Chapter 22: The Old Man in the Car on the Road
The Quinjet was speeding above the clouds, and keeping pace with it were the X-Men's fighter planes.
This time, the X-Men sent out familiar figures to raid Latveria.
Jean Grey, the White Queen, Cyclops, Iceman, Mystique, Wolverine, Storm, and...
Magneto.
That's right, Magneto, the leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants.
Bai Yadan's lifelong enemy and best friend have a love-hate relationship that is somewhat ambiguous.
It was beyond Li Chengfeng's imagination that Magneto actually participated this time.
But he also understands that the X-Men and the Brotherhood of Mutants only differ in their positions and behaviors, and their ultimate goal is to serve the interests of the entire mutant community.
Just like there are doves and hawks in a political party, they may fight to the death and even turn their brains into dogs' brains.
However, once third-party forces get involved, they will all choose to act in unison against the outside world.
According to Li Chengfeng's analysis of the existing intelligence, the current Brotherhood of Mutants is not an extremely violent organization, and the X-Men will share some intelligence from time to time.
But cooperation is simply a fantasy.
On one hand, they think the X-Men are a bunch of cowards, while on the other hand, they think the Brotherhood of Mutants are a bunch of young and reckless people.
So, it stands to reason that even if Magneto knew about this, he wouldn't come.
But these are all Li Chengfeng's analysis and speculation.
But the actual situation is that this old man just happened to come!
He just intercepted Li Chengfeng's Quinjet halfway and then joined the gang.
Uncle Wolf didn't understand what the old man wanted to do, so he simply moved from the X-Men's fighter plane to Li Chengfeng's Quinjet.
Not for anything else, just to watch the fun.
"Hello, 'Magneto' Eric Lansherr, I wonder who you got the information about this operation from?"
"Agent Li Chengfeng, don't be too nervous. I have no ill intentions."
Magneto, the handsome middle-aged man, did not show the cruelty of a member of an extreme violent organization. Instead, he was quite amiable.
This is totally inconsistent with his temperament, it is as awkward as it can be.
At this moment, he seemed to be deliberately suppressing...
anger.
"I know you have no ill intentions, otherwise you would just use your abilities to attack us from a distance." Li Chengfeng nodded, "But regardless of whether you have any ill intentions or not, I must know what your purpose is. The FBI and the X-Men cannot go with a dangerous person whose purpose is unknown."
"Well, Xavier told me all this. As for why... you will know after reading this."
As he spoke, he actually took out two pieces of intelligence from the FBI.
Li Chengfeng scratched his head and took the information.
It turned out that after they set off, the FBI's in-depth investigation into Latveria brought back new intelligence.
In the Hydra Research Institute in Latveria, a pair of siblings were found who were used as the main experimental subjects.
They have confirmed that the two siblings do have the X gene.
But it did not manifest naturally, but its power was forcibly induced by some unknown external force.
This results in the two siblings' abilities being developed to an unknown and extremely unstable degree, and even having many side effects.
His sister is Wanda Maximoff and his brother is Pietro Maximoff.
After reading the information brought by Lao Wantou, Li Chengfeng couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
There are too many origin stories of Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver. Originally, they were indeed the children of Magneto, but the latest origin story has been changed to that they were from a gypsy wizard family and were deceived into believing that Magneto was their father.
Could it be that the Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch in this world are really related to Old Man Wantou?
No wonder he was so eager to come forward. After all the fuss, he came here to settle his romantic debts.
Otherwise, why would this mutant hero have nothing better to do than to get involved in the X-Men's operations?
From another perspective, it can also be seen that Bai Yadan truly loves this old friend.
"My intuition tells me that you definitely don't have anything good to say in your heart."
Uncle Wolf leaned close to Li Chengfeng's ear and said happily.
"Don't say it, we are still good friends."
Li Chengfeng stood up and looked around the entire Quinjet.
Old Wantou is trying hard to practice a friendly smile, but the more he smiles, the more he looks like a shark.
Uncle Wolf was watching Lao Wantou practicing his smile and ended up smiling too much.
Ada Wong who is concentrating on flying the fighter plane and Harley Quinn who asks Ada Wong "Will leather pants bulge when you fart?"
It’s so fucking peaceful.
Does it look a bit like a cross-border campaign to wipe out the evil organization's strongholds?
This atmosphere doesn't seem pure TND, are we going on a spring outing?
……
After flying for quite a long time, the two fighter jets finally entered Latvian airspace.
As soon as they entered the airspace, the two fighter jets activated stealth mode and wiped themselves off the radar.
Both teams put in their best efforts.
It doesn't matter if you take some time off on the road, but everyone who comes this time is a qualified warrior...
Well, except maybe Harley Quinn.
All in all, we all know when to get serious.
Finally, they stopped two kilometers outside the Hydra Research Institute.
The two teams got off the fighter planes, and the X-Men and Old Man looked at each other, their eyes filled with dissatisfaction with each other.
The X-Men were unhappy with Old Man's sudden intervention in the operation.
Old Wantou was dissatisfied with these rubbish for allowing the mutants to be bullied by Hydra like this!
And the people being bullied were his long-lost children!
Seeing this, Li Chengfeng coughed twice and then interrupted the confrontation between the two sides by giving pre-war commands.
"The Hydra's base is an ancient castle. The total number of defenders should be around a thousand, which is not a small number. They are well-equipped with both light and heavy weapons, and even have several tanks and armored vehicles. To put it bluntly, this amount of weapons is enough to overthrow this small country."
"But for us, this level of defense is quite weak..."
"Come on, with a group of mutants with powerful superpowers as the main force, and the FBI's logistical support behind them, how can the Hydra army of a thousand people fight back?"
"So, all agents just need to remember one thing, that is, when you are destroying the enemy, please do not intentionally cause excessive damage to the terrain. After all, it is the people's land."
"But human life... doesn't need any burden or pressure." Li Chengfeng waved his hands. "They all became Nazis. They should have expected this day to come. After all, Nazis deserve to die."
Li Chengfeng said this to the mutants of X-Men.
"...Li's statement is really bold."
"But it is true."
Iceman and Cyclops looked at each other, then smiled and high-fived.
They like Li Chengfeng's style and are eager to try it out.
Mystique, the White Queen, Jean Grey and Storm, all of them seeing this scene, sighed in unison.
"Oh, man."
“Never grow up.”