Chapter 80: Hellfire

When it begins, mutants appear around us unconsciously.

They are called "monsters", "deformities", and "killers" because of their own abilities... and under the storm between these tribes, many radical groups began to appear, such as the "mutant Brotherhood" formed by Magneto, the "Human Council" with anti-mutants as their purpose, and the "Hellfire Club" formed by some evil mutants, etc.

There are about tens of millions of mutants in the United States now. Most of them (more than 60%) have very weak superpowers, but they also have extremely powerful individuals. For example, in the X-Men, Professor X, who has powerful psychic superpowers, has all the Eidman metal skeletons, and Wolverine with super resilience. His eyes are the channels for communication between other worlds and can emit devastating lasers. The young leader Cyclops, who used to be the first to be the first to be a mutant.

The "White Queen" of Hellfire Club, the current mutant leader, not only can diamond their own bodies, but also has Emma Forrost, who has the same level of spiritual power as Professor X, and the Stormwoman Ororo who can control the storm... These are all famous and powerful mutants. In this information age, their nicknames and photos are often featured in major newspapers and magazines, and they are more well-known than popular singers. Even elementary school students can report several names.

However, these are always a minority.

After all, the US presidential election is a game to see who wins more votes. Every state in the United States has a different number of "elective delegations". The number of electors in each state is the same as the number of members in the state in both houses of Congress, with more large states and fewer small states. When an elector gets a vote supported by the highest number of people in a state, it is believed that he has received the votes of all "electronics" in that state.

There are 538 electors nationwide, which means that the president of the United States is elected by these 538 electoral votes. Those who get more than half of the votes are the new president of the United States.

Although there are many mutants, they are minorities after all, with one-thirty of the number and three percent of the population proportion. If we follow common sense, a presidential candidate who takes "for the welfare of mutants" as his campaign program will never be able to gain the support of the vast majority of American people in the next life and ascend to the throne of president.

Carl Lace's campaign team has tried its best to highlight the more "ordinary" part of her campaign program, which is about the reform of the medical system and the increase in employment rates. However, these programs are also based on the powerful technology of the mutant power and adventurer group behind her. The traces of "mutant" on her are too deep and too strong, and they cannot be erased by public relations capabilities.

"So, in summary, I don't think Miss Carl Lace has a 10% chance of becoming the President of the United States. Of course, this is when you don't use extraordinary means. Miss Lorela, can I answer this question for me?"

Su Jing and Lorela are now on the fifth floor of an office building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. This is a complete floor of office space rented with funds from the Evolutionary Council, and are used as the office space for the temporary "Carl Lace Campaign Team". However, there are only four people in total - Carl Lace Tianran, Lorela, Su Jing and Xing Batian.

Xing Batian was appointed to be responsible for security work. Although Su Jing did not think that an eight-star adventurer needed a four-star adventurer to "protect", with Xing Batian's appearance, the profession of security leader existed for him. So the brave warrior had to sit at the door with a newspaper all day, and was responsible for buying coffee and ordering lunch for everyone.

Lorela was wearing a neat black professional women's clothing today, and a pair of elegant black-framed glasses were also placed on the bridge of her nose, suppressing the warm atmosphere of various fiery reds piled up on her body. She sat by the window and looked down at the storefront of a nightclub across the street.

"Mr. Su, how could the Evolutionary Council not understand what you can see?" The red-haired woman picked up the coffee, "In fact, whether the Lord can successfully run for the election has nothing to do with the overall situation."

Su Jing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Dare you asking for advice..."

"We... or the entire Evolutionary Assembly, we don't care about the feelings of the 300 million American people. Being a villain can be, and being a decent doesn't matter... The only thing we value is the tens of millions of mutant resources in this world. Whether it is Xavier Talented Youth School, or the utopia of the Mutant Kingdom and Kenosha... are all the forces we are trying to fight for. This presidential election is a show, but the audience is not the American people, but all the mutants in this world. What makes sense is not the result, but the process, the process of expressing our sincerity."

Lorela concluded.

"Well...no wonder, I'm still wondering why, as one of the biggest adventurers, the only three or four of us are participating in the election work..." Su Jing used a spoon to stir the slightly cooled coffee in the cup.

