Marvel’s Speedsters

Waiting is never pleasant, whether the belated other party is a beauty or not.

Although Ross gave verbal assurances to the Doctor, it remains unknown whether things will necessarily turn out as he had predicted. In the night when he can’t see the road ahead, he must plan a backup plan and choose to trust people’s personalities and experiences, because many things change with the external environment, but there are always decisive factors that will not be easily shaken. Ross believes that as long as Stryker remains full of hatred for mutants, he must seize the golden opportunity in front of him.

And Stryker’s opportunity is also Ross’s opportunity, once he misses his graceful swaying figure, Ross needs to find the bald boy named Jimmy from the vast sea of people, relying on his unique talent to temporarily eliminate the threat of mutants.

Until then, though, Ross always had plenty of patience. He waited, like a shark thirsting for blood, outside the X-Men’s field of activity, observing every move of several key locations through the ubiquitous Internet and satellite lenses in the sky.

“Take a step back and see the whole picture,” he said to the toad Todd next to him as he watered the potted plants on the table. “If you want to devour a whale, you can only use this method, tearing off one piece at a time until you swallow the whole whale.”

“Makes sense, sir.” Todd was a little confused, and he felt that Ross should not have called himself over for these words.

In fact, too.

Putting down the watering can, he instructed the security chief to sit down across the desk from which Ross stared at him with a scrutinizing look. It was said a long time ago that Ross’s eyes contain a special power, which can make people’s pulses rush and make people cold. Today’s toad Todd was no exception, he was stared at by Ding’s head boss extremely cramped, his hands and feet did not know where to put them, and soon fine beads of sweat appeared on the tip of his nose.

After adding enough pressure, Ross finally broke his silence.

“Mr. Todd,” this time, his voice was unexpectedly soft. “It’s been four and a half months since we first met, and I’ve been following you during that time. What I want to say is that you are very much in line with my needs, but what I want to know is, do I also meet your requirements? ”

“Dang, of course, sir”, under the nervousness, Todd couldn’t help but stutter, and he quickly nodded vigorously. The toad in the brotherhood before has never been as relaxed and comfortable as Ross has been around in the past few months.

To say relaxed, it is not that the laboratory did not assign him tasks, but Todd’s responsibilities are quite heavy.

He has to take on the responsibility of laboratory security, from time to time he is assigned to do some private work, in addition to taking turns with the saber-toothed tiger Victor as a bodyguard for Connors and Mary Jane at certain dangerous times, it can be said that every day is very busy, and sometimes even the time for rest is diverted. If he were an ordinary person, he might have filed a complaint with the union over overtime and used a labor lawsuit to blackmail his hateful employer into making concessions, but for a mutant like Toad, this level of busyness would only make him feel that his life has never been fuller.

So it is absolutely impossible for him to make other opinions.

So Ross continued.

“The salary I offer you is 180,000 a year, and according to recent statistics, this figure can be in the top 6.5% of the national household income, that is, only one in 15 families, and you yourself meet the target, which is more than many white-collar couples with higher education; In addition, I also bear all your taxes, help you eliminate the previous case record, and give you the best blessing. Now you —-can go in and out of restaurants you haven’t been to before, taste those delicious foods that you haven’t tasted before, and socialize with beautiful girls, I’m sure this is something your former boss can’t give you, am I right? ”

“You’re right! You’re right! Todd said repeatedly, leaning forward slightly, and couldn’t help but bend his waist lower.

At first, he was willing to follow Ross, not so much to repay Ross for saving them from death, but because he and Sabertooth really had nowhere to go after Magneto’s capture, and it happened that the red tank next to Ross was their fellow mutants, so Todd stayed.

But more than four months have passed, and he has become more and more inseparable from the fresh beauty under the sun. Wonderful life.

“I’m not saying this to show off my efforts, I think your performance is fully worthy of this number, so next year I am also ready to add more salary to you, let’s share our results together.” But before that, I also want to remind that some things must be decided, whether to return to the crisis-ridden brotherhood, or whether we work together to gain more, I think you should have your own choice. ”

Todd finally understood, and frowned tangledly, he guessed that the matter of the witch makeup coming to him a few days ago was exposed. The witch wants to save Magneto, but she needs help, the brotherhood is scattered, no one will listen to her orders, so she sneaks back and asks Toad to accept her assignment, but although Todd has been scolded by Magneto every time before, the brotherhood’s system makes him only loyal to Magneto, and he doesn’t need to obey the witch so much, so he directly rejected the other party.

It seems that this incident did not escape Ross’s keen eyes, which made Todd regret a little, he should report it to his boss as soon as possible.

Raising his hand to stop Todd’s eager explanation, Ross stood up and walked slowly around the table.

