Reincarnation Paradise: The Crucible.

Chapter 373 Declaration of War
The next day, as Qin was brought back to the Brotherhood station by Magneto, an invisible storm began to stir up waves.

Reflected to the outside world, the resistance against the antidote at the social level suddenly expanded.

Especially in San Francisco, which is the main place where the antidote is released, crowds of people marching and demonstrating can be seen almost everywhere in the streets of the city.

"We don't need an antidote!"

"We don't need an antidote!"

Outside an antidote injection site at the Worthington Group, hundreds of protesters shouted in unison throughout the street.

Now several days have passed since the release of the antidote. If you count it down, in this city alone, the number of mutants who have chosen to be injected with the antidote has exceeded four digits.

However, the wave of resistance to the antidote did not calm down with the increase in the number of injections. Instead, it intensified. It seemed that the behavior of a large number of compatriots who abandoned the race had completely inspired the entire mutant community to feel indignant and rebellious.

This also resulted in almost every antidote injection site being surrounded by crowds of protestors marching and shouting. The injectors and the protesters, who were supposed to be compatriots from the same ethnic group, are now as distinct from each other as enemies, and the atmosphere is stiff. It seems like they will be fighting each other in the next second.

"Gulu~"

An extremely obvious sound of swallowing saliva sounded from the throat of Rory, who was fully armed outside the injection site. He was a security officer responsible for guarding the safety of the injection site and guarding against the demonstration turning into a riot.

Although this is not the first time Rory has performed a similar security mission, when the objects of the parade changed from ordinary people to mutant monsters with various special abilities, the level of danger of this mission skyrocketed, unlike those in the past. A simple escort mission was completely different. Looking at the excited crowd of protesters across the street, he couldn't help but squeeze the familiar old man in his hand tightly.

The cold and hard touch spread from the palm of his hand throughout his body, and his nervous mood gradually calmed down. So what about mutants? In the final analysis, they are just flesh and blood. If a riot really breaks out, he can always get rid of it with one click. Let them force themselves to calm down.

Beside him, Xu noticed the unusual nervousness of his teammates. A sturdy security team member raised his eyebrows slightly. He lowered his eyes and glanced at Rory's fingers that were a little white due to excessive exertion, and said with a smile:

"Hey! Man, don't be too nervous. It's just a protest. Although these freaks across the street are very loud, there is absolutely no way they can resist with force."

As he spoke, he glanced disdainfully at the crowd opposite, with a touch of sarcasm in his tone.

"The parade is just a carnival for cowards. When did this country ever care about their voices? Mutants don't have many human rights. As long as they dare to resist with force, they have completely given up their rights to live under the sun. , so I just dare to shout and cheer, haha~"

As soon as he finished speaking, the sneer on his lips suddenly froze, and he saw a huge flaming fireball fiercely shooting out from the parade directly in front.

Under the horrified gazes of everyone around, the fireball went straight across the wide street with many security personnel stationed in the middle, and crashed into the antidote injection point at the rear.

"boom!!"

Violent explosions swept through several nearby streets, but a fireball caused an exaggerated effect of more than a dozen missiles exploding at the same time. The raging flames completely covered the injection point and all adjacent rooms in the blink of an eye.

Under the explosion, the entire first floor of the building was reduced to a sea of ​​flames, and dozens of surrounding windows burst simultaneously. The blazing flames carried a large number of glass fragments and shot out from the windows, causing people to queue up outside the injection point. The injector and the security personnel on guard were quickly thrown down.

Some members who were too close didn't even have time to lie down and dodge, and were enveloped by the spreading flames. Then they could only fall to the ground while wailing, trying to extinguish the raging flames wrapping around them by rolling continuously.

The roar caused by the explosion had not yet subsided. Suddenly, the sound of shattering glass, car horns, and crowds wailing sounded one after another, stirring up the entire area where the injection point was located.

Seeing this tragic situation, the crowd of protesters who had been excited just now suddenly fell into panic. After a brief moment of stunned silence, the people who reacted immediately began to flee in all directions. They no longer had the firm belief that they had before to forcefully oppose the antidote. After all, Compared with their wealth and lives, the so-called demonstrations seem so insignificant at this time.

