Tony declined Charles' invitation to dinner and hurried out of Xavier Manor with Pepper.

Airplanes~

With the roar of the engine, the limited-edition sports car disappeared into Xavier Manor.

The roar faded away, and the suddenness on Charles's face could no longer be maintained, and his body suddenly collapsed in the wheelchair, with a painful look on his face.

"Charles~" the gray-haired Raven exclaimed.

The crowd hurriedly carried Charles into the house.

Charles on the bed had his eyes closed, his brows furrowed, the loose skin on his face trembling slightly, his lips opening and closing, and a faint moan echoing at the corners of his mouth.

A young man stood beside Charles's bedside, carefully examined Charles's condition, and then raised his head with a solemn expression.

"Cormier, how is Charles?"

Seeing that Cormier had finished his examination, Raven asked impatiently, her worried face full of anxiety.

"Whew~"

Cormier exhaled and shook his head silently.

"The professor's condition has started to deteriorate, and I don't know how long I can help him."

"Cormier, tell me it's not true, aren't you the best brain doctor? Why can't you help Charles? ”

Raven's tears burst into tears in an instant, and she asked crying.

"Raven, don't do this, Cormier has done his best." Hank put his arm around Raven's shoulders and looked at Cormier apologetically, "Don't you care, she's just so sad." ”

Cormier shook his head: "It's okay, Mr. Hank, I can understand Mr. Raven's feelings, I'm sorry, I'm the doctor can only help him stabilize his condition." ”

"It's not your fault, Cormier, you did your best."

Kurt, who is now middle-aged, patted Cormier on the shoulder and comforted him.

Frowning, Cormier lowered his head, as if thinking about something.

Half-ringing, he raised his head again and said, "But I found a very strange place during the inspection, and I think it may be the reason why the professor has become like this." ”

"What is it?" Raven said urgently.

"Could the professor's illness be a disease?"

"What do you mean?" Everyone was puzzled.

Cormier explained: "After my examination, I found that the professor was not sick at all, he was actually very healthy, but when I tested the genes, I found that the professor's X gene was slowly losing its effect. ”

Looking at everyone's still puzzled expressions, Cormier groaned for a while, and then said: "To put it simply, the professor is losing his ability, and his ability is dissipating, I thought it was because the professor was old and his brain could not load his ability, but there was no such phenomenon in you." ”

"After genetic comparison, I found that the professor's X gene is losing its effect, or is being destroyed by something, which causes the professor to be dashing and often comatose."

"I suspect it's some kind of genetic virus, specifically targeting mutants......"

"Of course, this is just my speculation, and there is too little information to get a definite conclusion."

Raven was the first to stand up and veto: "It's impossible, if it's for mutants, then why are we all fine, only Charles himself is infected with this virus?" ”

Everyone nodded, almost agreeing with Raven's words.

Cormier thought about it, yes, everyone here is a mutant, if it's against mutants, then no one should be able to run away.

But now the situation is that everyone else is fine, only Charles himself has the ability to dissipate.

This doesn't make sense.

Everyone thought what Cormier said was impossible, but Hank's eyes showed thought.

In the middle of the ring, a gleam appeared in Hank's eyes, and he exclaimed, "No, Raven, I think what Cormier said is very likely." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about? Hank, it's simply not possible. Raven vetoed flatly.

Hank shook his head: "No, Raven, I've heard a saying, eliminate all impossibilities, and the remaining one, no matter how incredible it is, is the truth." ”

"Who did you listen to when you said that?" Raven asked.

"The guy you hate." Hank pouted.

Raven's face darkened, and she turned her head with a hint of annoyance.

Hank doesn't care, for so many years, as long as that person is mentioned, Raven is like this.

However, Hank felt that this sentence was very suitable for Charles's current situation, they had exhausted all means, but they could not find a reason for Charles.

Ruling out all impossibilities, the slightest anomaly that Cormier discovered could be the truth.

Suddenly, Hank's gaze fell on a tightly wrapped petite figure at the back of the crowd.

A bolt of lightning flashed through his mind, and Hank instantly grasped the fleeting light.

"I think~ I know why."

