>>6142286>Art: Peach Momoko>Alt-Text: Yoshida Mariko, a Japanese teenager holding a sword and wearing a poncho-like cape. She holds a sword and her hair is tied with an Oni-shaped charm. Magneto: Ninjas. How quaint.
Soma: I am Grandmaster of The Hand, a member of the Broken Wheel this world turns upon. I could end you with a thought. Do not try me, Erik.
Magneto: You dare...
Beast: Perhaps the Horseman of War could do better than antagonize a room full of people with sharpened ninjatō!
Soma: And none of them metal, we have studied you Magneto.
Magneto: And I you. I know how the Japanese underground collaborated with the Axis powers.
Soma: We allied with those that were strongest, and when they failed, we found ... new partners. Blood and conquest is the way of all people. The bombs your kin planted in Egypt are proof of that.
Magneto: I have no kin but Mutantdom!
Soma: But you have allies. The Hand too has been involved with mutant affairs. Mariko is but one of our prospects. We would be interested in working with your “nation”, if your good faith could be proved.
Essex: Now we’re talking. You can always trust the chap in the silken robe to have a good head on his shoulders.
Soma: We have an enemy. He goes by the juvenile name of Lord Dark Wind. A devotee of false gods and a dead Empire, he has gained much wealth selling his childish dream to those stuck in the past.
Beast: I don’t see how a revanchist author is any of our concern.
Soma: He uses his wealth to fund superhuman research. We have learned he developed a formula for an ultimate weapon. Join us in striking his fortress and The Hand and the Yoshida Clan will count Nation X among friends.
Harada: The Shinobi speaks out of turn, but he speaks true.
Magneto: I didn’t take this cause to be a sapiens mercenary! If you people were dedicated to true power, you would be led by the woman sitting here who could burn you all to ash!
Harada: Disrespect us again, and it will be the last words you ever speak.
>Magneto implores Mariko to take over the Yoshida Clan.>The Mutants agree to join the raid on Lord Darkwind.>Magneto attacks The Hand 