American Comics: Multiverse of Madness.

Chapter 652 Intruder

In a roadside pub on the suburban highway.

James parked a Red Flag car steadily at the parking spot, then got out of the car, opened the trunk, and took out Charles' wheelchair.

After escaping from the factory south of the border, James went to the black market flea market to sell the rented luxury car. Although this operation was a bit unfair to the owner of the rental car, he had no other choice now.

Since the hostility with the Essex Group, James is now surrounded by enemies. Charles has become an international wanted criminal by the military, while Lorna and Flash are two mutants from other worlds. With the three of them, James feels like he is holding three bombs in his hands.

As the Orientals say, one is carrying three pieces of Tang Monk's flesh on his body, and once his whereabouts are exposed, all the demons and monsters will target him.

Asking Luna and Shanting to follow him, James pushed Charles into the tavern.

"What a happy family of four~"

Looking at the four guests in front of him, the tavern owner couldn't help but envy them from the bottom of his heart.

This is a remote area, and generally few people come here to stay. Only some truck drivers or mercenaries come here to rest. A "family" like this will most likely not choose this route when traveling.

The current era is no longer suitable for ordinary people like them to live in. Since the decline of mutants, many things have happened. The country's economy has begun to decline, and various changes have taken place all over the world.

The United States, which was extremely powerful in the early years, has now gone downhill. When all resources are controlled by the rich and powerful, ordinary people like them have no possibility to live freely.

The pub owner's wife ran away with someone else two years ago, and his two children died one after another from infectious diseases. Now when he sees James and others, he feels mixed emotions.

Although he really wanted to chat with this family, it seemed that they were not in the mood. Perhaps they were a little tired after coming here, the tavern owner thought.

He simply booked a three-bed room and watched the family of four go upstairs.

Shanting took out the room card and opened the door. It was a very spacious suite and also the largest room in this roadside pub.

"The boss's eyes are a bit strange. He might be a member of some organization. Besides, it's unusual to have such a tavern in this place. Do you want me to deal with it later?" Lorna said as she helped James push Charles into the door.

"You'd better be content." James frowned as he listened to Lorna's words. "After the economic depression, the factories in this area moved away or closed down. Now the pubs and hotels here are all workers who had nowhere else to go."

"Oh."

Luna responded without saying anything else.

After all, she also knew that she didn't know much about this world. Since Logan said there was no problem here, then there was probably no problem here. She had no other advantages, and her main strength was that she listened to advice.

"Eat something and have a good sleep. You must be tired after running for so long."

James looked around, first carrying Charles to the bed at the back of the suite, then walked out, pointing at the remaining two beds and continued, "You two each choose one."

"What about you?" Shanting asked.

"I'll just make do on the ground for a while."

James said casually, then took out a few cans of beans from his backpack. This was a very cheap but unpalatable food, and it tasted like canned eight-treasure porridge, except that it only contained beans and had a very astringent taste.

He threw a can to Lorna and Twinkle, and then James took one and opened it himself.

After a pause, James looked up at the two girls in front of him and spoke expressionlessly.

"As you can see, this world is over. Humans and mutants can no longer survive in this world. You should take a break and think about how to get back."

"Go back? Where to?" Luna took a bite of beans, her eyes looking a little lonely.

"Of course we have to go back to your world. You are not originally from here. I believe you are not the so-called 'invaders' as Pierce said, so you'd better leave here as soon as possible." James said in a deep voice.

Listening to James' words, Luna knew that he was thinking about herself and Shandeng, but she sighed softly.

"To be honest, we don't know how we got here. After all, this is too incredible for mutants with extraordinary powers. As for returning to our world, let's not talk about whether there is a way to do it. After all, I can't think of any clues. Even if there is a way to go back, we don't want to go back."

"What do you mean?" James was stunned for a moment, looking at the two gloomy people in front of him hesitantly.

