Marvel's Death Merchant

"Hey, Bob, are you still drinking champagne?" Black Emperor and his crew, who had just been reprimanded by Tang Tian, ​​appeared on a cruise ship and greeted Colonel Hendry. They were actually prepared to discard him after using him, to avoid exposing their actions to others.

"I'm not drinking," Colonel Hendry said, refusing.

"Alright, the good food and drinks are over now. I wonder who you told about our little arrangement." Black King said this to Colonel Hendry as soon as he came up, as if it was because he had exposed them to Tang Tian's watchful eye.

“No!” Colonel Hendry said doubtfully, as if he really didn’t know anything. Black King looked at White Queen, signaling her to read Colonel Hendry’s memories.

"He wasn't lying," the White Queen said calmly after reading his words through telepathy.

"That's fine. Hmm, I guess we've done what we needed you for. Let's wrap this up; your usefulness ends here." Black King said coldly to him. Although it wasn't Colonel Hendry who betrayed him, Black King had always planned to get rid of this person who was no longer of any use.

Black King's words turned Colonel Hendry's face ashen. Seeing the torrent approaching, he knew his life was about to end. He gritted his teeth, pulled out a grenade from his pocket, and prepared to threaten to kill himself to force them to let him go. Unfortunately for them, they were all mutants, and none of them were afraid of this useless man.

“I know I shouldn’t have trusted you. Now, either let me leave with the money, or I’ll pull the fuse and we’ll all go to heaven together,” Colonel Hendry said threateningly, brandishing the grenade in his hand.

Colonel Hendry noticed the Black King's disdainful expression, as if he wasn't afraid at all. The Black King approached step by step, forcing Colonel Hendry back several steps.

"Pull it!" Black King approached Colonel Hendry and easily took the grenade from his trembling hand. Then, ignoring the ashen-faced Hendry, he cruelly laughed, "But I will."

With that, Black Emperor pulled the pin on the grenade. The grenade exploded the next moment, but Black Emperor absorbed the shockwave and flash.

"Really, not bad, a good show. The plot is unfolding exactly as originally planned." The omnipresent Skynet, controlling hidden cameras around the area, watches the unfolding drama. (To be continued...)

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Chapter 80 The First Appearance of Mutants

“You’re one of them too.” Colonel Hendry instinctively took a few steps back, knowing he was doomed. He hadn’t expected his biggest trump card to be so easily exposed.

“Very clever, Colonel Hendry.” Seeing the disbelief on Hendry’s face, Black King’s expression relaxed. His inability to absorb that particular type of bullet had left a deep shadow in his heart.

Black King continued to approach Hendry, tauntingly saying, "You want to guess how I do it? I can absorb any energy, which keeps me young forever, but that's boring. What's interesting is that I can do this when I have the energy."

After speaking, Black King extended a finger, which appeared to carry little power. He pointed at Colonel Hendry, who remained standing there dumbfounded, clearly processing the information. However, he had no chance. With a mere tap of Black King's finger, Colonel Hendry was blasted away by the shockwave of the explosion—the energy from the grenade that Black King had just absorbed.

Meanwhile, in a pub in England, a group of Oxford University students were urging Charles on and loudly befriending him. Agent Mora had just arrived and was waiting in the crowd for the right moment to strike.

Charles held a stemmed glass with both hands and poured the cocktail into his mouth. As expected, Charles finished it, drawing cheers from those around him.

“I’m so proud of you.” A blonde girl walked over and gave Charles a big hug, saying this. There was only one woman who could be so close to Charles: Mystique, Raven.

“Thank you,” Charles said gratefully.

“I’d like another one, and you’d like a Coke,” Charles said to Raven with a smile.

"Congratulations, Professor." Seeing Charles heading in the direction of the bar, Mora took the opportunity to go up to him.

“Thank you very much. Actually, it’s more difficult than it looks.” Charles noticed Mora’s slight surprise, since she had come after watching his performance, and then said politely.

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“No, that was my statement,” Mora corrected with a smile.

"You went to hear my speech? That's great, thank you very much." Charles's eyes lit up with a hint of joy. He said to Mora.

"Charles Xavier".

"Mora Maktagt," the two introduced themselves to each other.

