Chapter 1173: Meeting Stryker Again
"Wait a moment, I'll be there soon." When Charles answered the phone, he heard a familiar voice.
"Charles, I heard that X Academy was attacked. I originally wanted to send troops to support them, but I was worried that there would be some misunderstandings. Can you explain what happened?"
"Mr. President, we did encounter an unexpected attack, but the attack has ended so far."
"Can you tell me what the attack was? From what I know, it wasn't our attack, right?"
In Charles' ears, the word "we" seems very spiritual, because this song actually includes the entire human force. Of course, what the President emphasizes is the military, but he does not rule out other forces besides the military.
Mr. President cannot guarantee whether there will be other forces in the world that will attack mutants.
"No, the result may be beyond the President's expectations. In fact, we were attacked by aliens this time." Charles was telling the truth and was not afraid that others would verify this issue.
"Aliens? Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
The president's first reaction after hearing Charles' explanation was disbelief. After all, the idea of aliens was too absurd. Although there were a lot of discussions about aliens in both literary and film and television works, and many people even firmly believed that aliens really existed, it was still hard to believe that Charles was attacked by aliens.
"That's right. Although not every alien corpse has been preserved, we do have a few. If Mr. President needs anything, I can give you two relatively intact corpses.
As for whether these bodies are aliens, I think it would be easy for a professional biological and medical team to determine this question, right? "Charles knew that this commotion could not be concealed from the government and the military, but he did not expect that the first person to ask about it would be the President.
"Very good, two alien bodies - this information will be kept secret for the time being. I need to organize people to study it before I can decide on a plan to announce it to the public."
The president also knew that the news about aliens was very tricky because it involved many things, and everyone had always been speculative about aliens before, but really encountering aliens was a completely different story.
"According to my own information, which may not be reliable, this alien race may still have remnants on Earth. As for the specific purpose of these aliens, we don't know yet, but they are indeed coming to attack us. I don't know why my identity as a mutant has aroused their hostility."
Charles did not reveal that the aliens' target was Jean, nor would he tell the president that their target was the Phoenix force. After all, if he let others know that the aliens were fighting for the Phoenix force, there was no guarantee that no one would have bad intentions.
This is a typical case of information asymmetry. Charles himself cannot read the thoughts of these aliens. He does not believe that the president has the means to obtain real information from the corpses. At that time, the aliens will become the mutants' helpers - the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Anyone who is not stupid should know this.
"I see. I need to get the exact autopsy report of these aliens before I can make any arrangements. Charles, if you are free during this period, I will arrange a meeting at the White House."
"No problem, Mr. President." Charles hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.
"The President is looking for you? Why did you tell him the news about aliens directly?" Eric didn't quite understand why Charles revealed the news about aliens. This news might have been exchanged for some more useful intelligence.
"We can't hide the fact that we were attacked, but the appearance of aliens is not necessarily a bad thing for mutants. There is a barrier between humans and mutants, but it will be different after the appearance of new aliens. Aliens will become our common enemy, and these aliens are unknown.
Although Su Xiuyu said that these aliens are only a few of the remaining ones, who knows? As long as we create an image of a powerful and unknown alien, the barrier between humans and mutants can be successfully broken..."
"Charles, you've changed, but that's good. I admire you now." Eric was surprised that Charles had learned to take advantage of the situation and use the power of aliens to achieve his own goals.
"I can't help it," Charles smiled bitterly. "I was forced to do it. But if it weren't for Su Xiuyu's guidance, I might still be immersed in the false prosperity of X Academy. After all, for me, my dream is to teach mutant children, and I never thought too much about it. It was Su Xiuyu who reminded me that my responsibility is more important than I thought."
"Okay, as a rich second-generation, don't make yourself sound so miserable. Now that X College is safe for the time being, I'll go back first. Otherwise, I'm afraid my wife and children will worry about me." Eric said goodbye to Charles and the others and flew away quietly.
Charles also brought the injured people back to X Academy for recuperation.
After all, X Academy had suffered a lot of damage, and some classrooms and rooms had been penetrated, so the safety of the building needed to be checked.
The next day, a fully armed military team drove two helicopters to the entrance of the college and waited until Charles, Scott and others arrived at the door to meet them.
"We have received orders from our superiors to pick up a batch of goods here. This is our authorization." Charles recognized the officer in charge almost at a glance. It was Colonel Stryker who had planned to take advantage of the situation when Apocalypse invaded X Academy.
"Is it you?" Charles looked unfriendly. Although this guy Stryker did not cause much harm at the beginning, he did cause a bad influence. If it weren't for Qin's help, someone might have been kidnapped.
"I know there may be some unpleasantness between us, but this time it was an order from our superiors. You should have checked our documents and authorization."
Colonel Stryker did come here under orders this time, otherwise he would not have wanted to provoke mutants in recent years. Not to mention that he was humiliated once, the momentum of the Justice League is now completely different from that of the silent mutants before.
"Remember to refuse our mission next time. We don't welcome people like you." Charles tried to read Stryker's thoughts, but found that it was blocked. Apparently Stryker was well prepared and had prepared technological equipment to prevent mind detection.
However, the rest of the soldiers did not receive such treatment. Charles directly spied on the brain activities of the other soldiers and confirmed that this was indeed a task assigned by their superiors.
