Chapter 80: Hellfire

I don't know when it started, mutants appeared unconsciously around us.

They are called "monsters", "deformed", and "murderers" because of their abilities...... Under this kind of ethnic conflict, many radical groups began to appear, such as the "Mutant Brotherhood" once formed by Magneto, the "Human Council" with the purpose of anti-mutants, and the "Hellfire Club" formed by some evil mutants.

Of the 300 million people in the United States today, there are about 10 million mutants. Most of them (over 60%) have very weak superpowers, but there are also individuals with extremely strong abilities. For example, in the X-Men, Professor X with powerful psychic abilities, Edelman metal bones all over his body, Wolverine with super resilience, Laser Eye, a mutant young leader whose eyes are a channel to communicate with the other world and can emit devastating lasers, the "White Queen" who used to be the Hellfire Club, and the current mutant leader is not only able to diamond his body, but also has Emma Frost, who has the same level of mental power as Professor X, and Ororo, the storm girl who can control the storm...... These are all powerful mutants who are famous, and in this information age, their nicknames and photos are often featured in major newspapers and magazines, and they are more well-known than pop singers, and even elementary school students can name a few names.

However, these are always in the minority.

After all, the U.S. presidential election is a game to see who gets more votes. Each state in the United States has a different number of "electoral delegations," and each state has the same number of electors as the number of members of the state in both houses of Congress, with more in large states and fewer in small states. And when an elector gets the largest number of votes in a state, he is considered to have received the votes of all the "electors" in that state.

There are 538 electors in the country, that is, the president of the United States is elected by these 538 electoral votes. The person who gets more than half of the votes is the new president of the United States.

Although the mutants are numerous, they are a minority after all, with a number of one-thirtieth and a proportion of three percent of the population. According to common sense, a presidential candidate with the platform of "working for the welfare of mutants" is unlikely to win the support of the vast majority of the American people and ascend to the presidency in the next life.

Carl Lace's campaign has done its best to highlight the more "ordinary" parts of her platform, which are about reforming the health care system and improving employment. However, these programs are also based on the mutant power behind her and the powerful skills of the adventurer group, and the traces of "mutants" on her body are too deep and too strong to be erased by public relations ability.

"So, all that said, I don't think Miss Carl Lace has even ...... There is a 10 percent chance that you will be able to become the president of the United States, of course, if you do not resort to extraordinary means. Miss Lorela, can you answer that question for me? ”

Su Jing and Loreira are now on the fifth floor of an office building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, an entire floor of office space rented with funds from the Evolution Council that is being used as the office space for the temporary "Carl Lace Campaign". However, now there are only four people in total - Carl Lace Natural, Lorela, Su Jing and Xing Batian.

Xing Batian's job was to be in charge of security, although Su Jing didn't think that an eight-star adventurer needed a four-star adventurer to "protect", but with Xing Batian's appearance, the profession of security leader simply existed for him, so this brave warrior had to sit at the door with a newspaper all day long, and be responsible for buying coffee and ordering lunch for everyone.

Loreira was dressed in a neat black professional women's outfit today, with a pair of elegant black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of her nose, which suppressed the enthusiasm of all kinds of fiery red on her body. She sat by the window, looking down at what looked like a nightclub across the street.

"Mr. Su, even you can see something, how can the Evolution Council not understand it?" The red-haired woman picked up her coffee, "In fact, whether the monarch can succeed in the election has nothing to do with the overall situation. ”

Su Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Dare to ask ......?"

"We ...... Or the entire Evolutionary Council, we don't care about the feelings of 300 million Americans. It's okay to be a villain, but it's okay to be decent...... The only thing we value is the tens of millions of mutant resources in this world. Whether it's Xavier's School for Gifted Boys, or the Mutant Nation Utopia and Kenosha...... These are all the forces we are trying to strive for. This presidential election is a show, but the audience is not the American people, but all the mutants in this world. What is meaningful is not the result, but the process, the process of expressing our sincerity. ”

Loreira concluded.

"Hmm...... No wonder, I'm still wondering why the Evolution Council, which is one of the most powerful adventurers, is only three or four of us participating in the election campaign......" Su Jing stirred the slightly cooled coffee in the cup with a spoon.

"Hehehe...... This plan was originally an idea that came up on a whim of a certain upper-class person, and as a result, my lord took over this task because of his greed for fun. Then, of course, except for me, who worked hard, no one wanted to play this big game with her, and adventurers were also very busy. Then the king ran to Mr. Thunder twice in three days to ask for money, so that Mr. Thunder was so annoyed that he threw you two over. Loreira shrugged her shoulders, her fingers moving slightly.

