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Laser Eyes glanced calmly at the tall man and asked, "Sabertooth, who is your target?"

The tall man, the saber-toothed tiger that Cyclops had mentioned, sneered and roared, "Get out of here!!!"

Storm looked at the RV in the distance and said, "Quick, the RV is about to explode! Let's forget about Sabretooth for now, saving people is the priority!"

Cyclops nodded, then pressed the switch on his glasses, and a red laser beam shot out, striking the spot where Saber-toothed Tiger had just been standing.

Having dodged Laser Eye's attack, Sabretooth chuckled and said, "You can't hit me!"

Cyclops sneered and said, "Is that so? Then I'll have to try!" With that, he fired his laser beam recklessly, causing the saber-toothed tiger to stumble back repeatedly. Finally, he glanced at Logan lying on the hood of the car, then leaped into the forest and left.

Cyclops and Storm exchanged a glance, then quickly went to the RV and rescued Logan and Mary. They had barely run out when the RV exploded with a loud bang.

Mary looked at the RV with lingering fear, then said to Cyclops and Storm, "Thank you for your help. How is Logan?"

Cyclops said calmly, "He's fine! He just passed out."

Mary responded with an "oh," and then asked, "Who are you people?"

Cyclops didn't answer, but instead glanced at Storm questioningly. Storm took out a device and examined Mary, then nodded to Cyclops.

After seeing this, Laser Eyes explained, "We are from Xavie."

The school for gifted children, often shortened to X School or X Academy, is where we, like you, are mutants.

Mary was taken aback and said, "X School? Are there still students attending classes there?"

Storm could roughly guess the girl's background, so she said gently, "Yes, it is indeed a school there, full of mutant students like you. We are the teachers. There, you will not only learn to control your mutant abilities, but also learn the same scientific knowledge as other schools, and of course, you will make many friends!"

Storm's words sparked a longing in Mary, who asked, "Can I go to school too?"

Storm laughed and said, "Of course, we welcome all mutants to our school. How about we go and see the school? Besides, this one needs us to take him back for treatment."

Mary was overjoyed. She no longer had to feel alone, and Logan was still unconscious. Since they had said they would treat him, going to see him was a good option. Thinking this, Mary nodded and boarded the X-Men's fighter jet.

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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Uprising

Manhattan, New York, evening

Adam received a call from Tony as soon as he left the company.

"Hey bro, what's up? You've been back for three days and haven't asked me out for a drink yet. How about we go out for a few drinks tonight? My treat!"

Adam said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Tony, something has happened recently and I can't be distracted. I can't go with you tonight. You should go by yourself first."

Tony, knowing it was about The Beast, said, "Alright, let's talk again next time!"

Adam put down the phone and went straight home to have Athena access the defense deployment on Ellis Island. They carefully studied how to remedy any unforeseen circumstances. After all, most of the people who came to Ellis Island this time were leaders or representatives of various countries' second-in-commands. If something happened to them, it would be a disaster for the United States and could very likely trigger a war, which was not the outcome Adam wanted. Therefore, in addition to his regular work, Adam spent all his time discussing these issues with Athena.

Just then, Athena suddenly pulled up a video and said, "Master, the mutants have been mobilized! Dozens of mutants have been discovered near Ellis Island and are attacking the police! The scene is extremely chaotic, and many casualties have already been reported!"

Adam sighed and said, "I knew it would turn out like this! Alright, I'm off!" Then he suddenly disappeared.

Ellis Island, located in the Upper New York Bay in southwest Manhattan, New York City, was the main U.S. immigration checkpoint from 1892 to 1943. It closed in 1954 and is now a museum, a place for modern Americans to trace their roots.

The reason for holding this multinational conference here is also for the aforementioned reasons, implying that mutants must be subject to government scrutiny if they want to live in the United States, otherwise they simply cannot live there.

Mutants living in the lower classes of America have long been discriminated against, living inhuman lives in hiding, simply because they are mutants and because they possess unique powers. Like Black people decades ago, they have remained silent in the face of this exclusion. Most mutants have never thought of using their abilities to gain respect or take revenge on society. They mostly hate their abilities, are afraid of ordinary humans, and passively accept the discrimination from society.

But now everything is different. When the government issued a mandatory announcement of their identities, the pent-up resentment was finally about to explode, because most of them would not be able to survive after their identities were made public. This was a deprivation of their right to live!

In an abandoned church in Queens, more than thirty people had gathered. Most of them were dressed in cheap clothes, pale-faced, and had blank stares as they stared at the middle-aged man standing in the center, talking incessantly.

