, I surrender, I'll accompany you!" ”
Maria smiled, and then said solemnly, "Listen Tony, you should also try to start a business, after all, you will definitely not want to let you go to your father to help!" ”
Tony grinned and said, "Hey, Mom, it's too easy for me to start a business, and I'm still young, I'll talk about it in a few years." ”
Adam knew Tony's personality and smiled: "Okay, mother, don't underestimate him, when he has had enough and wants to get down to business, he will definitely surprise you." ”
Just then, the door opened, and Howard walked in a little tired, heard Adam's words, and asked, "Oh? Who surprised Mary? Is it yours? Adam? ”
Maria smiled and said, "Oh, Adam is talking about Tony, I'm going to let him try to start a business, Adam said Tony will surprise me"
Howard glanced at Tony, always feeling that he was very pompous, and frowned: "You just take it as a joke and listen to it, he has always grown up under our protection, and he will not mature if he has not experienced hardships!" ”
Tony was furious when he heard this, and said, "Hey, old man, what do you want me to do?" You've always been dissatisfied with me, I've worked hard, I was admitted to university at the age of 15, and I graduated with the first grade in the school this year, aren't you just casual, why don't you look at my results at all! ”
Howard sneered and said, "Look, he's starting again, and he's really a guy who hasn't grown up!" ”
Tony was about to say something, but was stopped by Adam, Adam frowned and shook his head, Tony suddenly closed his mouth, snorted and sat on the sofa, without saying a word. There is still some majesty of Adam as an elder brother.
On the other hand, Maria said a few words to Howard with some reproach, and then the family dinner broke up unhappily, which made Adam a little depressed, and a good family dinner was ruined by two tsunderese people.
However, although the atmosphere of the family feast was gone, Maria was still very happy, after all, this family had not been so lively for a long time. Seeing this, Adam secretly decided that he must accompany his mother well, so that he would no longer feel lonely and lonely.
After a night of silence, the next day Adam finished washing up, and when he went downstairs, he saw Howard looking at the news with a serious face.
Adam walked over in confusion and found that ABC TV's news channel was broadcasting a report about mutants, and he sighed softly and sat down next to Howard, staring at the TV quietly.
It was playing a video, a video about mutants committing crimes, probably not a professional photographer, so it wasn't very well shot, but this scene made people feel more real, and sure enough, the news channel immediately followed up with a popular incident in Washington.
Howard suddenly asked, "What do you think about this incident?" ”
Adam thought for a moment and said, "There may be chaos, after all, after the mutants are exposed, people's fear of mutants will spread, if those people or organizations that expose mutants do something at this time, then the war between humans and mutants may break out." ”
Howard nodded and said, "Well, you're right, there may be people who want to provoke a war between mutants and humans, but it can't be ruled out that some people want to divert the attention of S.H.I.E.L.D." ”
S.H.I.E.L.D. exists, and Howard believes that Adam must have noticed.
Adam nodded and said, "Maybe, after I finished fighting with the magician that day, I found two groups of people staring at me, but it was because I was tired, so I left there directly, and then I checked some information and found that S.H.I.E.L.D. wanted to use me to lure out Hydra, it seems that this matter was discovered by the people of Hydra, so I simply exposed the existence of mutants and prepared to fish in troubled waters." ”
Howard nodded with satisfaction and said: "You really didn't disappoint me, you have found so many things, and you are in line with my thoughts, so you should be careful recently, the mutants have been exposed, then the brotherhood on the mutant side will definitely react violently to this, and you, as a superhero, will definitely fight against them, you should be more careful when the time comes!" ”
Seeing that Howard kept telling him to be careful, Adam nodded and said, "Well, I know, father, I'll be more careful!" ”
Mutants have tens of millions of abilities, and if you are not careful, you may capsize in the gutter, after all, you are not invincible.
Adam talks to Howard for a while, then says goodbye to Howard and Maria, returns to his home, and then lies in bed and talks to Athena about mutants.
Adam sighed and said, "Alas, the mutants have been exposed, so the future will be eventful." ”
Athena said suspiciously: "You humans are so strange, you can accept you as a superhero, but you just don't want to accept those mutants with strange abilities!" ”
Adam smiled and said, "That's because even if I have great strength or ability, I'm just a person, and mutants are a race, and mutants are evolved from ordinary humans, so they are jealous, fearful, and rejecting them." ”
Athena shrugged and said, "Forget it, I'm no longer interested in humans other than you, master." ”
Adam laughed and said, "Oh, is it? Hehe, so happy."
Athena suddenly asked, "Master, do you think there will be mutants coming to you, because they may think you are your own kind?" ”
Adam said lightly: "Maybe, but I don't really want to get involved in the dispute between mutants and humans, as long as they don't make trouble in New York, I won't care about them." And I'm not a mutant, I'm a human being, and I don't have the so-called X gene in my body. ”
At this moment, Athena suddenly said, "Master, you have something to do!" ”
Adam was stunned and asked, "What happened?" ”
Athena stretched out her hand to project a video on the wall, and said, "Sure enough, as the owner expected, the mutants started to make trouble, and a jewelry store on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens was attacked by mutants. The mutant's ability is to attack with sonic waves, so bring the appropriate equipment with the owner. ”
Adam nodded and said, "Thank you, Athena, I'll go now!" After saying that, he walked into the equipment room with super speed and put the two invisible headphones he had made before on his ears.
This headset was made by him before, and its role is to protect his ears from those sonic attacks, after all, his super hearing ability, although it will generally help him a lot, but encountering this kind of sonic attack will become his weakness, so he has already made a pair of invisible headphones, no, he just met a mutant who can attack sonic waves, so this pair of babies can come in handy.