"There has been abnormal mutant activity in the Tohoku area." "Did you find something out?" "Nothing in particular." "It's jumping to conclusions to blame the twisted bridge and the strange occurrence in the river on mutants." "However, the U-Men's mutant detection device found a strong signal." "I can't understand that." "But I'm surprised." "Little Hisako becoming a member of the X-Men!" "When I remembered the Sasaki Institute, Professor X was happy, too." "Charles was..." "Will Professor X be joining you here as well?" "No." "He left the investigation to us." "l see." "What exactly is this Sasaki Academy?" "We were never as big as the Xavier Institute, but we took in the mutant children from the area temporarily." "So, are you also a mutant?" "No." "ln that case, why?" "I wanted to do something for the children who were snubbed and couldn't go to school, just because they were mutants." "But... I suppose there were limits to what I could do alone." "So you shut it down?" "Yes." "Now I use the facility for medical and mutant research." "You know, Dr. Sasaki, I... I was really good friends with a kid in school." "Good friends?" "Yeah. I think that kid was a little younger than me." "It was a boy, but... I can't remember him no matter how hard I try." "Dr. Sasaki, do you remember him?" "Back then I had so many children here." "I really don't remember." "Doctor!" "It's almost time for the meeting." "These are the members of my research team." "From the left, this is Koichi Kaga," "Jun Sanada, and Riko Nirasaki." "And these are the X-Men." "I've heard about what you've done." "It's an honor to meet you." "That's everyone?" "Yes." "Go ahead." "Excuse me." "The weather appears to be clearing." "It might be a good time to go check on the Blackbird." "I'm sorry to trouble you, but could I borrow some tools?" "Yes." "l'll go, too." "l'm coming, too." "Scott." "You talk to Hisako and Emma." "However..." "Understood." "The research facility is in the back of this house." "The main equipment is underground." "A boy..." "Younger than me..." "Hisako." "You used to go to an ordinary school, right?" "Yeah. I used to come to the Academy after my regular school let out." "Maybe that boy was a friend of yours at school?" "Maybe..." "By the way, Yui." "Aren't you an acquaintance of Professor X?" "Yes." "It was more than 15 years ago, but I did meet him once." "More than 15 years ago?" "But we were never close." "It was such a long time ago, I don't really remember." "I have to go to a meeting, so please make yourselves at home." "If you need anything, you can reach me on this intercom." "I feel like Dr. Sasaki's changed." "Changed?" "Yeah." "She used to be kinder and warmer, I think." "She still seems kind, at least to me." "That's true, but..." "Yui Sasaki is lying." "She said she hasn't seen Professor X in 15 years." "But she has seen him since then." "Did you read her mind?" "It's because of things like that that people hate mutants." "No. I didn't use telepathy." "This is a woman's intuition, right?" "A woman's intuition?" "When we mentioned the Professor, she called him "Charles."" "Even though they weren't that close." "Some people use first names even with people they're not friendly with." "But she had asked you if Professor X was planning on coming." "Yui Sasaki is involved with Professor X on a much deeper level." "A deeper level..." "All right, let's pull it out!" "That's impossible." "I'm joking." "Storm!" "Could you melt all this ice?" "That's also impossible." "Look at this snow." "I wonder if you could even call it snow." "At first glance, it seems like snow, but..." "It doesn't melt." "It's not even cold." "It seems more like a mineral." "So in Japan they have diamond or ruby snow?" "Of course not." "It's as ifjust this place was suddenly changed." "At any rate, there's nothing we can do like this." "I'll contact Charles and have him send a spare Blackbird." "Yui Sasaki?" "Yes, I thought I'd let you know, just in case." "Understood. ln any event, I'll send you the backup jet at once." "Thank you." "It's been a while." "Yui." "I wasn't expecting you to contact me." "From the sound of it, you've already heard a report about me." "I hear you've shut down the Academy." "Let me just state my business." "I want to continue my research here in peace." "Are you saying the X-Men are in the way?" "I'll help if needed." "But I want them out of here as soon as the investigation is over." "would something be disturbed if they stay too long?" "It may be the key to solving the string of mutant occurrences around your lab." "I have nothing to do with it." "I'm not so sure about that." "When I sent my mind to Tohoku," "I saw you and a boy." "I couldn't see his face, but you overlapped with him." "Does that boy have anything to do with you?" "Why did he enter my mind?" "Answer me, Yui." "That boy is probably Takeo." "Takeo?" "He's my son." "Mine..." "And