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Chapter 40 New Friends

Similar to Stryker, he did not feel the pain of death at all. He just felt like he had slept for a while and then woke up! Stryker suddenly opened his eyes and stood in front of him was a man in a white coat, who looked like a professor or a doctor.

The doctor smiled and said to him, "You woke up faster than I expected." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, as if he wanted to shake hands with Stryker.

Stryker frowned and looked at the doctor, and asked, "Who are you? Where is this place? I remember I was dead!"

The doctor suddenly realized something, as if he had not yet introduced himself. He still smiled and said, "General Stryker, please don't panic. My father and you are old acquaintances. If you still remember your old boss, Professor Trask, who shares the same interests as you."

For Stryker, the name Trask couldn't be more familiar. This man was his former boss and the guy who first promoted the X-weapon program.

As early as when Stryker had just graduated from the military academy and was a major, he was transferred to serve under this gentleman. That was decades ago, and the number of mutants at that time was far less than it is today. Perhaps it is also possible that the detection equipment at that time was not advanced enough, so not so many mutants were found.

Tresco was originally a Nazi scientist. After the end of World War II, many scientific and technological achievements of the Nazi period were divided up by the Allies, including many scientists with outstanding scientific talents.

These scientists were very lucky. Their brains were valuable assets to any country. Therefore, almost no scientist was brought to the International War Crimes Tribunal after the war. They all escaped this fate, even though they may have conducted many inhumane experiments before.

Trasko is one of them. He once worked for the Nazis and participated in the Nazi's X-weapon program. He is also one of the founders of the current US X-weapon program. The US military saw the feasibility of the X-weapon program and its original purpose was to use mutant genes to strengthen ordinary soldiers.

Later, the plan was adjusted to consider designing weapons that could control mutants. Trasco once proposed a rather radical idea - [Sentinel Project]. He wanted to collect various mutant gene samples and try to fuse these mutant genes together. Then he would create a machine that could fight mutants comprehensively. This machine would not only be useful against mutants, but also against the enemies of the US military.

Tresco's plan was backed by the U.S. military, received a large amount of funding, and even got to observe up close how powerful mutants fought.

Because in the 1955s, when SHIELD was just established, it formed a team with the tacit approval of the US military - the X-Men. It was not until that SHIELD officially became independent. In the s, the military still had a profound influence on SHIELD. At that time, SHIELD was not a completely autonomous organization like it is now.

The X-Men formed by SHIELD provided Trisco with a large amount of experimental data and materials, and the Sentinel Project was close to success. However, at some point, the young Magneto discovered and recognized Trisco.

Magneto Eric will never forget what Trisko looked like, because Trisko was one of his enemies back then. He can't forget the days and nights he spent in the concentration camp, and the days when he was used as a guinea pig on the experimental table!

Eric, who was still an X-Man at the time, wanted to seek revenge on Trisco, but Charles stopped him. After learning the full picture of the matter, Charles suggested that Eric expose Trisco by exposing him.

Because Trisko is not just a Nazi scientist, he is also a high-ranking member of Hydra. The government may tolerate a Nazi scientist turning to work for the government, but it cannot tolerate the high-ranking members of Hydra lurking within the government, which is an extremely dangerous situation.

Trasco may have found a way to circumvent the government's initial screening efforts, disguising himself as an ordinary scientist rather than a Hydra member.

However, when he was recognized by Eric, Trisco sensed a sense of danger. Just before Eric was about to report Trisco, Trisco took control of Eric's wife and newborn child.

Trisco intended to coerce Eric, but his threat was intercepted by the top brass of SHIELD, which still had military personnel at the top, such as Nick Fury and Frank, who were caught in the dilemma of the Vietnam War.

After the top brass of SHIELD learned that Trisko was a member of Hydra, they believed that he must be controlled. To control and arrest Trisko, Eric would need to provide testimony. SHIELD did not want the young Magneto to be influenced by his personal "private affairs".

That was a critical time point. Since SHIELD became independent in 1955, the military has been exerting a strong influence on SHIELD. SHIELD's top management hopes to completely get rid of the military's control. And the fact that Trasco is a former Hydra member will become an important opportunity to break the deadlock.

