American Comics: The Matrix.

Chapter 532 I've Really Controlled You
"Why!"

The White Queen, enraged, slammed the table down and stood up, glaring at Bant.

But the next second, Bant pressed the switch, and the White Queen immediately convulsed and collapsed.

"I really need to control you."

As if the pleasure had been amplified a thousandfold, the highest level of purple mood was activated, and the White Queen immediately began to roll her eyes.

A few minutes later, before the neurotoxin caused irreversible consequences, Bantka turned off the machine and asked, "Why?"

"You people only think about the resurgence of mutants, but have you ever thought about whether those mutants actually want to become mutants? Every awakening is accompanied by harm, separation from family and friends, being treated as monsters, and being discriminated against. Have you ever thought about these things?"

"You don't have any!"

"You only think about reviving mutants!"

How could you be so selfish!

Although mutants have begun to recover, that doesn't stop Bant from cursing them.

In such a short period of time, the number of superpower-related cases caused by mutants has exceeded several hundred times the total number in the entire past.

"What do you know? This is evolution!" Cable exclaimed excitedly, only to be slapped to the ground by Bant a second later.

"Evolution my ass!"

It seems that the resurgence of mutants is unstoppable, but the source of this resurgence is very likely these very people.

They instilled in the Witch of Curse the idea and desire to revive mutants, and the Witch of Curse at that time also possessed the power of the Phoenix. So, at the moment when the real Phoenix awakened, they resonated with each other, resulting in the emergence of the X-gene in this universe.

“No matter what you say, this is our race!” Magik was unusually assertive for once.

"And Hope is our messiah; reviving mutants is her mission," Cable continued, even after being punched.

"That's the value of her existence!"

Unbeknownst to him, at that moment, the Cursed Witch, who was in the training room trying to control the Phoenix Force awakening within X-Man's body, already knew that Magik and his team had come to rescue her, and thus rushed over, wanting Bant to release them.

But I just happened to hear that sentence.

She pulled her hand back as if she'd been electrocuted, her lips pursed, lost in thought.

Is the purpose of one's existence solely to revive mutants?

What a joke!
She did want to revive mutants, but that was merely a way of repaying the White Queen and the others for their care over the years.

Instead of using them as tools to sacrifice everything for their goals.

"Cable, you're going too far."

Before Bant could speak, Colossus frowned and looked at Cable.

"Hope has her own life too. She's not a tool; we need her help."

Colossus has a gentlemanly and reasonable personality.

But Cable is different. His personality is very similar to his father Cyclops, but even more extreme and obsessive.

"so what?"

"She was born with the power of the Phoenix, she is the host chosen by the Phoenix, she was born to revive the mutants!"

"Boom!"

There was a crisp sound.

The evil witch pushed open the door and entered, her gaze icy.

Cable, oblivious to her expression or rather, unconcerned about her thoughts, exclaimed excitedly, "Hope, you've come at the perfect time! Quickly get this guy to release me!"

"Call me the Cursed Witch."

She said awkwardly.

"what?"

“I will restore the mutants, you don’t need to worry about that,” she said.

Regardless, the Cursed Witch didn't want to owe them any favors. She had promised to revive mutants, and she wouldn't go back on her word, but beyond that, she didn't want anything else to do with these people.

The Cursed Witch turned to look at Bant, her icy expression finally softening. Seeing this, Felicia enthusiastically patted Bant's other thigh, gesturing for the Cursed Witch to sit down with her, but the Cursed Witch ignored her.

This woman is truly like a mad cat.

"Little Ban, can you please let them go?" the evil witch pleaded.

"No."

Bant refused outright.

“They trespassed into the Heavenly Guild base and attacked the chief of security. I didn’t kill them on the spot because no one else was injured,” Bant said.

He couldn't possibly turn a blind eye to these people just because they knew the evil witch.

If we consider the actions of Dian Suo and his gang in ancient times, how would that be any different from breaking into the palace and assassinating the emperor?
"Ok."

The witch of curses didn't argue, but asked with concern, "So what do you plan to do with them?"

"For your sake, I won't keep you locked up in the Void Zero Realm. I'll send you to Sakaar to fight in the arena."

"If you can win a hundred consecutive matches on Sakaar, or complete three championship trials, you will be free." These were the words Bant said to Cable and the others.

Neither of these requirements is simple.

The fighting competitions on Sakaar are becoming increasingly well-known. As the Celestial Guild has gradually gained control of the entire universe, many powerful individuals from other star systems have come to participate.

Even some powerful warriors from various pantheons occasionally come here to hone their skills.

Bant had seen a Greek god named Heracross and Ares each try to win the championship.

Ultimately, both of them were honored with champion statues by the militant Sakar people, who erected them as champions at the time.

Even setting aside these gods, there are also new legions and other planetary plumbers who come here to hone their combat skills.

As for the championship challenge, needless to say, the third challenge is against Bant himself.

The former could rely on luck and might escape if they didn't encounter a powerful opponent. As for the latter, if they could beat Bant, they wouldn't have been captured now.

"Security Officer Norman, activate the particle collider, open the portal, and take them to Sakaar."

Norman Osborne nodded.

He quite liked Bant's style of referring to job titles when working.

"By the way, I have some good news for you all," Bant said as he watched Cable and the others being escorted away. "The mutants have been revived."

"what?"

The previously dejected White Queen suddenly perked up, as if she had seen a glimmer of hope.

But she was also puzzled: "But the Phoenix Force hasn't descended yet..."

Bant said, "You all know that the Phoenix Force hasn't arrived yet, so the idea that Hope's value lies in reviving mutants is utter nonsense!"

"No one is born to accomplish a certain task."

"Hope is Hope. She has her own ideas and is not your tool."

They saw the mutants off.

When Bant looked up, he saw the Cursed Witch staring at him with teary eyes, her body almost twisted into a maggot.

"What are you doing?"

"Little classmate, I'm so touched!"

The evil witch lunged forward, trying to hang on Bant, but was instead captured by him.

"Don't act crazy here."

Felicia nodded in agreement: "Exactly! The team isn't even all here yet, and you want to play alone?"

(End of this chapter)