Somewhere in the United States, in a shabby apartment. An old man was sitting alone on the sofa watching TV. Of course, if you look at it from the front, he is not actually watching TV at all. He just held a bottle of beer in his hand and stood there silently in a daze.
His face is terrifying, yes, it can only be described as terrifying. Because the other person's face was covered with dense scars. Very weird scars, as if his whole body was covered with tumors, and then a fire burned away all the tumors, leaving only scars. In fact, many parts of his body were covered in such scars. Just wrapped in clothes, only some faint traces can be seen.
The room was very shabby, with no air conditioning and only an old-fashioned fan that was blowing hummingly. The surrounding walls are covered with all kinds of messy posters. But most of them are actually artistic photos of a woman. On the other side of the sword, two samurai swords hung. The two swords were crossed, forming an X shape.
On the table in front of him, there is an open picture album. A pencil lies aside. The picture album has turned through many pages when the wind from the fan blew. The pages that were originally turned were turned back. A sketch of a comic was revealed. Among those fleeting images, an image that vaguely resembled Wolverine passed by in a hurry.
The old man didn't pay attention to the comics on the table. He raised his head from time to time and took a sip of beer, then reached out and touched a piece of clothing beside him. It was a red tights, a common superhero uniform in movies. At this time, what was being broadcast on TV was about the terrorist attack on the Los Angeles branch of Teslak Group.
The old man finally cheered up a little and looked at the picture on TV. A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes. He brushed his shirt with his left hand.
"Looks like we have an ally, old man." He threw away the beer and picked up his pencil to continue drawing the comic.
……………………
At the Mexican border, Shen Yi and others left Wolverine's residence. Also traveling together were Gabri and Laura. Logan's attitude clearly hurt Laura. She clearly didn't want to be around Logan. And now Logan, it is obvious that he cannot be a qualified father.
"Mr. Shen, there are many children like Laura who are being hunted by the Teslak Group again. They need your help. I beg you, help them. I can see that you are very powerful."
"Don't worry, I'm here just for them this time. But Ms. Gabri, have you ever thought about it. If I save those children, what will happen next? What will they do?"
"I'll take them across the border. There's a place in Mexico. It's a sanctuary for mutants."
"Shelter, why do you think that? I don't believe there is a real mutant shelter in this world. Even if there is, how would you people trapped in the laboratory know?"
"I don't know what to say about it. It all started with a comic. An X-Men comic."
"An X-Men comic?" Shen Yi frowned. In the X-Men universe, X-Men comics appear, which is a very subtle news.
"Yes, it is a comic. I bought it on the roadside just to give it to a child as a birthday gift. They have always liked the X-Men story very much. But the content of that comic is very strange. It is recorded on it Lots of stories about those kids?”
"Tell me more details."
"Those children have lived in the laboratory since they were young. Everything they know about the outside world is learned from me. No one knows everything about them. Unless the researchers themselves wrote a comic. But I don't think they will be that boring. . And I looked it up online, and it was a comic that didn’t exist. At least in the comics world, no one knew about it.”
"Where is that comic now?"
"Mike took him away, he was older, and I asked him to take those kids in the other direction. We would meet at an outpost on the border. That was also a place mentioned in the comics, and I had already determined it in advance. In fact, many things in the past and even the future described in the comics have now come true. I don’t understand what’s going on, but the children believe it.”
"You just said that most of the things in the comics have come true. Does that mean there are still some things that have not come true?"
"Yes, there are some small details that have not been fulfilled. But it is insignificant because it does not affect the overall situation."
"Interesting, what about us? Are we mentioned in the comics?"
"I don't know, I'm not the protagonist in the comics. In fact, my character ended in the motel. All the things I experienced later did not exist in the comics. But originally, behind the comics, it was There is no part for me. It is about the children who are being hunted by the Taslak Group. So, Mr. Shen, help them."
"Don't worry. I have sent people to track them. So far, they should not have been caught. Those children are already very mature in using their abilities, and they have evaded tracking many times. But Tes Lark is getting serious now. Those kids may not make it across the border."
"That's it, it's a desperate situation."
"Desperate situation?"
"The last chapter of the comic is called Desperate Situation. The children were hunted and finally had no way out. But at the last moment, a group of mysterious people appeared."
"Mystery man?"
"Yes, it's the kind of black shadow without a name in the comics. Now it seems that those people should be you."
"Interesting, I want to read that comic now. I don't believe anyone would have predicted our existence. If so, if I stop now, does that mean I have broken the prophecy?"
"No, not necessarily. Shen, don't forget. In the comics, a mysterious person appears, and it's not specifically said to be you. So my understanding is that if we arrive in time, the mysterious person in the comics will be us. If we arrive in time, If not, then other mysterious people will naturally appear. This phenomenon is in line with the vague comic prophecy." Ada also joined the discussion enthusiastically.
In fact, by this time, Shen Yi already had some other guesses in his mind. But he couldn't verify it until he saw something with his own eyes.
On the other side, Logan once again drove his briefly repaired Chrysler and began his online car-hailing career. After seeing off a group of weekend partying kids, Logan held a Big Mac in his hand and ate it as he walked.
While passing by a newsstand, a comic caught his attention. Because the cover of the comics is him, Wolverine.
