Chapter 22 Xavier School for Gifted People
"Professor, it's not your fault, you didn't mean to do that.
Just as you taught us, it also applies to you."
Wolverine sighed and spoke in a soothing voice.
Back then, the reason why mutants were feared by humans was because a small number of them used their abilities to commit crimes.
Most of the time, it is because when mutants begin to show their abilities, they are unable to control their abilities due to their inner fear, which leads to the implicate of their relatives, friends and innocent people around them.
Every time these mutant children are taken to school, the professor will give them psychological counseling so that they can muster up the courage to start a new life.
In fact, the professor was just like those children. His brain went out of control due to epilepsy, which led to such a tragedy. He felt the pain more than anyone else.
"I am not a child, and since I have made a mistake, I must take responsibility for it.
I can't make up for the dead, I can only try to make the living live better."
The professor looked at the group of children in front of him and a smile appeared on his face again.
If he had not seen these children and regained hope in his heart, he would probably never have been able to face his painful memories and would have been in a daze until his death.
"But professor, so many years have passed. The school may have been taken over by the government a long time ago."
At this time, George spoke up.
The location of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters is indeed good. It is located in the suburbs of the Bronx, New York. It is not too remote, but it is also some distance away from Manhattan, where many incidents occur.
Even if the Chitauri invade, they can't spread there.
The most important thing is that, according to his understanding, the Bronx is located in the northernmost part of New York and is the most chaotic district in the entire New York, with residents mainly of African and Latin American descent.
If Hell's Kitchen is the most chaotic place in the wealthy area of Manhattan, then the Bronx is the most chaotic place in the entire New York.
There are all kinds of gangs, and the crime rate is one of the highest in the entire United States.
Such a place is perfect for him to take advantage of the situation to make money. Even if he kills someone, it will not attract the attention of the government.
But, after so many years, how could such a big castle still be empty?
Professor X wiped his tears and explained:
"Although I am wanted, it is not an open warrant. The government does not want to make a big deal out of this, and there is not enough evidence to arrest me.
So on the surface my identity is still there, and most of my property is still there, including the castle.
It's just that I can't show up, and I can't use any assets, otherwise the government can follow those clues to find and arrest me…"
"I see."
George was not clear about this, but after Professor X's explanation, he roughly understood it.
Professor X's secret identity is the principal of the mutant school, but in public he is the heir of the famous Xavier family and a real big capitalist.
In fact, it is even more influential than the Stark Group in some aspects.
The rise of Stark Group was mainly due to Tony's father Howard, which was not actually a very big group before.
But the Xavier family is a noble family with a long history and deep roots.
Without solid evidence, arresting the heir of the Xavier family and confiscating all the property of the Xavier family would make all the old capitalists feel a sense of crisis. Because today you can raid the Xavier family without evidence, but tomorrow you can find a reason to raid them, and then everyone will be in danger.
Can the government provide solid evidence that the professor committed murder?
Of course it's impossible. The professor had epilepsy and his brain was out of control. He directly used his mental power to kill the people around him. Even in the surveillance video, everyone suddenly had a brain spasm and fell to the ground and died. There is no way to prove that it was the professor who killed them.
On the other hand, we also have to consider the negative impact. What if it was confirmed that the professor, who had previously helped the government deal with crises many times and had been received and awarded by the president many times, had killed so many people at once?
The government will also have to take responsibility, its influence will decline, and even the president will be greatly affected.
Therefore, the arrests and detentions could only be carried out in secret and could not be made public. Even the entire incident was deliberately downplayed.
"If that's the case, it's a good choice."
George thought about it carefully and agreed to Professor X's proposal.
The Westchester incident happened twenty-five years ago, in 1984, when Tony Stark was only fifteen years old and had just entered the undergraduate program of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Captain Marvel Carol Danvers hadn't even become a pilot yet, Nick Fury was just an ordinary S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, and Star-Lord Peter Quill was only six years old and his mother was still alive.
So maybe no one at the mutant school really cares about Sora.
It is estimated that the police sent by the government to search for the suspects at that time could not even find the basement under the school.
"I have no problem with that, as long as the kids are safe."
Gabriela also raised her hand in agreement. She thought that since the professor and George both thought it was feasible, there should be no problem.
She was just a Mexican nurse with little knowledge. Her job was to take good care of the children instead of making random comments. She knew her position very well.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Wolverine no longer objected.
In fact, he also wanted to go back to school, as it was once his spiritual haven.
As for Caliban, he would go wherever the Professor and Wolverine were, no matter where exactly.
So the truck changed direction and headed towards New York.
Because there were too many children and they all had no identity documents, they did not go into the city. They just bought supplies in some small towns along the way, and drove to remote places to rest when they were tired.
After two days, they finally arrived in the Bronx in northern New York.
Perhaps because he faced himself squarely, the professor's condition has improved slightly. Although he still can't use his abilities like before, there is no problem in occasionally affecting the thinking of ordinary people.
This also made their journey much smoother.
In order to avoid being tracked, they changed trucks several times during the period.
Sell the truck to a second-hand market, then go to another second-hand market and pay a little more to buy a different model of second-hand truck, and keep switching.
After arriving in the Bronx, they did not go directly to the school that taught the four garden castle renovations. Instead, George and Wolverine disguised themselves and went there to get the basics first.
The situation was indeed as the professor had expected. It had been empty and unoccupied, but because no one had lived in the castle for a long time, it looked much more dilapidated.
After making sure the school was safe, they waited until night time, then quietly crept into the school with the children and lived in the basement of the castle.
The castle's basement has two floors. In addition to the professor's brainwave amplification room and the former X-Men training room, there are more than a dozen vacant rooms. Everyone can make do and live there.
(End of this chapter)
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