The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics.

Chapter 632 Omega Boy

"Ok?"

Mark came back to his senses and found that he was holding the book "Judas Window" which he had treasured for a long time. The book was turned to page 8, and the content inside was the part where Answell found himself trapped in a secret room with his father-in-law who had become a dead man.

So little time has passed?

Mark looked down at the watch on his wrist. He thought a long time had passed, but when he looked at the time, he found that only less than ten minutes had passed.

He heard the sound of shoes rubbing against the ground, and when he turned around, he saw Quentin walking towards him. He had to say that this kid's pink hair and his nonchalant movements really made him look like a street thug.

"What's wrong Quentin?" Mark asked, his hand unconsciously closing the book.

Quentin's eyes moved slightly when he saw Martin's action, but he remained calm and spoke.

"Nothing, it's just that the guys have agreed to move to another place as their base camp, so I came here to tell you to pack your things."

"Change location? I see." Mark nodded. "What about these guys? What should we do with them?"

"Never mind, stay here and fend for yourself." Quentin scratched his head. "The Vipers already know the location of our base camp. They don't even know our vanguard has failed yet. Once they realize it, they'll send more people, and they might even send more powerful ones."

"If we withdraw in advance, we can avoid fighting with them. As for this group of people, let the venomous snakes handle them for themselves."

"Okay, I'll clean up right away." Mark stood up, but found that Quentin did not turn around and leave, which made him feel strange. Quentin always disliked trouble and was unwilling to have much contact with others.

Normally, he would just do whatever he was told to do and leave immediately, without staying for even a second. What happened today?
Mark asked, "Anything else?"

"Nothing." Quentin pushed his glasses and asked as if he didn't care.

"What page are you on in that book, Mark?"

"You mean this one?" Mark shook "The Judas Window" in his hand. "I've read page eight. Are you interested in this book?"

"A little bit. What story does this book tell?"

"I haven't even finished it, so how would I know?" Mark rolled his eyes. "I heard it's a forensic mystery novel. So far, I've only seen the part where the protagonist is trapped in a secret room with his deceased father-in-law."

"Really?" Quentin didn't feel that Mark was lying, but he just felt that something was strange. However, in the end he still couldn't find any flaws. In order not to arouse Mark's suspicion, he could only pretend nothing happened and turned away.

Quentin looked strange, but because he was a strange kid himself, Mark didn't care too much and followed Quentin and left with him.

When the two figures disappeared from view, Yang Le, who had turned into a stone, revealed his true form. He used his clairvoyance to observe Quentin, who was leading the way, and became thoughtful. If he was not mistaken, the pink-haired boy should be the newcomer of the X-Men, codenamed Quentin Kuei-El, also known as Omega Boy.

Although Omega Kid has appeared in the comics for quite some time, he has always been a newcomer in the setting, but he is not a rookie.

Just like Quentin's code name, he is also a mutant with Omega potential, and one of the few hosts suitable for the Phoenix force. There is also a timeline in the future where he becomes a Phoenix.

Yang Le remembered that Quentin's ability was also telepathy, but he also had the ability to materialize mental energy. Quentin could manipulate this energy into swords and even guns.

Quentin has huge potential. It is estimated that the editors had high hopes for him at the beginning and set him as one of the strongest among the new generation of mutants, but he gradually became an unpopular character.

Perhaps this is also the dilemma of all American comics. The old characters are too enduring. Even if new characters are introduced, there is still no way to reasonably arrange the alternation between the old and the new, so the old characters will keep doing sit-ups, dying and coming back to life.

Yang Le withdrew his thoughts. After his brief observation, he realized that Quentin's current ability was far from reaching its peak, and was even worse than when he first appeared in the comics.

Now he is just a rookie who has just gained the ability and has not yet explored the full scope of the ability. Yang Le can sense it just by the mental fluctuation just now. Quentin cannot directly find out what is going on in a person's mind.

Obviously, Quentin found something unnatural about Mark. He sensed something strange and used language to assist his still weak ability to conduct a lie detector test on Mark, but he found nothing abnormal.

This is normal, because Yang Le fabricated the memories in Mark's head and downloaded the content of the book he had read to Mark, making the latter think that he had read the book and knew the content of the first eight pages.

To put on a complete show, Yang Le naturally had to put in some effort if he didn't want others to know he had been there. Otherwise, why would he spend a few seconds reading the book? It was just for the follow-up work afterwards.

But unexpectedly, Quentin still noticed something unusual. I just don't know what exactly he found wrong. Because the other party is also a psychic, Yang Le did not rashly read Quentin's thoughts directly, even though he is much stronger than Quentin.

Never mind, it doesn't matter. Maybe when Quentin becomes stronger he'll be able to discover the false memories he set up, but that's definitely not now.

As for now, Yang Le still has other things to do. The Viper Gang has provided him with a good idea. Maybe he can find something there.

After making up his mind, Yang Le didn't delay any longer. He made his body ethereal and flew straight out of the underground tunnel. At the same time, he flew towards the territory of the Viper Gang in an invisible state.

Yang Le learned about the location of the Viper Gang's headquarters by reading Rock Python's memory. He wanted to get more information about the Viper Gang, but found that Rock Python was just a small leader and had no right to know more inside information.

The rock python only knew some basic things, such as the name of the leader, the names and identities of several other leaders, and the location and distribution of their bases.

As the saying goes, a cunning rabbit has three burrows. As one of the few established gangs in the ruins of New York, the Viper Gang naturally has more than one hiding place. They also built many shelters during their foreign invasions. The other bases were by-products created at that time.

Almost every leader occupies a base, but Yang Le doesn't care about these minions at all. His target now is the base camp of the leader of the Viper Gang.

(End of this chapter)