In the office, Professor X was sitting in a wheelchair leisurely flipping through books, and when he heard the door being opened, Professor X raised his head, looked at Li Qingzhu's panicked appearance, and couldn't help laughing: "What's wrong?" Lee, did you run into any monsters? ”

Li Qingzhu heard Professor X's ridicule, looked at Professor X carefully after closing the door, and said happily: "It's been a long time, Charles, your body is still so tough." ”

"Hehe, there's Scott outside and they're worried, and I usually just play chess and teach, so there's nothing to worry about."

It can be seen from the look on Professor X's face that what he said is true, he is now basically equivalent to a spiritual leader, and in fact, there is almost no work to be done.

He is just like an ordinary retired old man, doing what he loves to do, can he be in bad health?

"That's good, I'm glad you're so healthy."

Li Qingzhu walked to Professor X's side, found a place and sat down, everything seemed so familiar, after all, he had been to this office many times, and there had been no major changes here in ten years, so it could be seen that Professor X was still a nostalgic person.

"Hehe, what's wrong? Come back suddenly, are you done with what you're going to do? ”

Professor X personally made a cup of coffee for Li Qingzhu, then put it on a frame on the handrail of the wheelchair, and pushed the wheelchair to send it over.

Li Qingzhu hurriedly got up to catch it, although he was older than Professor X, but Professor X was still a disabled person after all, so he still had to be considerate of others.

"That's not it, Eric still hasn't been found, it's as if he's disappeared from the world."

Li Qingzhu put the somewhat hot coffee on the coffee table next to him, and then shrugged helplessly at Professor X.

Professor X also sighed slightly and said, "I haven't heard anything about Eric in the past few years, just like you said. It was as if he had disappeared into thin air, but you and I both knew that with his character, he would never stop there, he must be dormant somewhere planning something. And this. That's what we're worried about. ”

"Indeed."

Li Qingzhu nodded thoughtfully, and then tapped his fingers rhythmically on the armrest of the chair and said, "Eric is a persistent guy. What he's been planning for so many years is scary to me. ”

The two were silent for a while, and Professor X suddenly looked at Li Qingzhu and asked, "By the way, Li, you shouldn't have come back because of Eric's business." ”

Li Qingzhu nodded. After organizing his words, he slowly said to Professor X, "Charles, you should know that I used to be a member of S.H.I.E.L.D. many years ago. ”

Professor X nodded and motioned for him to continue.

"You've heard everything that's happened in New York lately, right?"

"Are you referring to that riot? Scott told me about it, but he said he was dealt with by S.H.I.E.L.D. before they arrived. ”

Professor X didn't pay much attention to these things, so he only heard about them.

Li Qingzhu nodded affirmatively: "That's the incident." In fact, the person who caused the riot came from Asgard and was Loki, the younger brother of Thor, the god of thunder, who was used by the Zetarians to take over the Earth. This guy seized the Cosmic Cube found by S.H.I.E.L.D., and he wanted to use the Cosmic Cube to establish a space channel to lure the Zetari army from outer space to Earth. ”

Professor X's expression became much more solemn after hearing this, it was the first time he had heard of such a thing as an alien invasion of the earth.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. has formed a self-defense organization called the Avengers, and I'm a member of it, and Director Nick Fury heard about my experience and wanted me to come over and convince the X-Men to join the war against aggression."

"Charles, you know I'm not a strong person, this matter is mainly up to you and Scott, if you really don't want to, I won't force you."

Li Qingzhu added at the end that he didn't want Professor X to have a bad opinion of himself because of this incident.

Sensing Li Qingzhu's unsteadiness, Professor X smiled at him and said, "What are you worried about?" How could I not know what kind of person you are? It's just that it's hard to decide, and I'm not interfering with the children's choices now, maybe you'll have to be patient, and I'll have Scott and Stormgirl come back and discuss it with you. ”

After listening to Professor X's reply, Li Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, but listening to Professor X's tone, it seemed that it was quite difficult in the middle.

"However, I can find out the situation beforehand, Lee, tell me what is going on."

Li Qingzhu had only told one story before, and Professor X didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, and he really didn't dare to make a decision on his own.

After listening to this, Li Qingzhu nodded in agreement, this is not something that cannot be said, so Li Qingzhu told Professor X everything he knew, which also included his own guesses and conjectures, although there is no real evidence, but the possibility and accuracy are relatively large.

The two chatted so much that they almost forgot the time, and even the coffee around them was already cold, and Li Qingzhu didn't notice it.

"Well, I kind of know what's going on."

After Li Qingzhu finished speaking, Professor X thought about it alone, and then said to Li Qingzhu with a smile.

"Charles, from your personal point of view, will you agree to my request?"

"Yes, this is a planetary war after all, I am an earthling, I should fight for my home planet."

Professor X said with a smile, and after listening to Professor X's words, the stone in Li Qingzhu's heart fell a little, if he could think so, the others would probably be similar.

Just like what Professor X said, everyone is an earthling, and everyone is done playing after the earth is over, so what do you care about those factional struggles or preserving strength at this time?

The security of the planet is fundamental to everything.

The two chatted and chatted, and suddenly there was a knock on the door of the principal's office, and Professor X said in a moment's time, "Please come in." ”

Li Qingzhu also looked over, and after the door opened, the one who walked in was the increasingly calm laser eye and the storm girl who looked very capable with short haircut.

"Lee, it's really you!!"

The Storm Girl was so happy to see Li Qingzhu that she even forgot to say hello to Professor X.

"Long time no see, Stormgirl."

Li Qingzhu looked at her with a smile.

Cyclops was also excited, but he hid his mood well, and in that sense, he was a good leader.

"Professor, we ran into Yuriko halfway through, and I heard him say that Lee was back, so we came over to have a look."

Cyclops explained his intention to Professor X, and Professor X nodded with a smile, "Yes, it's just that Li came here today just to discuss things with us." ”

"Discuss?"

Laser Eye moved his gaze to Li Qingzhu's body in confusion, although he was wearing glasses, Li Qingzhu could still analyze from his facial expression that he must be very confused now.

"Ah, there's something I need to trouble you."

After that, Li Qingzhu told the two of them about Nick's original intention to let him come over.

After listening to Li Qingzhu's words, Cyclops fell into deep thought, he was thinking about the impact of whether he agreed to this matter or not on the X-Men, he is now the captain of the X-Men after all, and every decision he made affects everyone and even the image of this organization, he must think about it thoroughly.

Li Qingzhu didn't bother him either, he knew how heavy the pressure on Laser Eye was, so he gave Laser Eye enough time to think about it.

After a while, Laser Eye finally analyzed the pros and cons clearly, and then he looked up and said to Li Qingzhu: "I accept, but I have a request." ”

Li Qingzhu hurriedly asked, "What are the requirements, you say." ”

"We won't accept any orders from S.H.I.E.L.D., but if it's your suggestion, we'll consider it seriously, and hopefully S.H.I.E.L.D. will agree, after all, they don't know themselves as we do."

Lasereye's request was not a rude request, after all, there was only one actual leader in the Avengers, Steve, and Nick couldn't care about it, so Li Qingzhu immediately nodded and agreed.