"What?"
"Hearing suspended?"
"Why."
As Professor X and the X-n arrived in Washington, hoping that mutants and humans would finally achieve eternal peace, he couldn’t help but feel a trace of resentnt towards President Barron Turner upon hearing the words from the President’s assistant who ca to et them.
The rest of the X-n also turned their eyes to the President’s assistant upon hearing this.
After all—
Not said earlier, not said later, but told right when they landed in Washington that the hearing is suspended.
What is this?
Playing gas with them?
The President’s assistant, expressionless, took out a prepared docunt from his briefcase and handed it to Professor X and Magneto.
Of course.
This also included Storm and Jean, who were traveling with them.
This was a confidentiality agreent.
Jean opened the docunt, her gaze narrowing, then looked up at the expressionless President’s assistant: "Alien visitor?"
The President’s assistant looked at Jean, still without any expression: "Before you sign this docunt, I won’t say anything."
Yes.
This was an ’alien visitor’ confidentiality agreent, and only those who sign it can know what they want to know.
Professor X and Magneto exchanged a glance, then took the pen and signed their nas on the confidentiality agreent.
Others did the sa.
After everyone signed, the President’s assistant verified the signatures, then looked up at the group, explaining why Congress suspended the hearing.
"Sudden incident."
"This ssage ca today, in the morning Washington ti, from the Texas Air Force Base."
"There, they suspected an alien creation."
"To be precise, the alien creation discovered us."
"So, the President, the Pentagon, and mbers of Congress are currently focusing on the alien creation that landed in Texas."
"Dr. Xavier."
The President’s assistant said, looking at Professor X in his wheelchair, with a hint of apology in his expression: "The President originally wanted to invite you for lunch today. He asked to apologize to you."
Upon hearing this, Professor X showed his usual kind expression: "It’s okay, business matters."
Magneto, standing beside him, looked at the President’s assistant expressionlessly: "So, our trip here this ti was in vain?"
The President’s assistant smiled slightly: "The President said that once this matter is handled, he will urge Congress to conduct the hearing first. And, Doctor, that alien creation is on its way from Texas back to Washington; we may need your help."
Professor X seed curious.
"What kind of alien creation."
"This."
The President’s assistant took a photo from his briefcase and handed it to Professor X.
Into view!
Cold!
Stern!
Science fiction!
A full-black robot, around five ters tall with a stark dark sci-fi style, instantly appeared in Professor X’s vision.
If Wolverine Logan, who ca from reversing ti, were here, he would definitely recognize this thing as a Sentinel Robot with just one glance.
Even Mystique Raven, if she were here, could recognize it.
Unfortunately—
Wolverine Logan is missing.
Mystique Raven is also busy saving mutants around the world.
Yes.
Professor X and Magneto have not yet learned of Mystique Raven’s disappearance, still thinking she went sowhere to save mutants again.
As for Raven’s busy schedule, Professor X and Magneto have beco used to it.
Unless she’s out of contact for a month, neither of them would instinctively think that Raven might have gone missing.
In short!
The two insiders who know what this thing is are absent, so Professor X and Magneto, looking at this photo of the five-ter-tall tal giant, did not associate it with a Sentinel Robot.
Because whether in Professor X’s view, or in Magneto’s view, Sentinel Robots were designed by the dwarf, and the dwarf died twelve years ago, making it impossible for such robots to exist in this world again.
Professor X looked at the ’alien creation’ in the photo, then lifted his head to the President’s assistant.
"Is this thing lifeless?"
"Unknown."
The President’s assistant shook his head: "When this thing landed at the Texas Air Force Base this morning, the base conducted tests and confird that it emitted no life signals, then decided to transport it quickly to Washington."
Upon hearing this, Professor X instinctively nodded, then looked at the President’s assistant.
"What does the President need us to do."
"Can the professor temporarily stay in Washington?"
"Stay in Washington?"
Professor X listened to the request, and remained noncommittal.
Magneto, standing by, sneered: "So, you plan to trick us into coming here, and then imprison us?"
Professor X held the highest goodwill for humanity, while Magneto held the greatest malice.
The President’s assistant looked at Magneto and quickly waved his hands: "Mr. Lensherr, you misunderstand. The President’s intention is that if you can stay in Washington for a while, you can protect us. After all, we currently know nothing about this alien artifact or its intentions."
