Ever since he learned of Leona's existence, Charles had been thinking about a question.

——What should he do to establish a close emotional connection with this child?

Charles was thinking about it when he picked her up from Leona's foster home, he was thinking about it after taking Leona back to Xavier Manor, and he was still thinking about it after meeting Batman.

Leona's specialness, Leona's unique thinking, Leona's seemingly budding dark tendencies... Charles saw all these, and he was also aware of the child's problems.Before knowing the truth, he also thought carefully about what made Leona so different, but he never realized what Leona's questions meant.

Now that he has learned part of the truth, he finally realizes that this little girl hides a secret that is not simple.

What should he do?

What would he do if he was the father of the demon girl in that story?

Even though Charles can confirm that most of what Batman said is true, he still wants to hear Leona explain it to him again.

Leona seldom resisted his words. Not long after he contacted Leona, she opened the space channel to his office.

The girl with the face of an angel came out of the space vortex. She was wearing a light blue beach dress with distinctive ethnic characteristics, her cheeks were rosy, and she was obviously well taken care of by Eric.

"Long time no see, Charles!" Leona stepped forward lightly, and sat on the swivel chair in front of the desk.

"Long time no see, Lena." After Charles finished speaking, he suddenly didn't know how to speak.

A sense of worry welled up in him that Leona would distance himself from him after this conversation.

Charles didn't know how the conversation would play out, or how Leona would respond to his questioning, so he was worried.

"Lena, I called you back this time because I have something very important to talk to you about." Charles said carefully, "You said you don't like being preached, but as your father, I always It is inevitable that I will say something to teach you at certain times... It is because I care about you, so I want to teach you and preach to you." He smiled wryly, "When I was a child, I also hated my parents talking about you. I say those things. I didn’t know there were things I had to say until I became a father too.”

"Oh, I understand what you said! Small saplings always have to be artificially corrected to grow tall and straight. You are the gardener who prunes the young saplings, and I am the little sapling that needs pruning." Leo Na said, "You don't have to beat around the bush at all, Charles. Actually, I know you went to see Bruce."

Charles froze for a moment, unable to react for a while.

"I still know the content of your conversation." Leona continued, "I can also guess that you came to me to have a frank talk with me."

Charles' eyes became complicated.

If he had any thoughts that were close to self-deception just now, now he has completely confirmed Batman's words-he is not lying, Leona has really done some terrible things.

Leona said the name "Bruce" in a natural tone, and there was nothing wrong with her expression. She didn't seem to have any objection to Charles' meeting Batman.

"He was your adoptive father?" Charles asked.

"You mean Bruce?" Leona said. "Yes, he was."

"Have you lived in Gotham?" Charles asked again.

Leona nodded: "And he lived for a long time."

"Is everything that man said true?" Charles gripped the armrest of the wheelchair.

"You mean what Bruce told you?" Leona said, "It's basically true. I violated what Bruce has always taught, killed many people, and messed up the entire Gotham by the way."

Charles took a deep breath, "Why are you doing this?"

"That's the reason Bruce said." Leona said succinctly.

Charles remembered that Batman had said that Leona did this series of things for no other reason than for fun.

"Do you really regard the world as a game?" His eyes were deep.

"For me before, it was just a game. But for me now, it's a game that I can devote myself to." Leona replied.

"What kind of feelings do you have for your former adoptive father? Can you tell me the answer, Lena." Charles asked such a question.

Leona looked him in the eyes and smiled, "I find him conflicted, deep, and intriguing. I like some parts of him, but not all of him."

A normal person's liking should be to care for it carefully and not want it to be hurt in any way, but Leona's liking is obviously not the liking of a normal person. She will bring emotions into her behavior, and this behavior has both positive and negative aspects.

Charles thought for a moment, "I read the news reports of Gotham many years ago... After doing those things, what did you think in your heart?"

"I feel like you are interviewing me like a journalist." Leona said, "I don't have any ideas in my mind. If I have any ideas, it is a satisfactory idea. I think I have completed the mission goal beautifully, although after the mission is over There are a few small hidden dangers left, but that's nothing."

Charles fell into a long silence, while Leona sat in the swivel chair and looked into his face.

In fact, none of the above questions are what Charles really wants to ask.

What he really wanted to ask was——

"What kind of feelings do you have for my biological father?"

