American Comics: Starting with Muggle Wizards

Lorna hesitated, "So, are Professor Charles and the others also leaving the solar system?"

Qiu Zhang nudged her arm and asked, "Do you want to leave with Professor Charles and the others?"

"I don't know, I don't know." Lorna fell into deep thought.

Wanda also asked curiously about the reason for the Avengers' withdrawal.

Harvey explained the current situation: the Avengers are suffering defeat after defeat, and if they don't leave soon, the entire group will fall apart due to the increasing number of traitors.

“What will happen when Hydra wins global domination and changes its moderate policies to a dictatorship?” Wanda asked worriedly.

Harvey shook his head and said, "Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. Right now, Hydra has the people's hearts, so people are willing to obediently accept its rule."

“But if Pierce wanted to be a dictatorial king, the modernly educated people would definitely launch wave after wave of resistance.”

"Therefore, we just need to wait and see."

Wanda still had doubts: "The extraordinary power of superhumans and mutants is something ordinary people can't resist. What if Pierce really wants to be a dictatorial king?"

"Then let him be it." Hermione didn't have this concern. In her eyes, it didn't matter whether a Muggle was alive or dead.

During natural disasters, she realized that human life is fragile yet selfish.

Unless they act as caretakers for all of humanity, even without Hydra's rule, humanity will eventually engage in civil war due to self-interest.

She had witnessed far too many joys and sorrows, and Hermione wouldn't bother with other people's business unless it involved herself or her family.

The dinner left everyone with a variety of expressions.

Hermione and Cho Chang were in the best mood, discussing going shopping later and planning to visit their families at Hogwarts together.

Wanda, who was kind to the point of being somewhat saintly, always felt that Pierce wouldn't be honest, and she hesitated to ask Harvey to completely eliminate Hydra.

Lorna, however, remains conflicted.

This manor was like a secluded paradise where no one could disturb her, and she didn't want to leave this place that gave her a sense of security.

But Professor Charles, who had helped him a lot, and his schoolmates all planned to leave the solar system.

If she didn't leave with them, she might never see Professor Charles and his friends again.

Therefore, Lorna developed decision-making difficulties.

After dinner, Harvey patted his round belly, stood up, and gave some instructions:

"I will be going into seclusion for a long period of time, so my dear sisters don't need to miss me."

"Get lost...who would want a bastard like you..."

This provoked the beauties to playfully scold and curse. Harvey laughed and went into the basement alone, took out the Cosmic Cube, and crushed the cube's outer shell with his telekinesis.

He was preparing to integrate the fourth Infinity Stone into his body.

A deep, mysterious blue light illuminated the entire underground laboratory.

Strands of blue light emerged from the irregular gemstone, crashing into Harvey as if they were alive.

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Chapter 166 Pierce Realizes His Dream

2015, October.

The Avengers' relocation plan is nearing completion, with over 400 million people already evacuated from the solar system.

Only a few spies and agents remain, lurking on Earth, preparing for a long-term infiltration.

Hydra has already taken over the entire world, and that guy Pierce even created a pan-federal government for all mankind and proclaimed himself the world president.

During this period, they integrated the remaining fifty-plus countries after the natural disasters and completely seized power.

When a person's power reaches its peak, Pierce, unsurprisingly, began to get arrogant.

Pierce is now living a life more luxurious than an emperor in his European headquarters.

They stayed in the English royal palace, ate the most exquisite state banquets, and were served by nearly 10,000 servants.

He even openly kept over a dozen beautiful women as mistresses.

It can be said that Wanda's fears came true. Pierce gradually transformed into a dictator and began to exploit the former lower-class people with the harshest methods.

Many ordinary people who defected to Hydra deeply regretted it.

Ordinary people at the bottom of society could barely get enough to eat, but after Pierce drove all the Avengers rebels out of the solar system...

Everything has changed.

Today, ordinary people are exploited even more harshly than capitalists used to be, working 16 hours a day and only being able to eat one meal a day.

The occasional meat-eating perks that once existed have also disappeared, all of which have been embezzled by Hydra's middle management.

It's impossible to say that Pierce didn't know about his subordinates' embezzlement.

However, Hydra has conquered the world and has no enemies, so it's normal for them to let their subordinates live a life of luxury.

Pierce didn't want to interfere, nor could he. After all, he was now the "emperor," and how could he maintain his authority without giving his subordinates some incentives?

Moreover, Pierce was fascinated by the wonderful feeling of enjoying supreme power.

But he's getting old; Pierce, 67 this year, wants to be a dictator forever and doesn't want to be limited by the short lifespan of less than a hundred years for humans.

