Chapter 6: Notorious

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The Demon Girl has never disappointed Magneto in the movies, and now, she has not disappointed Zhang Xiang either. In just three days, she had it all.

"Callisto (Radar Girl) was admitted to the police hospital after being defeated by Storm Girl, and now she hasn't come out, the Burning Man, the Splitter and the Red Tank (also known as Thunder Bullet, Thunder Hammer, or Holy Icon) are all locked up in a secret prison, and everyone else is dead, caught, or frightened, and in short, those who dare to come are here."

Zhang Xiang is now meeting the first members of his newly formed fraternity in the dense forest of a nearby park. Looking at the two dozen mutants in front of him, Zhang Xiang was in a very complicated mood. On the one hand, as a replacement for Magneto, after he launched the summoning order, only three or two of these kittens responded, and none of them seemed to be able to fight, Zhang wanted to say that it was fake if he was not disappointed.

But on the other hand, as a real-world traveler born under the red flag and raised in the spring breeze, just because of his own words, so many supernatural beings came to him, no matter what their purpose was, it was enough to be exciting. Then what made Zhang Xiang even more excited was that after he carefully observed each mutant, Zhang Xiang seemed to recognize several of the faces. Although they are not exactly the same as the faces of those familiar actors in the movie, they are completely similar in temperament, dress, and figure. If this is really the few people Zhang Xiang guessed, then he has undoubtedly picked up a treasure.

But just as the Shapeshifter had warned before, trouble will always come.

"You betrayed us before!" The first to attack was a bald man, he had a sideways face, and his face was full of arrogance, but for some reason, he always felt that this person was a little funny.

Zhang Xiang vaguely felt that he was a little familiar, and suddenly remembered that he was not the reborn person who had fought against Wolverine in the movie, and a pair of arms could be regenerated at super speed. How was he defeated...... By the way, it seems that Wolverine kicked Sun Gen and exploded, and then lost his combat effectiveness.

Zhang Xiang's eyes involuntarily swept over to the other party's lower body, and found that this bald man walked a little inside, and then took a closer look, his chin was smooth, his voice was sharp, and the clothes he was wearing were also colorful, in short, he looked ugly and girly.

Noticing the focus of Magneto's gaze, the bald man suddenly became embarrassed and angry, with an insulted expression on his face: "What are you looking at?" You bastard, it's not all for you, Lao Tzu was kicked by Wolverine's brute, it's all because of you, but you still dare to laugh at me. ”

"No, my brother ......" Zhang Xiang said with a serious face without a smile on his face: "There is one thing I think you are mistaken, you are not injured for me, you are injured for the cause of the great cause of mutant freedom and rise, believe me, my brother, no one here is qualified to laugh at you." ”

Zhang Xiang's gaze swept over everyone present, and under his majestic gaze, there were a few mutants who couldn't help but smile for a moment, and suddenly withdrew their smiles.

Because of Zhang Xiang's performance, the original atmosphere of rejuvenating the teacher and asking for guilt suddenly decreased a little, and the bald man who was the first to attack had a complicated expression, and he was ready to retreat into the crowd. Zhang Xiangxiang suddenly thought of something, stopped him and asked, "I remember, you seem to have the ability to regenerate, and the regeneration speed is faster than Wolverine, why haven't you been injured yet?" ”

“...... All I can regenerate is limbs, like a lizard's tail, but not internal organs and brains. ”

"I see." There was a hint of disappointment in Zhang Xiang's eyes, although he had already guessed it. Although the regeneration speed of Wolverine is far less than that of the regenerated person in front of him, it is an all-round cell and tissue regeneration without dead ends, and it has the effect of immortality.

"The last time we lost Alcatraz, it was all because of your self-righteous stupid X-tactics, and your 'weapon' at the bottom of the box, and more of our compatriots died at the hands of that crazy woman than at the hands of the X-Men and humans combined."

The second wave of attacks began, but Zhang Xiang was still prepared.

