Black-robed Superman from a certain American comic book

"Stand up, child!"

You can do it!

Jupiter emitted a golden light and struck a charlatan's pose as he preached to Charles.

"I……"

Charles, who had been subtly implied, suddenly felt that his legs, which had long since lost consciousness, had regained feeling, and he felt that he could stand up again.

With that thought in mind, Charles tentatively stood up from his seat, a hint of excitement on his face.

"I...I'm up?"

Charles jumped up and down a few times, as happy as a child in his thirties or forties.

"Let me thank you, Eric's friend! You helped me get back on my feet. I can't believe I've ever gotten out of this damn thing."

Charles seemed very grateful to Jupiter, and holding Jupiter's hand, he spoke excitedly.

"No need to thank me, I've come to you because I have something to discuss."

Jupiter listened to Charles's thoughts, shook his head, and then casually found a chair to sit down.

"Forehead……"

Charles glanced at Jupiter, then at Eric, and seeing their serious expressions, finally sighed.

"Everyone, that concludes today's lesson. Class dismissed..."

Charles addressed the students in the classroom.

“Yes, Principal Charles.”

After hearing Charles's words, the students from the school all came out of the room. They looked somewhat anxious, as if they had recognized Eric's identity: the man who had once caused a ruckus in the White Palace and almost killed the president of the Free State, Magneto, the most dangerous mutant in the world!

"Wait, you stay here."

Just then, Jupiter called out to a girl with long red hair, slightly broad shoulders, and a beautiful face, but who didn't seem very bright.

"What do you need Jean Grey for?"

When Charles saw Jupiter call out to Jean, his expression immediately turned sour. He suspected that Jupiter already knew about Jean's power.

"Isn't that power far too great for a little girl?"

“I will help her to completely break free from this power.”

"Let her be like those ordinary girls among mutants, a girl who can happily pursue the life she wants without worrying about being swallowed up by her powers."

Jupiter crossed his legs and said that everything he did was for Qin's good, but he remained silent about his plan to absorb the power of the phoenix.

"..."

As Jupiter finished speaking, Charles and Jean exchanged a glance. They saw the shock in each other's eyes. They knew that Jupiter knew Jean very well, perhaps even better than Charles and Jean themselves.

Chapter 132 Plotting the Phoenix Power

Do you know anything about the zither?

Charles stared intently at Jupiter, as if hoping to glean something unusual from Jupiter's face.

"The Power of the Phoenix!"

"One of the strongest forces in this universe."

Jupiter made no attempt to conceal anything and directly revealed the source of the power residing within Jean's body.

"The Phoenix Force?!"

Charles, Eric, and Jean herself all showed expressions of surprise upon hearing Jupiter's words, as this was something completely outside their knowledge.

"It is the most primal force in the universe. If it is not handled with care, it could unintentionally blow up the city beneath our feet, or even destroy a planet. For the Phoenix Force within Qin, this would be an easy task."

"That's why I hope that Qin can voluntarily hand over this power so that I can take control of it on her behalf. When Qin is truly ready to accept this power, I will return the Phoenix Force to her."

Jupiter faced Charles and Jean Grey himself, recounting the power of the Phoenix Force.

"May I ask, sir, what do you intend to do with the powerful energy within the zither?"

Charles looked very serious as he asked Jupiter why he wanted the world-destroying phoenix power within Jean. Now that he knew how powerful Jean was, he naturally wouldn't allow this immense power to fall into the hands of those unruly villains. Charles had a vague premonition that this seemingly young man, the one who had healed his legs, was no good.

"It's no use..."

Without a second thought, Jupiter uttered two words.

"It didn't work?"

Charles was somewhat incredulous. His eyes widened. "Are you kidding me?" he thought. "The Phoenix Force, capable of destroying planets at will, how could it be useless? Since it's one of the most powerful forces in the universe, it naturally has immense value..."

Charles did not believe Jupiter's words, and he gradually became more wary.

"If it were the complete Phoenix Force, it would indeed be useful to me, but if it were only a fragment of the Phoenix Force, it wouldn't be of much help to me."

Jupiter's words were half true and half false, and it was this kind of half-true, half-false lie that was the hardest to see through.

"Then why do you want to obtain the phoenix power within Qin's body?"

Charles found Jupiter's words full of holes and pressed him for answers.

"It's very simple. If Qin doesn't release the Phoenix Power within her body now, the prolonged suppression will cause the Phoenix Power to become agitated and restless. At that point, the Phoenix Power will actively attack Qin's mind, ultimately leading to Qin being controlled by the Phoenix Power and becoming out of control."

