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Chapter 221 The Completely Autistic Hank Pym

"me……"

Scott looked like he was trying to conceal himself, and was talking nonsense in front of Pim.

"How could I be a mutant? If I were a mutant, how could I be so unlucky?"

Pim had a bad expression, and his patience with Scott had reached its limit.

In fact, although he provided simple treatment for Scott, he was always very defensive about him.

Fortunately, Scott's injuries cannot be faked, and he really can't move now.

"Now that you're in my hands, it's best to tell the truth."

Pim pulled a chair over and sat in front of Scott, "If you are not a mutant, where does your ability to change your body come from?"

In the original plan, Scott was the executor chosen by Pym to destroy the Wasp suit.

Pim naturally also investigated Scott thoroughly.

Although this guy has been in prison for three years, in the final analysis he is not a treacherous person. To put it bluntly, his personality is a bit timid on the outside, and he is easily fooled in daily life. Bully.

That's why Pim chose him.

Easier to control.

Now Scott wants to lie in front of Pim, which is simply out of the blue.

"Scott, I don't know if you've thought about it."

Pim said patiently, "Mutant genes have hereditary properties, and the abilities of your offspring will be close to those of your parents. If you are a mutant, your daughter will most likely have the same abilities as you.

"You are being hunted now. You must have provoked an enemy that you cannot deal with. What do you think is the possibility that your daughter will awaken her abilities when she is emotionally aroused if something happens to you?

"I can tell you responsibly that if a child possesses great power, he will end up being used by adults with ulterior motives!"

"Cathy?"

Scott didn't have time to ask Pim why he knew about his daughter, but his words really hit Scott's weakness.

He himself knew very well that his mutant was not a normal mutant.

In him, there is a destiny to fight to the death.

Although the possibility is very small, as long as there is a one in 10,000 possibility that this fate will be inherited by Cathy, Scott is not willing to see it.

"I……"

After thinking about it, Scott felt that it was about the same.

Although Thomas Jr. made a detailed plan with him on how to gain Pim's trust, he just pointed out a general direction and let him adapt to other situations.

Now, in Scott's judgment, he could admit his identity.

"Okay, I admit it to you, I'm a mutant."

Scott said in a low voice, "About a week ago, I was fired from my last job, and I awakened my abilities in the excitement."

really.

The corner of Pim's mouth twitched imperceptibly.

This guy still wants to hide it in front of himself, he is really too young.

The enemies he had fought against were infinitely higher than this guy, but he was still the winner in the end.

"Now, I have a question for you."

Pim looked at Scott and said word by word, "What exactly is your ability?"

In the following time, Scott honestly explained his abilities to Pim.

Controlling the volume and weight of objects can control insects, such as ants, in certain ways.

There was no change in the expression on Pim's face, but his heart became heavier and heavier as he listened.

This kid is simply an enhanced version of himself!

At first, he performed various tasks under the alias Ant-Man, wore a special uniform, and relied on Pym particles.

Controlling ants to serve themselves is also through pheromones.

These are all technology and external forces.

But Scott is different. He can easily do all these things based on his own abilities.

Pim looked at Scott with increasingly unkind eyes.

His existence is simply the biggest mockery of his life's research.

If he had known that creatures like mutants would appear, why would he have been studying Pym particles in the first place?

Wouldn't it be better to study mutants directly?

“The species of mutants is simply God’s biggest joke on science!”

Pim was indignant in his heart. He really couldn't figure out how mutants had these strange abilities.

"You should have a good rest first."

Pim stood up and did not continue to communicate with Scott.

He really needs to find a psychiatrist to treat himself now.

Otherwise, he might not be able to control his emotions and strangle Scott to death in a fit of rage.

This bastard!

Does he know how much effort he put in to achieve his ability to awaken at will?

In order not to hand over the Pym particles, Hank Pym had conflicts with almost all his partners.

Now it seems that everything is in vain.

Your own persistence is worthless.

"Oh okay, walk slowly..."

Scott sat on the bed and watched Pim leave the room with his head hanging.

Little Thomas was really right.

Pim will indeed fall into huge self-doubt when he knows his abilities.

In this case, Thomas's subsequent conjecture will definitely come true.

Pim will be briefly depressed, but he will soon cheer up, and then develop a strong research interest in Scott.

"In this way, I can be considered a core member of cutting-edge scientific research, right?"

Scott thought in his mind.

Without me, this research project would not be possible.

……

Pim returned to his room and took out a group photo from the drawer.

It was a photo of his family when he was young.

In the photo, his wife Janet is holding baby Hope while she stands aside, showing a happy smile.

At that time, I was so high-spirited that I never imagined that my future life would be so bumpy.

"Janet, tell me, is my insistence all wrong?"

Pim stroked his wife's face in the photo, his tone already trembling.

The world is changing so fast that he, an old man, can no longer keep up.

Mutants can change their body shape at will without Pym particles, so what's the point of keeping this secret?

And while Scott was in a coma, Pim made a special examination on him.

Check his powers for any side effects.

The result is no side effects.

This makes Pym even more discouraged, indicating that his superpowers have surpassed his technology.

Pym particles have side effects.

Pym has been Ant-Man for so many years, and Pym's particles have had an irreversible impact on him. Now he can no longer put on the Ant-Man suit unless his own technology is innovative.

This cannot be achieved simply by talking about it.

After decades of research, he made no improvements to his formula, as if it was already approaching perfection.

But Pim knew in his heart that Pim's formula was not perfect because he had not found the direction.

Now Scott has done it.

Just because of mutants' superpowers.

Pym bet that Scott had no idea how his powers worked, but he just did it.

It’s really a life not worth any expectations.

