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Chapter 23 Awakening! The Ruthless Professor Charles!
It was indeed hard to blame the toad for being furious. He actually trusted Reef quite a bit because Reef had no obligation to save him the first time, but he had gone against common sense and actively came to save him.
So, the toad, feeling very confident the second time, had really gone to attack with peace of mind, but he didn't expect that at this time... he would actually be sold out!!!
This was like a person who found a million dollars and returned it to the original owner, but then borrowed ten thousand dollars and didn't pay it back.
The toad's anger wasn't because of his injuries. It was probably because he felt that he had finally trusted someone, only to be cruelly deceived... that bloody feeling of being hurt the one time he finally trusted someone!
At this time, the battle was also basically coming to an end. The Hulk's eyes were completely blind, and he escaped into the sea, his fate unknown. Grimm of the Fantastic Four was captured and was likely to be reduced to an ordinary person. The remaining leader, Mr. Fantastic Reed, was entangled by two vampire counts.
The vampire counts learned from the lesson of the one who was killed and were very cautious. They entangled him with the idea of not seeking merit but seeking no fault. In addition, a group of fearless vampire servants raised their weapons and bombarded him wildly, which was really quite painful.
In particular, one vampire count seemed to have extremely rich combat experience. He held a corrupted communion knife and often aimed for the little finger, heel, and back when attacking, only seeking to cut the skin and draw blood. The accumulated curse damage stacked together like psoriasis on Reed's skin, and the damage was considerable, exceeding everyone's expectations.
Fang Senyan and the others were naturally envious of the powerful power of this corrupted holy artifact, but after detection, they found that the corrupted holy object could only be used by vampires or purified by a powerful figure and used by devout paladins. It had nothing to do with Fang Senyan and the others, so they gave up the idea of double-crossing.
However, Fang Senyan and the others underestimated the abilities of the leader of the Fantastic Four. After leaving behind a bloody rubber arm, Reed screamed and escaped into the submarine, then detonated the bomb before the others could rush in.
Obviously, Reed must have had a backup plan to "seek his own death" like this. Looking at the dark, surging sea, no one really dared to chase after him recklessly.
After Fang Senyan and the others finished this battle, the morale was inevitably a bit low because a vampire count had died and the toad had been seriously injured. But when they returned to the gathering place, they found that the casualties in their group were considered good.
The group led by Magneto suffered the most casualties, with a total of seven mutants dying, including Professor X's two favorite generals, Pyro and Iceman.
Logically speaking, Pyro and Iceman were still teenagers and should not have been fighting, but Magneto also appreciated Pyro's talent and brought him along. Unexpectedly, Pyro found the Human Torch of the Fantastic Four! As a result, the Human Torch used fire to control fire and burned Pyro to ashes.
Iceman's eyes turned red when he saw Pyro being killed, and he rushed to the front, so he also became cannon fodder...
Magneto had originally appreciated them and brought them out, but he didn't expect to have harmed them! He immediately felt ashamed. He wanted to go berserk, but the person Magneto had to face was also a strong man who was no weaker than him! Batman!
In addition, Magneto's abilities were greatly restricted by the environment. In places like abandoned car factories, he was a god. In places with no or little metal, he was a piece of trash. Therefore, Magneto's group not only suffered the most casualties, but also failed the mission.
On the other hand, the team led by the other giant, Prince Dracula, completed the mission, but three counts also died. Their opponents were Spawn, Blade, and Ghost Rider, and both sides suffered heavy losses.
After this battle, both sides felt extremely heavy pressure.
After learning of the list of casualties, Dr. Charles closed his eyes in pain. After a while, he resolutely said:
"No, I think we can negotiate with them. Weren't our airships designed to be able to manufacture at least many ships? Why can't the two sides cooperate?"
After hearing Dr. Charles' words, Prince Dracula suddenly said:
"Doctor, your idea is very good, but unfortunately, it is not practical."
Dr. Charles was stunned and said:
"Why?"
