American comics: Starting with mutants

During the three years he was imprisoned at the X11 cloning facility.

Ethan had imagined countless times what he would do to William Stryker if he were to capture him after he escaped.

He mentally reviewed all the ten most brutal tortures of the Qing Dynasty.

even……

After he actually escaped from the X11 cloning facility, his hatred for William Stryker, which he felt as if he wanted to devour him and drink his blood, not only did not diminish, but instead grew stronger over time.

But right now.

Ethan looked at William Stryker, whom he had finally caught. Although his hatred for William Stryker was still burning, he felt no satisfaction at all. Instead, a strange emptiness suddenly welled up inside him.

seem……

That's it?

Did you just catch them like that?

It's that simple.

Ethan shook his head and tossed William Stryker aside like a piece of merchandise.

"Bang!"

"Waaah."

William Stryker groaned as his back slammed heavily onto the scorching floor. He then forced himself to remain calm and quickly got up from the floor, which was still burning hot from the residual heat even though his heat vision had disappeared.

next second.

He quickly pulled a gun from his pocket, aimed it at Ethan, and pulled the trigger.

The bullet lost all kinetic energy the moment it touched Ethan's body.

As the bullet fell naturally, Ethan caught the bullet fired by William Stryker, chuckled, and looked at William Stryker.

"Is this your last resort?"

"A dissolving bullet?"

"No."

After seeing that his last resort had failed, William Stryker simply tossed his pistol aside and stared intently at Ethan: "This isn't a bullet that can dissolve clones, but a healing bullet that can completely eliminate mutant abilities."

Ethan raised an eyebrow.

"Cure?"

"Yes."

"Ha, is that your definition? A mutant's mutant ability is a disease?"

"Yes, for us ordinary people."

William Stryker and Ethan looked at each other: "Mutants are a virus, a virus that is hidden in our world and can suddenly break out at any time. How many accidents have been caused by mutant awakenings, and how many innocent ordinary people have died tragically?"

Ethan stared blankly at William Stryker, who was speaking eloquently.

He wasn't wasting time talking nonsense to William Stryker; he was thinking about how to slowly torture William Stryker.

no way.

He had suffered so much at the X11 cloning facility that, thinking of all the hardships he had endured, he was overwhelmed and didn't know which dish to serve William Stryker first.

William Stryker continued speaking.

He looked at Ethan, who was looking down and seemed to be listening attentively to him, and even had some other thoughts.

"My research into mutant clones is aimed at completely eliminating these viruses hidden in the world."

"They're all viruses, they all deserve to die."

"You should understand this very well."

"If we hadn't destroyed Black Emperor Xiao back then, our world would probably have been dragged into a world of war by Black Emperor Xiao."

"Black King Shaw was killed by Magneto and Charles together, what's it to you?"

"To put it bluntly, isn't your hatred for mutants stemming from your son's mutant awakening killing your wife, and that's why you want to exterminate all mutants?"

Ethan was speechless upon hearing this, and looked directly at William Stryker: "So, stop trying to justify your twisted revenge mentality. According to your logic of revenge, does that mean that because you imprisoned me for three years, I should hate all ordinary people and kill them all?"

William Stryker's expression froze.

Ethan simply chuckled.

"It's hard to admit that I became psychologically twisted and abnormal because my wife was killed by my son..."

"I'm not!"

"Bang!"

"what!"

A flash of heat crossed Ethan's eyes before he looked at William Stryker, whose knee had been pierced and who was now slumped on the floor, unable to bear the intense heat any longer. Stryker, expressionless, said, "No means no. Why are you yelling so loudly? What, did I expose your weakness? Feeling guilty now?"

William Stryker, his knee pierced, stood motionless, cold sweat beading on his forehead, staring intently at Ethan.

"Mutants deserve to die."

"None of my business."

Ethan sneered, looking at William Stryker: "I thought you were a bit smarter than I imagined, knowing how to fake your death and escape S.H.I.E.L.D. with a clone. Maybe you'd try the same this time. But it turns out it's the real you, not your clone."

William Stryker remained silent.

He wanted to as well.

but……

Clones are also graded. The clone he used three years ago was a near-perfect clone.

That clone has 100% of his memories from before Akali Lake. Let alone others, even he himself probably wouldn't be able to tell which one is the real clone.

He couldn't even build a second one.

Not only because of a lack of time, but also because of another important reason.

The clone that was imprisoned by S.H.I.E.L.D. was not cloned by him.

Ethan looked at the silent William Stryker, chuckled again, and didn't bother to say anything more.

He had already figured out how to create William Stryker.

and so……

Ethan simply held up three fingers.

"You will die, without a doubt. The only difference is whether you will die after I have tortured you, or die in unbearable pain after I have tortured you to the point of despair."

"But I have three questions."

"First, the growth-inhibiting drug is missing a crucial element. What is that element?"

"Secondly, how were those four dead women, the mutant clone I killed at Maple Lake base, and the two clones you sent to attack me in New York City created?"

"The last one, where is the real Dr. Merrick?"

"If you answer these three questions, I'll give you a relatively easy way to die. If you don't, I'll torture you slowly. You've imprisoned me for almost four years, and I'll torture you for four years as well."

"I've finished speaking, now make your choice."

"You have ten seconds."

After Ethan finished speaking, he stared intently at William Stryker, trying to prevent William Stryker from committing suicide while he began counting down the seconds.

William Stryker remained unmoved as he counted down.

Ethan didn't mind and continued the countdown on his own.

soon.

The countdown has ended.

Ethan moved.

William Stryker has also made a move!

……