I'm working on Marvel's Spider-Man in American comics.

Chapter 78 God Loves, Man Kills
"In short, the two began to go their separate ways, but for a long time nothing seemed to happen until the 1980s, when Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants began carrying out terrorist attacks in the United States. At this time, the Professor still did not intend to confront his old friend. He had already founded the Academy and was training young mutants to master their abilities. The purpose at the time was simply to make everyone able to communicate better."

"But as Magneto went further and further into the 1990s, the professor realized that if Magneto continued like this, it would greatly damage the reputation of mutants in society. At this point, he selected suitable people from among his students to form a team to stop Magneto, and that was the X-Men."

The X-Men's past is recounted through Beast's words. The initial five mutants chosen for combat were: Cyclops Scott Summers, Marvel Girl Jean Grey, Iceman Bobby Drake, Angel Warren III Worthington, and Beast Hank McCoy. Later, Wolverine Logan, Storm Ororo, Rogue Anna Marie, Colossus Peter Rasputin, and Nightcrawler Kurt Wagner joined the group. At that time, the X-Men were like a large family, with everyone getting along harmoniously.

Their battles have expanded to include anti-mutant forces within the United States and those attempting to weaponize mutants. They have thwarted the US government's Sentinel program and fought against the fearsome mutant geneticist Mr. Sinister. They have also stopped Magneto's plot to turn all humans into mutants.

Until six years ago.

"A madman named Stryker, a U.S. Army colonel, was in charge of researching and weaponizing mutants. He controlled his mutant son, Master Illusion, to kidnap Professor X and attempt to kill all the mutants with a brainwave device..."

Wait, I've heard this story before. Peter paused for a moment, thinking, "Isn't this the plot of the movie X-Men 2?"
Although the X-Men's organizational structure is slightly different, they still went through a story similar to "X-Men 2," and the subsequent plot was not much different from the movie: Stryker's henchmen invaded the academy, a large number of students were illegally arrested, Magneto escaped from prison, and joined the X-Men to rescue Professor X. Finally, at the dam and weapon X-War that had modified Wolverine, they rescued Professor X.

"Then that's when everything went wrong. Magneto wanted to use Master Illusion to control Professor X and kill all of humanity on Earth, but then the dam collapsed, and a massive flood swept down. Jean tried to stop it with her telekinesis, but for some reason her powers went out of control." Beast sighed as he piloted the plane, while Cyclops, sitting beside him, remained silent.

"She turned into a giant fireball, burning above the dam, and then exploded. The professor used his powers to control the blast, but Jean disappeared. We don't know where Jean went; we only know she's gone. The professor recovered at this point, refused the order to retreat, told us to take care of the students, and used his telekinesis to quell the flood. Before that, the professor was already exhausted..." The Beast added with a touch of melancholy to Charles Xavier's fate: "The world's most powerful brain died from exhaustion. We found the professor's body and buried him."

Peter thought it all sounded absurd, especially Professor X's ending. Shouldn't he have a brother in a vegetative state who could help him transfer his consciousness? How did it turn out like this? He was controlled by the villain, then by Magneto, then stopped Jean's explosion, then calmed a flood, and then died from exhaustion, unable to even transfer his consciousness?

Unless… Jean Grey's explosion wasn't actually due to a loss of control over her abilities, but rather the Phoenix Force itself going out of control, and the Professor X stopped the explosion, thus exhausting his own life force—that's possible. But if that's the case, Peter doesn't believe the Phoenix Force was simply dealt with; it could return at any time, making things even more troublesome.

"So, how did the X-Men disband?"

“First, there was Logan, who left without a word. Then Magneto announced the disbandment of the Brotherhood, built a floating metal island called Genosha in the Atlantic Ocean, and declared the establishment of a nation for mutants. More and more mutants, including students, left. The Academy couldn't recruit any more students, so naturally it couldn't continue operating, and everyone gradually left.” Beast said, watching Cyclops's reaction. He knew that Cyclops was actually the one who most wanted to continue the Academy and the X-Men, but as Magneto began to soften, Genosha attracted more and more mutants, and the Academy's meaning was lost. In addition, Hellfire Corp. kept poaching people, taking away many of the Academy's teachers, and in the end, the Academy was completely abandoned.

Logan went to Madrid for reasons unknown, Colossus bought a farm in the West, Rogue reportedly went to Europe, Angel returned home to inherit the family business, Iceman stayed home, and occasionally called to ask if the X-Men could be reunited. Aurora returned to Africa and, a few years later, married the Wakanda prince, the current King T'Challa. Nightcrawler reportedly moved to Kenosha.

This is the end of the X-Men: shattered and gone.

Cyclops, who had been silent all along, finally spoke at this moment.

“If Logan can come back, if I can persuade Logan to come back, there might be hope. We can reopen the academy… maybe not enough students, but at least we can restart the X-Men if the world needs us.”

That last sentence is the reason why Cyclops remained silent.

If the world needs X-Men.

Scott Summers never minded fighting alongside his comrades on the most dangerous battlefields, fighting for the freedom of his fellow countrymen and for the professor's ideals. But what if the world no longer needed them?
There are approximately 20 million mutants worldwide, of whom 16 million have moved to Kenosha, where they can learn to control their powers, learn how to survive, and are not discriminated against. It seems that the existence of the Institute has lost its meaning.

They were once the world's greatest heroes, they once saved the world, but now they are no longer needed. The Avengers, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, more and more superheroes have appeared in this world, but the X-Men, as heroes, have also been forgotten, and the world no longer needs them.

In the silence, we arrived at Madrid Slope.

(End of this chapter)