******

"What do you say? Is it Anna absorbing Charles' abilities? Raven looked at Hank dumbfounded and asked in disbelief, "Hanke, how could it be that Charles became like this?" Do you know how much you hurt Anna by saying that? ”

In the corner, the figure wrapped in his clothes, revealing a pair of frightened and trembling eyes, made Hank's heart tug.

Although saying this may hurt an innocent person, Hank really can't think of any other possibilities other than this.

"Raven, don't get excited, I'm not saying that Charles is like this because of Anna, but someone used Anna's ability to cause Charles to become like this."

"You'd better be clear, what do you mean by that?"

Raven walked up to Anna and took her into her arms despite Anna's instinctive refusal, staring at Hank with an unkind face.

Hank smiled bitterly, now Raven is like a tigress who guards her cubs, wary of everyone.

"Do you remember how Charles found Anna?"

"Didn't Anna get rescued by the professor like us?" Cormier said suspiciously.

Hank shook his head, "No, it's different. ”

glanced at Anna, who was trembling, and said, "You are all rescued by us from the X weapon base, but Anna is different. ”

"How is it different, Anna was also rescued by Charles from a secret base." Raven glared and said loudly.

"It's different." Hank affirmed, then pointed to the other young men, "They are all ...... we rescued after a lot of hard work to breach the base."

As he spoke, he looked at Anna who was hiding in Raven's arms, and said, "But Anna didn't take much effort to find her, do you think this is normal?" ”

Hank's words made Anna in Raven's arms struggle violently, and then cried out in despair: "No~ not me~ I won't hurt the professor!" ”

"Hank~"

Raven's eyes widened with rage, her chest rising and falling violently like a blower, and her mouth was snorting and panting.

Hank ignored Raven and looked at Anna in despair gently.

"I know it's not you, Anna, I'm sure."

His eyes were stunned in despair, then he fell silent and looked at Hank.

Hank smiled, "I'm sure you won't do it, but that doesn't mean others won't." ”

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Not only Raven, but everyone was smeared by Hank's words.

Hank explains: "The process of finding Anna was so easy at the time that I thought it was a little unusual at the time, but nothing else happened after that, and I thought it was my heart, but now it seems that it was all premeditated." ”

Cormier's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Teacher Hank, are you saying that someone used Anna's genes to develop a genetic virus against mutants, and put it on Anna, as long as we find Anna, once we have contact with her, we will be infected with this virus, then the enemy can wipe us out without much effort?" ”

Hank nodded: "That's right, that's it, it's just that they didn't expect that only Charles had direct contact with Anna, and then Anna wrapped herself up in order not to cause us harm, we didn't have direct contact with her, so naturally we wouldn't be infected with the genetic virus." ”

With that, Hank looked at Anna with gratitude and said sincerely, "Thank you, Anna, for saving us all." ”

Anna's eyes were blank, and she said stupidly: "I~ I didn't do anything." ”

Raven glanced at Hank, and with a hint of pity, she took Anna into her arms again, gently stroked her back, and said softly, "No, Anna, you saved us all." ”

"That's right, you saved us all."

Everyone spoke in unison.

Seeing that Anna was quiet, Hank finally breathed a sigh of relief.

At this time, Cormier wondered: "But why is this virus only infected when she comes into contact with Anna, and she herself is fine?" ”

Hank smiled, "Because this virus was developed based on Anna's genes, it works for other mutants, but not for her." ”

Everyone nodded, and everything made sense.

But then another question arises.

Even if the cause is found, what should be done about Professor Charles's condition?

Hank smiled slightly, "You forgot the playboy? ”

Everyone suddenly realized.

Anna has not run outside less over the years, and there are many ordinary people who have come into direct contact with her, and she has never heard of anyone like Charles.

The genetic virus targets mutants and is useless against ordinary people.

Tony Stark is just a human being.

This would also explain why Professor Charles turned to Tony Stark for help.

They had wondered before that rescuing mutants had always been their own doing, and why Charles would choose to ask an ordinary person for help.

It seems that Charles sensed something, but he just kept it in his heart and didn't tell them.

At this time, Tony Stark was busy making his first steel suit, but he was unaware that he was being used by an old man who could read minds.

******

As night fell, Charles, who had been in a coma all day, finally woke up.

Charles woke up and said only one word.

"What Hank said is true."

Everyone was stunned.

It turned out that Charles could hear them all the time.