The Force of the Phoenix

Chapter 120, Superpowers (Ten more!! Please subscribe!!)
After that came the tedious entry process, which Magneto complained about quite a bit.

"These so-called human elites like to complicate simple things. Problems that can be solved in a few words must be made so troublesome!"

"Eric, you don't understand this!"

Mystique turned into the appearance of her eldest cousin Jennifer. The red dress wrapped her almost perfect figure, and her long golden wavy hair attracted the attention of all the men in the audience.

She continued to Magneto: "The problem of mutants has now become a problem for the whole society, especially thanks to the movement we made before. This is not something that can be discussed by the President of the United States or a few members of Congress. Let all the people know the inside story."

The American people feel that they have the right to know, and now Luo Yang is taking advantage of this to label his actions as justice.

Mutants are human beings and have the right to fight for equal rights!

Luo Yang stretched out a finger, "Actually, there is one more thing, public opinion and so on... The industry bosses don't care at all, what they care about is how much profit they can get out of it."

"The Mutant Affirmative Action Act...can also involve interests?" Magneto scratched his metal helmet and asked.

"Of course, once the mutants enjoy legal rights, do you know how much the mutants' powers will have a huge impact on traditional industries?" Luo Yang asked with a smile.

Lao Wan is a smart man, after Luo Yang reminded him, he instantly understood:
"I understand. It's like delivering newspapers. Ordinary people riding bicycles and motorcycles may only deliver a few hundred copies of newspapers in a morning. If it is replaced by a mutant with the ability to fly, he can deliver at least a few thousand newspapers in a morning." share!"

"Or, if she is a mutant who has the ability to open a portal, she can sit in the office and deliver newspapers to the world... Not just newspapers, anything legal or illegal can be delivered to the destination, and the most important thing is The point is that using mutant abilities can easily bypass the police, which is why officials are so cautious about mutant affirmative action."

While speaking, Luo Yang and others had already entered the arena.

It was an extremely large venue, with an area vacant in front, and rows of seats on the remaining three sides.

Luo Yang sat in the seat on the right according to the signage, and Professor X sat in the same row. As for Steve Rogers and the others, they sat across from Luo Yang.

"Charles, long time no see!" Magneto greeted his old friend first.

Professor X smiled and nodded, but his eyes fell on Luo Yang, "We meet again, Mr. Luo Yang."

"It doesn't matter whether it's big or small, call me Grandpa Luo!" Luo Yang corrected with a serious face.

Just like the first time, Professor X's expression changed immediately, and his eyes turned to Magneto again.

Lao Wan grinned, but didn't say anything.

Professor

Soon, the symposium on mutant affirmative action is about to begin.

As the president of the United States, Nissoon was the first to deliver a speech, the content of which was nothing more than highlighting the previous incidents, expressing the official attitude, and saying some beautiful and pleasant scenes.

Then came the business bragging and wrangling among the bigwigs from all sides.

Many of these bosses sympathize with the plight of mutants, but their focus has always been on whether mutants pose a threat to ordinary people.

"Are mutants a threat? Why don't you listen to the opinions of mutants?"

President Nissunson interrupted everyone's speeches, reached out to Luo Yang and others, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Charles, Mr. Eric, and Mr. Luo Yang, do you have anything to say?"

Professor X seemed to have prepared his speech, but Luo Yang coughed lightly and said:

"First of all, I don't think the word mutant is very friendly. After all, I can feel that when many people say this word, it is insulting. Therefore, I propose that all people who have obtained supernatural powers due to genetic mutations People with superpowers are collectively referred to as... superpowers!"

"Superpower?!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole venue erupted.

Even President Nissoon discussed with the generals and lawmakers around him for a while, and finally picked up the microphone to maintain order in the venue.

"Quiet...Quiet... Regarding Mr. Luo Yang's proposal, I think that on the premise that all people are born equal, any group of people can decide their own title, but Mr. Luo Yang, you can represent the group of mutants What? If it is possible, from now on, the title of mutants will be changed to superpowers!"

With that said, Nisunson looked at Professor X, Magneto and others.

Naturally, the people on Magneto's side don't need to say much, they will unconditionally support any decision Luo Yang makes. As for Professor X and others, they also reached a consensus after a quiet discussion.

"We agree with Mr. Luo Yang's proposal." Professor X said.

"Well, from now on, we have to call you superpowers. Let's go back to the original question. Superpowers, how do you think ordinary people think you are dangerous?"

Nissunson asked again.

This time, Professor X did not rush to speak, but looked at Luo Yang.

Luo Yang understood, and continued to speak: "It's a very simple truth, Mr. President, if you have a gun in your hand now, would you shoot me?"

"Of course not, I won't shoot anyone!" Nissunson shrugged and said without hesitation.

"That's right, whether a person with superpowers is dangerous or not does not depend on whether he is a person with superpowers, but on what kind of person he is. Even if he is an ordinary person, if he wants to do evil, he can just buy a gun and he will be able to do evil." If it hurts others, then I would like to ask a question, why do guns hurt people, and everyone sitting here doesn’t think about how to ban and destroy guns, but they have prejudices on the issue of superpowers?”

Someone stood up immediately after Luo Yang finished speaking.

"Please don't change the concept secretly, this...Mr. Luo Yang, the United States has a whole set of legal control regulations for firearms, and you become...ahem, you superpowers, no one knows what kind of ability you have acquired , What will you do with this ability?!"

"Then we can also formulate a set of bills for people with superpowers!"

Luo Yang looked directly at each other, "Isn't this the purpose of our gathering here? Gene mutations have existed since ancient times. No one can deny that human beings are evolving. A great man once said that existence is reasonable..."

"Since genetic mutation is an unavoidable problem for you, why can't you face it squarely? In fact, the legislation against superpowers mainly starts from two aspects..."

"First, knowledge education and popularization of ideas, establishment of a good image and goodwill guidance; second, regarding the use of superpowers and the definition of crimes, our central idea is only one thing, that is to use superpowers to benefit all mankind where to go..."

"Once someone uses superpowers to damage the lives and property of others, there will be special laws to punish them! At the same time, any organization or individual who dares to persecute people with superpowers should also be punished by law!"

"I think that's what affirmative action is about!"

(End of this chapter)