I'll let you go, because you'll soon become one of us."
Facing Tony's provocation, Magneto smiled slightly, then turned to Mystique and said, "Raven."
Mystique spread her arms, and the Armor quickly equipped itself onto her under Magneto's control. Tony looked melancholic, why did he feel like he was being cuckolded?
A moment later, the Mark Armor was fully equipped. Mystique was a bit excited and quickly familiarized herself with the Armor's functions—the Mark Armor had an Intelligence System, making it easy to pick up.
"Step one is complete. Now, begin step two."
What was Magneto's second step? It was to control the Statue of Liberty. He raised his hands, and a cracking sound came from the base of the Statue of Liberty. Then, the Statue of Liberty slowly flew into the sky.
That's right, the Statue of Liberty flew up. Tony was dumbfounded. Although he was well-informed, he had never imagined that one day the Statue of Liberty would truly be free.
The Statue of Liberty weighs 225 tons. For Magneto, such a weight was truly nothing. In the movies, he had controlled yachts, football fields, nuclear submarines, and steel bridges.
The Mutant below the Statue of Liberty looked at Magneto with adoration; it was truly god-like power.
Tony couldn't help but ask, "Magneto, what exactly do you want to do?"
"I want to turn you into us."
Magneto gently shook his right hand, and a large number of rivets spun and flew away from the Statue of Liberty. The statue disintegrated as a result, but under the influence of magnetic force, it did not fall.
Then, Magneto transformed the Statue of Liberty into a small steel fortress. In the middle of the fortress was a metal circular tower hundreds of meters high, with a torch standing above the circular tower, and inside the torch was the Mutant Transformation Device.
The Mutant Transformation Device was circular in appearance, composed of a core control unit, silver supports, and a rotating metal ring.
Tony, who was hung in the middle section of the circular tower, watched this 'miracle' and couldn't help but gulp. He said, "The Statue of Liberty has turned into Magneto's shape."
"I like your optimism."
Magneto glanced at Tony and shouted loudly to the people below, "Enter the fortress and set up defenses! After tonight, this world will belong to us, the Mutant!"
"Long live Magneto!"
The Brotherhood members cheered, carrying pre-prepared weapons and entering the makeshift fortress to set up.
Magneto wasted no time, controlling the small fortress to fly into the sky, crossing the sea towards Manhattan. The Mutant would rule the world, and it would be tonight.
"Looks like something big is going to happen tonight."
Tony muttered to himself. He thought of his predicament and couldn't help but smile bitterly. Regardless of whether something big happened tonight or not, he was definitely going to be disgraced.
Such a large steel fortress couldn't be hidden from anyone. S.H.I.E.L.D. quickly received the news. Coulson looked at the flying object on the screen and immediately notified other Agents and the X-Men to rush to Manhattan.
Then, Coulson called the Air Force: "Absolutely do not send planes over. Any plane is a toy in front of Magneto. Send troops into Manhattan."
After receiving a positive reply from the military, Coulson called Chief George: "Evacuate Manhattan citizens as quickly as possible. Magneto is definitely going to cause big trouble this time."
"Okay."
Chief George nodded, his expression very grim. What was wrong with New York this year? Why were disasters happening one after another?
Although Chief George immediately arranged for police to evacuate the public, it was of little use. On one hand, citizens were uncooperative, and on the other hand, the Brotherhood was well-prepared, setting off car and shop explosions, causing massive traffic chaos.
This time, Magneto came prepared.
Professor Charles led the X-Men aboard a jet fighter to Manhattan. His brows were tightly furrowed. Although he didn't know what Magneto intended to do, after this, the situation for Mutant would definitely become even worse.
Professor Charles, who had dedicated his life to Mutant, felt deeply weary. Despite his efforts for so many years, the future of Mutant had not improved, but instead had become increasingly dire.
Near Times Square, Roshan, a broad-minded female reporter from The Daily Bugle, was broadcasting live. She gestured to cameraman Peter Parker to point the camera at the police directing traffic, while saying, "The police have suddenly started evacuating people. I wonder if it's related to Magneto…"
Roshan was the ex-girlfriend of Ghost Rider Johnny. After Andrew acquired The Daily Bugle, he headhunted her from Texas to New York with a high salary. To be honest, Roshan was very satisfied with this job; on one hand, the pay was high, and on the other hand, New York never lacked big news.
As for why Peter was a cameraman there? Of course, it was because he was poor. If he wasn't poor, who would work overtime?
Roshan was about to interview the police when, at that moment, Peter sensed something, looked up sharply, and then gasped in surprise.
Roshan subconsciously looked up at the sky, her mouth instantly agape. In the sky, a huge, grotesque steel fortress was rapidly flying towards them, blocking even the moonlight in its path.
The citizens who had been gesticulating at the police earlier now wished their parents had given them two more legs, fleeing frantically.
Roshan shouted, "God, Peter, quickly turn the camera to the sky! It must be Magneto!"
Peter blinked and asked, "Huh, Roshan, shouldn't we be running away right now?"
Roshan shouted, "Running away? Are you kidding me? This is big news! Even if my leg gets broken, I can't run. Whether I can establish myself in New York depends on this one shot!"
"Is this what a professional news reporter is like?"
Peter was dumbfounded. He hesitated for a moment, deciding to wait and see.
Soon, the steel fortress arrived at Times Square. Magneto said nothing, controlling the steel fortress to descend. People hiding in shops quickly ran outside in fear.
Boom! The steel fortress heavily landed on Times Square, and the entire ground shook violently as if a dragon had turned over, followed by the shattering of numerous glass and screens. Some poorly constructed buildings even collapsed with a crash.
The prosperous Times Square instantly turned into a hell, with countless people screaming and wailing.
"Bring those traitors in," Magneto commanded coldly. Toad and Sabretooth immediately led a group of Mutant to rush towards the Epsilon-level Mutants hiding nearby.
Wolverine, Jean, and Cyclops, seeing this, quickly came to stop them, and both sides started fighting fiercely.
The three of Wolverine were very strong, but they were too few in number to stop the Brotherhood. A large number of failed Mutant were captured and brought into the fortress; they would become Magneto's 'batteries'.
Magneto rarely harmed Mutant, but those traitors were not considered Mutant.
Roshan almost fell due to the tremor, but Peter caught her. She nodded at Peter and immediately began reporting, while Peter held the camera and filmed.
At this moment, Peter, with his excellent eyesight, noticed someone seemingly hanging on the circular tower. He quickly zoomed in and locked the camera on the person. A moment later, he exclaimed in shock, "Mr. Stark?"
"Tony Stark?"
Roshan's eyes lit up, and she immediately leaned over to look at the camera, discovering that Tony Stark was indeed hanging there.