Chapter 275: Saving Compatriot
Handing over the fruit trees to Piotr and the others to manage, Yang Le headed towards the Principal's Office. After a week of effort, roughly half of the houses in the village had been converted into treehouses by Yang Le, including Magneto's house.
Magneto's treehouse was built next to the Academy. Yang Le had cultivated a large treehouse for Magneto, just as he had said he would. Although everyone was like a loving family, they were not related by blood.
In addition, Magneto was very strict in his management. Even if some people had feelings for each other, they couldn't live together. Except for a few who were too young and needed care, everyone lived alone.
In other words, Magneto's treehouse was the largest besides the Double Dormitory. The flowers given by the villagers were also grafted onto the treehouses by Yang Le, which saved the trouble of having to care for them every day.
The door of Magneto's treehouse was open, because people often came to report work to him. As soon as Yang Le arrived at the doorway, he found that quite a few people were already standing inside.
Cyclops Scott, Gambit Remy, Beast Henry McCoy, and Marvel Girl Jean Grey Summers.
The current Jean was not yet the Phoenix who would look down upon the world. The Phoenix Force had not yet found her in this universe. Jean was still just an ordinary mutant with mental abilities. The code name she used now was still given to her by Charles.
That's right, Jean, like in other universes, was still discovered and nurtured by Professor X Charles. And Magneto and Professor X were still friends until the incident of 616 happened.
All of this was told to him by the big-mouthed Gambit. Not counting Jubilee and her group of children, Gambit was the one who was closest to him. He would always come to chat with him when he was free, and Yang Le also learned a lot of news from him.
It was a pity that Gambit hadn't been here for too long. He came when Eisenhardt Academy had just been built. Unlike Scott and Jean, who had been by Magneto's side since they were children, he had been wandering before. Perhaps because of this reason, he had quite a bit of goodwill towards Yang Le, who was also a wanderer in setting.
Beast Hank had also wandered for a while before, but his IQ was too high. Magneto would always give him a pile of work. In order not to disturb Hank's work, Gambit hadn't looked for him much in private.
And Scott and Jean were a well-known pair of lovers. Gambit naturally wouldn't run over to be a third wheel. And other mutants, because of his teacher identity, always spoke to him with a hint of respect, which made him extremely uncomfortable.
Until Yang Le came, Gambit, who had been stifled for so long, finally found a suitable friend. Basically, except for work time, as long as he was free, he would run to Yang Le's place.
Unlike Jubilee and the others who knew nothing, Gambit not only knew some things about Magneto and the others, but Gambit, who had wandered for a long time, also knew a lot of message that couldn't be found online. So Yang Le was also happy to see Gambit come to him.
"Hello Habby!" Gambit greeted Yang Le enthusiastically.
"Hi, Remy." Yang Le responded to Gambit and consciously stood aside.
Including him, there were a total of five employees at Eisenhardt Academy. They were also the strongest combat power in the Academy besides Magneto.
Other mutants were either too young, or their ability didn't constitute combat power, because their ability was even inferior to a handgun.
Never underestimate guns. They are the crystallization of wisdom of human. Even superhuman, according to most, cannot escape the fate of being killed by a single gun.
So for the sake of these mutants, Magneto generally wouldn't tell them that the teachers in the Academy also undertook a special profession—X-Men. It was said that this name was taken by Magneto's close friend Professor X, and to commemorate this friend whom he had killed with his own hand, Magneto used this name.
In fact, many students in the Academy were also reserve of the X-Men, but they were unaware of this. This was because they were still too young. When they reached the appropriate age, they would know about the X-Men, and then they would choice whether or not to become one of them. Only Colossus Piotr was different. His overly steady personality and considerable strength allowed him to learn all of this in advance, which was also why he was the one to pass the message to Yang Le.
Magneto nodded to Yang Le and said, "Since everyone is here, let's begin."
As soon as Magneto finished speaking, Hank pressed the remote control in his hand. A TV lit up in the corner. This was one of the few electrical appliances on the island. The rest were basically in Hank's house.
The TV lit up. It looked like a video recording taken by someone. The visuals clarity was not very good, but it didn't hinder viewing.
"This seems to be in a laboratory?" Scott identified the location of the filming at a glance. The sunglasses did not obstruct his line of sight.
"Yes, Scott." Magneto's face was frosty, a far cry from his usual kind image. "Not only that, it is also a prison that imprisons our compatriot."
There was no need to continue. A laboratory that imprisoned mutants. Everyone understood what this represented.
Gambit let out a sneer. Scott's face was stern. Jean's face showed intolerance. Even Beast subconsciously clenched the remote control in his hand. Except for Yang Le, who was wrapped tightly, everyone present had a considerable reaction.
"Where is it?" Gambit couldn't help but fiddle with the playing cards in his hand. "Principal, I can't help but want to blow something up now."
Scott put his hand on Gambit's shoulder and said, "Calm down, Remy. We can't act impulsively."
"No one can calm down after seeing this scene!" Gambit pointed at the visuals playing on the TV. A mutant was being tied to a restraint bed and undergoing some experiment. Fortunately, the sound recording of the video recording was not good, and a few screams could not be heard, otherwise he might not be able to help but smash the TV.
"I know, Remy." Scott persuaded earnestly. "But we can't let everything the Principal has done be in vain. The 616 incident just happened not long ago. This time we must be gentle. On this planet, we are still a minority group. Mutual destruction will do us no good."
Unlike the X-Men of the Main Universe, they in this Universe were more radical. Gambit had told Yang Le more than once that if it weren't for many strange costumes hero standing on the side of Human, Mutant might have already fallen out with Human.
Among the mutants, there was super hero combat power like Magneto, but among the super hero, there were also many existences that could check and balance him. And now, the mutants, who were strong in one aspect but weak in many others, were obviously not opponents of the public.
You need to know that Universe 9527 is a proper Marvel Multiverse, not comparable to those inferior movie universe. The hero in this Universe are not few in number.
(End of Chapter)