[Comprehensive] The Last Assassin

Time seemed to stand still on Xavier's campus.

A year has passed, and Shen Qiong came here again, but felt that it was still the same green grass and lush trees, and even the cheerful smiles from the hearts of the students who came and went did not change at all.

Shen Qiong set foot on the soft grass again, and the students who had participated in her gambling before greeted her, Shen Qiong froze for a moment, before recalling who this person was.

In the past year, the Avengers Alliance was established, the S.H.I.E.L.D. Bureau disintegrated, and North American Templars lost two at once—however, none of these things seemed to affect everything in Xavier School.

Here, no matter where they come from, and no matter what abilities they have, as long as they are in Xavier Gifted School, they are just the most ordinary students.The flames of war have nothing to do with them, and even the legend of the Avengers is just the talk of these students after dinner.

Some of them may have joined the self-defense X-Men, and they have also participated in these thrilling battles, but when they come back here, they can find peace and tranquility, because this academy has powerful guardians.

Even Tony Stark would save the respected Charles Xavier for him.

Professor x.

Li Qianhuan heard her classmates mention that Shen Qiong was back, and she was the first one to run out and catch her by the lake.

The Chinese girl looked very angry. She grabbed Shen Qiong and began to complain: "I helped you graduate smoothly, so that you have no news for so long!? It's been so long, and I haven't even made a phone call." Give it to me, it's too much!"

Shen Qiong couldn't help laughing: "But Jubilee." She said slowly: "You didn't give me your phone number?"

Li Qianhuan suddenly realized that she and Shen Qiong were roommates, and Shen Qiong seldom used a mobile phone in front of her, so she really didn't give Shen Qiong her own number for a while.So Li Qianhuan immediately tore off the sticky note from his schoolbag, quickly filled in a string of numbers, and stuffed it to Shen Qiong: "Okay, now you have it, try ignoring me again."

"I can treat you as a friend!"

Shen Qiong solemnly wrote down the number on the sticky note, then stuffed the sticky note into her pocket, raised her head and said seriously to Li Qianhuan: "You are also my friend."

She said this very solemnly.

Just as she didn't want to tell Warren how dangerous she was doing, she didn't want Li Qianhuan to know what she was doing either.Because Li Qianhuan is a person with abilities, once she finds out, she will definitely apply to the professor to help her.

But Shen Qiong didn't want Li Qianhuan to be involved in the Templar incident because of her.

Shen Qiong's expression was so serious that Li Qianhuan couldn't help covering her face after watching it for a while.She sighed and explained: "I'm not blaming you, I just said it casually, you make me feel like a really bad person!"

Shen Qiong couldn't help laughing: "How can you be a bad guy, a bad guy won't prepare a cake for me."

Li Qianhuan lowered his hands when he heard these words, hesitated to speak, but finally decided to tell the truth: "Speaking of this, the professor actually asked me to prepare that cake."

"I know the professor's initial forced behavior made you uncomfortable, but he really did it for your own good."

After experiencing so many things, Shen Qiong is no longer the ignorant young assassin she was back then.The complex situation of the North American Temple involves many pieces of Eden, and she cannot solve everything alone.If it weren't for Charles Xavier's earliest behavior, she might have assassinated the person who is helping her now, and she would never meet Dick again, and she has come to this point.

So Shen Qiong said calmly: "Well, I know."

Li Qianhuan originally prepared a lot of words, but seeing Shen Qiong like this, she stuffed all the words back.She couldn't help blinking, and said slowly: "Joan, I think you are a little different."

Shen Qiong blinked: "Is there?"

"Yes." Li Qianhuan said with a smile, "But I can't tell you the details, but no matter how you change, you are still my friend."

She imitated Professor X's tone: "Old friend."

Shen Qiong laughed, stretched out her hand and patted Li Qianhuan's head: "Okay, I'm here to find the professor for business, is he there?"

"Yes, do you want me to take you there?"

"No need." Shen Qiong shook her head and looked at the window on the second floor. She aimed at the tree on the opposite side of the second floor. She took two steps forward and jumped onto the branch. She squatted on the tree branch and raised her eyebrows at Li Qianhuan : "I remember the way."

Li Qianhuan was dumbfounded as she watched her directly borrow the zipline from the tree and rush to the second floor from the air.

Li Qianhuan: ...This is not the way at all!

Shen Qiong knew that there were floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor, and floor-to-ceiling windows should be closed under normal circumstances.So she saw the timing and jumped down, which happened to land on the balcony.Although the footsteps were very light, it still seemed to disturb the professor in the office.He heard a very slight landing sound, raised his head, and saw the girl whom he had just met in Egypt a while ago standing outside his boat, restrained and politely reached out and knocked on the window.

Charles Xavier was just thinking, maybe Steve Rogers is really better at teaching than him, and the straightforward assassin knows how to knock on the door.However, in the next second, Shen Qiong, who didn't get a response, opened the glass door confidently, showed a bright smile at Charles Xavier, and tilted her head to say hello: "Good afternoon, Professor."

Sure enough, Shen Qiong was still Shen Qiong.

There was a smile in Charles' blue eyes, he closed his pen cap, and nodded to Shen Qiong: "Nice to meet you, Joan." He slightly looked up at his students: "Are you here to fetch knife?"

Shen Qiong nodded.

Charles pointed to the cabinet behind her: "It's inside."

Shen Qiong went to get the knife that her father had used first after hearing the words.She pulled the scabbard away, and noticed that the blade had been maintained. The blade she discarded in the desert was even sharper and brighter than before she took it away, and even clearly reflected the spot in her green eyes. Be careful.

