American comics: Starting as the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Beast

Chapter 152 Sending the Buddha to the West (4000 words)

An hour later.

Wolverine drove the Chrysler away from the factory, taking Roy, Professor X, Little Wolf Girl, and Caliban to North Dakota where Laura and the others were meeting.

Roy sat in the passenger seat, enjoying the scenery outside.

He has done everything he can to treat Professor X.

But he was unable to completely cure Professor X.

Professor X's brain has already shown signs of physiological degeneration. Even if he cleans up all the "genetic toxins," Professor X's brain will not return to its original state.

Wolverine was able to fully recover because he possessed an extraordinary self-healing ability.

Once the effects of the gene toxins are removed, his self-healing ability can restore damaged organs and nerves to their optimal state.

Professor X does not have that ability.

Even if you use the Palm Healing Technique to treat Professor X, you can only prevent his brain degeneration from worsening.

As for restoring Professor X to his peak condition, that's beyond Roy's current capabilities.

Although he couldn't return to his peak condition, Professor X wasn't disappointed and thanked Roy for his help.

After leaving the factory, Wolverine drove his car alone through the border checkpoint.

As for Professor X, Laura, and Caliban, they were smuggled back to America by Roy.

Back in America, Roy first had Wolverine drive to the hospital to get Professor X better medication.

After being treated with the Palm Healing Technique, Professor X's condition will not continue to worsen.

However, in order to prevent Professor X from losing control, he still needs to continue taking the medication.

In order to save money to buy the "Sun Chaser" yacht, Wolverine only provided Professor X with the minimum dose of conservative treatment drugs.

Although he hasn't given up on the idea of ​​buying the "Sun Chaser" yacht, with Roy around, money is not a problem at all.

The US dollars that Roy previously stored in the system space are "counterfeit" in this universe's America, with serial numbers not registered in the internal system.

He didn't intend to use these "counterfeit coins," so he approached the local gang and obtained more than $100,000 from them.

Neither Wolverine nor Professor X had any objection to his behavior of treating the mob as an ATM.

After acquiring more effective medication, they continued their journey.

Night falls.

Roy and his group arrived in Oklahoma City.

Just like in the movie, Wolverine chose to stay at the Harris Casino Hotel tonight.

As soon as she entered the hotel, Laura was drawn to the matching family outfits in the shop and stood in front of the window.

To this day, she has not spoken a single word to Wolverine.

But she knew from the beginning that Wolverine was her father.

Although she grew up in a research institute in Mexico and her mental state was not very healthy, she still fantasized about playing games and living with her father.

Seeing Laura standing in front of the shop window, unwilling to leave, Wolverine said to her, "Stop looking, let's go."

"You need some clothes that look more normal," Roy said to Wolverine.

Let's not even talk about Caliban, who was completely covered up and dared not expose any skin.

Wolverine, Professor X, and Laura's attire also seemed somewhat out of place among the surrounding guests.

Wolverine's cheap suit was covered in dust and dirt.

Professor X and Laura's clothes also looked very worn.

Wolverine thought for a few seconds, then picked up his luggage and headed towards the store.

Professor X immediately maneuvered his wheelchair to catch up.

"Aren't you going?" Roy asked Caliban.

"No matter what I wear, I'll end up completely covered anyway, so there's no need to waste money," Caliban replied.

That's what he said, but he didn't want to go around in shabby clothes.

He used to be someone who paid a lot of attention to his appearance.

"I know you have severe albinism and your skin is easily sunburned, but even though you're covered up on the outside, you can still wear something more comfortable underneath," Roy said slowly.

When he first saw Caliban in the movie "X-Men: Apocalypse", his impression of Caliban was that he was an insignificant supporting character.

But Caliban's performance in "Logan" impressed him.

Before being called upon by Wolverine for help, Caliban had indeed done a lot of wrong things.

For example, using superpowers to help Donald Pearson and his team capture other mutants.

But the fact that he decisively detonated a grenade to commit suicide after witnessing X-24 kill Professor X, attempting to take Donald Pierce and the others down with him, is enough to show that he still had a conscience.

From a certain perspective, Caliban's selfless help to Wolverine and Professor X is also an act of atonement for his past mistakes.

Upon hearing Roy's words, Caliban fell silent.

After thinking for more than ten seconds, he nodded to Roy and walked towards the store.

