Marvel: Awakening the Universe.

Chapter 489 A New Idea King Has Emerged (Second Update!!)

good news.

For the next two weeks, the Demon King's power will be in a state of near-absence.

bad news.

The Demon King's power, his true power, will be fully unleashed upon this world in half a month.

Two messages were relayed from New York City to Washington, D.C., and were received by the Pentagon and the White House just as Professor X and his team's plane took off from the runway.

ten minutes later.

Inside the secret bunker safe house of the white building, President Barron Turner looked at the generals participating in "Operation Sentinel" appearing on the large screen, placed the note he had just received on the table, and said, "My generals, we don't have much time left."

Over the past two years, they have also learned through various channels that Hawke, who razed the Quantico base to the ground, cut the Pentagon in half, and decorated the White House in a meteorite-fall style two years ago, did not demonstrate his true strength.

Don't ask them how they found out.

The answer is Professor X.

Again.

Professor X is a dove, and has always hoped to achieve peace between mutants and humans through non-confrontational means.

In order to promote the implementation of the Mutant Peace Act, Professor X's X-Men even became an unrecognized force of the Federation during these two years, specifically used to deal with emergencies that humans could not handle.

Professor X thought this was a good thing.

But he didn't know that in the eyes of President Barron Turner, and even the entire Federation, Professor X and his X-Men were just temporary workers.

The mission was accomplished, but the credit doesn't go to the X-Men.

But if things go wrong, the blame will fall entirely on the mutants. Even if the X-Men succeed countless times, if they fail even once, the Federation will immediately change its tune and even use this opportunity to reignite the conflict between humans and mutants, shifting all the current problems onto the mutants.

Baron Turner was planning to do just that.

but!
So far, the X-Men have successfully completed all of their dozen or so missions, leaving Baron Turner with no legitimate excuse to lash out.

In fact, because the X-Men have performed so well in their dozen or so missions, they haven't been able to find an opportunity to continue delaying the Mutant Peace Act that Professor X has been repeatedly talking about these past few days.

After all, they need Professor X as a backup plan.

One who, after their "demon-hunting plan" failed, can step forward, as usual, to act as a peacemaker and speak the truth.

As for what the Demon Hunting Plan is...

That is naturally the plan to hunt down the Demon King.

If the Sentinel robots appeared in the previous timeline of this universe to eliminate mutants, then in this new timeline, the Sentinel robots appeared specifically to eliminate Hawk.

But now, their plans seem to have gone wrong.

The good news is that the Demon King may be in a weakened state for the next two weeks.

The bad news is that their Sentinel program is not yet complete.

After finishing his opening remarks, Baron Turner frowned and tapped the table with his fist: "What's the status of Project Sentinel?"

The African-American general in charge of the Sentinel program quickly spoke up: "Final mimicry gene modulation is underway!"

Baron Turner remained expressionless.

“I need a specific time. Charles Xavier has already departed from New York City to prepare for his testimony before Congress.”

"Ten...ten days!"

The African-American general hesitated for a moment, then looked at Baron Turner with a somewhat troubled expression: "Mr. President, I assure you that the Sentinel robots will be online in ten days."

Upon hearing this, Baron Turner was taken aback at first, then burst into laughter.

"Then tell me, what reason do I have to delay Charles Xavier for about ten days?"

After laughing, Baron Turner's expression turned serious again: "The most important point is that the Demon King's daughter is also in this hearing. Originally, according to the plan, after our Sentinel robots went online, we were supposed to capture the Demon King's daughter as a hostage, but now, tell me, what are we supposed to do?"

The African-American general didn't even think about it.

"Mr. President, since the Demon King's strength has been weakened for the past two weeks, let's just launch a full-scale invasion."

"hehe!"

Baron Turner smiled, looking at the African-American general who had devised a brand-new plan in less than a second, and said with a bright smile: "Very good. Since you came up with this plan, then you shall execute it. The White House knows nothing about this plan."

A Pentagon general who had been attending the meeting but had remained silent spoke up at this point: "The Pentagon has not issued any authorization orders."

