After dealing with Apocalypse, the four Saiyan Great Ape clones disappeared as their Ki ran out, and Adam's main body, feeling a bit weak, descended.
Releasing all the Ki in his body at once, even in his Saiyan Great Ape state, was a bit much for him.
But it didn't matter; the Saiyan Great Ape state had stronger recovery abilities, and he would fully recover in no time, plus he still had a massive amount of Chakra and magic power within him.
However, just as Adam relaxed his guard, a cold light suddenly shot up from underground at high speed, appearing behind his butt.
"Whoosh!"
His tail was instantly severed.
"Not good!"
Realizing his tail was cut, Adam's expression immediately changed, because it meant he would instantly exit his Saiyan Great Ape form, and he wouldn't be able to transform into a Saiyan Great Ape again until his tail regrew.
"Adam, Adam, I told you long ago to join my Brotherhood, but you wouldn't listen. Still, I thank you for helping me deal with that self-righteous fellow, Apocalypse."
Just as Adam's body shrank back to normal, Magneto slowly flew over with his hands behind his back.
"It really is you!"
Adam, now back in his normal human body, looked solemnly at the approaching Magneto.
The only person who could control metal silently enough to cut off his tail was the enhanced Magneto, and besides, not many people knew that he would exit his Saiyan Great Ape state if his tail was severed.
"Where are Professor Ororo and the others?"
Earlier, he had sent Storm and the others to chase Mystique and stop Magneto from controlling Earth's magnetic field. Now that only Magneto had arrived, it was clear they had failed.
"I don't like being filmed!"
Magneto waved his hand, and the cameras of more than a dozen reporters, who were hiding near the X-Jet and live-streaming, all shattered, bringing the global broadcast to an abrupt halt.
"Bring them up."
At Magneto's command, soon, Mystique and other Brotherhood of Mutants members brought Storm and the others, who were wearing special collars, before Adam.
"Don't worry, I haven't killed any of them, but the premise is that you must not resist, otherwise, all of them will die."
Magneto landed in front of Adam and said with a smile.
Adam raised an eyebrow:
"How did you subdue them in such a short time?"
"I used some weapons invented by humans, and they proved very effective. It was just your three non-Mutant friends who were a bit troublesome.
But one of them is afraid of Fire, and two are afraid of poison, so as long as I trapped them for a bit, it was easy to deal with them."
Magneto raised a hand, and more than a dozen syringes with metal needles appeared around him.
"You're actually cooperating with HYDRA?"
Adam immediately understood upon seeing this.
He could guess without even thinking that the dozen or so syringes with metal needles must contain a serum that could temporarily incapacitate Mutants.
And the collars Storm and the others were wearing around their necks were probably also collars that suppressed Mutant abilities.
So, after Storm and the others gave chase, they must have fallen into Magneto's ambush, their bodies hit by the syringes, instantly turning them into ordinary people and robbing them of their ability to resist.
As for the origin of those serums and collars, it couldn't be S.H.I.E.L.D., so it naturally came from HYDRA.
This included the weaknesses of Peter, Venom, and Jessica that were revealed earlier, which were likely also provided by HYDRA. They had previously fought the Hydra Stomper, and the battle process was probably transmitted synchronously to the HYDRA Base by the Hydra Stomper.
"No, Adam, you're wrong. It's not cooperation; it's merely utilization.
Once I deal with you and Black Captain Marvel, I will also destroy all of HYDRA. In the end, only Mutants will survive on the entire Earth.
Of course, if you, Adam, don't resist or try to escape now, I can allow your family and friends to live as well."
Magneto's face was full of sincerity.
Although Adam had reverted from Saiyan Great Ape to human, Adam in human form was still not weak.
In his opinion, after fighting Apocalypse, Adam's condition must not be good. If he went all out, he could definitely take down Adam.
However, he was afraid that Adam would escape. If Adam was determined to flee, he wouldn't be able to stop him.
Once Adam's strength recovered, he would definitely become a huge problem in the future.
So, he could only threaten Adam with his teachers, classmates, and friends while also appeasing him, to make him voluntarily give up resistance, ensuring a foolproof plan.
"You need to think carefully. Your current condition isn't good, and you have no chance of winning. Moreover, if you escape, I guarantee not a single one of them will survive."
Metal blades flew up and hovered at the back of Storm and the others' heads.
Adam feigned a sigh:
"Alright, I agree."
He had just exited his Saiyan Great Ape form and was indeed a bit weak. He wasn't confident in fighting now.
It was better to wait and see, ideally until the Goku template ended, at which point he could load the Naruto template and then try to deal with Magneto.
"Good, then stay there and don't move, and don't resist."
Magneto's mind moved, and a syringe quickly flew in front of Adam, injecting the serum inside into Adam's body.
To be safe, while injecting the serum, he also had Mystique come forward and put a power-inhibiting collar and handcuffs on Adam.
"Adam, as long as you behave yourself, everything I promised you will not change afterward."
Watching Adam truly not resist as Mystique led him back, Magneto's face broke into a wide smile.
With the most troublesome Adam dealt with, next was Black Captain Marvel. Once Black Captain Marvel was dealt with, no one in this World could stop him.
"Charles is not in the plane."
A moment later, Mystique replied after emerging from the X-Jet.
Magneto was not surprised by this, only smiling:
"If he's not there, he's not there. Before the consciousness transfer, I injected a serum into his body. He's just an ordinary person now and won't recover his abilities for at least a week.
In a week, I will have already made human civilization regress to the Bronze Age. I believe by then, he will have no choice but to accept it."
"It seems Night Walker saw the unfavorable situation and took Professor to hide first."
Adam, who was with Storm and the others behind, immediately guessed what was happening upon hearing this.
Night Walker's mission was to rescue Professor and then protect Professor inside the X-Jet. Seeing the situation outside, to avoid being caught by Magneto, he must have teleported Professor to a relatively safe place.
"Adam, it's all our carelessness that implicated you."
Ororo looked at Adam, who was also wearing a collar, and couldn't help but sigh. The other Mutants also looked full of self-reproach.
If it weren't to save their lives, Adam would not have been caught at all.
"It's alright, don't worry. Until the very end, who the winner is, is still not certain!"
Adam blinked upon hearing this, revealing a comforting expression.
He was not a Mutant, so the serum, collar, and handcuffs naturally had no effect on him.
He didn't resist to relax Magneto's guard, buy time, and watch the tigers fight from the mountain.