Rise of an Empire

"Who am I where I am?"

On the streets of Washington, D.C., a homeless man with stubble on his face, a haggard look, and a heavy woolen gown was sitting on the street corner repeating these two most important philosophical quotes in life.

Originally, the guard on duty on the roadside was going to drive the homeless man away, but after careful observation for a long time, he found that this guy had no aggressive tendencies at all, and he didn't seem to be carrying a weapon, so he didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"You're not going to kill him, are you?" In the luxury suite on the top floor a few hundred meters away, looking through the telescope at the homeless man squatting on the street, Conrad asked Joseph with some confusion. .

"Don't worry, Duke, there is absolutely no problem with my craftsmanship." Joseph retorted dissatisfiedly when his professional standards were questioned by others.

"However, although I used physical means to cut off part of his hippocampus that stores memories, memory is too complicated, so I can only ask this lady whether the part to be removed is correct."

Joseph pointed at Emma Rose and said, that means that if something goes wrong, it will be the fault of the other party and has nothing to do with him.

That's right, the homeless man squatting on the ground in a daze is the miserable Mr. Eric Lensherr.

Two years ago, Lao Wan was brought down by Ito Ichijo's blowgun, and then he has been lying in Joseph's underground laboratory for the past two years, living a life that is worse than death.

After all, the title of Angel of Death was acquired through training. If Magneto fell into his hands, what kind of life he had spent in the past two years, I am afraid that normal people would not even dare to imagine.

Originally, Conrad didn't know how to deal with this hot potato. You said he should kill it, but he was a little reluctant to let it go, but it was really uneasy to let him go.

As for keeping Magneto frozen like this for decades like that guy buried somewhere, that's even more nonsense.

He originally saved Lao Wan's life just for Scarlet and Polar Star, so being frozen here is of no use to him.

You must know that Lao Wan is one of the top scumbags in Marvel, nicknamed the Humanoid Self-propelled Cannon. Except for his first wife, who still has some emotions, other women are just for fun in his eyes. That view of emotions, Really even Conrad has to bow down.

After all, the Duke would collect the things he played with, while Lao Wan would just make other people's bellies bigger and run away. He didn't know how many romantic debts and illegitimate children he left behind in his life.

Therefore, even if Conrad wanted to use the so-called artificial insemination method to create Crimson and Polaris, it would be impossible. There are so many women in the world, and God knows who Lao Wan had an affair with.

Fortunately, there are always more solutions than problems. After imprisoning Magneto for a year, the Duke finally thought of a way to solve it once and for all.

Isn't it just that I'm afraid that after Magneto is released, the other party will come to find trouble with me? So I might as well modify his memory.

Anyway, Magneto is not a psychic, and his good friend Professor Charles has also died, so he has no chance to recover his memory.

You have to know that in later generations, SHIELD scientists can create false memories on the surface of the human brain, let alone a master of black technology like Joseph.

Although he had never undergone such an operation, after playing with dozens of experimental products in a row, Joseph swore that he could definitely carve patterns on Magneto's brain.

Of course, establishing a false memory is not that easy to accomplish. Even if Joseph is skilled in magic, it is impossible to defeat SHIELD with all the facilities that will be available decades later by just one person.

Fortunately, although Conrad does not have the abundant resources and top medical doctors like SHIELD, he does have conditions that the other party does not have.

That is the White Queen, who is currently the number one psychic in the world.

Emma Rose was responsible for helping throughout the process, Joseph was responsible for physically clearing Lao Wan's memory circuit, the hippocampus, and the White Queen was responsible for implanting false memories into Lao Wan based on the clearing.

Originally, according to their reports, the operation was successful, but now it seems that it was a bit too successful.

Conrad just wanted them to erase Lao Wan’s memories of the past few years, but it seems that these two guys have erased all of Lao Wan’s memories. It’s really a big trick.

but.

The Duke touched his chin. Next time he catches a master who has great potential but is not compatible with himself, should he consider brainwashing him?

Our brainwashing technology is much better than the garbage brainwashing of Hydra. We will directly carve a pattern on your brain to ensure that you will not even remember who your mother is.

It's just that the efficiency is a bit slow. It takes Joseph and the White Queen several days to complete one, and it seems to have some side effects.

Looking at Magneto from a distance, who was holding his head and having a headache, Conrad felt that it seemed that Magneto would definitely suffer from migraines and intermittent amnesia in the future.

"I am Eric Lensherr, Magneto, the leader of mutants who fight against the evil of humanity."

After quite a while, Lao Wan finally woke up from the chaos, and the memories implanted in his mind suddenly emerged.

It seems that he destroyed the combined fleet of the United States and the Soviet Union in the Caribbean, and then that guy Charles led people to subdue him, but he killed them all with his great power.

Because he accidentally killed his best friend, he has been drinking heavily for the past two years and living in a state of confusion.

But now, I finally can no longer be decadent.

Magneto stood up firmly from the road. He was the leader of the mutants and had an unshirkable responsibility. He must not continue to hang around like that.

"Can this memory be kept forever?" Conrad asked curiously, watching Lao Wan's eyes change from confusion to determination.

If this is continuous, wouldn't I be invincible from now on?

It doesn’t matter what kind of superheroes or supervillains they are, as long as they are captured and brainwashed, they will not surrender obediently.

Even the Ancient One and Odin are not afraid of him anymore. I have an army of hundreds of superheroes in my hand, so I ask you if you are afraid.

"The memory you asked me to input this time does not go against his original intention, so this memory should be able to be maintained permanently. However, if you ask me to input a memory that is completely opposite to his personality, I'm afraid the effect will be difficult to say. .”

Emma Rose probed the thoughts in Magneto's mind, then thought about it and said.

"Uh." Conrad nodded. He also knew that his idea was a bit too optimistic. Even the mind gem would have a way to crack it. How could it be possible if he wanted to completely control other people's thoughts with the resources at hand?