Ororo Munroe's mutant ability allowed her to alter the weather within a limited range.
For example, she could summon a violent storm—but because she was still very young, the storms she created could only cause brief chaos. She would then take advantage of the confusion to steal money from shopkeepers and survive that way.
Next came Raven Darkhölme.
Known as Mystique, she possessed the ability to perfectly transform into another person. She had once become famous after publicly stopping Magneto from assassinating the President, an act that earned her praise as a "mutant hero."
That heroic deed did improve the living conditions of mutants to some extent—but discrimination and hostility still persisted.
Raven traveled the world and continued to witness fellow mutants being treated as playthings or forced to live in humiliating conditions. Whenever she encountered such cases, she would step in to help.
Finally, there was Charles Xavier—the renowned Professor X.
He possessed the power to read minds and, as the leader of the moderate, pacifist mutant faction, firmly believed in coexistence, mutual respect, and harmonious development between mutants and humans.
He founded a school dedicated to sheltering young mutants. The school was once forced to shut down due to official resistance, but after he and Raven worked together to stop Magneto's actions, it was allowed to reopen.
Charles emerged from his earlier period of depression and began teaching every newly enrolled mutant student with renewed passion and dedication.
Seeing this, Erik Lehnsherr let out a cold chuckle.
"He's still the same as ever—his eyes see only his precious school. As for the suffering of mutants outside those walls, he turns a blind eye."
Tony Stark shrugged. "Look, I sympathize with what mutants go through. But honestly, I agree more with Charles's approach. Moderates like him are easier for people to accept. Your extremist methods—terror attacks and the like—only push humans and mutants into complete opposition."
"You understand nothing!" Erik Lehnsherr snapped coldly.
"Endless compromise earns nothing but charity. What I want is true equality."
Homelander, delighted to stir trouble, chimed in enthusiastically,
"I support you, man. If you ever need help, I can go to your world and lend a hand!"
He had noticed that among the players present—aside from himself—Iron Man, Black Widow, and Bruce Banner were clearly on the same side, while Erik Lehnsherr seemed at odds with them.
Homelander thought this might be an opportunity. If he allied with Magneto, perhaps he could even find a way to escape the Multiverse Defenders' prison.
Erik Lehnsherr merely glanced at him indifferently and ignored him altogether.
In truth, Magneto looked down on Homelander as well.
More importantly, Homelander was not someone Erik could easily control.
On the light screen, the introductory clips ended, and the answer countdown began. The players exchanged looks, none of them eager to hit the buzzer.
From a simple deduction standpoint, all four options except D were suspicious.
En Sabah Nur had been buried in Egypt—any attempt to resurrect him would logically require going there.
Professor X rarely left his school, making him an unlikely candidate.
That left the remaining three, with B seeming the most suspicious.
Ororo Munroe was Egyptian, and she wasn't a traditional "good person" like Magneto or Moira. It was plausible that, for some special reason, she might revive the first mutant in human history.
Only when the countdown was about to end did the players finally press their buttons.
This time, Magneto won the buzzer. After staring at the screen for a moment, he made his choice:
"For this question, I choose C."
He believed that after witnessing the suffering of mutantkind around the world, Raven had completely lost faith in humanity and decided to resurrect the first mutant as a means of revenge.
Tony Stark glanced at him and chose B.
Natasha Romanoff did the same.
Bruce Banner selected A.
Homelander hesitated, then decided to follow Magneto. After all, anyone could see that the quiz had now entered Magneto's future—Erik Lehnsherr's information should be the most reliable.
The correct answer was soon revealed:
[Player Erik Lehnsherr answered incorrectly and loses 4 points]
[Player Tony Stark, player Natasha Romanoff, and Homelander answered incorrectly and each lose 1 point]
[Congratulations to player Bruce Banner for answering correctly and gaining 1 point!]
The result came as a surprise to everyone—including Bruce Banner himself. He spread his hands and shook his head.
"I just picked one at random. I didn't expect to be the only one who got it right."
Tony Stark shrugged.
"Looks like your luck's turning, Bruce. Too bad you didn't win the buzzer—otherwise you'd have made a killing."
Bruce Banner laughed bitterly.
"Luck? I'm still dead last on the scoreboard."
Tony winked.
"Don't worry. We'll work together and make sure Homelander gets knocked down a peg."
On the scoreboard, Natasha Romanoff still led the pack. Tony Stark, in second place, trailed her by a full ten points—catching up quickly would be difficult.
Magneto and Homelander were tied for third and fourth, while Bruce Banner remained firmly at the bottom.
After the question, the light screen began playing the correct-answer footage.
In the video, Moira MacTaggert was wrapped head to toe in Middle Eastern attire as she arrived in Cairo.
Her goal was to investigate a local cult. Its members all bore tattoos resembling pyramids on their necks—and the object of their worship was none other than En Sabah Nur.
Moira was remarkably bold. Despite being alone, she infiltrated the cult's hideout, relying on her disguise to easily subdue the guards.
She entered a small courtyard, lifted a rug on the ground, and revealed a passage leading deep underground. As she descended, she heard countless voices chanting:
"En Sabah Nur! En Sabah Nur!"
Turning on her portable flashlight, she saw cultists kneeling in worship before a golden pyramid-shaped spire. She immediately took out her camera and photographed it.
Outside the screen, Natasha Romanoff shook her head.
"To think something buried for three thousand years was still uncovered in the end.
Three thousand years ago, ordinary people cast this mutant tyrant down from his pedestal. Three thousand years later, others worship a long-buried corpse as a god. It's hard to know what to say."
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