168 Prototype
Taking back his students, Eric placed the children he had come to join these days in the college, and the professor would train these traumatized newcomers like his predecessors.
Logan stayed, and Ororo was determined to persevere in the academy. In her heart, the professor was her father--like all fathers who are full of fatherly love, his self-defeating will arouse strong dissatisfaction from his children, but this is not a reason to abandon him in the academy.
Although I really want to be with my beloved man, Storm Girl is considering mature and stays in the academy and does her responsibilities as she does before.
"I don't look like Qin, Eric." Ororo said before leaving. "I am used to a peaceful life. I can't live without the academy. If I miss you, I will go to Manhattan."
Looking at her smiling face, Eric felt a little melancholy. He held Ororo's face and kissed her for a long time, and finally respected her opinion.
Fortunately, the safety of the college did not need to worry about it. The professor's power was still there. In the confrontation between the two sides, Eric transmitted his tragic phenomena in the laboratory and powerful power together, forming a furious mental storm that forcibly defeated the professor's strong defense.
What is shaken first is the professor's stubbornness, and then his strength. If one day he can really calm down completely and face the changes fairly with an objective attitude, then a brand new Professor X will reappear.
But that would have happened a long time later. From the moment he fell from the altar, he was out.
After everyone said goodbye, the young man took a bus back south, and this time they finally stopped being passers-by.
Back in Manhattan, the office building was full of popularity again. Seeing young people in and out, the old Parker couple who felt deserted recently were very happy.
This incident was in chaos under the water, with only a slight ups and downs on the water, and ordinary people knew nothing. They still lived according to their own inherent trajectory. As the saying goes, the world does not exist for a single person. Perhaps for a moment, people will temporarily lose their voices for the shocking event, and that is only temporary.
People still have to survive, no matter whether they are in good or bad state.
Originally, he was a well-known local figure. But times have changed. The new generation turned a blind eye to the old rules. Spider-Man, who was brave enough to break the peaceful order. He was held hostage by the silver ghost and lost face. In connection with some bad changes in the city recently, he felt that he had to communicate with powerful people in advance.
This so-called powerful person is of course Eric.
Remember? The two sides have reached an oral agreement without coercive binding force.
The effectiveness of the agreement is certainly not clear, but people with identities should respect each other, so when he made a request again, Eric did not refuse.
Sending away the Secretary, now there is a bag of documents on his desk, about a small gang in Manhattan area - the Harlem Boy.
This is the name given to them by outsiders. In fact, this is just a small organization. All members, including the two mutant leaders, are local blacks. They usually make a living by collecting protection fees. Occasionally, they also resist foreign forces or make shameful transactions. Overall, there is neither a reasonable background nor an outrageous crime. The neighborhoods occupied are only a corner of the slum. Generally speaking, such small characters only show basic respect for people in uniforms. The police will let them fend for themselves. However, there is a small technical problem now, that is, a small coup recently occurred in the organization. An alien fierce character overthrew the two original leaders and was about to recruit soldiers and fight.
"Are two cowardly and dirty people tamed by an ordinary person?" Cole turned his head and saw some situations from Alison, and couldn't help but sarcastic.
Her character is strong and decisive, and she looks down on the useless person the most - two powerful mutants were defeated by ordinary people, and she couldn't even imagine it.
Her words inadvertently made her companions feel a little embarrassed. When Eric took the young people from the academy to Stryker base to play a friendly match, he almost encountered annihilated scene. He really didn't want to hear such a scandal. So they looked at each other privately and immediately took the topic away.
"Why haven't these two people been arrested before?" Alison coughed and sat upright, pretending to flip the information and marveled at him. "Is it so obvious that the treatment we receive is treated so differently?"
"According to the information the police learned, they have been disguising themselves well, and they are their confidants around them, so they were not exposed until recently." Pete was also embarrassed, but he still read the marked information truthfully.
This kind of guy is easy to control when he hears it--Eric's mouth slightly raised, but he doesn't say anything, so he wants the young man to communicate first.
