Ye Bai had no idea that the events of Thor 1 had already begun.
At this moment, he was in a luxurious banquet hall, happily chatting with the guests coming and going.
Ye Bai was already accustomed to gatherings among the upper class.
Ever since he had become famous as a successful author, he had attended countless banquets like this.
After all, Ye Bai was now a successful man in his own right, a wealthy billionaire who had already entered the circle of society’s elite.
“That mutant is here again.
He really won’t leave us alone.”
“How unlucky.
What’s wrong with the organizers?
Since when are mutants allowed to attend events like this?”
“I’m worried that one day we’ll wake up and find that the entire world has been taken over by mutants.”
“They’re a bunch of dangerous people.
The politicians in the White House should arrest all of them.”
“Forget it, let’s go somewhere else.
I don’t want these lowlifes ruining my good mood today.”
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Listening to the conversations around him, Ye Bai immediately knew that a certain famous figure had arrived.
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before a bald old man in a wheelchair was pushed into the hall by a woman wearing a red dress.
The woman in the red dress was Jean Grey, a teacher at Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.
Of course, not many people might recognize her name, but plenty knew her famous nickname.
The legendary “Dark Phoenix,” one of the hosts of the cosmic entity known as the Phoenix Force.
With that, the identity of the bald man in the wheelchair was obvious.
The founder of the X-Men, Charles Xavier, better known as Professor X.
An Alpha-level mutant who possessed one of the most powerful psychic abilities on Earth and could read the minds of others.
“Professor, I don’t understand.
These people don’t welcome us, so why do we still have to come here?”
As she pushed Professor X forward, Jean complained to him.
Society’s discrimination against mutants was blatant.
Everyone looked down on them.
Under these circumstances, why did the professor insist on attending this banquet just to endure people’s contempt?
“Jean, I know many people look down on us, but we’re not here because of them.”
“Everyone who can attend this banquet has tremendous influence in society.”
“We only need to find one friend here, and they could greatly improve our current situation.”
Professor X patiently explained things to Jean.
How could he not know what these so-called social elites thought of them?
If he had a choice, he wouldn’t want to come here and endure their contempt either.
The problem was that the mutants’ situation was simply too unfavorable.
Not only were ordinary people hostile toward mutants, but many people within the U.S.
government were also harboring ill intentions toward the mutant community.
He had to come here and do everything he could to find people who were friendly toward mutants, or at least sympathetic to their situation.
Only then could he better protect the mutant community.
After listening to Professor X’s explanation, Jean silently shut her mouth and said nothing more.
She understood the mutants’ situation as well.
Things were indeed about as bad as they could get.
Especially after Magneto had nearly turned several high-ranking federal politicians into mutants not long ago, public opposition to mutants had reached an all-time high.
(This happened in X-Men 1.)
Suddenly, Professor X, who had been looking around the room, saw something that caught his attention.
He immediately gestured for Jean to push him over to Ye Bai.
“Hello, Mr.
Ye Bai.
I’m Charles Xavier.
You can just call me Charles.”
“I really enjoyed your E.T.
Becoming friends with an extraterrestrial was also a dream of mine when I was a child.”
“If everyone in society were like you, Mr.
Ye Bai, it would be wonderful.
When humans encounter life that is different from themselves, they should show more tolerance and kindness instead of making malicious assumptions.”
Professor X spoke with considerable tact.
The hidden meaning behind his words was to compare mutants to E.T., hoping that mutants could become friends with humanity just as E.T.
had, rather than becoming enemies.
Looking at Professor X’s outstretched hand, Ye Bai thought for a moment before shaking it.
“You’re right, Professor.
It’s an honor to have such an extraordinary fan.”
“When I wrote E.T., I also took the situation of mutants into consideration.
I hoped it might help you.”
Ye Bai didn’t reject the goodwill shown by Professor X.
They probably wouldn’t have much contact in the future anyway.
Besides, it was always better to return a friendly gesture with another friendly gesture.
However, the instant Ye Bai grasped Professor X’s right hand, his expression changed drastically, twisting with anger.
“Get out of my head!”
Ye Bai’s sudden outburst immediately attracted the attention of everyone nearby, while Professor X’s face turned pale.
Looking at the furious Ye Bai, Professor X was confused at first, but regret quickly overwhelmed him.
Just now, at the exact moment they shook hands, Professor X had instinctively tried to take a look inside Ye Bai’s mind.
One shouldn’t overestimate Professor X’s moral standards.
He had done this kind of thing countless times before.
The only difference was that ordinary people generally couldn’t detect his little tricks.
Ye Bai was different.
The moment their hands touched, he immediately felt something like needles stabbing into his brain.
He instantly realized that Professor X was responsible.
And that was how the scene just now had happened.
In reality, Professor X hadn’t truly intended any harm toward Ye Bai.
Invading Ye Bai’s mind had simply been an instinctive habit.
Who could have expected Ye Bai to catch him red-handed?
He had walked straight into the line of fire.
“Is this how you treat your friends?
Is this how mutants treat humans?”
Ye Bai glared viciously at the embarrassed Professor X, the fury in his eyes practically overflowing.
Ye Bai was a man with enormous secrets.
Whether it was the fact that he was a transmigrator or the existence of his system, neither could be known by anyone else.
Yet Professor X had brazenly attempted to pry into those secrets.
To be honest, Ye Bai had already developed murderous intent toward Professor X.
This old pervert had crossed his bottom line.
Professor X also realized how serious the situation had become.
Most importantly, he had absolutely no justification for what he had done.
If Ye Bai exposed this incident publicly, it would be a devastating blow to the mutants’ already precarious situation.
There was also one thing Professor X couldn’t figure out.
How had Ye Bai known what he was doing?
Could it be that Ye Bai, like them, wasn’t an ordinary person either?
Professor X couldn’t figure it out, and he didn’t have time to think about it anymore.
There was an even more serious problem right in front of him.
How was he going to calm Ye Bai down?
“I sincerely apologize, my friend.
This was indeed my fault.
I apologize to you.”
“I swear I didn’t see anything.
I hope you’ll forgive me this once.”
Professor X apologized with a bitter expression.
But Ye Bai wasn’t buying it at all.
Did Professor X really think an apology was enough to make this incident disappear?
Ye Bai had only been able to sense Professor X’s intrusion.
If he hadn’t noticed it, would Professor X even have apologized?
“You will pay the price for what you did today.
I guarantee it!”
There were too many people around, so Ye Bai couldn’t do anything about it right now.
But there was no way he would let this matter go.
Professor X would have to pay the price for what he had done.
Not even God Himself could save him.
Ye Bai had made up his mind.