With the urinary behavior of federal police officers, they had no doubt that the security personnel who were lying down would, after getting up again, directly target the crowd of protesters in front of them who had just launched a terrorist attack and launch indiscriminate shooting.

Therefore, everyone who did not want to be shot rushed to flee the scene immediately, but among the panic-stricken crowds, a calm figure seemed so out of place.

After wiping out the remaining smoke in the palm of his right hand, Pyro John looked intoxicated at the tragic situation he had created not far away. He liked this feeling of being aloof and destroying everything at will, and even more liked to see human beings under his powerful power. A shivering scene.

As for the large number of innocent mutants who were also affected in this attack? I'm sorry, but when they decided to inject the antidote, John only had the identity of a traitor left in his eyes, and a traitor would not be a pity to die!

Mutants themselves are an advanced race far superior to humans. Since we have more powerful genes and strength, we should be born with higher status and rights, instead of hiding in the corners of society and shrinking, or even He didn't even dare to reveal his talents at will, let alone give up his noble identity as a mutant and become a low-level human again.

It was with this thought in mind that John openly betrayed Academy X, which he regarded as cowardly and incompetent, three years ago, and joined Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants.

"Power should make people fearful, hehe, vulnerable human beings."

His pupils turned a violent crimson color under the illumination of the flames. He once again admired the tragic scene of howling on the street. As his eyes turned, he suddenly met the eyes of a security guard who had just climbed up. John was stunned. Then the corners of his lips were slightly raised, showing him a very provocative smile, and then he decisively turned around and merged into the large fleeing army.

Although he spoke with disdain, he still knew the power of firearms very well. Once the security forces fully woke up, he would not be a match for more than a dozen assault rifles.

In the streets outside the injection site, a strong burnt smell mixed with pungent blood continued to spread. Rory, who was lying on the ground, struggled to get up from the ground, but the teammate beside him who had ridiculed the crowd of protesters was still unconscious. Wake up, when the explosion occurred, behind the other party was a broken window spouting a large amount of flames.

So unlike Rory's initiative to throw him down, he was directly blown away by the gushing air wave. After he landed, his back was filled with tiny pieces of glass. Even though he had been wearing a full set of body armor, he suddenly exploded The impact still caused great harm to him.

Compared with this unlucky teammate, Rory's luck was obviously much better. He shook his slightly groggy head and felt that the blurry picture in front of him had completely returned to clarity. He turned his eyes away from the dazzling scarlet on the ground. He moved away and quickly raised his eyes to look across the street in the direction of the fireball. As far as he could see, a blond young man with a provocative face among the fleeing crowd came into view immediately. Although there was no evidence, he was sure that this young man was definitely the culprit of this terrorist attack.

His dilated pupils solidified instantly. He quickly raised the muzzle of the gun in his hand and shouted loudly:

"Asshole, stop!"

But before the shouts spread, the blond young man opposite him turned around and disappeared into the crowd of fleeing people. A sharp look flashed in John's eyes. Just when he was hesitating whether to shoot and start shooting indiscriminately, a man beside him suddenly Suddenly a hurricane passed by.

Inside the roaring hurricane was a man who was also wearing the clothes of a security guard, but his running speed was surprisingly fast. He crossed the entire street in several ups and downs, and forcefully crashed into the crowd on the opposite side like a rampage. He swung his arms wildly, and everyone blocking the road in front of him was swept away.

Soon the man's back disappeared from Luo Li's sight, and a moment later, there was a roar from behind the crowd, and large flames rose into the sky, making the already chaotic situation even more intense. At the same time, An excited laugh also spread as the flames rose.

"Haha, after waiting for several days, the Brotherhood finally took action. Pyro John is here to die!"

.........

On the morning of the fourth day after the antidote was released, the Brotherhood of Mutants finally launched a terrorist attack against the Worthington Group, and it was a thunderous attack.

