69novels Chapter 159
Chapter 159
"Good evening, Lex, I hope the banquet tonight didn't bore you." He said kindly, "I guess you didn't come to me to talk about the banquet."
"Of course not, Mr. Xavier." Lex said, addressing Professor X's last name politely, as if they were ordinary businessmen talking about work, "I think you already know why I'm here, of course, I'm not It's implying that you've done something with your abilities, but that you're a smart person, and smart people always think alike."
The smile disappeared from Professor X's face, and he was silent for a moment, knowing that he could not escape this topic.
Since Xavier Academy began to receive mutants rescued by Superman, he has been avoiding outside speculation and curiosity, because he himself is one of the most powerful mutants known, and no organization or force has dared to Make any small gestures in his gaze, but Professor X is well aware that this day will happen sooner or later.
"Superman," he said, and after a brief silence he gave another slight smile.
"Yes, Mr. Xavier, that's why I'm here." Lex also smiled.
He opened his arms in the professor's room, as if he were not in a bedroom chosen by chance, but in a large theater facing thousands of spectators, screams and cheers were deafening, and the arms of his admirers were in front of him. dancing at his feet.
He is the only focus of everyone's attention, the big man that everyone is looking at.
"As you and I know, Superman has been in this world for many years, and I know that certain groups have received a lot of care from him, the weak who suffer, ordinary people trapped in laboratories, homeless people imprisoned for experiments Han, and you, and especially you, the mutant community." He said, "I notice your unearthly love and admiration for him, Superman, and the citizens of Metropolis who were awed by his astonishing debut No, your devotion and adoration lasted a long time—unnaturally long."
"What do you mean?"
"I mean Superman is using you. He has the ability to change everything, I mean, he can do everything, but he chooses to do nothing."
"That's not true," retorted the professor calmly.
"Yes, yes, professor, I see your disapproval expression. Indeed, Superman has brought many mutants with out-of-control abilities to this school, and prevented many tragedies that should have been caused by out-of-control abilities. What else did he do? He didn't do anything. He has the power to change the status of the entire mutant in society, but he only provides assistance secretly. Put it all on him."
The professor's voice was very peaceful: "Then who should we put our hope on? You?"
"Of course!" Lex's voice finally contained a bit of gnashing of teeth, "Of course it should be me! Do you really think that this increasingly tolerant environment should be attributed to Superman? Whether it is the upper echelons of the government or the lower echelons of society, those who gradually The quiet gossip, the growing calls for mutant rights, the kind glances and sympathetic looks -- annoying, but beneficial sympathy for the mutant community -- are all because of me, Lex Luthor, work behind the scenes."
"No matter what your plans are, you did these things, Lex." Professor X looked at Lex quietly, "Thank you very much."
His tone of voice bored Lex, and his soft cornflower blue eyes made Lex's stomach churn.
"I'm not here for this, Mr. Xavier." Lex said, suppressing the discomfort, "I'm here for cooperation."
"Cooperate with what? How to attack Superman? We won't follow your orders, Lex. You are essentially no different from those who hate and hate mutants, and you are even more dangerous, because you can pretend to be innocent. You don’t even need to deceive anyone by using your tolerant appearance, you can control them by just using your true colors.” Professor X suddenly sighed, “Poor Carl.”
"Don't—Karl involved. This has nothing to do with Karl. He's not in the plan."
"Of course he's in your plans, and he's always been."
"Oh." Lex said, as if he just realized something, he looked at Professor X with a surprised look, "This is why you don't trust me? This is why you don't like me? Because I abducted your little boy? Professor, I always knew you were a person whose emotions surpassed reason, but I didn't expect you to be so emotional...to this extent."
"Emotional." Professor X smacked the word, nodded, and shook his head again, "I may be emotional, I never deny that. People always use the old things between me and Eric to attack me, Thinking I should turn my weapon on my best friend, but I can't, I can't, even though I don't share his ideology at all."
"That's why you failed."
"We didn't fight. How could we lose? Eric and I were always different people. I tried to change him and he tried to change me. That kind of thinking made our relationship worse. Now We don't try to change each other anymore, guess what? We can spend a weekend playing chess together calmly." Professor X said, "I have the exact opposite opinion of yours, Lex, you think it's my failure to be emotional. I think that not being emotional enough is the reason for my failure."
Lex looked at Professor X, feeling that the mutant in front of him was totally unreasonable.
"You are the leader of the Xavier School, Professor." He said, intending to persuade the other party from another angle. "It is impossible for everyone to agree with your philosophy. Of course, the most extreme ideas are not in your school. In the Brotherhood of Magneto, but even so, I think there are still a considerable number of mutants whose thinking is biased towards Magneto, but limited by their weak ability and fear of Magneto's means, stayed in your school."
"I know this very well. You can do what you want, persuade them, take them away, whatever you want. This is a free school, and they are all free people." Professor X said, pondering for a moment, " I know you're not a very good man, I'm afraid, and you've done a lot of things behind the scenes, some with slight traces, some without. I can't find any evidence to prove it."
"An unprovable thing is the same as it didn't happen, Professor. I thought we could cooperate, Professor."
