Jean...
Jean!
Jean, come to your senses! Please!
It's no use, Professor X.
Jean's completely lost it!
It's mind control.
She won't respond to my telepathic calls anymore, either.
It's undoubtedly the work of Mastermind.
It's dangerous to remain there.
Jean is an Omega-class psychic!
If she goes berserk, then no place will be safe!
Dammit!
Jean!
Wait, Cyclops!
Jean!
J-J-Jean...
Cyclops...
Is that you, Jean?
Please, Scott.
Kill me.
There's no way I can do that!
If this continues, I'll kill you and our comrades, and destroy the entire world!
Jean, your mind is just being controlled by the Inner Circle.
If you can come out of it...
It's impossible.
It's fine, I'm with you.
Jean, I love you!
You... you're controlling Jean!
Jean, what are you doing?
Jean's body is...
Is she going to explode?
J-Jean! Stop it!
I love you.
Scott.
Jean!
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Sudden harmful accidents occur in the evolution of living things.
Among them, those who are born with the X-gene are called mutants.
The Return - Joining Forces
Because of their special abilities, mutants are frequently persecuted in society.
In order to aid these mutants, I created the Xavier Institute.
Aiming to coexist with humans,
these children will work towards that goal together with the X-men, an elite group of mutants.
But now, both the Xavier Institute and the X-men have lost their function.
Yes, one year ago, those who schemed to destroy the X-men,
the group of lawless mutants known as Inner Circle, engaged us in a fierce fight.
Ever since that day, when we lost my precious family member and gifted mutant, Jean Grey...
What's wrong, everyone?
Here, come closer.
What exactly happened?
You'll be fine. As long as you remain here, the teachers and I will protect you.
You are...
Wait!
I can't read your thoughts!
You are...
What are you?
Again...
the same dream.
Who...
Who are you?!
As you know, the Institute is currently prohibited from taking action.
I see. Understood.
If that's the case, just let me give whatever help I can.
Goodbye.
Pirates!
It's pirates!
What's going to happen to us?!
Everyone!
Please stand back.
You...
It's all right now.
Yeah!
Thank you so much!
Could you be one of the X-men?
Yes.
Excuse me.
This is the fruit of my research. I have raised, to the intelligence level of a homo-sapien,
the life form classified as the common ancestor of many animals.
In other words, the squid.
With this wireless underwater microphone, I can put him on speaker and he can converse with us.
What is he talking about?
That'd be a great discovery!
I have to go. It's an emergency.
For the rest of the lecture, ask Mr. Devilfish here.
The squid is gonna give us a lecture!
Be quiet!
Now, we will continue the lecture.
Do you have any questions?
Again?
Sir, do you still have metal on you?
Nothing I can find!
I've taken everything off!
But the detector is still reacting.
Unfortunately, there's somethin' I can't take off.
You can see it, so there's no problem, right?
But still...
My Madripoor trip is canceled.
I'm going to New York now!
Charles!
Welcome home, Ororo.
It's good to be back.
If you're gonna call us back, tell me ahead of time!
Because of you, my vacation to Madripoor went down the drain.
Been doing good, Charlie?
Yes, Logan.
I'm happy to see everyone after such a long time.
I was getting a bit bored with just scholars around.
Everyone, I'm glad that you've returned.
Where's Cyclops?
The call should have reached him...
One week ago, a middle school student named Ichika Hisako who lives in the Tohoku region of Japan,
went missing on her way home from school.
Without any clues, Hisako's parents came to seek my advice.
The fact that you've called us here means that Hisako is...
A mutant.
When she was a child, she displayed her powers only once.
Only once?
I am old acquaintances with her father.
She has a birth defect which makes her a mutant by heredity,
but she has not awakened as a mutant like her parents.
It seems that even today she lives a normal human lifestyle.
So, isn't this a job for the police?
Since the police began their investigation,
they've had many casualties due to an unknown phenomenon, and have decided not to pursue the truth.
So, those who don't want Hisako to be found are getting in their way.
Could it be mutant hunting?
For a few years in Tohoku, mutants were common.
But, even if I use Cerebro,
I can't find any mutant presence in that region.
Hey, did your precious mutant detector machine stall or something?
That is, if your power hasn't weakened.
Logan!
It's a joke.
Don't take it seriously.
Professor.
There may be malfunctions in Cerebro's system.
I will investigate.
In any case, there may be something big behind Hisako's disappearance.
The X-Men are to fly to Japan, and find Hisako.
But if there is something big is behind all this, we'll need Cyclops's power.
I'm surprised.
You were living here all this time?
What've you been doing for baths?
There are no abnormalities in Cerebro.
I can sense mutants from everywhere besides the Tohoku region in Japan.
I figured that there wasn't a malfunction...
If that's the case, there might be something interfering in the Tohoku area.
This might be connected to Hisako's disappearance.
Regardless, when we arrive in Japan, we'll find out what's happening.
But was it all right to let Wolverine go to retrieve Cyclops?
That's why I sent Storm as well.
I don't want to fight anymore.
I lost something too important.
You're wrong, Scott!
This isn't a battle.
We're searching for a missing mutant girl, and saving her!
And if some punks show up looking for a fight, we'll end up fighting.
Wolverine!
Storm, let's go home already.
If we take this coward with us, he'll just get in the way.
He can't do anything but dwell on something that happened a year ago.
If Jean saw you like this, I wonder if she would have given up on loving you
Wolverine!
Hey bub, that ain't a good joke.
That woulda killed me if I were normal!
I held back just now.
The next one will be for real.
Why you...
Stop!
Wolverine, why can you only say it like that?
Especially when you're actually worried about Scott!
Scott.
The missing Ichika Hisako needs our help.
We need help, too.
The X-Men need your strength.
We're wasting for you to come back.
Jean would surely want that too.
Let's go, Wolverine.
It's beautiful.
The light of these stars, the light of the sun.
Their light pours equally on all the living creatures of the Earth.
On both humans and mutants.
Scott.
The X-Men are the light for mutants.
I want to become that light.
And I want to shine on the future for both human and mutant children.
What's wrong?
I smell someone familiar.
Oh, you've gotten your old visor equipment back, Summers.
We're on a mission, Wolverine.
Call me Cyclops.
The X-Men always extend a hand to those in need.
Scott.
Right now, one girl in Japan is waiting for our help.
Welcome back,
Cyclops.
It's been a year since you piloted.
Have you renewed your license?
At least my driving is more reliable then yours.
The X-Men, with the return of their leader Cyclops,
fly to Tohoku.
While searching for Hisako's whereabouts,
It becomes clear that Hisako isn't the only mutant to disappear.
Finally, the scientific group behind mutant-hunting
obstruct the group's path.
Reaching their base, the X-men confront a fearful situation!
Next time X-Men - Mutant-hunting