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

Chapter 154 Incomplete Product (4000 words)

Upon hearing Wolverine's reply, Dr. Rice's expression became somewhat awkward.

After a few seconds, he slowly said, "Yes."

Wolverine didn't think there was anything wrong with killing Dr. Rice and his group. He looked at them calmly and continued, "I can't control what you did before or what you do in the future."

"But if you want to arrest Laura and the others now and destroy them as defective products, I will be the first to object."

"Here's a word of advice: either get out now, or this is where you'll die."

After saying that, Wolverine looked at an armored vehicle to Dr. Rice's right.

Although he hadn't seen X-24 yet, he knew that X-24 had arrived and was currently inside the armored vehicle.

He didn't have X-ray vision, but his animal instincts and extraordinary sense of smell allowed him to detect the scent of X-24.

If there were other options, Dr. Rice wouldn't really want X-24 to deal with Wolverine.

X-24 is a clone of Wolverine in his prime, possessing the same superpowers as Wolverine, as well as an innate rage.

However, the artificially bred X-24 has far less combat experience than Wolverine.

As for combat skills.

Whether it's X-24 or Wolverine, they both fight instinctively in close combat, so there isn't much difference between them in terms of combat skills.

Dr. Rice stared at Wolverine and sighed helplessly.

Wolverine has already made it very clear.

Either get out, or die!

Since that's the case, there's not much more to talk about!

Dr. Rice turned to look at a mercenary next to the armored vehicle.

He didn't speak.

But the mercenary immediately understood his meaning, went to the back of the armored vehicle, and opened the heavy rear door.

As the vehicle door opened, X-24, who looked exactly like Wolverine in his prime, stepped out of the armored vehicle.

After Roy cleansed the genetic toxins from his body with his Cactus Mantra, Wolverine recovered from his weakness and regained his strength. His gray hair and beard also returned to their original brown color.

There was no more white hair or white beard.

But his hair was already a bit messy, and his full beard hadn't been trimmed much, making him look as rugged as could be.

Compared to his untrimmed hair and beard, X-24 looked significantly more energetic.

He had a clean-cut buzz cut, and his sideburns were also neatly groomed.

As soon as X-24 stepped out of the armored vehicle, his gaze fell on Wolverine.

Although he did not know Wolverine, nor did he know that he was a clone of Wolverine.

But the moment he saw Wolverine, he felt a strong "repulsion between like sexes," and the thought of killing Wolverine immediately popped into his mind.

Before Dr. Rice could give any instructions, X-24 immediately extended its adamantium claws, spread its arms, and let out a beast-like roar, glaring angrily at Wolverine a few meters away.

X-24, with a calm expression, did not intend to let out a beastly roar like X-24.

The yelling is over!

Without any hesitation, X-24 suddenly pushed off with his legs and charged towards Wolverine.

Wolverine, not to be outdone, also launched an attack.

Soon, they arrived in front of each other and simultaneously unleashed their Adamantium Bone Claws.

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle—

The sound of Adamantium bone claws tearing through the body echoed continuously.

Both Wolverine and X-24 possess superhuman healing abilities, similar to immortality. Scratches and stabs that would kill or seriously injure ordinary people are not fatal to them at all.

Although they wouldn't die, the pain from the cuts and stabs to their bodies was very real.

At the beginning, only X-24 was shouting angrily while attacking.

As time passed, Wolverine let out an angry howl.

Shouting won't make the physical pain go away, but it can at least provide some relief.

Under the watchful eyes of Roy, Dr. Rice, and others, Wolverine and X-24 quickly became literally covered in blood.

Besides their own blood, they were also stained with each other's blood.

However, judging from appearance, X-24, wearing a black vest, is better looking than Wolverine.

Although his clothes were all tattered, the black vest was obviously more resistant to dirt, and even if it was stained with blood, it wouldn't be particularly noticeable.

Like berserkers in a game, they hacked and slashed at each other for a minute or two before Wolverine and X-24 simultaneously ended this brutal battle of comparing their health.

Standing still and hacking at each other like two out-of-control wild beasts is indeed a simple and direct approach.

But trying to determine a winner by doing this would be a waste of time.

In addition, some of them are too painful.

Both Wolverine and X-24 possess extraordinary healing abilities and can fully withstand this level of pain.

However, being able to tolerate pain does not mean that they enjoy pain.

They are not masochists.

