Charles! What are you doing? Stop it right now!" Logan glared at Charles, shouting, even extending his adamantium claws. Logan hadn't forgotten that if it weren't for Huang Wen, they wouldn't have even made it to Alkali Lake. What Charles was doing was practically repaying kindness with enmity!
And Logan wasn't the only one who remembered this; so did Pyro, Huang Wen's newly accepted disciple. He also stepped forward, a bit angry, and stood in front of Huang Wen, facing the X-Men who seemed ready to act.
"Have you forgotten who brought you here to rescue our fellow mutants?" Pyro looked coldly at Jean Grey and the others. "My master didn't have to get involved in this, but now that he's helped you, you actually want to attack him?"
As soon as Pyro said this, Rogue was the first to show a look of shame, while Iceman Bobby was a bit displeased, because in Iceman Bobby's eyes, Pyro's actions were an act of betrayal—betraying the academy, betraying the mutants!
Cyclops's expression also changed. He, too, realized that Pyro had betrayed the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, and he raised a hand to his glasses.
"I'm fine, Logan, John." Just then, Huang Wen slowly shook his head and glanced indifferently at Cyclops.
Charles's psychic powers were indeed strong, but he hadn't broken through the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art. Huang Wen, with his essence, qi, and spirit integrated, hadn't been controlled by Charles.
"Young man, undo your technique and release Erik..." Charles's psychic power didn't retract; instead, he continued to try and penetrate Huang Wen's consciousness. But the Indestructible Diamond Divine Art was a unified whole, impenetrable around him, and Charles couldn't find a way to break it.
"You're not mentioning that he ambushed me, and you want me to release him?" Huang Wen raised an eyebrow, a hint of mockery appearing at the corner of his mouth.
To be honest, Huang Wen originally had some goodwill towards Charles and Magneto, this pair of good friends. After all, they loved and fought each other, each leading the pacifist and militant factions, using their respective methods to improve mutant rights. It could be said that they were both people fighting for their respective races.
But Huang Wen had forgotten one thing: just as many humans rejected mutants, most mutants, having been rejected by humans since childhood, also rejected humans from the bottom of their hearts. Even the pacifist Charles, who was almost a saint, was like this.
And Huang Wen was a human.
The reason Magneto attacked Huang Wen was because Huang Wen, a human, had ruined his plan. After all, Magneto couldn't find the Ancient One, nor could he do anything to her. Compared to the unfathomable Ancient One, Huang Wen, who already had a grudge with Magneto and had now ruined his plan, naturally became Magneto's enemy.
As for Charles, even though he knew that Magneto wanted to destroy himself and all humans, Charles didn't resent Magneto.
If he could truly solve all humans once and for all, allowing mutants to gain true freedom, Charles would also be willing to sacrifice himself to achieve it. In fact, Charles and Magneto were similar people, even two sides of the same coin; as long as it could help mutants rise, they were both willing to sacrifice anyone.
However, unlike Magneto, due to his own abilities, Charles could perceive more unfathomable powerful beings. He deeply knew that some things could not be done, and no one would allow him to do them!
That's why Charles firmly stood on the pacifist side, even though he knew that countless mutant brethren were undergoing dissection experiments, and even though he also wanted to kill all those experimenters!
Moreover, Charles also understood that unless mutants truly rose, neither the militant nor the pacifist faction could be dispensed with.
It was precisely because of this that when Huang Wen attacked Magneto, Charles also decisively made his move, even though Magneto had attacked Huang Wen first.
But from the perspective of the mutant community, Huang Wen at this moment was an enemy!
An enemy who would disrupt the balance between the mutant militant and pacifist factions!
"Young man, I'm saying it again, undo your technique and release Erik!" Charles looked at Huang Wen sternly, not intending to answer, and repeated himself.
"Charles!" Logan, who had also sorted out the whole story, let out a low, beast-like growl, but Charles remained unmoved, even subtly raising his hand as if to order the X-Men to attack Huang Wen.
"Crack!" However, before Charles could give the command to fight, the dam and base walls, which had been damaged by the previous fight between Jean Grey and Cyclops, finally gave way and began to crumble.
"Heh heh, so this is the legendary X-Men? They certainly don't live up to their reputation!" Huang Wen felt the dam about to collapse and sneered, "I won't be accompanying you. Oh, by the way, you're welcome to come looking for trouble, but if you do, then I'll be responsible for the killing, not the burial!"
"Buzz!" As Huang Wen's words fell, Huang Wen, Logan, and Pyro transformed into streaks of light and vanished from the spot. It was faintly visible that Huang Wen wiggled his finger before leaving.
"Poof!" A telekinetic force blocked one of the pressure point strikes aimed at Charles, but Jean Grey didn't have time to react to the one directed at Magneto. After all, in Jean Grey's eyes, Charles was still far more important than Magneto.
"Originally, if you two had continued with one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop, and you, Charles, had chosen to play the good guy, I would have only intended to teach Magneto a lesson. But now, it's not just a simple lesson..."
Huang Wen's mocking voice echoed in the air, and his figure had already appeared beside Lady Deathstrike. Then, taking Lady Deathstrike with him, he once again transformed into streaks of light and vanished from Alkali Lake, returning to the Wing Chun Kwoon.
Logan and Pyro were already accustomed to Huang Wen's teleportation ability, but Lady Deathstrike also showed no surprise, only glancing at Logan from time to time, as if she had something to say.
"I'm sorry, boss, I didn't expect this to happen. I should have known better than to get you involved," Logan said to Huang Wen apologetically.
"It's not your fault. This is their business, and it doesn't have much to do with a loner like you." Huang Wen smiled and shook his head. "I analyzed them both for you before, but I didn't even understand it myself."
"However, experiencing this has also made me realize that some people might not be as I imagined them to be. I can't act based on preconceived notions anymore, just like you, Wolverine, you're not as easily irritable as I remembered..."
"This kind of academy really isn't worth staying in. To do something so ungrateful, I actually believed he was a kind and good person before!" Pyro said indignantly. "Master, are you just going to let them off so easily? If they come looking for trouble again..."
"For some people, losing something is more painful than being killed!" Huang Wen said meaningfully. "Besides, let them escape from there first..."