After repelling the police, Eric was almost carried onto the plane by the students. Ororo began to worry, but when he saw the ordinary people watching whistle and cheering, he was less sensitive. Anyway, it was not a matter of hostility to be hostile to mutants. As long as the media made an objective report on today's things, public opinion would not blame Eric one-sidedly.

What's more, with the participation of the Fantastic Four, everyone will be beaten together to fight the board. After all, it can also disperse firepower.

Thinking of this, she felt relieved and followed the students to go back lively with Eric.

Although they were frustrated again today, several young people would not be too frustrated. After the last battle with Stryker at the Alcalli Base, they already understood that having a good attitude would allow them to go further. The freak like Johnny is not something they can handle now, but they may not be able to do so in the future. They have sufficient confidence.

For this, Eric himself is the best role model. When he first came to the college, he was just a second-level mutant. Who would have thought that he would live so well? With this role model, all the students are full of confidence, and they will not take any setbacks to heart.

After returning to the college, the professor and Hank were also very happy. The successful completion of this firefighting operation can be regarded as a good start. In the future, the mutants will have more cooperation with humans. Some small twists and turns during this period are nothing.

After a while of lively, everyone went to rest, and Eric returned to his room.

Selena was not there, the room was empty. The woman who liked to watch soap operas in the afternoon was already in the west at this moment, and she would no longer stick to her body. There was no familiar soft body in her arms. Eric looked at the deserted room for a while and then walked to the window and pulled the thick curtains, leaving only a thin gap for the warm sunlight to pass through from outside. The room suddenly became dark.

He took out the teapot and brewed a cup of tea, gently rubbed the patterns on the cool cup wall with his palms. With the ability to urge him, his palms and fingers gradually turned silver, and the magnetic field rotated around to form a vortex to heat the tea. Then, with the rising heat, Eric slowly drank it alone.

Not far away, a few tiny dusts were slowly swimming in the sunshine. Eric quietly watched their floating figures, silently drank tea and silence, gradually entering a state of ethereality. It took him a long time to come back to his senses amid the knock on the door.

When he opened the door, it was John, who visited him alone.

"Boss", John said hello, he didn't look as unrestrained today as usual. "Have you disturbed your rest?"

Eric smiled and asked him to come in.

"I've been waiting for anyone among you to come and chat with me." Eric took out a cup and poured tea for John. "You are the first one."

John took the teacup with both hands, for some reason, but he looked a little restrained at the moment.

Eric found this, but he didn't say it out loud.

"What do you think about what happened in the morning?" Eric asked.

John knew what the instructor was referring to, and that was exactly what he was coming.

"That person is very strong, I can't beat him." John was a little sad. The last time he lost to an ordinary person, the stubborn young man was a little embarrassed. This time he lost to a mutant who had just developed his ability by rays. As a trained senior student at Xavier Academy and the backbone of the future mutant group, he felt quite ashamed of his defeat.

Of course, the bigger reason is that Johnny is a flame walker like him. Now he is not unique and even has to go backwards, which makes him feel more and more uncomfortable.

Who would have thought that John, who is careless on the surface and likes to find trouble for nothing, is actually a sensitive and delicate person?

John was unwilling to expose his side to his classmates, and Ororo and others couldn't help him, so he had to turn to Eric.

Of course Eric wouldn't let him down.

"Actually you did a good job," he comforted. "You and Baby are already very skilled in cooperation. This can be seen from the firefighting. The reason I lost to Johnny is because his starting point is higher than you, but it is not out of reach."

"How can I defeat him?" John looked at his mentor blankly. Now he had only one thought.

Eric smiled, young people always think things are simple.

"The easiest way is to get a bottle of liquid nitrogen and carry it with you. When you meet Johnny, you open the bottle and throw it over when he is not prepared. The low temperature of minus 190 degrees will make him pause in an instant, and then put a stick on his forehead. This will solve the problem." Eric pointed at his forehead and teased the student.

"This is not very good..." John was speechless. He first subconsciously opposed it, and then he thought about the feasibility of this matter seriously.

