A ball of black mist fluttered in the swamp, and it spread very quickly, just like being blown by the wind, passing through the slug with bad smell, but did not disturb the grass and trees here.

Since those new mutants cannot provide effective coordinates, Merlin can only use the most primitive method to find that "home".

As Merlin has learned so far, they must have the ability to monitor the swamp where they are located in batches of new mutant warriors, so large-scale searches are not advisable, which can easily alarm the enemy.

What Merlin wants is an annihilation operation, and he doesn't want to play hide-and-seek with the group of mice.

But fortunately, Merlin had a nearly omnipotent intelligent assistant. Icarus used the time they were riding on the aircraft and the location where the spirit butterflies were attacked as references, and finally confirmed a search area for Merlin.

"The area of ​​this swamp is nearly 800 square kilometers, and it is rarely visited by people, and I suspect that the organization may have some advanced technology to hide their bases, at least at the optical level."

Icarus said to Merlin:

"This means that if you have to rely on yourself to search, it may take several hours to find that place... but it has been nearly an hour since the squad that attacked Miss Lingdie was wiped out. If that organization is not stupid, they must have made a response."

"They may have evacuated, or are ready to deal with the possible attacks after exposure."

"Victor is staring at the exit of the swamp and also satellite surveillance."

Merlin said:

"As long as they leave, we will know. But to be honest, I don't think they will give up the base so decisively. I saw those in the memory of the fake White Queen. There were at least a few hundred children in that base. It was not easy to get them to evacuate them all."

"Don't call her a fake White Queen, she has a name, too."

Icarus reminded:

"That girl's name is Grace."

"Maybe I should call her little Emma."

Merlin smiled and said:

"It just happened to be a separate trip to the Big Emma of Hellfire Club."

"The real White Queen certainly doesn't like your joke."

Icarus complained:

"She might launch the powerful mutant of Hellfire Club, and people block you in the alley and teach you a hard lesson."

"Then let her do it."

Merlin said without caring:

"She didn't even know that I had laid a nail in her Hellfire Club, ah, my dear friend Asazo."

"Maybe she already knows it."

Icarus was like he was deliberately quarreling with Merlin, she said:

"The White Queen has the same strong spiritual power as Professor Charles, and Asazo's relationship with you may not be able to hide it from her."

“Isn’t that better?”

As the black fog rolled, Merlin showed a strange smile, and he said:

"Doesn't this mean that Emma has not planned to turn against us recently, and she and her Hellfire Club have not planned to take advantage of this time to do something... Nothing happened, even if the world is peaceful."

"Huh...you agents are really too cunning."

Icarus snorted. Although she possessed the wisdom of data, she was obviously not more proficient in these things that were related to people's hearts. She controlled several satellites to scan the swamp while saying to Merlin:

"How long are you going to let the uninvited guy behind you follow you?"

"It's almost done, isn't it already an open ground?"

Meilin pushed her glasses, and the dispersed black mist gathered in the open area of ​​the swamp. Under the still clear moonlight, the floating mist formed Meilin's figure like the most gorgeous magic.

He hovered over the swamp covered with mud and water, and looked back at the place behind him where the moonlight could not shine. In the dark mud, there was a living body that had been hiding from the beginning and secretly followed his life.

Like a child...

But it is impossible for children who can move in the marshland where the environment is harsh and wild animals live in a rare swamp.

"Child, come out."

Icarus' lenses quickly switched to the detection mode. In the thermal imaging mode, on the edge of the mud behind Merlin, among the low vines, a little guy was lying there, looking at Merlin with vigils, like a vigilant little beast.

"You know I can see her without thermal imaging, right? The footsteps of her moving in the darkness were like thunder in my ears..."

Merlin said:

"Switch it off, this vague thing makes me dizzy."

Icarus quickly turned off the thermal imaging module, and Merlin shouted to the quiet swamp behind him:

"Are you planning to play hide-and-seek with me? Little girl, I'm not a bad guy. Actually, I'm looking for some bad guys now, and they're hiding in this swamp. I think you might be able to help."

Merlin stopped, and he saw the little girl hiding in the mud slowly retreating, as if she was scared by him.

Obviously, she didn't believe in Merlin.

She is about to escape.

"I have no malice, girl."

