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Did they head towards Mexico?

How could that be?

William Stryker had no belief that Ethan and Jean would head towards Mexico.

Because that's called running away.

Stryker recalled the look in Black King Sixty-Six's eyes when they met through the monitor at the cloning factory.

William Stryker was certain of one thing.

If Black Emperor Sixty-Six only wanted to escape, he had plenty of opportunities in the past.

after all……

He has transcended the limitations of his original form; his mutant abilities have reached the level of a Level 5 mutant.

However, Black Emperor Sixty-Six has been hiding all along.

What is he waiting for?

Why did he wait until now to erupt?

Yesterday, William Stryker was somewhat curious when he heard X11 base talking about Ethan's outburst, but he realized what was going on after seeing Black Emperor Sixty-Six holding the harp.

Jean wasn't at X11 base until two days ago when he sent someone to deliver her. His purpose was to use Jean's mutant abilities to completely wipe out all personnel at X11 base when it was shut down.

Yes.

He had no intention of keeping any informants at the X11 base.

After all, although the X-gene cloning project is a military project, it is an absolutely secret project. Once exposed, even if the Pentagon is aware of it, it will not admit to it.

and so……

If the X11 base has chosen to shut down, then it should be shut down completely.

This is why he sent Qin back again.

result!

When Qin Liushiliu returned, Heihuang Liushiliu erupted.

obviously.

He always believed that he had controlled Jean by using hallucinogenic drugs administered to his deceased son, who was also a mutant named "Vision".

In fact, no.

but……

"You are my assets."

"I will find you."

"Then recycle..."

"Since you are no longer under my control, this time I will destroy you completely."

After the clone of Death turned and walked away, William Stryker sat in his chair, looking at Ethan and Jean on the satellite imagery on his computer screen, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

There was another reason why he didn't believe the two would go to Mexico.

Without the growth-inhibiting agent, these two clones had no chance of escaping.

Why did you run away?

Just for the sake of living freely for fifty or sixty days?

After all, the previous fighter jet bombing had razed the entire farm to the ground. Even if they brought growth-inhibiting drugs with them when they escaped from the X11 base, there probably wouldn't be a single one left.

"There's one left."

Sitting in the passenger seat of a black pickup truck borrowed from a kind-hearted Texas resident, Qin took out the last remaining vial of growth-inhibiting medication from her pocket and said to Ethan, who was driving towards Minnesota, "This is the last one."

Ethan glanced at the growth-suppressing drug on the pianist's hand and nodded: "It should last until Minnesota."

Qin put the last dose of growth-inhibiting medicine back into her pocket.

"What if we can't make it to Minnesota?"

"That's alright."

Ethan smiled and said, "Anyway, you're only twenty-one years old now. Even if it's ten or fifteen days later, you'll be thirty years old, in the prime of your life. Besides, your soul is immortal. If all else fails, we still have the option of changing your body."

He strongly suspected that the recent air raid on the farm was not intended to kill him, but rather that William Stryker was after the growth-suppressing drug he had brought from the X11 base.

After all, William Stryker couldn't possibly be unaware that a mere bomb wouldn't kill him.

But he did it anyway.

It's estimated that they came here to destroy the growth-inhibiting drugs.

Why?

Are you worried that after he gets the growth-suppressing drug, instead of seeking revenge, he'll travel along the Texas border to neighboring Mexico?

Ethan found it somewhat amusing.

Jean, sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at Ethan and then asked about the time Ethan suddenly felt dizzy at the base.

Upon hearing this, Ethan looked at Qin.

"I released too much energy, too quickly, and I'm exhausted."

"real?"

"Could I possibly deceive you?"

Ethan smiled and shook his head.

He did want to deceive Qin, but reality wouldn't allow it. Right now, in his memory palace in this life, there's still a chibi version of Qin walking around.

Ok.

It's much better than before; at least I don't have to run around like I used to.

Ethan thought to himself.

next second.

The Q-version piano in the memory palace stopped in front of the bookshelf and raised its little leg.

Seeing this, Ethan promptly backed down.

"I'm sorry, I was wrong!"

"..."

Sitting in the passenger seat, Jean sensed Ethan's lingering fear. As she lowered her eyes, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, forming a very beautiful smile.

Promise me you won't lie to me.

"...I will never lie to you."

Ethan listened to the whispers in his ear, looked at Qin in the passenger seat with her eyes lowered, was taken aback at first, and then gave his answer in a very firm tone.

Jean Grey, having lingered in the world of the Phoenix Force, has broken down the mental barrier that Professor X had once sealed away a memory of.

Her mother died in a car accident, and her father abandoned her; these traumas left a deep shadow on her heart.

Although Professor X accepted Jean, he did not help her integrate the shadows in her heart into her consciousness. Instead, he erected a wall for her, isolating the shadows from her consciousness.

Jung's shadow theory posits that the shadow is the part of an individual that they do not want to be, and the more it is repressed under consciousness, the darker and more concentrated it becomes.

This is precisely why, after Qin was resurrected through possession, her consciousness broke through the mental barrier and took over, which is the fundamental reason why Qin's personality changed so drastically.

To be honest, if Jean had been trained by Professor X, she wouldn't have been able to dismantle a soldier at the military base. Similarly, Phoenix, trained by Professor X, wouldn't have stood by and watched Ethan destroy the military base with his heat vision.

but……

The fire phoenix cannot.

The Black Phoenix Society.

Because Professor X once said he would help her, but the so-called help turned out to be stripping away her painful memories and imprisoning her. That's why Jean almost lost control when Ethan mentioned Professor X.

Ultimately, whether it's a good memory or a bad memory, it's still your own memory.

And memory is a part of the soul.

If a part of anyone's soul had been sealed off and locked away in a dark and sunless corner for so many years...

Frankly speaking, if Jean doesn't storm into Xavier's School and chop off the head of Professor X, who smiled and offered help to her face but secretly sealed a part of her soul, Professor X should kneel down and thank Ethan for that alone.

The reason is simple.

It was because of him that Qin did not completely turn to the dark side.

……