American Comics: Something's Wrong with This Superhero World

Chapter 70: Hypocrite x Professor?

Slowly rising to her feet, the White Queen gracefully approached the protagonist, Xiao Xian. Holding the helmet, she smiled and handed it to him, her eyes seemingly capable of captivating him as she whispered to him:

"This is a helmet to prevent telepathy."

"Very good." Xiao Xian took the helmet from the White Queen. When their index fingers touched, Xiao Xian even saw the White Queen tremble, her face turned red at a visible speed, and her breathing became heavy.

Somewhat speechless, Xiao Xian put on the helmet, looking at the White Queen and thinking to himself...

"Emma, ​​now that I'm wearing this helmet, can you still read my mind?"

Empress Bai still looked at Xiao Xian expectantly, as if waiting for him to speak.

Looking at the expectant White Queen, Xiao Xian spoke.

"Emma, ​​now that I'm wearing this helmet, can you still read my mind?"

The White Queen smiled slightly, a hint of excitement flashing in her eyes: "This helmet has a powerful mind barrier function, blocking any telepathic communication. Your thoughts are like unfathomable darkness to me, untouchable. You're not afraid of me knowing what you're thinking."

"Shall we go to the bedroom now?" Xiao Xian thought to himself, looking at Empress Bai. But Empress Bai still looked at Xiao Xian with expectant eyes and showed no intention of moving. Only then did Xiao Xian feel slightly relieved and said to Empress Bai.

"What do you think is the best way to deal with Magneto?"

"I'll do whatever you say, my dear," the White Queen said without hesitation.

"Killing him is fine? You don't have any objections?" Xiao Xian asked in surprise, looking at the White Queen who showed no hesitation. Was her charm really that strong?

But Xiao Xian doesn't think it's that bad. Even though Aunt May is currently under the influence of Super Charm and will firmly choose Xiao Xian over Spider-Man, she would still try to have the best of both worlds if possible.

"I used to think he was the hope of mutants, but now it seems he's just an ordinary mutant." The White Queen looked at Magneto with disappointment.

"You're right, he's not a qualified leader. I was just blinded by his past and had too high expectations for the mutant cause."

"Alright then, but there's no need to kill him." Xiao Xian looked at Magneto lying on the ground. Just considering Magneto's superpower of controlling magnetic fields, which directly points to the four fundamental forces, even if it was only for scientific research and to analyze the rules of this world, Xiao Xian felt that killing Magneto would be a waste.

If all else fails, Lao Wan's powerful magnetic control, strong enough to reverse the Earth's magnetic field, could be used as a generator for a decent job.

In addition, although Magneto's political abilities are lacking, his superpowers and looks are quite good. Of course, Xiao Xian is not referring to Magneto's good looks, but rather to his good genes. His two daughters, Polaris and Scarlet Witch, are both beautiful and powerful.

Polaris is alright, but Scarlet Witch's mental power is extremely strong. Xiao Xian thinks that even Super Charm (+) might not be useful against her. If Scarlet Witch were to come out and seek revenge for her father's murder, it would be quite difficult to deal with. The Osborn Group and the like can't stop Scarlet Witch.

Although he didn't know if the two of them existed in this world, Xiao Xian decided to spare Magneto's life for their sake.

"Go to the kitchen and get me a glass of water, I'm a little thirsty." Xiao Xian made up a lie with a straight face to send Empress Bai away.

After the White Queen left, Xiao Xian pried open Magneto's mouth, then cut his own palm with a knife and dripped some blood into Magneto's mouth.

Using the resurrection mechanism of super regeneration, Xiao Xian's surveillance system reappears. If Magneto runs away or does anything, Xiao Xian can obtain Magneto's information at any time by committing suicide. In critical moments, he can even be reborn directly from Magneto's body.

Of course, considering the possibility that doing so might lead to Magneto corrupting his own memories, Xiao Xian felt it was best to avoid using this method if possible.

"The water's here!" The White Queen handed a cup of water to Xiao Xian, looking at him with great anticipation.