"I can't deny that." Zhang Xiang first bowed solemnly, and then said with a sad face: "First of all, let us mourn for every brother and sister who died on Alcatraz Island. In terms of strategy, I did make some decision-making mistakes on Alcatraz, and even more wrong, I didn't anticipate Dark Phoenix's abilities to go berserk. She is the only fifth-level mutant on Earth, and her power is too strong for me to order her to release her power when our compatriots are not safely evacuated, which directly leads to our defeat. ”

Zhang Xiang's words were a little cunning, the loss of the Battle of Alcatraz was lost on Magneto's brain-dead tactics, if he directly smashed the Golden Gate Bridge on the island at the beginning, then all the problems would be solved. As a result, for the sake of the drama, this old guy just wanted to play a group charge, a head-on decisive battle, and as a result, he suffered heavy losses in front of human plastic weapons and antidote bullets, and was finally refilled by the Black Phoenix, and only three or two kittens survived the army of hundreds of mutants. It can be said that this is no longer a strategic decision-making mistake, it is simply Hukiba messing around.

But this black cauldron still has to be carried by Zhang Xiang in the end, fortunately, this group of mutants has no God's perspective, except for the demon girl who is loyal to him, there are few good people in their heads, so they can rest assured. So Zhang Xiang tried his best to blame the failure on the Black Phoenix's rampage, after all, it was a fifth-level mutant, and who could have guessed in advance what kind of mess she would have. In addition, everyone is dead, and there is no object to hold them accountable.

Zhang Xiang's efforts were not in vain, the atmosphere really eased a lot, these mutants looked at each other, and their eyes were no longer as aggressive as they were at the beginning, with a look of "just to find fault with you". Several of them have already expressed their desire to renew their allegiance to Magneto.

The demon girl standing behind Zhang Xiang finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She wasn't surprised, though, as she expected, except that Magneto used his demonic charisma and domineering speech to forcibly stir up the emotions of the crowd and cover up his own mistakes with anger against ordinary humans.

However, now Zhang Xiang, although the demonic charm on his body seems to have weakened a lot, and he doesn't feel much domineering, but compared with the previous domineering image, it makes the demon girl feel like facing an extremely wise and omniscient elder.

It is not clear which of the two images is stronger or weaker, but in the current situation, Zhang Xiang has indeed convinced these unruly mutants.

But......

"Wait! Lord Magneto, I saw you plotted against the beast and Wolverine in Alcatraz before, and they injected you with antidotes to deprive you of your power, I would like to ask you now if your superpowers have been restored? Forgive my presumptuousness, after all, you know, those 'antidotes' have a lot of side effects. ”

A middle-aged man in a suit, wearing glasses, and dressed like a white-collar office worker suddenly spoke up, and as soon as he said this, all mutants immediately pricked up their ears. It's true that Magneto is a charismatic leader, but the real reason why he is the most famous leader of the radical mutants is because of his strength enough to make ordinary human armies dare not move.

Questioned positively, Zhang Xiang's heart was beating wildly, but he still had a confident and mysterious smile on his face.

"My brother, please tell me your name."

"William, William Atos."

"No, I'm asking for your real name."

Hearing Magneto's question, the middle-aged office worker looked stunned, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then his expression suddenly became very arrogant, as if his previous humble attitude was just an illusion. He replied proudly, "My name is 'Zeus', I have the power to control lightning and thunder, and like 'were' you, I am a fourth-level mutant. ”

"Mr. Zeus, is the king of the gods in Greek mythology? Well, level 4 mutant, there is no doubt that you should be very strong. Zhang Xiang said with a smile: "Moreover, I guess that you are now standing up to question my strength, there should be other meanings in it, am I not wrong?" ”

At this time, William Athos, a fourth-level mutant codenamed "Zeus", no longer had to hide anything, he smiled slightly, and said freely: "That's right, Your Excellency Magneto, you are right, in fact, as a mutant of similar type to you, I can vaguely perceive your physical state, to be honest, the mutant energy I feel from you is so weak that I can hardly believe it, so I have reason to guess that you actually have no strength at all, and even if you have, I'm afraid something is wrong and you can't reach level four." ...... No. Even the level of a third-level or second-level mutant. Gosh, I wish I was wrong, because that would be a huge loss to us mutants. ”

Although this man seemed to have a sad face, there was a hint of joy hidden in his eyes, a hint of joy that was rich in something called "ambition". At this time, two mutants, a man and a woman, squeezed up quietly, standing behind Thor, faintly forming an encirclement of Zhang Xiang, and the demon woman stepped forward angrily, but Zhang Xiang stretched out his hand to block it.

