Chapter 382 Hank: He Is the Real Hero!

Good guy, listening to the boss's tone, people who didn't know better thought it was the President of the United States speaking.

Camille's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this, then lowered his voice and put his head to Xia Shang's ear.

"Mr. Jervis, there are some things that we really can't write anymore, especially those related to mutants. You see, Mutant Weekly has just been released, and there has been such a big commotion, and even a policeman died in our midst. At the door of the newspaper office, if the superiors investigate, our newspaper office may have to close tomorrow.

In my opinion, we might as well avoid the limelight first and wait until the situation calms down a bit before considering publishing a second issue of Mutant Weekly. "

"You want me to wait and see the government's attitude towards mutants before making any plans?" Xia Shang revealed Kamil's little thoughts in one sentence.

Kamil, who was seen through, was not embarrassed at all. He just smiled and continued: "I am doing this for the good of our newspaper. After all, my arm cannot twist the thigh. Based on my many years of experience in the industry, newspapers that generally go against the government are not good at all. The fate, of course, except for those big newspapers, such as the Washington Post, which refused to let go of Watergate.

If it didn't have the support of big financial groups and certain political parties behind it, even if it borrowed three courages, it wouldn't dare to bite President Nixon. But we are different. We have a shallow foundation and no big names behind us. We must be cautious. , otherwise if a wave hits us, it will be a disaster for our newspaper. "

There was a lot of bitterness in Kamil's voice. After all he said, he just wanted to keep the newspaper. Although the newspaper is now owned by Xia Shang, he still retains more than 40% of the shares on hand, making him a veritable third-party publisher. The second largest shareholder, and after some operations by Xia Shang, the shares in his hands have appreciated more than four or five times.

Putting aside the issue of interests, the predecessor of Weiss Daily was an industry that Kamil spent half his life working on, so he naturally has a deep affection for it.

No matter what, Kamil didn't want to see Weiss newspaper go bankrupt under the pressure of the government.

"I told you that I will solve all the troubles. Do you really think I'm kidding?"

Now is not the time when he first went to Black Robe. At this time, Xia Shang has strength in terms of power, wealth, and strength in terms of social status. To put it bluntly, as long as he is willing, he can completely You can find a consortium to take it in as a dog.

However, Xia Shang weighed the pros and cons and felt that this was not necessary at all. In addition to the fact that the consortium involved too many people and it was difficult to tamper with everyone's memories, there was another thing he had to consider, that is, a person with psychic abilities like Professor X. , although they may not be able to restrain their superpowers, they can still find clues from them.

Once the news of tampering with other people's memories is leaked, it will inevitably cause panic among the top government officials of various countries. At that time, they will definitely mobilize the whole country to invest in the research and development of Sentinels. If the Sentinels are developed in advance, even if they are brought with them There is a prototype of Mystique's gene, which may also cause the timeline to collapse.

Of course, he can also attack those high-level government officials, but there is a variable in the middle, and that is Professor The tampered memory is restored.

Based on Professor X's performance in the plot, Xia Shang believes that he can do it.

It's not like Xia Shang never thought of killing Professor X in advance, but Professor X's ability is really tempting.

And he was worried that after Professor

In addition, controlling those high-level officials only treats the symptoms but not the root cause. After all, he cannot completely erase a person's memory. He can only modify or overwrite it. The original memory will not disappear unless he repeatedly uses his ability to continuously strengthen the person's memory. His tampered memory.

Just like Camille now, otherwise there is still a risk of recovery.

It can be understood that the duration of his ability is limited. Under the repeated erosion of the original memory, the tampered memory will only become weaker and weaker. This is not difficult to explain why Kate needs to repeatedly use super powers on the golden boy.

But unlike Kate, Xia Shang's superpower combines memory storm and cognitive invasion, which not only lasts longer, but is also stronger and will not cause problems such as insanity.

"Okay, go pour me two cups of coffee. I'll have some distinguished guests coming later." Xia Shang decided to proceed as planned. He would first change mankind's concept of mutants, then rescue Mystique, and finally force the government to abandon the Sentinel Project. , a set of combination punches can ensure that his timeline is foolproof.

"Dignified guest?"

There was a trace of confusion in Camille's eyes, but she still walked to the coffee machine obediently and poured the coffee beans into the grinder.

On the other side, outside the Weiss newspaper office, the people from the motherland stopped all the fireballs and walked towards an injured person on the ground: "Close your eyes, I will take you to the hospital now."

