Watching the little girls diligently arranging the tasks, Su Ming noticed no oversight. Even if something went wrong, as long as there was a body, he could turn back time.
He left silently with Gin to find Hamill. Along the way, Su Ming was pondering some things, and Gin, noticing his contemplation, stayed quiet.
Right now, the information was very limited, but some oddities were long known.
The 40K Universe originally resembled a blend of the 616 Universe and the 199999 Universe, with many timelines matching up. In the early 20th century, before the movie plot began, Su Ming had ample information to reference the 616 Universe.
However, with his various actions and the interventions of Kang and Loki, the storyline deviation became greater, and the value of comic information diminished.
Su Ming had read many novels before, where even if a Transmigrator entered the movie universe and participated in the plot, the subsequent story would proceed in the original order.
Captain America, Iron Man, Iron Man 2, The Invincible Hulk, Thor, The Avengers, Iron Man 3, Thor 2, Captain America 2, Guardians of the Galaxy...
This is the timeline of the movies, unchanged by the influence of Transmigrators. The movie universe would erase the butterfly effect, making each event seem independent.
Honestly, there's some envy in that. If reality were like that, it would be great.
Now it seems, there are no major issues with Magnetic King. He was taken to a concentration camp with his family at age 6 in 1939, where his family died. After awakening his abilities, he escaped with his current wife.
He hid amidst the war, only settling down after Germany surrendered. This year he is 15, and his daughter is two.
Very normal, this isn't a future society, and marriage laws don't apply. Many were married at 10 years old in this era, not just in the Celestial Dynasty.
More often, people would live together without marrying, and having children in their teens wasn't unusual.
But Charles, he's much younger. He is indeed younger than Magnetic King, but not this much younger.
In the comic version, in 1941, Namor and the Torchbearer fought, causing a great flood in New York. Namor used toxic seawater, resulting in tens of thousands of deaths in New York.
Afterward, Namor said, 'Sorry, I killed the wrong people, let me help you kill the enemies.'
The military found it acceptable because Namor killed swiftly, so the whole matter went unresolved, with the government's external excuse being a tsunami and toxic matter leakage.
The challenge lay in dealing with the toxic seawater afterward, and in 1942, Brian invented the foam detoxification method, purifying New York, which Howard was supposed to buy.
This money was used by the Xaviers to buy a mansion, and the following year they gave birth to Charles, meaning Charles should have been born in 1943.
And now?
The flood event didn't happen, Howard researched the atomic bomb in 1945, the Xaviers had their child in 1946, and the story was delayed too much. Charles can't possibly be five; he lied...
He might not even be two, behaving like a genuine monster.
It's not just his brain development but also his level of rational thinking and language skills that are terrifying.
Can you imagine a child, not even knee-high, talking to you with tight logic and an adult's tone?
This isn't the world of Naruto, where a four-year-old Upper Ninja exists; in this world, such geniuses are called monsters.
Only Su Ming can speak without changing his expression to a child hosting an adult soul. Considering this child's superhuman abilities, no wonder someone wanted to capture him for experimentation.
Why is it that when Charles mentioned reading his father's mind in the car, no one else was surprised, and Howard remained calm? Because by the time Charles spoke, Howard already knew the rumors were true.
Charles is a Mutant.
Whatever seems impossible for ordinary people is unproblematic for mutants. A two-year-old child communicating normally with adults? Howard finished being surprised long ago.
Communication itself is beyond imagination, so what is communicated hardly matters.
And now the question is, why did Charles lie when Su Ming asked his age?
Su Ming even deliberately asked if he was four, and Charles corrected him that he was five.
If he truly was born in 1943, matching the comic history, he would indeed be five, but now Su Ming, through Howard, knows Charles was born in 1946...
Why would Charles tell Su Ming an age from the comics version? Is it just a coincidence?
Su Ming doesn't believe in coincidences.
This issue should be related to a time gap, which isn't hard to fix. Just use the Time Gem to speed Charles up by three years.
But it seems such actions are unnecessary. Adding three years to Charles won't change much, just make him seem less monstrous.
Thinking of these tangled timelines, Su Ming sighed. Why am I not Batman; instead, here I always feel like I'm solving a case?
Regarding the 'Black Womb' project, Su Ming knew it was akin to the atomic bomb, under the military's purview and specifically handled by the Strategic Science Corps.
SSR isn't independent yet; it's still a subordinate unit of the military. It will wait until the Cold War when the importance of spies and agents increases greatly, getting direct sponsorship from Congress and becoming independent, renamed as the 'Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division', responsible for advanced confidential matters within the United States and its allies' territories.
The Black Womb Project can be seen as an extension of the 'Weapon' series projects, also known as the 'Weapon III' plan. Just knowing this, you can guess what it's about.
Weapon Plan I is the Super Soldier project, in other words, Captain America. It involved experiments on modified humans using the SSS Serum derived from mutants, which worked quite well. However, with the interference of Su Ming and other forces, the effort was disrupted, and to date, the United States Military has only one successful modified warrior, Steve.
