"Impossible, how is this possible!"
Logan looked shocked at the name on the book and couldn't help but shake his head.
Although two hundred years have passed, he can't even remember his home.
This villa was completely different from the manor in his memory. In his memory, the Howlett family's manor was in the city, and this was just a farm in the suburbs.
"Maybe they moved?"
Victor put down his notes and looked at the portrait in the cabinet again. The woman in the portrait vaguely overlapped with a figure in his memory.
He turned to Logan and said, "Look, these eyes look so much like yours."
"Elizabeth..."
Logan looked at the woman in the portrait, feeling a little dazed for a moment.
Two hundred years ago in America, Mr. Howlett was proud to be the first colonist, using advanced foreign knowledge to open up this wild land.
Over time, the original Howlett family gradually formed.
His son, John Howlett, and Elizabeth gave birth to their next son, James Howlett, now Logan Howlett.
But in fact, John Howlett did not know until his death that the son he loved was not a descendant of his Howlett family, but the illegitimate son of Elizabeth and the gardener. One grew out of bone claws and was loved by everyone. A despised monster.
The memories of the past kept fluctuating in his mind, and a strange emotion drove Logan to stare at the portrait closely. The blurred figure in his mind gradually became clear because of the portrait.
He couldn't help but stretched out his hand, but he could only touch the cold cabinet glass. She was still beautiful in the portrait.
"She doesn't deserve your grief."
Seeing this, Victor reached out and patted Logan's shoulder to comfort him softly.
"Boy, what's wrong? You seem to be very interested in this painting?"
James returned to the studio, looked at the two people gathered in front of the portrait, and asked aloud.
Being disturbed, the memory of Wolverine in Logan's mind died instantly, and the strange emotions in his heart also dissipated, and he returned to normal again.
Logan smiled at the portrait, then turned around and asked, "Is the matter resolved? What are those police officers doing here?"
"It's nothing, they're just here to find someone."
James smiled and said nonchalantly: "It is said that several prisoners escaped. These guys are really verbose. It is their own business if the prisoners escape. Why are they looking for me? Is it possible that I can conjure up the prisoners?" ? Anyway, I sent them away."
Logan couldn't help but frown after listening to his words, always feeling a little weird.
When a normal person hears that a criminal has escaped, and a few strangers happen to have wandered into his home, the first thing he would do is correct him and let the police come in and take a look.
Besides, they were pickets, a group of government departments that captured mutants. In order to capture mutants, they would do anything.
James actually had the ability to send them away with just a few words.
"Okay, there is nothing to disturb our chat now. I have prepared tea and snacks below. Please follow me."
James said with a smile and invited the two of them downstairs.
Logan felt a little uneasy, but Victor readily agreed to the invitation and followed James downstairs. Logan had no choice but to follow behind James.
When going downstairs, James took the initiative to mention the curse.
"By the way, you two, I think I need to explain the curse that George mentioned just now."
As he went downstairs, he said calmly: "But this curse is actually a rumor spread around. I don't know the details. The legend is that a monster with wolf claws appeared in the family and killed my great-great-grandfather." , Mr. John Howlett."
"When this incident spread, many people were afraid to get close to us for fear of becoming the target of monsters. So, my grandfather had no choice but to move the Howlett family to the suburbs, away from the crowd."
James said with regret: "It happened to be the time when the U.S. economy was taking off. To be honest, if that incident had not happened, the Howlett family would definitely be a famous family now, instead of just being farmers all the time."
"In those days, there were outlets everywhere. They had the capital to invest in any industry. It's a pity that the spread of the curse prevented many stock markets from accepting the Howlett family."
James couldn't help shaking his head and sighing, feeling that the Howlett family had missed the most likely opportunity to become a famous family.
But he didn't notice that Logan and Victor behind him couldn't help but look at each other.
They also didn't expect that they were the source of the curse, and that a past event two or two hundred years ago would actually affect the present.
James, who was walking in front, said to himself: "Because of this curse, many people are unwilling to contact us. I haven't had any friends for decades. Even if I want to explain, I can't do it alone." , but it really can't change the rumors that have lasted for two hundred years."
After saying that, he suddenly looked back at Logan and Victor with a smile on his face, "You are the only people I have dared to contact in the past few decades. No matter what you think, in my eyes, we are already Friends, I welcome your arrival."
While talking, the three of them had returned to the first floor, and James invited Logan and the others to drink tea in the coffee lounge.
Logan glanced at the lobby on the first floor, and then realized that the entire first floor was quiet, with only Clarice sitting on the sofa bored, swinging her legs in boredom.
As for James's son George, he doesn't know where he has gone.
Looking at Clarice's bored look, Logan waved to her, "Let's go, Mr. James invites us for tea."
