Eudemons Qinglong in American manga

Chapter 17 Rights and Obligations

Although Cyclops looks serious, in fact, he is a very talkative person.

Among other things, it can be seen from the fact that he is willing to lend a car to the students.

In addition to those rare cars, other cars, as long as the students have a reasonable reason and a driver's license.

Let’s say you want to go on a date with your girlfriend in a nearby town.

Basically he won't say no.

This is how the Iceman borrowed his car last time.

But now, he showed a serious expression that Lorna and others had never seen before.

Except for Lorna who applied by herself, Iceman, Colossus, and Phantom Cat were all carefully selected by Cyclops and they felt that they could be trained as excellent students for the new X-Men.

Although he, Phoenix Girl and others are not old yet, they can still protect the students and the school for a long time.

But he still hopes that some students will become the new X-Men.

In this way, even if something happens to them, someone can take over their burden and continue to protect the school and students.

But now, after seeing Lorna and the others' performance just now, he was not generally disappointed.

In terms of strength, Lorna and the others can easily complete the task and wipe out the enemies.

As a result, not only did they fail to complete the task of defending the block, but they also behaved in a mess.

If the mission failed because of insufficient strength, he would not say anything.

However, the three of Lorna "died in battle" just now, not because they were not strong enough to protect themselves, but because they underestimated the enemy too much.

This is where Cyclops really can't accept it.

Except for Roy, Lorna and the others treated the training just now as a game, and completely ignored his and Roy's reminders.

After seeing Cyclops showing a serious expression that had never been seen before, the three of Lorna fell silent.

Cyclops didn't give Lorna and the others time to adjust their mood and recover, and continued:
"Keep training!"

"If you are still like this, then you won't use it tomorrow."

After speaking, Cyclops left the training room.

As soon as he went out, the holographic projection reappeared like reality.

Still the same neighborhood, still the same enemy.

The battle is on again!
……

time flies.

Soon, night fell.

In the past few hours, Roy and the others conducted a total of five actual combat training sessions.

Except for the first time it was a mess, they performed pretty well for the next four times.

Of course, Roy's state is as stable as ever.

He had already experienced this kind of training for a week, and the enemies he faced had already been upgraded from an army composed of ordinary people to all kinds of mutants.

After being severely criticized by Cyclops, Lorna and the others finally got serious.

Although in the second and third training sessions, they still didn't perform very well, and they were a little flustered.

But in the next two training sessions, their performance has reached a qualified level.

The so-called qualification means that they have finally begun to know how to use their superpowers to protect themselves and defeat the enemy.

Although experience and skills are still a little lacking, at least they won't be easily "killed" by the enemy like they were at the beginning.

After the fifth exercise, Cyclops and Phoenix respectively commented on the performance of the four of Lorna, pointing out what they are not doing well enough, and gave targeted opinions and improvement methods.

"Okay, today's training is here first."

"You can go back."

Cyclops said to the five Roy.

"Ok."

Iceman, Lorna and the others nodded towards Cyclops and Phoenix Girl, and left the training room.

Roy did not leave with them, but said to Cyclops:
"Mr. Scott, the professor told me last night that you can come and ask you about the X-Men."

"What do you want to know?"

Cyclops asked.

From his personal point of view, it's too early for Roy to join the X-Men.

He admitted that Roy now has a good fighting power.

But anyway, Roy is still too young now.

Letting an underage kid join the X-Men seems a little too casual.

However, since Professor X personally invited Roy to join the X-Men, he will not go against Professor X's decision.

He is indeed the captain of the X-Men now.

But Professor X is the true backbone of the X-Men.

"I wonder what perks the X-Men have?"

"Of course, rights and obligations are equal. I also want to know about the obligations of the X-Men."

Roy asked straightforwardly without any nonsense.

"The X-Men do have some perks, but not too many."

"The X-Men can move freely around the world, I guess you already know that."

"Beyond that, is that the X-Men have a certain level of special law enforcement powers."

Cyclops said quickly.

Special enforcement powers?
what is this?
Roy looked at Cyclops suspiciously.

Before he could ask, Cyclops continued:

"To give a simple example, the X-Men are a bit like mutant police, with the right to catch mutant criminals."

"Of course, not all mutant criminals need to be captured by the X-Men, and the mutant criminals captured, we still need to hand them over to the authorities in the end, and cannot be tried or imprisoned in private."

"These special law enforcement powers, as long as it is to ensure that we have the authority to participate in mutant cases."

"Mutant criminals are different from ordinary criminals. If they are handed over to the police, whether they can be successfully captured or not, even if they are successfully captured, the price the police will pay will not be small."

"In addition, this special law enforcement power is actually equivalent to the obligation of the X-Men."

"If the authorities find a mutant criminal who is tricky and can't be caught, they will apply for assistance from us."

"After receiving their application for assistance, we need to go over and assist them in arresting them."

After listening to Cyclops' explanation, Roy had only one thought.

That is, this so-called privilege is actually a transaction.

Officials give the X-Men certain freedom of movement and law enforcement.

In return, the X-Men will provide assistance when the authorities need it.

From this perspective, the X-Men is a special mercenary.

However, the cost of hiring them is not money.

"Any other questions?"

Cyclops continued asking.

"In addition to the privileges granted by the government, what rights and obligations do full members of the X-Men have at school?"

Roy asked next.

"In terms of rights, basically you have the right to use all the equipment in the school, such as the training room, or the medical room and laboratory."

"You can also browse the information in the school database at will."

"The obligation is to guide students or protect students."

Cyclops thought for a moment and replied.

"Is that all there is to it?"

"Is there anything else, such as salary and benefits."

Although it is very vulgar to talk about money, mutants are also human beings, and they also have to eat.

Roy does have some savings now, but not much.

Ordinary daily expenses, such as dating Clarice, shopping with Lorna, buying some gifts and so on, are not a big problem.

But if you want to live a little more luxuriously, it's a little difficult.

"Is that what you really want to ask?"

After hearing Roy's question, Cyclops showed his original expression and said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)