"It's useless. Xavier's School has been captured, but right now, I can take you to a place," Marcus said, shaking his head.
Others didn't know the plot, but he was very clear on the details. Stryker had easily captured Xavier's School because the most powerful Mutants weren't there.
"Where are we going?" Colossus asked, having clearly thought of that danger as well.
"Zzz~~"
Marcus waved his hand, and a [Space Gate] appeared before their eyes. The destination was Iceman's family home—the rendezvous point where Wolverine and the others would arrive.
The two walked through the portal and saw Wolverine's group waiting for Iceman's parents.
"Hey, Wolverine, thank you!" Marcus saw Logan and immediately offered his thanks.
If it weren't for him, where would I have gotten this [Self-healing]? Without [Self-healing], how would I have dared to save these Mutants? If I hadn't saved the Mutants, how would I have had so many opportunities to contact all kinds of Mutants?
Although he had touched those young Mutants and none of them yielded a new Ability, with so many more Mutants, there was always a chance to bind a new power.
At this moment, Bobby "Iceman" Drake, John "Pyro" Allerdyce, and Rogue all came downstairs after hearing the noise.
"Hey, hello. You must be Iceman." Marcus extended his hand toward Bobby before anyone else could say hello. He wanted to see if he could get a new Ability immediately.
Iceman shook Marcus's hand in a daze. "Um, I'm Iceman. Are you?"
[Ding! Iceman ability [Freeze] is detected. Pick up and bind?]
Marcus looked at Iceman with bright eyes. Frost Ability! He had bound another ability to his system. Today's harvest was truly amazing!
"Bind!"
[Picking up and binding Iceman ability: [Freeze].]
A new Ability appeared directly in Marcus's system list.
He then walked toward Pyro. "Hi, you must be Pyro. I'm a sorcerer from Kamar-Taj."
Marcus and Pyro also shook hands.
[Ding! Pyro's Fire Control Ability has been detected. Picking up the binding CD is recovering. Binding available after 23:59:06.]
This time, a new message appeared. The Fire Control Ability of a living person was detected, but it couldn't be bound! It was because the "pick up the bound CD is recovering"!
The time interval was exactly one day. Marcus finally figured out another critical feature of his system.
"Ah, and this is Rogue. I'm pleased to meet you."
Knowing his binding interval, Marcus now had no need to shake hands with Rogue. After all, shaking hands couldn't bind her Ability. Moreover, he wasn't sure he wanted her Ability, which seemed to function like his system but with potentially dangerous side effects for others.
"Peter (Colossus), how are our people?" Logan asked Colossus about the students at Xavier's School.
"A portion of us have fled to the Mage's Kamar-Taj..." Colossus briefly described what they had experienced, explaining that everything that happened was related to this sorcerer from Kamar-Taj.
Logan listened to Colossus, his eyes fixed on Marcus. He had saved Marcus's life last night, and Marcus had, in turn, saved a group of young Mutants. The cycle of cause and effect continued.
Just then, the front door of Iceman's house opened, and Bobby's brother and family returned. As expected, the plot evolved in the predicted direction. Bobby's younger brother called the police, and the police soon arrived.
"Listen, people inside, put your hands up! Get out of the room!" A policeman raised a gun and shouted into the house.
"Why are there police?" Iceman looked utterly disbelieving, then glanced upstairs. Could it have been his younger brother?
Wolverine, whose temper was notoriously impatient, rushed out when he saw the people outside.
"Shwaa~~"
Three Adamantium claws extended from each of his hands.
"Boom!"
But at that moment, a bullet hit his forehead directly. His entire body fell instantly to the ground.
"Logan!"
"Logan!!"
"Listen, people inside, put your hands up!" The police outside shouted again.
"Crack, click."
Colossus transformed into his armored form and walked out the door.
When the group of policemen saw the giant metal Mutant, they fired decisively.
"Boom~" "Boom~" "Boom~" "..."
The sound of countless bullets hitting Colossus echoed, but he didn't move an inch.
"Colossus, get ready to drag Logan back!" Marcus shouted.
Ice vapor sprayed continuously from both of Marcus's hands. A thick wall of ice quickly formed.
"Pff!" "Pff!" "Pff!"
All the bullets struck the ice wall, leaving one white dent after another.
Iceman stared at Marcus in disbelief. "Are you using magic or a superpower?"
His ability was the power to freeze everything, but the sorcerer in front of him was using an ability that was almost exactly the same as his own.
"This is mystic art," Marcus claimed, making up another lie. "And it just happens to be a bit similar to your abilities."
"Inexplicable events? It's all mystic!"
"Hey, maybe we should go." Marcus waved his hand, and another Space Gate instantly opened.