Chapter 143: Choice
Xavier's office, the atmosphere suddenly became audible quiet. Hank McCoy and Professor X Charles read the proposal materials brought by Meng Ao with grim faces. After a while, Hank McCoy, who had finished reading the last word, looked back at Meng Ao on the side, and suddenly asked out loud.
"Where did this bill come from?"
"Internal channels."
"Why don't I know?"
"Someone doesn't want you to know."
"It's not the same as what we had in the first place. You promised that you would have to consult me beforehand when it came to mutant matters and bills. Wasn't this how the Mutant Affairs Department and the X-Men were created? β
"I'm not a politician, I'm not a parliamentarian. Minister Hank mistook my feelings. You shouldn't have said that to me. β
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't be angry with you. I'm just a little surprised by the appearance of this proposal, just surprised! β
"I can understand that. But I think you're sure you're interested in the content of this proposal. I've heard of it. β
Hank McCoy glanced at Professor X Charles, who was looking at him, nodded and admitted, "Yes, I did hear about it. But the proposal is not a mutβ‘ant registration bill, but a supernatural creature registration bill. It was rejected in the first place. β
"Someone gave it a makeover and took it out again?" Professor X Charles interjected and looked at Meng Ao with Hank McCoy: "This is against us mutants?" β
"Isn't it obvious?" Meng Ao spread his hands.
"You can't do that!" Hank McCoy disgruntled.
"I've got to correct you, it's them! The politicians and parliamentarians who initiated this bill are not me. Once again, Meng Ao corrected Hank McCoy's words.
"I'm sorry." Hank McCoy raised his hands with apologetic eyes.
"I'm just a voice bearer. For the sake of a certain leader of an organization. Meng Ao straightened his collar and said.
"S.H.I.E.L.D.?" Hank McCoy frowned.
"Yes." Meng Ao replied.
"Nick Fury?" Hank McCoy's brows furrowed together. Whether it's the organization of S.H.I.E.L.D. or Nick Fury, it represents trouble for Hank McCoy. After dealing with it, this perception becomes even more ingrained.
"Yes." Meng Ao still replied monotonously.
"Why?" Hank McCoy glanced at Meng Ao's floating gaze, and also felt the nervousness and stiffness in his tone, and couldn't help but ease his mood and tone: "You know, this organization and that person make me a little sensitive as a mutant. I've met Director Nick a few times, and he doesn't come across like a guy who does these things. β
"It must be because you don't know him well enough." Meng Ao grinned.
"Anyway, Director Nick also came to visit the professor some time ago." Hank McCoy looked helplessly at Professor X, Charles, who had been silent beside him.
"yes, he didn't have it yet." Professor X Charles suddenly woke up from the illusion, his eyes met the gaze of Meng Ao and Hank McCoy, and replied gently.
"He made some requests to you?" Hank McCoy looks at Professor X.
"Yes, I didn't promise him at the time, I just said I needed to think about it." Professor X Charles said.
"That's why." Hank McCoy turned his gaze back to Meng Ao, and his tone was angry: "Did he come up with this proposal to coerce the professor and me into agreeing to some of his purposes?" You humans always seem to carry knives and swords with us. β
"That's because of the sword and the sword, you are qualified to talk to some of you on an equal footing. Besides, please don't speculate," Meng Ao glanced at the excited Hank McCoy coldly: "This proposal was not initiated by Director Nick Fury, in fact he is the one who opposes it." β
Hank McCoy was a little embarrassed to hear this, in fact, his life was not easy these days, Magneto's prison escape made him, the head of the mutant affairs department, sit on a volcano that could erupt at any time, he has been under great pressure from all sides for the past few days, and now his heart is full of unhappiness and sensitivity.
"I don't know what Director Nick Fury said to you the last time Professor, but judging by the fact that he asked me to come over and bring something to you, he didn't live up to his expectations. I guess it has something to do with Magneto? Meng Ao skipped the embarrassed Hank McCoy and went straight to Professor X Charles.
"Yes, some bad news." Professor X Charles said with some hesitation: "In fact, Eric came to visit me, and he said that he wanted to spend the rest of his life in peace......"
"He's lying, Professor." Meng Ao unfortunately interrupted Professor X's words: "Actually, I have just been attacked by him, with a group of mutants!" It's not like an honest attitude and behavior to spend the rest of your life. β
"He attacked you?" Hank McCoy and Professor X looked at Meng Ao in surprise and said in unison.
"Yes." Meng Ao nodded.
"There's got to be a reason. I know Eric, he doesn't have a soft spot for humans, but for no reason, he doesn't usually go out of his way to target civilians or someone who has nothing to do with it. Professor X Charles said.
"He has a collaborator, I don't think he told you. According to Nick Fury's intelligence, Magneto is likely working with a Nazi group called Hydra. And Director Nick Fury and I seem to have been blacklisted by this organization because of some things. β
Meng Ao didn't care if it was true or not, anyway, after knowing some news from Nick Fury, Meng Ao decisively mentioned it here, and he had to find a few more enemies for the enemy to pull a few strong allies for himself in line with Meng Ao's style of picking up cheap.
"Eric doesn't do things lightly for humans."
"But what if someone from this organization helped him escape from prison? That prison is not something that can be easily escaped. I know you had a good relationship with Magneto when you were younger, but it's clear that this organization is using Magneto. Meng Ao continued to dig a hole for the enemy behind the scenes.
"You know, Professor, times are different. There's no market for Magneto's set right now. He's only going to make the mutants' living environment dire! All the hard work of you and Minister Hank over the years has come to naught. β
"At that time, the environmental humans needed the support of you and the mutants under your command to stabilize the dΓ¬ng aliens and the situation, so you had bargaining chips with them. So damn Magneto didn't die, and some of the mutants who followed Magneto didn't pursue it too harshly, except for some dangerous people, so Hank McCoy became the head of the Mutant Affairs Department and had the right to speak out for the interests of mutants. β
"But you have to know that some politicians and parliamentarians are always biased against you, and they are waiting for you to jump out and make something out of control and then jump out and get attention. Director Nick Fury doesn't want to see that happen. To put it mildly, you don't have the say you had in that situation. β
"You should pray that Magneto won't do anything more uncontrollable under the influence of the other party."
"To the mutants of the past, Magneto is a hero. But for the current mutants, Magneto, who still insists on violence, may eventually become a sinner. β
"Magneto's arrest and confession, and the stability of the race, you have to choose one, Professor. There's really not much time for you. β