At midnight, the two-hour bonfire party ended, and Hawking returned to his room with a satisfied look.
The bonfire party at the Mutant School was actually quite interesting.
All the students were Mutants, possessing all sorts of bizarre abilities, and during the party, everyone cooperated to showcase their powers, making it feel like attending a magic feast.
As for the dancing part, Wanda basically led him through the entire thing.
After all, he hadn't attended a single class in the past three years, including dance, music, and art.
Of course, what he was most satisfied with was the food.
For the annual bonfire party, Professor X had spent a lot of money buying many excellent ingredients, which were much better than the usual cafeteria food.
Although the cafeteria food was actually quite good already.
"Full and satisfied, I can go and pull a fast one—oh no, go talk to Professor X."
If he wanted to earn Justice Points in New York City, he definitely had to greet Professor X, the Principal.
If he could get the Principal's support, his subsequent actions would be much simpler and could avoid many unnecessary troubles.
As for how to persuade Professor X, he had already prepared a set of arguments.
Although he couldn't use the plots from his previous life as a guideline, he could certainly draw some inspiration, especially regarding each character's personality and habits, which would mostly remain unchanged and could be referenced.
His IQ might not be very high, but with this intelligence as a foundation for planning, the success rate should still be quite high.
Even if it failed, it wouldn't matter. Given his current value, if he secretly went to New York to fight crime and earn Justice Points, Professor X, even if displeased, wouldn't do anything to him.
Because he knew that what Professor X feared most now was him being like Pyro, unable to resist Magneto's temptation and being lured into the Brotherhood of Mutants.
"Professor, good evening!"
In the Principal's office, Hawking waved to Professor X with a beaming smile.
Professor X saw Hawking appear and also showed a gentle smile:
"How was it? Did you enjoy dinner tonight?"
Because of this big eater, Hawking, he had specifically asked Oleg to prepare more than ten times the amount of ingredients than previous parties.
"Of course, I'm very satisfied."
Hawking gave Professor X a thumbs-up.
He still felt some gratitude towards Professor X.
As someone who had transmigrated from another World, he had no particular stance on things like Mutants or humans.
Because, strictly speaking, he didn't even belong to Marvel.
He cared most only about Oleg, Elina, Wanda, and Pietro, the four who brought him warmth like family.
Professor X helped Oleg and Elena find stable jobs, gave Wanda and Pietro a stable environment for schooling, and allowed him to develop steadily for these three years.
He kept all of these in his heart.
So, when within his power, he was willing to make some returns.
Just like this time, his main goal was to earn Justice Points to unlock new protagonist templates and find ways to improve his strength, but incidentally, it was also to help Mutants, which counted as a form of repayment to Professor X.
He believed that one could be self-serving, but also needed to understand repayment and have a bottom line.
"Hawking, you came specifically to find me, so you must have something to tell me, right?"
After a few casual remarks, Professor X immediately got to the point.
Based on his understanding of Hawking over the past three years, if there was nothing important, this masochist, Hawking, wouldn't come to chat with him.
Hawking didn't waste words upon hearing this:
"Professor, after three years of effort, I have now fully mastered my abilities."
"Oh, that's good news! Congratulations!"
Professor X's face immediately showed a look of pleasant surprise.
Hawking's strength was formidable, even without transforming into a giant ape, which had been proven in that battle three years ago.
However, at that time, Hawking couldn't fully control his abilities, only being able to use them for an hour, and would faint afterward. In his normal state, he was only slightly stronger than a normal child.
Now that Hawking had fully mastered his abilities, it meant that the Mutant School had gained another great general, which naturally made him very happy.
"So, Professor, I have something I want to discuss with you."
"What is it?"
Professor X's face showed a curious expression.
Hawking didn't immediately state his plan but instead asked:
"Professor, as far as I know, we have been cooperating with S.H.I.E.L.D. for three years now.
Currently, it seems the government is indeed much friendlier towards Mutants, but for ordinary humans, they still greatly reject and fear Mutants.
Why is this?"
"Hawking, this is normal. You must understand that just as humans instinctively fear darkness and are afraid of the unknown, they don't understand Mutants and always feel that all of us Mutants are very dangerous and might endanger their life.
So their fear of Mutants is more of an instinct and doesn't mean that humans are inherently evil.
We shouldn't be anxious, nor should we hate them like Magneto. Time will prove everything, and one day humans and Mutants will live in harmony."
Professor X patiently explained to Hawking with earnest words.
He attached great importance to Hawking, deeply fearing that Hawking, like Pyro, would be unable to resist Magneto's temptation and step into the abyss.
Fortunately, Hawking had his own thoughts and was never influenced by Magneto, which greatly relieved him.
"Professor, I think what you said makes sense, and I think so too.
In fact, humans don't know that most Mutants' abilities are very weak, basically not dangerous at all, and even pose less threat than a knife or a gun.
They just don't understand, and because of the unknown, they fear.
But if there was an opportunity to let them understand Mutants, let them know about the Mutant situation, and even make them like Mutants, wouldn't human fear of Mutants be greatly reduced?"
Hawking slowly articulated his thoughts:
"My point is, why don't we try to become Superheroes, using our special abilities to help those humans in need, so that humans will understand that not all Mutants are so terrifying.
Then, through the media, we can..."
What he said wasn't entirely to mislead Professor X; in the Days of Future Past timeline, Professor X did indeed make the X-Men Superheroes of the entire World, helping humans solve insoluble problems.
At that time, many humans worshipped the X-Men Mutants as idols, and the relationship between humans and Mutants greatly eased.
However, Professor X was too idealistic, actually letting the X-Men handle any human danger, even pushing them beyond their capabilities.
Ultimately, this led to Jean losing control and the unfortunate awakening of Apocalypse, bringing everything back to square one.
And the outcome Hawking wanted was naturally not that.
What he wanted was to eventually establish an organization similar to Vought International in The Boys, where those who could be saved were saved, and those who couldn't were handled through public relations to achieve the same effect.
Moreover, it wouldn't be limited to Mutants; Inhumans, super-powered individuals, and the like could all be brought in.
Of course, he couldn't tell Professor X this now.
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