Time passed.
A new day, starting with being blocked at the door by Jean Grey...
"Good morning." Samuel greeted the hesitant Jean Grey outside the door and asked with a smile: "How do You feel?"
Jean Grey first replied good morning, and then asked hesitantly: "What did You put inside my body?"
Samuel was startled, then said with a chuckle: "The way You ask that, You are a woman, I am a man, what do You think I could put inside Your body?"
"…"
Jean Grey indicated that she was very pure and didn't understand! If she did understand, it must be because of Black Phoenix, and had nothing to do with her.
Early in the morning, Jean Grey didn't want to discuss such a spicy topic. After a few seconds of silence, she ignored it and started talking on her own.
"I know everything that happened yesterday. You defeated Black Phoenix, defeated the Phoenix Force, You also saved me, and healed my injuries. When I woke up today, I felt... I felt very relaxed, as if the long-standing suppression had disappeared, and the Phoenix Force seemed to be gone too."
Speaking of this, Jean Grey frowned, thought for a moment, shook her head, and corrected herself: "It didn't disappear, but it was suppressed by another gentle force. I can feel the balance between the two forces tilting. The power of the Phoenix Force is weakening, and the gentle force is strengthening."
"Is this gentle force... is it Your Phoenix Force?"
Samuel shrugged and admitted it.
Jean Grey asked hopefully: "Then... then can the Phoenix Force within me completely disappear because of this?"
Samuel shook his head and said: "My relationship with the Phoenix Force is one where one declines as the other grows, making coexistence difficult! As the saying goes, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers, unless they are male and female. Without a few fights and completely subduing it, it won't hand over its authority and coexist peacefully with me."
"Besides... Your problem is not just the Phoenix Force!"
"Black Phoenix is a second personality created because of the Phoenix Force. She has a master-servant relationship with the Phoenix Force, not a symbiotic one. Even without the Phoenix Force, she will continue to exist, it's just that it won't be so easy for her to come out."
The Phoenix Force does affect the host's personality and thinking. Others who are possessed by the Phoenix Force will have a drastic change in personality, leaning towards evil and darkness, but they haven't developed a second personality. Jean is an exception.
It's also possible that others have been hosts of the Phoenix Force for too short a time, and the influence of their darkening is not enough to create a second personality.
Speaking of which, the stronger the power, the harder it is to control. Just like the Phoenix Force and Chaos Magic, for most people, they are strong, but the subtle influence is too great. Even if they are heroes at first, under its influence, they will slowly fall.
For example, Black Phoenix, for example, Scarlet Witch...
Getting back to Jean Grey in front of us.
"I think You don't need to worry about the Phoenix Force. Whether it's still there or not, with my Phoenix Force present, it can no longer affect You like before, and You don't need to worry about when the power will go out of control."
"Now, You can go forward lightly and enjoy life properly."
Jean Grey said softly: "I think it's a bit difficult."
You don't need to worry about the original Phoenix Force anymore, but Your Phoenix Force... will affect me just the same!
Just like now, Your attraction to me is stronger than before. How can I distinguish my feelings and determine my inner thoughts?
Uh, Samuel felt she was being overly sensitive.
The generation of emotions originates from the attraction of hormones. From this perspective, the effect of the Phoenix Force is the same.
Moreover, no matter what caused it, the process is real, the result is real, so it is real!
The final establishment of emotions and whether they can last depend on many factors. The cause of their generation is merely the cause.
So, is there a problem?
No problem!
Furthermore, after Jean Grey obtained her own Phoenix Force, she established a mental connection with him. As long as he wished, he could know where Jean Grey was and what she was thinking. The range of this connection was vast, capable of covering the Multiverse.
Besides that, the split-off Phoenix Force would continuously grow stronger and enhance its authority. In other words, the more that was split off, the stronger the Phoenix Force would become!
This point is similar to the Speed Force; the way to strengthen the Speed Force is also to create more Speedsters!
"Oh right, You and Storm... Did You provoke her again? When I mentioned You to her, she... she was gnashing her teeth!" Jean Grey didn't dwell on her own issues, but instead was curious about what happened between Samuel and Storm.
Samuel smiled and shook his head: "Don't mind her, she's just having a tantrum. I have something to go out for, do You have anything else?"
Jean Grey thought for a moment and said: "Tomorrow is the summit. To deal with Magneto, the Professor has selected a few students to join the X-Men..."
"Oh? Who are they?"
"Bobby Drake, John Allerdyce, Katie Pryde, Peter Rasputin, Petra."
Jean Grey listed a few names.
Iceman, Pyro, Shadowcat, Colossus, the last one, Petra, was a little unfamiliar...
Samuel's thoughts stirred, and his Mind Manipulation Ability instantly covered the entire school.
His Mind Manipulation Ability had broken through its constraints and merged with the Phoenix Force, after all, the Phoenix Force was originally the embodiment of Mind Manipulation Ability.
In an instant, his Mind Manipulation Ability settled on a girl.
This was a blonde girl, born in the U.S.. Not long after her 13th birthday, her entire family was accidentally crushed to death by a giant rock, and she was subsequently adopted.
But her adoptive parents were not good to her. When her adoptive father attempted to molest her, she awakened her Mutant and exposed her identity as a Mutant.
After leaving her adoptive parents, she was destitute. By developing her abilities, she transformed coal into diamonds to sell to a dishonest merchant to make a living. But the merchant discovered her and called the police, and she was arrested.
After the Professor learned of this, he brought her back to the school.
Petra's ability is to control and manipulate the earth and rocks, and she possesses a certain degree of matter transformation, which is transforming coal into diamonds!
Being able to do this indicates that Petra has a very skilled grasp of her abilities. The basic teaching at the school is not of much help to her; what she lacks is combat experience!
Samuel could feel that Petra was not warlike. All she wanted was a safe and peaceful life. She only joined the X-Men out of gratitude for the Professor's help.
Incidentally, students who graduate from the school can choose to stay and become teachers, helping newly enrolled Mutants, or they can join the X-Men and contribute to protecting the school.
Of course, they can also choose to leave the school and live their own lives.
In this regard, the Professor has no restrictions whatsoever.
Petra's wish was to find a place to live anonymously and start a new life after graduation.
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