Chapter 223 Jean’s Absenteeism

As Lucas continued reading down, he finally realized what Jean had always been doing. On the balcony of the high-end apartment, a beautiful red-haired figure stood like a watcher.

Sometimes, when she got worked up, she would even carry out her own "miner" career.

"What the f*ck?!"

Lucas was completely shocked.

He had previously thought that the person peeping next door late at night was Agatha, since that Witch had always harbored malicious intentions, though she hid them very well and had been well-behaved ever since she came to their home.

Therefore, Lucas didn’t pay attention to it. Instead, in order to provoke the old Witch, he deliberately pulled Wanda along to play many tricks!

He hadn’t expected this! He really hadn’t expected this!

Jean, that thick-browed, big-eyed fellow who clearly looked full of a mature royal sister vibe, turned out to be a peeping pervert behind the scenes?

Lucas’s mood was a bit subtle.

He knew that Jean wasn’t interested in him, but rather, influenced by the Phoenix Force, she inevitably felt emotionally closer to Wanda.

But this... was influenced a bit too deeply!

The white magic taught during the day wasn’t used at all. Wasn’t this just messing around?

Lucas peeked for a billion moments before continuing deeper with lingering eagerness, arriving at the deepest part of Jean’s memories.

That was a drizzly afternoon. Because Jean couldn’t control her psychic abilities, her parents died because of her powers. People around her regarded her as a jinx, leaving Jean to hide alone in a dark room, shivering, sealing herself away in loneliness, afraid of the World and afraid of herself.

Lucas’s spiritual consciousness slowly evolved.

In order to lower Jean’s psychological defense line to the minimum, he transformed his spiritual image into Wanda’s gentle and considerate appearance.

"Don’t be afraid, little one, come with me."

Accompanied by the gentle Wanda, the gloom in Jean’s heart was illuminated bit by bit, and her lonely childhood was filled with an endless sense of security.

On the dark side of the moon, time slowly passed.

Lucas continuously injected mental energy to strengthen the kind personality within Jean, until Jean’s soul could completely accommodate the Phoenix Force, and only then did he help Jean reversely devour the Phoenix shards.

The Phoenix Force came under Lucas’s control.

And Jean, who had swallowed the Phoenix Force, would also undergo some changes. Of course, this change might be subtle and wouldn’t manifest at first; as time passed, Jean’s will would gradually lean towards Lucas.

With Chaos on the left, Phoenix on the right, and his son in the middle, this MCU World was extremely stable.

Under the dual sublimation of power and mind, Jean’s body underwent a certain transformation.

From her original green and immature look, she quickly ripened until her entire body exuded a noble empress temperament.

Deep in her spirit, Jean had always regarded Lucas, who accompanied her, as the real Wanda. Unconsciously after her revival, Jean actually pressed her delicate body against him, very smoothly hands-on with Lucas.

She hugged his neck tightly and refused to let go.

"I f*ckin’... got molested by T!" Lucas’s voice carried a bit of mischief, but more so to remind Jean not to go too far.

This miner was not that miner, so don’t even think about playing with hoes.

"Hm?"

Jean gave a sudden shudder, and her eyes instantly regained clarity!

That wave of desire also vanished without a trace in an instant.

When she saw the scene in front of her clearly, she was struck by lightning. Wasn’t the person she was hugging Wanda? How could it be her husband?

"Are you surprised? Are you startled?"

Lucas still had the energy to banter.

Jean looked down along her line of sight. At this moment, she was stark naked, pinning Lucas down so he couldn’t move, and her hands were even interlocked with this man’s fingers—the posture was as ambiguous as it could possibly get.

"Ah!"

Jean let out a gasp and dodged away as if electrocuted.

She subconsciously urged the Phoenix Force, directly using molecular reconstruction to reorganize the surrounding cosmic dust, condensing a dark red form-fitting long dress that looked full of queenly aura.

Feeling the vast Phoenix Force within her body, Jean was extremely shocked!

What kind of power was this?

Mind control, mind rewriting, mind reading, molecular reconstruction, molecular disintegration, Phoenix True Fire...

There was nothing she couldn’t think of that the Phoenix Force couldn’t do.

If her past self could only be considered a mildly talented telepath, then now, she had completely surpassed Professor X, becoming the unique Level 5 Mutant on Earth.

She could even feel that as long as she wanted to, with a single thought, the moon could be dismantled into gravel.

After the moon disappeared, human cities would be flooded by seawater in a matter of minutes.

This had already broken away from the realm of mortals and entered the realm of gods.

But what Jean thought about more was that, just now during their spiritual communion, her behavior of peeping into Wanda’s private affairs seemed to have been completely exposed, seen through and through by Lucas.

Jean wished she could fly straight into the cosmic void and never come back.

"Alright, since everything is done, it’s time to go home and sleep." Lucas rubbed his waist; Jean was quite strong—could Cyclops handle the future?

He might as well replace him!

"T-Thank you!"

Jean was an elite Mutant with very high quality after all. Even though her embarrassing matters had all been leaked, she didn’t think about burying Lucas in the core of the moon and then pushing the moon into the Sun to destroy the corpses and erase the traces.

"You’re welcome, please call me... Superman!" Lucas yawned. "Since the Phoenix shards have been completely digested by you, in the days ahead, you only need to Master magical knowledge, perfect your attack and defense coverage, and you will become the most perfect Mutant on the surface of the Earth."

Lucas snapped his fingers.

Light flickered, and the two of them landed out of thin air in the living room.

"Jean! You’re finally back!"

Wanda, who was lying on the sofa, looked very pleasantly surprised, pulling Jean’s hand in a warm welcome.

From when Jean was taken away back then to her return today, a solid half a year had passed in the real World!

Jean’s heart shook wildly as she heard this.

Half a year?

Lucas had silently transmitted mental energy on the dark side of the moon for as long as half a year just to help her control her power?

She felt even more apologetic.

He had worked so hard to this extent for her sake, yet she was still eyeing Lucas’s wife!

She really deserved to die!

She definitely couldn’t finish repaying Lucas’s kindness in this lifetime, so she’d just talk about it in the next life!

"There’s still next-life stuff?" Lucas’s face darkened.

This woman really knew how to think; she wanted to drag out the debt she owed him in this life?

Drag your head!

"What do you plan to do next? Since you’ve mastered the Phoenix Force, you don’t seem to have any need to stay here anymore!" Lucas sat on the sofa, crossed his legs, and pulled Wanda into his arms with the posture of a Master of the house.

Then he stared at Jean.

His gaze issued a challenge!

Jean’s delicate body trembled, and her expression was very unnatural. She knew that Lucas knew about this matter.

But if she left now, she wouldn’t have the opportunity to see this couple again in the future. Wanda’s original intention was to live in seclusion, and by then she and Lucas might look for other residences elsewhere.

After all, when Wanda dealt with Apocalypse, relevant parties must have found her residence.

This town would be exposed sooner or later.

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