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The Alkali-Transigen arrived faster than expected.
The black security guard had just finished his call, and in less than five minutes, Caliban suddenly looked in a certain direction and said, "Mutants are approaching."
"They arrived quite quickly."
Kevin stood up from his seat and walked a few steps forward to look into the distance.
In the dark night, the lights of the convoy were particularly conspicuous; from a distance, one could easily spot the target.
Kevin stood in front of Caliban, tilted his head slightly, and said to him, "By the way, I think you must be curious about my abilities."
"To be honest, not that curious, but... well, I am indeed curious about your abilities."
Under Kevin's gaze, Caliban wisely chose to answer Kevin's question.
If that could be considered a question.
In Caliban's perception, he couldn't sense Kevin's mutant identity, nor could he know what Kevin's abilities truly were.
From the previous experience at the reservoir, Kevin's abilities seemed to be related to the human body, perhaps capable of destroying the human brain or other organs.
Caliban had seen many mutants and knew that many mutant abilities could cause similar damage, perhaps telepathy or some form of psionic power.
But judging by Kevin's physical condition when he ran with him earlier, Caliban was more inclined to believe Kevin was a physical mutant, at most having mastered some long-range abilities extended from his body.
Caliban had thought so originally.
But now, looking at Kevin, he felt that the reality seemed to be different from what he had imagined.
"Then let me show you, and conveniently... there's a lot of water underground here."
Leaving the wilderness and arriving at the outskirts near the city, Kevin could sense underground water flowing deep beneath the surface.
He could finally display his true power in this world.
Hmm... a portion of his true power.
"Water?"
Caliban didn't understand why Kevin mentioned water; he was about to ask, but the vibrations from the ground made him close his mouth again.
Under the night sky, which had already fallen into darkness, making the ground indiscernible, streams of water, like dragons turning over underground, broke through the earth and soared into the sky.
Kevin stood there, spreading his arms as if to embrace someone, palms upward, controlling the water dragons that flew into the sky to circle overhead.
Caliban, who had grabbed the edge of a car door due to the vibrations caused by the water dragons erupting from the ground, took off his windproof sunglasses and stared blankly at the scene.
At this moment, he finally understood why Kevin had mentioned water.
It turned out Kevin could control water!
Just like Magneto, who once controlled metal!
The water dragons ascended, then crashed down violently, the raging water overturning the convoy before it even arrived.
A giant Water Ball floated in the sky, and the vehicles of the convoy rotated within the Water Ball with the water's vortex.
The icy underground water mercilessly permeated every corner of the convoy; the security personnel inside didn't even have a chance to react before they were completely submerged by the water.
They had no idea what was happening; perhaps some of them realized something was wrong, but under the impact of the water flow, which was like a natural disaster, they had no chance to fight back.
Under Caliban's gaze, these Alkali-Transigen security members drowned in their vehicles without even seeing Kevin's figure.
Looking at the cars spinning in the Water Ball, Caliban was somewhat lost in thought.
He now understood the source of Kevin's confidence in facing the Alkali-Transigen.
With such powerful abilities, he indeed had the confidence to disregard the Alkali-Transigen.
After Kevin's 'water wash,' there was virtually no one left alive in the convoy.
The reason it was 'virtually' was because after the cars fell out of the Water Ball and landed on the ground, a sturdy figure emerged from what seemed to be an armored vehicle carrying something.
The figure was tall, and his hairstyle looked somewhat familiar to Caliban.
When the figure was revealed under the lights, Caliban's eyes widened.
"Logan!?"
Caliban instinctively called out the person's name, but then he realized something was wrong:
"No... this isn't Logan..."
Logan wasn't that young, nor were his abilities that powerful.
The current Logan was extremely weak; sometimes, if Caliban didn't sense carefully, he couldn't even perceive Logan's presence through his mutant detection.
But this person in front of him, his presence was so obvious in Caliban's eyes.
Like an oil lamp in the dark night, particularly striking.
"He is X24."
Kevin told Caliban the identity of this mutant.
"X24?"
"Laura is X23, he is X24; they are from the same batch of 'products,' but compared to Laura, he is more like a machine."
X24 had no self-awareness; the Alkali-Transigen would not allow him to develop self-awareness.
He was merely a robot that followed orders; without instructions, he wouldn't even know what to do and would just stand still, waiting for commands.
A robot made of flesh and blood—that was Kevin's assessment of him.
"Ahhhhhh ah!!!"
As soon as X24 emerged from the armored vehicle, the previous command given to him by the Alkali-Transigen drove him to roar and charge towards Kevin.
Eliminating all enemies of the Alkali-Transigen was the instruction given to X24 by these employees.
And now, Kevin was his enemy.
Seeing the young 'Wolverine' extend his Adamantium claws and charge this way, Caliban instinctively took a step back.
