In fact, as a loyal subordinate, Grant had his own filter when he looked at his boss, Baron Straker.
For example, when he used the kindness and integrity of superheroes to do something unkind and unrighteous,
Grant did not think that the boss was despicable and shameless. Instead, he felt that he was a person who did not care about trifles when it came to achieving great things;
Or for example, when his plans did not succeed and he suffered a double loss,
Grant did not think that the boss was trying to steal a chicken only to end up losing the rice used to lure it. Instead, he felt that he was just a wise man who made mistakes even after a thousand considerations;
Or for example, when he was clearly the leader of Hydra, but he still did not like Red Skull and his faction and even targeted him in all kinds of ways,
Grant did not think that the boss would seek revenge for the smallest grievance. Instead, he felt that he had a clear distinction between love and hate;
...
There were also various other things that were not listed in detail,
But this did prove that Grant was indeed loyal to Baron Straker. Otherwise, his filter would not have been so thick.
But! Yes!
Grant expressed,
No matter how thick his filter was..,
It was impossible to beautify the fact that Baron Straker was shameless enough to lie through his teeth for a mouthful of food to the extent that even he could not make it up.
Was the food in "My Chinese Restaurant" poisonous?
Otherwise, why did he, the leader of Hydra, act like he had lost his mind?
Baron Straker: "..."
It was indeed poisonous.
Otherwise, he would not have dared to confront his boss like he had lost his mind.
...
However, even though Baron Straker and Grant thought that each other had lost their minds because of Issou's Chinese food, they had to admit that after a meal,
The two of them had indeed enjoyed a feast of a perfect combination of taste and vision.
Because of this reason, they had always rejected it,
Targeting..,
Baron Straker, who did not like Chiasma, could not help but change some of his stubborn thoughts at this time.
He thought that Chiasma was indeed a member of Red Skull's faction,
And he was indeed born to be rebellious,
And he was indeed not liked by him,
But there was no need for him to generalize everything because of this.
For example, last time, Jack had beaten up a man from "my Chinese restaurant".
If he had not eaten Issou's Chinese food,
Not only did Baron Straker not believe Jack's reason, but he also thought that he was using Chiasma's words to threaten him.
But after eating,
He felt that …
He seemed to be thinking too much.
Another example was the incident where the Winter Soldiers intercepted the military.
If he had not tasted Issou's Chinese food, Baron Straker would have subconsciously thought that Chiasma was trying to use these things to shed all pretense of cordiality with him. But after tasting it, he felt that …
He was indeed thinking too much.
What?
You ask if Baron Straker has changed his opinion of Chiasma because of this and intends to treat him fairly from now on?
…
…
…
What a joke!
It was Issou who was likable, not him. Why should he treat him fairly from now on?
Chiasma: "…"
Serves him right for being slapped in the face.
“boss。” Grant glanced at the message he received on his phone and asked him in a low voice, "Is the plan still going on as usual?"
The plan he was talking about, of course, was to capture the three mutant waiters from "my Chinese restaurant".
Baron Straker's answer was almost blurted out, he said, "Cancel it."
Hearing this, Grant wasn't surprised at all. Originally, he was thinking about how to persuade him to cancel the mission if he insisted on continuing the mission. However, it turned out that the words he thought of to persuade him to cancel the mission were all useless.
But …
Grant remembered the reason why they wanted to capture the twins and Clarice this time. He looked at Baron Straker and asked, "What about General Straker?"
Hearing Grant's words, Baron Straker glanced at him. The expression on his face seemed to be asking —
Is General Straker shei?
"Grant, do I know this person?" Straker asked without a trace of guilt. "Do I know this person?" Lucien nodded. "Yes, Grant. Do I know this person?"
Straker: "…???"
Hurry up and find someone to slap him to wake him up.
However, now Baron Straker was only left with Grant, who also lost his mind because of the delicious food. Let him slap him to wake him up? Don't even think about it. It would be good enough if he didn't slap Straker to wake him up.
Hearing Baron Straker's words, Grant, who was following the boss' footsteps, nodded, then said, "It's my fault, boss, you don't know this person."
As a terrorist organization (although they didn't think so themselves), Hydra was naturally at odds with the decent side. And the decent side referred to here was not only those superheroes and S.H.E.L.D., but also people from the government and the military.
Although William Straker was from the military, he couldn't help but be a part of the decent side. In some respects, he still had a lot of common topics with Hydra, so the two sides occasionally maintained a friendship that was only limited to the surface.
For this reason, when Straker came to Hydra to settle accounts, Baron Straker did not directly and rudely fight back like he did with superheroes. Instead, he chose to find out about this matter.
Considering Baron Straker's attitude towards Chiasma before, it was not difficult to imagine the anger and grievance he felt after finding out the whole thing (plus his own imagination).
What made him angry was that damn Chiasma actually dared to put the blame on me!?
What made him sullen was that damn Chiasma was still a Hydra, so he had to take the blame!
In view of the fact that he still had to maintain the relationship between the two sides, when faced with Straker's accusations and questions, Baron Straker said that they would find a way to help them catch those mutants.
But! Yes!
