American comics: Starting with mutants

Jack was taken aback when he heard this and looked at Ethan, who had spoken.

Sharon, who was standing to the side, seemed to have thought of something and looked at Ethan.

"Red Devil?"

"Yes."

"Isn't he a mutant?"

"no."

Ethan shook his head, glanced at Jack, whose skin was slightly red, and said to Sharon, "The Red Devil initially signed a contract with the Red Devil of the Hell Dimension, but after submitting to the Black Emperor, the Black Emperor helped him break the contract."

In the comics, Red Devil is one of the oldest mutants in the world, and he has used the names of many demons, including Satan.

In the movie, however, Red Devil was drastically reduced to a subordinate of Black King, and in Days of Future Past, he was tortured to death by William Stryker.

and so……

It's not surprising that the Red Devil version was updated again when it came to him.

In any case, in the Black King's memories that he possessed, Red Devil wasn't a mutant, but rather, like Jack in front of him, he had signed a soul contract with the Red Devil of the Hell Dimension.

The Red Devil surrendered his soul to the Red Demon, and in return, the Red Demon granted the Red Devil more demonic abilities.

Jack was somewhat incredulous upon hearing this.

"That's impossible."

"What's wrong?"

"There is no way to break the demonic contract."

A flicker of pain crossed Jack's slightly flushed face.

He used to be a petty thief in New York City. One time, he was caught, his arms and legs were broken, and he was thrown into the sewers to die. It was at that time that the Red Demon from Hell appeared and tempted him to sign a soul contract with him.

Jack agreed, and after obtaining the Red Devil's teleportation ability, Jack treated the vaults of major banks in New York City as his own backyard for a period of time.

You can come in whenever you want, and leave whenever you want.

But every gift comes with a hidden price tag, especially gifts from the devil.

What the Red Devil wants is very simple.

soul.

Jack either has to hand over his soul, or the Red Demon will take Jack's soul away on the grounds that Jack has broken his promise.

Since Jack was recruited by S.H.I.E.L.D., S.H.I.E.L.D. has tried to find a way to break Jack's contract.

But the demon's contract works on the soul. Regardless of whether the demon was bewitching him at the time, Jack signed the contract himself. Moreover, Jack not only did not regret it within seven days of signing, but also used the ability.

Even the Hell Witch, whom S.H.I.E.L.D. brought in at the time, said she was powerless to do anything about it; as long as Jack didn't die, the contract would remain in effect.

at the moment……

When Jack suddenly heard Ethan say that he had a way to invalidate the contract, he was naturally excited but also a little incredulous.

Sharon, however, believed that Ethan wasn't joking.

After all, who doesn't know that the once-famous Black King, besides having the White Queen on his left, also had the Red Devil on his right?

"What method?"

"It's very simple."

Ethan didn't hide anything, looking at Sharon openly, then smiling at red-skinned Jack and saying, "Just kill the red demon you made a contract with. Once it's dead, the contract will naturally become invalid."

Jack was taken aback at first, then his face darkened.

"How is this possible? Demons can't die."

"No creature is truly immortal. Even the Black Emperor, who could absorb any form of energy, still managed to be killed in a ditch, didn't he?"

Ethan leaned back in his chair, chuckled, and then glanced at Jack, saying, "But judging from your current state, you probably haven't gained much of the Red Devil's power."

Those who sign a soul contract with the Hellfire Demon all have one obvious characteristic.

That is, the redder the skin, the stronger the ability.

It was with his help that the Red Devil killed the Red Demon who had signed a soul contract, and obtained all of the Red Demon's abilities, which is why it became so red.

Jack met Ethan's gaze, remained silent for a moment, and then nodded.

"Yes, I can only teleport within a 500-meter range that I can see at the moment."

"Then you're nowhere near as good as the Red Devils."

Upon hearing this, Ethan laughed and said, "Back in the day, the Red Devils could have breakfast in Antarctica in the morning and then bathe on the Egyptian pyramids at noon."

Don't ask him how he knows; just say that "he" did it before.

Jack didn't say anything.

Sharon, however, turned to Ethan with some curiosity and said, "The Red Demons aren't just one demon, they're a whole race of demons. Someone once proposed this plan, but the Witch of Hell said that it might trigger a rebellion by the Red Demon race."

Ethan shrugged: "Killing one demon is killing, killing two demons is also killing. But if you kill too many, they'll get scared."

That's the truth.

The Black King did the same thing back then.

but……

Sharon listened to Ethan's suggestion, thought for a moment, and looked at Jack: "Let's think of other ways. Of course, it would be best to terminate the contract peacefully."

Upon hearing this, Jack nodded in agreement.

Ethan watched this scene without interrupting or saying anything further.

A peaceful termination of the agreement?

Want to eat fart.

If the demon's contract were so easy to break, the Red Devil wouldn't have asked the Black Emperor for help back then.

Because in the Red Devil Contract, the soul's first choice is someone close to them.

Simply put.

For humans who have made a pact with the Red Demon, the best course of action without killing the Red Demon is to live a solitary life until the end, because once you fall in love or get married, the Red Demon's next soul to be taken will be that of the person who has captured your heart.

Ethan, however, didn't bother to say anything, since it wasn't his business.

He had only said a few words because seeing red-skinned Jack reminded him of the red devil in his memory.

But after this incident, and with Sharon's deliberate guidance, Ethan, though not really trying to integrate into this special operations team that included humans, witches, and even demons, still chatted with them from time to time during the flight to Akali Lake Dam.

He learned that Chloe, the Dream Witch, had opened a bar featuring supernatural beings in a neighborhood on New York City's Upper East Side.

He also learned that Cain, the vampire Alice, had moved to Forks, Washington.

As for the red-skinned Jack?

I'm all alone, there's nothing I need to know.

At least for now, the red-skinned Jack isn't anything Ethan is interested in.

As for the five S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, they are even less worthy of attention.

Time flies by in the blink of an eye.

"Sir!"

The pilot of the Quinjet looked at the destination ahead, turned his head and shouted into the cockpit: "Expected arrival at Lake Akali in five minutes."

Sharon, who was in the cabin, quickly got up and turned to walk towards the cockpit.

The people in the cabin also stopped talking.

Five minutes later.

The Quinjet fighter jets, having deactivated their stealth capabilities, arrived over what was originally the Akali Lake Dam.

……