He knew very well that achieving immortality might be difficult, but extending lifespan was quite simple.

As far as Pierce knows, there are serums like the Super Soldier Serum, or the Extremis Serum of the past, and the Infinity Serum used by Nick Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

These are all good things that can prolong life.

Furthermore, the S.H.I.E.L.D. database previously contained a large number of mysterious 084 items, many of which had some life-extending effects, although the side effects might be quite significant.

Therefore, Pierce ordered the research on the life-extending serum to be the top priority.

As for the occasional Avengers spies who do appear, their threat level has dropped to second priority.

It's easy to see how much importance Pierce placed on extending lifespan.

The Royal Palace in England, 7 p.m.

One by one, pretty girls dressed in maid outfits carefully carried plates of delicious food into the banquet hall.

Pierce had a curvaceous blonde woman sitting in his lap, and he was taking advantage of her, making her moan softly.

On the stage in front of them, there were twenty graceful and beautiful virgins performing a dance, dressed in thin, almost transparent lotus-patterned gauze skirts.

Sitting next to Pierce was Magneto, the leader of the Brotherhood, wearing a metal helmet designed to prevent mind intrusion.

Compared to the hedonistic Pierce, Magneto, who is almost 80 years old this year, looks only 50 years old due to the presence of the X gene.

But having lived for so many years, he's long been immune to these pink skeletons on stage.

Magneto, as an important collaborator of Pierce, came to seek Pierce's help in finding his daughter, Lorna.

"Mr. Pierce, can you do me a favor?"

Pierce, who felt he controlled the whole world and was omnipotent, replied with a relaxed expression:

"Of course, Mr. Eric. You are a key contributor to our great achievements. How could I not help you with such a small favor?"

Magneto's lips twitched. This old lecher had actually taken off his belt while the woman in his arms was talking.

It's truly a shame that such a lustful old man could actually succeed. Heaven has no eyes!

However, his collaboration with Pierce has always been superficial; maintaining a facade of cooperation is already a feat.

Everyone here is a seasoned veteran; how could Magneto not know that this old codger has been on guard against him all along?

You can tell just by looking at the superhuman bodyguards behind them.

Pierce was so afraid that he might suddenly turn on him and kill him that the ten bodyguards he had brought from the Destroyer were almost always by his side.

Magneto currently has no conflict of interest with Pierce, since he owns the entire territory of Australia.

The two sides should keep to themselves and not interfere with each other; this kind of cooperation is sufficient.

“Mr. Pierce, I have a daughter named Lorna who occasionally appears in New York. It seems she has been tricked by those mysterious wizards. Can you help me find her?”

When Pierce heard about those mysterious sorcerers who frequently appeared in New York, a chill ran down his spine.

As the "Emperor" who controls the entire world, how could he not have discovered those "troublemakers" like the Flame Witch and the Scarlet Witch?

However, he wasn't confident he could handle the male mage named Harvey.

In addition, those two women with mysterious magic could only do minor things to assassinate the middle and upper levels of Hydra.

Those greedy guys are dead, so be it.

Pierce wouldn't go to war with those mysterious mages for a few greedy bugs.

Moreover, if war were to break out, it would be difficult to say whether we could win.

Pierce knew perfectly well why the Decepticons were so afraid of those mysterious sorcerers.

The mysterious flashes that occurred on the moon back then made him very wary.

Those guys, whose strength is equivalent to a human nuclear weapon, are not so easy to mess with.

Therefore, Pierce could only force a smile and say, "No problem. I've been having a headache with those troublemakers for a long time. I'll immediately send bombers to carpet bomb the northern suburbs of New York and send them to meet their maker!"

Magneto's face turned green upon hearing this; his daughter was most likely hanging out with those mysterious sorcerers.

If this old codger really wants to carry out a carpet bombing campaign, he might even have to use nuclear weapons.

Even if the troublemaker is dealt with, will his daughter still be alive?

Moreover, Magneto's intelligence capabilities were also quite good; he knew that those sorcerers all possessed some kind of teleportation ability.

Clearly, Pierce was just giving himself a perfunctory answer; his talk of carpet bombing was probably just empty words.

Thinking of this, Magneto felt a surge of anger, but he suppressed it and said coldly:

“I am very grateful for Mr. Pierce’s kind offer, but there’s no need for a carpet bombing.”

"We both know very well that those mysterious mages cannot be dealt with by firearms."

"Only by sending elites to infiltrate their ranks can I possibly rescue my daughter."

Pierce patted the head of the woman in front of him and casually said, "Very good idea. As a partner, I can mobilize an elite army of 100,000 men to cooperate with your plan."