As a special intelligence agency, SHIELD needs a clean and controllable internal structure, rather than being commanded by the military, which still includes Hydra members. In the first conflict between the two systems, Magneto was sacrificed.

Magneto did not receive the threat from Trasco, and he attended the hearing held by Congress as agreed. At the meeting, he directly exposed the fact that Trasco was a member of Hydra and provided a lot of solid evidence. This included the artificial mutant terrorists active in the late war and the 1950s and 1960s, all of which were planned by Trasco.

So Trasco was arrested in court and quickly executed. Taking this opportunity, SHIELD also completely broke with the military internally, cleared out all the personnel implanted by the military, and thus gained real administrative independence.

The Sentinel Project that Trasco had previously promoted was also urgently stopped by Congress. Because no one was sure what the real purpose of Trasco's establishment of the project was. If it was to revive Hydra, this possibility could not be completely ruled out. After all, this organization has many extremely loyal members who can do anything. Since then, the Sentinel Project has been terminated.

This incident was a mixed bag of people, with the only one who suffered the most was Eric Magneto. When he returned from a congressional hearing, he found that his home had been completely destroyed, his wife had been brutally murdered, and his children were missing. All of this was caused by high-level political struggles.

Magneto finally realized that the government could not be trusted. Therefore, he cut off his relationship with the X-Men and decided to make those behind the scenes pay the price for their actions in his own way!

Charles was deeply disappointed when he learned the truth. He chose to quit the X-Men and returned to his hometown to establish Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.

Over the past few decades, countless events have occurred around mutants, X-Men, and Magneto, and many of the complexities are difficult to describe in a few words. However, some issues can be simply summarized:

It was the self-inflicted faults within the U.S. government that pushed Magneto onto the path of confrontation with the government, making him the rebel leader of the Brotherhood of Mutants!

"Triceco's son?" Stryker looked at the man in front of him, somewhat doubtful.

The man dressed as a scientific researcher smiled and said, "You can call me Dr. Rice. I inherited my father's legacy and am committed to eliminating the 'pests' among humans - mutants. It seems that our goals are the same, General Stryker."

"I should have been dead, and I don't know what information you can get from a dead person. Don't call me comrade casually. I don't know you, and I don't even know if you belong to Hydra!" Stryker frowned.

"Of course, I'm not Hydra. You can rest assured, General. I'm a scientist funded by a formal company." Dr. Rice pointed to his work ID on his chest.

Stryker noticed a line of small print on the certificate: AIM Science and Technology Investment and Development Co., Ltd. - Genetic Engineering Department.

"So what exactly do you want from me? I don't think you saved me from the military's execution list just because I had a friendship with your father." Stryker remained vigilant.

"Then I'll get straight to the point, General. I need to obtain all the information about my father's [Sentinel Project], and this information has been sealed by the military at the time. I know that you sealed these with your own hands! I hope to restart the [Sentinel] project. This world needs to be purified. I need your help, General." Dr. Rice looked at Stryker firmly.

During a day off at the Night Watch base, Li Jie and Peter had significantly more free time, especially Li Jie, who could now arrange his own time freely.

Originally, Li Jie was supposed to stay home today to take care of some matters, because a new female resident named Lan had recently moved into the house, and there were many trivial matters waiting for him to deal with.

Despite this, Li Jie was still dragged by Mindy to help cook lunch today. There were not many people in the base at the moment. Frank and Damon were out on business and would not be back until the evening; Zeng Chu and Barbara were also missing.

Only Peter, Li Jie, Mike and Mindy were left in the base. It was Mindy who insisted on asking Li Jie to make lunch. Although this little girl sometimes behaved out of line, she was generally well-behaved and sensible. In addition, she was cute and was regarded as a mascot within the team. So when Mindy made such a small request, it was really hard for Li Jie to refuse.

"Is it too early to have lunch now, Mindy?" Li Jie glanced at his watch. It was only ten o'clock in the morning. He had already finished preparing lunch. If he started cooking now, he would probably have to have lunch at eleven o'clock.

