Back at the CIA base, everyone had witnessed firsthand just how terrifying the Black King was. His power had left them in awe, completely crushed by his overwhelming strength.
At that time, even Alex had used every trick up his sleeve and still couldn’t so much as scratch the Black King. In the end, all he co...
"Erik, I'll hold him off—go help Charles!"
After narrowly dodging another strike from the Black King, Alex spoke in a low, steady voice to Erik beside him.
Following their earlier setback, Erik was a lot calmer now.
He understood clearly—the only real shot at taking down the Black King lay wit...
“Another Deadpool wannabe.”
Alex winced inwardly. The last thing he wanted to deal with right now was another so-called "martial arts expert."
People like that couldn't really hurt him, sure—but damn, they were slippery. Like cockroaches. Hard to hit, harder to pin down.
And Alex hated wasti...
As Windblade was battling Siryn, a sudden chill ran down his spine—he had the eerie feeling of being targeted by a wild beast.
“Havok, Siryn, Darwin—you three help Charles locate and destroy whatever’s blocking his psychic powers!”
“As for the rest, Erik and I can handle them!”
Alex ...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The grand hall was instantly thrown into chaos as two factions of mutants clashed in a ferocious battle.
Erik faced off against the ninja. The man with claws took on Darwin. The feral mutant fought the Havok. The siryn battled the wind-blade mutant. And Alex—h...
"Shaw, this isn't some glorious new era—this is a shameful, unforgivable massacre!"
"What you're doing now is a hundred times worse than what that mustached tyrant did!"
Charles raised his head and launched into a merciless indictment of the Black King.
He had already read Emma Frost’s memorie...
“Charles, has Shaw found us?”
Raven’s voice rang out, her expression grim as she stared at Charles and asked in a low voice.
But Charles shook his head. “I didn’t sense any psychic probing. My powers are being blocked... Honestly, this is the first time I’ve ever encountered something like th...
"Alex, we're heading out to capture Shaw—immediately."
Charles' voice rang out, solemn and steady. He looked Alex straight in the eyes. “You need to understand, this mission won’t have the CIA’s support. Agent Moira is still suspended. This is an off-the-books operation—just us.”
“Whether y...
Hearing Alex's words, a faint smile of satisfaction crept onto Erik's face.
As expected, compared to Charles, Alex was far more aligned with his ideals.
Charles was just... too idealistic—so much so that it bordered on naive and detached from reality.
But could someone as smart as Charles truly ...
“When I was very young, I made a promise to myself—one day, I would make myself normal. It’s been my dream for as long as I can remember.”
“Alex, I don’t know if you can understand what that feels like. You look normal. When you walk down the street, no one stares at you like you’re some kind of f...
"Yes, sir!"
The secretary responded crisply, then hurried off to carry out Howard Stark’s orders, contacting the other two senior S.H.I.E.L.D. executives without delay.
Howard paused for a moment in thought, then turned and headed toward a hidden laboratory within the base.
Before the others arr...
A mechanical lifeform?
Even for someone as forward-thinking as Howard Stark, that concept was a bit hard to swallow. After all, carbon-based life had been the norm for so long—it was practically ingrained in human understanding.
Silicon-based lifeforms? That was a whole different beast.
“Okay,...
“Jesus Christ!”
“What the hell is that thing?!”
“Alex—this is what you meant by a mechanical… lifeform? God Almighty!”
…
When Howard Stark arrived on the scene and laid eyes on the towering figure of the dead Decepticon, his entire worldview practically shattered.
H...
"This isn't right—none of this makes sense!"
"There's no way your power is this strong!"
The Decepticon stood there in utter disbelief, completely stunned by the beating Alex had just given him.
Alex wasn’t sure if the guy had a working brain, but if he did, it had clearly short-circuited by n...
“Sir, you want to dismantle this Cadillac?”
Old Jack was completely stunned. He thought he’d misheard.
If he wasn’t mistaken, this was a discontinued Cadillac V-16—a true collector’s gem.
Was this guy out of his mind?
“Yes. Tear it apart.”
Alex spoke with an unmistaka...
Once Alex made up his mind, he didn’t hesitate for long.
