Starting as a Class Five Mutant

Chapter 494 - 494

The Time Variance Authority (TVA).

On the screens within the TVA, the recording device began playing.

The footage displayed was none other than Lloyd's, showing Tracy, who had been holding this very device in her hands moments before her death.

As the recording played, Lloyd and his group emerged from a yellow time portal, appearing before Fury, the director of S.H.I.E.L.D.

When Fury started introducing the White Cloak, everyone present, including Agent Mobius, suddenly became alert.

As they listened to Fury explain the White Cloak's abilities—how he had killed three Celestials and forced four more to retreat—everyone, just like Lloyd's team, was left in shock.

"How could there be such a dangerous time criminal?"

"God..."

Doubt and disbelief filled the room for a while, until someone suggested an idea.

"Maybe... we could travel to a point before this White Cloak was born..."

Eyes lit up around the room. The plan seemed feasible.

However, before they could further discuss the viability of this method, Fury's warning played in the recording—an actual attempt at this plan by Lloyd had already taken place.

Then, they saw it—a crimson energy engulfing everything, erasing Lloyd from existence in an instant.

"This is..."

Agent Mobius was stunned.

He couldn't comprehend the sheer terror of this power.

At the same time, something about it felt eerily familiar... Was this Chaos Magic?

But... this was too overwhelming.

Altering past timelines?

He couldn't be sure if this was truly Chaos Magic.

Suddenly, Mobius's expression grew serious as he realized something.

"The past timeline... something's wrong with it!"

His words made the other TVA agents freeze before their eyes widened in realization.

Impossible...

To test their theory, they sent several drones to the same timeline Lloyd had visited.

However, they adjusted their entry point to be one day later.

But once the drones entered...

They never returned.

"This... this can't be..."

A terrifying thought settled over everyone.

Mobius took a deep breath and sent out two more drones, but this time, he configured them to send back footage the moment they encountered anything abnormal.

A short while later—whoosh!

A black recording device flew back through the portal... but the drones were gone.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Mobius quickly picked up the device and played the footage.

What they saw left them cold.

Even though the entry point was one day later, the moment the drones arrived, they were still erased by the same crimson energy!

The screen reflected a sky full of deep red light, and the room was filled with the sound of people sharply inhaling.

Their suspicion was confirmed—the past timeline was indeed locked!

Any attempts to alter it would trigger this crimson force, which would immediately erase the intruders.

Meaning, to change the past, one would have to face this force head-on and survive it!

Who was this terrifying mutant that could correct the timeline itself and lock the past in place?

"This time criminal... is far too dangerous. What do we do now?"

Everyone remained in a state of fear and disbelief, completely unsure of how to proceed.

After a long silence, Mobius exhaled deeply and said,

"We have no choice but to consult the Time Keepers. They will surely have a solution!"

Hearing this, the others brightened up.

Right! The almighty, omniscient Time Keepers!

Surely, they could solve this problem effortlessly—

Or even erase the White Cloak with ease!

They clung to this belief.

...

A Run-down Factory.

Floating a foot above the ground, Syd stared at the five filthy workers in the distance while listening to their conversation.

Hearing them mention the extinction of mutants, he was momentarily stunned and glanced at his time controller.

"2029?"

"This is..."

A realization dawned on him.

"The timeline of Logan (Wolverine 3)?"

This movie had left a deep impression on him—especially the ending, where Logan actually died.

Syd fell into thought, recalling the events of this timeline.

Humans and mutants had always been in conflict. The Sentinel Program might have been stopped, but a man named Dr. Rice had devised an even more sinister method.

He had genetically modified human food, ensuring that those who regularly consumed it would have their X-gene suppressed, permanently preventing them from developing mutant abilities!

Since the introduction of this altered food, twenty-five years had passed without a single new mutant being born.

This was even more insidious than the Sentinels—an outright genocide of mutants!

Soon, mutants would completely disappear from the world.

It was unclear whether this tainted food was responsible, but Logan's healing factor had significantly weakened. His regenerative abilities had nearly vanished, leaving him weak and vulnerable.

He had been reduced to working as a chauffeur, frequently bullied by ordinary people—a pitiful state.

In the end, during a battle, he was impaled through the stomach by a massive tree branch, dying from his wounds.

And it wasn't just Logan. Even the legendary Charles Xavier, the most powerful mind in existence, had succumbed to dementia in his old age.

His degenerating mind caused his abilities to go out of control, leading to an accidental psychic outburst that killed hundreds of civilians and even several X-Men.

Thus, Charles had to be kept hidden in a sealed-off facility, where he relied on Logan's care and daily medication to suppress his powers.

Syd pondered aloud, "Of course, it might not be the food's fault..."

There was a toxin in Logan's body—perhaps that was what had weakened his healing factor.

But whether this toxin came from his Adamantium skeleton or the venom injected by that mutant Viper was uncertain.

As for Professor X, his dementia could have been due to the fact that... his current body wasn't even his original one.

After all, he had been obliterated by Phoenix (Jean Grey) in the past.

However, thanks to his immense psychic power, he had transferred his consciousness into a comatose brother's body, reviving himself.

That brother, having been brain-dead for years, had an underdeveloped brain—

So it was only natural that Xavier would eventually succumb to dementia in his later years.

(End of Chapter)

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