"Uh... guys, listen to me! I'm genuinely the victim, Logan, you know that! That little dance routine you just put on, if that Deadpool didn't have regeneration, you'd be a murderer right now!" Kurohane glared at the recovering Deadpool who was still feigning incapacitation, his emotions bubbling, almost boiling over. He immediately shot the smaller Deadpool, the one who had just been shot, making this world's version of Deadpool jump in surprise.
"See?" Kurohane pointed at the now silent Deadpool, a thin wisp of smoke curling from the hole in his mask. "This is just a joke between close friends, besides, I really can't stand this loudmouth!"
Wolverine understood instantly. With a sharp motion, he retracted his claws, stepped forward, and shook Kurohane's hand. Kurohane immediately embraced him, whispering something in his ear, his voice low and urgent: "Someone's going to trick you later, Logan. Don't trust anyone!"
Wolverine stared at Kurohane, bewildered, his brows deeply furrowed. Could it be... those two 'idiots' in red suits? he wondered silently, the familiar quiet of a telepath.
"You're not wrong, I'm talking about those two idiots over there. No truth comes out of their mouths!" Kurohane replied, his voice directly echoing in Logan's head, as if Wolverine's own thoughts were speaking.
Wolverine was utterly astonished. "You can talk directly in my head? Don't tell me, you're Charles?!" he telepathically retorted, accustomed to this form of communication with Professor X in his old world.
"I'm not Charles," Kurohane shot back, a proud note in his tone. "But I've met the Professor when he was young, the type who still had hair! If I hadn't saved him, I doubt he'd be walking now!"
Honestly, what Kurohane had just said, if not for a true X-Men fan, Logan wouldn't have fully understood. Whether it was the analogy about "Huskies tearing down houses" or "Honey Badgers never backing down from a fight," Logan's "Wolverine-level" brain was never particularly flexible in comprehending complex matters.
While Kurohane began to bond with Wolverine, the two Deadpools were already exchanging blows. Their reason for fighting? They were arguing about who made the Deadpool movie so successful. Oddly, their answers were consistent: both claimed to be Deadpool. The only difference was, who was the original Deadpool!
It started as mere bickering, then escalated into fisticuffs, and finally devolved into an unbounded encyclopedia of combat. Four katanas swung back and forth, with no sound of metal clashing at all—because both of them had no intention of defending, only striking to kill. They also weren't afraid of dying, so there was no thought of parrying the opponent's blade! The sand was now red with the blood spilling from the two Deadpools. If Kurohane and Wolverine weren't standing far away, their heads and faces would surely have been splattered with blood too!
"Hey, if we keep attacking each other, we're going to lose!"
Just as the two Deadpools were fighting fiercely, a seemingly "righteous" voice emerged. The four people standing on the ground simultaneously looked up at the sky, only to see a handsome blonde man in tattered robes standing high atop a street sign. Then he leaped down, performing a standard superhero landing!
"Hey! You fool, look?! That's the inspiring superhero, the famous superstar!" shouted one Deadpool.
"What do you know? There are people who look like Captain America, but are actually Human Torch!" the other Deadpool retorted.
"Damn it! It's the same actor, he's Captain America, he's definitely going to shout that slogan!"
"Then I'm Green Lantern, I'll come kill you when I find the ring!"
"Green Lantern? Sounds powerful, you must be in the Justice League, right?!"
"That's DC, they don't know a good thing when they see it, what do you know?!"
The Human Torch didn't expect that his meticulously prepared entrance would be completely ignored. The two identically dressed people continued to argue non-stop, without even sparing him a glance. As for the other two who remained silent, they also didn't look normal. One wore a yellowish uniform, looking like an ancient superhero. The other wore black combat gear, more like an agent than a superhero.
"They're here!" the Human Torch yelled, though no one paid him any mind. He pointed in a certain direction, and a group of Mutant villains appeared in a convoy of strange vehicles. Honestly, Deadpool's comment was spot-on; if Kurohane hadn't repeatedly confirmed, he too would have thought this was a Mad Max film set. They probably should be paying copyright fees! Kurohane hadn't noticed while watching the movie, but now that he was on the scene, he realized that the car the Mutant Toad was riding in was the Fantastic Four's exclusive maglev vehicle from the comics! A small touch from the screenwriter, thumbs up!
In short, this group of people surrounded Kurohane and the other five, seemingly preparing to take them all away. The two Deadpools finally stopped at this point, but Kurohane could no longer distinguish who was Deadpool and who was the fool. Ah, he could distinguish: the one with a bullet hole in his mask, that was the fool!
Immediately after, Human Torch showed off his superpower, flying into the sky with fire engulfing his entire body. He launched a fire attack on the Fireman below, and then the Fireman absorbed all the fire from his body. When he fell from the sky, he was hit hard in the groin by a steel frame, and then crashed heavily to the ground.
Kurohane felt a pang in his groin seeing that familiar face, although he knew the Human Torch had a special physique. This kind of impact was nothing to him, and he would soon be full of energy again, but it looked incredibly painful!
Kurohane shook his head, a faint smile on his lips. "Captain, you're really working hard, even if your salary is high, your sacrifice is too great! They're planning to return your money!"
"We don't know this guy!" Wolverine emphatically disclaimed any association, and also disclaimed any association with the two Deadpools.
"I don't recognize those two in red tights either!" Kurohane chimed in.
"Yeah, we're not involved!" one of the Deadpools chimed in.
Kurohane firmly stood with Wolverine, but forgot that someone was naturally incompatible with Wolverine! Sabretooth from the old X-Men version leaped out of a car, his ten fingernails becoming thick and long, and he pointed at Wolverine, saying, "You don't know them, but I know you!"
Kurohane saw that this was another destined duel, so he slapped Logan hard on the shoulder. "Your brother, even if it's an old version, the old version of Wolverine was also played by you. You know, there might be many versions of Wolverine in this world, but you're still my favorite Wolverine!"
"Shut up!" Logan realized he was wrong at this moment. This seemingly normal person was actually also an idiot. They were about to fight for their lives, why was he rambling like this?! By the way, what did this person, Kurohane, mean?