The 'guests' arrived, but it was obvious that the host did not welcome them.
Coulson felt this rejection as soon as he took off his sunglasses as he got off the helicopter. If his top boss hadn't forced him to put down his work and make this trip, to be honest, he wouldn't want to disturb the peaceful life here, even though this was a school specifically built for mutant children.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Phil Coulson and I'm with the Strategic Homeland Defense Attack and Logistics Support Agency."
"I remember you. That time you followed that bald chief who was blind in one eye." Storm said rudely, especially at this time, when these uninvited guests disturbed her students' lunch break.
"SHIELD? What are you doing here? You guys are not welcome here. Wasn't the suffering you suffered last time enough?"
After hearing what Storm said, Cyclops Scott also remembered the name, and then stood in front of Coulson with a stern look on his face.
"I'm honored that you still remember me. However, whether it's the last visit or this time, please believe that we have no ill intentions. We are not the same as those bad guys who came here with combat helicopters and bombers. No, we are completely different. Rather than using force, I prefer everyone to sit down together and solve the problem peacefully."
From beginning to end, Coulson remained calm and smiling, and did not take the hostility of Cyclops and others to heart at all, even though he knew clearly that the other party could make him disappear completely with just a glance.
"Qin, let them in. I'll be waiting for you in the reception room."
At this moment, a voice sounded in Qin's mind. Qin nodded slightly, then patted Scott's shoulder who was ready to take action at any time, looked at Coulson and others and said, "Come with us, the professor is waiting for you."
"Thanks."
After saying thank you, Coulson walked around Scott, who had a sullen look on his face, and led his men into the school.
Even though Scott really wanted to blow all these people up into the sky, the professor would not allow him to do so, because doing so would only bring disaster to the place.
In the reception room, Coulson once again met one of the mutant leaders who possessed extremely terrifying abilities, Charles Xavier, also known as Professor X!
"Hello, Professor X. I hope my coming here this time has not disrupted your teaching."
"Hello, Agent Coulson, this is our second meeting. I wonder what SHIELD's purpose is this time?" Professor X had a kind smile on his face. He looked like an ordinary old man. It was hard to believe that he possessed such powerful power that could even affect all of humanity.
"I believe you already know the purpose of our visit, Professor?"
"No, I don't know. In fact, I will not use my ability to perceive other people's thoughts without their consent, except in some special circumstances."
"Your rationality is admirable. If all mutants had the same self-control as you, then this society would become more harmonious." Coulson praised. He did not care whether it was true or not that Professor X had not used his ability to check his brain. Anyway, he would not know even if he had seen it, so he simply skipped the topic.
After hearing his words, Professor X said meaningfully: "This strict self-control ability actually comes from my experience and my age. In fact, I made a lot of mistakes when I was young. In the initial stage, it is difficult to suppress this curiosity. And every mutant will go through this process, from curiosity to gradual maturity, and then to what kind of responsibility they should bear for having this ability."
"This is a process that needs guidance and should be carried out step by step. Even though everyone will make mistakes in the process, as long as they are corrected in time, they will be reborn. Do you think I am right, Mr. Coulson?"
Coulson, who heard the other meaning in Professor X's words, immediately smiled bitterly. When facing such a wise elder who could see through everything, he felt that his life experience was just like the infant stage of just learning to speak. He hadn't even told the purpose of this trip, but Professor X had already begun to make excuses for possible "mistakes".
This is an absolutely good guy, so good that he tries to save the entire mutant group by himself, and even tries to save every child who has gone astray, so that they can return to the right path, reform themselves, and start a new life.
To be honest, Coulson admired his persistence, but it was too idealistic. Human personality could be so complex that it was impossible to find an identical individual in the whole world.
Therefore, the badness of some people cannot be persuaded by words or actions. Putting them in prison or even eliminating them is the best approach for the world and other innocent people.
In this regard, Professor X and his old rival Magneto can be said to be two absolutely extreme poles. If the personalities of the two of them could be slightly neutralized, perhaps mutants would be able to find another way out.
Clearing away these messy thoughts, Coulson stopped beating around the bush and directly stated the purpose of his visit.
"This was a massacre that took place in New York more than half a month ago. The victims included a mutant nicknamed 'Swamp'. Now we suspect that the murderer is also a mutant. We have collected clues from the scene and restored the surveillance video and have confirmed all the physical characteristics of this person. But the strange thing is that this person seems to have evaporated from the face of the earth. There is no trace of his existence at all."
"So not long ago, our people made this assumption. This person may not exist at all. He is just a fictional character. The 'murderer' may have the ability to shapeshift and can change his body shape and appearance at will. That's why we can't find him."
Professor X was looking through the documents while listening to Coulson's narration, until finally his eyes showed some movement.
"Mystique..."
A name he didn't want to mention came out of his mouth with a sigh.
If all this is true, then SHIELD's speculation is not unreasonable, and the reason for their sudden visit is self-evident.
"Do you suspect Eric is planning something?"
"It is precisely because we are not sure whether Magneto is involved that we came here. We hope that Professor X can help us confirm whether the murderer is Mystique. Once confirmed, what exactly does Magneto want to do?"
Coulson said with an extremely serious look.
Magneto and Mystique, who were far away, had no idea what it felt like to be sitting at home and have a pot fall from the sky. A huge pot suddenly fell down!