Chapter 88: Chapter 88: A Storm is coming
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Inside the White House, Ellis looked at the blue-skinned mutant in front of him, with a slight grin on his face.
As the president, he naturally received certain privileges based on his status and exchanged a hundred years of energy from Kingpin for money at almost cost price.
Just like a car owner who just got his driver's license, he has been eager to show off, but he didn't expect that he would be hit by a mutant assassination.
"You were the first to attack. As the President of the United States, I will launch an unlimited counterattack against you based on the principle of self-defense."
After Ellis finished speaking, he used his eyes to frantically signal the guards beside him, asking them to quickly pick up their phones to take pictures. This was a great opportunity to show off.
The hypnotized Night Crawler had no idea what the human on the other side was saying. He only knew to follow orders and destroy the other side.
But before Kurt could make any move, Ellis shouted, and the explosive energy shook the surrounding tables and shelves away.
Ellis has no training in fighting arts so he can only use his energy clumsily to improve his physical fitness, but this is enough to face the hypnotized Kurt, whose physical fitness is only slightly better than that of an ordinary person except for his mutant abilities.
In an instant, Ellis' body turned into a shadow, and before Kurt could react, he hit the opponent's chest heavily with his right palm. The terrifying force directly broke several ribs, causing him to spit blood and fly backwards.
"Hmph, this palm is worth at least 2 billion in cash. Can you block it?" Ellis snorted coldly.
Looking at the Night Crawler several meters away, the president wanted to pursue him, but the opponent immediately turned into a ball of blue smoke and disappeared.
"Did you film the whole thing?" Ellis asked the Secret Service agent next to him.
"It happened so fast that it wasn't captured on camera, but the surveillance cameras inside the room should have recorded everything," said the Secret Service guard.
"Very good, copy the video and send it out immediately." Ellis nodded seriously.
Feeling his body filled with powerful energy at this moment, and recalling what Kevin said at the beginning, a sense of confidence has lingered in Ellis' heart.
'My energy of 100 years is already so strong, and Kevin White only has 700 years of purple energy. When the price of purple energy is lowered in the future, with my small treasury, it will be just a matter of time before I surpass him.' Ellis thought to himself.
In fact, this idea was not only in Ellis' mind.
As the founder of purple energy, Kevin's reputation has fermented overnight and is now at its peak. He can be called the Newton of the new century. Naturally, there are many people who want to step on his fame to get to the top.
There are already many people who are ready to compete with Kevin after they gain purple energy. In their opinion, Kevin is so powerful because of his massive amount of energy. If everyone has this same energy, why can't they replace him?
If the time comes and they can use his purple energy to defeat the creator of this energy openly, it will definitely be a good thing for them to gain both fame and fortune.
But what they wouldn't know is that purple energy is just a low level of energy in Kevin's eye that can be evolved all the time and with his consistent determination to include the energy absorbing feature in it hints at his massive ambition lurking in the shadows like a beast waiting to be awakened.
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Soon, a few minutes later, a piece of news went viral on the Internet. The righteous President of the United States used his purple energy to defeat the mutant demon. There was a video and the unmistakable truth!
As one of the most discussed topics in the world right now, this title instantly captured three hot topics.
Purple Energy! Mutants! President of the United States!
At this juncture when the whole nation is hotly discussing the revolutionary purple energy, the video released by the White House quickly attracted global attention.
The Stryker military base frowned slightly upon hearing the news.
Looking at Charles who was tied up in front of him, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, although the assassination was not successful, the topic has now been successfully brought to the mutants."
"You are the only one left now." Stryker said, "It will take a few days to manufacture the brain wave amplifier. Just repent here."
"By the way, let me tell you something else. During the time you were unconscious, all your students in the academy have been captured by us." Stryker smiled, looking at the angry Professor X, he left with satisfaction.
But it wasn't long before Stryker was confused.
Because the direction of public opinion is completely different from what he imagined. Why is everyone discussing this purple energy, while the matter of mutants assassinating the president is put aside? This public opinion is completely different from what he imagined!
The headline he wanted was snatched away?
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Inside the factory, Kevin, who was exercising, was attracted by a message on TV.
"The president was assassinated?" he looked at the news broadcast by the host on the TV opposite in confusion. Isn't this progress a little too fast?
The plot of X-Men 1 has not yet ended, and the UN summit will be held in a few days, but it suddenly appears at the beginning of the second part?
"Is it because of me that the plot has been changed?" he thought silently in his heart, and the information about the X series began to replay in his mind.
'According to the plot, this is Stryker's plan, and then Professor X is captured, and the Mutant Academy is attacked.'
"But Magneto is now lying dormant because of what I said, and there is no reason for Professor X to be caught. In theory, Stryker would not act so early. There must be something I don't know."
'Think about what big things have happened in the past few days, the United Nations summit? Or the Fantastic Four's flight soon? No, it should be caused by my book signing event.'
"But I specifically told Fisk not to invite Stryker from the invitation list. Could it be because of the live broadcast? It was the live broadcast that exposed Professor X's whereabouts."
When Kevin thought about this, he struggled to free himself from the restraints of the training equipment. He jumped lightly and used his spatial ability to penetrate the tempered glass and arrived at the command room.
"Boss, is there anything wrong?" Smith, who was standing by, saw Kevin coming out and immediately ordered the operators to shut down the equipment.
"I have something I need to investigate." Kevin said briefly. He took the clothes handed to him by Rouge naked, took out the phone from it, and dialed the number he remembered.
Following a busy tone, a charming voice came from the other end: "Kevin, what's the matter with you calling me? Do you want to invite me to your house to spend the night?"
On the Mutant Island, Mystique lay on the sofa and spoke gently, which was completely different from her initial attitude towards Kevin.
Listening to the seductive tone on the other end of the phone, Kevin's mouth twitched slightly. He believed that if he really agreed, he would be able to have sex with the other party that night.
However, Mystique has too much experience. She has had sex with countless people over the years. Kevin has no interest in this prosperous area that has been developed by so many people.
"Raven, did you see the news on TV that the president was assassinated by mutants? The assassin was your son. Please help me contact Professor X. I suspect something may have happened to him and the Mutant Academy." Kevin went straight to the point.
"What did you say? My son?" Riven's expression changed slightly: "Wait for me for a moment, I'll contact Charles."