"I like you, I care about you. You are the human being I care about most in this universe." Leona said calmly, "But I have to say, even if you are the person I care about most, I can help you The changes that can be made are limited.”

"My father is an ordinary father. He has the same morality, good and evil, and world outlook as ordinary people. His thoughts are completely different from mine. He is more suitable to have an ordinary child. He My children should be upright, brave, kind, and longing for the light like all ordinary children, not rebellious, violent, dark, and disrespecting life like me."

Charles looked at Leona in astonishment.

She has always known that she is the only alien in the world. If the alien wants to continue to live in the crowd, she must disguise herself as the same kind of ordinary people.If the alien didn't want to pretend, then there would be no place for her in the world.

Leona never pretends, so she has always been an outlier in the eyes of others.

"I never expect others to agree. It is always difficult for human beings to agree with the true and correct person. However, once someone agrees with me, I will be happy, because in this world, there are too few people like me. "Leona said, "For so long, there has only been one artificial intelligence that is not a human being that is kind of like me."

"I can't say you're wrong, Lena," Charles whispered, "but you're different."

"I know. That's why I worried a long time ago whether you would dislike me." Leona said, "But I am not worried that you don't agree with my thoughts, but I am worried that you will think that I am an evil demon who cannot be loved .I even thought, if my dad is also a demon, then we are the same kind."

"Aren't you worried that I don't agree with your thoughts?" Charles paused.

"Yes, I'm not worried. You will tolerate me, because my thoughts have not violated your principles, so you will definitely tolerate me." Leona showed a smile on her face, "The problem we are facing now is that I Your thoughts do not touch your principles, but my actions do. My thoughts are the cause of my actions, and because of my actions, you think that my actions and thoughts are It’s wrong. If I had the thought inside me and didn’t act the way it did, it would be different, and you probably wouldn’t think I was wrong, but at most you would think I was special.”

"So this is what you finally concluded?" Charles sighed, "You thought from the beginning that I would tolerate your thoughts, but not your actions?"

"Isn't it?" Leona asked back.

Yes, it is.Even Charles himself had to admit that Leona's guess was entirely justified.

Human beings are limited creatures, they are often only confused by superficial phenomena, and ignore some deep-seated things.

As Leona just said, human beings always care more about the right or wrong of behavior than the right or wrong of thought.

Charles suddenly understood why Batman regarded Leona as a difficult enemy.

Not only can she accurately analyze her opponent, but she can also accurately analyze herself.

Such enemies are formidable.

"Our conversations are about solving problems," Leona said, "and the biggest problem we face is that you don't agree with my behavior, and I don't want to correct my behavior."

"I won't ask you to correct it." Charles' tone softened, "Your previous behavior has passed, and there is no need to correct it. But whether your current behavior is wrong, I actually don't know, I haven't had time to understand... ...so I won't force you to correct it."

Leona glanced at him in surprise, thought for a while and said, "I'm afraid you won't always think that way, Charles."

"When you went to the house of the Brants to pick me up, I already thought of today's scene. What cannot be mediated cannot be mediated, and what cannot coexist is incompatible. If you force coexistence, conflicts will erupt sooner or later. , who knows if we will become enemies someday in the future?"

Charles subconsciously thought of the tension between Batman and Leona.

His expression became firm, "No! I will never..."

"Bruce thought like you at the beginning, and he made a lot of determination, but you see we have become enemies." Leona shrugged her shoulders, "Charles, I never thought of making my The secret is always hidden, you know the truth now, it can be said that it is partly the result of my promotion. So I have thought about this day for a long time, we can't live together forever... Will you become my enemy? Will you stop What am I going to do? Are you going to stand by me and stand by my side?"

"I know it's hard for you to do it. The daughter will get married when she grows up, and the father can't stay with the daughter forever. Therefore, what should be separated still needs to be separated, but the time is long or short."

"You mean, because our ideas can't be reconciled, you think it's necessary for us to separate?" Leona heard Charles ask, "Otherwise our relationship is likely to evolve into that of you and Batman in the end?"

"Yes, we need to separate." Leona said, "This is a kind of mutual concession, I don't want you to become a look that looks ugly to me, and I don't want the two of us to grow up every day. Hatred."

Charles was silent for a long, long time.

Leona couldn't help but looked up at him, only to find that his blue eyes had become moist at some point.

"Oh, don't cry!" Leona said blankly.

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