"I know, doesn't she look like this!"
Samuel snapped his fingers.
A vivid blue figure appeared in front of the two of them.
Red hair, blue skin, with raised patterns on her face and body, like carved totems, full of a strange, enchanting feeling.
Mystique looked at the figure, which was so realistic it was like another version of herself, and asked in surprise, "How… how do You know she looks like this?"
Samuel smiled and said, "Because she was originally one of the targets I wanted to recruit."
"You want to recruit her?"
"Yes, there aren't many Mutants with outstanding value that I can see. On my target list, she is considered to be at the top."
Mystique was a little flustered, completely unexpected that Samuel actually wanted to recruit her.
She hesitated and asked, "Can I… can I know why You want to recruit her and what You want her to do?"
"I have an island, to be precise, an island city, where many people with special abilities work for me, living freely in the sunlight."
"White Queen is also one of them, and she is the main person in charge there."
"Currently, there are still some areas not under my control, and I need more manpower, especially manpower that can stand alone and create value."
"Mystique's talent and ability can help me completely control that place faster."
After listening, Mystique said in surprise, "Really… can they really live freely in the sunlight? Won't the humans there… won't they discriminate against Mutants?"
Samuel smiled and said, "Strange animals are protected, but strange people are ostracized. But what if there is more than one strange person, and more than one type?"
"Not everyone with special abilities is a Mutant!"
Fear comes from insufficient firepower. If humans possessed the ability to resist Mutants, and there were strange beings other than Mutants, then their attitude towards Mutants would naturally change.
Mutants face difficulties mainly for two reasons.
One is strength. Mutants' diverse abilities can easily do things humans cannot. With insufficient firepower, fear naturally arises, and they naturally think of eliminating the other side.
The second is singularity. This World has no Avengers, no Inhuman, and no other ability users besides Mutants.
Especially since no one knows which human's genes carry the Mutant, and even less what scale Mutants will develop to in the future.
Naturally, Mutants became the sole and necessary enemy to deal with.
If Mutants lived in a World with Avengers, Inhuman, etc., like in the comics, the overall situation for Mutants would be much better, except for a few humans who hate Mutants.
Because there are too many people who can eliminate humans and destroy the World, so many that only by uniting all forces is it possible to protect the Earth.
Of course, Mutants also need to show powerful deterrence and have the support of positive organizations or figures like the Avengers.
If some Mutants were brought to the Marvel Cinematic Universe and joined Void Express, Samuel was confident he could let them live freely and comfortably in the sunlight.
Even become heroes people chase and worship!
And in this World, all disasters are related to Mutants, so people's impression of Mutants naturally rises from individuals to the entire race.
Therefore, no matter how much Charles Xavier leads the X-Men to do, people's impression of them is still Mutants!
Getting back to the present, Mystique's mind was already somewhat shaken.
If there really was such a place that could accept Mutants, where Mutants could live freely and unrestrained in the sunlight, then whether to eliminate their abilities or not would no longer be important.
After all, this was an innate ability, and she couldn't truly calmly eliminate it.
What she cared about was not her ability, nor her appearance, but the gaze and attitude of others towards her, as if they were looking at a freak.
If she could receive normal treatment regardless of her identity or appearance, she naturally wouldn't care.
To put it bluntly, what she cared about was the World, the public's recognition!
"You, will You still help me eliminate her ability?" Mystique asked.
Samuel smiled and nodded, "Since I promised, I won't go back on it."
"Then will You still recruit her?"
"No."
Mystique nodded, "I will explain it clearly to her, maybe she will change her mind! And even if she wants to eliminate her ability, it has to wait until the Black King's matter is over. After all, losing her ability for no reason would also bring You trouble."
Samuel nodded and said, "Okay! But You made me lose an important target, You have to compensate me..."
"How to compensate?"
"Like this time, occasionally come out with me?"
Mystique was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently, and whispered, "You, You can't contact me directly, only let Raven contact me. I don't want people to know about our relationship."
"Okay!"
If she wanted to hide her identity, just let her continue hiding it. Anyway, he knew what was going on.
Besides, Moira MacTaggert wasn't bad either, right?
Two hours later, the two returned to the Base and parted ways tacitly.
Returning to his residence.
White Queen teased him with a playful look, "You didn't come back last night, and Raven wasn't at the Base either. You guys..."
"Those who understand, understand!"
"So, is she one of us now?"
Samuel shook his head and told White Queen about Raven's operation of impersonating Moira MacTaggert.
White Queen couldn't help but giggle after hearing it, teasing that Raven would lose both the wife and the soldiers.
"By the way, under normal circumstances, can a Mutant's ability really be eliminated?" she asked curiously.
Samuel nodded and said, "It's hard to say about this timeline, but in another timeline, there is a Mutant named Jimmy, whose codename is Cure. Mutant abilities are ineffective against him, and he can temporarily eliminate the other party's Mutant when they approach."
"In that timeline, the authorities used him to develop a serum that could eliminate the Mutant, but it wasn't permanent."
White Queen frowned and said, "Even if it can't permanently eliminate the Mutant's, his ability is still very terrifying. If the authorities were intentional, they could eliminate any powerful Mutant!"
Samuel said, "This child is very pitiful. Humans used him for research to eliminate Mutants, and Mutants, in order not to be eliminated, could only eliminate him."
"He can eliminate the abilities of all Mutants, but only cannot eliminate his own ability!"
White Queen smiled and interjected, "Only us, no, only You, can save him!"
"There are more Mutants in that timeline than in this one. You can go there first to gather the targets You fancy, and I'll find You later."
"To deal with the Black King?"
"No, it's for the first Mutant of this World!"
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