yours." "Our son?" "You're telling me I have a son?" "So then that was..." "My son entered my consciousness." "That is incorrect." "If you say you saw him, then you just happened to look in my mind." "But I'm certain I met that boy." "You said you couldn't see his face." "That's natural." "Because Takeo is already gone." "What does that mean?" "Do you mean our son is dead?" "Someday I'll tell you everything." "But for now, please stop meddling in my affairs." "Staying here is pointless." "In the meantime, let's go back to the Sasaki house." "An avalanche?" "Doesn't seem like it." "is a mountain monster making snowmen or..." "What on earth is that?" "It seems that snowman has business with us." "So let's go say hello!" "Wait!" "What's that?" "Storm." "There's one here, too." "Greetings, ladies and gentlemen of the X-Men." "How do you like Japan?" "It's not bad." "The food is good and the scenery's nice." "Then you'll have no regrets when I kill you here!" "Sorry, but I haven't seen any Kabuki yet." "What are you?" "Some kind of hedgehog monster?" "Beast!" "Did you pulverize him?" "There was no resistance." "You are pretty tough." "It's about time." "What?" "So that was the aim of the attack just now." "The greetings are finished." "Let's meet again." "I see." "He can liquefy his body." "That's why he offered no resistance." "This is no time for analysis!" "Let's get out of here!" "Jun?" "I'm going to take my shot in my room." "Make sure the X-Men don't see you." "Be careful." "l understand." "Hisako?" "is something wrong with your right hand?" "The bruise on my hand is hurting." "Bruise?" "It used to be bigger." "Do you remember an injury or a burn?" "No." "Mom and Dad also say they don't remember it, so I thought it was just a birthmark." "It suddenly started hurting when I got here." "Has it ever hurt you like this before?" "l don't think so." "That's strange, I wonder if something irritated it." "I..." "l'm going to ask Dr. Sasaki for an ointment." "Hey!" "She told us to use the intercom, remember?" "It's all right." "It's not as if she's going outside." "But..." "This is a good opportunity." "I need to talk to you." "Talk?" "blackbird auto-piIot engaged." "Launch preparations complete." "You want me to let you read my mind?" "Yes." "What for?" "To remove your hesitation." "My hesitation?" "I heard you couldn't fight the berserk mutant at the U-Men base and almost lost your life." "is it because of Jean?" "The Professor proved I had nothing to do with Jean's death." "So what is making you suffer?" "Hisako also asked me. "Help him," she said." "It's none of her business." "She's worried about you in her own way." "And I also don't want a leader who's so hesitant." "At this rate, it may impede our work as X-Men." "Face your heart." "I'm sure Jean would wish for that, too." "l don't like this." "What's wrong?" "Yui Sasaki said she introduced us to everyone in the mansion." "But I can still smell someone else in there." "Indeed." "She doesn't seem to want us there." "Yui Sasaki's presence at the center of the mutant phenomena and the appearance of the U-Men seems a bit too much for coincidence." "Seems we'd better keep an eye on Yui Sasaki." "That's why I asked Scott and Emma to stay." "Scott." "The X-Men are a light for mutants." "I want to become that light." "And I want to continue shining a light on the future for human and mutant children." "I'm begging you, Scott." "kill me." "You know I couId never do thatI" "You..." "What did you do to Jean's heart?" "I love you, Scott..." "Jean!" "You are?" "Now you die, too." "Scott." "Dr. Sasaki?" "Feeling better?" "Yeah." "The shadow you saw behind Jean, it's natural that you'd think it was me." "I was attacked by myself." "What on earth was that?" "That must have been your subconscious, the part of your mind where you can't forgive yourself for not saving Jean." "I... tried to escape my inability to save Jean by blaming you for her death." "You're right, the one person I can't forgive is myself." "Now that I know you had nothing to do with Jean's death, what should I do?" "One year ago, if I'd been there when Jean went berserk, I might have been able to save her." "And you, as well." "Listen to me, Scott." "Aren't you the one who taught Hisako that an X-Man's most important quality is his heart?" "You need a stronger heart than anyone else." "Don't let Jean's will go to waste." "I want to become that light." "And I..." "I want to continue shining a light on the future for human and mutant children." "So now you want to coach me, just like Hisako?" "The beast that suddenly appeared in the lab turns out to have an unexpected identity." "Amid the confusion, Emma becomes suspicious of Yui Sasaki's assistant Jun." "meanwhile, danger approaches Professor X as he flies to Tohoku from New York on the blackbird." "A new facet of the case is revealed." "Next time on X-Men.:" "Lost"