Jason's attitude towards mutants is a bit complicated, because mutants are not vampires and they should not be the mortal enemies of humans.
In fact, there are no completely irreconcilable conflicts between normal people and mutants, especially as Jason still remembers that this was mentioned in the plot he had watched before.
In fact, most people have the X gene in their bodies, but some people will never activate this gene in their lifetime. Instead, it will remain latent, making them ordinary people all their lives.
However, the X gene is hereditary, which means there is a high probability that mutant children will appear among their offspring.
This creates a paradox. If a guy who is firmly opposed to mutants is actually a mutant himself, but has not yet caused the mutation, then how should this person be considered?
What if he suddenly mutated himself? Or his child suddenly became a mutant? Would he still insist that all mutants are evil?
Jason didn't know what these people were thinking, but the complexity of human nature was impossible to explore. Even if there really was an omniscient and omnipotent God in this world, he probably couldn't really understand the most complex things in human nature.
For example, the mutant Hale we saw that day, he mutated. He could not choose whether to mutate on his own, he could only passively accept it.
But this undoubtedly brought him more troubles. Even though he became a mutant, he still hated mutants, or rather, hated this ability.
It cost Hale his job, his family, and ultimately his life.
Through the police files, Jason learned that Hale had another child. He didn't know what would happen to the child in the future. Although his father did not do it unintentionally, he did kill someone.
I'm afraid the crime of being a mutant murderer will always be borne by his father.
For some reason, Jason brought a box of Captain America toys to this neighborhood, which is on the edge of Queens, close to Brooklyn.
The houses here look relatively old, but the community seems very clean. This may be because the residents here are not rich but very self-disciplined.
Hale's home is here, a small bungalow, and Hale's children are temporarily living here and being taken care of by community volunteers for a few days.
After a period of time, when all formalities are completed, the child should be transferred to an orphanage, and the property will be reclaimed by the government due to overdue property taxes.
The gift Jason brought was a box of high-end Captain America soldier dolls, worth more than four hundred US dollars. Even when Hale was still working, he was reluctant to spend so much money to buy such high-end toys for his children.
When Jason knocked on Hale's door, a middle-aged woman who looked very kind opened the door. "Who are you?"
The woman did not know Jason. As a social worker in the community, she had met all the more than 200 residents in the community.
"I'm sorry to bother you. I heard about what happened to Hale, but the child is innocent. I came here just to show some goodwill." Jason pointed to the gift in his hand and stated his purpose.
"You are such a kind person." The middle-aged woman's tone was full of emotion. "Since the incident with Hale, no one has come to see poor little Cain."
"Hale is a kind man. He was originally a skilled mechanic. Even if he is really a mutant, I don't believe he would really kill anyone. There must be some misunderstanding here." The middle-aged woman opened the door and let Jason in.
"No one comes to see poor little Cain now. The child is innocent. It's not good for everyone to do this." Under the guidance of the middle-aged woman, Jason came to Cain's room.
In fact, all the furnishings in this house are very simple, and it can be seen that the life of the father and son was not very good before.
Only Cain's room looked somewhat decorated, with yellow stars and moons printed on the blue wallpaper. It should have been a very cozy room.
But the owner of the room seemed very unhappy. Jason saw a thin little boy standing at the window of his room looking out.
The information shows that the little boy should be thirteen years old, and he will be fourteen years old by the end of this year.
But he looked much thinner than his peers, probably only about eleven or twelve years old, with his black hair drooping listlessly on his head.
There was none of the liveliness and alertness that a child of this age should have in his brown eyes.
He heard the door open and just stared at Jason as he walked in, with no expression on his face.
"Honey, someone is here to see you." The middle-aged woman looked at Cain's appearance, with a distressed tone in her voice.
"Are you here to blame my father too? Are you here to laugh at me too! Am I the child of a murderer?" Cain's sudden rage came very suddenly.
This sudden outburst scared Jason and the middle-aged woman.
Jason was quite tall. He quickly walked in front of Cain, half squatted down and spoke to Cain at eye level.
"Your father is not a murderer, I promise. He didn't do it on purpose, believe me, I was there."
