Chapter 146: Genes

Charles sat back on the couch and let out a deep sigh.

"To be honest, I don't want to believe in those so-called futures you mentioned, but... my intuition tells me that they might be true."

Charles spoke sincerely, though he couldn't read his mind, he had come to trust Jack's words but not completely.

Setting aside distant events, like the missile crisis he mentioned, international tensions were already rising even though it was still far away.

Ordinary people might not be aware, but Charles, being an upper-class person, had access to more information, and it was detailed.

He was well aware that the relations between the two nations had reached a critical point.

At this moment, if either side made a move, the Third World War would break out instantly.

Things would become bad!

A mutant with the power to absorb energy trying to provoke a nuclear war to create more mutants?

Although he was also a mutant, Charles had to say that such actions were too cruel!

"I don't expect you to believe me completely, but time will make you believe," Jack shrugged and said.

"The main reason I came to you is that in the future, you are one of the leaders of mutants. You are important in changing the tragic future of mutants."

"One of the leaders? Who else?" Charles raised an eyebrow, sensing the importance of Jack's words.

He asked, "Perhaps we can unite with some other individuals and stop this Sebastian Shaw now."

Although Jack had told them about what would happen in the future, he hadn't provided many details, such as Eric's situation, his paralysis, or Raven leaving him.

Jack hadn't informed Charles about those things.

That's what makes it interesting.

"No, no, no. You better not do that," Jack firmly shook his head and spoke seriously, "Although you now know what will happen in the future and can make some preparations, it also raises many variables. If you take action now, the future will inevitably be altered, and the information you have will be useless. Are you sure you can stop him as the original timeline points?"

Charles paused, his face turning pale. In an instant, he understood the meaning behind Jack's words.

Now, everything he knew helped them, but he didn't know what would happen if he did something about it.

"Well, it's getting late, and I have to go," Jack said, achieving his purpose of pressure.

He glanced at the time, stood up, and continued, "In the time ahead, you should focus on what you should be doing and avoid doing anything unnecessary, at least not to change too much of the future."

"As for her..."

Jack looked at the sleeping Raven, sighed with a complicated expression, and added, "You better take care of her. In the future, her life won't be too good."

After speaking, without waiting for Charles to respond, Jack disappeared in a flash.

Charles lifted his hand, wanting to ask more questions, but since Jack had left, he could do nothing.

He looked at Raven on the couch, furrowing his brow as he thought about Jack's words and wondered what he meant.

Raven's future wouldn't be too good?

As wise as he was, he couldn't figure out what trouble or harm Raven could experience under his protection.

On the other hand, Jack left Charles' mansion and found a hotel to stay in New York.

Although he didn't really need to rest, sleeping was his favorite activity, and he made sure to do it almost every day.

The next morning, at 8 o'clock sharp, Jack woke up lying in bed, reminiscing about his conversation with Charles the previous night.

He couldn't help but shake his head and say to himself, "I'm a grown man, yet I still enjoy playing."

Indeed, he was playing with Charles.

Well... maybe it couldn't be considered playing. Although his timing of arrival was wrong, the timeline was correct. As long as he waited here, Jean would eventually appear.

However, he couldn't stay here for too long and needed Charles' help.

Last night's encounter was a way to establish a positive connection in advance.

He got up, freshened up, and went downstairs to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. A person unexpectedly caught his attention before he could finish his bacon and eggs.

'Hmm?'

Through the window, he saw a rough-looking person with a cigar walking slowly on the other side of the street. Jack put down the half-eaten toast, wiped his lips with a napkin, and murmured in astonishment,

"I never thought I'd run into the Wolverine here!"

That familiar person, who else could it be but Wolverine?

Jack watched as the person disappeared around the corner, silently thinking about the current timeline.

After the Vietnam War, Wolverine joined the mutant team led by Stryker. He later left the team and encountered a mutant known as Silver Fox, whose codename was Kayla.

Losing his memory after being shot was also an event from those years, still far from the present.

Although Jack liked him in his previous life, that was all in the past. Not to mention the fact that this guy later had the nerve to pursue Jean, who was much younger than him.

If it weren't for Wolverine being at least a good character, Jack would have wanted to take him out just in case.

However, even though he couldn't kill him, Jack found certain things about Wolverine fascinating.

With this in mind, he stood up and followed Logan's trail.

Soon, he found Logan drowning his sorrows in a bar.

Without entering, Jack stood at the doorway, and a mosquito-sized robot appeared in his hand. He flicked it towards Logan.

Logan, who was drinking, suddenly felt a mosquito bite on his neck and instinctively slapped at it, muttering, "Mosquitoes in this cold?"

At the same time, Jack discreetly retrieved the robot that had already collected a sample of Logan's genes and disappeared.

Logan's rapid healing ability was quite valuable.

Hmm...

it was worth adding to his collection.

Jack realized that he was becoming a collector. He enjoyed gathering various strange and rare items.

Even on the Hyperion, there was a treasure inventory that stored many things.

Um... Most of the things Jack salvaged were useless junk, except for some particularly useless items, which he stored in the collection, cleaning up the messy salvage pool of the multiverse.

After arriving in the X-Men universe, he discovered that mutant genes seemed valuable for collecting.

So, including Charles and Raven he encountered earlier, the genes of three mutants had already made their way into his treasure inventory.

Next, he planned to find another person.

That person could be considered his benefactor, as they had provided him with important help and saved him more than once!

Of course, the person himself was unaware of it.

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