Chapter 16 Dusk Wolf's Concerns
El Paso County, Texas, early morning.
Logan, who had just delivered his last customer, was sleeping tiredly in his rented stretched limousine, but was awakened by the noisy sound outside.
"What the hell!"
After cursing angrily, he had to get up with difficulty and push open the car door.
He often encountered this kind of thing. It must be those gangsters who smuggled in from Mexico. They took a fancy to his luxury car and wanted to remove the wheels and sell them for money.
However, he couldn't let those thugs succeed at this time, because he still had to make money from this rented car, and he needed money now.
The professor needs money to buy medicine to maintain his illness, and he has been saving money to buy a yacht and take the professor to live in the safety of the sea.
After living for so many years and experiencing the death of good friends and loved ones, he is actually tired of his own life.
His only wish now is to give Charles, his only old friend who once saved him and is still alive, a decent life in his later years.
If he let these thugs take off the wheels, he would not only have to pay compensation to the rental company, but he would also not be able to continue to maintain this stable job.
"Hey, these nuts are all chrome-plated, and you broke them all. You guys, get out of here..."
Holding the car door, Logan tried to persuade these thugs to leave without using violence, but the result was obviously not what he wanted.
When the gangsters saw the car owner appear, they did not run away immediately. Instead, they raised their hands and shot Logan, and then continued to remove the wheels.
Killing seems to be as easy for them as eating and drinking.
Logan's self-healing ability is no longer as good as before due to the toxins in the adamantium, but such injuries are not enough to kill him.
He stood up and slowly released his wolf claws, then walked forward and started fighting with the thugs.
However, due to his aging body and lack of sufficient rest, he was soon knocked to the ground by six thugs. He could only protect his head with his hands and wait for the right opportunity to fight back.
"George, can he really help us now?"
Gabriela asked worriedly on the truck.
They changed the route to El Paso County, and after four hours of searching, they finally found the trace of Wolverine Logan, but the current situation made her lose some confidence.
George smiled and nodded:
"Of course, and it can be of great help."
Don't look at Wolverine's current state. If he really gets ruthless, no matter how many people come, they will not be his match.
If a way to remove the adamantium toxin can be found in the future, Wolverine's body will be restored to its most youthful state.
You should know that Apocalypse, who also gained the ability to heal himself, has lived for thousands of years without any aging.
"Wait for me here. I'll go talk to him first."
George pushed open the car door, jumped down, and used his ability to control two daggers to slash at the necks of those thugs.
Naturally, he would not have any good thoughts towards this kind of gangster who had no moral bottom line and killed innocent people at will, and he would aim at the vital points when he attacked.
"Swish, swish, swish."
There were several consecutive sounds of tracheas being cut by sharp blades. The thugs who were surrounding and kicking Wolverine instantly covered their necks and fell down in disbelief.
Wolverine noticed the abnormality and loosened his arms, also looking surprised.
At this moment, a hand reached out to him.
"Are you okay, Wolverine Logan?" "Friend, you may have recognized the wrong person. I am not Wolverine, but thank you for your help."
Logan didn't reach out, but slowly stood up by himself.
George didn't care, he took back his hand and continued:
"My name is George, I'm a mutant, and we have thirty-five mutant children here. We need your and the professor's help."
"Mutants? Mutants disappeared long ago. There are no mutants in this world anymore, and there is no Wolverine or Professor."
Wolverine shook his head and squatted down with some difficulty, trying to pick up the nuts scattered on the ground and restore the car's tires.
George stretched out his hand and waved it. The scattered nuts on the ground instantly floated up and fell into his hands.
"There are indeed not many naturally occurring mutants left, but there are still many mutants created through artificial experiments. For example, I am a mutant synthesized using the genes of the Professor and Magneto."
"Who are you?"
When Wolverine saw the nut floating in the air, a look of vigilance appeared in his eyes, and he stretched out his claws again, although one of them was stuck in the middle.
George paused when he saw this, then waved in the direction of a truck parked on the side of the road not far away.
A moment later, Gabriela, along with the little wolf girl and thirty-five other mutant children, slowly walked over.
"Show Mr. Logan what you are capable of."
The little wolf girl stretched out her adamantium wolf claws, Rickdo made a wall of earth rise from the ground, and the other children also used their own abilities to control the wind, fire, plants, water and electricity, and to breathe out cold air, etc.
Although the power is not great because it has not been fully developed, it can indeed prove one's identity as a mutant.
"Mr. Logan, George didn't lie to you. We just escaped from the Genetic Modification Research Institute in Mexico City. They..."
Gabriela recounted her experiences and the situation at the institute in detail.
After listening to this, Wolverine took a deep breath, looked at George and the children, and refused with some difficulty:
"I'm afraid I can't and don't have the ability to help you."
He doesn't care about his own life or death, but the professor's current situation does not allow him to be involved in such a troublesome matter. If he doesn't handle it properly, the professor may be implicated and die.
So even though he was reluctant, he still refused.
Gabriela's eyes dimmed when she heard this, but George had expected this and did not give up.
He knew the reason why Wolverine refused, and he also knew that Wolverine was a kind person at heart. As long as he gave a reasonable excuse, it would be easy to convince the other party.
"I once accidentally saw the relevant information about the Westchester incident at the experimental base. You drove so hard to earn money, probably to cure the professor's illness.
When you help us, you are actually helping the professor and yourself.
If our plan goes according to plan, the professor will get the best medicine and equipment in the world and maybe he can recover to normal. "
"But have you ever thought that the famous playboy Tony Stark might not repay us, but might even betray us?
Not everyone in this world is willing to repay you after being saved. Many people may even retaliate against you for their own benefit."
Wolverine replied after a moment of silence.
He has a deep understanding of this kind of thing.
He once saved an officer on the battlefield of World War II. Later, when the officer was about to die of old age, he coveted his self-healing ability and wanted to kill him and take away his self-healing ability so that he could survive.
(End of this chapter)
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