Shen Qiong quickly received the sheath and coughed lightly.

When Charles saw this, he was about to continue looking at the documents. He looked at the student who had taken the knife but didn't intend to leave. He watched her close the window pretending to be calm, but he was still standing in front of his desk. , without the slightest intention of leaving, he put away the student homework on the desktop, and turned to look at Shen Qiong with a funny smile: "It seems that you have something else to do."

"Yes." Shen Qiong said quickly.

However, she closed her mouth again after she finished speaking, and after a while, she asked, "You want me to say this as Elizabeth Worthington, but as Shen Qiong."

Charles Xavier's expression was a little serious when he heard the words. He looked at Shen Qiong who asked this sentence seriously, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "Elizabeth Worthington."

This answer was completely different from what Dick said, and Shen Qiong couldn't help being a little disappointed, although she didn't understand what she was disappointed about.

Charles Xavier is still sitting in his wheelchair and has lost the ability to walk, but he looks strong and reliable, his azure eyes are still as moving as the sea of ​​love, let Shen Qiong know that this person is far from what he appears on the surface So fragile and harmless, I can't help but be attracted.

It's a pity that those eyes don't belong to her.

However, the next moment, Professor Xavier added slowly: "If it is Worthington, I can still refuse your excessive demands."

"But if it's Shen Qiong." He felt a little helpless, "It's a little difficult."

Shen Qiong's mood immediately became more relaxed, and she said relaxedly: "Fortunately, it's not an excessive request."

However, when she thought about what she wanted Charles to do, and considering the professor's character and bottom line, she added: "Probably?"

"Probably?" Charles Xavier raised his eyebrows. "That word doesn't sound very good."

Shen Qiong became a little annoyed, she simply said: "I want you to help me find the headquarters of the Exorcism Sect."

Charles frowned slightly when he heard the words: "This is not easy."

He pondered for a moment, and said truthfully, "The Exorcist Holy Squad exists very secretly inside the temple. I don't even know who their members are."

"Warren is also there now." Shen Qiong said, "I think you should be able to find Warren easily."

"As long as Warren is found, the temple is right in front of our eyes."

Charles was a little surprised, and he couldn't help repeating the verification: "You mean Warren Worthington?" After receiving Shen Qiong's plea, his expression was a little dignified, and even a little incomprehensible: "How could he join the Exorcism Sect? ?”

"...The reason he told me was that only the Exorcist Sect could save my life." Shen Qiong pursed her lips, "But I don't think it's that simple."

"Warren's character is not easy to be deceived. Mordred must have shown him something, and even performed some miracles on him, so he joined."

Charles knew how important Warren Worthington was to Shen Qiong, so he skimmed over the topic, and then said: "I can help you find him, but have you ever thought about it, if he is not in the temple , haven't even seen the Temple—"

"Impossible." Shen Qiong knew her brother too well, "If he can't enter the temple, or even meet Neditra—no matter what Mordred does or says, he won't bother."

"He is Worthington III. Neditra will definitely invite him into the temple to ensure that he boards the ship." Shen Qiong was sure, and after a while she said to Charles who disagreed: "I have seen Neditra, that's what he is."

Neditra, even Professor X had never heard of this name. He was very curious about where Shen Qiong knew this name and where she met him.But the Assassin is an organization that has been fighting against the Temple since ancient times, and even if it loses power for a while, it is far stronger than outsiders imagined.

So Charles nodded and agreed, "I'll try."

Shen Qiong breathed a sigh of relief.

She took a step forward, wanting to leave with Charles, but accidentally caught a glimpse of his cuff.Charles was wearing a white shirt with buttoned blue cuffs that didn't quite match the casual white shirt.

Shen Qiong couldn't help thinking that he seemed to be wearing this pair of cuffs when he was in Egypt.It's just that she had more important things to pay attention to at that time, so she just thought it looked familiar at the time, so she just passed it by.

Seeing this pair of cuffs again now, Shen Qiong finally remembered why they looked familiar.

It wasn't a gift she'd wanted to give Charles Xavier, but then didn't know where to throw it.

Shen Qiong stopped suddenly.

Charles was puzzled by this.

Shen Qiong stopped in her tracks, with a faint smile in her emerald eyes.She looked at Charles and said slowly: "Professor, I suddenly remembered. When I left last time, I told you that I finished reading "The Portrait of Dorian Gray", but I was puzzled by some questions and wanted to ask you."

Charles remembered that incident: "You did."

Seeing Charles Xavier remembered, Shen Qiong couldn't help but smirked.She crossed her arms, squinted her eyes and said, "Actually, I haven't finished watching it at all."

Charles was confused by Shen Qiong's words.

Shen Qiong became more proud when she saw this, but she didn't want to explain anymore, she just took two steps to the front of Charles, turned her head and asked him: "Professor, can't we hurry up?"

At first, Charles Xavier couldn't understand Shen Qiong's thinking at all, but when he came into contact with the other party's gaze staring at his cuff, he suddenly understood what Shen Qiong meant.

——I haven't read that book, but I said that I have some problems in understanding it, and I need to come back and ask you for advice.

The point is not to book, but to "come back".

Find a reason for yourself to "come back".

It's like the Tang knife that I deliberately left behind when I was in Egypt, knowing that I could turn around and take it away.

——Although I am not sure myself, why did I say those words and do those things.

——But one thing is certain, I want to see you, for which I subconsciously found a reason in advance.