William Stryker, a senior U.S. military officer, was an extremely stubborn mutant opponent. He treated mutants like a Nazi officer treated poor Jewish civilians. For him, no matter how cruelly he treated mutants, It's all justified.

He hated all mutants so indiscriminately that when he saw a mutant shamelessly proclaiming his mutant identity on American TV screens, he was almost furious and wanted to rush to this guy immediately Kill her on the spot.

In Stryker's view, Hilda's presence is undoubtedly a provocation, and it heralds a signal that is not good for him, so of course he will choose to take action.

The Brotherhood got the news—rather, all of Stryker's mutant "enemies" guessed the fact, it's just that some knew more and weren't too worried about Hilda, while some People, such as the Brotherhood, want to use this news to win Hilda's favor and test her position.

Hilda pondered for a while, got a general idea of ​​Stryker's situation from the artificial intelligence's feedback, and replied: "They plan to capture me, a mutant? Well, thank you for reminding me, I know about it .”

"If nothing else happens," the mutant lady in front of her changed back into Edith's appearance, and curled her lips at her, "With his character, he might have already sent someone to ambush you by now, waiting to take you away." arrest."

"..." Hilda tilted her head, "What's the charge?"

"An unregistered mutant suspects that you are a dangerous person. Why, don't you think these charges are not enough?"

Hilda, however, did not appear flustered as she expected. Instead, she remained calm, as if she didn't take this matter to heart at all: "...I understand, so what do you want to say? As long as I join the Brotherhood, you guys Can you save me?"

"Edith" paused.

The "compatriot" with brown eyes in front of her slowly raised the corners of his lips to her: "What? Those mutant suppressors are now ineffective against mutants in your fraternity?"

No, of course not.

"This is just a kind reminder," she closed her eyes and folded her arms tightly. "Whether you want to join the fraternity or not, I will tell you the news—what? Do you think we are the kind who will put our compatriots at a disadvantage?" Dangerous brat?"

——That’s not the case, Hilda thought, it’s just that your information is a bit too outdated, and you have completely misunderstood the information.

"I have a way to deal with those suppressors," Hilda said casually, "so I suggest you get out of here as soon as possible, don't be discovered by the Stryker you mentioned, and don't forget to put the original Edith Gerrard in exchange - your recording tonight was really off-putting and unprofessional."

"Edith" choked.

"As for the elimination, you just go ahead with the original script." Hilda looked lazy, "Recording the show has already made me feel very boring, and I don't plan to enter the show business."

"Up to now, do you still think it's just as simple as you being eliminated?" Mystique stared at Hilda. Only now did she suddenly realize Hilda's "innocence"—from beginning to end, she She didn't know what her actions meant and what consequences they brought. She just did whatever she wanted and was unscrupulous.

"You have already not only represented yourself, for the vast majority of mutants in this world who choose to hide their identities, and for those who know or don't know about mutants in the whole world, you are the representative of all mutants. It symbolizes that your actions are the actions of mutants, and your encounters will also be the encounters of mutants. Your light is the light of the group of mutants. Before this, no mutant chose to stand under the spotlight to accept all People's scrutiny, maybe there will be no second one in the future, so, Hilda, you are the only one, those mutants who are eager to go to the light will pay attention to you and follow you, and those who want to strangle mutants People who want will attack you regardless."

"You are already very important, you can even be called the 'Mutant Light', do you still think that you are just an ordinary person who is insignificant and can be unrestrained?"

Hilda was surprised by this lengthy speech. She thought for a while before hesitating: "...so?"

Mystique originally thought that she had already convinced the person in front of her, but when she heard this rhetorical question out of the blue, she felt a little depressed about Niu Danqin.She whispered: "So, if you are arrested by Stryker, then this is an extremely successful warning, and those mutants who are inspired by you to stand up will shrink back again--all mutants will also lose An important voice. The voices of mutants will once again 'disappear' in this country, at least from the sight of ordinary people."

"If you're really worried that Stryker will kill me, you don't have to," she replied, "there are very few people on this planet who can hurt me—"

"Really? With your bird-changing magic?" Mystique asked back.

"..." Hilda was speechless for a while, "You don't need to worry about it, I don't belong to the Brotherhood, so there is no need to explain to you."

"..."

"Do you want to listen to the truth? The truth is that the strong don't care about the feelings of the weak. What kind of mutant light is the target of public criticism? For me, I can only be the mutant light if I want to be the mutant light. I want to be an ordinary person..." She raised the corners of her lips, obviously dismissing what Mystique said before, "Even if the world is flooded, I can still be a person who is not bound by morality and righteousness." Ordinary people."

In the final scoring result, Hilda narrowly lost by one point and launched the competition. Amidst the voices of regret, she said a few simple and plain words, obviously she had no nostalgia for this stage.