"Hahaha... This plan was originally an idea that a person with an upper class suddenly came up with, but my husband took on this task because of playing games. Then, naturally, except for me who was hardworking, no one wanted to play this big game with her. The adventurer was also very busy. Then, the gentleman ran to Mr. Thunder in every few days to ask for people and money, which made Mr. Thunder annoyed, so he threw you two over." Lorela shrugged her shoulders and moved her fingers slightly.

The coffee in Su Jing's hand suddenly became hot again. Although the red-haired woman's move seemed simple and small, Su Jing couldn't figure out what method she used to do it. It can be seen that her strength was definitely above everyone present.

"Speaking of this, you were very calm after hearing the news about Major Su Luo. I always thought you would go to find her regardless of everything. Unexpectedly, you were excited for a while, and then you became like nothing happened." Lorela stared out the window and asked casually.

Su Jing sipped the coffee in the cup and said slowly: "Since I know she is still alive, that's fine. If I meet her rashly now, it will not only be beneficial, but will cause me and her trouble. I will understand this kind of thing as soon as I think about it. I still have self-knowledge. I will not take the initiative to look for her until I am not strong enough to be equal to her."

Luo Lei twisted the corner of her mouth. The long-haired young man opposite was not a stupid idiot. With his current strength, if he intervened in the world of eight-star adventurers... Su Luo was in the red force of the military team, which was the most competitive internally. As an eight-star powerful warrior, her enemies may also have strong force that is no less than her. And if Su Jing enters their sight like this, then it is likely to be exploited as Su Luo's weakness. This possibility is very high... So, what Su Jing has to do is not to meet Su Luo, but to go the other way and deliberately stagger the world of the two until he has the power to intervene in the other world.

Moreover... Luo Leila narrowed her eyes, and she could see that Su Jing and Su Luo were exactly the same pride in their bones, with exactly the same eyes above the top. She could almost imagine that Su Jing would feel a little confused when losing to her sister in terms of ability, and he would definitely try his best to improve his strength in the shortest time until he could stand with her again.

Walk side by side... Lorela sighed silently. How much effort does it take for both parties to walk together forever? Walk side by side forever, stand together forever... She thought of her lord, Carl Lace Tianran, who seemed to be happy forever. How many sacrifices did she make and how many battles she has experienced before she can advance to the eight-star power in this world?

"What is there?" Su Jing asked suddenly.

Lorela kept staring at the nightclub gate at the corner of the street, which made him wonder, where was it?

"There is the Hellfire Club there." The red-haired woman replied.

Su Jing was shocked.

Hellfire Club is a long-standing organization with many famous villains. This club is famous for its extremely strict requirements for membership. There are two main ways to join the club - family inheritance and invitation. All of the members are giants and outstanding figures in the political and business world. The resources these people themselves have are enough to shake half of the earth, not to mention that many of them are powerful mutants.

Interestingly, Iron Man Tony Stark and Green Devil Norman Osborne (the villain in Spider-Man) were also invited to join Hellfire Club.

Su Jing also watched the movie "X-Men: Lesson 1", so he had some impression of the underground organization with a strange organization structure, but he did not expect that a base of the organization was opposite the office building. He stood up slightly alert and was stopped by Lorela.

"It's okay, I just... look a little bit." The red-haired woman said softly, "In fact, there are some radical anti-mutant organizations that can't stand the situation of Lord King's election for US president. Lord King told me that she heard the tense breath in the air. It is very likely that someone would try to assassinate Lord King, at least to destroy our publicity activities. We will go to Columbia University tomorrow, so I have to make some safety preparations first."

Su Jing has understood what she means. There have been many madmen in the history of Hellfire Club who want to establish mutant hegemony. The core members of this organization use chess pieces as their code name. In history, Magneto once served as the "White King" and claimed to be the "Gray King" after defeating "Black King" Sebastian Shaw, and briefly unified the strong men of Hellfire Club.

If the Hellfire Club now still maintains the program of "building a mutant rule over the world of human beings", then Carl Lace, who has always promoted the "harmonious coexistence between humans and mutants", is undoubtedly a very annoying nail in their eyes.

"That won't be. The Hellfire Club will not attack the Lord." Lorela seemed to see his thoughts.

"Is this Black and White King... a moderate?"

Su Jing was not familiar with the members of the Hellfire Club, so he asked tentatively.

As if he heard something interesting, Lorela smiled.
Chapter completed!