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The process of finding Wolverine was not smooth.
Just as Caliban said, his ability had deteriorated to a certain extent; he, who could originally precisely pinpoint the location of any Mutant, now only had a general direction.
And sometimes he would even lose track of Wolverine.
Additionally, Wolverine and his companions still believed that Caliban was dead, and people from Alkali-Transigen were chasing them, so his phone was turned off, and Caliban couldn't contact him by phone.
Currently, Caliban could only rely on his faint perception of Wolverine and his group to track them.
Fortunately, there were three Mutants on Wolverine's side, making it relatively easy for Caliban to find them.
"If we continue along this highway, we should be able to find them. Their destination seems to have remained unchanged since they reached this point."
As night fell, after refueling and getting on the highway, Caliban pointed to the highway ahead and said to Kevin.
Kevin glanced at the already tired Caliban and asked, "Do you want to rest for a bit?"
This guy was also an old man, and his body was not what it used to be. The high-intensity use of his ability made his body tremble slightly.
Kevin was not someone who enjoyed tormenting people, so seeing Caliban looking like he couldn't hold on much longer, he thought about letting him rest for a while, lest he suddenly die in his car.
"What if they change their route midway? If we get too far apart then, I really won't be able to continue tracking them."
Caliban was worried about losing track of Wolverine and his companions.
Because based on Kevin's description, he could confirm that Wolverine and the others had been caught in enormous trouble.
They needed help, not help from someone like Caliban, but from Kevin, whose abilities clearly seemed very powerful.
So, even though his body was feeling extremely uncomfortable, Caliban still persisted in using his ability to track Wolverine and the others.
Kevin looked at his slightly trembling body, took out the map he had just bought at the gas station, pointed to a large city on it, and asked, "The largest city along this road is Oklahoma City, right?"
"Yes."
"Is the largest casino in the entire state of Oklahoma also here?"
"I don't know about that, but there are indeed a few casinos there… Do you think they would go there?"
"Let's try it. It doesn't cost anything anyway, so you can rest until I reach the destination. I'll figure out a way to find them."
Kevin put down the map and started the navigation to Oklahoma.
Although Kevin had watched the movie Wolverine 3 a long time ago, Kevin vaguely remembered that in the plot, Wolverine had once taken Laura to seek refuge near a casino.
The reason he remembered this so vividly was because Kevin had commented at the time, wondering if it was really okay to let a little girl go to a casino.
This then led to a highly debatable question: did the actress playing the little girl Laura actually go to a casino during filming?
It was precisely because of this that Kevin remembered this plot so clearly.
Wolverine and his companions would pass through a casino midway; this was something Kevin remembered, and so, as long as he searched all the nearby casinos before tomorrow night, he should be able to find them.
Perhaps Kevin's confident attitude infected Caliban.
Caliban also couldn't resist and reclined the passenger seat, saying, "Alright, then I'll rest for a bit. Call me when we arrive… Getting old just makes you sleepy…"
He mumbled, then whispered a few more inaudible words, and then there was no sound.
He had actually fallen asleep directly.
"Sigh."
Looking at Caliban like this, Kevin sighed.
Thinking about the old Caliban, he was at least a figure in the underground world.
Because of his ability to find Mutants, he had gathered many Mutants around him, conducting Mutant-related transactions underground.
Even when Apocalypse appeared, he would first seek him out to find the Mutants Apocalypse wanted to find.
But now, he could only curl up and sleep in the car.
In fact, if Kevin hadn't appeared, he probably wouldn't even have the luxury of sleeping here; he would just lie in a cold car, eventually perishing with his enemies.
Caliban was like this, and Professor X and Wolverine were the same.
The dignified Professor X actually suffered from Alzheimer's, the world's greatest mind afflicted with a disease where he couldn't remember anyone.
Wolverine had also grown old, sometimes his adamantium claws wouldn't even extend, and what was once a passive healing ability now required active use.
This was the twilight of heroes.
As Kevin thought of them, he couldn't help but think of Alkali-Transigen and his own Vought.
In fact, what Kevin was going to do next in the The Boys world was similar to what Alkali-Transigen did.
First, by analyzing Compound V, he would deduce a gene agent that could eliminate Compound V from the blood, and then promote these agents worldwide, allowing Supes to gradually lose their Superpowers.
Finally, only a limited number of Supes would be retained to work for Kevin, becoming Superheroes who 'guard' the The Boys world.
This was Kevin's plan, and before this, he hadn't thought there was anything wrong with it.
But now, coming to Wolverine's world and seeing the aging heroes, Kevin felt… that his actions seemed no different from Alkali-Transigen's.
Kevin pondered this heavy topic, his thoughts gradually drifting.
He was so lost in thought that he almost missed the highway exit.