At this moment, Merlin's voice suddenly rang in the mind of the little girl who was covered in mud, like some kind of evil magic, which scared the little girl so much that she turned around and ran away.

Her speed was extremely fast, like a little monkey, jumping and running quickly between the vines and trees in the swamp, and disappeared from Merlin's vision in almost the blink of an eye.

"She is a mutant, no doubt."

Icarus cut off the girl's running movement and projected it on Merlin's lens, she said:

"It moves very fast, definitely exceeding the explosive power that a child of her age should have, and the reaction speed is also very fast, more than several times that of an adult."

"A little mutant, hiding not far from the villains, is still so vigilant."

Merlin's figure dissipated into black mist, and he whispered:

"It seems we need a little guide... Well, maybe even God can't stand those evil deeds, so he specially sent this little angel to help us execute justice."

"Don't scare her."

Icarus reminded:

"That kid must have encountered something bad, you have to be gentle."

"I'm very good at dealing with kids, Icarus, I like kids, they have a clear love and hate, they don't hide their thoughts like an annoying adult. If you treat them well, they treat you well... How great would it be if there were kids in this world."

The plum forest was like a ghost of black fog, moving forward in the direction where the little girl had escaped just now, and he said:

"When I picked up Lorna, she was about the same age as this girl. Lorna was so obedient at that time, and Riven. Well, Riven is an exception. She was very unbearable at the beginning, but now she is much better. On the contrary, the obedient Lorna is a headache when she grew up... She sneaked to Ireland to play with Wanda these days, and she thought I didn't know..."

"They are originally sisters... It is normal to be naturally attractive."

Icarus said:

"Wanda Django Maximov is very good to Lorna. Don't think about it. I have been 'borrowing' satellites to observe them. And Wanda obviously has noticed this observation, and she has not expressed resistance. This is her expression of goodwill."

"I'm not worried about Wanda, Icarus."

Merlin looked like a brother who was worried about his sister, and he said:

"What I'm worried about is Kuaiyin, Lorna's brother, that guy who always causes trouble. Sooner or later he will cause trouble that he can't solve, and maybe he will also involve my cute Lorna."

"And Riven, my sister pretended to be a good girl just to reassure me, but in fact, I knew very well what she was doing recently... She had discovered the three magic weapons I had hidden in the mysterious room, she was just waiting for an opportunity to unblock it, ah, it was really uneasy."

"Riwen is also for self-protection."

Icarus said:

"Riwen is born with powerful power. After being sealed by the Supreme Mage, it is normal for her to feel uneasy. Haven't you peeked at her diary? She just wanted to help her brother share some pressure. Just like you are alert to the shadows that breed the world, Riwen is also worried about whether the seal she released to the Three Palace Demon is still complete."

"Oh, don't talk nonsense! When did I read my sister's diary? I'm not a voyeur."

Merlin said dissatisfiedly:

"That time, Raven accidentally forgot her diary on the table, and I just helped her put it away."

"How many pages have you seen?"

Icarus teased:

"Come on, Merlin, you like to peek at other people's privacy the most. You don't respect other people's personal space at all. If Matt knows that he and his only friend were admitted early to Columbia University because you helped them clear their relationship, you're done."

"I don't! Don't talk nonsense, Icarus."

Merlin quibbled:

"I just 'accidentally' revealed this to Fury during the chat... I swear I didn't interfere. It was all the spontaneous actions taken by Director Ludan Tou, and it had nothing to do with me... Oh, I found her."

"Shh, Icarus, don't say anything. That girl is hiding on the branch and trying to sneak attack me..."

Merlin stopped at a fork in the depths of the swamp. He seemed to have found some trace. He squatted down and stretched out his glove-clad hand to tweak the remaining traces on the ground.

Just as he squatted down, on the branch behind him, a small figure pounced down like a female leopard. The girl covered in mud and mud did not say a word, her hands spread out and on her clenched fist, strange claws poked out from under her skin.

It looks like Logan's six steel claws, but this girl's claws are only four, scattered on two fists.

"Puff, puff"

Two light sounds, the claws on the girl's fist that pounced down from the tree pierced Meilin's neck from left to right. Her movements were fierce and precise, and it was obviously not the first time she had done a sneak attack.
To be continued...