Namor's departure did not affect the progress of the banquet.
Afterward, Sebastian Shaw privately arranged to meet with Colonel Hendry.
CIA secret agent Moira MacTaggert mingled among the socialites and quietly followed Colonel Hendry to a hidden chamber.
Inside the luxurious secret room, Sebastian Shaw held a glass of champagne and sat elegantly on the sofa. Looking at Colonel Hendry across from him, he said,
"I heard you stopped the proposal to deploy missiles in Turkey. I hope you'll reconsider."
"We've already discussed this issue. Deploying missiles in Turkey—or anywhere close to the Soviet Union—means war. Nuclear war!"
Although Colonel Hendry was also somewhat of a radical, he understood how terrifying nuclear war would be.
Sebastian Shaw replied indifferently,
"I'm not asking for your help. I'm expressing my opinion. So let me say it again—I hope you reconsider."
"I think the only thing I need to reconsider is having another glass of champagne."
Colonel Hendry stood up, preparing to leave.
But Sebastian Shaw had no intention of tolerating that. He raised a hand and signaled Janos Quested (Riptide) beside him to give Hendry a little "lesson."
Janos was also a mutant. He could spin his body at high speed, creating and controlling whirlwinds, even using them to fly. His bones could produce calcified projectiles, and by spinning rapidly he could launch them with power comparable to missiles.
Janos' arm spun rapidly, generating a small tornado that lifted Hendry into the air and slammed him against the wall.
The White Queen looked at Hendry and transmitted a message through telepathy:
"You're thinking about how to escape and hide. It's useless. No matter where you go, we can find you. There's nowhere in the world we cannot reach."
As she spoke, Emma Frost's body transformed into a glittering diamond form, radiating an aura of luxury and danger.
At that moment, Hendry realized that if he refused their proposal, he might not walk out of here alive.
"Perhaps… I should reconsider."
Hearing this, Sebastian Shaw summoned Azazel, the Red Devil who possessed teleportation abilities, and ordered him to take Hendry to carry out the plan.
This entire scene was witnessed by Moira. She immediately left the Hellfire Club and called her superior to report the situation.
However, in this era mutants had not yet emerged into public awareness. Only Namor had some reputation, and most people knew nothing about the others.
Moira's superior simply refused to believe her, dismissing it as nonsense.
Helpless, Moira decided to seek out a genetics expert. She transferred flights and headed for England.
Three days later.
Han Shaoqing arrived at the airport, where Wu Shihao and the others had come to see him off.
During these three days, Han Shaoqing had conducted an experiment.
By stepping on the heads of Hunter and Yan Tong, he discovered that it indeed triggered the check-in system.
However, since both of them were minor characters, the rewards were very ordinary—just a pistol and a ceremonial British sword. Completely useless.
But it confirmed Han Shaoqing's hypothesis about the system.
Stepping on someone's head counted as a successful check-in, and the stronger the person being stepped on, the better the reward obtained.
The only problem was that doing so was extremely offensive.
With villains it didn't matter—you could simply beat them down if they annoyed you.
But with superheroes… he couldn't exactly greet them by saying:
"Hey bro, let me step on your head for a moment."
If he did that for no reason, they'd fight him to the death.
But if he didn't step on them, Han Shaoqing felt like he was losing out.
After thinking it over, he decided that when stepping on superheroes in the future, he would wear a mask and clean the soles of his shoes first.
That would be the greatest respect he could offer them.
Meanwhile, Han Shaoqing boarded the plane.
On the other side, Agent Moira found Charles and explained the situation, inviting him to help stop Sebastian Shaw's conspiracy.
Langley, Virginia — CIA Headquarters
"The arrival of the nuclear age may accelerate the process of genetic mutation. People with extraordinary abilities may already exist among us. Thank you."
After finishing his explanation about the possibility of mutants to the CIA officials, Charles returned to his seat.
He had come here partly because of his feelings for Moira, but more importantly to protect the hard-won peace. At the same time, he hoped to learn more about mutants.
However, the officials clearly did not believe Charles' words.
"Agent Moira, do you really think that just because of some nonsense from a genetics professor, we'll believe there are silver-shining women and teleporting men in this world? I think you're exhausted and need time to calm down. Meeting adjourned!"
"Wait!"
Using telepathy, Charles had already sensed that these officials valued their lunchroom meat pies more than they valued his words.
He knew that if he didn't produce something tangible now, they would never believe him.
After a brief moment of consideration, Charles decided to reveal the truth.
"My apologies, everyone. I haven't been completely honest with you. In fact, I myself am a genetically mutated individual. My mutation allows me to do many things ordinary people cannot—for example, reading what you're thinking."
The senior agent beside him, Agent Strank, sneered.
"I've seen this magic trick before. Are you going to ask us to count from one to ten now?"
"No, Agent Strank. What you were thinking just now was asking about your son William. He's doing well. But what concerns me more is the United States deploying Jupiter intermediate-range missiles in Turkey."
Charles' words shocked everyone present.
The missile deployment in Turkey was a state secret known only to a handful of high-ranking officials.
The official sitting beside Agent Strank suddenly changed expression and pointed at Charles and Moira.
"He's a spy! And you actually brought a spy here!"
Hearing her superior's accusation, Moira immediately shouted back in protest, while her bespectacled colleague beside her also defended her.
Just as they were about to detain them, Raven, who was sitting beside Charles, stood up.
In an instant, she transformed into the exact appearance of Agent Strank.
This was Raven's ability—she could rearrange the atoms and molecules within her body to change her appearance. Her learning and mimicry skills were extremely powerful. With close contact, she could even perfectly replicate fingerprints, voice patterns, and retinal scans.
Seeing Raven transform into Strank right in front of them, everyone fell silent, staring at her in disbelief.
Then Raven shifted again, returning to her true form—blue skin and red hair.
As the saying goes, seeing is believing.
Witnessing the existence of such a being with their own eyes was far more convincing than any explanation.
Charles spoke again.
"So, what do you think of this 'magic trick'?"
"Unparalleled!"
At that moment, a slightly overweight man who had been sitting quietly in the back exclaimed in astonishment.
At the same time, he made the decision to support Charles.
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