Clarice trotted up, grabbed Logan's clothes, and asked with a bored look: "When are we leaving here?"
Just as Logan was about to answer, James, who was walking in front, suddenly turned around and smiled: "Don't be so anxious, kid. I guess you must be bored. How about we go have a cup of tea and chat?"
After saying that, he looked around, shook his head helplessly and said: "This child George must have gone shopping with the maid again. He has no friends and has always been lonely. He usually stays at home and goes shopping with the maid. This is one of the few times when he can go to the city, but don't worry, he will be back soon, I believe he will bring you a toy, please wait together. "
"I'll just wait in the living room."
Clarice shook her head and walked back to the sofa in a daze worriedly.
"Since she doesn't like tea, let's go."
James smiled and waved to Logan and Victor.
Logan had no choice but to keep up with him, but he couldn't help but look at the villa carefully. Some sealed memories slowly emerged because of the layout of the villa. Coupled with the retro decoration, it was really hard to say... Come out with a sense of familiarity.
When passing by a cabinet, Victor suddenly stretched out his hand and stroked the cabinet with a dazed look on his face, "I used to wipe tables like this often, but when I wanted to wipe them, I had to stand on tiptoe on a stool. OK."
Logan smiled. He naturally knew that Victor was talking about the time when he was a servant in the Olite family.
He was still very young at that time, and his father often forced him to clean the table. He was also taught etiquette such as saying hello to people in the Howlett family when he saw them.
Soon, a few people came to the tea room. There was a good solid wood coffee table inside. Outside was a floor-to-ceiling window. They could directly see the entire farm, the green farmland, the dense forest in the distance, and some trees beyond. The hazy mountains have an indescribable beauty.
James invited the two of them to sit down in front of the coffee table. Tea sets and a pot of boiling water were already placed on the table.
He pulled out a package of sealed tea leaves from under the coffee table and said with a smile: "This is tea sent from England. It has a mellow taste. I have never been willing to drink it. Today you two passed it and it can finally be opened. "
The seal on the tea bag was torn open, and a faint smell of tea filled the air.
Logan looked at the simple tea-making tools on the table and the package of exquisitely packaged tea leaves. He couldn't help but shake his head and said with a smile: "Maybe the tea from the East tastes better. When it comes to drinking tea, no one can compare with it." their heritage."
James just smiled, said nothing, and just concentrated on making tea.
And Logan was lying comfortably on the sofa, looking sideways at the floor-to-ceiling windows, admiring the beautiful scenery outside.
But after looking at it for a while, he couldn't help but frown. The scenery outside made him feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
After looking carefully for several times, he suddenly noticed that all the livestock in the sheep pen and horse pen outside were gone. Even the horses in the stables had disappeared without a trace. They were supposed to be working in the farmland. The farm workers also disappeared. The huge farm surrounding the entire villa was eerily quiet.
For a moment, Logan couldn't help but frowning. His eyes swept around James without leaving any trace, and his heart was full of doubts.
On the other hand, Victor across from him looked very interested at this time. He seemed to be very interested in the tea as he watched the process of James making tea.
Soon, James poured the brewed tea into a small cup and handed it to Logan and Victor, "I haven't made tea for a long time, and my skills are a bit rusty. Let's taste it and see if it tastes the same. "
Victor nodded repeatedly, picked it up, blew on it, and drank. Logan didn't even have time to refuse.
After taking the tea, Victor said with emotion: "This tea is really good, very fragrant and very flavorful."
Looking at his appearance, Logan felt helpless, and he also picked up the tea cup and took a sip.
Seeing that both of them had drank tea, James's face instantly filled with a smile, and then he patted his head, as if he remembered something important, and said regretfully: "Damn it, I forgot to prepare snacks, what about drinking tea?" Can I have some snacks? Wait for a moment, I'll be there soon."
After saying that, he stood up and left the tea room.
Logan watched him close the door and quickly spit out the tea in his mouth, trying not to leave any tea stains in his mouth.
Victor looked surprised, "Jimmy, what are you doing? This is good tea."
After Logan finished disposing of the tea in his mouth, he hurriedly urged: "Go to the toilet first and spit out the tea. There is a problem here!"
Hearing this, Victor looked calm, "Jimmy, you are thinking too much. Besides, even if there is a problem, poison will have no effect on us. The self-healing factor can repair any cells damaged by poison. Don't worry. ,It's fine."
Seeing this, Logan wanted to say something, but the door was pushed open, and James walked in with several plates of pastries and desserts.
"These are pastries made by the maids. They are very delicious. Please try them."
James put the dessert on the table. The exquisite dessert looked very appetizing.
Victor couldn't wait to pick up a piece and ate it, and couldn't help but praise it again and again.
But Logan looked at the exquisite food without any intention of doing anything.