“I understand that people always have to have some pursuits, and without secrets, we are not ourselves. But please don’t limit your vision too much to the previous perspective, and don’t always use the struggle for living space for your fellow citizens as a reason. What I did was not hidden from you, you should know what I was doing, ordinary people? Mutants? Advances in technology are rapidly closing the gap between the two, and genetic inequality may be possible in the future with just money, so I think you don’t have to be loyal to anyone anymore, not to anyone. ”

With a dry throat, Todd was a little apprehensive.

His heart unfolded like a battlefield. The fierce struggle, the fear of Magneto and the expectation of a new life are like two decisive rivals, one must fall to the other to win, but reason tells him that it is not the work of smart people to give up either side rashly. For the betrayer, the toad knows very well that the old boss will deal with it with the most cruel means, and the new boss who can’t figure it out is not someone who can deal with it casually.

For Ross, the more he learned, the more he felt in awe, this young man has too many secrets, all kinds of means emerge endlessly, like a bottomless abyss that cannot be seen clearly and guessed, he is not like Magneto, after surviving the initial fear, the back is unobstructed.

Todd thought nervously, a large amount of sweat quietly dripped from his forehead, beads of sweat dripped from the tip of his nose, smashed on his pants and shattered, only to make him wake up again.

Looking at the equipment on his body, those metal stud earrings that can resist mind control, the close-fitting super combat suit, and various high-tech tools that he has never used before, the balance in Todd’s heart unconsciously tilted a little more to Ross’s side.

Magneto is not without money, but he will never invest so much for his men.

No matter how proud the Brotherhood leader may be mutants, Toad knows very well that Magneto is still essentially a miserly Jew who cares about gain and loss. And this criterion of gain and loss is not a clear standard that can be measured, but an invisible thread that exists only in his own heart. If something is worth a million and the seller asks for two million, then as long as he can bargain for 1.2 million, even if he still feels that it is too high, he will still buy it. Magneto’s mental criterion was whether what he did had a “positive” impact on the outcome, not what he actually gained.

This mode of thinking seemed to Todd to be just a personality quirk in the past, but through this time around Ross, he gradually became aware of the capriciousness of his former boss.

Todd knows that Ross’s daily life is not very luxurious, he only pays for reasonable enjoyment, but once he encounters something worth selling, then whether it is equipment, technology, talent, or funding a councilor, he will not hesitate to invest enough resources. If Magneto could also attract talents like him, pay attention to coordinating internal and external relations, and not be so stingy, perhaps he already legally owns his own territory in some remote place.

In comparison, whether it is wrist, weight, and insight, the old and new masters are too far behind.

While he was thinking nervously, Ross was full of seduction. The seductive voice continued to echo in the room, and every word touched him deeply, all the way to his heart.

“Now that you have finally given birth for yourself, and you already have a lot of money, don’t you want to find a woman, don’t you want to have children of your own, don’t you want to be respected by your neighbors in front of your wife and children? Follow me, these are available. You can live more comfortably and proudly than those white-collar workers out there, but they will never enjoy the convenience you can enjoy. Someone is desperate and the sun is setting, but at the same time it may be another person’s new beginning. He may be rising as high as the morning sun, and I hope you’ll be by my side as we go all the way up. ”

With a meaningful pat on Todd’s shoulder, the security chief immediately jumped up from his chair in a nervous manner.

“I figured it out, sir!” Todd, who was not good at words, finally made a judgment, and he cried out excitedly. “From today onwards, I will work as hard as Victor, and I will never repeat what happened last time, and I will dedicate myself to completing your account, no matter what work you give me…”

“Don’t be like Victor,” Ross stopped him again with a smile. “Victor doesn’t need a brain, he’s more like my weapon, when I ask you to do something for me, Victor just says ‘yes, sir’ is enough, and for you, I hope you learn to use your wisdom and use force, but don’t give up thinking—- I have great hopes for you.”

Todd nodded desperately, and from this moment on, the faint sense of alienation in his body completely disappeared, replaced by a more intimate demeanor.

“Very good”, Ross shook with satisfaction. Grabbing his shoulders, he finally stated his purpose—- he needed Todd to take advantage of the turbulent period of the Brotherhood and bring some useful manpower from there, not very powerful, but with a clean background and safe use.

He was fed up with this lack of manpower.

In the past, Ross did not hire people because their strength was too weak to keep their secrets under the prying eyes of those who cared, but now they are for long-term planning. Mutants who are different from ordinary people’s values, are not easy to be bought by outside infiltration, and whose various needs are easier to meet will be his future human resource base.

As long as he defeated Magneto and Xavier Academy, no one would pose a threat to him in this regard.

“I see, sir, I will not disappoint you.” Todd nodded solemnly and exited Ross’s office.

Watching his back disappear behind the door, Ross exhaled a hollow breath.

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immediately preemptive (Event Period: September 19th to September 21st)