Dr. Reed probably relied on his own ability to stay single. He had no idea how to coax women. In fact, Reed's EQ was not low. He had excellent leadership skills, and he was also a genius tactician, strategist, and theorist. However, like all outstanding scientists, he lacked empathy.
That was, he could not empathize with the feelings of ordinary human beings. That was why all his seemingly stupid mistakes were caused by this.
This led to his failure when he was young. He was obviously talented and gifted, but it was difficult for him to get the recognition of society. Not to mention competing with his classmate Victor, he couldn't even stand out among a group of mediocre ordinary people. Everyone thought he was very smart, but they also thought he was a little crazy.
Even Susan, who had always had a crush on him, could not stand this and chose Victor.
Reed did not see ordinary people as his own kind. He could not understand them, nor did he care to understand them. He lacked empathy, and to a certain extent, he had a certain antisocial personality. However, he was too smart. After studying psychology, he discovered his own weakness, so he had been controlling his antisocial personality.
Reed's weakness was that he had always refused to understand the people around him.
That was why he did not notice that Ben, the stone man, saw Susan's sad expression after she left. He stared blankly at Susan's back and then looked at himself with shame. His bloated body was made of dark red alien rocks. He looked like a monster, ugly and ferocious.
Ben used to blame Reed for this. He thought that Reed had caused him to become like this, and he tried his best to restore his original form. It was not until Victor's attack, when he saw his only good friend (Reed) and his crush (Susan) in danger that he understood that friends and family were more important to him.
He resolutely turned back into a stone man and saved the whole team.
He finally felt relieved and chose to help Reed and Susan be together. He wanted his two most important friends to be happy. Even if Reed didn't know that he was secretly in love with Susan, Susan knew very well. No woman would not know her secret admirer. It was almost the instinct of a female animal!
However, the family-like relationship between the four of them collapsed after Reed and Susan fell out with each other!
"I used to think that my concession would make you happy!" Ben said quietly, "You are my best friends, my family, and my lovers. I am willing to sacrifice everything for you. Why did this happen? I've backed down, I've done everything I can. I've been neglected by my family since I was young. I've had no friends. Reed, you're my first friend, and my best brother. Susan … is the only person I have ever loved. When I found out that you were the one she loved, I resented her, but I knew that fighting for her would only mean losing both of you at the same time, so I chose to sacrifice myself. You treat me like family and let me know that love is not about possession. "
"Even if I can't love Susan, I can still help the two of you. We are like a family. My best brother and lover have found happiness! "
"Why?"
"Why did you destroy everything!"
"I can become ugly only to obtain power to protect you, but I can't stop you from destroying your own happiness!" Ben clenched his fists tightly. Beneath his calm exterior, his heart was in turmoil. "I've already given up everything. My dream, my life, my love, and my lowly body. I give my happiness to you, Reed! "
"But you destroyed it without a care. You destroyed what I dreamed of, just like throwing away the garbage in a laboratory!"
Reed was still adjusting the equipment and said excitedly, "Ben, let's do one last experiment. Now I'm going to teleport a chimpanzee to Mars." He came to a cage with a chimpanzee in a spacesuit. The chimpanzee obediently grabbed Reed's finger and was led to the center of the equipment. It stared at them with a pair of ignorant eyes, waiting for the fruit as a reward. They were born from the same root, so why rush to kill each other!
"You should apologize to Susan!" Ben suddenly turned around and said, "You shouldn't do this to her!"
Reed said impatiently, "Ben, do you really have to say this?"
He looked at Ben who was serious and sighed. "When the experiment is successful. I'll talk to her! "
"No, Reed, you never realized the mistake you made. After that incident, in order to redeem your mistake, you went to Apocalypse without telling any of us and claimed that you were on his side. Of course, we knew that you didn't betray us, but it was like betrayal. We were a team, and you abandoned all of us, so Thunderfire still hasn't forgiven you. "
"After Apocalypse disappeared, you came back to us. We trusted you so much that we never questioned you. We stood by your side and took all the blame. Susan took all your mistakes because we were a team. She chose to face the imprisonment of the Department of Defense, the doubts and accusations of the government, and the monstrous rumors and slander with you. She chose to stay in this laboratory with you. "
"But you didn't even want to understand us … Reed, I saw through your secret a long time ago. You never tried to understand us. I don't care. Really, Reed, I don't care because I know that you do treat me as a friend. You are sincere to me. You care about us, and that's enough!"
"As a friend, I don't want more! But for Susan, that's not enough! You should support each other and understand each other. You always blame Susan for being sensitive and troublesome, but you don't even give her the slightest bit of understanding. "
"Reed …" Ben said seriously, "You're the stingy one. Susan, on the other hand, is the one who tolerates you!"
"I hope you learn to understand!" After saying that, Ben placed his hand on Reed's chest. Reed seemed to understand something … He shook his head and said, "No, Ben."
"After your cells mutated, they changed your physiological structure so that you no longer need food, air, or blood vessels," Ben said calmly. "I know that very well."
Then, Ben pushed Reed into the center of the machine. The stone man's strength was about 100 tons, which was far beyond Reed's. Reed's brain might be able to easily create a weapon to fight against Ben, but at that moment, he couldn't break free from his good friend's iron grip. He was pressed down where the chimpanzee originally was.
"I just want you to reflect on yourself!" Ben said.
Reed shook his head desperately. "Wait … Ben, this is a series of theories. This machine hasn't been tested on humans yet. It may have potential risks."
Ben shook his head. "I believe you, Reed. At this stage of the experiment, this machine is already very complete. "
"When you think about it!" The stone man pressed the start button and said, "Call me!"
"No, Ben!" Reed shouted. "You can't do this …" A dazzling blue light flashed, and Reed disappeared without a trace. Ben squatted in front of the confused chimpanzee, who didn't know that it had escaped. He stretched out his finger, and the chimpanzee obediently came up to him. Ben pulled it out of the laboratory.
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