Jupiter explained his pre-prepared reasons, and in fact, Jupiter was not wrong. Charles had always taught Jean to learn to control herself, but Charles did not know that the more the Phoenix Force was controlled, the more volatile it would become. Eventually, once a certain limit was reached, this passionate power would completely take over the host's brain, making the host go crazy and become different from their former self.

"This……"

Charles was unsure whether Jupiter's words were true or false, and he hesitated.

"This power is very strong! Most importantly, it is extremely dangerous, so please, please let me hesitate for a moment and think it over carefully."

Charles's expression turned serious. He decided to think it over carefully and consider whether there was anyone in the world besides Jupiter who claimed to be able to withstand the power of the Phoenix.

"What are you thinking about, you future bald guy!"

Jupiter's eye twitched slightly, but he remained calm on the surface, inwardly cursing Charles.

"Clearly, things in this world don't always go as the time traveler imagines, with everything going according to plan. There are often situations that leave the time traveler feeling helpless and powerless..."

"bump!"

Jupiter grabbed the ashtray from the table and threw it away.

From everyone's perspective, the ashtray smashed into something unknown in mid-air, something they couldn't see, before falling to the ground.

"hiss……"

Eric stared at the scene before him, vaguely sensing something. The magnetic force told him that there seemed to be something in front of him, but that thing was not something that someone like him could easily see. A voice rang in his ears from the darkness, a voice that was extraordinary and almost godlike.

"?"

On the other hand, Jean's reaction was stronger than Eric's; she had developed some doubts.

“Dr. Charles, perhaps I should introduce myself to you in this way.”

Jupiter observed the reactions of the two Omega mutants in the room and knew that he couldn't delay any longer. Magneto was alright, but Jean Grey might actually be able to sense the existence of the Observer, who belonged to a higher dimension, through the incomplete Phoenix Force within her.

"Crack~"

After Jupiter finished speaking, he snapped his fingers in front of everyone.

"Oh?"

Charles was taken aback, unsure of what Jupiter meant by saying he wanted to properly introduce himself, only to snap his fingers right in front of him?!

"Forehead……"

Not only Charles, but the others in the room also didn't know what Jupiter was up to. They were puzzled by Jupiter's behavior of saying he was going to introduce himself, but then simply snapping his fingers and then not saying anything more.

"Has something happened?"

Charles knew that this snap of his fingers wouldn't be so simple, so he looked around at the people and asked.

"Well, Doctor, for the time being, nothing seems to have happened..."

Jean Grey was completely bewildered. She hadn't sensed anything happening within her perception range. She knew it was perhaps because she was too weak, so she raised her head and looked at Magneto, Erik Lansheer, who stood opposite her, one of the world's most dangerous and powerful mutants. However…

In fact, Eric was even more confused than Cyn Grey...

So what exactly happened?

Jean Grey was speechless. She muttered to herself, genuinely unaware of what had happened.

"that……"

Charles felt that instead of continuing to speculate here, it would be better to directly ask Jupiter in front of him. Perhaps Jupiter really had just snapped his fingers casually, hehe...

"Clap clap clap..."

Just as Charles was about to ask Jupiter what had happened, the sound of hurried footsteps reached everyone's ears. Of course, it wasn't because Charles's classroom wasn't soundproofed properly; it was just that everyone in the classroom had incredibly sharp senses.

"Snapped!"

The classroom door opened, revealing a blue, beast-like face; the person inside was none other than Beast Hank.

"Something terrible has happened, Charles!"

"The moon, the moon has suddenly lost half its size..."

Hank wiped the sweat from his forehead and spoke nervously.

"Eric?"

After Hank finished speaking, he noticed Magneto inside the room and asked in confusion.

"Long time no see, Hank."

Eric faced Hank and nodded, as if to greet his old friend.

"Hank, don't rush, slowly tell me what you want to say."

Charles comforted Hank, speaking softly.

“Charles, don’t be afraid of what I’m about to say. Just as I was observing the solar system with my astronomical telescope, my instruments showed that the moon was suddenly moving. When I pointed the telescope at the moon, the moon, the moon was only half there.”

Hank looked at Charles and explained what terrible thing he had experienced. When he saw the moon suddenly being slashed in half by an unknown object, he was so frightened that he immediately sat down on the ground and almost knocked over the experimental equipment behind him.

"..."

After hearing Hank's words, everyone in the room fell silent. They recalled Jupiter's snap of his fingers earlier, and they seemed to vaguely understand something.