Howard Stark had seen Alex walk into the bar with a middle-aged man earlier.
So when Alex mentioned he was here to see a friend, Howard more or less had an idea who that friend might be and where he could be found.
That's why he didn't ask many questions and agreed readily, ...
"Young man, thank you so much for saving us!"
"If it weren't for you today, things would've gone horribly wrong."
Howard Stark's voice snapped Alex out of his thoughts.
The playboy inventor strode over, face unusually serious, and offered Alex a heartfelt thanks.
<...
"Andrew!"
"Andrew!"
Two furious and disbelieving shouts rang out. The remaining two assassins from Laim's group stood frozen, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Andrew… got killed in one punch?
How was that even possible?
Even without transformin...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Inside the bar.
The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents and the assassins sent to kill Ivan Vanko finally dropped all pretenses. Guns drawn, they opened fire on each other without hesitation.
"Sir! This way!"
Amid the chaos, the bartender rushed to Howard Stark's...
No doubt about it—that was Howard Stark.
Alex's eyes lit up instantly.
What the hell was someone like Howard Stark doing in a cheap bar like this?
Could it be that the infamous playboy had his eye on some girl here and was lying in wait?
Alex couldn't help but sp...
Outside the gates of the Xavier estate.
A sleek black sedan slowly rolled out, turned onto a side road, and then merged into the main thoroughfare.
It quickly blended into the steady stream of traffic, drawing no attention from passersby.
"Raven, where exactly are we ...
The strongest?
Despite Raven's admiration, Alex didn't feel the least bit joyful. He knew full well he was nowhere near deserving of such praise.
Forget about the numerous supervillains in this world who could level cities—or even the entire planet. Even among mutants alone, A...
Maybe it was the lingering fear, or perhaps the worry that the Black King might return, but even though everyone was clearly exhausted, no one got a good night's sleep.
It wasn't just trouble falling asleep—those who did manage to drift off would jolt awake at the slightest sound...
Feeling the surging power coursing through his body, Alex could barely resist the urge to find a place and test just how strong he'd become.
But since he was still in the car, he forced himself to suppress that impulse.
"Over twenty tons of strength now… If I remember rig...
"Cough, cough, cough!"
A harsh coughing sound echoed from within the thick smoke—Black King had been hit.
Sure, he could absorb energy, but unfortunately, he wasn't a smoke extractor.
He had no way of dealing with these kinds of irritating gases.
Of course, a...
Whoosh!
Another gleam of cold light flashed through the air.
Alex flicked his wrist once more, and another dagger slashed through the sky, slicing out a razor-sharp arc of steel.
In the blink of an eye, it was upon Black King.
But unlike what happened with Ript...
Despite the flood of questions swirling in his mind, the Red Devil would never get his answers. His vision went dark, and he completely lost consciousness.
Thud!
Alex finally flicked his wrist and tossed the Red Devil's corpse to the ground like a dead dog.
"He actually...
"Get back! It's dangerous here!"
"Hurry, get out of here—they're after you!"
...
Seeing Alex walk out on his own, several CIA agents couldn't help but turn and shout at him.
Of course, some agents had already been scared half to death by Azazel and Riptide. They stood tr...
"What's… what's going on?!"
Banshee gripped the windowsill with both hands, as if only by holding on could he find some sense of security.
"What the hell is happening?!"
Alex the Ravager swallowed hard, his throat bobbing visibly.
"It's mutants—other mutants!" Hank...
"How impressive."
Erik's face was tinged with undisguised disappointment as he spoke in a biting, sarcastic tone.
"I had higher hopes for all of you."
Charles couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly, but then his gaze shifted toward Alex, and he added,
"Not you...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Inside a hidden training room of the base.
Alex was shirtless, his chiseled muscles defined like they'd been sculpted from steel—powerful, sharp, and radiating raw strength. Any girl who saw him would probably take a second look... or a third.
He w...
Aside from the quantifiable stats on Alex's panel, the unquantified abilities had also received a significant boost.
Take, for example, X-ray vision and enhanced hearing.
Previously, his X-ray vision could only penetrate up to ten meters, nothing more. But now, he could effo...
"Bradley isn't one of Shaw's men. He belongs to a secret military task force."
"That's right. A mutant task force."
"And… they've been involved in some highly illegal activities for quite some time."
…
Under the weight of everyone's gaze, Charles slowly beg...
Faced with Erik—a mutant strong enough to kill Zero with his bare hands—and his companion who had taken down Sabretooth with ease, what choice did Bradley really have?
Even if he was reluctant, what options were left?
Especially now that both Sabretooth and Zero were dea...
No matter how deadly Zero’s bullets were, they were completely useless against Erik. So Alex wasn’t worried about him.
Instead, his eyes drifted to Sabretooth, whose head was rapidly regenerating, and he fell into thought.
With that freakish healing factor, taking down S...
"Erik, are you okay?"
Unbothered by the shocked looks from the others, Alex walked over at a calm, steady pace and offered Erik a hand.
"I'm fine," Erik muttered, a little embarrassed.
He hadn’t expected to screw up in front of a junior, and the sting to his pride showe...
"Yeah, something like that. You could see it that way."
Eric nodded after a brief pause. He still wasn’t sure where Bradley stood, so he wasn’t about to lay all his cards on the table just yet.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think we have anything more to discuss. Please leave....
Smack!
Zero grabbed Sabretooth’s wrist and whispered, “Victor, not now. There are too many people in the amusement park.”
“What does that matter? You think any of them can stop me?” Sabretooth sneered, utterly unconcerned.
Zero said nothing.
Of course...
“So it was him!”
After thinking for a moment, Alex finally remembered who that guy—Chris Bradley, according to the file—actually was.
He used to be one of Wolverine Logan’s old war buddies.
Back in the day, they’d worked under Stryker alongside Sabretooth,...
"Erik, you're back?"
Raven was one of the first to join the CIA with Charles, and also among the earliest to meet Erik, so her tone was far more casual than the others.
"How did it go? Smooth?"
She couldn't help but ask again.
Earlier that morning, Charles and ...
1962.
A secret CIA facility.
“Look, it’s those freaks again.”
“Turns out freaks eat the same food we do.”
“Then how did they become freaks?”
“No clue. Maybe you should ask them yourself?”
…
In the cafeteria, people passing by or sitting...