Hearing Charles' words, Magneto showed nothing but disdain.
"Charles, it's precisely because of your way of thinking that humans dare to attack mutants so boldly.
Give them a small lesson, and they'll behave for a while.
Look at this situation—this incident had nothing to do with mutants.
And yet humans still found an excuse to wage war against us.
You should know how many of our mutant brothers have been captured recently, shouldn't you?"
Magneto was well-inford.
Most of his intelligence ca from Mystique acting as a spy.
And he believed Charles knew as well—after all, Charles' telepathy made uncovering secrets even easier.
"I know. But as long as we don't escalate things, humans will stop soon.
Tony Stark is already using his influence to pressure the military behind these attacks.
Within days, they'll stop.
But if you act now, the conflict will escalate.
Do you really want to destroy the hard-earned peace mutants have right now?"
Charles continued trying to persuade Eric.
"Peace? That's just humans giving you a chance to barely survive.
Do you really think the students in your X-Mansion are safe?
No—perhaps they're just using your influence to gather mutants in one place.
And one day, they'll wipe them all out at once.
When that happens, you'll be the sinner of all mutants."
Magneto was not soone who could be swayed by a few words.
If it were that easy, the two wouldn't have clashed for decades.
Seeing he couldn't convince Eric,
Charles shifted his attention to Qin Xiao.
"Eastern Devil Envoy, greetings. It's a pity we couldn't et face-to-face. I hope you'll forgive that."
His tone was sincere.
"For the famous Professor X to know my na—I'm quite honored."
Qin Xiao replied indifferently.
"May I ask why the Eastern Devil Envoy is working with Eric?
And according to Storm, Sabretooth ntioned 'Devil Fruit users.'
Could it be that the Eastern Devil has set its sights on mutants?
Because of you, mutants have suffered greatly this ti."
Charles laid the issue out directly.
The Eastern Devil—had targeted mutants?
Just like that, all attention shifted to Qin Xiao.
"No. You should know that in truth, we Devil Fruit users are also victims.
As for mutants being targeted—that's a historical issue of your own making.
It didn't start now.
This is just an opportunity others have taken advantage of—one they forced into existence.
In fact, our people have repeatedly emphasized that we are Devil Fruit users.
It's just that so chose to pretend they didn't hear."
Qin Xiao pushed back without hesitation.
This situation wasn't his doing.
The root cause lay in the mutants' past.
A historical problem.
There was no way he'd take the bla.
Charles could only sigh inwardly.
This Eastern Devil Envoy wasn't easy to manipulate.
"Then now that you're working with Eric—does that an you're standing with him?
Are you prepared to truly go to war with humanity?"
"I've ford a preliminary alliance with him.
He provides with intelligence, and I provide him with Devil Fruits.
If you can offer equal value,
I can provide you with Devil Fruits as well.
For , everything is a transaction.
With a devil—everything is about deals."
Qin Xiao made his stance perfectly clear.
A devil.
A deal.
That was the essence.
You give—and you receive.
Hearing this, both Charles and Eric fell into silence.
Then—Charles asked a question that caught everyone off guard.
"If I want to take Rogue and Wolverine away from Eric's island…
what would the price be?"
The mont he said it, everyone was stunned.
What would it cost to take them away?
It had to be said—Charles' intellect was frightening.
Qin Xiao had just said everything was a transaction.
And every transaction had a price.
So what was the price for taking Rogue and Wolverine?
If Qin Xiao answered—it would essentially be a betrayal of Magneto.
Their alliance would imdiately show cracks.
Even if Charles couldn't pay right now,
Magneto would begin to doubt Qin Xiao.
And doubt—was enough.
After all, who knew when Charles might secretly contact Qin Xiao through Cerebro to make a deal?
And Magneto would never know.
Just like that—a rift would form.
With a single question,
Charles had laid down a perfect sche to drive them apart.
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