Instead of wandering around outside, he drove straight back to Howard Stark’s mansion.
“How was it, Alex? Must’ve been quite the ride!”
Howard Stark had already come out to greet him, clearly in high spirits.
Truthfully, Alex wa...
"Alex, it seems you've taken quite a liking to this car. I didn't expect us to have such similar tastes."
Seeing Alex staring at the Cadillac without looking away, Howard Stark chuckled from the side.
With a twinkle in his eye, he made a suggestion. "Wanna take it for a spin? You know, after we finish di...
By the time Alex arrived at Howard Stark's mansion, nearly two hours had passed.
He was a full hour late for their scheduled meeting.
"Has Howard Stark ever been stood up like this before?"
Alex couldn't help but think with a touch of mischief.
Then again, the sudden ambush from Stryker's men h...
Whoosh!
Boom!
Just as a car crashed onto the scene, Alex soared through the air with a powerful leap, covering several meters in a single bound.
He landed like a god of war descending from the heavens.
With a single stomp, he crushed the chest of a nearby special agent.
Bang!
He c...
Wade: "..."
"You're right. This is totally unfair!"
Wade froze for a second, then immediately launched into a furious tirade against Alex.
But Alex didn't bother listening. Instead, he wrapped his arms around the base of a poplar tree, yanked the entire thing from the ground, smashing it down towa...
"This is… not good!"
Wade's pupils shrank sharply.
Alex's eyes at that moment—weren't they exactly like that guy he'd captured recently, the one who could shoot lasers from his eyes?
Could this guy shoot lasers too?
Zzzzt!
The next second, two blazing beams of heat vision shot straig...
The tail had been following for three blocks now—neither too far nor too close. Honestly, the guy was good. Very good.
Without a trained eye for counter-surveillance, most people wouldn't have noticed a thing.
Take Jarvis, for example. He hadn't sensed anything wrong from start to finish.
Unfort...
"Mr. Alex!"
The moment Alex appeared, Jarvis—who had been waiting beside the car—immediately stepped forward to greet him with polite enthusiasm.
"Jarvis, I hope I didn't keep you waiting."
"I just arrived as well, sir. Please, get in. The dinner has already been arranged."
Jarvis circl...
"Charles, what's wrong?"
Erik walked up to him, his tone filled with curiosity.
"Moira's here."
Charles turned to both Erik and Alex. He had already sensed her arrival.
Erik's expression turned grim.
If Moira was here, then that meant the CIA had reached a conclusion.
The thre...
At the rear gates of the Xavier estate.
Charles and Erik stood at the threshold, watching a black sedan slowly disappear into the distance, each with a different expression.
Charles looked somewhat conflicted.
No matter what, she was someone he had personally recruited. After spending so much time tog...
"Charles, what do we do now? Can we still go back to the CIA?"
Hank finally looked up and asked Charles.
Unlike the other mutants, Hank had originally been a CIA scientist. Even while working there, his mutant identity had never been exposed.
He had a deeper sense of belonging to the CIA than most...
While Stryker and Lucien were busy scheming, a plane from the Soviet Union touched down in New York.
A car sped across the city, racing straight toward the nearly ruined CIA secret base.
"Jesus Christ, what the hell happened here?"
Charles stared at the broken walls and shattered structures. Even thou...
"Goodbye, Mr. Alex."
"Later, Jarvis!"
At a crosswalk on 75th Street in New York, Alex waved back at the ever-polite Jarvis.
He glanced over his shoulder at a nearby car and let out a faint, scornful chuckle.
That car had been tailing him for a while now.
He knew exactly who sent them...
"A fanatical scientist, huh?"
Howard didn't take it seriously at all. He just turned around, patted Alex on the shoulder, and motioned for him to keep moving.
"Mr. Stark, are you as crazy as he is?"
Alex fell into step beside him.
"No, I'm the exception. I'm one of the rare geniuses in the ...
"Alex, what's going on out there?"
"Why was there such intense gunfire?"
After answering Alex's earlier question, Raven finally asked the thing that had been bugging her from the start.
"Raven, that's exactly what I was about to tell you."
Alex stopped in his tracks. Raven noticed and halte...