The middle-aged man was dressed in a priest's robe and wore gold-rimmed glasses, appearing very refined, but what he was saying now had nothing to do with refinement.

He shouted excitedly to the crowd below, "Brothers, you are all honest people who have not used your abilities to commit crimes, otherwise your lives would not have fallen to this point. But now the government is forcing us to die. Do you think we can agree to that?"

The young men dressed in punk attire below shook their heads excitedly, shouting, "No! We want revenge!!!"

However, those middle-aged or elderly people standing there numbly are clearly confused about their future.

Upon seeing this, the priest's eyes flashed with a red light, and he shouted sternly, "What are you waiting for? Do you intend to wait until those humans have wiped us all out before you rebel? We are messengers of God, and our strength is a gift from God! Fellow countrymen, do not fear your own power. We possess the power to change this world. Let us use our power to change this corrupt world!"

Suddenly, an eerie red light appeared in the numb eyes of the thirty-odd people below. They looked at the priest and shouted intermittently, "We want revenge! We want to change the world!"

The priest gave a cold smile and said calmly, "Very well, everyone. Since those politicians won't let us have an easy time, then they don't want to have an easy time either! Go on, vent your anger and your grievances!"

The crowd below shouted, "Yes! Let those politicians know how powerful we mutants are!!!"

The priest clapped his hands, and two men in black wearing sunglasses walked out from a side door. Looking at the crowd below, they said, "Father, you're really amazing! You managed to control so many mutants so quickly!"

The priest smiled faintly and said, "What's so great about it? My ability can only control mutants. Alright, I've done what I promised you, and I should go back now."

The other man in black smiled and said, "That's why we succeeded this time. By the way, they won't suddenly lose control, will they?"

The priest smiled proudly and said, "Don't worry, it won't happen unless Professor X intervenes or someone knocks them out. But by the time those people realize the problem, we'll have already achieved our goal, so there's nothing to worry about."

The man in black nodded and said, "In that case, you may go back now!"

The priest bowed slightly, then turned and left the church.

After the priest left, the second man in black sneered and said, "What a coward! He was afraid of being caught, so he didn't dare to go to the scene."

The man in black said calmly, "That's why he's been able to live until now. His ability is only to control mutants, and specifically these level three or lower mutants. So it's not shameful that he's afraid of death."

The second man in black shrugged and said, "Alright, how do we control these people?"

The number one man in black said coldly, "This is none of your business. You should mind your own business and not cause me any trouble!"

After hearing this, the second man in black said, "Alright, alright, you're the boss!"

The man in black glanced at him indifferently, then walked up to the thirty-odd mutants and shouted, "Get on the bus!" He then pointed to a bus parked in front of the church.

Thirty-odd mutants walked into the car without resistance and sat quietly in their seats, waiting. If it weren't for the red light flashing in their eyes, even the second man in black would have thought they were normal people.

The bus started moving and soon arrived in southwest Manhattan, on the road leading to Ellis Island. At this time, Ellis Island had been taken over by police and the military because of this meeting. The sudden appearance of the bus on the road made everyone on guard tense; was something about to happen?

The bus slowly came to a stop in front of the police line. A policeman, holding a pistol in one hand, walked over, knocked on the door, and shouted, "Hey buddy, this place has been taken over by the military. No tourists allowed!"

The bus door opened, and a middle-aged man stepped off. Looking at the museum across the street, he said, "You government lackeys, die!"

With a flick of his right hand, the middle-aged man compressed the air in front of him, turning it into a sphere that slammed into the policeman with a powerful thud, shattering him into pieces and leaving blood everywhere.

Upon seeing this, the police officers in the outpost quickly pressed a red button and shouted, "Mutants are attacking!!!" Then they drew their pistols and began firing.

Seeing that the police had retaliated, the first man in black, who was driving, sneered and said, "Hey, buddy, the men down here are yours. We'll wait for you inside!" Then he drove off.

The middle-aged man who got out of the car had a crazy smile on his face. He waved his hands and fired air cannons at the police recklessly. However, as a level two mutant, he was not that strong. After firing air cannons for more than ten minutes, he was riddled with holes by the troops that came to reinforce him.

After riddling the middle-aged man with bullets from the air cannon, the military left the scene to support the police inside. Moments later, Adam arrived at the scene, frowned at the corpses on the ground, and said, "This was clearly a suicide attack. Who did it?"

After hearing this, Athena said, "Master, I'll go check their identities; perhaps we can find some clues!"