Temporarily putting the problems of the The Boys world aside, Kevin opened the map navigation to find the casinos nearby.
But to Kevin's great surprise, there was more than one casino in this city.
This made Kevin couldn't help but rub his forehead.
"Looks like I'll be busy tonight."
...
Caliban had a more comfortable sleep this time.
Mainly because the mysterious Mutant didn't wake him up all night.
But when he woke up, he found himself no longer in the car, but inside a hotel room.
Sitting up from the bed, he turned his head to look at the window, which was completely covered by curtains.
Faint sunlight passed through the gaps between the curtains, falling on the patterned carpet. Judging by the sunlight, it was already morning of the next day, but he didn't know where he was.
"Oh, you're awake?"
Just as Caliban made this judgment, he heard the Mutant's voice coming from the bathroom.
He looked up and saw Kevin poking his head out of the bathroom with a toothbrush, saying to him, "I saw you were sleeping too soundly, so I didn't wake you up. This is the Harrah Casino in Oklahoma City. Later, you can help me sense if Wolverine and his companions are here.
"I searched all night yesterday, and no one at the other two casinos had seen an old man in a wheelchair. Now, only this place is left. If they're not here either, then we might have to look elsewhere."
"You didn't sleep all night?"
"Is there a problem?"
"No, I was just thinking how good it is to be young."
Caliban said with a slight sigh.
The older he got, the more exhausted his body felt. Kevin hadn't slept all night and was refreshed, while Caliban had slept all night but still felt aches and pains.
It was at this moment that Caliban truly felt that he was old.
However, Caliban only sighed. He said nothing more, but closed his eyes to sense the Mutants nearby.
After a while, Caliban opened his eyes and smiled, saying, "Your luck is really good; they are indeed here."
"Oh? Which floor?"
Caliban looked up.
"Probably… three or four floors above here?"
The closer the Mutant was, the more accurate Caliban's ability to sense them became. Now, he could pinpoint Wolverine and his companions' approximate location, not just a general direction.
However, after speaking, Caliban frowned again and said, "But there seem to be only two Mutants upstairs… Wolverine doesn't seem to be here."
"He probably went out to buy food. It's almost noon now."
Kevin replied casually, walking out of the bathroom with his jacket. "I'll go upstairs to check. If you want to eat something, go to the restaurant downstairs. If you don't want to go out, call room service. I'll come back for you after I find Wolverine and his companions."
"Okay, I also happen to—"
Caliban was about to speak, probably something like 'I'm hungry too.'
But suddenly, he froze on the bed, his body motionless, his movements stiff as if time had been paused.
Kevin looked at him, meeting Caliban's eyes.
His eyes moved slightly, proving that he still had consciousness at this moment, but he couldn't control his body.
"…Professor X is having an episode?"
Kevin asked Caliban an obvious rhetorical question. Caliban, already immobilized by Professor X's ability, could only roll his eyes, which was his way of answering the question.
Ever since Professor X contracted Alzheimer's, his abilities would occasionally go out of control if not suppressed by medication.
In an uncontrolled state, he would indiscriminately attack everything around him with his abilities.
Forcing the opponent to freeze in place and endure the invasion of his thought storm.
The reason Kevin was immune was because ever since he learned that this world was the X-Men world, he worried that Professor X would read his thoughts, so he had always used defensive magic patterns to reinforce his mental defenses.
Professor X, whose abilities had deteriorated to such an extent, his thought storm would not affect Kevin.
But apart from Kevin, everyone in this casino right now was probably already immobilized by Professor X's ability.
If this matter wasn't resolved quickly, by the time Professor X recovered, it was likely that everyone in this casino, except Kevin, Wolverine, and X23, would be killed by Professor X.
The situation was urgent, with no time for too many words. Kevin quickly left the room and ran upstairs.
Originally, Caliban said that Professor X's location was on the third or fourth floor upstairs, and Kevin wasn't sure how to find Professor X.
Now that Professor X was having an episode, with the help of Deep Sea Heart, Kevin could vaguely sense the source of the psychic ability.
Following the source of the ability, Kevin could pinpoint Professor X's location.
Counting up three floors from Kevin's current floor, that was Professor X's floor.
Confirming the location, Kevin ran upstairs without stopping, and when he saw Wolverine struggling to move towards a certain room in the hallway of the target floor, Kevin confirmed that his sensing was correct.
Without greeting Wolverine, Kevin jogged all the way to the door of a certain room, in the other party's shocked eyes.
The door was locked, and Kevin had no leisure to unlock it. He kicked the door open.
Behind the door, the figure of Professor X, sitting in a wheelchair, appeared before Kevin.
Also appearing in Kevin's eyes was the little girl next to Professor X, holding an injection needle and lying on the ground.
She was X23, Laura Kinney.
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