More than ten minutes later.

Roy and the four Wolverines, having finished shopping, arrived at a suite on the 12th floor of the hotel.

Wolverine first took Professor X to the master bedroom bathroom and helped him wash up and get dressed.

When he carried Professor X, who had put on clean clothes, back to bed, Laura, who had finished washing up in the living room bathroom, also came to the master bedroom in new clothes. She sat obediently near Professor X and watched an old movie from seventy or eighty years ago with him.

To this day, Wolverine has no idea that Laura can speak English.

It's not his fault.

So far, Laura has only spoken to Professor X, and that was in Spanish.

After glancing at Laura, Wolverine took the clothes he had just bought and went into the master bedroom's bathroom.

Taking off his shirt and standing in front of the mirror, looking at his newly strengthened chest and biceps muscles, as well as his no longer gray beard and hair, Wolverine felt as if he had become more than 30 years younger.

Super genetically modified foods only began to be produced on a large scale more than 30 years ago.

No new mutants were born until 25 years ago.

Roy cleared away most of the genetic toxins that had accumulated in Wolverine's body over the years, gradually restoring his healing ability to its normal state from more than 30 years ago.

After a moment of reflection, Wolverine took off all his clothes and began to wash up.

More than twenty minutes later.

He left the bathroom after putting on clean clothes and new boots, and returned to the master bedroom.

Seeing Professor X and Laura watching an old movie from seventy or eighty years ago, Wolverine picked up a medicine bottle and threw it to Laura.

"Take two pills an hour later."

Although Roy had already healed Professor X with his magic, one can never be too careful.

If Professor X were to lose control in the hotel, it would definitely lead to a large number of casualties.

Whether it's to protect the hotel and the people nearby, or to avoid being discovered, it's necessary to continue giving Professor X his medication as a precaution.

Laura grabbed the medicine bottle and stared at Wolverine without saying a word.

Wolverine doesn't know how to get along with Laura, his "daughter" who suddenly appears.

Laura didn't know how to get along with her "father," Wolverine, with whom she had never lived before.

After tossing the medicine bottle to Laura, Wolverine left the master bedroom and went to the second bedroom to check on Caliban.

Like the other three, Caliban also finished washing up and changed into the new clothes he had just bought at the store.

It has to be said that clothes make the man, and gold makes the Buddha.

After putting on clean and tidy new clothes, Caliban regained some of the demeanor he had when he was the leader of an underground mutant organization.

"I'm going out for a bit. You stay at the hotel and take good care of Charles and Laura."

Wolverine said to Caliban.

Although Caliban's fighting ability is about the same as that of an ordinary person, Professor X and Laura are both old and young, so it's better to have Caliban stay at the hotel to watch over them.

"Where are you going?" Caliban asked.

"Let's get a new car and find a place to grab a drink while we're at it," Wolverine replied.

Donald Pierce and his gang have been taken care of by Roy.

But the fact that he was driving a Chrysler has already given him away.

Continuing to drive the Chrysler to North Dakota would not be wise.

"Okay." Caliban nodded.

Wolverine didn't say anything more. He left the suite, went to the door of the suite next door, and rang the doorbell.

They booked two suites in total.

Wolverine and his three companions shared one room, while Roy had a separate room.

The doorbell rang.

Not long after, the door opened.

"What's wrong?" Roy looked Wolverine up and down.

At this moment, apart from his still messy beard, Wolverine's entire demeanor was completely different from when they first met.

If we were to say that Wolverine initially gives the impression of a颓废 (颓废 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being decadent, dispirited, and weak) and 落下叔 (落下叔 is a difficult word to translate directly, but it implies a state of being downcast and weak), then Wolverine is a disheveled and weak middle-aged man.

So now, Wolverine has regained his rugged, strong, and steady qualities.

"I'm going out to change cars. Come with me. I have something I need to discuss with you privately," Wolverine said quickly without any hesitation.

"No problem." Roy accepted Wolverine's invitation without refusing.

After leaving the hotel, Wolverine drove to a used car recycling center.

After some haggling, he traded his Chrysler and 3000 yuan in cash for a used pickup truck.

Although the pickup truck is a bit old, its performance is still pretty good; all that's needed is to change the tires and brake fluid.