The African-American general's smile froze instantly, and his face darkened visibly.

Although he was already dark-skinned, he looked even darker now.

Are you kidding me? You want him to go and snipe the very man who once destroyed their military base with his bare hands?

Please.

Their intelligence wasn't great to begin with, but as the pride of their tribe, although the African-American general's intelligence couldn't compare to the other generals at the conference, his intelligence was still above average for his tribe.

Simply put, he has some intelligence, though not much, but enough to know that this matter is not as easy as he just made it out to be.

After all, if he fails, he could lose his own life, and even the lives of his wife and children.

This is why Project Sentinel, from its inception two years ago until now, has been entirely managed by Bolivar Trus.

Neither the Pentagon nor the White House, at least on the surface, are completely unaware of this matter.

This was also a way for them to save face if the plan failed and they had to ask Professor X to mediate.

If the plan fails and the Demon King wants to hold someone accountable, they will not hesitate to shift all the blame onto Bolivar Trus, and this time they will not hesitate to hand Bolivar Trus over to the Demon King to deal with.

Since the plan had failed, it meant that Bolivar Trus was no longer of any use.

Since it has lost its value, it has no right to continue living in this world.

and so--

He doesn't want to die either.

The African-American general thought to himself, then met the gaze of President Baron Turner, who was staring intently at him on the screen, smiled awkwardly, and then unhesitatingly shifted all the blame onto the short Bolivar Trus: "It's all Bolivar Trus's fault. He didn't complete his mission according to the plan."

Baron Turner chuckled again as he looked at the African-American general, whose name he still didn't remember, who had given him a way out. He then turned his gaze to the other generals present at the meeting.

This African-American general was also a product of compromise. After all, if we go back a hundred years, or even less, we would only see African-Americans on plantations, not in the heart of the federation.

So Baron Turner hasn't remembered this guy's name yet, and he doesn't need to now, because they have more important things to do.

"Generals, we need a new plan."

"Yes."

The Pentagon generals present then calmly spoke up: "Our plan must be changed. We even need to consider whether the Demon King's two-week period of emptiness is real or fake, in case it's a trap."

Even a simple banquet at Hongmen could cause Westerners to be terrified and make a fuss.

But those who can participate in this meeting at this moment are all top figures in the Federation, and they still possess the necessary wisdom.

Baron Turner understood this as well, but the most important thing right now was not to consider whether the Demon King was truly empty or just pretending to be empty, but rather to Professor X and the others who were already flying over from the sky to participate in the congressional hearing: "The most important thing right now is this proposal, which will definitely not pass in Congress."

Well known.

In the federal government, there are ruling parties and opposition parties.

Congressional hearings, however, involve both parties.

But it is also a well-known fact that the opposition party does only two things in parliament: they resolutely oppose whatever the ruling party tries to implement, and they resolutely agree to whatever the ruling party opposes.

Therefore, this time, the Mutant Peace Act has no hope of passing Congress.

Not to mention that the opposition party itself is staunchly opposed to mutants.

Although Baron Turner's ruling party also sought votes by suppressing mutants, their strategy was rather vague. As a result, in that year's election, they won the votes of those who had reservations about mutants or who showed goodwill towards mutants, thus winning by a narrow margin.

If we can distinguish between good and bad mutants by their type, then the opposition party is simply calling for the expulsion of all mutants from the country.

This is why Professor X invested in them instead of contacting the opposition.

Anyway!

This bill is definitely not going to pass Congress.

Professor X and his group might land in the afternoon, and before it even gets dark, the bill will be rejected, allowing them to return to New York City.

Professor X's confidence in this bill stems from an incident where Barron Turner, dealing with a case involving mutants that couldn't be known to the public, approached Professor X and promised to do everything in his power to support the bill's enactment.

Baron Turner originally intended to use you a hundred times, but if you make just one mistake, all your efforts would be for naught.

Never thought...

In short, this matter has now become very tricky.

"Congress cannot convene; it can only be delayed!"

"I know, but how can we stall? Generals, we really don't have much time left."

"I have an idea!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)