When Charles greeted Issou as soon as he entered the restaurant, Lorna and the others noticed him.
Now they looked at each other.
They found the same look of surprise on each other's faces.
Although Lorna and the others and the twins,
Clarice and the others were the same.
They were all mutants, and they did not join Academy X or the Mutant Brotherhood. But the difference was,
The twins depended on each other.
Clarice was alone, and Lorna had joined forces with John to form an underground mutant organization.
Although this underground mutant organization was not as good as Academy X or the Brotherhood, as John said,
They needed to stick together because they were organized.
So when they saw Charles,
Lorna and the others were not like Clarice and the others, who needed Charles to reveal his identity to know who he was. They recognized him at a glance. He was Professor X.
It was precisely because they recognized him at a glance.
So Lorna and the others were surprised.
How did Issou know Professor X?
So when Issou and Charles separated,
Lorna, who was sitting on the chair, moved her hand.
The spoon in front of Charles was suddenly bent into a circle by an invisible force.
"Lorna."
John saw Lorna using her superpower so blatantly.
He frowned and called her in disapproval.
This was Issou's Chinese restaurant.
If people knew that there were mutants here,
It would not do her any good.
It might even cause trouble for Issou.
"Relax."
Lorna smiled at John.
"I'm just saying hello to our kind."
Charles, who was at the other table, saw this scene in front of him. His first reaction was to think that Magneto had appeared. But on second thought —
If it was really Magneto, his way of greeting would not be so "gentle."
Charles raised his head and looked around the Chinese restaurant. His eyes were quickly attracted by Lorna and the others. Lorna raised her eyebrows at him without hiding it, and a ball of green energy floated in her hand.
[I've heard a lot about you, Professor X.]
When Charles's consciousness connected to Lorna and the others, a female voice suddenly sounded in his mind. He looked at Lorna, who had an arrogant look on her face, and lowered his eyes slightly. [I think to avoid unnecessary trouble, you'd better be careful.]
[Okay.]
Lorna put away the green energy. [To avoid unnecessary trouble, I'll just cut to the chase — What are you doing here?]
Understanding what Lorna meant, Charles promised, [Don't worry, I mean no harm to Issou.]
However, after hearing Charles's promise, Lorna was not completely assured. Of course, she believed that with Issou's cooking skills, it would not be difficult to attract Professor X's attention. But the problem was —
She was worried that Charles was here to poach them.
After all, the new twin waiters in Issou's Chinese restaurant were mutants.
John once tracked down Wanda and Pietro. Originally, they planned to contact the twins, but when they saw that they chose to work in "my Chinese restaurant," John and the others gave up.
After all, if all mutants could go to school, work, and live like ordinary people, then why would the underground mutant organization exist?
Charles: "…???"
When he "heard" that Lorna was worried that Issou was here to poach them, Charles smiled, but the next second, he paused. He thought that Clarice was the only mutant in Issou's Chinese restaurant? Since when were there two more Mutants?
Lorna: "…???"
Was Clarice also a mutant?
Weren't the twins the only mutants?
Because Charles was using telepathy, he knew what Lorna was thinking. But because it was mutual, Lorna also knew what Charles was thinking. So —
Charles and Lorna: "…???"
So the three waiters in "my Chinese restaurant" were all mutants?!
#
As usual, after the evening market was over, Issou and Clarice went home. The only difference was that she was invited to the NYPD before she returned home tonight.
Issou: "…???"
In fact, she was still in a daze as she sat in the interrogation room. She never thought that a law-abiding person like her would be invited to the police station one day.
Just as she was thinking about it, the door to the interrogation room opened. Izzo looked up and saw a man and a woman walking in. Noticing that they weren't so serious that they were expressionless, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Hello, Issou."
Noticing Issou's reaction just now, the blonde woman spoke in an even softer tone. As a mother, it was easy for her to be full of maternal instincts when facing a pure and innocent young girl like Issou. She said, "My name is Jennifer Jean, you can call me JJ."
JJ pointed at the man next to her. "This is my colleague, his name is Derek Morgan."
JJ？
Morgan?
Issou's eyes narrowed when she heard this.
"You know us?"
Morgan glanced at Issou. As members of BAU, they were good at profiling, so they naturally saw her reaction just now.
She knew them.
How could she not know them?
Issou blinked and glanced at JJ and Morgan in front of her. Their appearance was not much different from the description in the novel. JJ was a beautiful blonde, and Morgan was a handsome chocolate guy.
Considering Morgan's identity, Issou was not stupid enough to lie in front of them. After all, she did not think that her acting skills were perfect enough to fool them. So when Morgan asked, Issou answered honestly, "I know them. Doesn't JJ often appear on TV?"
Issou did not deny that she knew JJ, but she also did not tell them how she knew her. Instead, she threw the question back at them.
He didn't know if Morgan and the others had noticed this, but they didn't dwell on it. He asked, "Do you know why we invited you to the police station today?"
Issou shook her head honestly. To be honest, she really wanted to know.
JJ took out a photo from a file and handed it to Issou. "Ben Smith. I think you should know him."
Seeing the black-haired girl nod, Morgan said, "He's dead."
"Dead?"
Yi Su was stunned for a moment. Considering that she and Smith weren't close, plus the fact that he pretended to be drunk that night, it would be a lie if she said that she felt sorry and sad. It was just that when she suddenly heard this news, she felt that it wasn't real.
"Yes, we found Smith's body this morning. According to his daily interactions and the statements of his neighbors, we heard that you had a conflict with him."
"We did have a conflict, but it wasn't me!"
Issou said quickly. In order to increase her credibility, she added, "Really, I promise."
Seeing Issou like this, Morgan and JJ both smiled. Then they said, "Can you tell us about the conflict you had with him?"
Issou told them directly. After she finished, JJ said, "In fact, we invited you to the police station today not only to record your statement, but also to remind you of something."
Seeing that Issou looked over, JJ continued, "The unknown suspect's modus operandi is exactly the same as the recent murders, so we have reason to suspect that it was done by the same person. After elimination and profiling, we believe that you completely meet all the criteria for the unknown suspect."
"Uh."
When Yi Su heard JJ's words, she was stunned for a moment. Then, she tried to recall the recent murder cases. "If I remember correctly, the victims killed by the same modus operandi don't seem to have a fixed gender or age, right?"
So how did she completely meet all the criteria for the unknown suspect?
"But didn't you notice? There were two black-haired girls in their early twenties. "
Hearing this, Issou's brows furrowed subconsciously. The recent murders were ruled to be serial murders because the modus operandi was the same. In addition, the victims of these murders didn't have a fixed gender, age, or occupation.
But now that they said this …
"You mean, the black-haired girl in her early twenties is the key?"
Issou's mind was racing. She didn't know about the other victims, but if she was the target of the unknown suspect …
The black-haired girl felt that she seemed to have found something. "The unknown suspect's target is the black-haired girl in her early twenties. He wants to kill … no, protect them? And the other victims had conflicts with them before, so he killed them? "
Just like when she had a conflict with Smith, Smith was the one who died, not her.
At this point, Issou paused and looked at JJ and the others, as if troubled by a difficult problem. "If the unknown suspect thinks that he's their protector, why did he kill them?"
The beautiful girl looked at them with a bitter face, begging for an answer. She was so cute that it was hard not to be soft-hearted.
Morgan gave her a hint. "Think about what JJ just told you."
Hearing this, Issou recalled what JJ just said. There seemed to be a key word —
Now.
Then Issou understood. "Something happened to them that made the unknown suspect think that they didn't meet his criteria, so he killed them?"
"That's right."
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