Chapter 214 Jean and Professor X

Scott’s recent situation was truly miserable; he had just divorced his wife, custody of his daughter was awarded to the woman, and he still had to shell out expensive alimony every month.

When he had no money, he had to take on a few more odd jobs, drowning his sorrows in alcohol every day.

Lucas would occasionally offer him a few words of guidance or casually treat him to a bill, which would move this guy to tears and wails.

However, Scott quickly got through it.

Because his wife remarried, he could stop paying alimony.

With some spare cash, Scott wanted to fight for the right to visit his daughter again.

Lucas could only shake his head as he watched.

Ant-Man was simply the ultimate pushover.

Life was just this uneventful, and Lucas finally understood why Nolan easily got sucked into it.

He was even curious.

Why Nolan still hasn’t forgotten his mission after decades!

This was a top-tier good corporate slave; he had to whip him hard when he got back!

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Peaceful days passed one by one.

Until one day, a familiar mental fluctuation erupted from New York, and afterwards, in distant Sokovia, Ultron launched a vigorous terrorist attack, attempting to smash the entire city into Earth.

It was said that Ultron only browsed the internet for a few minutes before deciding to destroy humanity.

Lucas had always found it strange.

Why artificial intelligence always hastily jumped to such a conclusion, and then he also tried browsing for a bit.

"Humanity might as well just be destroyed! I’m exhausted!"

After finishing reading.

Lucas was also drained.

Sometimes his browsing speed was so fast that after reading a certain string of text, it was too late to delete the memory; that text had already disgusted him.

So he traced the network cable and gave the original poster two hard slaps.

However, Lucas wasn’t that extreme.

He couldn’t be bothered with Ultron; that bit of broken metallic trash couldn’t affect his small-town life, let alone Sokovia crashing down—even if a black hole came, he could treat it like playing kickball and kick it straight over to the Grandmaster’s place.

During this period.

Lucas received an unexpected message.

Professor X of the Xavier Institute for Gifted Youngsters contacted him via Cerebro.

The timeline of this MCU prime universe was obviously a bit chaotic, and some characters had debuted early.

A middle-aged Charles (Professor X) and Eric (Magneto) were still confronting each other.

And Wanda and Pietro’s biological father seemed to be Magneto.

Lucas also casually asked Wanda about it, and Wanda said her deceased parents were her adoptive parents, but since she lost her biological parents right at birth, her adoptive parents were her biological parents.

Come to think of it, it was a bit convoluted, but that was how the logic went.

Lucas thus gave up on helping Wanda recognize her father.

Wanda at this moment could probably tear Magneto apart.

Anyway, the reason Professor X contacted Lucas was because back during the Battle of New York, he had seen Lucas’s heroic feat of sacrificing himself by hugging a nuclear bomb and charging into the wormhole via television broadcast.

Recently, when using Cerebro to search for global Meta-humans, he accidentally discovered that Lucas was not only alive, but his mental barrier was terrifying to the extreme, and he even reversely traced the signal to peer into Cerebro!

Filled with awe and anticipation, Professor Charles sincerely invited Lucas to visit the academy for a chat, hoping to borrow his power to look into Jean Grey’s problem.

Deep within Jean’s mind was a seal, a mental wall set up by the Professor back then to isolate the Phoenix Force.

But as time passed, this wall was constantly corroding, and the Phoenix Force could go berserk at any time, completely controlling Jean’s mind.

Lucas’s mental barrier proved that the other party was also a master, who might be able to put another wall up for Jean.

"Your problem is not that difficult to handle."

Lucas came to the Xavier Institute upon invitation.

The headmaster’s office.

Lucas saw Charles in a wheelchair and Jean, who was somewhat fidgety and uneasy.

It actually wasn’t the Sophie Turner version of Jean.

But rather the old version of Jean!

Awesome!

Although Sophie Turner looked pretty good and was quite blessed, the old version was the true god!

A top-tier Caucasian!

Lucas only glanced at Jean Grey once to see through her core power; the Phoenix Force inside Jean’s body was actually just a small fragment, but Jean’s own mind was indeed too weak to even carry the fragment.

Wanting to resolve it wasn’t difficult; there was no need to forcefully break the seal, she just needed to follow Wanda, learn some high-level Mind Control techniques, and learn how to channel this power like managing floodwaters.

Guiding is better than blocking.

Wanda never resisted Chaos Magic, which was why she would grow without an upper limit; as long as she didn’t suffer the agony of losing her loved ones, she would always remain normal.

Lucas leaned back on the sofa and stated his views.

Upon hearing this, Professor Charles was overjoyed and hurriedly extended an olive branch: "Mr. Lucas! Your insights are simply piercing! I wonder if you would be willing to come to our Xavier Institute and serve as a high-level faculty member? The salary and benefits are all negotiable, and you can name any conditions you like!"

Lucas seriously rejected him: "Forget it, Professor. I’m doing quite smoothly with my job at the logistics company."

"The boss sees that I have strong abilities and is going to promote me to a supervisor this year. I can make over ten thousand bucks a month, meals are included, and breakfast is extremely sumptuous!"

Professor Charles was left completely speechless, the corners of his mouth twitching wildly.

A supreme powerhouse who could physically resist a nuclear bomb and whose mind was unshakable actually refused to be a higher-status Professor just for a supervisor position paying over ten thousand bucks a month?

Who would believe that if it got out!

"I’ll offer twenty thousand bucks! A monthly salary of twenty thousand bucks! The faculty position is extremely relaxed and will never delay your personal time!"

Charles gritted his teeth and raised the offer, going all out for Jean’s safety.

Lucas immediately stretched out his finger, opened a circular portal in the air, poked his head through, and asked Wanda, who was cooking lunch at home.

You can tell her.

Next, Professor X felt the pressure.

Charles never expected that having someone supreme in Mind Control come over was one thing, but why was the power inside Wanda’s body even more terrifying than Jean’s Phoenix Force?

"Sorry, Professor Charles! You are a decent person, you should know that we want to live in seclusion precisely to avoid dealing with things related to Meta-humans! Plus, our friends and neighbors are all around here, and we’re used to living here!"

Wanda had the cute appearance of a housewife.

However, stormy waves were churning within Charles’s consciousness space.

"Dead bald guy! Say one more word, and I’ll fly over tonight and take you out!"

Charles twitched the corner of his mouth.

"Your wife looks at a glance to be... gentle, considerate, and generous. You’re blessed!"

"That’s true!" Lucas pretended not to see anything.

People sometimes just had to play dumb.

But was Wanda really this fierce to outsiders nowadays?

Was Chaos Magic really not taking the dominant role?

Lucas checked again.

How strange and bizarre!

Professor Charles was helpless and could only settle for second best in the end, paying out of his own pocket to rent a high-end apartment for Jean alone in the town where Lucas lived, and paying Wanda a hefty tutoring fee every month.

Since they refused to come over, he simply sent the person there.

Wanda received a high-paying job that could subsidize household expenses, but her emotions were still somewhat abnormal.

The way she stared at Jean’s eyes was extremely strange.

It felt a bit like guarding her food.

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