In order to avoid those annoying reporters, she hurriedly changed her clothes, put on a cap and mask, and slipped out through the back door.

She got into the complicated alleys of New York City familiarly, but after walking a few steps, she bumped into a good New York neighbor in a red and blue uniform.

The good neighbors in New York were taken aback by Hilda who popped out of nowhere—strange to say, ever since Peter Parker was bitten by a spider, his perception was extremely sharp, but every time Hilda appeared, he couldn't Perceive the other party in advance, as if this person has merged with the surrounding environment, so that he can't detect any abnormalities at all.

"You you you you you you—Hilda!" He backed up again and again and yelled, startled several stray cats jumped out of the trash can and quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Hilda looked at the cats, but suddenly remembered the black cat she adopted that looked like Batman.Before she dealt with Crowley and the others, she sent the cat to a good pet shop in New York for foster care. It seems that the deadline is coming soon... She reminded Xiaolan to remind herself to take the cat back before returning to Gotham, Then he looked at the startled little boy: "Is it necessary to be so surprised?"

"I...I was just surprised," Spider-Man stammered, "I didn't expect to see you suddenly...I mean, you are a big star now...Actually, this is the first time I have come into contact with a star so close, The last well-known person I contacted was Mr. Stark! Speaking of Mr. Stark, I actually got some information about you from him." He scratched his head and said in a low voice, "...I heard that you invested The newly established Justice League? Is the star industry so profitable?"

Although she was wearing a mask, Hilda could still hear a strong sense of envy and yearning from Spider-Man's tone.

She thought about it: "What? The Avengers don't pay you?"

He waved his hands again and again: "I'm not an Avenger yet! And it's my dream to be a superhero, not to mention I haven't done anything—" He became more and more confused as he spoke, a little annoyed at his clumsiness.

"It's voluntary labor." Hilda decided, and she rolled her eyes, "How can this work? I don't think so, superheroes are human too, and they have to eat... What, do you want to join our Justice League? Full board and lodging package, monthly salary guarantee, and various bonuses and benefits. The leaders of the alliance are kind and kind, and the atmosphere in the team is relaxed and happy. The fact is that it is completely humanized and democratic management. The opinions of each member can be fully listened to. There are also quite a few of your peers, who will definitely make you feel like a duck to water—how about it? Don’t you think about it?”

Spider-Man was shamefully moved for a second, but when he thought of his idol, Mr. Stark, he firmly resisted the temptation from Hilda: "...I, I think it's still—someone!"

He turned his head suddenly, and the spider silk was shot out by him. The man hiding behind that avoided the spider silk and looked at Hilda: "Hilda Walker, you need to come with us."

Hilda raised her eyebrows slightly, she didn't seem surprised: "A Stryker?"

The man in a suit stared at Hilda indifferently: "You will know."

"Really?" Hilda tilted her head, "I don't think I'll know." As she spoke, she shot like lightning, rushed to the opponent with a blow over the shoulder, and twisted out the silencer gun in the opponent's hand. Quasi fired a few shots in all directions—several agents who had been ambushing in various places at unknown times realized that they had been exposed.

"Damn it!" The man cursed, a little thankful that in order to capture this mutant, the gun was only loaded with anesthesia bombs, "Hurry up!"

The agents flashed out immediately and rushed to Hilda, and Spider-Man hurried over to help: "Hey! Who are you! Why are you attacking Hilda?"

No one answered him.

"Don't ask," Hilda said grinningly to Spider-Man as she kicked away an agent trying to control her, "They won't answer you. After all, it's a guilty conscience to do something bad—"

She looked happy, and didn't take these agents seriously, and even teased them with a lot of energy.

However, maybe God can't see her contempt at the moment.An agent suddenly rushed up in a daze and grabbed her hands. Hilda felt a little funny: Please, what's the use of holding her hands?

She was just about to raise her legs to give this young man a fatal blow, when she suddenly met a pair of familiar magnificent blue eyes, she opened them wide suddenly, and fell into a trance, in just a few seconds.

"Click" sound.

"Hilda!" Spider-Man yelled, as he was stalked by two other seasoned agents, unable to get away.

The mutant suppressor was already around her neck by another quick-witted agent.

Hilda reacted quickly. She stared at the "stupid" agent in disbelief. Looking at it now, how could he have a pair of familiar eyes?

"You are...a mutant." She said firmly, "You have created an illusion on me."

The young man in front of him took a step back, as if he felt that Hilda had been completely controlled, he breathed a sigh of relief, and did not look into Hilda's eyes.

"Now," said the lead agent, "you should come with us."

Hilda lowered her eyes calmly, and glanced at the shackles on her neck.

"...well," she whispered, "I'm angry now."

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