Chapter 136
Some people are eager to try it, but others are afraid of danger.
After all, these people are monsters!
At this time, a figure suddenly walked from the depths of the alley, seeming to be dragging something in his hand.
"Are you looking for him?"
Bang!
The black figure being dragged was thrown over.
Only then did they realize that it was actually a person!
"It's the monster that ran away!"
Someone pointed at the man on the ground and shouted
"He seems to be dead."
Someone else said.
The man on the ground had his neck bent in a very abnormal posture, his eyes rolled white, and there was still a look of fear before death on his face. He obviously looked like he was not going to die in peace!
"Did you kill this monster?"
Someone looked at the figure in the darkness
"Monster? hehe."
The figure in the darkness seemed to be mocking.
This made these people frown.
The fat white woman said directly:
"why are you laughing? Aren't they monsters? Or...You are a monster too!"
Hearing this, many people suddenly looked wary and disgusted.
At this time, a figure in the alley walked out of the darkness.
It was Clark!
He first looked at the woman on the ground, and then looked at the person in front of him this group of people
"You hate mutants?" he asked
"Monsters deserve to die!"
Someone shouted
"There shouldn't be such monsters in this world!"
Everyone looked very angry.
"So...Have they hurt you?"
After hearing this, the excited people were stunned for a moment, and then someone said:
"We are doing this for the good of this country, these monsters are the cancer of this country!"
When the others heard this, they immediately agreed with each other, as if they had found a reason for their atrocities.
Clark shook his head in amusement.
"You are so sad."He said,"I'm obviously just committing violence, but I have to find a real reason for myself. That's different for me. I never look for such a reason."
They still didn't understand what Clark meant.
But the next moment...
A sea of crimson enveloped them.
After a very brief scream.
There were only fragments of limbs and broken arms, and one survivor who Clark deliberately left behind. She fell to the ground with a look of horror on her face. In an instant, a foul smell spread from her pants.
Clark had a look of disgust in his eyes, and then walked over to the woman lying on the ground.
"Still not getting up? He said,"I know you're not dead.""
The woman's body trembled slightly.
Then she struggled to get up.
"you...Are you a mutant too?"
She had several wounds on her face, coupled with her dirty look, and her long snake-shaped hair, she looked very scary.
But Clark was not scared.
He just looked at this curiously. Woman, especially her snake-shaped hair
"Is your name Medusa? Clark asked.
The woman was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.
"No, no, my name is not Medusa, my name is——"
"Okay, I'm not interested in knowing your name. Clark interrupted her, pointed to the fat woman with a frightened face over there and said,"This guy just did that to you, don't you want to take revenge?""
The woman turned back to look at the fat woman, with a malicious look on her bruised and swollen face.
"Very nice look. Clark praised:"You have obviously not done any bad things, but you are being expelled and beaten like a monster. Are you not willing to do it?" Is your heart full of resentment?"
When the woman heard this, her whole body trembled slightly, and her hands clenched her fists tightly.
Originally, she also had a happy family. She had parents who loved her. Although they were a little naughty, they were also Very cute brother.
But...
This all came crashing down a few months ago!
She awakened the X gene and became a mutant.
Her parents began to hate her, and her younger brother began to alienate her. The originally happy home suddenly became a stranger that day.
However...That was just the beginning of the nightmare!
She will never forget that day, nor will she forget that her parents, who loved her so much, led the Secret Service into the house and wanted to arrest her and put her in a cage.
She could never forget the looks of disgust her parents and younger brother looked at her.
I can't forget all the things I encountered during these few months of wandering.
Why?
Why does she have to endure this even though she hasn't done anything bad? Just because she's a mutant?
Are all mutants necessarily bad people?
Bang!
A small knife was thrown into her hand
"Go ahead, keep your anger in your heart, you will always be the only one who suffers. Clark's voice was like a devil's whisper, echoing in her ears,"Let it out. Since they all believe that you should be a bad person, you might as well become a bad person. Otherwise,...Do you want to continue to endure unilateral oppression?"
"Or..."
"Do you want to be put in a cage? Put on a collar?"
When the woman heard this, she shook her head violently and grabbed the knife on the ground.
"No! I don't want to be put in a cage! I don't want to wear a collar!"
She got up staggeringly and walked towards the fat woman over there step by step.
"do not come! Don't come here you monster!!!"
