Washington, under the night sky, was still bustling with activity.
After all, a visible storm was brewing.
A nuclear war could break out at any time, so timid citizens were busy leaving the city, supermarkets were being looted, and all shelters were overcrowded.
But what everyone could never have imagined was that the instigator of this crisis, the World's most wanted criminal, was leisurely sipping champagne in the United States' capital.
The top floors of the downtown hotel had been booked by the Hellfire Club, and Fang Yuan, Shaw, and the others had just finished dinner.
To the surprise of White Queen, Salvador, and the others, the dinner was very harmonious; neither Shaw nor Fang Yuan mentioned the Missile Crisis.
Shaw walked to the balcony with his wine glass, looking at the slightly panicked crowd below, and expressed his thoughts.
"Humans are like ants; when they encounter a storm, the first thing they think of is always to run away."
Fang Yuan also walked over, saying to Shaw, "That's right, but you also see."
He leaned lazily against the railing: "There are really a lot of ants."
"Is that why you don't think highly of me?" Shaw suddenly asked.
It's here!
White Queen and the others perked up, knowing that tonight's main event had arrived.
"Exactly!" Fang Yuan nodded decisively, without any hesitation.
The others present held their breath; they couldn't imagine that Fang Yuan, who seemed the weakest, was so unyielding today.
Emma's beautiful eyes had not left Fang Yuan; compared to usual, Fang Yuan today appeared incredibly spirited.
He dared to come to the banquet alone, knowing that their relationship had broken down.
He even dared to oppose Shaw to his face.
One must know that Black King's 'black' was a color stained with countless blood.
Emma felt that Fang Yuan was exuding a strong attraction at this moment, as most people like the strong.
Shaw also didn't expect Fang Yuan to say it so directly, but instead of getting angry, he laughed happily.
"Tell me your thoughts," Shaw's tone was even a little expectant.
Although they had discussed similar topics before, Shaw hadn't yet seen Fang Yuan's ambition then, only thinking that Fang Yuan was choosing a tree to roost in, so he didn't ask too much about Fang Yuan's own plans for Mutants.
Now, he wanted to hear it.
Fang Yuan also, for once, spoke his true feelings: "Your method is too radical, and too presumptive."
"You don't agree that Mutants should rule the World?" Shaw asked.
Fang Yuan immediately retorted, "If there were only Mutants in the World, then who would we rule?"
Watching the two people arguing fiercely, Emma and the others didn't dare to breathe; Salvador finally fully understood why Fang Yuan always seemed unwilling to bother with her.
The two were indeed not on the same level.
She, including White Queen, Red Devil, and others, were merely followers, while Fang Yuan and Shaw were leaders.
At this moment, regardless of Mutant abilities, the few of them listened intently to the two debating, as if they were discussing the Way.
Shaw's smile unconsciously widened a bit; although Fang Yuan was refuting him, he also heard their common ground.
That is, Fang Yuan also agreed that Mutants should control the World.
Of course, from Fang Yuan's perspective, he had no intention of helping Mutants rule humanity; the reason he said this was entirely because Fang Yuan's current identity was a Mutant.
It wasn't that Mutants should control the World, but that Fang Yuan should!
He wasn't aiming for meticulous rule, but rather to control the general direction of the World.
Ruling the World was too cumbersome and didn't align with Fang Yuan's naturally laid-back nature, but controlling various forces to prevent trouble for himself, Fang Yuan still felt was very necessary.
He didn't want to be suddenly interrupted while interacting with young ladies, only to be taken away, bed and all.
Yes, he was talking about Xavier's Mansion.
But Shaw didn't know this; after all, what Fang Yuan had been doing was always to enhance the prestige of Mutants, leading Shaw to mistakenly believe that his ambitions encompassed all Mutants.
One can only say that public opinion can indeed be very misleading.
Fang Yuan continued, "Mutants and humans are inherently one; all humans carry the Mutant gene, but most people just haven't activated it."
"You ignore that Mutants came from humans. You want all Mutants to abandon humans, which is an unrealistic thing."
"So, inevitably, people will come one after another to stop you, not just humans, but also Mutants," Fang Yuan said directly.
Shaw waved his hand imperiously, "I don't care. Only the Mutants who survive are qualified to rule the World and establish a society belonging to Mutants!"
"But is a society built through violence truly beautiful?" Fang Yuan gave an example, "Just as there are always humans who are hostile to Mutants now, there will still be many Mutants who hate you and the new society you establish."
"You are merely changing the object of war from humans versus humans, and humans versus Mutants, to Mutants versus Mutants."
Fang Yuan's words were like sharp daggers piercing into the hearts of Shaw and the others: "Or rather, you haven't thought that far ahead at all? Has merely focusing on how to destroy the human World already exhausted your minds?"
Shaw fell silent.
Although he was reluctant to admit it, Fang Yuan was right.
They only thought about destroying the human order, and then naturally assumed that with their own strength, they could rule the World after the great war.
Of course, Fang Yuan could also find an excuse for them.
All of this was simply following the orders of the screenwriter and director...
"Then what do you plan to do?" Shaw asked with a dry voice.
"It's very simple," Fang Yuan once again brought out the lines he had previously said to Professor X and Magneto.
"Control public opinion, let humans bask in the goodness of Mutants!"
"Children growing up in this environment will mostly admire Mutants, desire to become Mutants, and generation after generation, the rejection faced by Mutants will become less and less."
"Such a subtle change will not cause widespread opposition."
Shaw, White Queen, and the others' eyes widened. They looked at Fang Yuan in surprise, not expecting him to be not only flirtatious but also ruthless.
"I seem to have heard this method somewhere..." Sebastian Shaw frowned and immediately thought of something, "That's right, it's peaceful evolution!"
This was a sinister tactic proposed by a U.S. Secretary of State in the 1950s; besides Shaw, who paid attention to current affairs, White Queen and the others were not very familiar with it.
But for someone from a later generation like Fang Yuan, the name 'peaceful evolution' was famous, because it directly caused a massive . bear to disappear.
This tactic, in simple terms, is to "conquer hearts first."
So Shaw also exclaimed unconsciously, "I only want to destroy humanity, but you want to rule humanity's thoughts, making them willingly be controlled by you."
He stared deeply into Fang Yuan's eyes.
"You are more worthy of human fear than I am!"
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