"What's wrong? Is it not to your liking?"
James asked with concern, and then added: "Besides these, there are some other desserts at home. Whatever you like, I will go find them."
Logan waved his hand, "Don't bother me. I just had a full meal and I don't have much appetite now. You can just eat."
James felt relieved and said with a smile: "Okay, there are a lot of pastries anyway, you can eat them anytime."
Seeing that he didn't urge him to eat pastries and didn't behave strangely, Logan felt a little relieved. He just hoped that he had really been overthinking it just now.
But as soon as this thought came up, Victor across from him suddenly frowned, put down the tea cup in his hand, and his facial features were almost twisted together.
When Logan saw this, he immediately panicked and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Victor, what's wrong with you?"
Victor's expression was ferocious. At this time, he felt dizzy and everything in front of him was spinning.
He pointed to the tea on the table and asked James loudly: "What did you put in the tea?"
After hearing this, Logan immediately confirmed what he was thinking in his heart, glanced at James behind him, and then pretended to be dizzy, holding his head and gritting his teeth in pain.
When James saw the two of them looking like this, he stopped pretending. He slowly stood up and looked at the two of them with a sneer.
Logan pretended to stumble and fell, lying on the ground holding his head tightly, and asked: "Why did you drug us first? Who are you and what do you want to do!"
"Logan Howlett, or should I call you James Howlett?"
James stood in front of Logan like a victor, and said with a smile: "Do you think this place is very familiar, just like the old Howlett Manor?"
"Who are you, the Howletts?"
Logan struggled to speak as if he was enduring severe pain.
James smiled and showed off his cards completely: "The Howlett family has long since disappeared, but this is indeed the legacy left by the Howlett family. Since the Howlett family filed for bankruptcy in the last century, everything has changed. All covered in dust."
"And I am not a descendant of the Howlett family. I am a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent. In order to lure you to show up, S.H.I.E.L.D. did not hesitate to spend a lot of money and specially asked me to wait for you here. We believe that you will definitely come back. I came here, but I didn't expect to hit it so quickly."
After James finished speaking, he breathed a long sigh of relief, "Now, I can finally go back to work. It's a pity that I haven't been able to fully enjoy such a big villa."
Logan listened to his words, his brows knitted together, and he figured everything out in an instant.
No wonder James was so enthusiastic about them, and could send the pickets away with just a few words, all in order to lure them into the cage!
When Victor heard this, his face was not only pained, but also completely covered with anger.
"Damn bastard, how dare you lie to me!"
He hates others deceiving his feelings the most!
Although he didn't have very good memories of the Howlett family manor, those were his memories from the same year, but the SHIELD agents dared to use these memories to plot against him!
Angry, Victor struggled to stand up, enduring the severe pain and staggering towards James. However, due to the effect of the drug, he was now so weak that he could not even swing his fists.
After taking two steps, his legs gave out and he collapsed back on the chair again. The severe pain in his head became more severe, as if his skull was split.
James looked at his appearance and said with a smile: "Stop struggling. What you just drank is the latest product developed by the laboratory. It is specially prepared for mutants like you. After taking it, no matter how powerful the X gene is, It's impossible to resist, not to mention, there's something wrong with your X gene."
After a pause, he smiled again: "But don't worry, these drugs will only destroy your body and will not be fatal. After SHIELD and the picket team come over and put the suppression collar on you, I will inject you with an antidote." Don't worry, medicine, they will be on their way soon."
"Damn it!"
When Logan heard this, he became furious. Fortunately, he could no longer pretend. He jumped up from the ground, grabbed his neck tightly, and lifted him up.
Fortunately, he discovered the loopholes in the villa in time and was mentally wary of this so-called James. Otherwise, if he was like Victor and drank tea and snacks without any scruples, they might have suffered a complete disaster.
However, he didn't expect that the people from SHIELD would be so shameless and use the Howlett family to set a trap for him!
At the same time, James looked at Logan in astonishment. The force coming from his neck made him unable to breathe. He kept struggling to break Logan's arm, but the steel-like iron hand was beyond his power to shake. .
The feeling of suffocation frightened him, "How...how is it possible, you drank tea too!"
Logan snorted and did not respond.
At this time, Clarice suddenly ran in, her petite face full of fear, "There is a car approaching the farm outside!"
While speaking, she also saw the scene of Logan choking James, and also saw Victor sitting on the sofa with a face full of pain, and couldn't help but pause.
"Damn it!"
Logan ignored the explanation and quickly ran to the window to take a closer look.
I saw several black SUVs driving into the farm and stopping in front of the villa.
A very familiar figure stepped out of the car, it was the heavily armed Brock Rumlow, the leader of the S.H.I.E.L.D. task force!
Since he's here, there must be other S.H.I.E.L.D. agents nearby.