"Monster? The woman suddenly laughed and raised the hand holding the knife,"Since you said I'm a monster, why should I listen to you?""
Shua!"
"Ahhhhh~~~~"
The alley echoed with the fat woman's screams.
The scream lasted for several minutes before disappearing.
Bang!
The bloody knife fell to the ground.
The woman looked at her bloody hands, her body was shaking slightly, but her face was strangely expressionless, she just lowered her head and looked at her hands.
Tap tap tap...
A sound of footsteps approached.
Clark stood behind her
"How do you feel after letting it out?"
He asked.
The woman slowly turned her head and looked at him.
A smile suddenly appeared on her face, but coupled with her current expression, it looked a bit ferocious and terrifying.
Chapter 137
"Very good, I seem to like this feeling. said the woman
"That's fine, keep it up, you don't owe the world anything, and there's no need to suppress yourself. Clark said, walking out of the alley,"Let's go, you should leave early, it won't be safe here soon.""
The woman walked over, picked up her hat and put it on, then looked at Clark who had already reached the entrance of the alley.
"I will be called Medusa from now on. What is your name?"
She shouted loudly.
Clark waved his hands without looking back and said:
"Just call me Superman."
The cement road suddenly collapsed, and Clark's figure rose into the sky, with a deafening sonic boom, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Superman."
The woman raised her head and whispered.
Then a smile appeared on her face.
"Thank you, Superman."
After saying that, she turned around and ran quickly towards the depths of the alley.
Not long after, sirens sounded, and police cars stopped on the road outside the alley.
When they walked into the alley, they saw the scene here..Suddenly
, many people covered their mouths and ran out.
"Sir, is this?"
"Immediately inform the superiors that this is a mutant attack and it is no longer our turn to deal with it."
Hearing this, many people present showed disgust.
Mutants?
Those freaks again!......
Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters, Westchester.
Of course, more people like to call this place - a mutant school.
After Clark found this place, he directly entered the virtual state, and then walked into this school.
The front yard of the school is very large, with a basketball court, gardens, woods, and a lake....Everything is there, just like walking into a natural park.
Clark saw a lot of little mutants playing in the yard.
The older ones look like they are sixteen or seventeen years old, and the younger ones even look like they are only five or six years old.
He walked all the way into the main building of the school.
Follow the corridor, go up the stairs, and come to the second floor.
In an office.
He saw Professor X
"Being so young and still having hair, it seems that the plot line of this world is after Days of Future Past." Clark saw Professor The professor suddenly turned his wheelchair and looked in his direction
"What a keen sense. Clark thought. But he knew that
Professor
"Charles, something happened over there in New York."
At this time, the door of the office opened.
A woman with long blond hair came in from the door.
After she finished speaking, she noticed that Charles looked a little strange and couldn't help but ask:
"What's the matter, Charles?"
Professor
_ , is that an illusion?
"Nothing, what did you just say? What happened to Niu?"
Professor
_ The tense situation.
She is regarded as a hero among mutants!
And now, she is a teacher in the mutant school, responsible for teaching those young mutants knowledge. She is also a member of the X-Men, responsible for fighting crime and protecting mission of world peace.
Although...
Not everyone agrees with the X-Men.
Many people even call them"Freak Circus" on the Internet, but Raven doesn't care. She just wants to use her actions to establish a correct life value for these young mutants.
"Well, just over an hour ago, a very serious vicious mutant attack occurred in Brooklyn, New York. The news I have received so far is that at least fifty or sixty innocent civilians were killed. Kill, and the method is extremely cruel."
Fifty or sixty?
Clark sneered.
He was the one who did this. How could he not know how many people were there?
There were not so many as fifty or sixty. It was obviously only a dozen.
However, in Rui Wen will definitely not exaggerate this matter.
If she wants to exaggerate, it is also the official people
"Charles, there's a good chance the president will call soon."
Ruiwen's expression was serious. This matter can be big or small. From a small point of view, it is just an isolated case of mutants attacking ordinary people. But from a big point of view, it can be considered that the mutant community has become unstable again. Evidence.
Over the years, the X-Men have been so busy that they even did not hesitate to act as tool men for the government, handling various dangerous cases that the official departments were unwilling to do. Why did they do this?
Maybe they have masochistic tendencies?
Isn't it just to send a message to the outside world that"mutants are kind and harmless"?