The coffee in Su Jing's hand suddenly became hot again, although the red-haired woman's hand seemed simple and small, but Su Jing couldn't figure out what means she used to do it, and it could be seen that her strength was definitely above everyone present.

"Speaking of which, after you heard the news of that Major Su Luo, you were very calm. I always thought you'd go out of your way to her. I didn't expect you to be excited for a while, and then you were like a person who didn't have anything to do. Loreira asked, staring out the window, seemingly nonchalant.

Su Jing took a sip of the coffee in the cup and said slowly, "Since she is still alive, this is fine." If I rush to meet her now, not only will it not do me any good, but it will cause trouble for me and for her. When I think about this kind of thing, I understand that I still have self-knowledge. I won't go to her until I'm strong enough to be equal to her. ”

Loreira twisted the corners of her mouth, the long-haired young man opposite was not a brainless fool. With his current strength, if he intervened in the world realm of an eight-star adventurer...... Su Luo was in the most competitive force in the internal competition, and as an eight-star powerful martial artist, her enemies were likely to have a strong force that was not inferior to her. And if Su Jing enters their sight like this, then it is likely to be used as a weakness of Su Luo and be exploited, which is very likely...... Therefore, what Su Jing had to do was not to meet Su Luo, but to do the opposite, deliberately staggering the worldly realm of the two of them until he had the strength to intervene in the other world's realm.

And...... Loreira narrowed her eyes, she could see that Su Jing and Su Luo, the two siblings, were exactly the same pride in their bones, and they had exactly the same eyes above the top. She could almost imagine that Su Jing must have some pimples in his heart when he lost to his sister in terms of ability, and he would definitely try his best to improve his strength in the shortest possible time until he could stand with her again.

Walking side by side...... Loreira sighed softly and silently, how much effort does it take for two people to walk together forever? Always walk side by side, always stand together...... She thought of her sovereign, the seemingly forever happy Carl Lace Natural, how many sacrifices she had to pay and how many battles she had to go through to advance to an eight-star power in this world?

"What's there?" Su Jing asked suddenly.

Loreira had been staring at the door of the nightclub across the street, which made him wonder a little, what was that place?

"That's the Hellfire Club." The red-haired woman replied.

Su Jing was taken aback.

The Hellfire Club is a long-established organization that has produced many famous villains. The club is known for its extremely strict entry requirements, and there are two main ways to join – family succession and invitation. And the members are all giants and prominent figures in the political and business worlds, and these people have enough resources to shake half the world, not to mention that many of them are powerful mutants.

Interestingly, Iron Man Tony Stark and Green Goblin Norman Osborne (the villain in Spider-Man) were also invited to join the Hellfire Club.

Su Jing had also watched the movie "X-Men: Lesson One", so he had some impressions of this underground organization with a somewhat peculiar organizational structure, but he really didn't expect that one of the bases of this organization was just across the street from this office building. He stood up a little alert, and was stopped by Lorela.

"It's okay, I'm just ...... Take a look at it. "In fact, there are quite a few more radical anti-mutant groups that can't get past the Lord's candidacy for president of the United States, and the Monarch told me that she heard the tension in the air, and it is very likely that someone will try to assassinate the Lord, or at least sabotage our propaganda activities." We're going to Columbia University tomorrow, so I'll have to do some security first. ”

Su Jing had already understood what she meant, and there were many madmen in the history of the Hellfire Club who wanted to establish mutant hegemony, and the core personnel within this organization used chess pieces as their code name. Historically, Magneto has served as the "White King", and after defeating the "Black King" Sebastian Shaw, he proclaimed himself the "Gray King", and briefly dominated the powerhouses of the Hellfire Club.

If the current Hellfire Club still maintains the program of "establishing a world where mutants rule over mankind", then Carl Lace, who has always promoted "harmony between humans and mutants", is undoubtedly a very eye-catching nail in their eyes.

"Not really. The Hellfire Club will not attack the Lord. Loreira seemed to see what he was thinking.

"This one's black and white king...... Is it moderate? ”

Su Jing was unfamiliar with the members of the Hellfire Club, so he asked tentatively.

As if hearing something amused, Loreira smiled.

"Ever since the adventurer entered, the Hellfire Club has been completely shuffled. The current White King is Mr. Thunder, and the Lord is the current White Queen. ”