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Chapter 434 X-Men VS Hyperion (2)
"You cannot leave."
Hyperion descended from the sky, looking slightly disheveled. The golden cape that had billowed behind him was now gone, discarded because Cyclops's attack had torn a large hole in it.
"Get out of our way," Gambit said, his eyes narrowed. One hand rested on Yang Le, while the other held a playing card crackling with magenta energy.
The others, though silent, displayed their abilities. Cyclops placed his hand on his visor, Illyana raised her Soul Greatsword, and Colossus silently held Yang Le in his arms, allowing Ororo to unleash her powers.
"This is a final warning, human vigilantes," Ororo threatened coldly. "If you continue to obstruct us, I won't guarantee my next attack will land on you or the city nearby."
The mutants indeed couldn't do much to Hyperion in a short time, but that didn't mean Hyperion was invincible, at least he wasn't without concerns.
"Are you crazy? Do you want to start a war, mutant?" Hyperion asked in surprise, looking at Ororo. Seeing her resolute expression, Hyperion realized she was serious.
"Humans are the ones who always want to start wars!"
Ororo became very agitated upon hearing Hyperion's words. For Ororo, who had experienced human experiment and imprisonment, humans were the oppressors.
But Hyperion didn't know any of this. Although emotional instability in the face of injured compatriot was understandable, using innocent lives as a threat so casually made Hyperion equate Ororo with a criminal in his mind.
"I can hear your compatriot's heartbeat," Hyperion said, glancing at Yang Le in Colossus's arms. His Eternal physique, enhanced by cosmic energy, allowed him to hear heartbeats without being close.
Among the faster heartbeats, only one was faint. That must be Yang Le, who was missing a shoulder. However, Hyperion was puzzled. Yang Le's heartbeat sounded strange. He had heard heartbeats of severely injured patients before, but never like Yang Le's. Unable to understand, Hyperion could only attribute it to Yang Le's special physique, after all, he had never seen a vegetative state patient either.
The roar of an engine. Hyperion looked up and saw a flying vehicle with a peculiar shape. It was probably the reinforcements the mutants had called for. However, Hyperion didn't care. Even Howard Stark, with his Iron Ambition and technology level, could only rely on some tricks to give him a headache. He didn't think Earth's current technology level was worth his attention.
"Cyclops, how is Swampfire's state?" Jean's voice came through the communicator, losing its usual leisurely tone. It was clear she was also very anxious.
Swampfire was Yang Le's code name, just like Cyclops or Gambit. They usually used code names during missions. Gambit had originally wanted to give Yang Le one, but Yang Le had declined his good intention and used his real name as his code name.
"Not good," Cyclops said, placing his hand on Yang Le's chest, feeling the faint heartbeat. "I don't know how much longer he can last."
Jean, sitting in the co-pilot seat of the aircraft, hesitated for a second, then finally made up her mind and said, "Take care of Swampfire. I'll handle that guy."
"What?" Cyclops looked up at the aircraft in surprise. "Wait, Jean!"
Hyperion frowned slightly. With his hearing, he could of course hear Jean and Scott's conversation. Before he could figure out how Jean was going to help them, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.
"Ugh!" Hyperion clutched his head, looking at the aircraft hovering in the air in shock. "Another telepath?"
After the 616 Event, human disgust for mutants rose to a new level. Mutants with almost all abilities were labeled as pests. But just like pests come in different kinds, humans also voted on mutants with different abilities.
Among them, telepaths and those with psychic power undoubtedly came out on top thanks to Professor X's efforts, giving people a clear awareness of the danger posed not only by mutants, but by all superhumans.
It was said that because of the 616 Event, many voices advocating superhuman regulation appeared among the general public, and the momentum was growing. Of course, there were those who agreed and those who opposed.
Because in the 616 Event, many superheroes stood up to protect the general public, and superheroes generally hid their identities for fear of revenge on their loved ones or causing trouble to their life. Those who received protection shouldn't create trouble for those who provided protection.
On the topic of superhuman regulation, the two sides intensified their arguments on the network, but the government official pretended to be dead at this time, as if everything happening online didn't exist. In the end, no matter how much those without power argued, it was useless. Time eventually diluted everything.
But the general public's fear of mutants with telepathy and psychic power was deeply ingrained. As long as similar mutants appeared, if Magneto and the others didn't find them first, there was an 80% chance that all they would see was a corpse.
Scott had already collected the corpses of four compatriots who were said to have telepathy. Once, he lost control and beat up a police officer because Hank had decrypted the video recording from the police department interrogation room and found that the police officer had abused the deceased mutant before his death. Because of this, he and Gambit were cornered by the army in the police department.
In the end, Magneto came to bail them out. Of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to kill that police officer. Magneto used the guns of the arriving army and all the sidearms in the police department to execute that bastard. In the end, the forensic doctor only found a small amount of human body tissue in the large number of bullets, not even an ounce when weighed.
Not only that, Magneto also cut off one hand of the police department chief on the grounds of ineffective supervision. Faced with Magneto's oppression, the government showed no reaction, pretending to be dead again. Even though such a big commotion was made, there was not a single report, and no news could be seen on the network, as if nothing had really happened.
Since then, Scott had understood that only a big enough fist was the real reason. To protect Jean in this society, he had to become strong enough.
But Scott was not strong enough now. He couldn't make a nation blind on his own. At this time, Jean revealing her existence was undoubtedly dangerous, which was why he was so anxious when he heard Jean was going to use her ability.
"Ugh!" Hyperion's ask was not answered. Jean only intensified the torment on his brain. At this moment, Beast's voice appeared on the communication channel.
"Don't waste time. Let's run while Jean holds him back."