After leaving the pickup truck at the shop to have its tires changed and brake fluid refilled, Wolverine and Roy randomly picked up a bar nearby.

After ordering two whiskeys from the bartender, Roy took out a Cuban cigar from his system space and handed it to Wolverine.

Wolverine took the cigar and asked, "Aren't you smoking one?"

"I don't like smoking cigars," Roy replied.

Wolverine continued, "You don't like smoking cigars, yet you carry them with you?"

"This is for you," Roy said slowly.

There's a detail from the movie "Logan" that he remembers vividly.

When Wolverine took the phone charger from the gas station store, he also took a cigar.

But he never got to smoke that cigar before he died.

Is this prepared for me?

Wolverine looked at Roy with a complicated expression.

After a few seconds of silence, he asked the bartender for cigar cutters and cut off the cap of his cigar.

Then, he picked up a match from the bar, lit a cigar, took a puff, and a look of enjoyment appeared on his face.

He hadn't smoked a cigar in a long time.

In addition, the cigars Roy gave him were the finest Cuban cigars.

After taking a few puffs of his cigarette, Wolverine picked up his glass, took a sip of whiskey, and said to Roy, "In your universe, aren't there any mutants?"

"No," Roy replied.

"Then how did you know about me and Charles?" Wolverine continued to ask.

"Of course I have my own intelligence channels."

"I don't just know you and Charles, I also know Magneto, Mystique, Phoenix, Cyclops, Storm, and the others."

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Roy didn't intend to explain too much to Wolverine and replied casually.

Wolverine pondered for a few seconds, then slowly said, "You said before that, apart from Laura, my fate, Charles's fate, and Caliban's fate were all tragic. I want to know exactly what those fates were?"

"Are you sure you want to know?" Roy asked Wolverine.

Wolverine nodded.

Roy sighed and said, "You and Charles died at the hands of X-24, while Caliban was captured by the researchers and then committed suicide by detonating a grenade."

X—24?

Wolverine immediately frowned and asked, "Whose genes were used to create X-24?"

"It's yours too," Roy replied.

It's my genes again?

Wolverine frowned even more deeply and continued, "X-24 is my son?"

Laura's code name is X-23; she is a female mutant created using his genes.

X-24 also used his genes, and was right after Laura, so Wolverine's first reaction was that X-24 was his son.

Roy shook his head: "No, he's not your son, he's a clone of you."

Upon hearing his answer, Wolverine's already unpleasant expression turned even more so.

No one knew better than him what a killing machine he was at his peak.

"Don't worry, your clone is a troublesome problem for you, but it's not difficult for me to deal with."

"Although I am not Magneto, I can control the adamantium inside your bodies just like Magneto."

"To put it bluntly, Magneto and I are your natural enemies."

Roy picked up his glass, took a sip, and said slowly.

Wolverine glanced at him but said nothing more.

"I also have a question for you," Roy said to Wolverine.

"What's the problem?" Wolverine replied.

"After sending Laura and the other young mutants to Canada, do you and Charles plan to buy the Sunstrider and live on it from now on?" Roy asked.

Wolverine thought for a few seconds and replied, "Although you treated Charles and prevented his condition from worsening, he is still at risk of losing control."

"If he doesn't stay away from crowds, he could still harm innocent people around him."

If he had other options, he wouldn't want to live on a boat forever.

But he had no better choice.

Besides the possibility that Professor X might lose control and harm others, the U.S. government is also currently pursuing Professor X.

"Living on a boat is not a good option."

"I can help you find a small island away from the crowds, or a settlement where you won't be disturbed."

"You, Charles, and Caliban can live with Laura and the others, and mentor them just like when the mutant school was still operating."

"Also, before leaving this universe, I will dispose of the Ewood Corporation, which produces super genetically modified food, to prevent them from continuing to produce food for mutants."

"Although destroying Ewood Corporation won't immediately create new mutants, the mutant population will still grow gradually over time."

As the saying goes, if you're going to help someone, help them all the way through; if you're going to help someone, help them to the very end.

Since we've already come to this universe to change Wolverine and Professor X's fate, we might as well do more.

These things are difficult for other people.

But for Roy, these things were not difficult at all; it was just a matter of whether he wanted to do them or not.

Wolverine did not reply to Roy immediately.

After thinking for about ten seconds, he slowly said, "Let's talk about it after Laura meets up with the others."

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