American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 496 The Evil Curse Witch
Jenny Becker was very cooperative.

Or perhaps the other party wasn't some vicious and evil villain to begin with.

As various instruments scanned the other person's body, Norman arrived with Helen Zhao and Connorson.

"Little class, what's going on?"

Norman wondered, "How can an ordinary person suddenly gain superpowers? What do those companies that spent billions of dollars and came up with nothing think about that?"

"Uncle Norman, is that the company you're talking about that 'spent billions of dollars and didn't even produce a fart' you are?"

Bant laughed as he compared Jenny Becker's genes with those of an average person.

The Osborn Corporation used to have several departments researching superpowers.

Of course, it would be an exaggeration to say that they didn't figure anything out, since the mutated spider, lizard potion, and Green Goblin serum were all Osborn's creations.

It's just that the flaws are very obvious.

"Life is tough, don't expose it."

Norman Osborne rarely jokes.

He and Bant had always had a good relationship; Prymos had also started his career with Osborne's help.

Connorson was not happy: "I feel like you guys are targeting me."

Everyone laughed, and then they got down to business.

Dr. Helen Zhao, who had studied the Cradle of Life technology, was also a genius in the field of biological sciences. Moreover, Bant shared the technology of the Extremis virus, which took her to the next level.

At that moment, Helen Zhao immediately realized that Jenny Becker was not human.

"Unbelievable! Her entire body was carbonized, yet she's still alive? She should have shattered at the slightest touch."

Even the hyperthermia caused by the extremist virus has its limits.

Once the entire body is carbonized, the person injected with the Extremis virus is almost on the verge of exploding.

Connorson was also looking into the situation: "Her bodily functions are completely normal? She can still see? She can still taste?"

Bant replied, "Not only can you see it, you can also cry."

He pulled up the footage and zoomed in on Jenny Becker's facial features: "Look, tears."

"It's clearly eye boogers."

Connorson complained.

But he also knew that there were tears, but the residual high temperature of the other person's body evaporated the tears, leaving only particulate matter.

"Incredible!"

"What's the difference between this and a stone coming to life? Although it's not like I haven't seen living stones before."

Kog the Stone, and even Bant's Flame Man, the Diamond Warrior is essentially a living stone.

"Look at the black stockings, no, look at the genes." Zhao Hailun misspoke.

Bant compared Jenny Becker's genetic helix with that of an average person and indeed found subtle differences.

“The difference is so small that it’s almost negligible,” Connorson said, frowning.

In biology, mice and humans share more than 90% of their genes, not to mention people of the same race.

But after the X gene awakens, Jenny Becker's tiny difference becomes so striking, like a torch in the night.

"It was this part of the gene that caused her mutation."

Bant said, “I call it the X gene. The question now is, where does this gene come from, how many people have this gene latent in their bodies, is it recessive or dominant?” A whole string of questions, but for Bant, the most crucial one was the first.

Why did mutant genes suddenly appear in a world without mutants?
Did the world restart sometime without his knowledge?

'impossible! ’

'Absolutely impossible!'

Do you really think Superman X is a pushover?

If the world restarts, Bant will definitely feel it at the moment of restart, and he will not be affected by the power of restart.

Norman analyzed, "Judging from her symptoms, this gene seems to be lurking inside the body, and it may suddenly erupt once it is stimulated."

His face didn't look good.

"If there are a large number of people with this gene, then it could be dangerous."

Connorson nodded in agreement: "Anger that is difficult to control, coupled with sudden power, can cause irreversible consequences even if you didn't intend to do anything."

Their concerns clearly point to the fundamental reason why mutants face such a difficult situation in other universes.

Most mutants awaken during their adolescence, a time of emotional instability.

At an age when they are most rebellious and their values ​​need to be shaped, they suddenly gained uncontrollable power, causing too many incidents of mutants harming others.

Therefore, it's not that people are prejudiced against mutants, but rather that the awakening of mutants first brought devastating pain to ordinary people.

Just like this time, several people died because of Jenny Becker.

Even if she did it unintentionally, the fact of her death cannot be changed.

"Can we find potential individuals with this gene and manage them in advance?" Norman asked.

"The sample size is too small."

Bant shook his head helplessly: "Besides, the X gene is almost unpredictable before it awakens, making it very difficult to prevent in advance. We can't possibly control all the teenagers in the world, or I'd become like Hydra!"

Moreover, while the emergence of mutants is a problem, Bant is more concerned about why they appeared, and now that mutants have appeared, what about famous mutants like Professor X and Magneto?
What will become of them?
At least it can be confirmed that in his world, there is no guy named Logan who participated in World War II.

Do those famous X-Men and Brotherhood groups no longer exist?

And there's a phoenix!

This terrifying power is unavoidable when discussing mutants.

Bant even suspected that the sudden appearance of mutants was related to the Phoenix Force.

Perhaps due to his spider-like intuition, Bant almost prophesied the truth.

Right now, in Reggidomont.

The white-haired witch cast spells, and powerful celestial magic repelled the White Queen who was fighting against her.

The evil witch, who was just an infant a few years ago, has now returned to her original form. Moreover, due to her location in the Celestial Dimension, her magic has improved rapidly, and she is now able to fight alongside the White Queen and her allies.

While the White Queen and the others were surprised by the changes in the evil witch over the past few years, they could not completely disapprove of them.

"She's grown up so fast, it's like the blink of an eye." Mystery squatted on the floating rock, watching the White Queen train her.

Her brother Colossus nodded: "Of course, she still has the remnants of Phoenix's power in her body. She is the vessel chosen by Phoenix and the hope of us mutants."

As a messiah, what's wrong with growing up a little faster!
Very reasonable!

But in reality, the witch of curses simply used magic to restore her to her original form; after all, she wasn't a real baby.

(End of this chapter)