Finally, the efforts over the years have achieved some results.
There are already some people in the outside world They are willing to accept the existence of their mutants.
The X-Men even have many fans among children.
Seeing that everything is developing in a good direction.
But at such a juncture, something happened This kind of thing.
Can she not be anxious about this? After hearing what
Ruiwen said, Professor , leading directly to the President's Office. In the past, if anything required the X-Men to be dispatched, the President would contact Professor X through this phone. Raven glanced at the ringing phone, and then looked at Professor X. Click! The call was connected. Professor
"Charles, what's going on? Why do mutants hurt people? Is it still so serious? How do you manage mutants?"
The president came out with a scolding. With such a condescending tone, even the good-tempered Professor X couldn't help but frown.
He looked a little unhappy.
Chapter 138
"Mr. President, I just learned about this matter. Please give me some time and I will find out what is going on."
Although he is very dissatisfied with the president's attitude, Professor
Only with official support can mutants survive in this world better.
"Then you'd better find out quickly.
Charles, you know, I am not forcing you, there is also a lot of pressure on my side.
Hope you can understand."
Perhaps he realized that his attitude just now was indeed a bit too hasty, so the president's tone softened slightly at this time.
"I know, Mr. President"
"That's it, if you have any news, tell me immediately and I'll help you get three days at most."
After the president finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Raven then looked at Charles and asked:
"How about it? What did the president say?"
Professor X frowned and shook his head gently.
Raven's face changed.
"Is he trying to force us to surrender?"
"No, what the president is saying is, let's go investigate."Professor"
"Then I'll go find Hank now and go to the scene."After Ruiwen finished speaking, she turned around and walked out of the office.
Looking at the furious Ruiwen, Professor X felt that this matter was not that simple.
The president gave him three days, but could they find out this matter within three days? It's hard to say who actually did this.
"Has the famous Professor X now become a dog under the president?"
"Who's there?!"
Professor
_
_
"Aren't you looking for me?"
Clark said with a smile.
After hearing this, Professor X's face changed.
"It's you! Did you do that?"
"That's right. Clark nodded and admitted,"Those pieces of garbage were indeed disposed of by me.""
"What do you want to do?"Professor Now——"
"Accept us? Clark sneered again and again,"Is this your famous method, Professor X?" Let mutants become the lackeys of those upper circles? Become a tool? And then you were accepted?"
Professor
_
"So, you did that on purpose?"
He stared into Clark's eyes.
Clark could even clearly feel that a spiritual force was trying to invade his brain.
It's a pity....
Clark's mental power is stronger than Professor
Not to mention, Clark's magic resistance itself comes with the effect of immunity to mind control.
Therefore, no matter how hard Professor X tried, he was unable to enter Clark's brain and could not get any information he wanted.
Clark smiled and pointed at his brain.
"Do you want to see what's going on in my head?"
Professor
"You are immune to mind control!"
Clark smiled
"Otherwise, how could I dare to appear in front of your famous Professor X?"
But
Professor
_
_ Here, it shows that the other party has something to rely on.
He is not sure whether the X-Men can deal with this person.
"There are some things you may not be clear about. Clark stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the little mutants playing in the yard outside,"Do you think that if you try your best to please the upper class like this, they will accept the existence of mutants?""
Professor X's wheelchair moved behind Clark and stopped.
"That takes time and I keep making things work for the better."
Clark smiled contemptuously.
"That's just what you think."
Professor
_
_
_ Can't listen to other people's advice
"Charles, have you ever been out in the outside world? Clark suddenly asked.
Professor X shook his head and said:
"I don't need to go out to see the outside world. Clark smiled and looked back at him:
"That's different. Some things need to be seen with the naked eye to truly understand them.
I know your ability is very convenient, but many times, you can 'see' it, but you may not be able to truly feel it. Professor X looked up at him and asked:
"what do you want to say in the end?"
Clark retracted his gaze and looked out the window:
"I want to say that you have no idea what other mutants want. Everything you are doing now is just a castle in the air. It will collapse with a gentle push from someone who is interested."
"X-Men? Super hero?"
"You are a spiritual master, and you should understand that human beings are fickle animals. One second they are shouting"I love you", and the next second they will point their guns at you and shoot you."
"No one is perfect, Charles. You can't always expect others to give you something. Sometimes you have to fight for it yourself."