As Jason spoke, he quietly placed his hand on Cain's shoulder, and a small amount of moderate and peaceful internal energy circulated in Cain's body. Ever since the last battle with the Hand, Jason discovered that his internal energy had the effect of calming his mood.
The internal energy flowed through Cain's body, and after a while he looked a little better, without that scary anger.
Just now even his facial features were distorted. This kind of emotion is not conducive to the growth of a child.
"Your father is a good man. He doesn't want to hurt anyone. He just wants to buy you toys. He doesn't want to hurt anyone." Jason continued after watching Cain calm down.
"Then why did the police shoot him to death!" Cain didn't seem to know about Hale's death. He thought the police shot his father, and tears welled up in his eyes.
"Everything is an accident, Cain. Everything is an accident." Jason felt a little sorry for the little boy, and he explained.
"Your father hurt someone unintentionally, and he felt guilty, even if it was an accident. But he chose to take responsibility for his mistake."
"This is the toy your father bought for you, see. He paid for it at the time, but unfortunately he never had the chance to give it to you in person."
"But I was there at the time, and I brought it. Now I'm giving it to you. This is a box of Captain America's soldiers. I think it must be because your father hopes that you can be as strong as Captain America."
After Jason said this, he took out the box of high-end toys he had bought and handed it to Cain.
"Do you like Captain America?" Cain nodded.
"Then can you follow the example of your idol? Be strong and optimistic, and never be defeated even in the face of great setbacks and difficulties."
"Captain Steve Rogers and his team were trapped in the snow for a week without food or water, but they held on and beat the hell out of those Nazis."
"Can you be as strong as Captain America?" Jason asked, looking at Cain.
Cain nodded. "My grandfather was also a soldier. He said that he once fought side by side with Captain America. Together they broke through the Nazi nest in Sweden."
"Then you should have the blood of heroes flowing in your veins. You should learn from your grandfather, who must have encountered many difficulties during the war."
"Cain, your life is a little difficult right now, but everything will be fine. Promise me that you will be a hero in your life, okay?" Jason talked to Cain in an equal manner.
"Like Spider-Man?" Cain finally smiled.
"Yes, like Spider-Man." Jason made a high-five gesture, and Cain stretched out his little hand and clapped it with Jason.
When Jason and Cain chatted for a while and were about to leave, Cain stopped him.
"Thank you Jason. Even though I know you are lying to me and my dad can't afford such an expensive toy, I am still very grateful to you. This way I can invite Ruel to play with me next time."
Jason smiled and did not feel embarrassed about his lie being exposed. Instead, he asked with a smile, "Is Ruel your partner?"
"Yes, his grandfather was a comrade-in-arms with my grandfather, and they both kicked the Nazis' butts hard." Cain made a kicking gesture, which made Jason laugh.
"So you can come to Ruhl's house next time?"
"Maybe we will go to the same orphanage. Ruel's father also died when he was out of town a few days ago." Cain's words were a little sad.
"Because he also mutated into a mutant two years ago, but he was able to control his abilities, so he still had a job. But this time when he was on a business trip out of town, his mutant abilities went out of control, and he was shot dead by the police."
But this sentence made Jason's heart jump. He seemed to have grasped something, but he didn't seem to understand it very well.
One day after he left Cain's house, all the procedures regarding Cain had been completed and he would be transferred to an orphanage for upbringing.
When the nun in the orphanage was about to take Cain away, Cain suddenly stopped and told the nun that he hadn't taken an important toy yet. The nun had no choice but to let him go home and get it first.
Cain came to the garage behind the house. There was a storage room, which was used to store sundries at home. He climbed down the stairs skillfully.
He found what he was looking for in a box in the corner, which was tightly wrapped in black cloth. Cain opened the black cloth to check if the item was intact and took it out.
From the part exposed from the black cloth, one could see that it was a green demon mask with a metallic hue. Cain held the mask and smiled, then wrapped it up again.
As the nun leaves the home where she has lived for more than ten years, Cain will also start his new life.
Meanwhile, in the Nightwalker's base, Jason was asking hacker Zack to look for something according to his own ideas.
Maybe all this is speculation, maybe I'm just overthinking.
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