Immediately afterwards, he bent down, supported the injured person with both arms, and then flew into the sky with a hiss, and quickly turned into a black dot and disappeared.

"He is the real hero." Hank couldn't help but sigh after seeing this scene.

A few seconds later, the people of the motherland appeared again and repeated their previous actions. They breathed a sigh of relief until all the injured were transported away.

"Is there anyone else injured?" He walked into the crowd and asked with concern.

"There should be...no more." The white man who had led the protest was now blushing and wanted to crawl into the ground in shame.

"I'm sorry, I came too late after all, otherwise I might have prevented this tragedy from happening." Homelander blamed himself.

Facing Homelander's sincere expression, the white man opened his mouth slightly, but didn't know what to say, and only felt a burning pain on his face.

"By the way, is that the Weiss newspaper that publishes the mutant weekly?"

Homelander turned his head and asked.

"Yes, Mr. Homelander." Unconsciously, the white man's attitude towards Homelander became much more respectful.

"Thank you."

Homelander, who noticed the change in the white man's attitude, turned around and raised his mouth slightly, and walked straight towards the newspaper office.

"Wait a minute." Hank in the crowd shouted loudly.

Seeing that Homelander did not stop, he hurriedly chased him, because he knew very well that if he missed this opportunity, it would not be so easy to see Homelander again in the future.

When Homelander entered the newspaper office and passed through the corridor, many employees looked at him through the glass with fanboy eyes. Some even grabbed the paper and pen on the table and rushed to Homelander.

"Can you sign for me?" A male employee with freckles on his face said with a trembling voice due to nervousness.

"Of course, no problem." Homelander took the paper and pen from the male employee and smiled brightly, "Excuse me, which office is your boss in? Can you take me there?"

"Yes... Yes, please follow me."

The male employee excitedly took the white paper with Homelander's signature, then carefully folded it and put it in his pocket, then turned around to lead Homelander.

Due to the acquisition of many newspapers and periodicals, the office location of Weiss Newspaper has also changed from the original first floor to the third floor, and Xia Shang's office is on the third floor, turn right at the staircase, the innermost room.

"Mr. Gervis." The male employee stood in front of the door, raised his hand stiffly, and knocked on the door gently.

"Come in."

After getting permission, Homelander held the door handle and pushed the door open.

"Wait, I haven't gone in yet." Hank slipped into the office through the crack of the door that was about to close, like a loach.

Homelander glanced at him, but didn't care. Instead, he smiled at Xia Shang and said, "Nice to meet you, Mr. Jervis."

Xia Shang, who was sitting behind the desk, glanced at the two of them, smiled and nodded, "Please sit down. I just prepared coffee for you two. It's hand-ground, with some milk and sugar in it."

Unexpectedly, Hank felt incredible after hearing this.

"Did you know we would come here?"

In the office, there was a sofa specially used for entertaining guests. As soon as Hank sat on it, he noticed that there were two cups of hot coffee on the coffee table in front of him.

"I guessed it. I was just lucky. I guessed it right."

In fact, with Weiss Newspaper as the center, the surrounding area of ​​5 kilometers is all within Xia Shang's radio wave sensing range. In this regard, mutants and superhumans are no different. They all have brain waves different from ordinary people.

It is for this reason that he found Hank hiding in the crowd early.

"I don't believe you. You are probably a mutant too." Hank complained in his heart.

"I wonder what you two are doing here?"

Xia Shang took the initiative to ask.

"Ahem." Hank coughed lightly and said, "This should be the first time I have met you two formally. First of all, let me introduce myself. I am Henry Philip McCoy. You can call me Hank.

I used to be a scientific researcher at the CIA. Later, I quit my job and joined the X-Men founded by Professor Charles. I currently live in New York, USA. The purpose of coming here this time is actually to talk to Mr. Homelander about mutants."

"Professor Charles?" Homelander pretended to be confused and said that he had never heard of this name.

"Well, I don't know if you have read the first issue of Mutant Weekly. In fact, the person who stopped the Cuban Missile Crisis, in addition to Magneto, there was another person."

While speaking, Hank glanced at Xia Shang with his peripheral vision. If the newspaper was written by the other party, then the newspaper owner in front of him might have worked for the US government like him, and his position was not low, otherwise he would not know the truth of the incident.

"Could this person be Professor Charles you mentioned?" Homelander took a sip of coffee and pretended to be curious.

"Yes, it was Professor Charles."

Hank then roughly recounted what happened at that time.