"What others give will one day be taken back"
"Only what is truly in your own hands truly belongs to you!"
Professor
"You remind me of someone."He said.
Clark smiled and said:
"Magneto?"
He shook his head:
"In some ways, I am indeed similar to him, but the difference between me and him is that I never give up halfway."
"Even if everyone in the world says I'm wrong, I still think I'm right"
"The truth is always in the hands of a very small number of people."
Professor X:...
How on earth did you say this fallacy so righteously?
Indeed, the truth is in the hands of a few.
But if it is only in the hands of one person, it is not the truth.
"Do you want to start a war between mutants and normal people? Professor X asked.
Clark did not answer his question directly. Instead, he asked him:
"I plan to create an organization called Hydra, would you be interested in joining?
Professor X shook his head
"Just hearing the name, I don't think it would be a good organization."
Is that so?
Clark shook his head and said:
"Charles, you can't do this. You are discriminating."
"How can I judge the quality of my organization just by relying on a name?"
Professor X was about to say something when he heard Clark say from behind:
"Although, Hydra is indeed an evil organization."
Professor X:...
Then you still have the nerve to talk to me?
"But evil is divided into its own."Clark added:"Just like now, I plan to help mutants and make this world a paradise for mutants. From now on, there will only be one voice left in the world, and that is the voice of mutants."
"what do you think?"
Clark used the warmest tone and said something that made Professor X's face change drastically.
Professor
"you won't succeed"
"Why did you decide that I wouldn't succeed? Clark turned around and looked at him,"Because your good friend Magneto once failed?" So you think other people won't succeed?"
Professor X's eyes twitched slightly.
Good friend....
Eric and I are purely friends!...
Chapter 139
"Professor, I heard——"
Cyclops Scott, who opened the door and came in, was stunned for a moment when he saw an unknown man in the office as he was halfway through his words.
"Who are you? Clark glanced at the Cyclops, smiled and said:
"Charles, your people don't have any manners. Don't they even know how to knock on the door when they enter a house?"
Hearing this, Scott's face suddenly darkened.
No matter who the other party was, at this moment, he hated this guy.
"Scott, you go out first."Professor X said
"professor——"Scott frowned and wanted to ask something, but Professor X stopped him with his eyes. In the end, he turned around and left the office obediently.
But before leaving, he still glanced at this unknown guy.
He actually said I was rude.
I remember you!
Clark didn't take Scott seriously. He was just a small character, nothing worth caring about.
This time he came to the mutant school mainly to take a look.
By the way, say hello to the famous Professor X.
On the way here, Clark had already thought about how he would operate to collect the destruction points of this world.
He has tried it before, and the system recognizes this world. You can get destruction points here just like the main Marvel world, but the points given are less.
However, it makes sense when you think about it.
After all, the size of the world is different.
This world is a world of pure mutants.
Maybe there aren't many races of life in the universe, and there aren't any Infinity Stones, Eternal Titans, Ascens, etc. At most, there is an incomplete Phoenix Force.
Therefore, in terms of the grandeur of the world system, it cannot compare with the previous Marvel main world.
Therefore, the system gives fewer damage points.
Clark understands, too.
Anyway, it's just an extra place to earn points.
Can't ask for too much.
Seeing Scott leaving, Professor X spoke:
"If you want to start a war between ordinary people and us mutants, I think you have succeeded."
"You've destroyed the balance I managed to maintain. I don't know what other people think of you, but I will definitely stop you! Regardless of whether they are mutants or ordinary people, too much blood has been shed, and enough is enough!"
When Clark heard this, he couldn't help laughing.
Although, he actually didn't care about the survival of mutants at all. He didn't care who wanted to die and who wanted to live in this world.
But now he heard what Professor X said He could not help but feel amused if he said it righteously.
"Charles, do you know why I killed those people?"
He asked Professor X, and then said directly without waiting for his response:
"At that time, two mutants were being hunted by a dozen ordinary people. Yes, a dozen, not fifty or sixty, not that many."
"That's two...Good mutants, at least they haven't done anything bad."
"But just because they are mutants, those people keep calling them monsters and beat them to death to purify the world. Do you know how helpless they were at that time?"
"you do not know!"
"Although you are a spiritual master, you cannot pay attention to all mutants all the time. You don't know how many mutants will be brutally persecuted just as we speak now."