Zhang Xiang's actions fell into Zeus's eyes, and he immediately confirmed his previous guess that something must have gone wrong with Magneto's ability. He sneered in his heart, but the expression on his face became humble and gentle again.

"Lord Magneto, could you please show us your power to overturn my previous speculation?"

"It's really Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it." Zhang Xiang sneered in his heart, this guy obviously wanted to use Magneto's fame to gather mutants, and then step on himself to take the opportunity to form his own forces.

"Now that you've seen it, I'll tell you straight to the point, yes, my mutant ability did have some problems with the antidote, and I'm afraid I won't be able to recover to the level of a level 4 mutant in a short period of time. In fact, I'm only a level 1 mutant power right now. ”

The demon girl looked at Magneto with her mouth wide open, she didn't expect Zhang Xiang to take the initiative to admit that her strength was seriously degraded. It's too late to hide something like this, what the hell is it to blow yourself up.

The smile on Zeus's face could no longer be hidden, he could feel that Magneto was not lying, he was indeed just a first-order mutant now, such a power, not to mention that he was a fourth-order mutant and did not care about it, even if any of his subordinates came out, he could instantly kill this old immortal guy.

"It seems that today's operation was really surprisingly smooth, and becoming the leader of the mutants was a no-brainer."

"It's a shame...... Zeus reluctantly squeezed out a disappointed expression and said, "But since His Excellency Magneto is unwell, then I am willing to work for you and lead everyone to fight for the freedom and rise of mutants." I believe that with the power of my 'Level 4 Mutant', I should be able to take your will from His Excellency Magneto...... with strength. ”

The smile on Zhang Xiang's face remained unchanged, he was silent for a while, and suddenly said: "You want to take my place, there is no problem, but there are two small problems here." ”

"What's the problem?" Zeus had long guessed that Magneto would never honestly hand over power, but since he dared to come, he was naturally ready for everything. Originally, even if Magneto's ability was not lost, he had the courage to try it, and the two men he brought with him could effectively restrain Magneto's tactics, plus himself, at least seventy percent sure that he could kill this old guy. Even if there is a case, you have a flicker with the ability to teleport, and you can still escape if you can't escape.

Now the strongest fifth-level mutant Dark Phoenix, as well as the leader of the X-Men, Professor X are all dead, and then get rid of the famous Magneto, and then he will be the first mutant worthy of the name.

For Zhang Xiang, there is no turning back now, since his soul has penetrated Magneto, while inheriting his identity and power, he also has to take over the mess left by Magneto. In addition, there is still some kind of "aging disease" waiting for me. In short, it is impossible for him to live a dull and happy life like before he was reincarnated, since this is the case, it is better to do a good job vigorously.

"First question, I want you to explain, since you have such a great power, then why I didn't see you active in the previous Alcatraz battles. We lost that battle, but aside from luck, the difference in strength between us and our enemies was very small, and if we could have a powerful mutant to hold down one or more X-Men, we wouldn't have lost at all, and our brothers and sisters wouldn't have to sacrifice at all. ”

Zeus's brows furrowed, Zhang Xiang's question was extremely vicious, and it could be said that all the dissatisfaction and resentment of people against Magneto before were transferred to him. Zeus was surprised, in his understanding of Magneto, this old man had always ruled the mutants with firm faith and domineering methods, and scheming was definitely not his forte, but now that Magneto was clearly standing in front of him, Zeus seemed to be facing a completely different person.

Magneto's question Zeus couldn't answer it perfectly, just now he took the initiative to admit that he participated in the Battle of Alcatraz, and it was also he himself who emphasized that he was a powerful fourth-level mutant. So whatever he says now, it will be regarded as a quibble.

