Wanda squatted down, hugged Jean's small body, gently stroked her hair, and comforted her in a soft voice:
"Jean, this isn't entirely your fault. The power inside you is very strong, but also very terrifying..."
"I can sense its violent aura. That is a power far harder to control than my Chaos Magic. It's already amazing that you've managed to control it until now without causing even greater destruction and casualties!"
You might be able to endure harsh words that wound.
But the sharp arrow of gentleness leaves you unable to defend yourself.
In Wanda's gentleness, Jean instantly broke down, hugging Wanda and crying bitterly.
"But I killed Professor Charles who always helped me, I killed Scott who encouraged me, I killed Sister Ororo, I killed everyone who loved me. My existence is a mistake. I want to save them, I want to undo all these mistakes..."
Looking at Jean, who was crying so hard she was unrecognizable, Ryan's gaze was indifferent as he raised his left hand and looked at it: "So your purpose in following me was actually to get the Infinity Stones in my hands?"
Jean wiped away her tears and nodded heavily: "Yes, our Universe doesn't have such a thing as Infinity Stones, or perhaps our Earth doesn't. In short, I've never heard of them."
"But when I came to the previous Universe because of that sorcerer's magic, I heard about the incredible existence of the Infinity Stones. The Avengers used them to revive half of all life in their own Universe."
"So I thought I could also use them to revive Professor Charles and the others in my own Universe. But after investigating, I found out that the Infinity Stones of that Universe had already been destroyed by someone called Thanos."
"And then you happened to come to that Universe as well, so I set my sights on the six ready-made Infinity Stones in your hands, wanting to find a chance to get them..."
"But..."
Ryan took over the conversation: "But you didn't expect me to easily discover you, this stowaway little mouse, and catch you out?"
Unexpectedly, Jean shook her head: "No, I hid with all my might. Even you wouldn't easily discover me! I just didn't expect that you would start doing bad things as soon as you came back, which disrupted my state of mind and created a flaw in my concealment!"
Hearing this, both Ryan and Wanda became somewhat embarrassed.
"Ahem, what kind of nonsense are you talking about, kid!" Ryan gave a couple of light coughs.
"Jean, peeping is wrong to begin with, let alone things like this!" Wanda covered Jean's mouth in embarrassment.
Jean pried open Wanda's hand and said with dissatisfaction: "I've already said, I'm not a child, I'm nineteen years old!"
Ryan glanced at Jean's 'plain and unremarkable' figure and pursed his lips: "Then your development is really slow~"
Now it was Jean's turn to be embarrassed: "I... I'm like this because of malnutrition. Ever since the X-Academy was destroyed and I started wandering, I've been living a life of one full meal followed by two hungry ones..."
"My parents refused to take me in and looked at me as if I were a monster. Outside, there are wanted posters of me everywhere; I can't even pick up odd jobs. To be honest, most of the time when I manage a full meal, I use my powers to steal it..."
Ryan and Wanda: ...
The two looked at each other and read the exact same meaning in each other's eyes.
That was, this child's life is just too miserable!
Even compared to her, Wanda's life could be considered happy.
Although Wanda's parents were killed by Tony's missile, she at least had a brother to depend on, and she wasn't a wanted criminal. She could also do odd jobs with Pietro to earn living expenses.
As for Jean, when she destroyed the X-Academy, she was probably only fourteen or fifteen years old, and she began wandering all alone while carrying a global warrant...
Even as cold as Ryan, at this moment he couldn't muster up the anger to continue blaming Jean for tracking him and messing up his room out of control.
Ryan sighed: "Sigh, so what are your plans for the future? Stay in my Universe, or should I send you back to your Universe, or take you to find Logan in your Universe?"
Jean stared fixedly at the six-stone bracelet on Ryan's left arm and said firmly: "I want to borrow your Infinity Stones. I want to use them to revive the Professor and the others!"
"As for this..." Ryan raised the infinite six rings on his left hand and said indifferently: "I'm afraid that won't do."
"Why? I promise I'll return them as soon as I'm done! Just borrow them once!" Jean became anxious.
"No, you can't guarantee it." Ryan said indifferently, "Do you know the conditions for using the six stones?"
Jean was stunned and honestly shook her head.
Before going to the Sacred Timeline, she hadn't even heard of the Infinity Stones, so how could she know the conditions for using them...
Ryan held up two fingers to her and said indifferently:
"Using them is far from as simple as just snapping your fingers. The rigid requirements they have for the user are extremely high!"
"First, you need an artifact that can unleash their might. I can give this to you along with the infinite six rings, so you can ignore this, but..."
"Second, it also requires the user to have almost perverted physical fitness requirements, otherwise even if you successfully use the Infinity Stones to revive everyone, you yourself will definitely die from the backlash of the Infinity Stones."
"Just like Iron Man in the previous Universe you went to, who used the Infinity Stones with a mortal body."
"And although you possess the Phoenix Force, your physical constitution isn't much stronger than an ordinary person's."
"So even if you could use them to revive everyone at the X-Academy, you are destined to be killed by the backlash of the Infinity Stones' power and be unable to return my six stones and infinite six rings."
Hearing this, Jean's body instantly went limp, and her eyes were filled with an even deeper despair after her hopes were shattered.
Only Wanda, who was holding her, looked at Ryan helplessly: "Ryan, stop teasing her, help her..."
Although in reality this Wanda's contact time with Ryan wasn't very long either.
But when Ryan agreed to help her save the Cancerverse, Wanda had already seen that Ryan was someone with a hard mouth and a soft heart.
As long as he takes a fancy to you and under circumstances that aren't too troublesome, he definitely won't mind giving you a hand.
"Alright~" Ryan stroked Wanda's red hair, shrugged, and agreed.
As his third woman in the true sense, since Wanda said so, he indeed didn't mind helping Jean.
Sylvie was the first, the two Gwens were the second, and Wanda was the third.
Of course, the most important thing was that he quite liked this Jean Grey's personality.
Straightforward, not beating around the bush, saying what's on her mind—he liked this kind of personality.
Under Jean's expectant gaze, Ryan said indifferently: "I can help you revive those people from the X-Academy in your Universe, but I'll make it clear beforehand, this isn't free. I can't let them continue staying in their Universe after being revived..."
"As payment for me reviving them, after they are resurrected, they all have to work at Parker Industries! Of course, it will continue to be in the capacity of superheroes, not going to other Universes to mine~"
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