Warhammer: Don't Call Me the God of All Machines

Chapter 672: Raising the banner and pulling the tiger skin (three in one)

Luo Xi suddenly burst into laughter. He could feel that Charles really wanted to give up his position from the bottom of his heart.

Charles believes that Luo Xi can do better than himself and can lead the college to a brighter future.

The position of the president of X College is for those with the most virtue, it’s that simple.

Luo Xi didn't realize that he had used too much force, and it seemed that Charles had made him lose confidence in himself.

He had no idea about the principal or anything like that.

You know, if there was someone who could replace him, Roche would not even want to be the Speaker of the Advanced Technology Community. That is a holy place worshipped by countless believers of the God of All Machines in the Milky Way.

"Charles, I have no intention of becoming the school's principal. My identity is somewhat special, and it is destined that we cannot get along for a long time."

"I came here to continue human civilization and fight to redeem the human race. I am very optimistic about you. If you perform well enough, perhaps you and I can become comrades-in-arms."

Hearing Luo Xi's refusal, Charles suddenly looked a little disappointed.

To be honest, when Roche was planning the future for mutants in front of him, Charles really saw a shining bright road before his eyes.

And Luo Xi is the guide, leading the mutant community, including himself, to a path leading to a better future.

Mutants can live with dignity, no longer be bullied, and can openly display their talents.

He also wanted mutants like Raven, who looked different from ordinary humans, to be able to appear in the spotlight in their true form.

But when Charles heard Roche say that he was not interested in this anymore, he suddenly became depressed.

He racked his brains to think of a way to keep Luo Xi.

"Mr. Luo Xi, please don't misunderstand. We don't mean to tie you up. We just want to get your advice and guidance. If you really don't want to stay here, how about becoming the honorary principal of our school?"

“You don’t have to worry about any trouble or impact.”

Charles racked his brains to come up with a compromise, and after thinking for a second, Luo Xi nodded in agreement.

Anyway, matters of reputation don’t matter much, and Luo Xi can’t spend too much time dealing with school students.

"There are only a dozen people in our school including faculty and staff. How can we have an honorary principal?" Luo Xi was a little amused.

Charles didn't mind at all, he believed that X Academy would become prosperous one day.

"Then what do you think we should do next to better eliminate the ambitious people behind Xiao and consolidate and improve the social status of mutants?"

"We are already in the same boat. If you help the mutants, the mutants will also help your cause."

Although Charles didn't know what the so-called career that Luo Xi was pursuing was, it did not prevent him from making a promise first.

After this period of contact, he has come to understand that what can be called a "career" by people like Luo Xi must be another level that they cannot reach.

Perhaps in his eyes, his efforts and the struggles of the mutants are nothing more than minor fights.

Luo Xi pondered for a moment, thought about the next course of action, and then said.

"Of course we should expand our power and personnel. Your Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters is too small. Whether it's teachers or students, you should vigorously increase enrollment."

"There is strength in numbers. Don't you understand this simple truth?"

Charles immediately took note of it. He only had some preliminary ideas but no systematic plan, and now Luo Xi was undoubtedly helping him plan for the future.

"We should take the initiative now and find some capable mutants to join our camp."

"Now many mutants are facing the same dilemma. They are not accepted by society, so they can only hide their identities and conceal their tracks."

“And what they need now is a leader, an organization that is willing to accept them.

Although you were promoting X Academy as a cradle of gifted teenagers, for those older mutants, it seemed like playing house and was unreliable. "

Luo Xi complained about almost everything about the school that Charles had worked so hard to build, but he did not get angry, but listened to the opinions carefully.

"What we need to do is to gain official endorsement and support and demonstrate our influence. Otherwise, why should they trust you and rely on you?"

“X Academy should be a harbor with authority and influence, not a shelter for the weak to huddle together for warmth.”

At this point, Charles immediately pulled in Raven who was immersed in a TV show or film, making her furious. She stared at her brother for interrupting her good thing.

"Raven!" Charles said sternly in a brotherly tone.

Mystique also shook her head subconsciously and shrank her body. Although Charles was easy to talk to, he was her brother after all, so she could only listen to Charles' scolding obediently.

However, she also saw the special position that Luo Xi held in Charles' heart, so she immediately hid behind Luo Xi. Charles stared at her, but could do nothing.

"Okay, okay, I'll just listen to you. Why are you so loud?"

Riven canceled her transformed form, changing from a mature lady with wavy blonde hair back to her true form with blue skin and scales.

Roche's relationship with the brother and sister has become so close that she can see each other's mutant abilities, and Raven also likes to show her true appearance in front of Roche.

Charles always forbade her to show her ability to perfectly copy the characteristics of an object in front of other people, because he was worried that she would cause panic and fear among those important people.

