Chapter 55: Danger Room? More Like Boring Room

Despite not feeling challenged while fighting the endless monster and robot horde, I continued to persevere amidst my boredom since the enemies were continuing to get stronger; I was just hoping that something interesting would happen after a certain amount of time had passed. So, with that in mind, I continued punching, kicking, and smashing my way through the horde of enemies, causing limbs, blood, scraps of metal, oil, and organs to fly everywhere and painting my whole body red with a tint of blackness.

Eventually, I reached the thirty-minute mark, and when I did, the horde of enemies received a significant jump in strength; they were at least three times as strong prior to the thirty-minute or my halfway mark since if nothing interesting happened within one hour, I was leaving; however, as any Kryptonian would imagine, after being bathed under the rays of a yellow sun for roughly twelve and a half years, I hardly noticed the jump in the strength the horde experienced.

The horde also got a more monstrous and terrifying appearance, but if you could destroy and kill several of them with just a single punch, there was nothing to be feared, not to mention that I was still holding back, which was probably more challenging than actually fighting the horde, and that wasn't even difficult either.

The forty-minute mark came, then a few minutes later, I heard a loud ding, and if I had to guess, I'd just beaten Ms. Munroe's record with ease to boot; I'd also listened to the people in the control room talking about it as well. Deciding to show off a little, I used a good bit of my strength and stomped the ground, causing the entire area to intensity tremble while some of the ruined buildings in the distance collapsed; using that chance, I gently leaped into the air and landed on the head of a robot that was launching mini-missiles at me.

I didn't stay standing on his head for long as it tried attacking me, pushing off the robot's head, destroying it in the process; I landed on a monster's head amidst the endless and continued traversing through the horde while walking across the heads of my enemies. It was an easy thing to do as I was many times faster than them, though I just needed to make sure I kept my balance as I walked between the heads.

'I'm really pulling a Goku right now.' Mused Pharaoh with a slightly amused smirk as he looked down at the giant insect monster's head he was standing on before destroying it and walking to another.

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"Well, I'm not too surprised he has beaten Ororo's record, but for it to be this easy for him, that was beyond what I could've anticipated." Remarked Professor X, lost for words as he, Ororo, Jean, and everyone else watched Pharaoh easily handle the monsters without breaking so much as a sweat.

"Go Tut!" Yelled Jean with a happy smile as she stood close to the window and cheered him, causing Pharaoh to flash her a smile despite the control room being supposedly soundproof.

"This is ridiculous; I'm being upstaged by a child who's just hit puberty. Maybe I should reevaluate my life?" Muttered Ororo lightly while her face constantly twitched as she stood beside Professor X and watched Pharaoh.

"Hey, I'm not just any child, Ms. Munroe; I'm also, potentially, your future husband! How many people get to claim they have a wife or husband as powerful as me? I bet not many!" Yelled Pharaoh with a slight grin as he punched away a good chunk of the horde, causing the control room to slightly tremble, before facing Ororo and blowing her a kiss, which she tilted to her side, dodging it.

"Um, Ororo, what does he mean by that?" Asked Karl, operating the Danger Room as he and the two other people looked at Ororo suspiciously, causing her to groan at the inevitable rumor that'd be floating around her.

"Please, just ignore it." Replied Ororo as she didn't even bother explaining herself and rubbed her face in mental fatigue.

"O-Okay." Said Karl hesitantly as he gave Ororo a skeptical look before looking back through the window, only to notice Pharaoh had disappeared.

"Hmm, where did Tut go?" Asked Jean in confusion as she momentarily stopped cheering and looked around the ruined wasteland Pharaoh was fighting in.

"Oh, he's still in there, Jean, after all, the horde is still being destroyed; he's just moving too quickly for our eyes to properly register him." Said Professor X lightly with furrowed brows as his eyes constantly darted around the ruined wasteland, trying to follow Pharaoh's figure, which was nothing but a blur, yet even that was proving challenging.