In just one hour, more than ten antidote injection points scattered across the city suffered devastating blows, and the attacks were carried out by various means, including flame blasting, sound wave destruction, or brutal attacks. They collided with each other, but no matter what the method was, the people responsible for taking action were all powerful mutants.

Through this deliberate display of muscle attacks, the Brotherhood seems to be provocatively telling the entire society that the power of mutants is far more terrifying than you imagine. If the Worthington Group insists on continuing to issue antidotes, it must first Facing the monstrous rage of mutants.

Of course, this massive attack by the Brotherhood was not without losses. Knowing that the Brotherhood would launch an attack, many contractors affiliated with the Worthington Group ambush at various injection points in advance. Nearby, when the mutants from the Brotherhood took action, they jumped out and launched a siege on them.

After a battle, about half of the Brotherhood members were besieged and killed after the attack. This result was the result of the intervention of contractors affiliated with the Brotherhood during the siege, otherwise the losses would have been even greater. Because of the tragedy.

It is precisely because of this subsequent siege that the terrorist attack that originally targeted only the antidote injection site gradually expanded into a melee that spread to most of the city with the participation of various contractors. During this period, the contractors and mutants were fighting, and the contract Fighting between the contractors and the contractors broke out one after another in different parts of the city and continued until the government troops entered the scene to suppress it and then gradually subsided.

According to official statistics after the incident, the number of people who died directly as a result of this attack was as high as hundreds, and the injured were even more numerous. Among these numerous casualties, not only humans, but also a large number of innocent mutants were also injured. The social impact it has caused is extremely bad.

In this melee started by the Brotherhood of Mutants, various forces such as Worthington Group, Trask Industries, and even the Department of Mutant Affairs were more or less involved. The scene was very lively. It can be regarded as a warm-up before the war, and the only large force absent is the X-Men, who are supposed to be the protagonists of the world.

.........

Afternoon, X College.

Of course, Xu Yue was not unaware of the melee that broke out in the city this morning, but he had no intention of participating in it.

This melee is just a warm-up. It seems to be quite powerful, but the contractors belonging to the major forces have shown extreme restraint. The number of contractors who died as a result may only be in the double digits. It will be over soon. The antidote battle that breaks out is the real drama.

The threat announcement announced by Magneto on TV in the afternoon was a preview of the upcoming drama.

On the second floor of the castle, the principal's office.

Including Scott, who had woken up, and Hank, who had returned to the academy last night, all the X-Men gathered in front of the TV screen under the organization of the professor.

On the screen was a majestic old man with silver hair, who was none other than Magneto, who was still in the Brotherhood. Since the Worthington Group had previously announced the release of the antidote through live television, today he used the same method. The method tells the world about the tough attitude of mutants towards the antidote.

"Today's demonstrations are just the first wave and we will continue to fight as long as the antidote exists."

"Your city will no longer be safe, your streets will no longer be safe, and you will no longer be safe!"

"As for my fellow mutants, I ask you to join us or stay out of the way."

"Too many mutants have died, and we don't want to taint the blood of too many compatriots..."

Magneto's declaration continued on the TV screen, but everyone in the room had no intention of continuing to listen. Storm looked at the stern-faced old man on the screen and frowned tightly.

"Magneto is threatening the entire federal government. This is crazy. Does he want to completely trigger a war between humans and mutants?!"

There was a hint of horror in Storm's tone. One of the original intentions of the creation of the X-Men was to alleviate the conflicts between the two races and prevent each other from falling into a life-and-death situation. But now Magneto's behavior is undoubtedly The relationship between the two parties is on the verge of collapse.

If a war really breaks out, all mutants will be passively involved and will not be spared. Even X Academy is no exception. In this kind of war between two races, there is no such thing as innocence and isolation. No matter you Willing or not, you will become a victim in the meat grinder.

"When the antidote appears, the war has already begun. This is inevitable, so I need you to expand the size of the X-Men reserves to the greatest extent. Peace will not last long, and even students will not be immune. Sooner or later, they will face choice.”

"The only thing that can protect you in this war is strength. Ororo, now, it's just the beginning."

(End of this chapter)