Chapter 57: Mutants?

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"Forgive me for being frank, but in this field, there shouldn't be anyone more top-notch than me," Tony Stark said in a deep voice. "If even I can't create that kind of robot, I can't imagine who else can."

"But that robot was indeed created, wasn't it?" Clint Barton said.

"Then, we'll leave it to S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tony Stark said. "You guys are the best at finding people. I'll wait for your good news."

"Besides the robot, the man and woman who were with the robot are also worth noting," Clint Barton said. "One has extreme speed, and the other can use magic. Both shouldn't be underestimated, and we don't know where they come from."

"The woman, as Thor already mentioned, is a sorceress," Phil Coulson said. "As for the man, my guess is that he is a mutant."

"A mutant?" Thor heard this term for the first time.

Even Tony Stark and Clint Barton looked at Phil Coulson, indicating that they were also unfamiliar with mutants.

"Simply put, mutants are people who have special abilities due to genetic mutations," Phil Coulson explained. "I've only seen records about mutants in a top-secret file, so this is my first time actually encountering them."

"Genetic mutations can actually result in extreme speed?" Tony Stark found it highly unscientific. "Genetic mutations are usually random and chaotic, and harmful mutations outweigh beneficial ones. How could it mutate into something like that?"

"It seems to be related to the X-Gene, but I don't know the specifics," Phil Coulson shook his head.

"I've recorded the video, and I'll immediately provide the footage to Nick Fury after we leave," Tony Stark said. "If you have any questions, wait until we find them and ask them in person."

"As long as they're still on Earth, S.H.I.E.L.D. will definitely find them," Phil Coulson said.

"There's not much to say about the abilities of the speedster boy; he's just fast," Clint Barton said. "But as for the witch, don't you think her mind control methods are traceable?"

"Traceable?"

"Romanoff saw the Red House in her illusions, which is where she received her training and her deepest fear," Clint Barton said.

"Fear?" Tony Stark thought for a moment and said, "In the video, I seemed to be very afraid of the illusions I saw."

"Not seemed, even a blind person could tell how scared you were," Clint Barton said. "The Battle of New York, one year later. Although we ultimately won, it left a huge psychological shadow on you. In the illusions, the Chitauri army descended once again, and the Avengers fell one by one. That is probably the deep fear within you."

"What about Captain America?" Thor asked. "Surely he isn't afraid of dancing?"

"Definitely not. Peggy Carter was Captain America's most beloved woman and his regret," Phil Coulson said. "Before he died, Captain America made a promise to dance with Carter, but he never got the chance to fulfill it. Dancing with Carter wasn't about fear, it was about longing."

"So, this Scarlet Witch can make people see their deep fears or desires?" Clint Barton summarized.

"It sounds worse than Loki's scepter," Phil Coulson said. "Fear or desire, both can drive people to do crazy and even terrible things."

"So Scarlet Witch needs to be cautious," Tony Stark said. "In addition to the mental cola, I'll also research some other preventive measures, like the arrows Barton used in the video."

"Are you forgetting a name?" Thor reminded them. "At the beginning of the video, Captain mentioned a name."

"Captain said, 'I found Stark,'" Phil Coulson remembered clearly. "The laboratory Stark entered should be his."

"You mentioned that name as if you have information on him. Doesn't S.H.I.E.L.D. know this person?" Tony Stark asked.

"I've never heard of him," Phil Coulson said.

"No matter who this person is, if he has access to Loki's scepter, can study the remains of the Chitauri robots, and has a sorceress and a mutant, he's not ordinary," Clint Barton said.

"After we get out, I'll search for him immediately."

"That shouldn't be difficult. After all, we already know the appearance of the sorceress and the mutant under his command. Once we find them, this Stark won't be far away," Phil Coulson said.

"One more thing to note, Vibranium," Clint Barton said. "That robot needs Vibranium."

"It mentioned carrying out an evil plan," Thor said. "Is this evil plan related to Vibranium?"

"It's likely," Phil Coulson said. "The place where the Avengers clashed with the robots was a factory, and there was a third party in the factory. The man with the severed arm is their boss. There were only a few Avengers, and the robot's side had few people. The man with the severed arm had many armed men under his command. Therefore, we can assume that the factory belongs to the man with the severed arm."

"Why would the Avengers and the robots end up fighting on someone else's turf?" Clint Barton speculated based on Phil Coulson's words. "Perhaps it's because when the Avengers discovered the robot, it was already in that location, on the territory of the man with the severed arm."

"Why did the robot go to the territory of the man with the severed arm?" Clint Barton continued his reasoning. "Combining Stark's question to the robot about the need for Vibranium, I believe the robot appeared there for Vibranium! The man with the severed arm, he has Vibranium in his hands!"

"That seems to be the case," Phil Coulson recalled the details from the video. "When the man with the severed arm ordered the attack, he was in a sorry state, clearly injured. He had made a move, and suffered losses. And the timing of his attack had to be before the Avengers arrived. At that time, the Avengers hadn't arrived yet, so his target for the attack was the robot. He and the robot had clashed before the Avengers arrived, and he suffered losses, which is why he ordered the shooting."

"I remember he also attacked us, didn't he?" Thor said. "Since the robot was the one who caused him losses, why did he also attack us?"

"There could be multiple reasons for that. Maybe it's because the Avengers fought on his turf? Maybe he had been defeated by the Avengers before. After all, the Avengers are always doing the work of justice. If that man with the severed arm is some kind of super-villain, maybe the Avengers had dealt with him in the past."

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