"No problem."

Rojo didn't say no, he just wanted to go out for a walk, the base was too dull, "I thought you and Lorna went to the professor's class." ”

"I was going to go, but just now John found out that our warehouse is empty again, and if we don't go out to buy something, everyone will have nothing to eat at noon."

Sonia shrugged.

"How many weeks does the base usually replenish supplies?"

Rojo asked.

"Once a week, it used to be Eugene's deputy in charge, and after John and I came, the task was handed over to us, just make sure that there is enough food, medicine, and daily necessities in the warehouse every week."

Sonia quietly added, "You should be able to feel that the people in the base are actually reluctant to go out, they prefer to stay in the shelter, because most of the people were rescued by Eugene from the research institute, and they are full of fear of the outside, so I and John have been in charge of procurement." ”

"Sonia, don't talk about this here."

John next to her put his arm around her and motioned for her to say no more.

Sonia pursed her lips and said, "I'm just saying it, I don't mean anything else, but they can't stay in the base all the time. ”

"I understand that few of the shelters I used to be in were willing to go out, but when the task force tried to surround the shelters, they all ran away."

Rojo understands this mood, the outside is like a jungle, there are wild beasts hiding everywhere, and they may be hunted at any time, especially there are many mutants in the shelter, their mutant characteristics are obvious, some palms are larger than ordinary people, like bear paws, and some have scales on their bodies, for them, hiding in the shelter is the safest, and they can even abandon their freedom.

"Rojo, you went out last night?"

John asked.

"I went out for a while, but I walked around the neighborhood and came back."

Rojo nodded.

"Sonia didn't make it clear to you yesterday, unless she has a mission, she needs to apply to Eugene, and he agreed before he can go out."

John added, "But it was not your fault last night, it was the janitor's dereliction of duty, he should have been in charge of registering at the door last night, and as a result this guy drank too much and fell asleep, and this position was previously the responsibility of Marcus, but now he is on a mission, and he is handed over to an incompetent fellow." ”

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect this rule."

Rojo was a little surprised, the management of the shelter seemed to be stricter than he thought.

"You don't have to apologize, that's my fault, I didn't make it clear, you need to register to enter and exit, and you have to apply with Eugene."

Sonia said apologetically.

Out of the base, John drives a pickup truck and leaves Hell's Kitchen, and their destination is Brooklyn, a little far from Manhattan, but there is a cheap hypermarket there.

In fact, the funds of the base are not abundant for more than 50 people, so we must control the budget in terms of procurement, and we must not waste money on unimportant places.

"What do you usually rely on?"

On the way, Rojo was curious.

"I don't know, the funding problem has always been solved by Eugene, he is the leader, no one will ask about this kind of thing, and he has been trying to make the base better, and people want to believe him."

Sonia in the back seat said.

After hearing this, Rojo was not surprised that it was a lie, it was not easy for one person to solve the financial problem of the entire base, he had joined three shelters, and he knew very well that it was difficult for mutants to have a stable source of income, which also led to a frequent lack of supplies in the shelter, not to mention that there were more than fifty people in Eugene's shelter base, and it was difficult to solve the cost of food alone.

He couldn't help but ask: "It's not an easy thing to solve the rations of more than fifty people, what did Eugene do before?" ”

Sonia frowned slightly, recalled, and said, "This. I heard from the people in the base that he had joined the army before, and participated in those wars in the zero years, and then as he grew up, his body began to show some changes, until the army physical examination, he found the X gene in his body, which also made him forced to retire from the army, but that was more than twenty years ago, when Eugene awakened the mutant ability, Xavier Genius Academy and the X-Men were still there, and the mutants were not as depressed as they are now, and he also accumulated a lot of wealth during that time. ”

"It's only been a year since Eugene established the shelter, and he has been accumulating savings before, but I don't know much about the specific situation, and when I came, there were already a lot of people in the shelter, but everyone has always trusted Eugene."

John, who was driving, also spoke.

More than 20 years ago, mutants were indeed not like now, at that time, mutants had the same rights as ordinary people, even if they were discriminated against, it would not affect the human rights of mutants, at that time there were indeed many mutants who accumulated wealth, and the professor was one of them, but unfortunately, now the professor's account has long been frozen and confiscated.

"You'll have plenty of time to get to know Eugene's charm in the future."

"We're here."

John parked his car in the parking lot behind the supermarket, today is a working day, there are still a lot of vehicles parked in the parking lot, no matter what time of year this kind of supermarket is never short of customers.

The goods that need to be purchased are all written in the list, and in order to speed up the efficiency, three people are responsible for three different lists, one of which is not in the supermarket, but in the hospital opposite the supermarket.

Rojo was in charge of procuring the drugs on this list, and it appeared that many people in the base were suffering from mutant abilities, including the tranquilizers and some pills that the professor needed.

It's just that tranquilizers and several medicines are not readily available, and some are controlled, but John reassures him to go and find a bearded man at the pharmacy and say Eugene's name to buy all the medicines on the list.