"Of course not." Eric exposes his fantasy in time. "If you do this, you should never think of surpassing him in your life, and you will not be able to raise your head in front of your companions."

John lowered his head in shame, feeling ashamed of his thoughts of depravity just now.

"Forget that joke, let's get back to the point." Eric comforted the student in time. "Did you notice any differences in your use of abilities during your contact?"

John thought for a moment and said, "He can fly and throw fireballs, but he is not afraid of the flames I emit."

"Yes, that's it." Eric said. "Except for his powerful strength and being able to fly, his attack method is very simple. Whether facing you or Baby or me, his methods are always exactly the same. Compared to you, he cannot effectively control the high temperature operation, and his power is just ordinary flames, which can be restrained by Baby's frost, and even the fire brigade's water dragon can extinguish them."

John nodded, Johnny did.

"So, what else do you have to worry about?" Eric asked. "The training I have asked you to complete seriously makes you far better than him in control of your abilities. You have exquisite techniques and unique ideas, and can give full play to your advantages. As you gradually grow up, what is worth mentioning for a mutant like Johnny?"

"You must know that they are not mutants and do not have the innate X gene. The reason why they get their abilities is only due to physical mutation. If they cannot flexibly use their power, their future achievements will be very limited. When they stop, your abilities are increasing day by day. Once you make up for the gap in power, you can also transform into fire, so that your nickname is actually true, and you can even directly operate the body that turns into fire. This is the superiority of mutants." Eric pointed out.

"Can I really do it?" John's eyes shined, but he was a little unconfident. He unconsciously compared himself with Johnny today, fantasizing that he could fly high in the sky like him.

"Just keep training." Eric nodded. "Training allows you to evolve and allow you to complete tasks that were unimaginable in the past."

"Even among ordinary people, even children, idiots, and even animals, can gain many abilities through habits that they do not have. Almost every profession has this ability to have specific things within their profession: shepherds are familiar with the habits of every sheep in their flock, just like we know acquaintances; farmers can estimate the weight of a pile of hay or a pile of corn through their eyes; even if the ships are far away from the sea, trained sailors can judge their tonnage, structure and distance. All these acquired abilities are obtained through long-term exercise. Others can, and of course you can."

Eric's words dispelled John's suspicion. With the promise of the future, he began to relax and chat with Eric casually.

"Boss, do you sometimes feel annoyed me?" John asked suddenly while drinking tea.

Eric turned his head and listened.

"I know I have a bad temper. Sometimes I quarrel with Baby, and I even quarrel with Pete. Everyone doesn't like me and treats me as a trouble. I know that." John said with his head down.

"So you want to hear me tell the truth?" Eric raised his eyebrows.

"Uh..." John twitched his face, a little embarrassed. "If it really doesn't sound good, then forget it."

Eric stood up and walked behind the student and pressed his shoulder.

"In my impression, John the Fire Man is not such a weak guy. He is enthusiastic and enthusiastic about his friends and classmates. He is a good guy."

John smiled, a little bitter.

"Actually, I'm not that enthusiastic. My only friend never knew how jealous I was. I knew that Baby's talent was far better than me, and Ororo and others never said this, but I could feel the difference in Scott's attitude towards us, so I secretly hid and practiced my abilities without telling Baby. Boss, I'm not like them, they have relatives and friends, and I'm not, John the Fire Man must be strong to survive."

"You will live, you will fight side by side with your friends, and you will all live well." Eric pulled him up from the chair and the two walked to the front of the window.

"Look at the surroundings, these are all the small worlds you have now. Although it is quiet, it is narrow and dark. Your future does not belong to it. Your future is here------" Eric pulled open the curtains, and the sun shone brightly in an instant, making the whole room brighter.

"Look out John, your future is there, no one can stop us from moving towards a new world." Eric stared at the scenery outside and said lightly. His whole body was bathed in the afterglow of the sunset, and the golden light fell on him, as if he was wrapped in a golden cloak.

John looked at the back of the mentor and suddenly felt that he was so tall, like a towering mountain that supported a sky for himself.
Chapter completed!