Chapter 652 Intruder
In a roadside tavern on the suburban highway.
James parked a Hongqi car steadily at the parking spot, then got out of the car, opened the trunk, and took out Charles' wheelchair.
After escaping from the factory on the southern border, James went to the black market to sell the rented luxury car. Although this operation was a bit sorry for the rental car owner, he had no other choice now.
Since becoming hostile to the Essex Group, James is now surrounded by enemies on all sides, Charles has become an internationally wanted criminal by the military, and Lorna and Twinkle are two mutants from other worlds, carrying Between the three of them, James felt like he was holding three bombs in his hands.
In Eastern terms, if you carry three pieces of Tang Monk's meat on your back, once your whereabouts are exposed, all the monsters and monsters will target you.
After beckoning Lorna and Twinkle to follow him, James pushed Charles into the tavern.
"What a happy family of four~"
Looking at the four guests in front of him, the tavern owner couldn't help but envy him from the bottom of his heart.
This is a remote area. Generally, few people come here to stay. Only some carts or mercenaries come here to rest. A "family" like this will most likely not choose this route when traveling.
This era is no longer suitable for ordinary people like them to live. Since the mutants became lonely, many, many things have happened in the past. The country's economy has begun to decline, and various changes have taken place around the world.
The United States, which was extremely powerful in the early years, has now gone downhill. When the resources are in the hands of the rich and powerful, ordinary people like them have no possibility of living freely.
The tavern owner's wife ran away with someone else the year before last, and his two children also died of infectious diseases. Now that I see James and others, I feel really mixed emotions in my heart.
Although he really wanted to have a chat with this family, it seemed that the other party was not in that mood. They were probably a little tired after coming here, the tavern owner thought.
He simply opened a three-bed room and watched the family of four go upstairs.
Flickering took out the room card and opened the door. This was a suite with a large space, and it was also the largest room in this roadside tavern.
"The boss's eyes are a bit strange. He might be from some organization, and it's unusual to have such a tavern in this place. Do you want me to take care of it later?" He helped James push Charles into the room. Door, Lorna said.
"You'd better be calm." Listening to Lorna's words, James frowned and said. "After the economic depression, factories in this area were relocated and closed down. The people who open taverns and hotels here today are workers who had no way to go."
"oh."
Lorna responded without saying anything more.
After all, she also knows that she doesn't know much about this world. Since Logan said there is no problem here, there is a high probability that there is no problem here. She has no other advantages. She is mainly a person who listens to advice.
"Eat something and then have a good sleep. You are tired after running for so long."
James looked around. He first carried Charles onto the bed at the end of the suite, then walked out, pointing to the remaining two beds and continued. "You two each choose one."
"What about you?" Twinkle asked.
"I'll just make do on the ground for a while."
James said casually, and then took out a few boxes of canned beans from his backpack. This is a very cheap and hard-to-eat food. It tastes like canned rice pudding, but it only contains beans and has a very astringent taste.
A can was thrown to Lorna and Twinkle, and then James took a can and opened it himself.
After a pause, James raised his head and looked at the two girls in front of him, and said expressionlessly.
"As you can see, this world is over. Neither humans nor mutants can survive in this world anymore. You need to rest for a while and think about how to go back."
"Go back? Where are you going?" Lorna took a mouthful of beans, her eyes a little lonely.
"Of course I'm back to your world. You are not from here. I believe you are not the 'invaders' that Pierce said, so you should leave here quickly." James said in a deep voice.
Listening to James' words, Lorna knew that the other person was thinking about herself and Shuang Shuang, but she sighed quietly.
"To be honest, we don't know how we got here. After all, this matter is too unbelievable for mutants with extraordinary abilities. It's just about returning to our world. Let's not talk about whether there is a way to do it. After all, I can’t think of any clue to do this. Even if there is a way to go back, we don’t want to go back.”
"What do you mean?" James was stunned for a moment and looked at the two men in front of him with some hesitation.