Pim sat in the room, as motionless as if he had collapsed.

Until suddenly there was the sound of opening the door in the living room.

It was the key that opened the door, and Hope was back. "Hank, are you there?"

Hope called Pym's name from the living room and went straight to his room.

When she opened the door, she saw Pim sitting in the room as if he had lost his soul, looking at the family photos from the past.

"Hank, what's wrong with you?"

Hope frowned and approached her father.

Pim turned a deaf ear to his daughter's call and had no response.

Hope sat next to Pym and held his shoulders.

"Hank, are you worried about Darren? Don't worry, as long as you let me put on that suit, I can definitely destroy all his data!"

When Hope finished saying this, Pim's eyelids finally moved.

"There's no point..."

He said feebly in a weak, mosquito-like voice.

"what?"

Hope didn't hear what Pim was saying for a while, and she thought Pim was just denying herself as always.

"Don't worry, I can complete the task, as long as you give me that dress!"

Hope reached out and took the family photo from Pim's hand.

Looking at her mother's face in the photo, Hope was also a little absent-minded.

To this day, she still doesn’t know what accident happened to her mother.

"Janet actually didn't have to die back then."

Suddenly, Pim said something that made Hope's heart stir up a storm.

Pim seemed to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease, completely immersed in his own world.

"My regulator was broken and I couldn't continue to get smaller..."

Pym murmured, "This is the drawback of technology. If I had not insisted on researching Pym particles, but researched the direction of super powers, this situation would never have happened.

"I can be as small as I want without Janet sacrificing for me."

Sacrifice for Pim...

This was the first time that Hope heard her father tell her about her mother's accident. She grabbed Pim and kept asking questions in an excited tone.

"Why did you sacrifice for you? Tell me clearly, what happened in the first place!?"

no answer.

Pim ignored him at all.

"You really went on a mission back then!"

The information revealed from Pim's mouth has allowed Hope to roughly guess the framework of what happened back then.

They should have encountered a situation during the execution of the task that required them to continue to shrink, but the father's regulator was broken, and in the end the task could only be performed by the mother.

There is no doubt that this is a tragedy.

But Hope didn't understand that there was anything to hide about this kind of thing. If her mother died in the execution of the mission, it would be a glorious thing.

Why did Pim keep it a secret until now?

Is there any hidden secret in this that I cannot let myself know?

"Hank, talk!"

Hope's voice was furious. She really didn't know what happened to Pym to make him like this.

At this time, a voice came from outside the door.

"Sorry, I think it's all because of me."

Hope turned around and saw a strange man with a pale face and bandages on his body, who was moving towards this side step by step while holding on to the wall.

"who are you?"

Hope frowned, thinking of a possibility.

When she was still at Pym Technology Company, she discussed with Pym about the Wasp suit, and she proposed to transform into Ant-Man to carry out the task of destroying the Wasp suit.

Pim rejected her without hesitation.

His exact words were that he already had a candidate.

Could it be this guy in front of me?

Hope looked Scott up and down with scrutinizing eyes, and then came to a conclusion.

This guy is a complete loser.

It's better to do it yourself.

Why did Hank choose this person?

"My name is Scott Long. I'm sorry that I suddenly showed up at your house. There was an accident. This gentleman saved me."

The way things are going, Scott shouldn't know Pym's name just yet.

"Is that Mr. Long?"

Hope said bluntly, "Did you just say that Hank became like this because of you?"

"Yes."

Scott nodded and said, "After he finished talking to me, he left the room in despair, and then you went home, and then he became like this."

Now even he felt that Pim's reaction was a bit too intense.

The whole person is completely autistic, but it's okay.

Could it be that his ability not only made Pim feel that his research was in vain, but also had a deeper hidden meaning?

"What did you talk about?"

Hope asked, "I don't think there is any topic that can make this old man become like this."

Unless it's about mothers.

Thinking of Hank's muttering just now, Hope became more and more interested in knowing the content of the conversation between Scott and Hank.

Why does it remind my father of my mother who died more than 20 years ago?

"Actually, it's not really a chat. It's mainly him asking questions and me answering them."

Scott said sheepishly, "Our topic is about my superpowers."

superpower?

"Are you a mutant?"

Hope still couldn't figure it out. Although mutants are the focus of society now, they have been around for more than half a year and are not news.

What's so autistic about Hank?

She continued to ask: "Then what is your ability?"

"Let me demonstrate it to you..."

Scott casually took a vase on display, and with a thought, the vase immediately shrank to the size of a water glass, and was held in Scott's hand.

Seeing this scene, Hope blurted out: "Pym particles!"

"what?"

Scott was confused, "What Pym particles?"

At this time, Hope finally understood why Pim became like this.

His life's hard work was easily accomplished by a mutant? !

"It seems that my ability really made this gentleman become like this."

Scott sighed and said helplessly, “But I really don’t understand why he is so autistic.

"Forgive me for being offended. What I mean is that if you live in a house like this, you will look like a successful person, and you will be the envy of everyone.

"If I could have such a life, I wouldn't care about any worries at all and would just enjoy life happily."

His words really came from the bottom of his heart.

He admitted that his ability really hit Pym.

But so what?

Pim's achievements over the years are real, and the fame and benefits he has gained cannot be taken away.

Scott couldn't understand what Pym was being autistic about.

Of course he doesn't know.

Because at this moment, Pim suddenly raised his head, and his whole body came back to life.

He kept repeating one sentence in his mouth.

"Yes! Yes! That's so right!"

He suddenly looked at Scott, and then asked in an urgent tone, "Boy, tell me, are there any limits to your abilities? Can you still change back to the original form no matter how small you become?!"

(End of this chapter)