Jean looked curiously at the President’s assistant: "Since you know nothing about this thing, you still had it transported from Texas to Washington?"
How to describe this?
It’s like bringing ho a nuclear bomb without knowing if it will explode.
Yes.
The description is quite abstract, but that’s exactly what they did.
"Gre..."
The President’s assistant smiled wryly and looked at Jean who had spoken just as he was about to speak, seemingly rembered sothing, and promptly changed his address: "Miss Phoenix, Texas doesn’t have the research capacity for this ’alien artifact,’ only Quantico does, and we sincerely hope Miss Phoenix can help us."
Jean listened to the title and content and couldn’t help but raise her brows slightly.
"I stayed, but I can’t help you."
"But your father can."
"Ha ha!"
Jean chuckled, looking at the President’s assistant: "You want to rely on my father’s help. By the way, do you dare to let my father co to Washington?"
After all, the last ti her father Hawk ca to Washington, it caused a lot of casualties and accompanied economic losses of over a hundred billion dollars.
So—
Even if her father Hawk dares to co to Washington, do the people here dare to let his father co?
The President’s assistant’s face showed another wry smile: "Of course we don’t want Mr. Phoenix to co to Washington, but we still hope to obtain Mr. Phoenix’s intelligence support when necessary. After all, this is an alien artifact."
The implication was that Hawk Phoenix was also an alien visitor.
There might be so connection between Hawk and the alien artifact that descended on Texas Air Force Base this morning.
Jean heard this from the President’s assistant, shrugged noncommittally, and instead set her gaze on Professor X.
Anyway, she would be going back to her original cosmos in half a month.
So, it was still up to the Professor’s opinion.
Professor X looked at the photo of the alien artifact in his hand, then at the President’s assistant with expectant eyes and pondered for a while.
He didn’t want to take a stroll through the assistant’s mind.
Even if he wanted to, he couldn’t.
Because whether it’s Congress, the Pentagon, or even all the staff at the White House, they’re equipped with devices that effectively prevent him from accessing their minds without permission.
Here’s a joke.
This kind of device that effectively restrains Professor X’s telepathic abilities was even voluntarily concocted with the Pentagon by Professor X himself.
As for the reason.
It’s the sa old saying.
Peace is precious — it’s Professor X’s belief. He advocates achieving eternal peace through peaceful ans, so gaining humanity’s trust is very important.
As for whether it’s effective?
Professor X still thinks it is; otherwise, right now, he would already be headed to the Congress Building for the mutants’ peace proposal hearing.
At least he thought so.
Professor X thought of this and retracted his gaze from the photo in his hand and looked at the President’s assistant: "If you need our help, I believe we should be able to see the true appearance of this alien artifact, right?"
The President’s assistant nodded: "Of course, the President has the sa intention."
When the mutants are researching the Sentinel Robot, let the Sentinel Robot activate.
In this way, even if sothing goes wrong, all the responsibility can be shifted onto the X-n.
Don’t ask. If it weren’t for this bunch of mutants fooling around, why would the terrifying Sentinel Robot start up?
After all, the Sentinel Robot was in a dormant state during transport.
And doing so also allows President Baren Turner to find a reasonable excuse to cancel Professor X’s submitted proposal for the mutants’ peace proposal.
After causing such a ss, you still want to pass the peace proposal? What are you thinking, the most I can do is to maintain the status quo. So, please co back and put the proposal away, quietly return to the manor, and wait for our next action instruction, which cos without any rewards.
This!
Is an innovative thod jointly thought up by the generals in the Pentagon while Professor X and others were still flying in the sky.
Through self-destructing a Sentinel Robot, making it appear to be an alien artifact, playing out a double-edged sword plot.
The first is that it can be capitalized on to cancel the so-called mutants’ peace proposal.
The second one.
Clearly targets Hawk.
Just as the President’s assistant had already laid the groundwork, implying that not only might the Sentinel Robot be an alien artifact, Hawk Phoenix is also an alien visitor.
Currently, they just wait for the mimic gene to activate the Sentinel Robot, then they can find a way to fool Hawk into Washington’s Quantico.
Hawk once turned Quantico into ruins.
Just right!
This ti, the White House and the Pentagon also plan to turn Quantico into Hawk’s ruins!
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