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Chapter 226: The Best Time
🕑 Added 2025-07-07 04:57:56 +0000 UTCTo be honest, Noah sometimes couldn’t understand the thinking of Westerners, even though he had lived for almost 20 years.
Of course, the main reason for not understanding was that Noah was used to his previous way of thinking, and he had no intention of changing it.
He could understand why these three guys had chosen to face danger with him.
It was very similar to what Harry’s father had done when his friends found out about Lupin’s condition.
So Noah couldn’t refute anything. What he had to do was explore the mystery of what he wanted to study more carefully.
To be honest, this was difficult. Magical creatures were different from ordinary creatures because magical creatures themselves had magical abilities!
Magic was an inherent part of life. Magicians had magic, and so did magical creatures. This was the common trait between the two different forms of life.
However, the difference lay in the way magic was operated and stored, which varied entirely between magicians and magical creatures. The complexity was unimaginable.
This research would take time. For example, they would have to find some dragons, study their physiological structure from childhood to adulthood, and observe how they produced flames.
They would also need to study the specific differences between human bodies and dragons, as well as their compatibility, etc. These were just the biological aspects.
"It seems that we’ll have to look for Pickham and the unfortunate Dr. Rickard again. I wonder if Professor Snape’s spell has been removed. If not, we can use it."
Noah touched his chin thoughtfully. It was clear that Noah didn’t intend to spend too much time on the biological aspects. It wasn’t like he didn’t know top talents in this field.
Moreover, if Noah could convince these mutants, he could also make use of their technology!
Let alone other things, Professor Charles alone was a top scientist!
People with strong mental power had the potential to become great academic masters. And Professor Charles’ mental power was terrifying to say the least.
After processing these thoughts, Noah felt a bit more at ease.
However, looking at the frowning Evan and the others, Noah suddenly found it a bit amusing. After thinking for a moment, he decided to tell them directly, so they wouldn’t keep looking as if they were “facing danger or even dying for their friends.”
"You mean, what we want to study is just the flow and storage of magic power in dragons? We don’t need to worry too much about other things?"
When Noah shared his ideas with the three of them, you can imagine their surprise.
"Hey! You mean Pickham and Rickard? Could it be..." Fury’s eyes widened. He certainly knew those two.
"Yes, they are the ones you’re thinking of. Just ask them for help, and there won’t be any problem."
Noah answered Fury’s question first, then looked at Evan and the others. "That’s all we need to do. The only issue is finding those dragons."
"Wait, there are actually dragons?" Fury couldn’t help it. He thought he knew a lot about the magical world, but now he felt as if he knew nothing.
"Of course, there are dragons. Not only that, but there are phoenixes too!" Lance said, possibly a little annoyed with Fury, adding it directly.
"Uh, werewolves, vampires, and now dragons and phoenixes? Are there that many things in the magical world?"
"Nonsense, wolves and vampires? Those are just ordinary monsters! Dragons and phoenixes are mythical creatures. The headmaster of our Hogwarts has a phoenix. As for dragons, we’ve domesticated them. The reason they’re hard to handle is because they can fly."
Fury was completely stunned.
He didn’t know what Hogwarts was, but the idea of the headmaster having a phoenix? Dragons domesticated? And they were hard to handle because they could fly?
What kind of devils were these magicians?
Fury suddenly felt that if these magicians released these creatures, the world would probably be destroyed.
At this moment, Fury really felt overwhelmed.
Looking at Fury’s expression of despair, Noah knew that the man had probably misunderstood something.
The dragons in this world weren’t creatures with high intelligence or infinite power. Simply put, they seemed to have degenerated.
They didn’t have that enormous size, nor did they possess terrible strength. To put it bluntly, they were just smaller versions of dragons.
However, Noah’s thinking wasn’t focused on these half-decent dragons. He was hoping to become a real dragon—one that could "cover the sky with one wing!"
In the following days, Noah and his team simply stayed to discuss and think things through. Anyway, Professor Charles didn’t mind at all. In fact, Noah and his team had a good relationship with Storm and Phoenix.
As for Fury, he went out to answer a phone call one day and stayed with them.
But these days weren’t all smooth sailing. Just like the guy who had been frozen and came running back after thinking he had recovered.
Professor Charles and the others also arrived like this, but seeing their helpless faces, Noah guessed they had wanted to stop them but had failed.
"You’re mutants too? Very good. Last time I didn’t notice you and you managed to sneak attack me. This time, I’ll try again."
