Sabretooth was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed. He believed that what Samuel said was probably the truth; William Stryker's unwillingness to modify him was due to his fear of no longer being able to control him, his fear of him killing his master.
He laughed at William Stryker's cowardice, at his own lack of foresight, and at the fact that Samuel, whom he thought looked down on him, would actually recruit him.
"I always thought you wanted to kill me," Sabretooth said, still laughing, as he slowly got up.
Samuel shook his head: "No conflict of interest, no baring of fangs at me, I generally won't kill!"
"To be blunt, as your enemy or an observer, I really don't like your personality. But as your master, I really appreciate your obedient nature, your tendency to bite whoever you're told."
Samuel didn't mean to insult Sabretooth; his personality was indeed somewhat like a dog, or rather, like a Beast.
Whoever could tame him, he would listen to, and he could complete any kind of command without hesitation!
If he couldn't be tamed—hehe, he would turn around and bite you to death!
William Stryker's refusal to help him with the modification was for this reason.
Of course, it wasn't entirely for this reason, because for William Stryker, modifying him was too low in terms of cost-effectiveness.
Modifying Wolverine allowed for brainwashing.
Modifying him, brainwashing made no difference, because he was already in a lot of pain.
Moreover, the stronger Wolverine became, the more Sabretooth would obediently listen to him, so how could he possibly take the risk of helping Sabretooth with the modification and making him stronger?
Sabretooth chuckled in a way that was hard to understand, and asked, "What can you give me?"
Samuel said, "If I said I could let you see a broader World, let you live a more exciting life, it would be somewhat like drawing a pie, so let's talk about something practical. I can enhance your abilities and make you stronger."
Sabretooth knew that William Stryker had given Samuel a portion of Adamantium, and thought the enhancement he mentioned referred to being modified with Adamantium like Wolverine, but Samuel's next words stunned him.
"I have an ability that can enhance the abilities of Mutants, stimulate their talents and potential, make existing abilities stronger, or acquire new abilities."
"You, you're talking about an ability, not a modification?"
"Mm."
"..."
Sabretooth was shocked. It was the first time he had heard of a Mutant who could enhance the abilities of other Mutants!
Samuel was hiding too deep!
He didn't doubt that Samuel was lying to him. On the one hand, such a lie would eventually collapse on its own over time, and on the other hand, with Samuel's strength, there was no need to lie to him at all.
This was a very normal psychology, just like most people think rich people won't cheat money or borrow money and not return it.
He's so rich, how could he possibly cheat me out of this little bit of money?
And then—they were cheated!
"Hoo..." Sabretooth took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "From now on, I'll listen to You."
Samuel didn't say he would enhance Sabretooth, and Sabretooth didn't ask Samuel to enhance him, because he knew very well that to get a reward, he had to prove himself first!
"Ding!"
"Detected combat, dropped reward: Impact (Cyclops)"
The appearance of the dropped reward meant that William Stryker had already released Wade—the modified Deadpool!
Wolverine and Deadpool were already fighting.
Deadpool has four abilities: Self-healing, Cyclops, Teleportation, and Adamantium dual blades.
They had already started fighting and wouldn't stop until a winner was decided. Although the Cyclops ability had already been acquired, his other abilities had been acquired from the original owners long ago.
But the original owners were the original owners, and Deadpool was Deadpool. Since Deadpool possessed these abilities, they could be dropped.
Abilities can be stacked, so why not stack them?
"Wade is out, go give him a hand," Samuel said to Sabretooth.
Sabretooth: "Help who?"
"Your brother."
Sabretooth's mouth curved slightly, and he went to find Wolverine and Wade.
Not long after, on the chimney of the abandoned nuclear power plant in the distance, Sabretooth and Wolverine had already teamed up to fight Deadpool.
At the same time, the sound of a dropped reward rang out again.
"Ding!"
"Detected combat, dropped reward: Self-healing (Deadpool)"
"What the hell do You want to do!"
A low roar came from a distance, and William Stryker walked towards Samuel angrily with a gun in his hand.
Samuel smiled and glanced at the gun he hadn't raised: "What do You want to do? Kill me?"
"I... You think I wouldn't dare!" William Stryker was enraged.
Uh, seemingly enraged, because he didn't raise his gun.
Samuel chuckled lightly and explained, "Didn't I tell You to be prepared? He found me, so I couldn't just kill him or lock him up, right?"
William Stryker didn't believe or agree with this explanation, but as long as he wasn't planning to fall out with Samuel, he had to go down the steps, and he even had to thank Samuel for giving him the steps.
If Samuel didn't give him face, what could he do? Wouldn't he just have to swallow his pride and find a way out himself?
Moreover, he wasn't afraid of Samuel falling out either!
To put it bluntly, did he really think he was here to question? Of course not, he was just here to confirm Samuel's position and attitude!
If Samuel truly didn't interfere, he wasn't actually worried about Wolverine, even with the addition of a turned-coat Sabretooth helping Wolverine!
He was confident in the modified Wade!
Everything they had, Wade had.
Everything they didn't have, Wade also had.
If he couldn't defeat Samuel, could he still not defeat Wolverine and Sabretooth?
"Your son is here too, right?" Samuel suddenly asked.
William Stryker was startled and asked cautiously, "What do You mean?"
Samuel was speechless: "Do You really need to be so wary of me? To tell You an unpleasant truth, at most I'll just trick You. If I wanted to kill You, being wary or not wouldn't matter!"
At most, just trick me?
Listen, are You speaking human words!
William Stryker snorted unhappily and asked, "Why are You asking about my son?"
"Just reminding You that it's best to send him away first. It's no longer just about You and Wolverine now."
William Stryker's expression hardened: "Who else?"
"You don't think that besides us, no one else knows what You've been doing, do You? Illegally capturing Mutants, experimenting on Mutants, modifying them, You are making an enemy of the Mutant race!"
"Professor X, You must have heard of him, right? Do You think he would not come to rescue these young Mutants if he knew about this?"
William Stryker's face was gloomy: "You notified Professor X?"
Samuel rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily, "Are You stupid? If I had notified Professor X, would I still tell You to be prepared? I'm like You, I both want to take Mutants for my own use, so I'll take over those Mutants of Yours, to avoid making it easier for Professor X."
This turn was a bit sudden.
What Professor X?
Actually, You just want my Mutants, right?!
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