Having known Wolverine for so long, he clearly knew how ferocious Wolverine was in his youth.
To say so might be a bit inappropriate, as Wolverine was already quite old even before this.
It should be said that Caliban knew how ferocious Wolverine was in his prime—a ruthless character who would disregard his own life when killing.
Even though Kevin had already displayed considerable strength in front of Caliban, Caliban couldn't help but worry whether Kevin was a match for this young Wolverine.
But soon, Caliban realized his worries were a bit excessive.
X24, charging towards Kevin, seemed to come with great momentum.
But when he ran in front of Kevin, Kevin simply opened his hand slightly, and X24 was frozen in mid-air, unable to move.
"What!?"
This bizarre scene made Caliban gasp again; for a moment, he couldn't understand how Kevin had done it.
If Kevin's ability was like Magneto's, controlling metal, then controlling the Adamantium within X24's body to freeze him in mid-air would be understandable.
But wasn't Kevin's ability controlling water?
"The human body is 78 percent water, including blood; I'm just controlling him by controlling the blood inside his body."
Kevin casually explained to Caliban.
Kevin was quite skilled at using the technique of controlling blood to immobilize people, but solidifying a person's blood to achieve this would cause harm to the human body.
Because as blood solidifies, blood circulation stops, and the heart also stops beating; ordinary people would fall into death within a mere ten-odd seconds, and even Wolverine's clone, he's probably in great discomfort now and will fall into a state of suspended animation before long.
Sure enough, after about ten seconds, X24's vital signs gradually faded.
Kevin released his control, and X24 fell from the air to the ground, unable to get up again.
His self-healing ability was not strong; if his heart stopped beating for a period, he would completely lose consciousness.
This was only because he was Wolverine's clone; if it were any other mutant, he would be utterly dead by now.
X24 lay peacefully on the ground, and Kevin nudged him with his foot.
Caliban cautiously walked over and asked, "Is he dead?"
"Not that easy to die; he's only in suspended animation now, and he'll be able to revive once the Alkali-Transigen injects him with the mutant serum."
"So what now? Kill him?"
"Killing him would be a bit too much of a waste..."
Kevin stroked his chin.
He hadn't thought about killing X24; such a killing machine, if modified well, could become an aid to Logan and the others.
Moreover, the Adamantium inside X24 also had great research value, regardless of whether this alloy was genuine or fake.
If X24 truly became uncontrollable, Kevin would then find a way to kill him and take his body back to the The Boys world to thoroughly study Adamantium.
Kevin and Caliban were still pondering when a voice suddenly came from behind them:
"So you two aren't eating dinner late at night just to come here and deal with... WTF, what the hell is this?!"
The voice's initial words were calm, but as he walked closer to Kevin and saw the guy lying at Kevin's feet, he immediately burst out a curse.
It was Logan who had come to find Kevin and Caliban.
Because it was dinner time, Logan had called the two back to eat, but when he went out, he found they weren't in the car.
He briefly used his still-un-degenerated sense of smell to track their scent here, and then he saw a guy on the ground who looked exactly like himself.
Seeing a younger version of himself lying on the ground firsthand was an uncomfortable experience for anyone.
The same was true for Logan.
Kevin looked at Logan approaching, a mischievous smile on his face, and said mysteriously, "This is your son."
Logan: "!?"
"That's right, just like Laura, he's a clone cultivated from your genes, so strictly speaking, well, he's your son... No, can we say brother instead?"
"...Don't disgust me. Quickly deal with this thing, then take Charles and leave here."
Kevin's words distorted Logan's expression.
He could accept Laura's existence, but he couldn't accept X24, who looked exactly like him.
Seeing Logan's expression, as if he had swallowed a fly, Kevin smiled even more happily.
He kicked X24 on the ground again:
"Don't worry, Caliban and I will guard the surroundings to ensure no one from the Alkali-Transigen comes to bother you. You, Charles, and Laura can just enjoy the current peace."
"What nonsense are you talking about? You mean we should comfortably stay here and bring trouble to these innocent passers-by? Watch them get beaten to death?"
Logan had similar experiences before.
That was when he had just gotten his Adamantium claws and escaped from Stryker.
While on the run, he was taken in by a kind couple; they gave him clothes and kept him for dinner.
In the end, however, they were killed by the pursuers sent by Stryker.
Logan didn't want a similar experience to happen, so today, when Charles wanted to stay here, Logan really wanted to refuse, but he couldn't resist Charles's plea.
If they hadn't found people from the Alkali-Transigen, Logan might have continued to stay here and spend a night with Charles.
But there was no 'if.'
People from the Alkali-Transigen had already found this place; they could face a horde of pursuers at any time, and this farmer's home would be in danger at any moment.
So they had to leave.
Before a greater tragedy occurred.
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