If it can't be mass-produced, it's useless. This is the military's perspective. Moreover, Dr. Erskine disappeared without a trace, leaving the entire project leaderless, and in the end, it fizzled out.
The Weapon Plan II was initiated almost simultaneously with the Super Soldier project but completed experiments earlier, which was the Torchbearer's plan, creating hybrids between humans and Inhumans through genetic cultivation, essentially making artificial people.
However, the explosion and fire in New York back then completely destroyed this plan. The president issued an urgent order to cut off funding. Both politicians and the military couldn't continue, fully exposing the existence of superhumans, which had a significant impact.
The doctor in charge of this plan ended up impoverished and died depressed, while the Torchbearer is now brainwashed by the SSR, filled with ideals of democracy and freedom, becoming a weapon, recently borrowed by the UK's Military Intelligence Six (MI6).
After two consecutive failures, don't think the military will give up. With so much military funding every year, letting it gather dust is not an option. They have to spend vigorously, otherwise, are they not wasting the innate ability of democracy's arms industry to make money?
Warships, airplanes, and tanks are limited by production capacity, but scientific research is the most suitable expense.
If they don't spend all of this year's money, next year Congress will definitely reduce the budget during the allocation. If there's a surplus from the previous year? Then you simply don't need that much money.
Thus, the Weapon Plan III was launched again, still researching mutants.
By using intense radiation to alter human cells, inducing mutation to achieve targeted evolution, in other words, artificial mutants.
Historically, this plan went unfinished due to the death of Dr. Brian Xavier. Many important formulas and principles were only in Brian's head due to confidentiality agreements. With him gone, so was the technology.
It wasn't until decades later that this shelved plan was dug out from the archives by the military and handed over to a genius physicist named Bruce Banner to take over...
The outcome is known: another blunder. Experiments failed and created a mess, which is the military's glorious tradition, the ancestor's law, unchangeable.
When reading about Dr. Weizel's death in comics, I thought it was an accident, but after experiencing it firsthand, Su Ming discovered it was murder.
Charles was right. The possibility of an accident with equipment used nearly a thousand times is very small.
This is not some steel rolling machine in a factory, where worker misconduct might occur. Research equipment in this era is all manually operated, requiring step-by-step coordination.
Comic information is just that. It's not necessarily accurate. One must see for oneself.
Even Batman needs to see the scene to solve cases, and Su Ming is no exception. He wants to enter the SSR to inspect the Black Womb equipment as Deathstroke without straining the just-bound relationship.
Therefore, arranging for Howard to send out a hiring order is necessary.
That guy Xiaohuzi may look a bit like Holloway, but Avenging Angels aren't afraid of death. Howard is so afraid of death it's deadly.
He enjoys indulgence, loves women, loves the worldly things. Right now, he can't calmly face death at all.
Su Ming looked at the snow-covered flowerbed, took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth. To know the specific situation, an investigation is needed. A warrior who doesn't want to be a detective is not a good Supreme Mage.
The two walked quickly and arrived at the principal's office.
"Hamill, help me contact Sela Torc. I have something to ask."
After closing the door, Gin remained outside as a lookout, while Su Ming directly made his request to Hamill.
Monac was also there. When Deathstroke initially hired him as an advisor, he was a bit happy. After all, helping the Supreme Mage, especially one who knows no magic, and being able to teach him like a disciple was delightful.
But after a few days, the nominal Supreme Mage hadn't even been to Kama Taiji, which made the Magic Prince restless.
Deathstroke had no intention of taking office! He threw all responsibilities away!
So after Monac urged him a few times to no avail, he simply refused to leave Zhongsi Academy. If he had to leave, he wanted to take the Supreme Mage to Kama Taiji together.
"Why are you contacting an Other-dimensional Evil God? I must remind you, the power of the Deep Red Universe is unimaginably strong."
Curling up on the sofa, waxing his moustache, Monac immediately stood up with an objection.
However, Hamill hesitated not one bit in starting to cast the spell, constructing the array.
"His essence is quite similar to the Lord of Hell. He can't come to the Main Dimension in person, so don't panic." Su Ming patted the mage's shoulder with a smile: "Speaking of Kama Taiji, nothing's happening there? You've been very idle lately."
Monac opened his mouth, too angry to respond to such shameless comments: "You're the Supreme Mage!"
"Yes, but you're my advisor. I'm very busy lately. Can you help me mind the house first?" Su Ming answered calmly, expression unchanged.
"I..." Monac nearly snapped his cane. He shouldn't have accepted the invitation back then; it was a trap.
While he and Su Ming were arguing, Hamill had completed the magic. A deep red hole hovered in midair, with nothing visible on the other side but red.
Su Ming pushed Monac aside, smiled at his wordless opponent, and leaned closer to the hole: "Sela Torc, darling, are you there?"