Prince Dracula sighed and said:
"In fact, as early as two years ago, I knew the general details of the end of the world. In Europe, there are also people abandoned by the government who have formed an organization called Survival, and they have also begun to take methods to respond to the apocalypse."
Dr. Charles frowned and said:
"Then why didn't you join at the time?"
Prince Dracula slowly said:
"I wanted to join with my descendants, but unfortunately, the Survival organization is led by Countess Bathory. She is also a prince, and has many ideas, such as bathing in blood and creating iron maidens."
"If I want to join, then I have to change our philosophy of hiding among humans and not harming human lives, take pleasure in killing, and become their slaves! This is absolutely unacceptable. Even death cannot make us yield."
Dr. Charles frowned and said:
"We can just remove the Survival organization from the list of cooperation targets."
Dr. Octopus and Magneto also sighed and shook their heads at the same time:
"Charles, now it seems that cooperation is almost impossible. Think about it, the other organizations have been preparing for a long time for the apocalypse. Even if the leaders are persuaded to use our hastily launched plan to convince others who have carefully prepared plans for several months or years, the rest of the people will definitely think that they are being controlled by your brainwaves."
Charles was immediately stunned. Fang Senyan pointed out sharply at this time:
"Professor, what is the reason you are using to convince us that our plan is superior to theirs?"
After thinking for a while, Professor Charles said seriously:
"It's because we have the information you provided and know the details of the disaster when the 2012 apocalypse comes! So we can make targeted arrangements."
"Good." Fang Senyan looked into Professor Charles' eyes and said:
"Professor, you believe my words because you can see the most realistic evidence from my mind! Magneto believes my words because he knows your character and conduct! Dr. Octopus believes your words because he... has no choice, oh, no, it's because he is as upright as you... Dr. Dracula believes my words because the Cullen family also has vampires who can read minds, such as the infinitely potential Mr. Edward Cullen."
At this point, Fang Senyan slowly said:
"But why should the rest of the people believe me? At this time, every ark being built by other forces may be entrusted with the hopes of thousands of people, and even to some extent, determine the huge power of the masters of the earth after the disaster!!"
"Professor, if you come forward to persuade other forces to cooperate, at this critical moment of life and death, people will only guess the worst, that is, use your unique and powerful superpowers to seize power and resources, and will never think of truly cooperating."
Professor Charles covered his face with his hands, and finally sighed in pain and exhaustion:
"Yes, I know, you're right."
Fang Senyan nodded and looked at him seriously and said:
"Charles Francis Xavier, within a two-kilometer radius of this conference room, there live many unarmed humans. They have no resistance and may be insignificant to the rest of the people, but they are our relatives, friends, lovers, and the greatest motivation to survive and strive in this world."
"And around these humans are factories that are manufacturing escape tools for the coming apocalypse! Now, these two most precious things should and must be within your monitoring range! The war has already begun, and the enemy's revenge may come at any time. Any pity may be murdering our relatives and our lives!"
Professor Charles took a deep breath. He felt that everyone in the room was looking at him. That kind of gaze was so heavy that it could collapse ordinary people, but Professor Charles had no way to dodge, because his lover and children also lived here!
"I know." Professor Charles' eyes suddenly became cold. Jean was stunned, and she immediately realized that the professor had hypnotized himself and entered his second personality, a cold personality that had abandoned pity and sorrow!
It is worth mentioning that it was this sub-personality who killed Charles' own twin brother when he was a fetus, forcing it to escape in the form of a spiritual body! And Professor Charles immediately coldly said:
"The workers Mark, Sanster, Vido, and Casley in Workshop No. 3 have a 45% chance of being spies. It is recommended to execute them. Hark, Bobby, and Tony in Workshop No. 6 tried to steal confidential information. For the sake of confidentiality, it is recommended to execute them."
Then Professor Charles turned to Prince Dracula:
"Dr. Octopus requests to kidnap the following researchers. Please send someone to carry out this task. After the kidnapping, bring them to my room, and I will brainwash them. If there is nothing else, then the meeting is adjourned."