(End of Chapter)
"You cannot leave."
Hyperion descended from the sky, looking slightly disheveled. The golden cape that had billowed behind him was now gone, discarded because Cyclops's attack had torn a large hole in it.
"Get out of our way," Gambit said, his eyes narrowed. One hand rested on Yang Le, while the other held a playing card crackling with magenta energy.
The others, though silent, displayed their abilities. Cyclops placed his hand on his visor, Illyana raised her Soul Greatsword, and Colossus silently held Yang Le in his arms, allowing Ororo to unleash her powers.
"This is a final warning, human vigilantes," Ororo threatened coldly. "If you continue to obstruct us, I won't guarantee my next attack will land on you or the city nearby."
The mutants indeed couldn't do much to Hyperion in a short time, but that didn't mean Hyperion was invincible, at least he wasn't without concerns.
"Are you crazy? Do you want to start a war, mutant?" Hyperion asked in surprise, looking at Ororo. Seeing her resolute expression, Hyperion realized she was serious.
"Humans are the ones who always want to start wars!"
Ororo became very agitated upon hearing Hyperion's words. For Ororo, who had experienced human experiment and imprisonment, humans were the oppressors.
But Hyperion didn't know any of this. Although emotional instability in the face of injured compatriot was understandable, using innocent lives as a threat so casually made Hyperion equate Ororo with a criminal in his mind.
"I can hear your compatriot's heartbeat," Hyperion said, glancing at Yang Le in Colossus's arms. His Eternal physique, enhanced by cosmic energy, allowed him to hear heartbeats without being close.
Among the faster heartbeats, only one was faint. That must be Yang Le, who was missing a shoulder. However, Hyperion was puzzled. Yang Le's heartbeat sounded strange. He had heard heartbeats of severely injured patients before, but never like Yang Le's. Unable to understand, Hyperion could only attribute it to Yang Le's special physique, after all, he had never seen a vegetative state patient either.
The roar of an engine. Hyperion looked up and saw a flying vehicle with a peculiar shape. It was probably the reinforcements the mutants had called for. However, Hyperion didn't care. Even Howard Stark, with his Iron Ambition and technology level, could only rely on some tricks to give him a headache. He didn't think Earth's current technology level was worth his attention.
"Cyclops, how is Swampfire's state?" Jean's voice came through the communicator, losing its usual leisurely tone. It was clear she was also very anxious.
Swampfire was Yang Le's code name, just like Cyclops or Gambit. They usually used code names during missions. Gambit had originally wanted to give Yang Le one, but Yang Le had declined his good intention and used his real name as his code name.
"Not good," Cyclops said, placing his hand on Yang Le's chest, feeling the faint heartbeat. "I don't know how much longer he can last."
Jean, sitting in the co-pilot seat of the aircraft, hesitated for a second, then finally made up her mind and said, "Take care of Swampfire. I'll handle that guy."
"What?" Cyclops looked up at the aircraft in surprise. "Wait, Jean!"
Hyperion frowned slightly. With his hearing, he could of course hear Jean and Scott's conversation. Before he could figure out how Jean was going to help them, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head.
"Ugh!" Hyperion clutched his head, looking at the aircraft hovering in the air in shock. "Another telepath?"
After the 616 Event, human disgust for mutants rose to a new level. Mutants with almost all abilities were labeled as pests. But just like pests come in different kinds, humans also voted on mutants with different abilities.
Among them, telepaths and those with psychic power undoubtedly came out on top thanks to Professor X's efforts, giving people a clear awareness of the danger posed not only by mutants, but by all superhumans.
It was said that because of the 616 Event, many voices advocating superhuman regulation appeared among the general public, and the momentum was growing. Of course, there were those who agreed and those who opposed.
Because in the 616 Event, many superheroes stood up to protect the general public, and superheroes generally hid their identities for fear of revenge on their loved ones or causing trouble to their life. Those who received protection shouldn't create trouble for those who provided protection.
On the topic of superhuman regulation, the two sides intensified their arguments on the network, but the government official pretended to be dead at this time, as if everything happening online didn't exist. In the end, no matter how much those without power argued, it was useless. Time eventually diluted everything.
But the general public's fear of mutants with telepathy and psychic power was deeply ingrained. As long as similar mutants appeared, if Magneto and the others didn't find them first, there was an 80% chance that all they would see was a corpse.
Scott had already collected the corpses of four compatriots who were said to have telepathy. Once, he lost control and beat up a police officer because Hank had decrypted the video recording from the police department interrogation room and found that the police officer had abused the deceased mutant before his death. Because of this, he and Gambit were cornered by the army in the police department.
In the end, Magneto came to bail them out. Of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to kill that police officer. Magneto used the guns of the arriving army and all the sidearms in the police department to execute that bastard. In the end, the forensic doctor only found a small amount of human body tissue in the large number of bullets, not even an ounce when weighed.
Not only that, Magneto also cut off one hand of the police department chief on the grounds of ineffective supervision. Faced with Magneto's oppression, the government showed no reaction, pretending to be dead again. Even though such a big commotion was made, there was not a single report, and no news could be seen on the network, as if nothing had really happened.
Since then, Scott had understood that only a big enough fist was the real reason. To protect Jean in this society, he had to become strong enough.
But Scott was not strong enough now. He couldn't make a nation blind on his own. At this time, Jean revealing her existence was undoubtedly dangerous, which was why he was so anxious when he heard Jean was going to use her ability.
"Ugh!" Hyperion's ask was not answered. Jean only intensified the torment on his brain. At this moment, Beast's voice appeared on the communication channel.
"Don't waste time. Let's run while Jean holds him back."
(End of Chapter)