"Why are you staring at me like that?" Xiao Xian took the water, symbolically sipped it, and asked, noticing the strange look in the White Empress's eyes.

"Didn't you say you'd do what you love once you got the telepathic helmet?" The White Queen looked at Xiao Xian expectantly. "I can't wait!"

"What's the rush? Let's deal with him first. It's a pity we haven't fully taken control of the Osborn Group yet, otherwise we could just lock him up in their lab."

Xiao Xian looked at Magneto and felt that he was in a difficult situation. Magneto was experienced in escaping from prison and had accomplices. He could not be kept in an ordinary place.

"How about we send him to Xavier's School of the Arts?" the White Queen thought for a moment and said, "Without a telepathic helmet, Magneto definitely won't be able to escape Professor X's grasp."

"Didn't Professor X claim that he doesn't read minds and tries his best not to mentally control others?"

Xiao Xianming asked knowingly, "In this world, everyone has basically turned to the dark side. Professor X is definitely not the original kind-hearted saint anymore. Without mind reading and mind control, how could Xavier's School have developed so quickly, and how could Professor X's wealth have soared so high?"

Even if it were true, Professor X in this world is a saint, and Xiao Xian would never give Magneto to Professor X. Putting aside everything else, just the fact that Magneto knows that the White Queen secretly controls the Osborn Group makes it impossible for Xiao Xian to let him go to Professor X.

While other factions could use telepathy to create a mental prison to seal Magneto's memories, in the X-Men, the White Queen's telepathy was completely inadequate against Professor X.

"That's just a claim. Professor X has definitely read minds and manipulated people more often than I have. And according to Eric, Professor X has even used this ability to do some really disgusting things."

The White Queen shrugged and said, "Don't be fooled by Professor X's seemingly virtuous appearance; he's actually a hypocrite."

"I expected this hypocrite thing, but what do you mean by disgusting?" Xiao Xian thought for a moment and decided to ask anyway. Although he might be disgusted, he still wanted to hear about this.

"Do you know why Eric and Magneto used to be teammates and even the closest of friends, but later became enemies?" the White Queen asked.

"Everyone says it's because of different philosophies on the development of mutants, but since you asked, I think that's definitely not the answer," Xiao Xian said, looking at the White Queen with a look of juicy gossip on her face.

"The reason is that Professor X fell in love with Magneto." The White Queen looked at Xiao Xian with an "you can believe it" expression and said, "Eric told me this himself."

"Huh?" Xiao Xian was taken aback. This seemed much more harmonious than he had imagined. Xiao Xian's inner thought at that moment was: Is that all?

Seeing Xiao Xian's expression, and because of his disbelief, the White Queen said, "That's right, it's true. Professor X's marriage to the CIA agent was just a cover. His true love is Magneto."

"That's it? Anything else?" Xiao Xian rolled his eyes. That's all? Everyone knows they're best buddies, so it's normal for their feelings to cross a little line.

"And another thing, Professor X confessed his love to Magneto, but Magneto rejected him and instead fell in love with another woman. So, Professor X, who was unable to have the woman he loved, used mind control to control Magneto's bride on their wedding day."

The White Queen spoke slowly, in a tone as if recounting a bizarre story.

"I hope you mean controlling the bride to run away from the wedding, or even controlling the bride to cheat on Magneto." Xiao Xian looked at the White Queen with a mysterious expression and a guess came to mind. "Please don't tell me that the person who married Magneto that day wasn't actually the bride, but someone else."

"Looks like you guessed it. Yes, it's exactly what you thought. Professor X controlled the bride and married Eric. I only found out about it because I saw Eric drinking alone and getting so drunk that his helmet fell off without him noticing. You mustn't tell anyone."

"Ah, at least physically, Magneto did have a relationship with a girl." Xiao Xian glanced at the unconscious Magneto with a hint of pity, his lips twitching.

"Do you know why Magneto went looking for the telepathic helmet?" the White Queen continued.

"I'm not really interested in knowing," Xiao Xian shook his head, refusing to continue watching the drama unfold.

(End of this chapter)