Chapter Thirty: Identity

Ellis Island is attacked by mutants. When Adam arrives at the scene, he discovers that the attackers are carrying out a suicide attack, which makes Adam realize that things are not so simple!

Adam contacted Athena and said, "Athena, I don't think things are simple. This is tantamount to a suicide mission!"

Athena nodded and said, "Yes, Master, I will begin investigating the origins of these people to see if they are members of a cult."

Adam frowned, listening to the distant gunfire and screams, and said, "Hmm, hurry! The army has already engaged them. I'll go rescue people first!" With that, he pushed off with his feet and instantly accelerated towards the direction where the gunfire was most intense.

When Adam arrived, thirty or forty soldiers were using their vehicles as cover to fire at the mutants using their mutant abilities. Dozens of soldiers and four or five mutants were already lying on the ground; it was a horrific scene.

Adam looked at the bloodshot eyes of the people opposite him, took a breath, and then suddenly exhaled, freezing the mutants and causing them to lose control of their bodies.

Just after Adam froze the mutants, a soldier fired a shot, hitting the frozen mutants. Adam caught the bullet with a whoosh and turned around.

"What do you want to do? Can't you see I've already subdued them?"

A young soldier, the one who fired the shot, glared fiercely at Adam and exclaimed excitedly, "They killed Jem! He was just married a week ago! How dare they?! Ah, damn it, I'm going to kill them! What right do you have to stop me?!"

Upon hearing this, Adam said, "Enough! Stop making a scene! Do you know who they are? They are just ordinary civilians, people you are supposed to protect! They have been manipulated. What happened today will be dealt with by law! You cannot seek revenge privately. Remember, soldier, you are a soldier!!!"

Athena had just sent him the information on these people. They were all from the bottom of society, and apart from a few new thugs, most of them were law-abiding citizens with no criminal record and had their own families.

Adam was certain it was a conspiracy. Although he didn't know why these people would carry out a suicide attack, he was certain that Congress would unanimously pass the bill after today's attack, and the U.S. military would certainly not let it go.

Someone wants to instigate a war between the US government and mutants!

Hearing Adam's words, the young soldier said coldly, "How do I know if what you're saying is true, and who knows if you're a mutant!"

Adam understood their feelings, but he couldn't let the hatred fester, so he said, "Which of you is the captain? I have something for you to see, and then you'll know if what I'm saying is true!"

“The one lying behind you is our captain! He has a three-year-old child,” a Black man answered Adam’s question in a cold voice.

Adam was a little embarrassed. He took out a device and handed it to the young man, saying, "Okay, I understand how you feel, but before you make a decision, please take a look at this information. As for what you want to do after you've read it, I won't care!"

Adam activated the device, playing the information Athena had given him for the surviving soldiers to see. Then he left and continued running towards his next target. Knowing that his opponents were law-abiding civilians, Adam ran at top speed, determined to save their lives before the army killed them, otherwise the planners would have succeeded.

In this way, through Adam's greatest efforts, the lives of about twenty mutants and several hundred soldiers were saved.

After freezing all the mutants with cold air, Adam met with the highest military commander.

"Hello, General Michel, I have some things here that I need you to look at!"

Adam handed the documents to the furious general, who had been giving him a cold shoulder ever since Adam saved several mutants.

After reviewing the information, General Michelle pondered for a moment and said, "So, these people are just ordinary mutants, but how can that prove that their attack wasn't voluntary?"

Adam nodded and said, "It's obvious, sir, that this was a premeditated attack. Our most important task now is to find the mastermind behind this, otherwise something bad will definitely happen on the day of the joint meeting!" After saying that, he pulled up some videos that Athena had just compiled and played them for the other party to see.

The video clearly shows the mutants being forcibly taken to a dilapidated lecture hall by several thugs. Shortly after, a bus arrives from a distance and stops outside the church. The final scene shows the mutants being led into the bus by two men in sunglasses and black. This information was obtained by Athena through hacking into surveillance satellites, which fully proves that these people were coerced.

Michelle frowned after watching the video and said, "Okay, I will report this to my superiors. And thank you for saving me, Mr. Xia Ying!"

Adam shook his head and said, "You're welcome, sir. It's what I should do."

After hearing this, Michelle remarked, "If all people with special abilities were like you, our world would have less conflict and more peace."

Adam smiled and said, "That day will come, sir, I firmly believe that! By the way, I know you have suffered more losses, but please promise me that you will protect these mutants. After all, they are just pitiful people being used."

Michelle sighed and said, "I'll try my best. All I can promise you is to 'do my best to protect their lives.'"