"Charles, are you sure she's home?"
At the door of the room, Erik Lehnsherr asked the young Professor X.
"When I used the Cerebro, I found that Raven was home," Charles replied with a slight frown, "And there were two people."
"Two?" Erik raised an eyebrow, his usually placid expression finally showing a hint of ambiguity.
Another person appearing in a girl's room in the middle of the night and staying until morning—it couldn't possibly be a woman, could it?
Charles felt Erik's gaze and immediately shook his head: "Don't look at me, I wasn't peeking."
He still had that much integrity.
Just as they were about to give up, the room door opened.
As they had expected, the one who opened the door was indeed a strange Chinese man, about the same height as the 183 cm Erik, and his handsome face made Charles, who considered himself very dashing, feel a bit ashamed.
Charles's eyes instantly narrowed, just as he had thought.
At this early hour, a handsome man appearing in Mystique's room—what had happened was almost self-evident.
But fortunately, Charles had watched Mystique grow up and only regarded her as a younger sister, so he didn't feel his head weighing heavily.
"Fang Yuan, you can call me Fang."
Seeing that Charles's expression showed nothing amiss, Fang Yuan knew he didn't have to worry about his life being in danger.
So he offered a warm smile and gestured for his brother-in-law to enter.
He was very open about it; after all, strictly speaking, he was the victim, having been taken advantage of by the unscrupulous Mystique.
Charles considered Mystique his sister, so naturally, he was his brother-in-law.
His peripheral vision constantly assessed the two men before him, who would one day dominate the World.
Charles was younger than Magneto, and just starting out, he was ready to make his mark, full of youthful vigor.
Erik Lehnsherr's brow, however, was almost never relaxed, his face etched with deep-seated bitterness.
Fang Yuan was guessing the current point in the storyline.
From Raven's words, he knew that the place he was staying was Xavier's Mansion, the future Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
When he followed Mystique in yesterday, he hadn't seen anyone else, so Fang Yuan concluded that Sebastian Shaw had not yet attacked the CIA Base.
x-men: first class tells the story of the fledgling Professor X and Magneto leading the original X-Men to save the World from the villain Sebastian Shaw.
Shaw was an extremist among Mutants, believing Mutants were superior to humans, so he planned to instigate a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union, then rebuild a Mutant World from the ruins.
Hmm... Shaw's ability was energy absorption, so he wasn't afraid of nuclear radiation, but he hadn't considered whether a nuclear war might also kill Mutants.
These were the X-Men's Mutants, not the Super Mutants from Fallout.
Shaw had started collecting Mutants decades ago, forming a Hellfire Club; it's worth noting that he once killed Magneto's mother to activate Magneto's powers.
As an adult, Erik was naturally filled with rage, seeking revenge on Shaw, and at this time, Charles also accepted the CIA's recruitment, helping humanity fight this Terrorist, Shaw, and happened to rescue Erik after his failed revenge attempt.
The entanglement between Professor X and Magneto began with this encounter.
Raven also came over; Charles clearly had something to say, so Fang Yuan understood.
He could prevent Professor X from peeking into his memories, but he couldn't stop Professor X's psychic intrusion.
Indeed, when Fang Yuan came back to his senses, Charles and the other person were already preparing to leave.
The young Professor X was that simple and direct.
But how could Fang Yuan let go of such a great opportunity?
He quickly spoke: "Wait a minute!"
Seeing Charles and the other person turn back, Fang Yuan directly asked: "You also have special abilities, right?"
Charles and the other person stopped.
"Raven, you even told him that?" Charles looked at Mystique, a bit surprised.
He thought Mystique was just playing around, but it seemed Mystique was a bit serious.
Raven nodded, then looked at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan, skilled at interacting with girls, certainly wouldn't ignore her, immediately giving her a smile that warmed Raven's entire heart.
Upon seeing this, Charles directly entered Fang Yuan's mind, trying to find out what kind of person Fang Yuan was.
If Raven was planning to be serious, he certainly had to vet him for Mystique.
