Chapter 21: I will lead the charge
A day later, Charles appeared in front of the U.S. Capitol in a white suit and sunglasses.
Behind him is the green-haired "North Star" Lorna and her boyfriend "Eclipse" Marcos, who accompanied Charles to visit the President of the United States as the first people to come into contact with Charles, and they looked at the landmark in front of them with mixed emotions, feeling helpless that they were no longer legally recognized as legal citizens.
"Is this where the President of the United States lives? Yes, the White House is pretty white. Charles said with an admiring face, instantly knocking down the two who were still sad.
"It's not the same place as your earth, the place where the president lives is called the White House, this is the Capitol, it's where the president works. Marcos explained to Charles helplessly, in his concept, Charles misunderstood the president's place of residence and office because Charles was from another planet, and he would not think that Charles was really mistaken.
"Yes, huh...... Well, I see, your president is in there right now, right. Charles's face turned red instantly, he felt helpless that he didn't care about American politics at all, and he hadn't studied American history seriously, how could he know that the Capitol and the White House were not the same place, and the dome in front of him was the White House he remembered, but he had seen a movie called "The White House Fall", wasn't this place destroyed?
"Yes, I've checked, there's a meeting of Congress today that the president has to attend, but we don't have an appointment, is it really okay to just go in like this?" Lorna asked Charles as she chewed gum, but she was excited and looking forward to what Charles was about to do.
"Is there anything to make an appointment, okay, even if we can find the president's phone, one criminal, two criminals," Charles casually pointed to the identity of the two criminals, and then pointed to himself, "Plus me, the criminal, the three criminals want to see the president, I'm afraid we will be stripped of our bones before we meet the president, forget it, it's better for us to rush in and see him now, it's much faster than other methods, isn't it?"
Lorna laughed when she heard Charles's words, and was very satisfied with Charles's rude way of meeting the president.
"Charles, do you want to think about it again, this is the most heavily guarded place in the country, we still have time to leave now, if we are caught, our crime will not be light, and the whole country is wanted. Marcos was not as confident as Lorna, he felt that Charles's plan was to find death, there were many people who would have protected the president, and the place they were going to enter was the Capitol, so Marcos didn't think that they would come out safe and sound.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine, even if something really happens, I'll just take you back to my earth, and I won't leave you homeless. Charles said indifferently, and then, like a tourist, he took Lorna and Marcos and walked towards the Capitol.
"Stop, the Capitol is closed right now, if you want to travel, please come back at another time. Before Charles could take a few steps inside, several guards came over and stopped them from continuing inside.
Charles's clothes succeeded in misleading the guards, making them think that Charles was just a few tourists who didn't understand the rules, although he still maintained his vigilance, but his expression was not serious.
"Oh, I'm sorry, but we're not here for a tour, we're here to meet your president, I wonder if you can tell that president and ask him to take some time to meet me, it's better to hurry, after all, everyone is busy." Charles whistled and said kindly to a few of the guards who were going to let him go.
"I'm sorry, but it's not within my purview, and if you really want to see the president, you can only go through the regular route. A leader who appeared to be a guard spoke, and all the guards had guns in their hands, and if there was the slightest mistake with Charles, they would immediately draw their guns and shoot.
"That's not going to work, didn't I say that? I'm too busy to have time to be reviewed by you. On top of that, I can't seem to pass the censorship, so I'll have to come and see him directly, Lorna, let's do it. Charles said casually, and then motioned for Lorna to disarm them all.
Lorna smiled and began to activate her superpowers, and most of the guards' guns were made flying by Lorna, but there were still a few guards whose guns were not disturbed, and Charles looked at the transparent pistol, which was obviously the kind of anti-magnetic weapon developed for those with magnetic abilities.
"Fire. "The guards over there will not forget how to target the magnetic ability, if the opposite side is Magneto, then you must shoot now, otherwise what awaits them is death, the gunshot rang out, and the transparent bullet instantly shot at Charles and the others, and then Charles stopped with his telekinesis.
"Lorna, I think your abilities are really useless, if it weren't for me, you would be dead. Looking at the transparent bullets in front of him, Charles glanced back at Lorna and said with a smile.
"Hmph, if it weren't for you, how could I have come here to find death, I'm not stupid, am I?" Lorna said, glancing at Charles.
"Yes, alright, your weapons are gone, can you let me go now?" Charles asked, scratching his cheek as he looked at the guards who had been lifted into the air by his telekinesis.
When the guards heard Charles's words, they didn't say a word, they just fought with Charles with their eyes, and they didn't react at all to Charles's teasing of them.
"Well, they don't have an opinion, so, let's go inside. Seeing the other party's reaction, Charles sneered and led the two towards the Capitol.
When Charles walked to the lawn in the middle of the Congress, suddenly a large wave of RPG missiles began to fly towards the three Charles, and even said that it was very strategic, one-third attacked directly towards the three Charles, and the other was to prevent being controlled by Charles with superpowers, intending to explode far away from Charles, trying to hinder the steps of the three Charles.
"Are you coming, I'm coming?" asked Lorna, looking at the RPG warhead that was all metal.
"Of course you're here, I can't control so many warheads, my ability is pretty useless. "Lorna very consciously gave the task to Charles, her magnetic power is only a low-level version of Magneto, in the face of this situation, she may not be able to control perfectly.
Charles held a hand, and those RPG warheads froze in the air, unable to move anymore, and then in everyone's eyes, these warheads were neatly placed in the open space by Charles like fireworks about to be launched, which looked pleasing to the eye.
"You say, I'm shouting that I want to see the president now, will they let me see the president directly?" Charles, after placing the last warhead, asked the two people around him for their opinions, whether they would move on, or wait for the president to give up resistance and come out to meet him directly.
"I think if we continue to talk here, I'm afraid he's going to be transferred, and we'll have to talk to people who don't care much about the planetary crisis. Lorna said in a soft tone, not surprised that the president had abdicated his responsibilities and fled.
"Alas~, I would like to see this happen, but if the president of a country escapes in his own Capitol, then the government has completely lost the trust of the people, even if we are strong, the president still needs to bear this responsibility, so, your idea is impossible, so, let's take our time. ”
Charles denied Lorna's conjecture, if the president of the United States escaped from Charles and the three in his home base, even if Charles was a powerful mutant who was perverted, he would still lose all the support of the people.
Because since the government dares to classify mutants as criminals, then there must be means to deal with mutants, and if there are no means for mutants and forcibly classify mutants as criminals, then no matter how patriotic people are, in the face of such arrogant government institutions, they will not continue to support it, and this kind of foolish government will only bring the country to the brink of extinction.