American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 50 Keep to Your Own Business

"Actually, I can not only make others hallucinate, but I can also read minds." The White Queen looked at Xiao Xian, who had a smiling face but was actually full of bad intentions.

"I know," Xiao Xian replied. Otherwise, why would he be thinking about these things? To a superior mutant like the White Queen, if you don't use your abilities to threaten her, she's nothing but an ant in her eyes.

"Oh~ You know my abilities and stance, so aren't you afraid I'll control your mind?" The White Queen looked at Xiao Xian and asked in return. In fact, she could only control people with weak wills. It would be difficult to control someone like Xiao Xian, who was full of bad intentions and had a guarded mind.

However, seeing that Xiao Xian seemed very wary of her, Empress Bai thought she could try to trick him.

"I have a backup plan, but once it's triggered, I'll definitely take the measures I just thought of. Also, when you said you can make people subconsciously ignore you, but that trick didn't work on me, I had a guess that my mental resistance to abnormal states must be quite high."

Xiao Xian was unaware that the current White Queen had actually underdeveloped her abilities and her telepathic connection was not strong. He looked at the White Queen and shrugged, appearing completely unafraid. Of course, Xiao Xian was still a little flustered inside, but not much.

Although there have been instances in the comics where the White Queen's telepathic abilities surpassed those of Professor X, those were only in a few individual issues. If the White Queen were that strong, would she need to hide like this?

Even in her normal state, the White Queen could easily control several humans telepathically. After all, Professor X was a master of telepathy, and being weaker than him didn't mean you were a weakling.

Just like the Zed vs. Zed battle in LoL, Yue Lun was indeed outmatched by Faker at his peak, but that doesn't mean Yue Lun is bad. At least Faker could easily dominate a Diamond-level player.

Fearing that he and Peter might be drugged or anesthetized, and also worried about the White Queen in the company, Xiao Xian had a remote-controlled time bomb placed near his heart. He had to use his mobile phone to deactivate it every night, otherwise it would explode.

At the same time, Xiao Xian also handed another remote control to Tomie. If there was no news from Xiao Xian for a long time, or if Xiao Xian's condition was obviously abnormal and showed signs of being manipulated, Tomie would detonate the explosives.

For most people, if Tomie betrays them, they're doomed. But for Xiao Xian, the worst that can happen is that he can just have another baby. It won't take much time anyway. If Tomie's betrayal can be obtained through quests, Xiao Xian would let her have a go before eating and sleeping every day.

Of the two settings for the bomb, the former is to deal with the situation where Xiao Xian is unable to commit suicide after being drugged and locked up, while the latter is a backup plan left by Xiao Xian in case he is worried about being controlled by a telepathic ability user like the White Queen. This way, even if Xiao Xian is controlled, it will be difficult for him to use super regeneration to run away to tens of millions of miles away.

Of course, if someone could control things from millions of miles away like Professor X, Xiao Xian would have no choice but to accept defeat.

However, considering that Tomie's super charm had almost no effect on him, and that the White Queen's subconscious attempts to make people ignore him were also ineffective against Xiao Xian, Xiao Xian felt that he should improve his resistance in this regard, as he was actually very difficult to be manipulated.

Of course, Xiao Xian had no interest in the details of the backup plan or the existence of the system at this moment. On the contrary, in order to avoid being read by the White Queen, Xiao Xian immediately began to recall the events with Chevrolet Starlight Aunt Mei and others after he finished speaking.

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With her telepathic abilities, the White Queen naturally knew that Xiao Xian was a little flustered but not much, and that he wasn't lying. She also sensed Xiao Xian's thoughts about Chevrolet, Starlight, Aunt May, and others. At that moment, the White Queen suddenly understood why Xiao Xian's mind was filled with these thoughts when they first met.

So this person knew my abilities and had a plan for dealing with them from our first meeting, and more importantly, I didn't even notice?!

"You clearly possess immense charm, yet you didn't report it to the company, only to Super Regeneration? Your purpose in coming to the Osborn Group isn't entirely pure," the White Queen said, looking at the beauty mark at the corner of Xiao Xian's eye.

"Haha~ How can anyone compare to Miss Emma, ​​who directly controls the boss using telepathy?" Xiao Xian laughed heartily. "Since we both have impure motives, how about we just mind our own business and coexist peacefully?"

"Whether we should keep to ourselves or not depends on the situation. Tell me first, what is your purpose in coming to Osborn? If we don't have any conflict, I might consider it."

The White Queen looked at Xiao Xiandao with an aloof expression. She was actually inclined to agree, but she still wanted to figure out what Xiao Xiandao's purpose was. If there was a fundamental conflict between the two sides, then she had to eliminate the risk as soon as possible, or run away quickly.

"If our goals conflict, I'll have no choice but to risk exposure and test your backup plan against my telepathic abilities to see which is more effective."

"I actually submitted my resume just to debut as a superhero," Xiao Xian said honestly, and he wasn't lying.

"???!!" The White Queen stared intently at Xiao Xian, who maintained a calm expression. Her telepathic abilities told her that what Xiao Xian said was actually true?!

"Then why did you hide the fact that you're incredibly attractive from the company? It's on your resume, and the contract you signed would be at least A+ level, or even S level," the White Queen asked incredulously.

"Because I didn't have this superpower back then. I'm a superhuman, not one of you mutants. Many abilities are something you've had since childhood. Who can really say for sure about superpowers?" Xiao Xian shrugged, as if to say, "What can I do if my powers came late?"

"And of course, the fewer people who know about this, the better, especially with an ability like supercharisma. You're a mutant, you should understand me, right?"

"???!!!"

It was the truth again! The White Queen was shocked. She had thought that Xiao Xian was hiding his abilities for some ulterior motive, like hers, to infiltrate and eventually take control of the Osborn Group.

To be fair, the White Queen could understand the idea of ​​hiding one's abilities. Even when she wasn't on a mission, she would usually keep her abilities hidden. After all, anyone who knew she had telepathic abilities would be extremely wary of her. Coupled with her radical ideas, she would not only be universally hated, but it would also be unlikely that she could control Norman Osborn like she does now.

After all, someone like Norman Osborn would definitely investigate her past experiences. If she didn't pay attention to hiding her past, it would be impossible to fool an old fox like Norman Osborn.

(End of this chapter)