You won't feel pleasure from pain, you'll only feel suffering.

When Wolverine and X-24 changed tactics and stopped standing still and hacking at each other, their fight immediately became much more "pleasing to the eye".

In addition, Wolverine, with his rich combat experience, gradually began to gain the upper hand.

In terms of appearance, X-24 is not much different from Wolverine in his prime.

But this doesn't change the fact that X-24 was only recently created.

Based on his birth date, he is currently just a baby a few months old.

After emerging from the incubation chamber, Dr. Rice arranged for specialized instructors to provide X-24 with some professional military-style training.

But compared to Wolverine, who had accumulated a wealth of combat experience through battles such as the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War, the military training that X-24 received was hardly any different from playing house.

In other words, X-24 was not just a newborn baby, but a complete greenhorn.

In the movie, Wolverine was unable to defeat X-24 with his extensive combat experience; he could only barely hold X-24 back because his condition was far inferior to his opponent's.

And right now, he is undoubtedly at his peak.

If he couldn't gain the upper hand even when his raw strength was no less than X-24's and his experience far surpassed it, then he would be far too incompetent.

As X-24 began to fall behind, Dr. Rice's expression turned grim.

As the creator of X-24, he certainly knew that X-24's combat experience was far inferior to Wolverine's.

But now, he has discovered another problem with X-24, besides his lack of combat experience compared to Wolverine.

As time went by, or more precisely, as the number of injuries increased, X-24's self-healing seemed to begin to slow down.

Upon realizing this, his already unpleasant expression became even more unpleasant.

Although it is not possible to conduct a detailed examination of X-24 at present, judging from the current situation, the cloning technology he used for X-24 is not perfect and needs further improvement and optimization.

Dr. Rice had not discovered this defect before.

Roy, however, already knew.

In the movie, Wolverine and X-24's first encounter takes place on a farm.

After Wolverine was at a disadvantage, Will Munson, the rancher whose wife and children had been killed, rammed his car into X-24 and fired several shots at X-24's head with a rifle.

Although Will Munson failed to kill X-24, he successfully severely injured X-24, preventing X-24 from quickly recovering from his injuries using his healing abilities.

It wasn't until Dr. Rice gave X-24 an injection of a serum that could unleash its potential that X-24 finally recovered.

In addition, at the end of the movie, Laura also used the adamantium bullets that Wolverine had specially kept to blow up X-24.

The head.

Whether it was being unable to heal from injuries on the farm or having his head blown off by an adamantium bullet, it was enough to prove that X-24, as a clone of Wolverine, was slightly inferior to Wolverine in terms of healing ability.

If the injury is not serious, X-24's healing ability seems to be similar to Wolverine's.

If X-24 sustains a prolonged injury or the injury becomes too severe, the fact that his healing ability is inferior to Wolverine's will immediately become apparent.

Putting aside other things, let's take the example of being shot in the head with an adamantium bullet.

In the movie "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," Wolverine was not only hit in the head by an adamantium bullet, but also shot several more times by Colonel Stryker after falling to the ground.

Even so, Wolverine did not die; however, during the brain's self-healing process, he lost his original memories and forgot Silver Fox, Gambit, and others.

One of them survived several shots.

The other was killed with a single shot.

The difference in healing abilities between Wolverine and X-24 is obvious at a glance.

After discovering that X-24 was not as perfect as designed and had some shortcomings compared to Wolverine, Dr. Rice first glanced at Roy without making a sound, and then quietly gave a hand gesture to the mercenary next to him, signaling him to shoot Roy, who was watching the show.

The mercenary clearly saw his gesture, but had no intention of firing a shot.

Roy's formidable strength has been proven by the lives of his fallen comrades.

If Roy could have been killed by a stealthy shot, none of the others would have died.

Seeing that the mercenaries completely ignored his orders, Dr. Rice's face darkened.

He also knew that mercenaries were not very loyal and were just henchmen who did things for money.

But he didn't expect that the other party would completely ignore his orders and show absolutely no professional ethics.

It has to be said that people who do scientific research are sometimes quite naive and don't understand the wickedness of human nature at all.

Even if these mercenaries were hired with money, or even if they were actually from the research institute, they would not carry out orders that would send them to their deaths in vain.

How much is the monthly salary?

Only a fool would risk their life!

Dr. Rice cursed the mercenary in his mind, glanced at the pistol hanging on the man's waist, and gave the mercenary a look.

