230. Fisk Lake City.

230. Fisk Lake City.

Fisk Lake City

Fisk Lake City, once known as Salt Lake City, now belongs to Kingpin.

Originally, this place was ruled by Magneto, who saw the resources and minerals here as the hope for the rise of mutantkind. At that time, Magneto naively believed that these resources would be the key to mutant supremacy, but reality proved his thinking was somewhat short-sighted.

In the early years of the Brotherhood's rule here, the lawless mutants began a campaign of retaliatory oppression against the local humans, deepening their resentment towards mutants.

With no ordinary people available as labor, local production quickly came to a halt. This widespread strike had a significant impact. When people preferred to leave rather than work, Magneto's rule began to backfire.

To maintain resource output and local development, Magneto was forced to make deals with criminal organizations. He needed a large number of slaves to boost productivity, or his city-state would soon face financial ruin.

The influx of gangsters did revitalize the area, but it also challenged Magneto's authority. Although they feared Magneto's power and kept a low profile, Magneto understood he was merely nurturing a potential threat. By now, it was probably too late for Magneto to turn back.

For the impoverished common people, they had no control over their fate. The early measures against mutants had nothing to do with them; the anti-mutant laws were set by those in power. Their fear of mutants was all they knew.

Is fear a mistake?

They didn't understand why the mistakes of others made them pay. The mutants, having been discriminated against in the past, were now venting their anger on them. It was entirely unreasonable.

In contrast, Magneto found himself in an awkward position. His original intention was to elevate the mutant race, but he realized the importance of peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants once he became a leader.

Both sides should be interdependent, rather than constantly creating conflicts. To this end, he even introduced many policies to benefit the public, promoting that mutants should care for and coexist with humans.

But while the intention was good, the implementation was extremely difficult. Magneto knew well what kind of people were in the Brotherhood. Those who had grown up in the darkness knew nothing about manners.

"I really want to kill Kingpin right in front of everyone."

Looking at the massive statue of Kingpin made of pure gold, Ashley sighed from the heart.

"Lower your voice. This is Kingpin's territory. Don't drag us down with your death wish," Pietro said, knocking on Ashley's head, which made her glare angrily.

"What's to fear? He's just an ordinary person. I could punch through his chest with one blow," Ashley retorted angrily.

"Right, and then the next moment you'd be turned into a sieve by countless bullets."

Pietro rolled his eyes and continued.

"I beg you to use your brain. A guy who designed to kill Magneto—how reckless do you think he would be to give you an opportunity to assassinate him?"

"Then we can just storm in and take him down. After all, his subordinates are useless," Ashley said defiantly, with Venom also chiming in quietly. "Yes, yes."

"'Yes' my foot. Don't let that parasite corrupt my daughter!" Old Barton angrily pointed at a fire hydrant.

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Everyone fell silent, looking at Barton with a mix of helplessness. Old Barton's glaucoma had worsened; he could barely see anything now, and blindness was imminent.

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