"Are you free?" Mora asked Charles, her eyes filled with anticipation.

“Of course, give me time for a nice mutation. I have five minutes,” Charles said with a smile, touching Mora’s hair.

Then, just like in the original story, Charles was invited to the CIA by Mora.

CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia, USA.

"The arrival of the nuclear age may have accelerated the process of mutation. Individuals with extraordinary abilities may already be among us. Thank you very much." After Charles finished his demonstration on the screen, he sat back down and watched the others at the table.

“McTar Gott, do you really think some crazy scientists would make me believe that women can become radiant and men can become invisible? You're not far from being demoted. Meeting adjourned.” McConnie pointed at Charles and prepared to pack up his documents and leave.

Upon hearing McConnie's words, Mora stood up as if to say something, but McConnie ordered her to sit down.

“I don’t expect you to believe me, because while I was speaking, all you could think about was… what kind of pies they sell at the corner store. Apple and pecan pies. I haven’t been completely honest with you, I’m sorry.” Charles used telepathy to know McConnie’s thoughts to make his words more convincing, while apologizing to Mora.

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“One of the many amazing things my mutation allows me to do is understand your thoughts,” Charles said to McConnie gradually. McConnie still didn’t believe it, thinking it was something he was investigating.

“I’ve seen this before in magic shows. Now you want us to think of a number between 1 and 10?” Stryker looked at McConnie next to him, as if he understood what he meant.

“No, Agent Stryker, though. I can ask about your son, William. You're thinking about him, that's good. But I think I still need to ask you about the US deploying missiles in Turkey.” To convince these two men, Charles had to use telepathy to understand their thoughts, hence this statement. McConnie's expression changed instantly upon hearing Charles's words. The only explanation for his extensive knowledge was that he was a spy, or at least that's what he believed.

“He’s a spy! You’ve brought a spy in here!!!” McConnie looked around at the people at the table and said angrily. A chaotic argument ensued, and as they remained deadlocked, Mystique, at Charles’s signal, stood up and transformed into McConnie’s likeness, ready to prove Charles’s words: the real spy was indeed Mystique, a spy trained by the Umbrella Corporation from childhood.

"How was that magic trick?" Seeing that his goal had been achieved and knowing that everyone present had believed him, Charles leaned against the table and looked at the crowd.

"It's the best I've ever seen," the CIA deputy director said with a dry wit. Most of the people present looked grim. They were very resistant to people who used mutant abilities. After all, Americans are known for loving superheroes and hating freaks. Alice from the movie Resident Evil was a typical example of this.

"Let them out, lock them up, and keep them there until we figure something out," McConnie ordered, clearly expressing his strong dislike for the mutants.

“No, our research facilities aren’t here. I’ll take them with me.” The CIA deputy director said with a smile, clearly very interested in the mutants.

“I can’t believe it. I thought the CIA director would have some magnanimity, but he didn’t at first. We should be arresting Shaw now, but he’s here worrying about mutants unnecessarily. What do we do?” Mora stepped forward and said to his partner, Levin.

"Levin, what's wrong?" Mora asked, noticing that her partner was acting strangely.

“Nothing’s wrong. I just froze him because I need to talk to you. Very well, right? I’m just as interested in Sebastian Shaw as you are. If you still want my help, meet me in the parking garage on the third floor.” Mora looked around at the people who seemed frozen in place, unable to do anything. Such a powerful ability could only be countered by Charles’s telepathy.

“I’ve always known there are people with special abilities like you.” The CIA’s deputy director walked up to Charles and the other mutants with a good-natured smile, and continued, “You know what? For years, I’ve been the laughingstock of the entire CIA, but I’ve known about your existence for a long time.”

“I think you’ll like my lab. But wait a minute,” the CIA deputy director continued.

"Why?" Charles asked, puzzled. Then, just like in the original story, they got into the car to go to CIA headquarters. After the CIA deputy director got in, noticing they weren't paying attention, he secretly sent Tang Tian an encrypted message using a small communicator.