"In that case...... Zeus's eyes flashed with a hint of viciousness, and he didn't stop doing it, killing the old guy in front of him, and then relying on his own strength and his subordinates, it was not impossible to suppress the rabble in front of him. Although there is a change from the plan, it is impossible to subdue the hearts of this group of mutants, but as long as they can subdue them, such as loyalty or something, they can be slowly cultivated.

The Demonic Girl was already in front of Magneto at this time, but her actions only caused Zeus to sneer in his heart. The Demonic Girl is not the main combatant, and she is simply a second-guess in the face of his lightning and thunder abilities.

"The journey, flickering...... We're ready to move ......."

"Wait a minute."

Just when Zeus made up his mind and was about to make a move, Zhang Xiang suddenly shouted. Zeus instinctively stopped his movements, and looked at Zhang Xiang with a grim and complicated expression: "Is there anything else you want to say?" ”

"I remember, I said that if you can do two things, I would be more than happy to personally appoint you as the heir to my will of Magneto, isn't that exactly what you want from me?"

I have to say that Zeus was really tempted. He's an ambitious mutant, and he also has enough capital to support his ambitions, a level 4 mutant ability. It's a pity that he was born at the wrong time, and he was in the same era as Professor X and Magneto. The prestige and merits of these two people are too prominent, and the mutant **** with docile personalities are naturally concentrated in Professor X's mutant school, while the mutant hawks who hate ordinary humans are all gathered around Magneto, and the others are some cowards. There is no place left for Zeus this person at all.

And now, here's the opportunity......

"Lord Magneto, I would like to know your second request." Zeus waved his hand for the two men to stop and retreat for a moment, he wanted to see what the old guy wanted to play.

Zhang Xiang smiled slightly, and the index finger behind his back trembled slightly, but perhaps because his ability was too weak, the energy fluctuation was minimal, and Zhang Xiang deliberately did it covertly, so many mutants with different abilities present, including the demon girl standing behind Zhang Xiang, did not notice it at all.

"You know, we mutants believe in the respect of the strong, even if you make any mistakes before, as long as you can prove that you are the most powerful one here, then you are the leader here."

"So what?"

"So it's simple, as long as you can beat me." Zhang Xiang spread his hands and smiled confidently.

"Wait, what did you just say?" Zeus made a look of disbelief, and said with a strange expression on his face: "You just said that you want me to defeat you?" Do you want me, a level 4 mutant, to defeat you, who is only level 1 now? ”

"Well, a little bit different. You know, we mutants have a lot of enemies, and none of them like one-on-one knights, so ......"

"So, you're going to find a few of your men and besiege me together, aren't you?" Thinking that he had finally understood Magneto's tricks, Zeus interrupted Zhang Xiang with a sneer, but he was not angry, but secretly rejoiced in his heart, the more Magneto was like this, the more he showed his lack of self-confidence, the more he destroyed the invincible image he had once established in the minds of mutants, and the more it paved the way for the road to the mutant king after him.

"Come on, call all your men out, I hope it's better not to be the demon girl behind you, she's not enough to see."

The demon girl snorted angrily and was about to step forward, but was once again pulled behind by Zhang Xiang. She looked at the old back in front of her with some confusion, like a high wall. A strange feeling suddenly rose in the demonic woman's heart.

In the eyes of the former Magneto, she is a lover, a subordinate, a soldier, and a tool...... But one thing is certain, the man she cares about will not stand in front of her at any time, sheltering herself from the wind and rain. Magneto belongs to all mutants and will never belong to her alone.

The Demon Girl was once angry and disappointed by this, and even broke with Magneto for a while, which was like fire and water. But she is no longer the young girl she was then, looking at Magneto who is aging in front of her eyes, the burning love fire of the demon girl has already cooled, at least she thinks so. But suddenly, when she felt that the person in front of her, who was supposed to be the most familiar, suddenly became strange, a flame that had been extinguished for many years also began to burn quietly......