"If you're not so emotional, we can indeed cooperate," Professor X said.
He is not a stubborn person, and he has never been an old-fashioned person who does not know how to adapt.
Professor X has always claimed that mutants can live in harmony with ordinary people. Mutants should use their abilities to benefit the society. His character is very gentle and unobtrusive. Most ordinary people, including many mutants, have always had the impression of him "Saint" or related adjectives for that matter.
But this is not the case.
The leader who was able to open and maintain a huge school at a time when the government's attitude towards mutants was so bad, and to stand against the scheming Magneto for so many years, could not be a "good guy" who was willing to do good things purely on his own strength.
Professor X is just soft-handed and affable, not a naive fool.
He also cooperates and weighs the pros and cons, and he doesn't mind making small compromises in some less important places in order to protect his students.
But he would not compromise with Lex, he asked: "Why are you so persistent in targeting Superman? You are a very good businessman, Lex, and businessmen don't do things that are not good. You can see how powerful Superman is, and he There's no benefit in fighting, it's not your style."
"I'm not just a businessman, professor, I'm a scientist. I study weapons, I study biology, I study information technology, I study people, even though most of them are too stupid to be human, and I study the future of humanity, and Superman .”
Lex sneered.
This was the first expression he showed after standing in front of Professor X with strong emotional fluctuations, because the hatred for Superman in his heart was too strong, after this sneer, he didn't speak immediately.
The figure in the red cape flying past his office occupied his mind.
Lex felt shortness of breath and chest pain. He had to take a deep breath to suppress the vague uneasiness and anxiety in his heart. During this period, the professor just stared at him with Lex's unpredictable eyes.
This look seemed to mock his overreaching against Superman.
"I'll win." Lex said very calmly.
He didn't think he could disguise himself in front of Professor X. No one can have such arrogance in front of a mutant who is proficient in invading the brain. He came here to a certain extent just want to know what Professor X is to Superman. manner.
The situation is not optimistic. Unlike what he imagined, Professor X's attitude of defending Superman is unusually firm.
"You shouldn't do that." Professor X sighed again, "Does Karl know your attitude towards Superman?"
"I repeat, this matter has nothing to do with Karl. It has nothing to do with it." Lex said patiently, "No matter what my attitude towards Superman is, it will not affect me and Karl. If you are worried that I will take advantage of you He, please rest assured, Professor, my time is very precious and will not be wasted on frivolous things. If I want to take advantage of someone, I will use a more direct method instead of playing stupid love games with the other party."
"So you really love him." Professor X said, looking at Lex thoughtfully, and before Lex could figure out the deeper meaning of this sentence, he changed the subject, "If you don't If you mind, could you explain why you hate Superman?"
"Reasons? There are too many reasons, Professor, there are too many reasons to resist him." Lex twitched the corners of his lips, "Wouldn't you marvel at his perfection and strength when you watched him fly in the sky? It's a decadent era, full of vicious idiots, vulgar bad guys, the government does nothing, and the people expect nothing from the government, but I think, no, you and I know, Professor, everyone has a savior in their hearts— —”
He has a perfect face and body, and perfect virtue.He was born from the embrace of a pure virgin. On the day of his arrival, there will be visions accompanying the world, and important people will be enlightened in dreams.
God sent his only begotten Son into the world.
And he will save the world.
"—but we all know it's just a fantasy, just a purely conceptual character, people draw strength from this fictional belief. There is such a savior in everyone's heart, and he never existed. focus."
"Then? And then Superman showed up."
"—and subverted all of this."
He came down from the sky with a perfect face and body that people can see at a glance, and integrity, hope, generosity, justice, fortitude, temperance and tolerance that take a while to be understood by people.
Since then, those extremely harsh standards have found a real person, and the seven incredible virtues in the Bible are gathered in him.
Lex trembled slightly, he controlled his body as much as possible, but he may be too young, maybe not experienced enough, the emotions gushing in his heart and the speeches that were hidden in his throat, and Superman, Everything to do with Superman.
It is difficult for him to suppress his true self.
The self that knows exactly who it is.
cold.tyrannical.inferior.evil.dark.greedy.
There is deep self-loathing and low self-esteem deep in the heart, and it is unmistakable that I know how dirty and unworthy I am, and I don't know how to love others.
He hates all existence above him, because it makes him feel more deeply about himself.
Sometimes he just wants to destroy Superman.
Destroy his perfection, his face, his body, his morals, because it makes Lex feel less powerless.
"Superman was a mistake. Humanity never needed a savior."
"He should not exist, because his existence implies that we are sinners from birth."
—predicts that I am a sinner from birth.
Professor X silently listened to Lex's words. He looked at Lex with a moved expression, as if he had been completely moved by Lex's words.
"I think you really love him," said the professor.
"What?" Lex asked inexplicably.
"I mean—Carl." The professor coughed lightly, knowing that he had made a slip of the tongue. "I shouldn't suspect that you have ill intentions for him."
Even as smart as Rex didn't understand how Professor X's words had anything to do with his speech.
At the end of the corridor, Karl turned over in bed.
In the dark, no one could see whether he was smiling or not.