Homelander: New Legacy

[97] : Invitation

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It was through Mystique's explanation that Roger finally understood what had happened.

Shortly after Roger and Hank had left, Apocalypse, accompanied by Psylocke, arrived at the mutant academy.

Just as Roger had guessed, the X-Men fought a life-or-death battle against Apocalypse. Though the process was difficult, they ultimately emerged victorious.

Apocalypse was completely obliterated by the awakened Phoenix, turning to ashes. Psylocke was captured by the X-Men and was now with the other students.

Up until this point, everything had proceeded normally.

The problem lay with Phoenix.

To stop Apocalypse and create an opportunity for the X-Men to attack him, Charles and Phoenix jointly invaded Apocalypse's mind, hoping that this would stop him from using his powers.

The process was extremely difficult. Though Apocalypse couldn't invade others' minds, he could influence the mutants attempting to invade his own.

Moreover, with a mental strength honed over thousands of years, Apocalypse was far too powerful for Charles to control, even with Jean Grey's help.

Fortunately, Phoenix's power was immense, and when she stopped holding back, Apocalypse couldn't last long against her and was completely obliterated, leaving no remains.

Initially, everyone thought that this battle was their victory, that Phoenix had taken down the troublesome Apocalypse, and the X-Men had triumphed.

But what no one expected was that, just before his death, Apocalypse had broken through the mental barriers Charles had placed in Phoenix's mind, causing her to remember certain things.

Her memories had been altered by Charles.

And then...

It led to the scene Roger was now witnessing: Phoenix questioning Charles before leaving the academy without hesitation.

She was trying to recover the memories that Charles had sealed away. To regain them, Phoenix needed to find her father.

The father she believed had died, but who was, in fact, still alive.

"So, you messed with her memories again?"

Roger's expression darkened as he looked at Charles after hearing Mystique's recount.

"...Again?"

Mystique asked, puzzled, glancing between Roger and Charles.

Roger explained, "About ten years ago, you must have encountered Wolverine, Logan, who traveled back in time. He should have spoken to Charles.

"In the future, Jean becomes the Dark Phoenix because Charles sealed off parts of her memories and personality, causing a conflict within her that ultimately led Logan to kill her.

"Before Logan left, he should have warned Charles to let Jean accept all of herself, so she wouldn't repeat the same mistakes of the future... But it seems, Charles, you didn't listen to him."

"I did listen," Charles defended himself. "I encouraged Jean to accept her powers, to embrace her other personality. Up until now, she has remained herself, there's been no sign of the Dark Phoenix!"

"But you tampered with her memories."

"I know! But I didn't want her to suffer too much! If you know about Logan and Jean, then you must also understand what Jean went through as a child!"