"You think your world is no longer suitable for survival, but I want to say that my world is the same. The reason why Blink and I accidentally came here is because we were being hunted." Lorna said, looking up and taking a deep look at James. "You know, Uncle Logan, I remember who you are, and the paralyzed old man in the wheelchair, you are the X-Men, right?"

James didn't say anything for a while when he heard this, but a serious expression appeared on his face. At this moment, he had already thought of what Luna was going to say next.

Sure enough, Luna shook her head gently and continued.

"In my world, the X-Men have become history, including my father, Magneto. Ever since the Mutant Civil War, those powerful mutants have fallen, and the remaining mutants have been seen as threats by ordinary people. No matter whether they are good or bad, as long as they are mutants, they will be imprisoned, without exception."

"Mutant Civil War," James repeated, and the whole room fell into silence.

James didn't know what the two little girls in front of him were thinking. He only knew that his mind was very confused. He didn't understand why mutants would suffer such persecution. Even in other parallel worlds, the situation had not changed at all.

Do mutants have no future after all? Are beings like them destined to be unable to coexist peacefully with humans? It is obvious that they are also a species that originated from humans.

No one in the room spoke, only the occasional chewing sound and the metallic sound of a spoon hitting a can.

After an unknown amount of time, Luna slowly broke the silence.

"For us, there is no difference between these two worlds. If I really have to choose, I think your place would be more suitable for us."

"No." James refused without even thinking. "It's too dangerous here. If you stay here, more people will target you. They won't let you go, especially since you are from another world."

"But." Luna was about to say something when suddenly, there was a knock on the door, interrupting what she was about to say.

The three of them looked at each other and fell silent. James slowly stood up from his chair. While comforting everyone, he prepared for a fight and slowly approached the gate.

"who is it?"

James asked in a deep voice standing at the door, and soon, an answer came from outside.

"It's me, sir."

Judging from the sound, it must be the tavern owner. James frowned slightly, and after making sure that there was only one person breathing outside, he opened the door.

"Is there something wrong?" James looked at the smiling middle-aged man in front of him.

"Well, I just came up to tell you that the water here will be cut off after midnight, so if you want to take a shower, please pay attention to the time. Also, if you forgot to take the remote control when you came up, if you want to watch TV, please come back."

The tavern owner chuckled and handed the TV remote control to James, then hesitated for a moment and continued in a low voice. "Also, if you have nothing to do, sir, you can come down and have a drink with me. Don't worry, it's free. I haven't had any guests here for a long time."

James nodded slightly. "Thank you, I'll come down when I have time, but we've been traveling for a long time and want to rest."

"I see. Where did you come from? Looking at your family, where are you going? Don't run around in this world. I don't know what happened. Recently, there have been only military convoys roaming around."

James didn't say anything, just looked at the tavern owner quietly.

Feeling the other person's gaze, the tavern owner knew that he had said too much, so he quickly laughed. "It's my fault, sir. Have a good rest. If you have any questions, come downstairs to find me. I'm usually at the front desk."

Watching the tavern owner staggering down the stairs, James let out a breath, turned around, closed the door, and threw the remote control in his hand to Shanking.

"We can't stay here for long. Get some sleep as soon as possible. We'll leave here in the second half of the night."

"Okay." Luna responded without saying anything more.

Several people knew that they were still in danger. No matter what choice they would make in the end, at least now, they needed to unite together to get through this difficult time.

Seeing that Lorna and James were silent, Shanting turned on the TV directly. The next moment, the voice of the news anchor was heard from the TV.

(This tragedy happened.)
The picture on TV instantly attracted the attention of the three people present.

On the screen, thick black smoke covered the entire Capitol building, and raging flames devoured everything in sight.

(It is reported that the police have not yet investigated the identity of the suspect who caused the destruction, but judging from the appearance of the criminal captured in the video, he looks very much like the Fireman of the Brotherhood of Mutants)

(End of this chapter)