The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 270: Eating enough is no longer a luxury

The three of them soon arrived at a place near the sea. They could see the sky island floating in the air not far away. When they arrived, Scott took out a device that looked like a walkie-talkie.

"This is Scott." Scott turned on the intercom. "Come pick us up, Kurt."

After a few seconds, a childish voice came from the intercom, accompanied by a faint sound of electricity.

"This is Kurt, I'll be right there."

As soon as he finished speaking, a cloud of blue smoke suddenly appeared in front of the three people, and then a young man with blue skin and hair fell to the ground.

"I told you I'll be there soon. Isn't that a lot faster than before?" Nightwalker Kurt said with a smile. Then he saw Yang Le standing beside him. "Who is this?"

"Our new colleague," said the King of Cards, putting his arm around Yang Le's shoulders. "He's also Jesus, the man who keeps us well fed."

"So he's the new gardener!" Kurt's eyes widened in surprise. "Great! It's really hard to be hungry."

"Are you short of food?" Yang Le frowned. It wasn't just Kurt. The King of Cards had mentioned more than once that he didn't have enough food. Yang Le also noticed it. Although Kurt's blue skin hindered his observation, Yang Le could still tell that Kurt was a little malnourished.

"Yes." Scott smiled bitterly. "I'm sorry to disappoint you, but we are indeed living a life of starvation."

"It can't be helped, we're mutants after all," Gambit said self-deprecatingly. "Normal people generally don't want to interact with mutants. Even if someone is willing to buy something for us, they'll drive up the price. It's common for mutants to charge two or three times more than normal people, and sometimes even ten times more."

At this point, the Card King clenched his fists and continued, "Can you imagine? A lollipop cost 10 dollars. I thought I was buying drugs!"

The words of the King of Cards made everyone silent. This kind of differential treatment is unacceptable to every modern person, but mutants are suffering from this treatment every moment.

In the end, it was Yang Le who stepped forward to comfort others.

"It's okay. Now that I'm here, at least you don't have to worry about vegetables anymore."

"That's right, brother." The King of Cards beamed again. "Now that you're here, I can finally give that vegetable vendor a good kick. I've been irritated with him for a long time."

"Me too!" Kurt waved his right hand angrily, his tail swaying back and forth. "Last time, he actually called me a Smurf! If it weren't for the fact that I wanted to make sure everyone had enough to eat, I would have punched him a long time ago."

"Let's not talk about this for now." Scott quickly changed the subject. He was afraid that if things continued like this, everyone, especially the child Kurt, would become more and more hateful towards humans. If this continued, the next Xavier might appear, and then Principal Marx's efforts would be in vain.

"Let's hurry back to the academy. Kurt has classes this afternoon, and Habib needs to familiarize himself with his future work environment. We still have a lot of things to do."

The topic was interrupted, and no one wanted to talk about those disgusting things anymore. Kurt grabbed Scott's hand and said.

"Hold on tight to each other, I'll teleport you all back at once."

Before Kurt could finish his words, the King of Cards grabbed Yang Le's hand, grabbed Scott with his other hand and said, "We're ready." With a snap, everyone disappeared from the spot. Almost in the blink of an eye, Yang Le found himself standing on a cliff covered with weeds. Looking into the distance, he could even see the New York Harbor where they had just been.

"Hu~Hu~" Kurt was panting heavily, leaning on his knees. This time, a total of four people were teleported, including himself, which consumed a large part of his physical strength. It felt like an ordinary person running a few thousand meters.

"Thank you for your hard work, Kurt." Scott patted Kurt's shoulder. "Go back and rest quickly. If you are too tired, I can help you take a leave this afternoon."

Kurt waved his hand and said with a gasp, "No, no, the course, if I fall behind, it will be bad. I'll go back and rest first."

The Card King supported Kurt and said, "I'll go take this tough guy back to the dormitory first. You can take Habby to familiarize yourself with the environment first."

Scott nodded, agreed to Card King's proposal, and then took Yang Le in another direction. They were going to the farmland reclaimed by the college, which was where Yang Le would work in the future.

They stopped and walked along the way because they met many other mutants. Some of them Yang Le knew as members of the X-Men, while some he had never even heard of and were probably just passers-by.

But these people all looked a little disheveled, with tattered clothes and thin faces. It was obvious that they lived a very hard life, but without exception, they all had sincere smiles on their faces.

It seems that compared to material things, what these mutants need most is to live in an environment where they don't respect each other or get discriminated against by others. At least here they can be treated as human beings.

After about twenty minutes, the two finally arrived at a piece of land surrounded by a fence. This was obviously Yang Le's future job.

Without Scott's introduction, Yang Le consciously stepped over the fence and stood on the turned soil. Seeing how soft and moist the soil was, Swamp Fire's intuition told him that the soil had been turned not long ago.

"This is the farmland we built ourselves not long ago," Scott said. "But we're just amateurs, so we have no idea if we're doing it right. We can only follow the instructions online. The seeds have already been planted, but we don't know if they will grow."

"Normally it's impossible." Yang Le squatted down and pinched a handful of soil. It's autumn now, and this is not a game. It's impossible to grow crops in the open air.

"But things are different now that I'm here." After saying that, Yang Le stood up. Originally, Yang Le seemed to be hiding his abilities and just cultivating some crops, but what he saw and heard along the way made Yang Le change his mind.

The pale and skinny children looked at Yang Le with hope after hearing Scott's introduction. They were expecting a long-awaited full meal. Originally, these children should have been lying in their parents' arms enjoying the delicious food, but now even having a full meal has become a luxury.

No normal person would sit idly by, let alone this being a piece of cake for Yang Le. At this point, there was no reason to hide anymore.

He took off his gloves, revealing his yellow hands. As Yang Le raised his hands, the acres of farmland opened up by Scott and his team began to shake, and green plants broke through the soil and matured at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"It's corn." Yang Le smiled and broke off a cob of corn and threw it to the stunned Scott.

"Go tell the kids they can eat as much as they want today."

(End of this chapter)