"You feel that your world is no longer suitable for survival, but I want to say that the same is true for my world. The reason why Twinkle and I came here inadvertently is because we are being hunted."
Lorna said, raising her head and taking a deep look at James. "You know, Uncle Logan, I remembered who you are, and the paralyzed old man in a wheelchair inside. You are the X-Men, right?"
James didn't speak for a while after hearing this, but his face showed a serious expression. At this moment, he had already thought of what Lorna was going to say next.
Sure enough, Lorna shook her head gently and continued.
"In my world, the X-Men have become history, including my father Magneto. Since the Mutant Civil War, those powerful mutants have fallen, and the remaining mutants have been regarded as a threat by ordinary people, regardless of Whether they are good or bad, as long as they are mutants, they will be imprisoned without any exception."
"Mutant Civil War" James repeated, and the whole room fell into silence.
James didn't know what the two little girls in front of him were thinking. He only knew that his mind was very confused now. He didn't understand why mutants suffered such persecution. Even in other parallel worlds, the situation was not the same. Change.
Do mutants have no future after all? Are existences like them destined to be unable to live in peace with humans? They are obviously a species born from humans.
No one spoke in the room, only the occasional sound of chewing and the metallic sound of a spoon hitting a can.
I don’t know how long it took, but Lorna slowly broke the silence.
"For us, there is no difference between the two worlds. If I really had to choose, I think your place would be more suitable for us."
"No." James refused without thinking. "It's too dangerous here. If you stay here, you will only be targeted by more people. Those guys will not let you go, not to mention that you are from another world."
"But..." Lorna was about to say something when suddenly, a knock on the door came, interrupting her next words.
The three of them looked at each other, and they all became quiet. James slowly stood up from the chair. While comforting everyone, he prepared for a fight and slowly approached the door.
"who is it?"
James stood at the door and asked in a deep voice, and soon, the answer came from outside.
"It's me, sir."
Judging from the sound, it must be the owner of the tavern. James frowned slightly. After confirming that there was only one person breathing outside, he opened the door.
"Is something wrong?" James looked at the smiling middle-aged man in front of him.
"Well, well, I just came up to tell you that the water here will be cut off after twelve o'clock in the evening, so if you want to take a shower, you must pay attention to the time. Also, you forgot to take the remote control when you came up. If you want to watch TV if."
The tavern owner chuckled and handed the TV remote control to James' hand, then hesitated and continued in a low voice. "Also, sir, if you are okay, you can come down and have a drink with me. Don't worry, it's free. I haven't had a guest here for a long time."
James nodded slightly. "Thank you, I will go down when I have time, but we have been traveling for a long time and want to take a rest."
"Well, where did you come here from? Look at your family, where are you going? Don't run around in this world now. You don't know what's going on. Recently, there are only military personnel. The convoy is milling around."
James didn't speak, just looked at the tavern owner quietly.
Feeling the look in the other person's eyes, the tavern owner also knew that he had talked a little too much, so he quickly laughed. "It's my fault. Guest, please have a good rest. If you need anything, come to me below. I'm usually at the front desk."
Seeing the tavern owner tremblingly walking down the stairs, James exhaled, turned around, closed the door, and threw the remote control in his hand to Twinkle.
"We can't stay here for long. You guys should get some sleep as soon as possible. We'll leave here in the middle of the night."
"Okay." Lorna responded without saying anything more.
Several people know in their hearts that they are still in danger. No matter what choice they make in the end, at least for now, they need to unite to get through this difficulty.
Seeing that Lorna and James were both silent, Twinkle turned on the TV. The next moment, the newscaster's voice came from the TV.
(.Such a tragedy happened.)
The picture on the TV instantly attracted the attention of the three people present.
On the screen, thick black smoke obscured the entire Capitol building, and the flames soaring into the sky devoured everything that could be seen around it.
(It is reported that the police have not yet investigated the identity of the suspect who caused the destruction, but judging from the appearance of the criminal captured in the video, he looks very much like the Pyroman from the Brotherhood of Mutants)