"Looks like he completed his mission well. Now that those mutants appear, we can either win them over or obtain their genes," Tang Tian thought thoughtfully, looking at the information on his wrist computer. The director had also been replaced by his clone, and all the CIA personnel were the same, replaced by their genetic clones—the originals, of course, were replaced as well. Tang Tian, ​​not wanting to waste anything, had thrown them into the biological weapons lab. (To be continued...)

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Chapter 81 Magneto and Professor X

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That night, in the Gaspartina Sea, Eric Lansher, dressed in a diving suit, stealthily approached a white cruise ship under the cover of darkness. He had successfully obtained the whereabouts of the Black King from Schmidt and planned to eliminate him at that time.

Even though the Black King treated him like a mentor and friend, Eric couldn't forget the hatred in his heart. After quietly boarding the cruise ship, Eric pulled out a dagger. He swaggered up to the Black King, who was having sex with the White Queen, while Turbulent Waters watched them talking.

"Hello, doctor?" Eric swaggered over like that. When Eric came over, Black King and Torrent were startled and stood up when they saw Eric in front of them.

“Little Eric Lansheer.” Black King wasn’t afraid; instead, he looked at him with great interest and excitement. This was the disciple he had groomed as his successor since childhood, though Eric had never acknowledged it. As long as Black King didn’t antagonize Tang Tian, ​​he considered himself safe. His plan was to instigate World War III, allowing mutants to rise to power so they could pay the price to Tang Tian.

"He's here to kill you," the White Queen warned the Black Emperor. He had barely appeared when her telepathic abilities read his memories, and Eric currently lacked a helmet to prevent telepathic attacks. Then, she released an invisible, intangible surge of mental energy into Eric's brain, temporarily incapacitating him. He knelt on the ground, resisting the needle-like pain piercing his brain.

Seeing Eric struggling against the White Queen's spiritual power on the ground, the Black Queen, puzzled by Eric's hatred, shook her head and said, "What, is this a greeting...? So many years have passed?" The Black Queen's words did not quell Eric's hatred; instead, they fueled his rage. Ignoring the pain in his head, Eric threw his dagger towards the Black Queen. Unfortunately for him, the White Queen, in her diamond form, caught the dagger and then slammed Eric into the water with a single blow.

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Seeing Eric fall into the water, the Black King said flippantly to the White Queen, "We don't kill our own kind." Don't kill their own kind, huh? If Tang Tian were here, he'd definitely give him a few bullets. Because in the movie, Darwin, who had the survival-of-the-fittest gene, was killed by some idiot.

Just as the Black Emperor finished speaking, and the White Queen was about to reply with a smile, she suddenly sensed a familiar spiritual force. Sensing danger, her expression immediately turned serious.

Just as he finished speaking, a ship's horn sounded, and an American warship slowly approached, turning its head to look at the approaching vessel. Black Emperor chuckled nonchalantly, "Don't worry. The party is starting now."

"This is the U.S. Coast Guard. Do not attempt to move the vessel. Remain where you are." After the announcement, members of the patrol team in several speedboats sailed towards the Black King Cruiser.

“They also have telepathic abilities, but fortunately it wasn’t that person and his men here, so we can still handle it.” After the White Queen finished speaking, she blocked the telepathic communication here, so that Charles could not sense it.

On the American warship, Charles suddenly couldn't sense Black Emperor's position. He said to the person next to him, "I've lost Shaw's position; it's like something's blocking my mental power. This has never happened before. I think there must be someone with my abilities on that ship." Charles blurted out what surprised him greatly.

"Like you?" Agent Mora asked in confusion.

“I’m sorry, it’s because I’m a telepath. It’s unbelievable, I can feel her in my mind, I’m sorry. But I can’t help you today, you’ll have to do it yourselves!” Charles said apologetically.

At this moment, the rapids on the cruise ship, acting as its henchman, launched the first attack. Two tornadoes simultaneously appeared in its palms, rapidly expanding in size. Once the rapids were ready, it merged the two tornadoes and swept them towards the speedboat. Instantly, everyone on board was thrown overboard, becoming soaked to the bone.

"Who else is there?" Charles, who was running out of the ship's hold, used his telepathy to sense that there were people outside, and their strength was definitely not weak.