"Are you telling me now that enough blood has been shed?"
Professor
_
_
_
He is not a god! He cannot do everything perfectly!
He can only do everything to the best of his ability.
He also understands in his heart how difficult it is for mutants to survive in the outside world.
But every time he would tell himself that as long as he works hard to make changes, starting from the top, and changing people's inherent impressions of mutants bit by bit.
Then everything will become different.
One day!
Mutants! People can walk on the road openly without attracting disgusted looks.
He has been working hard for this goal!
But today, Clark told him that outside, mutants still live in dire straits, and they still live in dire straits every day. I am suffering persecution from ordinary people all the time.
Even though I have been mentally prepared.
But at this moment...
Professor X is still worried! Feel guilty! but!
He still insisted on his own ideas.
The pain is short-lived.
As long as the future is good enough, everything you suffer now will be worth it!
"Change requires a process, and people in the future will slowly accept us. Professor X said.
How stubborn!
Clark looked at him and thought to himself. He never thought that he could convince Professor I really sincerely want to make mutants live a better life.
But why are they just unwilling to change their ways?
Excessive kindness, for some people, is actually cruelty.
Professor X's kindness, for many mutants In general, it is a kind of cruelty.
The vast majority of mutants, or ordinary people, are actually not that selfless.
People are selfish.
The first starting point that everyone thinks of must be themselves.
Therefore, those who are persecuted Mutants, they will not think about how great Professor X is and how bright the future will be. All they see is the oppression and humiliation they are currently suffering. Why are more mutants willing to support Magneto? Not
Professor
_
_ , I will continue to talk until you agree with this truth.
As for fighting back?
He has not thought about it that way.
"Charles, you can wait, but they can't wait. Clark shook his head and said:
"Forget it, it's useless to tell you this. I came here today to tell you that there is no need to investigate. I did it. You can either reply to the president directly or mobilize the X-Men to arrest me. , I don't even care"
"But you have to remember one thing!"
"This war started a long time ago and it has never stopped"
"It will never end unless one of us falls!"
"And now, the intermission is over!"
"It's time for those condescending guys to pay the price for their actions!!!"
Clark's figure disappeared through the window and flew straight into the mid-air in the yard outside.
"All mutants listen up!"
His loud voice spread throughout the campus.
In the yard, the children who were playing stopped and raised their heads to look at him.
Ruiwen and others, who had not had time to set off, also heard the movement and came out to look. This way
"Maybe you have heard from your teachers more than once about the so-called beauty of the future world, the picture of peaceful coexistence between ordinary people and mutants, but I want to tell you, that is impossible!"
"Ordinary people will never accept the existence of mutants. Those in power only regard you as a useful tool, and as a tool, you will always be abandoned one day."
"When they no longer need you, that's when you will become a street rat again!"
"X-Men? Super hero? That's just a ridiculous joke. As long as you make even the slightest mistake, it will attract the condemnation of countless people. But can you guarantee that you will not make any mistakes in this life?"
Clark's eyes fell on the X-Men.
He saw pairs of hostile eyes, but he also saw a trace of confusion in the eyes of a very few of them.
They were obviously far less confident than Charles.
To put it bluntly, they are just living according to Charles' beliefs.
Everything they do is what Charles asked them to do, and it does not come from their own hearts. It doesn't matter if it is confused!
It doesn't matter if it is doubtful!
Clark is not here to incite rebellion against these people today.
He was just looking for a reasonable reason for what he was going to do next.
By the way....
Also create a branch of Hydra in this world.
Find a group of tool people who can help earn destruction points when you are not around. to be honest!
Clark is no different from those at the top.
They also use mutants as tools.
The only difference is that Clark can completely stand on the side of the mutants, so that they do not feel that he is a tool, but that Clark is fighting against ordinary people for them.
"Shut up!"
Scott roared angrily at this time, putting one hand on his glasses, and in an instant, a red laser beam shot towards Clark.
"Look! What a pitiful spirit, and such a small power like a firefly."
Clark shook his head with a disappointed look on his face, and casually blocked Scott's laser beam, as if it was just a drop of rain falling from the sky, so insignificant that it couldn't even make him step back.
Chapter 140
"so...You X-Men are ready to go to war with your own countrymen?"
Clark blocked Scott's laser beam with one hand while questioning the X-Men below.