Imagine that a powerful person discovers that there is a mutant who can completely imitate his appearance and behavior, and even fingerprint detection and iris verification cannot distinguish the real from the fake.

What a terrifying thing that would be. The most precious thing for big shots is the power in their hands.

Power is fine wine, the best tonic, which makes these people hold on to it tightly and dare not let go.

But Riven's existence tells them that their power is not infallible.

As long as this mutant lurks and kills them, and then can transform into their appearance and start enjoying power in their position, this is undoubtedly a provocation that touches their bottom line.

In order to eliminate even the smallest threat, they do not hesitate to use all their energy to directly attack the mutant community.

However, Luo Xi was different from Charles. He looked at Riven with complete admiration.

Riven is actually the age of a teenage girl, but her randomly deformed appearance makes her look too mature.

The more Charles forbad her to do something, the more she wanted to do it. She was deeply fascinated by this feeling of knowingly breaking a rule.

This is also the rebellious nature that teenagers of this age are born with.

Rosie's praise and affirmation greatly restored Raven's self-esteem. There was one more person she could show her true self to, and it was not Charles, the old antique with conservative ideas.

Luo Xi did admire Riven, but not because of her appearance.

Luo Xi has seen all kinds of beauties. If he wants, he can even build a harem without restraint even in the Warhammer universe.

But he had long lost interest in such things, and his desire to conquer women was something he had given up long ago.

Apart from creating a stone-like female secretary, Angie, who is pleasing to the eye, Luo Xi has no interest in women at all.

All his time and energy were invested in exploration and progress. He desperately wanted everything that could strengthen human power to fight the subspace more effectively.

He saw a huge, almost unlimited potential in Mystique's genes.

This is why he keeps paying attention to the other party.

As far as he knew, the future human scientist Bolivar Teslak discovered the secrets hidden in DNA by studying and analyzing Mystique's blood.

He created a special robot called the Sentinel, which was able to utilize Mystique's transformation talent and autonomously switch to a mutant ability that would restrain the opponent during battle.

It is this abnormal targeting ability and huge number that makes all mutants and carriers of the X gene identified by the Sentinel robots and subjected to genocide in the future.

“Bolivar Teslask was a rare talent, but he went the wrong way.

He is deeply obsessed with mutants and studies them, but believes that mutants will be a threat to humans, and tries to shape mutants into the common enemy of mankind in order to achieve the goal of uniting mankind. "

In Roche's plan, this intelligent scientist and his sentinel robot should be better utilized.

What's the point of messing around on this tiny planet, Earth? Isn't it easy to unite the human race?
Mankind’s journey is to the sea of ​​stars.

There are too many monsters and aliens in the galaxy waiting to be destroyed, and humans are facing too many threats. Why should we build an invisible wall between humans and mutants?

Luo Xi touched Riven's hair with a special texture and brushed it across her neck without leaving a trace, as if he was stroking a rare treasure.

Raven shuddered all over, and her extremely fine hairs stood up slightly. She felt both stimulated and a strange sense of novelty at the same time.

"In fact, there is one thing we need to pay attention to, that is, the authorities are not completely ignorant of the Hellfire Club controlled by Sebastian Shaw. They have already captured some clues." Luo Xi said.

These are not just the plots in his mind, but also the results he obtained after invading the system within this country.

In front of Luo Xi, the carefully set up security line was completely useless, and all the information stored in the server and network system was one-way transparent to him.

If they stored all the information in paper form in the safe, it might cause some trouble for Luo Xi.

But in this era, the Internet was just beginning to become popular, and even organizations like the FBI were no exception and jumped on the trend.

A female agent from the Bureau of Investigation was on a mission in Las Vegas, Nevada when she accidentally came across a NATO colonel's contact with the Hellfire Club and witnessed the terrifying power of those mutants.

Luo Xi knew the internal orders and intelligence of the Bureau even earlier than the agents who received the assignment.

"If nothing unexpected happens, the people from the Investigation Bureau have already started looking for you. After all, you are a famous expert in the field of genetics."

Charles was stunned by Luo Xi's words. He seemed to always be able to foresee the situation and be in control of it.

While the two were talking, the doorbell of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters rang again.

Luo Xi winked at Charles and motioned him to meet the newcomer.

Soon, a woman with a capable figure, pretty face and wearing a long gown entered the castle from the avenue of the manor.

She seemed to be in a hurry, and although there was curiosity in her eyes about this school that was undergoing massive construction and renovation, she still conscientiously put her task first.

She seemed to be particularly familiar with the structure of the school, and went straight to the office where Charles often stayed and knocked on the door to visit.

At Luo Xi's reminder, Charles, who had just come out of the confidential safe space in the underground safe house of the castle, ran into the woman head-on.

