Chapter 47: The Scabbard and the Reins
Viss Manor, which covers an area of about 100 acres, is the size of forty football fields.
In the center of the large house with the characteristics of an English castle, there are 64 spacious rooms and a fine owner's house.
In and around the big house, there are hundreds of gardens, vegetable fields, swamp ponds, farms, artificial lakes and other simulated natural environments, completely establishing a perfect ecosystem that can self-circulate.
In addition, on the surface, Weiss Manor, which looks like a natural ecology-themed farm, has a defense system on the open side and in the dark, which can be even more staggering.
First of all, the stone wall that surrounds the manor, which is the size of forty football fields, is five meters high, and there is also an electrified barbed wire, so that no one can easily climb into the manor unless it is Superman.
At the same time, this manor has twenty-six elite guards, all of whom are former subordinates of old Ushakov, but most of them are disabled, but their combat effectiveness can still easily defeat a few adult men.
They are round-the-clock guards in two shifts, in groups of twelve, day and night, eight people patrol, four people are watching from the four sides of the tower, and there is also a guard in the central control room who is responsible for the overall control.
And there are also seven secret escape routes in the manor, no matter where you are in the manor, as long as you master them, you can quickly escape from the manor.
The remaining eight staff, in addition to the taris housekeeper, two cooks, two gardeners, one plumber technician, and two handymen, have a clear division of labor. ”
Syllable!
The old general threw the information of the manor on the table along with a contract, waved his hand to the two young men without any hesitation, and got into a blue car and left the manor.
"Captain, you can't be the bastard of this old man, right?" Simon still felt dizzy, after all, the estate left by the old Ushakov to Leus was definitely worth more than 10 million dollars.
Leus unceremoniously gave him a middle finger, and then gave Simon five million dollars to transform the basement of the manor into a secret base for various researches, starting with the phantom generator.
Then Leus looked at Taris Steward again, and he said politely: "Taris, except for the basement, you are in charge of the daily management of the manor, because my work will be very busy, so please worry about it." ”
Old Tharris, though black, was professionally trained in etiquette, and the gentleman bent down to show that he knew.
In fact, Li Wusi already knew each other when he was training here, and even the thirty-six staff members here were all familiar to him.
Therefore, everyone has no resistance to the change of owner of the manor, especially the strength and potential that Li Wusi showed during the special training, and he has also been recognized by these veterans.
Most of these people are disabled, or they are missing fingers, or they have inhaled an overdose of poison gas in a war, or they have been deaf by the sound of artillery, and basically they have some physical problems, and the youngest is also in their thirties, and if they do not have a good family background, it will be difficult for them to survive in society after leaving the army.
It is precisely for this reason that in addition to genuinely liking Lius and handing over this manor to him, Ushakov can still let these old subordinates who have fought with him in the past have a comfortable retirement and old age.
Simon has already gone to tinker with his secret research lab, and Leus has not had any leisure time for the time being, because the house matter is settled, and now he is going to pick up people from X Academy.
As he slowly drove the jeep away from Vis Manor, Leus glanced back at the door number and suddenly smiled slightly.
After that, this is his new home.
……
Xavier Academy for the Gifted and Gifted, New York, North Suburbs.
Knock knock!
A cute girl with brown hair and a round face knocked softly on the door of the study on the second floor.
"Katie, come in."
A calm and gentle voice sounded, and the phantom cat opened the door, curiously watching the old man with his back to her slowly turn around, and the professor looked at her with clear and bright eyes.
"Phantom Cat, what kind of person do you think Leus is?" The professor asked her.
Katie noticed that he used the full name, not the abbreviated Lee, which meant that the conversation would be more formal and solemn, and her mind suddenly became a little confused.
"Kind, but ruthless to the enemy." She remembered the scene when Leus comforted the young cadet with his mental power that night, and remembered the callousness with which he shot the human dealer.
"Brave, but sometimes crazy." She recalls when Leus says he wants to deal with two variants that are not weaker than him, and then remembers the scene when he uses his mental power to speed up the car.
Occasionally, I would see him blushing and nervous, but when I heard him sigh tiredly, Phantom Cat felt that she couldn't see through it at all, and her voice became full of doubts: "Sometimes he is a shy teenager, but he always feels as if he is under a lot of pressure." ”
"Yes, you described it aptly." Professor X didn't have to peek into her mind and recognized the Phantom Cat's personal impression of Leus.
The professor took the wheelchair in front of her, looked up at her, and said solemnly: "Lee's situation is very dangerous, he is like a car running wildly on the mountain road at night, he may fall into the darkness at any time, I am worried about him, maybe he will be more dangerous than Magneto in the future." ”
Katie looked at the professor in a daze, feeling a little scared, she didn't know why, but she suddenly felt this way.
"Professor? Sorry, I don't quite understand what you mean. Katie felt worried, inexplicably worried.
"Phantom Cat, I have a secret mission for you." The professor's voice sounded again, and he said lightly: "Li needs help over there, I support him in setting up a hunter team, our academy can only hide in the shadows at the moment, but he can rely on the government to operate in the light, and he can help more mutants." ”
"Maybe for a girl your age, the Hunter Squad will be a little more brutal to do, but I still hope you can help him."
The phantom cat blinked her eyes a few times, and an inexplicable joy appeared in her heart, she agreed to the professor without thinking too much.
"He's coming." The wheelchair slowly turned to the window, and the professor looked into the endless night, he sensed the child, and waved Katie back downstairs.
Just as the phantom cat gently opened the door, the professor's last admonition sounded in her mind.
"Katie, remember, 'A dangerous sword needs a scabbard, a raging horse needs a rein,' take care of him."
The old proverb had an ambiguous meaning, and the brown-haired girl suddenly blushed like a round apple, and her heart was pounding violently, and she wondered if the professor had peeked into her thoughts.