But this time, Charles miscalculated; Fang Yuan's mind was empty, he couldn't find any memories at all!
Just then, Fang Yuan suddenly spoke: "Excuse me, could you please leave? You're running around in my head, and it's giving me a headache."
Because of the panel's protection, Fang Yuan could clearly feel Charles's psychic intrusion.
"Oh, I'm sorry." Charles quickly apologized, a little embarrassed to be caught peeking.
But Charles immediately reacted: "You're also a Mutant?"
"Mutant? Is that what you call yourselves?" Fang Yuan nodded, "I am."
"What?"
Mystique's eyes widened; she hadn't expected her bedmate to also be a Mutant.
"No wonder he wasn't afraid of me," Raven thought to herself.
Even Magneto, who was usually stern, no longer looked at Fang Yuan with such coldness.
When facing their own kind, their attitude was always a bit better.
But Erik was also quite pragmatic; he directly asked Fang Yuan: "What is your ability?"
"To be honest, I'm not quite sure yet; preventing mental probing counts as one, I guess." Fang Yuan lied with a straight face.
Although preventing memory probing was an ability of the All Heavens Vought Company panel, the panel was Fang Yuan's, so by approximation, it was his ability, which was not wrong.
I, Fang Yuan, never lie.
Except for Mutants.
Once it was confirmed that Fang Yuan was also a Mutant, they had nothing to hide; the group moved to the living room, and Charles told Fang Yuan everything about Shaw and the Mutant team.
Although they didn't yet know Shaw wanted to nuke the entire World, Shaw had now killed government officials and instigated the United States to deploy missiles in Turkey, becoming a threat to World security.
Charles then asked Fang Yuan if he was willing to join the team.
Professor X and Magneto's team was still in its nascent stage, and they weren't picky about members' abilities.
But while they weren't picky, Fang Yuan found them to be.
He was here to start a company, not to save the World.
However, Fang Yuan also knew that the current situation was special; if Shaw wasn't dealt with, Professor X and the others wouldn't be in the mood to do anything else, let alone be conned by him into becoming stars.
So Fang Yuan pondered for a moment, not answering yes or no, but instead asked Charles: "Cooperating with the CIA to deal with a World-class Terrorist means that after Shaw is dealt with, the existence of Mutants will also become known to the World."
"At that time, how will humans view Mutants? Have you considered this question?"
Hearing Fang Yuan raise such a profound question, Erik looked at him with a bit of newfound respect.
"It seems you're not just good-looking, but your mind is also very sharp." Erik turned to Charles and said deeply, "Yes, Charles, in the eyes of humans, we are no different from Shaw."
"They will see us as freaks, they will fear, they will envy, they will resent, and when Shaw dies, their next target will be us!"
"That's why we have to stop Shaw, to show them that we are willing to risk our lives for the World," Charles quickly defended.
"Then are humans willing to risk their lives for us?" Erik immediately retorted, "Do you really think they won't attack us for their survival?"
"You turn a blind eye to these crises; is it because you think they are all like Moira?"
Moira was a CIA agent who was friendly towards Mutants and had an ambiguous relationship with Charles.
Charles did not back down: "But they are not all like Shaw, as you seem to think."
Mystique dared not say a word beside them.
She had a premonition that this conversation might determine the future of Mutants.
And that was indeed the case; this debate was just a microcosm, and if there were no surprises, Mutants would head towards two extremes in the future.
But this time, Fang Yuan was here, and a bright future for Mutants was at hand.
"Clap, clap!"
He clapped his hands twice, interrupting Charles and Erik's argument, drawing their attention.
"Gentlemen, I think both your ideas are correct, but a bit too optimistic, or too pessimistic."
Fang Yuan's tone carried a hint of recollection; thanks to his many past lies, this skill came easily to him.
"From the moment I realized I was different, I've been thinking about how we, if there were others like me in the World, should survive."
"Finally, I found the answer."
His words made both Charles and Erik perk up, listening intently to Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan said, word for word: "I call it—Making Mutants Great!"
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