In the garden behind the hospital, Rojo wandered along the cobblestone path, just as John had said, the bearded man in the pharmacy, after hearing Eugene's name, told him to wait outside for ten minutes, and the medicine would be ready quickly.

It was also while hanging out that he saw a blond man with blue eyes, sitting on a chair, wearing a mask, and holding a mobile phone in a daze.

This person, Rojo knew, he walked over, "Man, it seems that you can't stand the smell of disinfectant water either, sitting in this pharmacy for medicine?" ”

"You're talking to me?"

The man pointed to himself and said, "No, I'm just here to hang out." ”

"No one is going to be bored to hang out in a hospital, and if you have something unspeakable, don't worry, the quacks will be the best at curing it, provided you have enough money."

Rojo said.

"You're really mistaken, I'm not sick."

When the man said this, his confidence was a little insufficient, so he didn't continue.

Besides, why did he talk so much to a young man.

Rojo read the man's thoughts and said, "Don't be discouraged, Steve. Rogers enlisted in the military at this hospital, and then he became Captain America, and I mean this hospital is not bad. ”

Steve was stunned, smiled and said, "He's lucky, and I'm fine." ”

"You didn't really come to the hospital to catch up?"

Rojo sat down next to him.

"I think so."

Steve came here just to see the familiar buildings, especially after a nightmare war, he still couldn't imagine that he had fought with aliens and successfully defended New York, even after a few months, it still felt unreal to him.

It's like when he opens his eyes, more than seventy years have passed since the world is opened, everything outside has changed, and familiar people have passed away.

"Wait. You're Steve. Rogers! ”

Rojo seemed to have noticed something, and said in surprise, "I'm sorry, you're wearing a mask, I didn't recognize it just now." ”

"Shhhh

Steve motioned for him to be quieter, and looked around again, but the passers-by didn't look at him before he breathed a sigh of relief.

"I take back those rude words just now, but I'm still a little curious, what are you doing here?"

Rojo said.

"The Avengers don't save the world every day, and I sometimes visit Brooklyn, which is my hometown, and they always remind me of the past."

Steve said bitterly.

"That's bad, the current Brooklyn borough reminds you of the old Brooklyn."

Rojo said.

"It's the same, but it's different, there were things I could do before, but now I can't, times are advancing, hand-cranked phones have become smartphones, but they don't have much use for me, I don't need movies and games in my life, I prefer to spend time on training, you may not understand because we are two people from different eras."

Steve said, pausing suddenly.

He narrowed his eyes, waiting for why he was talking to a strange young man, although the young man in front of him gave him an inexplicable sense of intimacy, they had only met for the first time.

Steve realized that he had gone too far, and before getting up to leave, he said, "Sorry, don't take these inexplicable words to you, don't take them to heart." ”

Rojo's fingers tapped on the bench and looked at Steve's back as he left, "Telepathy is still a little bit off, but it seems that the American team is a little lost after the end of the New York War."

Perhaps, I can find him a new target and give this soldier who has slept from World War II to modern times a little motivation.

Steve is a righteous and kind person, there is no room for evil in his dictionary, he values human rights and freedom, hates war, although he knows that without war, without evil, he may not be useful, but he still hopes that the world can have a peaceful order, just like his sapphire eyes, he wants everyone to look up at the blue sky with peace of mind.

The purchase ended quickly and smoothly, and when he returned to the shelter, he didn't have to worry about unloading and storing the goods in the warehouse, there would be a special warehouse manager to be responsible for unloading, and everything had to be registered, and there could be no negligence, it seemed that Eugene was indeed very strict in terms of management, and he seemed to want to make the underground base an orderly society

Even lunch is rationed, everyone needs to register for meals, and record what they eat, and the medicine also needs to be taken under supervision, and there will be people watching for a period of time after taking the medicine to ensure that there will be no side effects, there are a bit of rules, but everyone is very cooperative, since entering the base, there have been no conflicts and quarrels.

Outside the tent, Rojo and Logan. Howlett and the professor sat in their chairs, eating sandwiches on their plates and asked, "How are you feeling?" ”

Rojo hasn't had much time to talk to Uncle Wolf about them from yesterday to now, mainly Eugene. Phil has been chatting with Logan and the Professor, and taking them to meet the members of each mutant base.

"I've never felt that good."

Caliban was happy with the shelter now, and for him, getting rid of the sound of trains while sleeping, and the loneliness of being alone in the factory every day, made him finally feel a little alive, at least like a human being.

And here, he is not the only freak, he no longer has to feel inferior to this layer of white skin on his body.

"Not bad, Eugene. Phil is very nice. ”

Logan. Howlett looked around to make sure there was no one, and then whispered, "But he was a little too enthusiastic, and this morning's welcome would have embarrassed me a little, and he asked me to go and say hello to everyone." ”

[PS: I'm really sorry.,There's only one chapter today.,Please take half a day off.,I'll make up another chapter tomorrow morning!] It just so happens that I'll sort out the plot again, and in addition, you can treat the worldview of this book as an independent Marvel universe, after all, there is a conflict between the movie version and what is written now. 】

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