Move Him with Emotion (Bonus for the FFF Regiment Chief 10/12)

Zhan Liu hung up the phone, tossed it aside, and ignored it.

Magneto had now successfully completed his cultivation of the Way of Erik. What he needed to do next was adapt to his power and stabilize his Fifty Heavens Magnetic Field Rotation state. Only then would the two of them have a chance to fight.

It was still too early to go now.

His expectations for Erik went far beyond the Fifty Heavens.

Erik was born with the ability to control magnetic fields. He should have been a natural Magnetic Lunatic.

Although he had taken the wrong path before, now that he had set foot on the right one, he would inevitably advance at astonishing speed.

Although he knew no martial arts, couldn’t he just create his own martial arts in battle? After that, he could continuously perfect and strengthen them through one life-and-death battle after another, evolving a simple third-rate fighting technique into an unparalleled martial art. It wasn’t impossible.

After all, every Magnetic Field Rotation Adept possessed astonishing wisdom.

Zhan Liu’s current Complete State did not come solely from the perfected martial arts of the Ultimate Limit Sect. To a large extent, it actually came from the insights he had gained during the last explosion of Earth, as well as what he had obtained through close contact with the two Infinity Stones.

This was a state Magneto could not surpass in a short time. Relying on this advantage, Zhan Liu could cross the Twenty-Five Heavens and defeat Magneto despite being at a lower level.

Therefore, Erik, this green old apple, needed to be left alone for a while longer and allowed to mature further.

Hopefully, Professor Charles, this unfathomable Omega Mutant, could put enough pressure on Magneto.

Brothers turning against each other and all that—what a wonderful spectacle it would be. Unfortunately, he couldn’t watch it in person.

What he didn’t know was that Professor X had been taken away by Stryker and was currently missing. Jean and the others had also avoided coming to him in order to maintain their distance, so they hadn’t told him about this either.

Sure enough, so-called wise men were actually built on a sufficient foundation of information!

"Why refuse? Don’t you want to be a superhero?" Secretary Natasha watched him answer the phone and heard him personally refuse. She asked curiously.

"I have no interest in being a dog," Zhan Liu said, utterly uninterested.

"Magneto uses Magnetic Field Rotation too, right? Is he your disciple as well? Or did he learn it in secret? Would that count as violating the sect rules?" Natasha asked pointedly.

"The sect rules don’t forbid learning in secret. Anyone who learns it secretly only needs to complete the formal apprenticeship process. As for those who pass it on privately…" Zhan Liu glanced at Natasha and did not continue.

Zhan Liu didn’t care about the probing and attempts to sow discord in Natasha’s words. He wasn’t the kind of Magnetic Lunatic who wiped out entire clans at the slightest disagreement.

When it came to minor tricks that couldn’t cause him any real harm, his usual response was… to see how he felt.

Tony had played countless childish pranks on him, yet Zhan Liu had never castrated him.

"Magneto is a natural magnetic-field controller. It’s only natural that he could learn Magnetic Field Rotation. Besides, more and more natural magnetic-field controllers will appear in the future." A strange smile appeared at the corner of Zhan Liu’s mouth.

Natasha looked at Zhan Liu strangely, completely failing to understand what he meant.

That was normal. After all, who in the Marvel world could have imagined that Magnetic Field Rotation was contagious? Even planets weren’t exempt.

The only person who might possibly know all this was the Ancient One, yet she had no idea what scheme she was plotting.

Zhan Liu would rather fight Odin head-on than battle a sorcerer like the Ancient One, who possessed the Time Stone.

It was better to let the plot kill her.

Seeing that his attitude was firm, Natasha said no more. Instead, she used work as an excuse and went back outside.

After leaving the Martial Arts School and walking a certain distance away, Natasha took out her phone and called Nick.

"Nick, it didn’t work. His heart is cold. The moral-blackmail approach was completely ineffective, and using the sect rules to entice him into taking action failed too."

"I think Magneto’s Magnetic Field Rotation definitely has something to do with him. I suspect that he may have been the one who destroyed Magneto’s limbs before. We could consider luring Magneto over, but if the battle takes place near New York, the entire city will have to be evacuated in advance."

"All right, I understand. Then let Peter give it a try."

"Don’t worry. I’m just a secretary, and I know my place. I won’t say too much, so you don’t need to worry about me. Based on my judgment, he should be in the same lawful-evil camp as Magneto, not the chaotic camp. There’s no need to worry about him suddenly going on a killing spree."

Natasha circled back, found some miscellaneous work to do, and killed a little time. Then she saw Peter fly over from the sky, land in front of the entrance, and begin pacing.

She hurriedly picked up a folder and walked over, greeting him with a smile:

"Hey, Peter. I’m the new secretary, Natasha Romanoff. Are you here to see the master of the school?"

"Uh, I… I have something I’d like to discuss with Master." Peter was clearly nervous. After all, he still couldn’t reach the shamelessness of Nick Fury.

Because of Zhan Liu’s killing, Peter had developed a knot in his heart. Then, after S.H.I.E.L.D. drove a wedge between them, the master and disciple grew estranged. Finally, under the banner of "world peace," he had willingly become Nick’s tool for restraining Zhan Liu.

But now he needed Zhan Liu’s help again, and had no choice but to lower himself and come ask for it.

He had been stabbing someone in the back in secret one moment, then treating him like a lord the next. For a political animal like Nick, this was simply routine. But to an innocent child like Peter, it was extremely awkward.

In Peter’s simple worldview, right was right and evil was evil.

The more ruthlessly Nick had brainwashed him before, the harder it was now to make him bow his head to "evil."

Natasha had waited here to prevent him from backing out at the last moment.

"Then come in. The master is cultivating inside." After saying this, Natasha turned and walked in. Peter hesitated, wanting to speak but stopping himself, and could only follow her inside.

Once they entered the inner courtyard, Natasha tactfully excused herself and left.

Her task was complete. Whatever happened next would depend on Peter. If she stayed, she would only make him more uncomfortable, so it was better to leave the two of them enough space.

Whether Peter would kneel and beg his master, his master would reprimand his disciple, or master and disciple would have a huge argument was anyone’s guess.

As an outsider, she really shouldn’t remain there.

Only after Natasha had left did Peter awkwardly greet Zhan Liu.

"Master, I’m back."

"Oh, Nick Fury sent you, didn’t he?" Zhan Liu asked directly.

"Uh…" Peter froze for a moment before realizing who "Nick Fury" referred to.

"It wasn’t entirely Director Fury’s idea. It was also my own. I want to ask Master to come out of seclusion, defeat Magneto, and save this world."