After messing around with Wolverine for a bit, and chatting a bit of nonsense, Hawking saw that he was in a better mood, so he turned to the second floor to spend some time with Wanda and Pietro.
However, just as he reached the staircase, he was blocked by Magneto and Mystique.
"Child, do you know you have great potential?"
"Of course, I've always felt that I'm destined to become a great figure in the future."
Hawking smiled, confident in his own strength.
Even with just his current Saiyan bloodline, if developed well in the future, he would definitely have a place in the Marvel Universe, not to mention he has more than one protagonist template.
"Very good, I like your confidence, but you're wasting your talent here. Come with me, and I can better develop your potential, allowing you to fully utilize your abilities."
Magneto began to instill his Mutant-supremacy philosophy into Hawking, envisioning a beautiful future, attempting to manipulate him into joining the Brotherhood of Mutants.
"Well, my teachers all told me you're a bad guy, but I actually agree with some of your views.
However, for now, I still think the Mutant School is more suitable for my growth.
Your place is too poor, always on the run and being hunted.
Perhaps when I'm older, I'll consider it."
Patiently waiting for Magneto to finish, Hawking gave his answer, politely refusing Magneto.
What he said was true; My Lord Magneto was impressive, but he really wasn't as rich as Professor X. The Mutant School offered good food and drink, so why would he join the constantly-on-the-move Brotherhood? Even if he were a true Mutant, he wouldn't join.
He also didn't completely shut down the idea, giving Magneto some hope, so at least if they ever clashed, the other party wouldn't go for a kill shot.
"It's alright, whenever you come to your senses, you're welcome to come find me."
Magneto wasn't too surprised by Hawking's answer and maintained his smile.
It was normal; students brainwashed by Charles wouldn't quickly recognize reality, wouldn't recognize the incorrigibility of humanity.
"Beautiful lady, could you please move aside?"
Hawking turned to look at Mystique, who had blue skin all over her body.
To be honest, Mystique's figure was truly top-notch; it was just the blue skin that was a bit hard for people to accept.
However, her ability to transform into anyone, including their irises, fingerprints, skin texture, voice, and gender, completely made up for this drawback.
With Mystique, you basically had the whole World; you would never lack novelty and could satisfy any of your fantasies.
It's just, he's been considering one question: does Mystique's blue-skinned state count as wearing clothes? If not, then wouldn't it be like that every day?
"This little guy is quite realistic, and quite cunning."
After Hawking went upstairs, Mystique licked her lips and commented.
Magneto nodded:
"It's alright, the more he has a personality like this, the less time he'll stay here. He'll join us sooner or later."
Despite not spending much time together, his rich experience still allowed him to see from Hawking's words and actions that he was not a person content with solitude, nor was he the same kind of idealist as Charles.
"I hope so, I don't dislike this sweet-talking little guy."
Mystique shrugged, activated her ability, and her body instantly transformed, taking on the appearance of Jean Grey in a sexy tank top.
"I'm going to tease that silly Wolverine."
"Don't play too rough, we still need them before the plan is complete."
Magneto said with a smile.
"Don't believe anything Magneto says. Last time, Rogue was almost killed by him."
As soon as he reached the second floor, Storm suddenly appeared.
Always wary of Magneto, she wasn't comfortable with Magneto and Mystique wandering around the Villa and had been subtly monitoring them.
Sure enough, she had just noticed Magneto stopping little Hawking, not knowing what they were talking about.
"I know, he wants me to join his Brotherhood, and I've already refused."
Hawking replied without hiding anything.
"However, Teacher Ororo, I think when we go to rescue the Professor, we need to be careful of Magneto.
If Stryker can control the Professor to eliminate all Mutants in the World, Magneto might seize the opportunity to have the Professor eliminate all humans."
Hearing Hawking's reminder, Storm's pupils suddenly contracted.
Yes, why hadn't she thought of this problem? If it were Magneto, he really might do something like that.
"Thank you, Hawking, this is too important, I'll pay attention!"
"Of course, this is just a guess, maybe he's not that bad."
Hawking smiled and shrugged.
Revealing Magneto's plan to Storm in advance was also to make them vigilant, lest they be tricked without knowing it.
It was also to re-establish his persona as a wise man, compensating for some of the negative effects of being a child.
Whether he was truly a wise man wasn't important; what was important was to make everyone feel that he was, so that any suggestions he made in the future would be taken seriously and he would be more trusted.
"He's just that bad. It seems we'll have to keep a close eye on him then!"
Storm was originally unsure, but hearing Hawking say that, the more she thought about it, the more she felt that the other party would definitely do that, otherwise he wouldn't be so actively seeking their cooperation.
"Oh, and there's one more very important thing."
Seeing Storm about to leave to notify the others, Hawking stopped her again.
"What important thing?"
This time, Storm was clearly much more serious.
Hawking explained:
"My ability is that after an outburst, I can significantly enhance my physical abilities and unleash energy attacks. I should have mentioned all this after the meeting ended."
"Yes, you did."
Storm nodded.
Everyone was going to the Base together tonight to rescue the Professor, so they definitely needed to know each other's abilities to coordinate well.
"At the time, because Magneto was there, I didn't finish. That is, on a full moon night, when I see the moon, my strength will also increase significantly, but with my current control, I will lose my mind at that time.
So if it really comes to that tonight, remember to cut off my tail, that's the only way I can recover."
Hawking explained his special situation in advance.
In fact, he had originally considered keeping it a secret, because if he didn't need to use it, he could keep this trump card hidden from everyone.
But after thinking about it, it didn't seem necessary.
The Giant Ape form without reason would only lead him to a situation like the Hulk, feared and hated by everyone.
If no one knew that cutting his tail could restore him to normal, and he remained in Giant Ape form all night, the consequences would definitely be unimaginable.
He would probably cause more destruction than the Hulk controlled by Wanda and out of his mind; at least the Hulk couldn't spit energy blasts.
This was not the outcome he wanted.
"There's such a thing!"
Storm had never heard of Hawking's condition before.
But out of trust in Hawking, she still carefully wrote these things down and planned to tell Wolverine, Colossus, and Nightcrawler about them later.