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Chapter 280 First Visit to Kenosha

Kenosha is indeed a magical land. Peter and Wanda walk down the street, watching the various mutants passing by. Wanda uses her abilities to hide the bracelet on Peter's wrist, so no one will realize that Peter is a visitor, let alone suspect that he is Spider-Man. They will only think that he is a mutant who has just arrived in Kenosha and is not yet familiar with the surroundings.

This can be seen as a way of repaying Peter for his trust in him.

For mutants, if it were merely an uncontrollable superpower, they could perhaps hide it as much as possible. In fact, in this day and age, superpowers have become a source of pride and a status symbol. Therefore, the physical changes resulting from mutant genes have become the reason for discrimination against mutants.

To put it bluntly, a significant number of people are not actually afraid of "mutants with superpowers but normal appearances," but they will discriminate against "mutants with strange appearances."

“This situation actually happens not only between normal humans and mutants, but also among mutants. When I first came to Kenosha, many people also discriminated against those whose appearance was distorted because of the X gene.” Wanda explained what happened in Kenosha as she walked. They saw a “birdman” with a human body but with feathers, a bird’s beak, and strange limbs.

Wanda told Peter that although this person had a hollow skeleton like a bird, he still couldn't fly and was disliked by those around him.

There was also an old man singing jazz on the roadside, whose distinguishing feature was his blue skin.

His mutation ability is to have blue skin.

"There are many like this. For example, there is a mutant whose neck is three times the length of a normal person. This is the only characteristic that his X gene has manifested. He has no other superpowers. These people are discriminated against in their hometowns. After coming to Kenosha Island, mutants with stronger abilities discriminate against those mutants with weaker abilities or who may not have any other abilities."

“My father wanted to create a home for mutants, not a new, discriminatory hierarchy among mutants. He went to great lengths to eliminate this situation, on the surface.”

After listening to Wanda's explanation, Peter asked curiously, "How did you do that?"

"Let the telepaths take action, let the perpetrators experience what it feels like to be discriminated against and abused, and even distort how they are seen by others, so that they can put themselves in others' shoes."

Wanda stopped in front of an ice cream shop with a smile and asked Peter what flavor he wanted. Peter replied chocolate, and then he watched in amazement as the shopkeeper's hand transformed into chocolate ice cream and was put into a cone. Then it turned into vanilla ice cream, and Wanda was given a serving.

"His ability is to turn himself into ice cream?"

"Yes, turning part or all of one's body into ice cream. If he weren't in Kenosha, his business definitely wouldn't have taken off. But this is Kenosha, where most people are physically strong enough not to catch a cold from eating a couple of bites of ice cream in winter."

Wanda smiled and handed the ice cream to Peter. The two walked to the street corner, where a mutant who could control water was manipulating the water jets from a fountain. He didn't display any fierce attacks, but instead transformed the water into various patterns, turning it into a beautiful performance. Many people stopped to watch the show.

They were no exception.

In Kenosha, everyone is free to use their abilities without affecting others, and it seems that everyone is following this rule.

Peter knew, of course, that Kenosha had its own laws, but Kenosha’s residents came from all over the world, and it was already difficult to bring them together, let alone get them to abide by the same rules and laws.

How did you do it?
"Because...because they fear my father."

After a moment's hesitation, Wanda gave her the reason, or rather, the reason she believed it to be: "I remember a few years ago, my father would publicly execute criminals, hang them outside the palace as a warning, and demand that everyone follow the rules he set."

"On his busiest day, he executed more than seventy criminals. Although most of them were not killed, they were still instilled with fear and began to live a life governed by Kenosha's laws, gradually adapting to it." At this point, Wanda paused for a moment before letting out a helpless sigh.

"Perhaps once people get used to it, there will be no need for such high pressure anymore. At least from what I've seen, most people in Kenosha are still pursuing ordinary lives and won't break the law."

The premise is that the law does not contain anything outrageous.

Peter muttered to himself, "This Kenosha looks amazing. Although Magneto used a lot of violence to clear up the country, overall, Kenosha can be considered a mutant paradise."

I just don't know if this paradise is real.

"Yes, many people fear mutants, and many hope to turn mutants into soldiers and weapons, but they forget or are unwilling to admit that most mutants, like them, do not crave dangerous combat. They have only come here because they are fed up with the endless discrimination."

Wanda and Peter chatted as they walked, finishing their ice cream along the way. Venom, meanwhile, was trying to find Max Dillon based on Peter's line of sight, but clearly, they hadn't found him yet.

But it's okay, Venom is free anyway, so let him do some work.

As they walked, Peter spotted a poster of someone he knew. He paused in front of the poster of Xuan Yin, and Wanda noticed him, asking with a hint of curiosity, "Are you a fan of hers?"

"What? Oh, not really, I've just heard of her."

He hadn't just heard about it; he had actually met Wanda and Xuanyin on Earth 2149, but there was no need to mention it.

"Then I highly recommend you go to a Xuan Yin concert. Her talent is simply made for her music career."

After Wanda finished speaking, she looked at Peter. The poster showed that tonight was the time for Xuan Yin's new concert, and everyone was invited to attend.

Wanda went even further and said to Peter, "If you're interested, I can come with you tonight."

"Let's talk about tonight's business."

"you're right."

Wanda nodded and then asked, "Shall we go have lunch first?"

　The mutants mentioned in this chapter—Birdbeak, Jazz, and Longneck—are all real mutants created by Marvel…

　　It's hard to understand what Marvel editors are sometimes thinking.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)