"Hello, Professor." The woman extended her right hand and introduced herself. "Moria McTaggert."

"Charles Xavier."

Charles' eyes revealed complicated emotions. He didn't expect that someone would really come as Luo Xi said.

Moreover, Luo Xi had already mentioned the other party's background, they were CIA agents, so he had naturally heard of their names.

"Please take a seat."

Charles was not in a hurry because he already knew the other party's intention.

He personally brewed a cup of English tea for Moria, then crossed his legs, resting his hands on his knees, as if eager to learn more. Moria was a bit surprised. Based on their intelligence and character portrait of Professor Charles, he seemed like a complete playboy, and he would most likely flirt with her.

Before they come into contact with or communicate with their target, they usually try to get a profile of the other party's personality in order to gain the upper hand in the negotiation.

"Professor, as far as I know, you are supposed to give a lecture at Oxford University in London today."

Moria picked up the half-warm black tea, took a sip carefully, and said tentatively.

"Yes, that's what the original plan said." Charles did not deny it, but that was without meeting Luo Xi.

Now that he knows that Sebastian and the forces behind him are planning to start a nuclear war, he naturally has no time to deal with these unimportant matters.

Charles looked at Moria with a playful look, waiting for her to lose her patience first.

The words that Luo Xi taught them were still echoing in their ears. When dealing with these official people, one must not be too gentle and easy to get along with, otherwise they would feel that they were easy to control and manipulate.

"To show my own value..." Charles thought to himself.

Seeing that Professor Charles was gentle and calm, Moria began to get anxious.

The reason they came to this professor was because they needed his knowledge in the field of genetics.

Moria recalled the scene she saw in the Atomic Club: Shaw was surrounded by many mutants with extraordinary abilities, and the power and influence they possessed were even beyond their expectations.

Facing these enemies, Moria felt extremely difficult, so she visited professionals in this field.

After all, they were asking for help, so before the negotiations began, they of course had to build a relationship with Charles and get to know him better.

But Charles's difficulty made Moria give up her original idea.

Time is running out and there is not much time to waste.

"Okay, professor, let's be frank and stop testing each other." Moria put down the tea in her hand, "I'm a CIA agent, and I need your help."

"I've read your paper. Has the human gene mutation phenomenon mentioned in your paper already spread in our world?"

Moria directly revealed her identity. When most people heard that the CIA came to their door, they would subconsciously think that they had done something wrong to provoke these people.

Few people dare to guarantee that they are absolutely clean, and once they have something to hide, they will naturally be at a disadvantage in the negotiation.

This beautiful young female agent was indeed skilled in extortion, but the person she met was Charles, who had been taught by Roche himself.

At least he has made great progress compared to the clear-minded professor he used to be.

Charles crossed his legs leisurely, slowly savoring the fragrance of black tea.

"Hmm? Then what? What can I do for you?"

"We need your help, Professor." Moria repeated, gritting her teeth.

Charles placed the tea on the table and pushed it aside.

"I know you are here to ask me for help. It's not hard to guess. Otherwise, how could the famous CIA find a young professor like me who has no power and influence?"

"But I think you all understand the most basic principle. If you ask for help, you have to give something, right? I'm not one of your employees. You just call me and I'll come running over."

Charles' mild sarcasm immediately choked Moria.

This, this is completely different from the information given by my superiors!

The information Moria read about Charles clearly stated that he was an intellectual with a soft character and was somewhat cowardly.

She also carefully put on makeup and dressed up based on the appearance of Charles' former date.

According to the original plan, she was supposed to easily control the opponent.

And now, she had a mouthful of sand here and still didn't get any benefit.

"In fact, I really want to help, but I have something else to do here, so I really can't help you." Charles added.

Moria thought about what she had just seen when she came in from the door. The school buildings were still under construction, and there were only a few dozen students and teachers. He must be kidding, there were other things to do.

I'm afraid I'll just sit there with a newspaper and a cup of tea until two o'clock in the afternoon and then go home to rest.

Seeing Charles's willingness to provide all kinds of help except practical help, Moria understood that it would be difficult to win him over if she didn't give him some benefits.

"What do you want?" Moria asked.

A smile of accomplishment finally appeared on Charles' face.

He crossed his fingers and put his handsome face in front of the other person.

"You can't give me what I want. I don't want to negotiate with your superiors Stryker and Director McCone. They are full of arrogance and prejudice towards mutants."

Charles mentioned several names, suggesting that Moria knew much more than she thought.

"I want to negotiate with Oliver. I know that his department's mission is to investigate the application of supernatural powers in the field of military defense. However, it seems that he has been sitting on the bench for so many years. He will agree to my terms."