The mercenary knew what he meant.

After glancing at Roy and confirming that Roy's gaze was fixed on Wolverine and X-24, he took out the pistol from his waist and handed it to Dr. Rice.

The moment the pistol was handed over, the mercenary didn't hesitate at all and immediately stepped back several meters, looking like he was saying, "You're asking for it, don't drag me down with you."

Taking the pistol, Dr. Rice immediately released the safety, raised his right hand, and aimed at Roy.

boom!

As the trigger was pulled, a gunshot rang out!

The sudden gunshots not only attracted the attention of the other mercenaries, but also that of Wolverine and X-24.

As for Roy...

Not to mention.

To Dr. Rice and his mercenaries, his attention was focused on Wolverine and X-24.

But while he was watching the play, he never ignored the presence of Dr. Rice and his group.

Although Dr. Rice did not speak, Roy kept a close eye on his every move.

After the bullet left the barrel, it did not fly toward Roy as Dr. Rice had predicted.

The bullet only flew a meter or two before stopping in mid-air.

Magnetism!

Roy did not dodge or use any other ninjutsu for defense, but instead used Magnet Release.

In terms of controlling magnetism, his control over magnetism is not as good as Magneto's superpower of controlling magnetic fields.

However, to those unaware of the existence of Magnet Release, his mastery of Magnet Release is no different from Magneto's superpowers.

Roy turned to Dr. Rice and said slowly, "Since you're so eager to die, then I'll grant your wish."

No sooner had he finished speaking than the bullet, suspended in mid-air, changed direction and flew toward Dr. Rice's head at a speed no slower than when it left the barrel.

Bang!

Without any suspense, Dr. Rice's head shattered like a watermelon falling from a great height!

Seeing this, the mercenary who had just refused to carry out the order secretly rejoiced at his wisdom in not foolishly following Dr. Rice's orders.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be Dr. Rice whose head would be blown off by a bullet, but him.

The mercenary congratulated himself on his wise decision. Upon seeing Dr. Rice's death, X-24's face immediately showed uncontrollable grief.

Although it is very young, only a few months old.

But in his heart, Dr. Rice was his father.

If Dr. Rice, his father, was killed in front of him, it would be strange if he didn't react at all.

Soon, the sadness on X-24's face disappeared.

Instead, there was an overwhelming killing intent and rage.

He completely ignored Wolverine and sprinted towards Roy at top speed, trying to avenge Dr. Rice.

However, after running only a few steps, he was frozen in place like a statue.

Adamantium is a very magical metal.

However, Adamantium alloys are still affected by magnetism.

Roy didn't exert any effort; with just a thought, he used magnetic force to bind X-24.

"Shall we do it, or should we?"

Roy looked at Wolverine and asked calmly.

If X-24's healing factor is exactly the same as Wolverine's, he wouldn't mind "persuading" X-24 to become his summoned creature and taking it back to its original universe.

But now, he has no such thoughts at all.

One reason is that he doesn't lack summoned beasts now.

On the other hand, it's because he doesn't want defective products.

"Come on over," Wolverine replied quickly after glancing at X-24.

He also has the ability to kill X-24.

But if he were to do it, it would be much more troublesome.

Since that's the case, it's better to just leave it to Roy to handle.

Roy nodded and said nothing more.

After thinking for a moment, he activated the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Amaterasu!

After activating the kaleidoscope, he didn't waste any more time and immediately used Amaterasu.

The black flames of Amaterasu instantly enveloped X-24.

The next second, X-24 let out a blood-curdling scream.

X-24's screams lasted only a few seconds before disappearing.

Although he possessed a healing ability far beyond that of ordinary people, it was as if his healing ability did not exist in the face of Amaterasu's black flames, leaving him with no room to exert it.

In just three or four seconds, X-24's flesh and blood were burned to ashes.

The adamantium skeleton inside his body also turned bright red under the scorching of the Amaterasu flames, looking as if it would melt into liquid at any moment.

Roy abandoned his plan to continue expending his eye power to melt the adamantium skeleton into a liquid state, decisively stopping the use of Amaterasu and deactivating the Mangekyou Sharingan.

After X-24 was burned to a skeleton by Amaterasu, the remaining mercenaries surrendered without hesitation.

Although surrendering is shameful, it's better to be shameful than to be killed.