American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 69 Sneak Attack

Magneto nodded in satisfaction, looking at the White Queen with admiration.

"Your contributions will be remembered by the mutants, Emma. The Osborn Corporation is now under our control, and we can leverage its advanced biotechnology and substantial funds to develop the Brotherhood of Mutants!"

Just as Magneto was feeling pleased, Xiao Xian outside the window seized the opportunity to fire a plastic bullet that flew towards the edge of Magneto's neck.

The bullet flew swiftly, grazing Magneto's neck and leaving a shallow wound. At the same time, the anesthetic on the bullet quickly took effect, seeping into Magneto's bloodstream.

Magneto sensed something was wrong, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face. However, the battle-hardened Magneto did not panic. Instead, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he raised his hands without hesitation. Then, countless iron filings gathered from all directions like a black storm, forming an indestructible spherical shield around Magneto.

Iron filings spun rapidly around him, coalescing into a sturdy spherical shield that blocked any bullets that might strike at any moment. This iron sphere, centered on Magneto, resembled a giant ferromagnetic planet.

Magneto hovered in the center of the iron filings ball, his gaze cold and resolute as he looked out the window and said coldly.

"You almost killed me just now, but unfortunately, your bullet missed. That was your last chance! Now it's my turn!"

"Emma, ​​don't worry. Hide first, and I'll deal with this arrogant fool." Magneto glanced at the White Queen, who looked panicked, and assumed she was frightened because of an assassination attempt, so he comforted her.

With that, Magneto twisted his hand, and he and the magnet flew out the window.

"Be afraid~ What have you done to deserve this?"

Just as Magneto began to move, the anesthetic took effect, and an overwhelming sense of dizziness enveloped his body. He felt his limbs become incredibly heavy, as if his body was tightly bound by an invisible shackle, and he involuntarily tilted towards the ground.

A flicker of resentment and anger flashed in Magneto's eyes. He struggled desperately to stay conscious, but the anesthetic only intensified. Magneto felt a strange dizziness, his mind began to fog, and everything before his eyes started to blur.

"Despicable!" Magneto clutched the shallow wound on his neck and realized that the enemy hadn't missed; their goal was to use anesthesia to knock him out.

Unable to resist the intense drowsiness, Magneto's vision went black, and he plummeted from mid-air, with countless iron filings falling uncontrollably.

"This is much easier than I thought." With a smirk, Xiao Xian watched Magneto fall, jumped down from a tree outside the window, and dusted himself off after landing.

A single plastic bullet coated with anesthetic easily took down Magneto. Although it was Xiao Xian who did it, it still greatly shocked him. It reminded him that data on paper is unreliable.

In theory, Magneto, who possesses the ability to control magnetic fields, has an incredibly high theoretical strength. Not to mention special forces, even America's Seventh Fleet wouldn't be a match for Magneto.

But in reality, as long as someone like Xiao Xiangang has intelligence, plus a surprise attack, a special forces soldier with decent marksmanship could easily take down Lao Wan.

Ultimately, it's because Magneto, despite his powerful superpowers, is hampered by his weak physique. If someone seizes an opportunity to launch a sneak attack, he's very likely to be caught off guard and suffer a crushing defeat.

Let alone Magneto, even Xiao Xian, a transmigrator and system owner, would have been killed if he hadn't gotten Tomie's super regeneration as a mission reward and been ambushed by Spider-Man.

Similarly, many well-known superheroes or villains, unless they have a superpower like Superman, are actually quite easy to take down.

For example, if Xiao Xian conspired with Pepper Potts to give Iron Man a dose of medicine, Iron Man might very well die.

If Xiao Xian tells Barbara to launch a sneak attack while Hawkeye is asleep, she'll likely be killed.

The Flash was already in such a state; if someone added something to his food, he might die from it.

Shazam, you can directly ambush the child version, or silence the child while they are in child form, and then an adult can teach him a lesson with their fists.

Batman doesn't even need to pull off any fancy moves. Theoretically, any combat-oriented superhuman, like Aquaman with a trident, Flash with a heart-splitting choke, or Superman with heat vision, or even without a superhuman, Iron Man with a tracking missile, could easily take down Batman, who is still just a mortal.

Of course, this is in theory. In reality, Xiao Xian is not very sure whether Batman will pull off the tricks that are all within his calculations. After all, the Batman here is not the good guy version that Xiao Xian remembers, but the dark version of Batman.

Looking at the things the Batman Who Laughs next door has come up with, and then at the superhero gun buffs and the debuffs of police officers and soldiers using guns to fight superheroes in this world, Xiao Xian has no idea what his Batman will be like.

After all, the idea of ​​using guns to fight superheroes could be corrected to fit the world's established rules, and whether the dark Batman was also part of the world's established rules was uncertain to Xiao Xian.

According to the movie and comic book setting, Batman has never won a fight, but he has never lost a duel. Whether it's street thugs, vicious gangsters, or superhumans like The Flash or Aquaman, or even Superman himself, they all have to kneel down when they encounter Batman in a fight.

Just like in the movie Batman v Superman, when Batman challenges Superman to a duel, there's really not much preparation involved; it's just a lot of hard training followed by the decision to use Kryptonite.

In actual combat, Superman had countless opportunities to kill Batman or dodge before being inhaled by the Kryptonite gas, but he just didn't do it. He was almost killed by Batman and only survived thanks to Martha's magic.

The White Queen looked at Magneto lying on the ground with a complex expression. She gently removed the helmet from his head. This helmet was a symbol of Magneto, and also an important piece of equipment to prevent telepathy.

Xiao Xian once criticized Magneto, and the White Queen was quite unconvinced. After all, Magneto was a Beta-level mutant, and even had the potential to grow into an Omega-level mutant. In the White Queen's mind, he was a leader who could lead mutants into a new future.

Now, after being knocked down by Xiao Xian's plastic bullet, the White Queen suddenly felt that Magneto was just so-so.

When Bai Huang was plotting with Xiao Xian, she read Xiao Xian's mind and thought that although his plans to throw poison gas bombs, flashbangs, stun grenades, and plastic bullets were feasible, that was Magneto! It was impossible to take him down so easily, right?

If love hadn't blinded her, the White Queen certainly wouldn't have agreed to Xiao Xian's plan to ambush Magneto. But now it seems it actually worked. Since plastic bullets are effective, then similar plans like poison gas should be just as useful against Magneto.

(End of this chapter)