Moria's pupils contracted unnaturally, and she suddenly felt that she had made a huge omission in intelligence.

These are all internal information of the CIA. How did the professor who teaches at this university know them?
Charles looked proudly at the female agent in front of him, who seemed frightened by the information he revealed.

"It turns out that it feels so good to be in control of the situation. Luo Xi is right. This is how we should deal with these government officials."

If I were foolish enough to agree to it right away, I would probably be led by the nose by these people. They clearly came to me for help, but now they want me to prove that my ability is worthy of their requirements.

Charles seemed to suddenly come to his senses and easily controlled the beautiful female agent in his hands.

"I will report your request to my superiors. I do not have the authority to agree to your request." Moria was straightforward. Charles had said this, and there was nothing else for her to try.

The female agent turned and left, apparently going back to the CIA to report to her superiors.

Luo Xi walked out from another room, looked at Charles' smug look, and immediately joked.

"How is it? The method I taught you is useful, isn't it? I know how to deal with these bureaucrats very well."

"We need to lure them and disrupt their rhythm so that we can protect our own interests."

Strictly speaking, Roche learned all these skills from Guilliman when he was in Macragge.

Roboute Guilliman is the Primarch who is most proficient in domestic and foreign affairs among the Emperor's children. He alone can maintain the normal and orderly operation of the entire Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar.

These five hundred worlds are only the core worlds of important value. If other human worlds and forge worlds are included, the number of worlds controlled by Guilliman is simply incalculable.

It was a vast territory occupying half of the Extreme Star Field, and only he had the ability to govern it in an orderly manner.

Even if Luo Xi only learned one percent of what he did, he would be able to deal with these Earth-era bureaucrats with ease.

"I told you before that if your X Academy wants to attract more mutants to join, the first thing you need to do is to give yourself an official identity.

Although this layer of skin may seem useless at ordinary times, it can be used to inspire trust in people in many cases.”

"What you lack is the ability to convince others. You need to tell the mutants that your academy background is strong and can protect them from social discrimination and oppression."

"And the person I'm talking about can help us pull up this tiger skin."

Charles didn't know how Roche knew so much about the CIA, but he was too lazy to care about the details.

Since he said that the CIA officer named Oliver was capable and willing to cooperate with them, then this condition would be considered to have been met.

……

Moria was very efficient and she came to visit again the next day.

"Professor Charles, I have conveyed your message. Minister Oliver has agreed to talk to you in person."

This heroic female agent no longer had the strong attitude she had at the beginning. After she went back, she also figured out what was going on. It was obvious that Charles had anticipated her coming, so he dealt with her in a leisurely manner.

She fell into the trap from the beginning.

"Minister Oliver was indeed sitting on the bench in the bureau before, but recently his superiors established a new mutation department and made him the director of that department."

Even Moria did not expect Oliver's rise. You know, before the meal, he not only had to sit on the bench, but was also a joke among his colleagues in the bureau.

It is well known that there are no supernatural powers in this world, but this common sense has now been broken.

More and more mutants appeared in the streets and alleys of the city. Some of them even suddenly awakened their mutant abilities in public and became mutants.

"Well, let's go and have a good talk with Minister Oliver." Charles gladly accepted the other party's invitation.

"They will go with me too." Charles said, pointing at Luo Xi and Riven standing beside him.

"We are all mutants."

Riven walked in front of Moria, and then countless fine scales on her body began to wriggle. In just a blink of an eye, she turned into a being exactly the same as the female agent.

"Hi, Moria." said Mystique Raven.

"Don't eat the sour radish!" Moria was frightened. She instinctively took two steps back and put her hand on the pistol at her waist. She let go of the pistol only after she came to her senses.

The next second, Riven turned back into her original wavy blonde look and winked playfully at the female agent who looked like she had seen a ghost.

Riven was very happy after scaring the other party, especially when she saw Moria's expression, which made her feel as sweet as if she had eaten honey.

"Okay, okay, I'm the only one who knows nothing." The female agent muttered to herself.

"Without further delay, let's go meet with Director Oliver and talk about cooperation."

Moria was just planning to take everyone in her car and then fly to the headquarters in Langley, Virginia.

"Don't bother, miss."

Luo Xi slowly stood up, and Charles and Raven subconsciously stood behind him.

"We have a quicker way."

Luo Xi snapped his fingers, and a shining golden beam enveloped the room.

The next second, when they opened their eyes again, they were shocked to find that they had arrived at the office building where Director Oliver was.

"Oh my God..." Moria was confused. What kind of power was this?
But then she became excited again. With the help of this group of mutants, they were more confident in dealing with Sebastian Shaw.

　This part of the story is a bit dry, so I will speed up the transition. I will update twice a day in the next two days.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)