American comics: Starting with mutants

Ethan had never met Cyclops Scott Summers.

But he was certain that the creature that had turned to ash in the blink of an eye in front of Jean in that fleeting glimpse was Cyclops Scott Summers.

"Well……"

"What did he do?"

Ethan, carrying his duffel bag, glanced at the special glasses that had fallen to the ground after Cyclops Scott Summers turned to ash, then looked at Jean with some curiosity.

He knew how Cyclops Scott Summers in the X-Men 3 timeline was killed.

That's because Jean has turned evil and has been controlled by the corrupted Phoenix Force.

But right now?

Although Jean has also turned to the dark side, she has not been controlled by the corrupted Phoenix Force. This is because he acts as a power bank, absorbing the corrupted Phoenix Force and ensuring that Jean is currently in a delicate balance with it.

So he was very curious about how Cyclops Scott Summers had managed to provoke Jean this time.

Qin's expression remained as cold and stern as ever: "He appeared out of nowhere, took off his glasses, and started shooting lasers at Maple Lake. I was worried about your safety, so I stopped him."

Ethan blinked.

He thought of the underwater base that had suddenly shaken when he was there earlier.

"and then?"

"I used my telekinesis to stop his mutant ability, and then he was very happy to see me and came up to hug me."

"and then?"

"I killed him!"

"..."

Well done, you are truly my qin.

Upon hearing this, Ethan thought to himself, then paused slightly, looking at Qin with some curiosity.

"Don't you recognize him?"

"He knows her, but what does that have to do with me? He knows the Jean Grey of the past, not the current me."

"……All right."

Ethan glanced at Jean, whose expression remained unchanged and cold, nodded, and then decisively changed the subject: "By the way, how many clones escaped from the base?"

Whether Cyclops Scott Summers lives or dies is none of his business. After all, Jean Grey doesn't care whether he lives or dies, so Ethan is even less likely to care.

Let alone Cyclops, even Professor X wouldn't care whether the other person lived or died.

So Ethan simply changed the subject.

While he was running to find Dr. Merrick, he opened the passage from the clone living area to the outside world in the control center, announced via broadcast that the clone base was about to self-destruct, and then went to find Dr. Merrick.

But he had no idea how many clones had escaped.

Qin's expression remained unchanged.

"More than a hundred, I guess."

"...So little?"

Ethan frowned slightly.

Although he had not visited the cloning living area of ​​the underwater base, the number of clones, as seen from the monitoring footage in the command center, should be around three hundred.

result……

Only half of it came up?

The other half hasn't come up yet.

Ethan thought to himself, then turned his head back to look at the dock office where the entrance was hidden.

Inside the dock office, a white mist-like gas was already seeping out.

obviously.

The underwater cloning base's self-destruct mechanism has been activated.

Ethan glanced at it, then looked away.

He is neither a demon nor a saint, nor does he have any savior complex.

People have to rely on themselves.

Like him, he was able to escape the fate of being a clone at the mercy of others without any help from anyone else, relying entirely on his own relentless struggle and unwavering persistence.

He gave the clones a chance; since they were unwilling to come out, their fate was no longer Ethan's concern.

Ethan looked away.

"What about the clones?"

"They went that way."

As Qin spoke, she pointed to the forest exit leading to another town and said, "After they came out and saw me, I told them to go that way so they wouldn't bother you."

Since clones are not natural people, controlling their minds is a very easy thing for Jean.

Moreover, she is now corrupted by evil. If she wanted, she could control a large number of naturals wielding weapons and, under her telekinesis, make them point their weapons at each other and pull the triggers.

Just like in American TV shows, the three cuckoo sisters control soldiers to shoot at each other.

The difference is that what the three Cuckoo sisters need to do together, Jean can do alone.

Just like the dozen or so corpses of base soldiers lying on the grass in the forest right now.

"These are the ones you ran up from below when you went down."

"They were all base guards. They were originally waiting for Dr. Merrick and Albert Laurent, but after seeing that he had caught up with them, they stopped waiting and took the escape elevator here. To prevent you from catching up, they even blew up the elevator shaft."

After Ethan's gaze fell on the corpse on the grass, Jean spoke in her usual indifferent tone.

Ethan looked at Qin and smiled slightly.

"It's so good to have you."

"..."

Jean glanced at Ethan, a dark phoenix materializing within her, a hint of surprise appearing in her usually cold eyes: "Your mind has been enhanced?"

Before Ethan even went into the river, she could enter Ethan's mind at a glance, and he could walk around or run around as he pleased.

Although you can still enter Ethan's mental world, it's not as easy as before.

Ethan smiled and looked at Jean: "Would this allow you to say hello before entering my mental world?"

Qin didn't think about it.

"cannot."

"……All right."

Ethan didn't dwell on it. So many days had passed, and he had gotten used to the chibi version of Jean staying in his own mental world.

As I said before, he had nothing to hide anyway.

Uh……

At least not now. If it happens in the future, we'll talk about that later.

He believes in Ethan's future wisdom.

Ethan changed the subject again, his gaze returning to the dozen or so corpses of base soldiers lying on the grass.

"Did you get any clues from their inner world?"

"no."

"fine."

Ethan didn't mind, took out the phone he had taken from Albert Laurent, who had dual mutant abilities, before leaving, and waved it in front of Jean: "Albert Laurent was sent by William Stryker to monitor Dr. Merrick. If all goes well, we should be able to find some clues from this phone."

Jean took the phone Ethan handed her, glanced at it, and looked at Ethan.

"It's password protected."

"I know."

Ethan sighed, "You can't go underwater, and I can't read minds, but it's okay. Let's leave here and find a big city; there will definitely be hackers who can crack it."

Qin: "..."