The brutal new boss is not a problem. The key to the problem now is how to deal with these two so-called compatriots. After all, the young people here have never encountered such a precedent. In the past, their predecessors faced a powerful brotherhood and an opponent like Magneto, but now they have to face like rats in the gutter.
One view is to simply arrest the old and new leaders and hand them over to the police, while the other is a little hesitant, realizing that the changes in the situation will bring mutants into a new era and are likely to have to oppose some compatriots in the future.
This time they are two unlucky ghosts, and next time they may be a murderer - the mutant who has always been suppressed suddenly gained freedom. They are likely to have no idea how to exercise their rights, let alone how to take responsibility. Maybe a little unhappy will cause trouble. If you simply put people in prison, then the new X-Men will become accomplices of humans?
The former opinion is mainly Baby and Cole, who believe that helping the police arrest the prisoners can intimidate others, while the latter is Pete. Surprisingly, neither of the girls, including Mary and Katie, did not agree with Baby's opinion.
"John", Eric pointed to the fireman who had not spoken. "Tell me what you think."
John stood up: "I think what Bobby and Pitt said make sense."
His words sounded like a muddy thing, and the girls started to swear.
John waved his hands repeatedly: "My idea is that since those two people have no big problems and are now being coerced not far from us, we should rescue them. However, after controlling them, we cannot simply hand them over to the police, but should look at the specific situation before dealing with it. We are not policemen, we must first recognize our position."
His statement is a bit vague, but both sides can accept love. Now the young man turns his attention to his mentor.
"John's opinion is very practical, and everyone thinks deeply." Eric continued to say a few words to praise the students. "The police information can be used as a reference. If they are forced, we will rescue them; if they are gangsters who do not know that the world is high and strong, they will ruin our reputation under our banner but never take responsibility, let him taste our power."
Look at the young people, Eric explains them further.
"Every ethnic group has all kinds of people. When some guys who don't know how to restrain themselves are free outside, he will not care whether their compatriots will encounter trouble for his actions. We are not moral models, protecting compatriots is responsible for us, but when encountering simple-minded guys, fists can win respect more than persuasion. We cannot make everyone like it, nor can we protect everyone, so we try our best to protect those who respect us. As for how to deal with the police, it is Hank's responsibility. He will supervise the official work and protect the guys who are locked up have the same rights as ordinary people, while we only focus on order and not be overly messed up."
As he said that, he stood up: "Now is the time to correct the error. If they were forced, then----"
He paused intentionally.
"Save them!" the students shouted in unison.
"What if they were voluntary?" Eric asked again.
"Depending on the situation." The sound below is somewhat messy.
Eric smiled.
"If they have little problem, then leave it to Pitro." Eric said meaningfully, "Believe me, there is no useless person in the world. Even if he is a piece of rotten wood, Mr. Pitro can bring him some help."
The young man laughed, Pitro erected his chest and raised his belly, and made a proud gesture.
But when the students went down to prepare, he was a little unconfident: "Can I really do it?"
Eric quickly comforted him: "Believe in yourself."
He does not need to be enemies with all mankind, but only needs to establish some less conspicuous forces around him.
Pitro has enough ability to provide great help as long as he can overcome his inner weakness.
In this process, Eric would not ask him to do things he didn't want to do, he just needed to find the right person to contact him--the two cowards mentioned by Kori should not be difficult to control. They just need to continue the past way of existence and be obedient when there are requirements on it. Even their lives may be better because of Eric's intervention.
A mature organization cannot have core members. In addition to the most reliable young people, there should be some peripheral dependence. It would be ridiculous if Eric himself or the students did everything.
"The official has Hank's mutant affairs department, Riven's senator incarnation in politics, and Osborne in business. You can use some resources from the academy and fraternity, plus some secret power. Although all aspects are still very imperfect, there has been a minimum prototype." Eric thought about what kind of development he has seen in the future. (To be continued)
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Chapter completed!