"Kid, I think you've made a mistake again......" Zhang Xiang looked at Zeus and smiled very kindly, but unconsciously, he had already begun to look down at the fourth-level mutant in front of him with a downward gaze.

"I mean, if you want to be a king, then you first have to get used to facing multiple enemies, but now you are not the king, I am, so ......"

Zhang Xiang stretched out his hand and pointed at the man and woman behind Zeus, and smiled: "I mean, you can go up with your companions, and on my side, of course, there is only me." ”

Zeus only felt that his forehead was beating, this was a **** naked provocation, contempt and humiliation, his body suddenly flashed with blue light, and the piercing arc was like countless poisonous snakes scurrying around on him, Zeus's whole person slowly rose into the air, the sky became cloudy at some point, and a thunderbolt fell from the sky, hitting Zeus's raised right hand, and then forming a lightning javelin more than two meters long and being held in his hand.

In terms of his ability to manipulate lightning, he is undoubtedly above Stormgirl. It's like the White Queen's telepathic abilities are not as strong as Professor X's. Single-mindedness always means being stronger in a certain aspect. If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have dared to argue with Magneto and seize power.

"Your time is over, die for your arrogance! Antique! This is the price of your anger at me, face the judgment of Zeus, face the wrath of thunder! ”

"Are you a Secondary 2 teenager from District 11?" The corners of Zhang Xiang's mouth drew a sinister arc upward: "You know what? The strongest power is not the power of a level 5 mutant, but wisdom. For a true wise man, the battle, in fact, has a result before it begins. ”

At the moment when Zhang Xiang's words fell, Zeus's body in the sky shook slightly, his eyes were unfocused, and his chest no longer rose and fell. The endless lightning suddenly spiraled out of control, the electric snake raged wildly, and all the mutants present were in danger of being struck by lightning. At this moment, I saw Magneto stretch out his hand and wave it gently, and those lightning bolts suddenly seemed to be guided by some kind of guidance, concentrated on the uninhabited ground, and all of them were channeled into the earth.

This scene Zhang wanted to do lightly, but no one knew that he had actually gone all out, not only activating the magnetic field manipulation ability, but even the mutant ability of the human body to generate electricity was operated to the limit by him, which barely guided the completely out-of-control lightning.

If Zeus hadn't been able to control his thunder for unknown reasons, and if Zhang Xiang had a slight mistake in operation, there would have been no doubt that this big drama would have been smashed, but no matter what, Zhang Xiang succeeded in the end.

When the thunder completely dissipated, before the mutants could react from the crisis, they heard a series of sounds of streak in Rikala, and then a sudden rain of blood fell in the sky, and everyone looked up and saw that Zeus, a fourth-level mutant who was still as majestic as the Olympic God King, had become torn apart at this moment, and was divided into more than a dozen pieces of meat of different sizes and sprinkled into the sky.

A round head rolled to Zhang Xiang's feet and was gently kicked away by Zhang Xiang. He held back the convulsions of his stomach pouch and suppressed his strong desire to vomit, but there was a mysterious and calm smile on his face.

"What exactly did you do?" The two mutants brought by Zeus, Journey and Flicker were shocked, and the beautiful mess Flickered with disbelief on their faces, while the Journey of the long-haired Asian youth drew his short sword and looked at Zhang Xiang through gritted teeth. Zhang Xiang was not frightened, but Zeus, who was a mess on the ground, said: "Wait, my child, it is better to stop your hostility, if you don't want to become like him." ”

The journey was shocked, his abilities were super keen senses and physical abilities far beyond ordinary people, but the problem was that he didn't see when Magneto made his move, and he didn't know how he killed Zeus. Since he was able to silently deal with Zeus, who was a fourth-level mutant, how could he be his opponent with only a second-level mutant.

Not only Journey, but all the mutants present, even those with super sensing abilities, no one knew exactly how Magneto killed his opponent. I'm afraid that only the demon girl who is familiar with all the details of Magneto can vaguely guess something.