That was all in the past, and now he had completely changed his mind — —
Find a way to help them catch those mutants?
No way.
Although they were big bad guys, they had to be bad in style, so they were determined not to wallow in the mire with people like him and collude with him.
Straker: "…!!!"
What rubbish Hydra?
Sooner or later it will be over!!!
As for whether Hydra was finished, this could be discussed later. Anyway, Baron Straker, the Hydra leader, and Grant, the Hydra fan, were in a very good mood. Well, except for one thing — —
After paying the bill, Baron Straker looked at Grant and said, "Forget what happened today."
He could imagine that if Crossbones and the others knew that he came to 'My Chinese Restaurant' to taste Izu's food and went to give them a slap in the face, only to end up slapping his face until it was swollen, it would be strange if they didn't laugh like idiots.
When Grant heard Straker's words, he knew what his boss meant. He immediately said, "Nothing happened today."
Hearing Grant say this, Baron Straker showed a smile on his face and gave him a look of approval.
And Wanda, who was greeting the guests, saw Baron Straker and Grant going through the process of ordering and eating like ordinary diners, she couldn't help but think in her heart — —
Was I really overthinking it?
However, what Wanda didn't know was that, in fact, she didn't think too much. Baron Straker, Grant, and the group of Hydra ambushing outside did come for them, but they changed their minds after tasting Issou's cooking.
However, Baron Straker had given up. Someone else had set their sights on Walter and the twins. This person was none other than the leader of the Mutant Brotherhood, the one who had tried to recruit the twins back then but failed in the end.
Magneto.
At this time, he appeared in Academy X and saw a lot of mutant students running away in fear when they saw him. Not only did Magneto not feel embarrassed, but he sneered disdainfully.
After so long, the mutants brought out by Charles were still so useless.
[Erik, don't scare my students.]
Charles' voice suddenly appeared in Magneto's mind. His tone was still gentle, but there was a hint of displeasure in it. [If you came here just to mock the students I brought out, then you can go back the way you came from now.]
Hearing Charles' words, Magneto withdrew his gaze from the mutant students and walked toward Charles' office.
When he opened the office door, he saw Charles sitting inside. Seeing that he didn't look up, Magneto said, "I thought you would welcome an old friend like me, Charles."
Hearing Magneto's words, Charles looked up and glanced at him. He said, "Erik, I'm not as good-tempered as you think."
He came to mock the mutant students he brought out, how could he expect him to welcome him?
Dream on!
However, after hearing Charles' words, Magneto wanted to laugh. He said, "Charles, if you weren't as good-tempered as I thought, we wouldn't have parted ways."
In the beginning, when Charles was not Professor X, and he was not Magneto, they had the same goal and were friends who were willing to fight together for the future of mutants.
Unfortunately, on the issue of dealing with humans, the two of them became more and more divided. Charles advocated peaceful coexistence with humans, while Erik, who had been persecuted, stubbornly believed that they must use violence to deal with humans. Otherwise, the mutants would sooner or later become extinct in the hands of humans.
So the two men who had a good relationship in the past finally broke up. Since then, the X-Men led by Charles, who became Professor X, and the Brotherhood led by Eric, who became Magneto, became the two opposing forces of Mutants.
However, no matter how disagreements broke their relationship, Charles still did not give up the idea of changing Magneto, and Magneto did not really intend to be enemies with him from now on.
Otherwise, Magneto would not have appeared so openly in Academy X, and Charles would not have kicked him out as soon as they met.
"These are two different things."
Charles shook his head. He glanced at Magneto, and then said, "And you don't fully understand what I mean at all. I just advocate peaceful coexistence with humans, not that we have to submit to them."
If Charles had chosen to let mutants submit to humans, then from the beginning, he and Erik would not have become good friends.
"For me, taking a step back is equivalent to submitting."
Magneto did not understand Charles's thoughts, nor did he understand why he always had hope for humans. Could he not see that their compatriots were being persecuted by humans?
"You advocate peaceful coexistence with humans, and what happened in the end?"
He shook his head at Charles with a helpless expression on his face. "Charles, only when we mutants stand in a high enough position can our compatriots live under the sun without restraint."
Charles was speechless.
In fact, he was even more helpless.
Every time he wanted to brainwash Erik, he would turn on the reverse brainwashing mode.
So Charles simply changed the topic. He said, "You came to me just to tell me this?"
"Of course not."
Seeing that Charles was not fooled, Magneto was not discouraged. Anyway, according to the way the two of them got along, it was either him brainwashing Charles or him brainwashing Charles every day.
He looked at Charles and then said, "I came here because I heard that a student from Academy X was arrested by the military."
When he heard Magneto mention this, Charles glanced at him, and then his face showed a look of realization. He said, "So you want to use this incident to tell me that peaceful coexistence with humans is not a realistic thing?"
Seeing that he did not wait for him to finish and interrupted, Magneto looked at him and said his name, "Charles."
Although he did not say it directly, the meaning was very clear — —
Are you going to let me finish?
But Charles's attitude was also very clear — —
Not letting him.
"I know what you want to say."
