"Okay, but I hope you consider it as soon as possible. According to our intelligence, S.H.I.E.L.D. is likely to launch an attack on us after Christmas. It will be too late to make a decision then."
Hearing Hawking's reply, Magneto paused, not pressing too hard.
He knew that Hawking was not easily influenced, and had a very strong opinion. Pressing him too hard would easily arouse suspicion.
"There's still a week until Christmas. I'll give you an answer in three days."
Hawking thought for a moment and replied.
He couldn't just take Magneto's word for it. Three days were enough for him to make a trip to S.H.I.E.L.D. to find out the truth.
If it was really as Magneto said, then although he wouldn't destroy S.H.I.E.L.D., he would definitely give them a profound lesson and make them behave for a while.
If not, then it must be Magneto trying to stir up trouble, and he would have to suppress him.
In any case, whether it was S.H.I.E.L.D. or Magneto, he couldn't easily destroy either of them. Maintaining the current situation was the best way for him to have time to continue developing.
"Alright, then I'll come find you again in three days!"
Magneto nodded, and left the cafe with Mystique. If Hawking was willing to cooperate, that would be best. If not, he had other plans.
"They're all troublemakers. Can't they just live a good life instead of causing trouble?"
After Magneto left, Hawking shook his head and returned home.
If S.H.I.E.L.D. developed drugs and weapons against Mutants, it meant that HYDRA also had access to them.
And if HYDRA, with its complex composition, had them, then many other forces might also acquire them.
The future situation for Mutants would become even more difficult, and more Mutants would be captured and studied by ambitious forces because of these targeted weapons.
Upon returning home, Oleg and Elena did not ask Hawking about Magneto, and continued to chat and laugh as usual.
However, with his keen senses, he still noticed something unusual.
At night, after everyone had watched TV in the living room and returned to their respective rooms, Hawking sat cross-legged on his bed, maximizing his five senses, and began to eavesdrop on the movements in the other rooms.
What he had seen during the day clearly indicated that Elena and Magneto had some kind of connection, but since Elena was unwilling to speak, he, as her son, found it difficult to ask.
Yet, for him, this was a relatively important matter that had to be clarified.
Because it would affect his attitude towards Magneto later on.
If there was no relationship whatsoever, and a conflict arose in the future, he wouldn't mind casually eliminating Magneto.
But if there was a relationship, then he would have to be careful.
The first sound that reached his ears was from Pietro's room, as it was closest to his.
"The mighty oar and mast turn to ashes, little brother. Although you're in puberty, you still need to exercise moderation."
He twitched his mouth, then shifted his attention to the next room, which was Wanda's.
"For the next movement, the cat pose, open your knees hip-width apart, inhale, slowly raise your hips, and gently arch your lower back, forming an arc."
"So she's practicing yoga. Wanda has also reached the age where she cares about her appearance."
Passing Wanda's room, he finally heard Elena and Oleg's voices.
"Elena, don't overthink it. That was just an accident. I just asked Pietro, and it turns out he's also a Mutant, which is why he knows Hawking. He's not here to take the two children away."
"Oleg, I just… I just feel sorry for you."
"What are you talking about sorry for? You told me everything back then, and you didn't hide anything from me. And I've never regretted it."
"That year, I encountered a robbery in an alley, and he suddenly appeared and saved me. After one night, he disappeared without a trace as if he had vanished into thin air, and I found myself pregnant.
My parents advised me to abort them, but I couldn't bear to. Later, I met you, and you didn't mind my pregnancy, and even proposed to me.
From then on, I realized that love shouldn't really be love at first sight, but rather spending time together, understanding each other, and giving to each other."
"Actually, I never told you, but I had a crush on you a long time ago. It's just that you were too dazzling back then, and countless excellent boys liked you, while I was just ordinary and insignificant.
It wasn't until later, when that incident happened to you, that I had the chance to appear before you. So there's nothing to be sorry for, this was my choice all along."
"Oleg, let's have another child!"
"Huh?"
"Back in Sokovia, because of the war, and because you had to take care of Wanda and Pietro, you were always unwilling to have another child. But now that we're settled, let's have another child, a child of ours!"
"Hiss~"
Hearing this, Hawking quickly covered his ears. Listening any further would be inappropriate for children.
"I didn't expect Magneto to actually be Wanda and Pietro's real father!"
After seeing Elena's abnormality during the day, he had already made some guesses, but he never expected it to be the result of Magneto's one-night stand.
No wonder Magneto didn't recognize Elena. It was probably because throughout his life, Magneto had probably been with many women like Elena.
However, their ages… well, it was understandable.
A girl in her twenties falling in love with a mature, steady, and charismatic uncle in his forties, especially one who saved her like a hero, was quite normal.
Don't be fooled by Magneto and Professor X, one old and wrinkled, the other bald and in a wheelchair. Both were handsome in their youth. He had seen a group photo of the first generation X-Men in Professor X's office.
It was just that Oleg was a bit pitiful, but with things like this, where one was willing and the other was willing, it was hard to say. If Elena hadn't been pregnant, Oleg probably wouldn't have had a chance.
Actually, he had originally thought that if Wanda had a problem with her parentage, she would be the daughter of that Gypsy woman, Natalia. He never expected that in this Universe, she was indeed Magneto's daughter.
In that case, was Wanda a Mutant after all?
Never mind, it didn't matter whether she was or not. Even if Wanda wasn't, Pietro definitely was. As for this matter… he decided to keep it to himself for now.
As for Magneto, as long as he didn't do anything too outrageous in the future, out of consideration for him being Wanda and Pietro's biological father, he would try to go easy on him, just beat him half to death.
The next morning, after having breakfast with his family, Hawking secretly performed a hand seal:
"Shadow Clone Technique!"
A Shadow Clone with half of his energy appeared beside him.
"Go investigate at S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters."
The Shadow Clone used Bukujutsu, flew out of the window, and headed straight towards Washington.
Such intelligence gathering could be left to the Shadow Clone. Today, he still had to accompany his family to buy various Christmas items to decorate their rooms and yard.
And prepare the food to be cooked for Christmas, and so on.
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