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Chapter 457 The Purple-Haired Girl Glitters
Chapter 457 The Purple-Haired Girl Glitters
At the headquarters of the mutant underground organization, Connors, Hyun and Peggy are gathered together.
Surrounding them were Eclipse Max, Thunderbird John, Darwin, and three mutants Connors had never seen before—two women and one man, all of whom appeared quite young.
One of the men and one of the women seemed to know each other. They sat side by side, looking rather reserved, yet also slightly excited and confused. Connors suspected that they were the mutant siblings that Eclipse Max had gone to find.
With Polaris Lorna absent, it seems that Eclipse Max has temporarily taken over headquarters. He is standing with his hands on the table, addressing everyone: "Everyone knows why I've gathered you here. If anyone decides to withdraw at the last minute, it's not too late."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dark-skinned boy Darwin immediately raised his hand: "Max, I think you should get straight to the point. Everyone sitting here has withstood the test, and no one will back out at the last minute."
He was the first of the new recruits recruited by Eclipse Max to join, and at this moment he looked every bit the leader of the new recruits.
"I have a problem."
The speaker was one of the female mutants Connors had never seen before. She had long purple hair and bright green eyes, both of which were quite striking on their own, and their combination on her seemed particularly jarring.
"Go ahead and ask, what's the question?" Eclipse Max looked at her.
"This place is called the headquarters of the mutant underground organization, right?" the purple-haired girl said. "But so far, I've only seen nine people in total, including myself—"
"Even if humans slaughtered our comrades, surely there shouldn't be only nine of us left?"
Connors's thoughts sank into his subconscious, looking at a "virtual dream" he had specially created, named "Forget-Me-Not" Omega.
Unfortunately, apart from himself, no one here could remember Omega's existence, so the purple-haired girl's mention of nine people wasn't entirely wrong.
Max nodded: "Indeed, there are more than nine, but that's all the manpower we've gathered so far—if mutants gather in large numbers, the Sentinels might disregard civilian safety and use widespread firepower, which is not what we want to see."
"So, as mutants, even though we're being captured and killed by humans everywhere, are we supposed to fawn over them like trained sows?" The purple-haired girl's words were quite sharp.
As soon as she said this, the expressions of the other two unfamiliar mutants changed, seemingly wavering between agreeing with and disagreeing with the purple-haired girl's statement.
No, you've misunderstood.
Eclipse Max's eyes sharpened, and his voice rose three octaves: "Our principle is to avenge wrongs. Whether they are civilians or sentries, if they try to harm me or my comrades, I will not let them off easily."
"But if I were to vent my hatred on civilians because of the Sentry's actions—at least I wouldn't."
Max's words were met with agreement from the purple-haired girl, who nodded slightly to indicate that the conversation could continue: "It seems that you are at least not stubborn and old-fashioned people, I'm fine with it."
Seeing that the purple-haired girl had shut her mouth, Eclipse Max turned his gaze to Darwin: "In that case, before we proceed, let me introduce everyone to each other."
Connors knew Darwin.
The purple-haired girl and the other two silent mutants, Connors, were complete strangers.
According to Max, the purple-haired girl's name is Clarice, and her title is "Blink".
Just like her name suggests, her ability is to create portals for spatial travel.
"It's worth mentioning that on the same night that Polaris Lorna was captured by the Sentinels, Clarice was also being pursued by the Sentinels, but fortunately she managed to escape at the crucial moment."
"Her abilities were very useful in our stealthy infiltration of Garland prison," said Eclipse Max.
Clarice, with her long purple hair and emerald green eyes, nodded to everyone as a greeting.
The two young mutants, a man and a woman, who had remained silent all along, were exactly as Connors had expected. They were indeed siblings, and even the children of Sentinel Officer Reed Strucker, who had arrested Polaris Lorna.
The younger brother's name is Andy Strucker. His ability is the common mind control among mutants, and he was the one who caused the explosion at the school.
Connors had no interest in men, and his gaze swept over Andy without lingering for a moment.
The older sister's name is Lauren Strucker. She has the ability to manipulate water and air molecules to create force fields. After the explosion, it was she who used her ability to cover her and her brother's escape from the scene.
Lauren, with her blonde hair and blue eyes, is a quintessential Western beauty, with a touch of masculinity in her features, making her stand out even among a room full of people.
The brief introduction didn't take long, and the conversation among the nine people quickly shifted to the specific rescue plan.
Peggy has no plan whatsoever; this simple-minded woman, who's capable of tearing clothes off when she acts, is only responsible for carrying out orders.
Xuan Yin had no plans. Apart from Connors, who was merged with her in the white light, she didn't know anyone else. Even though she had passed on a lot of information to Polaris Lorna and Eclipse Max, they had never met.
"Clarice, I'd like to know about your teleportation ability. Specifically, how far can you teleport, and can you take others with you?"
Thunderbird John asked Blinking Clarice.
In their view, the key to this prison break plan still lies with Clarice. As for having Connors use telepathy to hypnotize everyone in the prison, or to become a mindless diamond man and charge through, they didn't even dare to think about it.
"It would be dangerous for me to go somewhere out of sight, or anywhere I've never been before," Blink Clarice said seriously.
"What do you mean by 'very dangerous'?" Eclipse Max asked.
Clarice seemed to want to explain, but in the end she chose to get up and pick up an empty wine bottle.
With a wine bottle in her left hand, Clarice's right hand slowly unleashed a purple halo, and another purple halo appeared out of thin air on the ceiling above her head.
Without looking at the halo above her head, she threw the bottle directly into the halo on her right.
The next moment, half of the bottle fell from the purple halo on the ceiling, the break smooth and clean, as if it had been cut by an extremely sharp knife.
"See?" Clarice caught the broken bottle and tossed it to Max.
Max nodded, but as he looked at the bottles, a question suddenly popped into his head: "I remember nobody drinks here, so why are there always empty bottles?"
Connors, hiding in the corner, blinked as he watched the "Forget-Me-Not" Omega sitting around the group.
He drank almost all the wine in the refrigerator by himself.
Because of Omega's abilities, Max's question was quickly overlooked by everyone. Then, Thunderbird John suddenly clapped his hands: "If someone with telepathic abilities were here and shared the view of the prison's interior with you, wouldn't you be able to teleport us all in?"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Connors.
Telepathy? Well, one of us happens to have it!