Chapter 43 43 — Professor X Intervenes
"Devil Fruit users? How did they get involved with the Devil Envoy?"
The moment Charles heard "Devil Fruit user," he immediately thought of the Devil Envoy.
As a telepath capable of reading minds, he knew many things others didn't.
Devil Fruit users.
The Devil Envoy.
He was well aware of both.
He even knew that Frank had been mistaken for a mutant.
As for certain factions using this as an excuse to start purging mutants—he had already made preparations.
As long as Magneto was kept in check and the Brotherhood didn't cause trouble,
this conflict between humans and mutants would eventually blow over.
Tony Stark wouldn't allow others to exploit his name to stir chaos.
That was why, the moment he sensed Sabretooth leaving,
he immediately sent Storm and Cyclops to stop him.
But—he had never expected Devil Fruit users and Magneto to become involved with each other.
What had been a manageable situation suddenly became complicated.
"I need to see what they're planning."
Charles maneuvered his wheelchair toward the Cerebro chamber.
Cyclops and Storm followed behind him.
After putting on the helmet, Charles began searching through countless mutant minds for Sabretooth.
Within moments, he found him.
Sabretooth had already imprisoned Wolverine and Rogue.
He now stood guard beside Magneto.
Suddenly—his consciousness was overtaken by Charles.
Through Sabretooth's eyes, Charles observed the scene.
This was one of Magneto's old bases—on a remote island by the sea.
At this moment, Magneto was talking with an Eastern man.
"That… should be the Devil Envoy."
"I didn't expect to finally see what he looks like."
Charles silently speculated about Qin Xiao's identity.
Aside from Qin Xiao and Magneto, only Frank and Toad were present.
Qin Xiao, who had been discussing intelligence with Magneto, suddenly paused.
"Ding! Detected that the host of the Karma Fruit has been invaded. Temporarily revoke the fruit ability?"
The system's voice rang in his ears.
He immediately looked toward Sabretooth.
"Eric, Sabretooth has been taken over."
As the one who distributed the Devil Fruits,
Qin Xiao had been granted a form of control by the system—he could temporarily revoke a user's abilities.
This was exactly why he had warned Kingpin before:
"Do not deceive the Devil excessively, or he will take back your power."
That wasn't an empty threat.
If Kingpin stepped out of line,
Qin Xiao could strip him of the Bomb-Bomb Fruit—or render it temporarily unusable.
This would also mean Qin Xiao himself would lose access to that fruit's power.
But to him, that didn't matter.
He possessed multiple abilities.
Losing one was insignificant.
This was also why Qin Xiao was so eager to expand the number of Devil Fruit users.
The more users there were,
the stronger he became.
Losing one or two abilities occasionally was a trivial cost.
Originally, Qin Xiao hadn't planned to use this power.
Because if people learned their abilities could be taken away,
it would become much harder to promote Devil Fruits in the future.
After all, no one wanted to lose powers they had worked so hard to develop.
But now—this situation served as a reminder.
Sabretooth had been controlled.
As for whether to revoke his Devil Fruit ability—Qin Xiao chose not to.
Instead, he directly warned Eric.
After all, Sabretooth alone couldn't cause much trouble.
Magneto was briefly startled by Qin Xiao's words.
But immediately after, he raised his hand.
A helmet flew into his grasp.
After putting it on, he looked at Sabretooth.
"Charles… what are you trying to do?"
Having fought Charles for decades,
he instantly recognized who was behind this.
Charles, who had intended to quietly observe the situation,
could only sigh inwardly.
He hadn't expected Qin Xiao to be so perceptive.
The moment his consciousness arrived, he was discovered.
Perhaps—this was the ability of the Devil Envoy.
Truly unfathomable.
Sabretooth let out a sigh.
"Eric, why did you capture Logan and Rogue?"
"They are our fellow mutants. Don't do anything excessive to them."
"And right now, mutants are already under pressure from humans."
"This is not the time to stir up more trouble."
Speaking in a serious tone,
Sabretooth—under Charles' control—began lecturing him.
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