Xavier had also searched for those hidden bases multiple tis in the past, rescuing imprisoned mutants whenever he found them. His old friend Magneto, leading the Brotherhood of Mutants, was doing the sa thing.
However, the two of them used completely different thods.
Xavier relied on his own psychic abilities.
With his overwhelming telepathic power, and the Cerebro unit developed by Beast Hank, he could expand his consciousness across the entire United States—or even the entire world—in an instant, precisely detecting every mutant brainwave on the planet.
Of course, humanity was not foolish.
In response to psychic abilities, humans had developed counterasures—devices capable of resisting ntal intrusion, as well as special shielding materials embedded within walls and buildings to block telepathic sensing. As a result, Xavier's efficiency in locating mutants had declined sharply in recent years.
And he could not possibly maintain constant global scanning with the amplifier every single day.
Coincidentally, Alkali Lake in Alberta, Canada was one of the locations the X-n had previously investigated. The team's report at the ti stated that they had found nothing unusual.
Yet now it was clear—Matthew's information pointed to the lakebed, specifically the interior of the dam. That explained why the X-n had found no traces back then.
After the deal was concluded, the professor provided a delivery tiline for the nutritional serum and its formula—one month—and the two parties exchanged contact information.
The reason Xavier could give an exact tifra was clearly because he had already communicated with Beast Hank at the school using his telepathy.
Matthew did not care about any of that. He only cared about the serum.
Once the transaction was completed, he chose to leave. Xavier did not try to keep him, as he needed to gather the X-n and head to Alkali Lake to rescue the captured mutants.
As for how Matthew knew that place was a human experintation base, Xavier also did not concern himself with it.
He only needed to know one thing—that mutants were indeed being held there. That was enough.
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BOOM—!
Thunder exploded with a sound like the chirping of ten thousand birds. Black-red lightning snakes surged into the sky, raging across the uninhabited glacial plain. Countless falling snowflakes were instantly vaporized, while the clouds above churned violently, as if an enraged deity had descended upon the world.
On the frozen expanse, Matthew drew back his fist and struck the massive ice mountain in front of him.
BOOM—!!
The punch carried an explosive, terrifying force, slamming heavily into the glacier. In an instant, the ice mountain shattered, countless cracks spreading wildly across its surface.
The earth trembled violently. The ice beneath fractured in a wide radius, while shards of ice and shockwaves swept out in all directions.
The roar reverberated through the world.
No one knew how long passed before the black-red lightning in the sky gradually faded, and the chaos finally settled.
The entire glacial plain was left in ruins. Snow still fell in the distant regions, but in this area alone, the weather itself had been completely disrupted—no snowflakes could survive here anymore.
As the white mist dispersed, Matthew stood before the shattered remains of the ice mountain he had destroyed with a single punch. The crimson glow in his eyes gradually faded, returning to their original deep brown color.
He raised his hand and looked at his fist. It was now completely covered in a pitch-black sheen, exuding a cold, tallic aura.
"I've barely reached the level of Armant Haki: Emission…" he murmured. "As expected, a strong physical foundation makes Armant Haki even more powerful after awakening. Conqueror's Haki still can't be coated yet—it's only beco more refined in control. To reach that stage, I'll need further growth."
"Still… even so, my progress over these two months has far exceeded expectations."
Satisfied with his developnt, Matthew's figure suddenly turned into a golden beam of light, shooting off into the distance. In an instant, he crossed tens of thousands of ters and landed on the deck of an unmanned yacht drifting in the ocean.
Stepping into the cabin, one could see its luxurious interior.
This yacht had originally belonged to the wealthy man in Paris whom he had personally sent to hell.
Neagley disliked wasting resources, so she simply kept it. After so identity laundering, there was no risk of it being traced. Now, the vessel officially belonged to Matthew.
He opened the special tal case placed on the internal bar. Inside were several tubes of deep-blue, pre-mixed nutritional serum.
Without hesitation, he drank them all in one go before closing the case again.
The rich nutrients were rapidly absorbed by his body through an extraordinarily efficient digestive system, instantly spreading throughout him. The fatigue and hunger left over from a full day of training began to dissipate at an astonishing speed.
Returning once more to the deck, he stood there and gazed out at the vast glacial plain in the distance, watching snowflakes drift down from the sky.
Matthew's breathing at this mont had fallen into a steady rhythm, almost a unique cadence of its own. This breathing technique significantly accelerated the digestion of the nutrient solution—equivalent to dozens of als at once.
"Two months of training… my physical strength has increased dramatically. The developnt of the Three Types of Haki has reached its intended stage, and the abilities of the Glint-Glint Fruit are steadily improving as well. Overall, my combat power should be at the level of a Marine Vice Admiral."
He made a rough estimate of his current overall strength.
His foundation itself was already absurdly strong to begin with. Big Mom's monstrous innate talent ant that even without deliberate training, as long as he had sufficient nutrition, his body would continue to grow stronger on its own, constantly breaking through human limits.
On top of that, he possessed the top-tier Logia-type Glint-Glint Fruit, and his awakened Three Types of Haki had improved significantly as well. Not only could he perform Armant Haki coating, but he had also begun to achieve the initial stage of Emission.
His Observation Haki had a sensing range of nearly three kiloters, and he could already use its basic abilities with remarkable proficiency—sensing attacks, predicting movents, gauging the strength of living beings, reading emotions and thoughts, and detecting the position and number of objects in the environnt.
To so extent, he had even begun to faintly perceive the flow of the wind itself.
However, he had not yet reached the level of Future Sight.
As for Conqueror's Haki, he could now freely control its range and intensity according to his will. But he was still far from achieving Conqueror's coating—after all, without a "three-hit lesson" teacher like Kaido to guide him, and with only a short training period so far, this was entirely normal.
In addition, two months ago, he had completed another accumulated sign-in and obtained the complete Six Powers training thod.
The Six Powers were an advanced physical combat system used by the Marines in the world of One Piece, consisting of Shave (Soru), Iron Body (Tekkai), Paper Art (Kami-e), Moonwalk (Geppo), Tempest Kick (Rankyaku), and Finger Pistol (Shigan)—six techniques that push the human body beyond its natural limits.
For Matthew, this high-level physical art was also extrely useful.
More precisely, the Six Powers allowed a practitioner to better understand and control their own body. Its full-body training thodology refined what had once been relatively crude control over his strength, turning it into sothing far more precise and efficient.
At the Vice Admiral tier within the Marines, he was already at the very top.
Naturally, that excluded monsters like Garp.
Big Mom's "Steel Balloon" physique was gradually revealing its true potential as well—his defensive strength and regenerative ability were both terrifying.
Combined with the overwhelming destructive power and mobility of the Glint-Glint Fruit, along with his solid mastery of the Three Types of Haki, all of these were significant advantages.
If there was any weakness, it would likely be stamina.
And even that weakness was relative—compared to the Admiral tier.
Those monsters could fight at full intensity for days and nights without rest. At present, he was still far from that level.
Still, Matthew was not discouraged. After all, it had not even been a full year since he obtained the system.
To reach this point in less than a year was already astonishing.
He now had talent, and he also had sufficient nutritional resources. All that remained was simple—relentless training.
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