The truth is that steel wire, a single molecule steel wire, exists in theory, but with today's technology, it is only possible to make and preserve cutting-edge materials in scientific laboratories. However, Magneto was able to manipulate his magnetic field and successfully craft a few with molecular metal manipulation.

As the name suggests, the biggest characteristic of single-molecule steel wire is that it is slender, even if it is difficult to detect under an electron microscope, and it is sharper and slender than any sharp weapon, even Wolverine claws. And then there is the sturdy, under the strengthening and reinforcement of Zhang Xiang's magnetic field energy, a single molecular steel wire can lift a weight of about fifty kilograms, although it doesn't sound too exaggerated, but it is enough to strangle a person's neck or other parts.

As Zhang Xiang said at the beginning, a battle actually has a result before it starts.

He had been unprepared for the meeting with these unruly mutants, who had been quietly distributed around him from the beginning, and then after confirming Zeus's hostility, they were unaware of the entangled nature of his body. From then on, the life and death of this powerful and ambitious Level 4 mutant was already in his hands. If you don't think about it, you live, and if you think about it, you die.

Even the Demon Girl could only guess a little bit of all this, and how could other mutants know the cause and effect.

Mystery produces awe, and the unknown has long been fearful. It is precisely because of ignorance that everyone can only believe the results, so Magneto, who is just a first-level mutant, is firmly imprinted in the hearts of every mutant on the field.

Before you know it, these mutants have Magneto as the core, surrounding his enemies, the two mutants who follow Zeus, in the center. As soon as Magneto gave a shout, they would tear the two to shreds.

"Alright, everyone, take it easy. Here there are only compatriots, no enemies. We've had enough mutant blood, and I don't want to lose more precious brothers on a meaningless occasion like this. ”

Mutants have always valued the strong, and Magneto has shown his powerful and mysterious powers, combined with his past fame and exploits, enough to make him once again a leader worthy of the allegiance of every mutant present, and these people, naturally, include the original hostile Journey and Flash.

That's right, it's two of the new characters who appear in the mutant camp in the movie "Future Reversal". Especially the flicker, although her face is the same as the self (Magneto) and the demon girl that Zhang wants to see, and it is slightly different from the actor in the movie, the famous Fan Ye, but it is just as beautiful, and even surpassing. Although Zhang Xiang didn't recognize her at first sight, he was delighted to find this mutant who was both beautiful and practical. Even if you don't mention her function as a vase, let's just say that her teleportation ability is extremely useful, and she can play a huge role in Zhang Xiang's future plans, so he is bound to win this woman.

Thinking about it this way, Zeus dared to challenge the infamous Magneto before, and I am afraid it was also based on the premise that he had flickering and could fight and run.

Zhang Xiang is full of confidence in the subduing flickering and journey, mutants are originally respected by the strong, not to mention that Zhang Xiang's version of Magneto has shown enough charm.

Journey and Flicker glanced at each other, and then at Zeus scattered on the ground, and a grief flashed in his eyes. After that, Flicker shook his head, walked towards Zhang Xiang, and then stood behind him.

Exposing one's back to someone who was an enemy a few seconds ago was originally a taboo among taboos, and I'm afraid it was also the last test of the future that he might become the object of his allegiance, a girl-style "little difficulty". After all, Zhang Xiang only ended up with the boss she agreed with a few minutes ago.

However, Zhang Xiang held the idea of "don't use suspicious people, don't suspect people", did not make the slightest resistance and defense, and always smiled. Of course, this is only a complete trust on the surface, although the flicker in the movie does not look like a scheming with a backbone, but Zhang Xiang does not intend to gamble with his own not very valuable, but he cherishes his life that he does not want to lose, so he does not plan to loosen the monomolecular tightrope around the neck of this naughty girl for the time being.

In fact, Zhang Xiang already had a plan to put a stab around the neck of all mutants he was not familiar with, so that as long as it was within his ability, he would not have to worry about being betrayed, or being unable to fight back if he was plotted by his own people. Anyway, this secret weapon is not noticed or felt by anyone for the time being, which is much safer and more reliable than simply using trust and luck to control subordinates. (To be continued.) )