This made it difficult for the X-Men to answer his question for a while.
Fortunately, at this time, Professor X came out
"Stop, you are not welcome here, you should go."
Professor
_
_
"Stop it."
Qin next to her also tried to dissuade her.
Scott gritted his teeth and then reluctantly stopped releasing the laser beam.
"You've said what you want to say, let's go. Professor X said again.
Clark glanced at him and sneered.
"Are you so anxious to drive me away, are you afraid that I will abduct your students? Professor X said with an ugly face:
"They are still children!"
"Yes, they are still children. Clark sighed and said:"Unfortunately, the enemy will not treat them as children. In the eyes of those people, they are threats, just like all other mutants, there is no difference.""
"Stop saying some confusing words here!"Scott said angrily:"We are different from people like you. It is because of the existence of mutants like you that our living environment has become so difficult!"
"Oh~! It turns out you all think so. Clark felt amused,"Does it mean that all mutants have to be like you and work as lackeys for those high-level people in order to get the bones they give away?""
"you..."
Scott was so angry that he wanted to curse again, but was stopped by Qin on the side.
"We have never been anyone's lackeys. Everything we do is to improve the living environment of mutants!"
Riven will not agree with Clark's remarks. She never thinks that she is a lackey. Everything she does is for this ethnic group.
"So how long has it been since you went to see the outside world? Clark looked at Raven and asked her:"Do you know the mutants outside and what their lives are like?" Do you know how many mutants die at the hands of ordinary people every day? Do you know how many organizations are capturing mutants, moving them to experimental benches, dissecting and studying them?..."
"Just when you are naively dreaming of ordinary people and mutants coexisting peacefully, do you know how many compatriots are suffering for your dream?"
"enough!"
Professor X roared angrily.
A smile flashed in Clark's eyes
"how? Now that I have exposed the cruel reality, are you starting to get angry?"
He sneered and said:
"Don't think of yourselves too high-minded"
"Yes, maybe your starting point is good, but have you considered the actual situation?"
"How can you, who live in such a beautiful manor, understand what those compatriots who live in smelly ditches every day think? Do you know what they want?"
The X-Men's faces were gloomy. They wanted to refute Clark's words.
But...
They painfully discovered that they had no way to refute!
The younger students seemed unable to understand this, but the children who were already fourteen or fifteen years old couldn't help but recall some of their experiences before coming to the Mutant Academy because of Clark's words.
Some of them were sent by their parents at home, and they were never contacted again after being sent.
And some, like Clark said before, lived in smelly ditches and kept company with rats every day.
They could understand what Clark was saying.
Thinking of countless compatriots living such a life, and thinking of the heartless and happy life I had lived since arriving at the mutant school, I couldn't help but lower my head in shame.
"Charles, people can't always live in their ideals, they always have to face the cruel reality."
Clark looked down at these people. He saw the recognition in many people's eyes, and saw the guilt and struggle in their eyes.
He was very satisfied with the result.
This was the effect he wanted.
"We have to admit that according to your method, it may be difficult for ordinary people to accept the existence of us mutants in a few decades or hundreds of years."
"Moreover, the initiative is always in their hands"
"What about us?"
"Only worthy of being enslaved?"
As soon as the word slavery came out, the faces of some black mutants in the school became even more ugly.
Once, their ancestors were enslaved by white people.
After a long period of time, they finally fought for some rights.
But Even in today's era, black people still suffer from discrimination from white people.
Clark's simple words made them feel the same, and for a moment there seemed to be a fire burning in their hearts, making them unable to think about it calmly....
Do mutants have this ability to counter ordinary people?
They can say yes or they can say no.
This is a question of probability.
It has never really happened, and no one knows which way the probability will lean.
Professor X obviously believes that mutants do not have this ability.
So he hopes that ordinary people can accept mutants in a peaceful way to achieve the results he wants.
The former Magneto obviously believed that mutants had this ability. but then... he's changed.
Maybe it was the repeated failures that hit him.
Or maybe he saw the possibility that Charles's ideals could succeed. then...
He chose to give up.
He was disarmed and returned to his field, helping some mutants who were willing to accept him to survive in this cruel society.
Even...
Live like a dog.
But Clark knew that there was still a fire burning in his heart.
All that's missing is an opportunity!
An opportunity for him to rekindle his confidence!
And Clark...
Will give him this opportunity!!!