"Yes, Professor is correct, that red blur is Pharaoh; here, I'll slow it down and put it on the monitor above." Said Karl as he looked through the window, noticing a red blur darting left and right before pressing a few buttons, causing a monitor above them to lower while displaying Pharaoh at super slow speeds, though he was still moving exceptionally fast.

"I've slowed down the video by about 250x." Added Karl as he and everyone else watched Pharaoh calmly walk atop his enemies' heads while occasionally doing party tricks.

"He's making a mockery of the Danger Room." Said Professor X in slight disbelief as he and everyone else couldn't help but nod in agreement, although, like a good friend, Jean continued to support him.

"From the bored look on his face and how easily he's handling the horde, he's clearly not challenged; can you make it more difficult?" Asked Ororo with a slight frown as she looked at Pharaoh, who had just winked, and for some reason, she instinctively knew it was directed at her.

"No, we can't; this is the highest setting available; well, I can change the weather to something much harsher. But, as you can see, it doesn't change anything; if anything, it's just a nuisance to him." Replied Karl as he filled with the control panel, causing the danger room's weather to change slightly as a powerful hurricane appeared out of nowhere while numerous massive tornadoes converged to the ground and wreaked havoc; though despite all of that, Pharaoh was hardly affected.

"While none of this stuff can harm me, Mother Nature is truly terrifying." Remarked Pharaoh lightly as he was pelted with hail, moving nearly two-hundred mph while eyeing a massive tornado heading right for him.

"Eeek! Tut got sucked into a tornoda!" Said Jean in slight fear as she pressed her face against the window, eyeing the tornado that devoured Tut, only to sigh in relief when she saw him calmly waving at her while spinning within the tornado.

"How much time has elapsed?" Asked Professor X curiously as he glanced at Pharoah before looking at Karl controlling the Danger Room.

"57 minutes and 33 seconds, Professor. He's about to reach the one-hour mark, so the monsters should receive another large jump in strength, but I still don't know if it'll be enough." Replied Karl as he glanced at the digital clock before looking at Pharaoh maneuvering through the disastrous environment of the Danger Room with ease.

With Karl's words, everyone, except Jean, as she was still cheering Pharaoh on, quietened down and continued to watch him one-sidedly demolish the horde amidst the terrifying weather, and the instant it reached the one-hour mark, everyone's interest was piqued, curious to see if the jump in strength would be enough to change anything. However, what they weren't expecting was for the monstrous creatures, killer robots, and terrifying weather to suddenly up and vanish, leaving a confused Pharaoh standing all alone amidst the wasteland.

"What happened, Karl? Why did you stop it?" Questioned Ororo with a frown as she glanced at Karl, who was sporting a confused expression as he fiddled around with the control panel.

"I didn't stop it; it stopped on its own." Replied Karl as he looked around, trying to figure out what happened, though to no avail.

"Do you know why it's doing this? Has it ever done this before?" Asked Professor X with furrowed brows as he looked at Pharaoh, who was looking up at them before glancing at Karl.

"I'm just as confused as you are, Professor, and no, it's never done this before. In fact, after a quick look, the timer is still moving, which means it hasn't shut down, and the training is still ongoing, so maybe this just happens when someone reaches the one-hour mark." Stated Karl with a slight frown as he gestured to the digital clock, causing everyone to watch Pharaoh quietly, waiting to see what the Danger Room had in store for him.

"Eh, why are there two Pharaohs?" Asked Jean as she tilted her head in confusion and glanced between the two almost identical Pharaohs; the only difference was one was emotionless while the other was covered in blood and oil.

"Did the Danger Room copy him? Wait! Is he going to fight against himself?" Said Karl curiously as he suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Pharaoh, his words causing everyone else to nod in agreement at the only logical conclusion.

"That would make sense; I'm sure fighting against himself should provide a decent ch-" Remarked Professor X with a nod as he watched the battle it out, only for Pharaoh to punch his fist right through himself, quieting everyone.

"Well, I take back what I said." Muttered Professor X with a twitching expression as he shook his head.

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Not going to lie, if I was Storm, at this point I'd need to throw hands with Pharaoh because I'm not about to let this disrespect slide like that; he really making the danger room look like a joke