Chapter 69: You are Like Your Father.

　　This 'old acquaintance' is none other than the mysterious man from the Hellfire Club who followed Clarice all the way last time and is said to be a core member of the Hellfire Club!

　　They didn't know Carl's name, but that didn't reduce their fear of Carl!

　　Why is this guy here?

　  Lorna and the others, even Clarice, who is the host, doesn't understand why the guy who troubled them last time appeared in her house, and it seems that he has become Raymond's guest as he was chatting and laughing with Raymond.

　　Among them, John's reaction was the most intense, and he subconsciously wanted to find out if there were any weapons around him.

　　Unlike Lorna and Clarice, John has been betrayed more than once, and he has seen too many mutants betrayed by those closest to them.

　　His experiences taught him to never underestimate the sinister nature of the human heart.

　　Even if Raymond didn't sell his younger sister, it is very likely that the three of them except Clarice would be used as bargaining chips with each other. This is not impossible.

　　Besides, they are not related to Raymond, so it's not surprising that Raymond really wants to betray them.

　　Of course, John's reaction was clearly seen by Raymond, as well as Cain and Carl who had not had time to leave Richmond after being invited by him.

　　Except for Carl, Cain and Betsy had never seen Clarice and the others among the three of them.

　　But they also talked about the previous things when they chatted earlier, so it is not difficult for rhetorically two of them to guess that these little guys are Raymond's sister and her friends.

　　"Can you use your brain? If we really want to arrest you, why bother to invite you to my house." Raymond shook his head and smiled, "Come and sit, don't stand there stupidly—"

　　Saying that, Raymond pointed to the vacant turf beside him.

　　Due to the large number of people, Raymond and the others didn't bring chairs over, and just sat on the grass in the backyard.

　　At this moment, there are still a lot of vacancies on the turf.

　　Hearing what Raymond said, John and the others recovered from the initial shock and found that it was indeed what Raymond said.

　　If Raymond really wanted to cooperate with the Hellfire Club to deal with them, he really didn't have to call them to his house, he could find them by directly following Clarice.

　　After thinking about this, they found a vacant seat and sat down with a hint of hesitation.

　　"Brother, you are..."

　　As soon as she sat down, Clarice couldn't help asking questions.

　　She didn't understand why Raymond would go with the guy who tried to arrest her last time, and invited him to his house for a Thanksgiving dinner.

　　Although she didn't think Raymond would harm her, she still couldn't think of a reason.

　　Before Raymond could respond, Carl on the side had already smiled and said, "The last thing was a misunderstanding. I didn't expect Miss Clarice to be Dr. Raymond's sister. If I had known that, would I have taken the liberty to come to disturb you? so I'm really sorry."

　　Raymond also smiled slightly at this time: "Carl and I are also old friends, this matter is indeed a misunderstanding, I didn't know before that he would suddenly run to Richmond to find you... Besides, he is very interested in you. In fact, there is no malicious intent, he just want to invite you to join the Hellfire Club."

　　"Last time even if I didn't show up, your lives would not be in danger."

　　Hearing what Raymond said, Clarice nodded ignorantly, without doubt, because she firmly believed that Raymond would not harm her from beginning to end.

　　Furthermore, this was originally because Raymond agreed with Carl in advance in order to reassure Clarice, and at least logically, there must be no major problems.

　　Just when Raymond explained to Clarice that what happened last time was a misunderstanding, Sonia, who had just sat down, suddenly covered her head and let out a muffled sound——

　　Sonia's sudden reaction made John stand up with a rub, and quickly stepped forward to support Sonia, and asked with concern, "What's the matter with you, dear?"

　　"Little girl, has no one taught you not to easily probe into other people's consciousness?" Betsy laughed lightly at this moment, and looked at Sonia holding her head with a smile.

　　"It's you!"

　　John looked at the mutant Psylock angrily.

　　Betsy took the initiative to take the pot, it would be strange if he didn't understand what was going on.

　　Lorna and Clarice also reacted closely at this time, and at the same time looked at her with hostile eyes!

　　Especially Lorna, when she raised her hand, there were already several nails flying from somewhere in front of Betsy, and it was no more than one meter away from her, and it seemed that it might pierce her at any time!

　　However, Betsy did not feel any nervousness or fear because of the appearance of this scene, but instead looked at Lorna with interest:

　　"What a familiar scene, it's amazingly similar to your father when he was young..."

　　"My father?"

　　Lorna was stunned by Betsy's words. Subconsciously, she felt that the other party was talking nonsense.

　　Because her father was not a mutant at all, how could she be the same as when her father was young? But before she could open her mouth to refute, she suddenly trembled in her heart!

　　Because she suddenly remembered that she, like Clarice, was adopted!

　　That's why she and Clarice have such a good relationship, they hit it off at first sight, because their life trajectories are actually very similar. 

　　All were adopted and all were mutants.

　　To put it differently, it is probably that her ability was awakened earlier. In order not to implicate her adoptive parents, she chose to run away from home and wandered outside, and Clarice's ability was just awakened.

　　But in any case, she was indeed adopted.

　　The strange woman in front of her suddenly said that she was strikingly similar to her father when he was young. She wanted to push back on the spot, but when she remembered her own experience, she hesitated.

　　However, considering that the strange woman in front of her is currently unknown, she did not immediately believe the other party's words, but retorted stubbornly:

　　"Don't talk nonsense, my father has no ability at all!"

　　"You don't know your own background, do you?"

　　The smile on Betsy's face became brighter and brighter, as if she had discovered a new continent, and she turned her head to look at the red tank and asked, "Don't you have heard that he has a daughter?"

　　"Don't look at me, I don't know anything." Cain looked into the distance, noncommittal.

　　Seeing the reaction of the red tank, the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, "Is it an illegitimate girl? Tsk tsk tsk, I really didn't see it coming..."

　　"What the hell did you do to Sonia?!"

　　Betsy talked in a fog, but it angered John who was worried about Sonia's condition.

　　In the face of the furious John, she just glanced at him lightly, then ignored him, and had no plans to respond to him at all.

　　This scene made John even more angry!

　　"John, don't be impulsive, I'm fine, it's my fault..." Sonia had already gotten better at this time, and hurriedly grabbed John and motioned him not to act impulsively.