The Comprehensive Evolution of American Comics

"Huh?"

Mark came back to his senses and found that he was holding the "The Judas Window", a book he had treasured for a long time. The book was turned to page eight, and the content was about Anserville discovering that he and his dead father-in-law were trapped in a secret room.

So, only a little time has passed?

Mark looked down at the watch on his wrist. He thought a long time had passed, but he didn't expect that less than ten minutes had passed.

The sound of shoes rubbing against the ground came from his ear. When he turned his head, he saw Quentin walking towards him. I have to say that the pink hair and his slovenly movements really looked like a street gangster.

"What's wrong, Quentin?" Mark asked, subconsciously closing the book.

Quentin's eyes moved slightly after seeing Martin's action, but he still said without changing his expression.

"It's nothing. The guys have discussed it and want to change a place to be their base camp. I'm just here to inform you to pack your things."

"Change place? I got it." Mark nodded. "What about these guys? How should they be dealt with?"

"Never mind, leave them here to fend for themselves." Quentin scratched his head. "The guys from the Viper Gang already know the location of our base camp. Now they don't know that the advance team has been defeated. When they react, they will send more people over, and they may send more and stronger people."

"We can avoid fighting them by withdrawing in advance. As for these people, let the Viper Gang deal with them themselves."

"Okay, I'll pack up now." Mark stood up, but found that Quentin hadn't turned to leave, which made him feel strange. Quentin has always been troublesome and unwilling to contact others.

He usually finishes what he is told to do and turns around and leaves, without staying for an extra second. What's wrong with him today?

Mark asked, "Is there anything else?"

"Nothing." Quentin pushed his glasses and asked as if he didn't care.

"What page are you on in that book, Mark?"

"You mean this one?" Mark shook the "The Judas Window" in his hand. "I'm on page eight. Are you interested in this book?"

"A little bit. What's the story about?"

"I haven't finished reading it, how would I know?" Mark rolled his eyes. "I heard it's a court reasoning novel. So far, I've only seen the part where the protagonist is trapped in a secret room with his dead father-in-law."

"Is that so?" Quentin didn't feel that Mark was lying, but he just felt that something was strange, but in the end, he couldn't find any flaws. In order not to arouse Mark's suspicion, he could only pretend to be nonchalant and turn to leave.

Quentin's appearance was very strange, but because he was a strange child himself, Mark didn't pay too much attention to it and left with Quentin behind him.

When the figures of the two could no longer be seen, Yang Le, who had turned into a stone, showed his true form and looked thoughtfully at Quentin, who was leading the way in front with his perspective ability.

If he hadn't recognized it, the pink-haired kid should be Quentin Quire, the new member of the X-Men, codenamed Omega Kid.

Although Omega Kid has appeared in the comics for a long time, he has always been a newcomer in the setting, but he is not a rookie.

Just like Quentin's codename, he is also a mutant with Omega potential, and one of the few hosts suitable for the Phoenix Force. In the future, there will also be a timeline for him to become the Phoenix.

Yang Le remembered that Quentin's ability was also telepathy, but he also had the ability to materialize mental energy. Quentin could manipulate these energies into knives, swords, and even guns.

Quentin's potential is huge. It is estimated that the editors initially had high hopes for him and set him as one of the strongest in the new generation of mutants, but he gradually became an unpopular character.

Maybe this is also the dilemma of all American comics. The old characters are too enduring. Even if new characters are introduced, there is no way to reasonably arrange the transition between the old and the new, so the old characters will continue to do sit-ups and come back to life after death.

Yang Le retracted his thoughts. After his brief observation just now, Quentin's ability is far from reaching its peak, and it is not even as good as when he first appeared in the comics.

Now he is just a rookie who has just acquired the ability and has not yet explored the full picture of the ability. Just based on the mental fluctuations just now, Yang Le can feel that Quentin has no way to directly explore what is in people's minds.

Obviously, Quentin noticed Mark's unnaturalness. He noticed a trace of abnormality and used language to assist his weak ability to conduct a lie test on Mark, but he didn't find anything abnormal.

This is normal, because Yang Le fabricated the memory in Mark's mind, downloaded the content of the book he had read to Mark, and made the latter think that he had read the book and knew the content of the first eight pages.

To act, you have to do the whole set. Yang Le didn't want others to know that he had been here, so he had to put some thought into it. Otherwise, why would he spend a few seconds reading that book? It was for the aftermath.

But I didn't expect Quentin to notice the abnormality, but I don't know what he found wrong, because the other party is also a telepathic ability user, Yang Le did not rashly directly read Quentin's thoughts, even if he is much stronger than Quentin.

Forget it, this doesn't matter. Maybe Quentin will be able to discover the false memory he set after he becomes stronger, but that is definitely not now.

As for now, Yang Le has other things to do. The Viper Gang has provided him with a good idea. Maybe he can find something there.

After making up his mind, Yang Le didn't delay any longer. He virtualized his body and flew straight out of the underground tunnel, while flying towards the Viper Gang's territory in a state of invisibility.

Yang Le learned about the location of the Viper Gang's base camp by reading Yan Mang's memory. He also wanted to obtain more information about the Viper Gang, but found that Yan Mang was just a small boss and was not qualified to know more inside information.

Yan Mang only knows some superficial things, such as the leader's name, the names and identities of the other leaders, and the location and distribution of their bases.

The so-called cunning rabbit has three burrows. The Viper Gang, as one of the few formed gangs in the ruins of New York, naturally has more than one hiding place. When they invaded the outside world, they also captured many shelters. Other bases were by-products produced at that time.

Almost every leader occupies a base, but Yang Le doesn't care about these small fries at all. His current goal is the base camp of the Viper Gang leader.