Looking at Logan’s unhappy face, Noah spread his hands helplessly. Professor Charles and his team failed to stop them. Maybe they had also wanted to see their abilities, right?
You see, they’d always been curious about Noah and his team’s abilities, but Noah and his team hadn’t said a word.
With the SHIELD agent vest on him, Professor Charles didn’t dare do anything. And Noah and his team had strong mental defenses, making it impossible to explore their abilities.
So, naturally, they were even more curious.
Noah remembered that they seemed to have developed a mutant classification system. The weakest was Ipsilon level, and the strongest was Alpha level. The Omega level might not have been proposed yet?
"Alright, I’ll play with you." Noah thought for a moment and nodded. "Let’s begin."
"Here?" Logan looked a little surprised, but the next moment, he was dumbfounded.
God knows when, a circle of light appeared under his feet. He instinctively tried to dodge, but the circle of light followed him closely.
Whether he ran or jumped, he couldn’t escape the circle of light. When he considered attacking Noah directly, the circle of light instantly turned into a black hole.
"Ah!"
With a shrill scream, Logan vanished before their eyes.
The whole event—from beginning to end—took less than five seconds. It was so quick that Professor Charles didn’t even have time to record or analyze what had just happened.
"Mr. Finnier, where did Logan go?"
Professor Charles immediately used his ability after Logan vanished, but to his surprise, he couldn’t detect Logan’s location at all.
"He’s fine, very well. He should be enjoying the feeling of flying. If nothing unexpected happens, he should appear in your office in half an hour."
Noah shrugged and sat beside his bed while the others looked on playfully.
Professor Charles seemed confused. With his powerful mental abilities, he could tell that Noah wasn’t lying.
But this situation left him even more perplexed. While he felt that Noah and his team didn’t harbor ill intentions toward them, who could say what SHIELD thought of them?
In his judgment, Noah’s strange and terrifying abilities were at least Beta-level, if not Alpha-level!
Beta-level mutants were nearly as powerful as Alpha-level mutants, with only minor defects. Alpha-level mutants, on the other hand, had extremely powerful mutant traits without major defects.
Professor Charles couldn’t detect any defects in the four young people, which made him think further.
But after thinking for a while, Charles felt like he still had no clue.
In the end, he simply nodded to Noah and his friends and left with Phoenix and the others.
"Noah, didn’t you say we only had basic elemental magic abilities? Why are you using space magic?"
After making sure Charles and the others had left, Lance asked directly, and Evan and Kate looked at Noah with surprise.
Noah didn’t answer immediately. He gathered the materials they’d been working on over the past few days, scattered on his bed, and then slowly looked up.
"Maybe... he’s just not happy with himself."
"This guy is really annoying."
Lance nodded, feeling that while Logan was quite pitiful, his temper was undoubtedly terrible.
He always felt that Lance’s last success was due to a sneak attack, though Lance had indeed taken advantage of that.
"Don’t you think he’s strange? I feel like he’s looking for trouble with us because he wants to learn about himself." Kate thought for a long time and suddenly spoke.
"Maybe. Who knows? Maybe he just wants to teach us a lesson, or perhaps he wants to defeat any one of us to bring the information to Fury. But that doesn’t concern us, does it?"
Noah shrugged. He really didn’t care about what Logan was thinking.
"Speaking of which, we’ve been out for so many days. If you don’t have any other thoughts, I wouldn’t mind playing for a while. But with this ‘impulsive’ idea, do you think we should head back?" Evan tilted his head at Noah.
"It’s time to go back. As for here, I think it’s almost time. Then we can have a good talk with them." Noah touched his chin thoughtfully.
If he remembered correctly, the little rascal would probably be stabbed through by Logan tonight and then absorb Logan’s ability to recover.
The next day, he’d be suddenly attacked by Mystique and run away that night.
By then, Magneto Eric would probably show up—another good opportunity Noah had been waiting for.
"Have you seen his ability clearly?" On the other side, as Professor Charles returned to his office, he immediately asked.
"I'm sorry, no." Jean Grey sighed and shook her head. "His ability is too strange. I didn’t even feel any fluctuations before everything happened."
Professor Charles nodded, then looked at Cyclops and Storm. As expected, they too shook their heads.
This situation made Professor Charles sigh, but just as he was about to speak, a circle of light suddenly appeared in his office. The next moment, a figure fell through it!
"Damn it! That damn guy!"
"Logan?"
"It was me! Damn it! Did you know? I was in free fall for more than half an hour! A full half an hour!"