Eric unleashed his inner power, waving his right hand to instantly control a powerful magnetic field. The chains, like missiles, smashed the cruise ship beyond recognition. Under such intense impact, Black King and White Queen quickly fled. Although he was confident he could absorb any energy, he couldn't guarantee they wouldn't drown if they fell into the sea without Red Devil. After all, neither the raging currents nor White Queen, nor even himself, could survive without oxygen; falling into the sea would be certain death for them.

Charles finally met Eric and saw him using his abilities to distract the submarine. Charles yelled at him from the warship to let go, but to no avail. He then decisively jumped into the sea and hugged Eric, speaking to him telepathically: "You can't, you'll drown, you have to let go. I know what this means for you, but if you die, you can't do anything. Please, Eric, calm down."

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Just as the two had finished their agreement, Tang Tian, ​​who had been hiding in the shadows, walked to the spot where they had fallen. He directly manipulated the magnetic field of their bodies, throwing them back up. Because Tang Tian's power had been further integrated with other forces, the magnetic force in his body also possessed some characteristics of gravity, making his attack and defense capabilities even stronger.

“Thank you very much, Mr. Donalds, for your help.” The CIA deputy director, now a clone, said respectfully.

“He can’t be Umbrella’s….” Agent Mora looked incredulously at Charles and Eric, who had just slowly emerged from the water and were flying out of the water, and said to the director beside him in surprise.

“That’s right, he’s the chairman of Umbrella Corporation. Mr. Donald is here because he’s interested in mutants; he himself obtained these powers through his company’s scientific research.” The portly CIA director said respectfully.

Then, just like in the story, the two introduced themselves and explained that, like him, they possessed the special abilities of mutants.

“I thought I was the only one here,” Eric said, looking at Charles with a puzzled expression from the deck.

“No, Eric, you won’t be alone anymore. We have many people with abilities, you won’t be lonely anymore,” Charles said happily. The two of them, who were both mutant leaders and best friends, had become friends, and because of them, mutants would have a place in the future.

“Charles, let’s go to the CIA’s secret research facility! We can better stop the Black King there, and you can get more capable people to stop Shaw’s plot.” After speaking briefly to the CIA deputy director, Tang Tian directly addressed the two men who had become budding friends. Charles nodded and invited him to go with him.

"The next step should be collecting the genes of those mutants and getting some of them to work for me," Tang Tian thought silently, watching his two best friends. The crucial moment was approaching—the time to execute his plan.

Then, the group was transported by helicopter to a secret CIA research base. Of course, Tang Tian had also infiltrated this base; it was basically staffed with his own people. (To be continued...)

Chapter 82 CIA Secret Base

"Welcome to my territory. My mission is to investigate the application of supernatural forces in military defense. And all of this is funded by Mr. Donus's Umbrella Corporation." At the entrance of the CIA's secret base, the fat director introduced some things about the CIA to Charles and his group.

Tang Tian noticed Charles and the others staring at him, clearly surprised. He simply smiled at them. Their surprise stemmed from the immense financial resources required to maintain such a large base, even though Charles and the other mutants knew Tang Tian was very wealthy. Mystique nodded to Tang Tian but said nothing more.

“Or attack.” Eric glanced at Tang Tian, ​​as if to add something.

“This guy, Shaw, Schmidt. No matter how you try to get him to cooperate with Russia, we might need your help,” the fat director continued to Charles and the others.

“Great, so we’ll become the CIA’s superpowered department, right?” Charles smiled and said noncommittally.

"Pretty much!" the chubby bureau chief nodded, confirming. Tang Tian deliberately kept a low profile, allowing the plot to unfold according to the original script. Now controlling technology across multiple dimensions, Tang Tian could easily crush the current world, but he wouldn't do that. The Marvel universe is vast. Although the Marvel Cinematic Universe isn't as overpowered as the comics, it's still incredibly complex. One wrong move and he could be caught off guard and killed by the hidden power. Therefore, Tang Tian remained extremely cautious for the time being.

The CIA's chubby director gave a brief overview of the base, omitting important details. Everything was glossed over, and no one suspected anything. Since this place was a secret, they naturally wouldn't let their mutants know. Charles generally didn't use telepathy with friendly people, so he had no idea what the chubby director was thinking. Then, the group arrived at the high-tech experimental area.

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