Charles put down the pen in his hand and then leaned back. He said, "But I think you should also know my attitude."
Magneto definitely did not intend to use this incident to refute his views. He did not even intend to help him settle accounts with the military. Otherwise, he would not have come only now.
In that case, Magneto's purpose here was very clear — —
He came for Clarice and the other two mutated humans.
Or rather, he came for Wanda and Pietro, the twins.
When Wanda and the others stayed at Academy X, Charles and the others had heard Wanda and the others inadvertently mention that Magneto had once planned to recruit them. Thinking of the twins' mutant abilities, Charles was not surprised that he would not forget them.
Just as Charles was worried and considered before, if the twins were really brought back to the Brotherhood by Magneto, they might be led astray by him. That was why he changed the topic before Magneto spoke.
However, the topic was not something that could be easily diverted. Even if Magneto knew Charles's attitude, he still spoke. He said, "Since you guessed my intention, you must know that I don't like to return empty-handed."
Charles was speechless.
Every time he came to Academy X to brainwash him, it was as if the brainwashing was successful.
"Didn't you already recruit them?"
Charles slowly stabbed Magneto. "Although it has already failed."
Hearing Charles's words, Magneto's expression suddenly froze. However, he quickly recovered and said, "It's just one time. If I gave up after failing once, the Mutant Brotherhood would not exist today."
Charles believed Magneto's words, but it was because of this that he felt a headache. After all, he had a deep understanding of Magneto's stubbornness.
"Eric."
Charles rubbed his temples, then he looked at Magneto and said, "You know, even if you won't give up because of one failure, I won't choose to be soft-hearted toward you because of your repeated failures."
"There's no need."
Magneto raised his chin slightly. This action made him look a little more arrogant and confident. He said, "Charles, I'm only here to confirm if the twins have joined Academy X."
After that, Magneto smiled at his good friend who had already parted ways with him. "But obviously, they haven't."
Just like how Charles understood him, Magneto understood him as well. If Wanda and Pietro had really joined Academy X, then Charles would definitely say it directly to stop him from continuing to pursue the twins.
After all, this was how he took the Mystique away from Charles. So from then on, whenever the gentle and gentle Professor X showed a covetous look towards the mutant students of Academy X, he would spread his wings like a mother hen, protecting the mutant students while flapping his wings at him.
Magneto, who had his wings flapped by Charles several times, "…"
He couldn't bear to think about it.
It was because of this reason that Magneto came to Academy X to confirm this fact. To be honest …
He really didn't want his wings to be flapped by Charles again.
But fortunately, he got the answer he wanted. The twins did not join Academy X. Since this was the case, he could recruit them without worry.
When Charles heard Magneto's words, he sighed faintly in his heart. He thought that it was not all good to have such a good relationship with Eric, but …
He remembered what Wanda and the others said the other day. Even though Professor X had become an educator, he still had some of the liveliness engraved in his bones. He gave Magneto a somewhat malicious smile.
"They are indeed only considering whether to join Academy X, but …"
Charles deliberately dragged out the last word before he continued, "Eric, are you sure you have a way to make them voluntarily follow you back to the Brotherhood?"
When Magneto heard this, he could not help but frown. It was not because of Charles's words, but because of his tone and expression when he said these words.
Magneto said with certainty, "Charles, do you know something that I don't know?"
Charles, "…"
I know a lot of things that you don't know, how is it just a little?
Magneto did not get an answer from Charles, but he was not disappointed. When he returned to the Brotherhood, he said to Mystique expressionlessly, "The twins we are looking for are not in Academy X. Send someone to look for them in New York."
When Mystique heard Magneto say this, she looked at him with some surprise and asked, "Not in Academy X? This is beyond my expectations. "
It was not that Wanda and Pietro had to be in Academy X, but considering their age, Mystique did not think that Charles, who was like a saint, would let these young mutated humans wander around outside.
Thinking of Charles's personality, Magneto frowned slightly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Either the twins are now in a place that Charles is not worried about, or even if they are not in Academy X, Charles can still interact with them often."
Magneto's words made Mystique raise her eyebrows, "You mean we still have to keep an eye on Charles?"
"I don't object."
When Magneto heard Mystique's suggestion, he said, "As long as the people you send can not be discovered by Charles."
When he said "not be discovered", he meant that Charles would not be aware that he was being followed. Otherwise, he would not need to catch them personally and could make them "obediently" walk to him at any time.
Hearing this, Mystique was speechless, "Then you should object."
After Magneto finished giving his instructions, she said, "By the way, the people from the Brotherhood encountered the mutated human who can control magnetic fields like you. We have found her."
When she saw Magneto looking over, she continued, "In addition to her, there are a few other mutated humans around her."
Hearing Mystique's words, Magneto could not help but smile, "Very good. Let's hurry up and make our move before Charles finds out."
In fact, Charles had already contacted Lorna and the others and brainwashed them to never join the Brotherhood, "…"
But of course, Magneto did not know about this, just like how Issou did not know how big of a "surprise" was waiting for him before he received a call from his mother.
But before Issou received the call from his mother, there was a real "surprise" waiting for him, and that was —
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