This time does seem a bit early, after all, people usually have breakfast around eight in the morning.

"No, hurry up and do it! I'm starving." Mindy urged Li Jie while fiddling with her schoolbag.

"Where are you going? Why do you put so many comics in your backpack?" Peter stopped to maintain his spider web shooter and glanced in Mindy's direction. He saw that her backpack was stuffed full. The things in it were not textbooks, but various comics she collected.

"I'm going to visit a friend soon, and I promised to lend her some comics." Mindy answered casually, but this sentence attracted the attention of the other three adults in the base.

"Mindy? Wait! Are you kidding me?" Li Jie heard Mindy's words in the kitchen and ran out, saying in surprise, "You actually made a new friend?"

"Mike, please touch my forehead. Could it be that I am hallucinating because of the fever?" Peter asked Mike who was sitting next to him.

Mike didn't touch Peter's forehead, but put his hands on his own and Peter's arteries to check: "The heartbeat is normal, and there is no sign of being affected by hallucinogenic drugs. It seems that we have not been attacked by psychotropic drugs."

"That's enough!" Mindy couldn't stand these guys anymore. She raised her voice and shouted, "What's so strange about me making friends?"

"No, no! Of course it's not strange! This is good, very good! I mean, this is perfectly normal! What do you think, Spider-Man?" Li Jie quickly replied.

"That's right, that's right. Everyone needs friends, that's good!" Peter's words made Mike nod repeatedly in agreement.

Mindy, the youngest member of the team, is well cared for and loved by everyone. Everyone treats her as their own little sister. Everyone has a sense of responsibility for Mindy's growth and education.

Although Mindy has been in school for almost a year, no one has ever heard that she has made friends with anyone. She doesn't talk about school matters, and when she occasionally mentions it, it's with a cold smile.

Everyone knows that Mindy is very smart. Her outstanding wisdom and insights have created a huge gap between her and other children of the same age, so that she has always been friendless and alone.

Frank and Damon have argued about this situation more than once.

It should be noted that if a person has no friends, then his life will be incomplete, especially when he still has some abilities.

Mindy is clearly a very capable girl, but her abnormal growth is extremely disadvantageous to her. The missing link in life may be the key to causing the breakdown of life.

Don't forget that many super villains are born out of the incompleteness of their lives. Li Jie firmly believes that it is difficult for people who grow up in a long-term painful or even inhuman environment to become normal people, let alone become heroes.

It is essential for almost all superheroes to have a relatively complete life or to have experienced a complete life during their growth process.

Only when you have experienced a complete life can you arouse the desire to protect this life. People who are too withdrawn and self-centered will not understand this emotional state.

Even if they have extraordinary abilities, in Li Jie's opinion, those who only consider their own interests are not worthy of being called heroes.

Therefore, everyone was very happy to learn that Mindy had made a new friend and began to ask questions about this new friend.

Li Jie asked: "Is your friend a girl? How old is she?"

Mindy replied: "Girl, thirteen years old." This is the real fact.

Peter then asked, "Is he your classmate?"

Mindy shook her head and said, "Not classmates." Her answer was still true.

Mike asked again: "When and where did you meet?"

Mindy responded, "I was on my way to the bookstore to buy comic books that day." This is still true.

Mindy knew how shrewd these adults were, so she didn't plan to lie to them or make up a story because she knew that would be exposed quickly. So Mindy took a compromise approach, which was to tell only part of the truth.

There was no need to spell out everything, including the exact details of how she and Laura met. Mindy only needed to briefly touch on it and let others build a picture in their minds.

For example, Mindy, with blonde hair, often went to a comic book store after school. On the way, she met an equally cute girl, and the two became friends because of their common love for comics.

In this way, the two comic-loving children became good friends. In the minds of the three adults, a complete storyline has been formed.

"Okay! You are going too far. These are my friends, can you please stop caring so much, gentlemen?" Mingdy couldn't help but complain to Li Jie and the other two.

Hearing this, Li Jie and the other two looked at each other and realized that they should let Mindy handle this matter on her own. After all, this was her first friend of the same age, and if they were too strict, it might have the opposite effect.

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