[Zhongyingmei] The Spirit Master is backstabbing again

Faced with the tacit comments made by the Watson couple.

Ajie: "..."

Oh, is this what Londoners look like in a gentleman? !The descriptions in movies and literary works are indeed false!

Sherlock only allocated less than a third of his attention to listening to the conversation between the three of Watson.

Compared with the devil described in Ajie's mouth, Sherlock wants to study the cause of the mission failure of Mary's team. ——After all, Sherlock Holmes doesn't believe in the existence of the devil at all.

'Amu'.

——This is the code used by the special agent team where Mary and Ajie belonged to in the last mission.In secret operations, this kind of code is very common, and it is used to confirm the authenticity of the identity in the case of 'temporarily issuing orders to adjust the plan'.

It was precisely because Mary and the others had received an emergency notice before the mission, and the other party had given this code as identity verification and asked to revise the mission plan, that the entire team fell into the enemy's siege unpreparedly, and almost all of them were wiped out. .

——And during the years when Ajie was captured by the enemy and thrown into prison to be tortured, he often heard the enemy shout this word in a mocking tone while being tortured.

This was the key word of that mission and the heart of that failure.

In Latin, 'Amu' means love.

And what a coincidence, given that Sherlock had just been taken to MI[-] to participate in a secret meeting not long ago (because of the murder).So of course he still remembered that [Love] was the code name of Ms. Smallwood, the cabinet minister and colleague of Mycroft.

And she was the liaison between Mary's secret service team and the government.

In the world of detectives, there are no coincidences.Any coincidence is the inevitable result of a series of reasons.

So after Shylock deduced all this, he has already contacted Mycroft, who is also a high-level cabinet official, and even his status can almost represent the British Empire——and Shylock's brother.

Cooperate with Ms. Smallwood.

It wasn't until Ajie's narration finally stopped that Sherlock glanced at the direction of the three and said, "You don't have any need to worry."

Hearing Sherlock's words, both Mary and John looked at him in surprise.

——After all, Sherlock Holmes rarely expresses relief in a straightforward tone, and now he can so actively comfort Ajie?

Could it be that this is the power of friendship?Can make Mr. Detective also...

Watson's emotion probably lasted less than a second.

Because Sherlock spoke immediately and continued.

"It doesn't exist in this world—" Sherlock looked up and glanced at Ajie, "What do you call that creature? Demon? Devil? Or ghost? In short, no matter how many fairytale code names you use, the kind of creature that lives in your imagination Living things don't exist."

Watson: "..." Sorry, I thought too much.

Ajie couldn't accept Sherlock's statement at all, and he immediately retorted: "Then how do you explain Superman, Aquaman, and Wonder Woman? They all have superpowers!"

He also gave a more powerful example, "There are also Thor and Loki! They are all characters in myths and legends! Since the existence of gods has been confirmed, why can't we infer that there are demons and demons in this world?" devil?!"

That sounds like a really hard argument to refute.

But Sherlock looked at Ajie with an "unbelievable" look, "No, on the contrary. The appearance of Raytheon and others is an excellent symbol of technological progress, and it also explains the truth: in the past, human beings were unable to do so because of insufficient information. Developed and backward in technology, they misunderstand the group represented by Raytheon and others as "gods". From the analysis of the known information, they are actually just aliens from other planets. "Gods" It is a name that was born after being romanticized and imagined by human beings."

Quickly complete the transformation from [mythical characters appearing in fables] to [human exploration of aliens] - what a scientific exploration process.

how interesting.

Ajie: "..."

what the mother fuck?Are you right? !He really couldn't find any arguments to refute?

"Oh," John patted Mary, his tone sympathetic, "he's completely convinced."

This picture is really familiar.

"And there are two explanations for what you complained just now. One, you have severe hallucinations due to excessive emotional ups and downs; two, there are other aliens living in your foothold." Sherlock comforted , "If you want to relax as soon as possible and not be so scared, you can imagine them as alien images that often appear in movies."

"It probably makes you more accepting of their presence."

Through the [Physical Persuasion] therapy that Selinya and others had done before, Ajie's mood has rapidly improved and stabilized. He immediately listened to Sherlock's advice and tried to put all the strange events he encountered recently into a ' ET' or 'Avatar' image——

...ok, that's a good offer, and totally useless!The picture was still the same—and even more terrifying.

Think about it, behind a very weird doll with heavy makeup, there is an ET and Avatar hidden...

...Even the former CIA agent couldn't resist this kind of strong mental pollution.

Sherlock looked at Ajie's expression, and suddenly stood up, "Let's go, go to your foothold, and then delve into what you said—the devils."

Although the outside world has been rumored that Sherlock's EQ is worrying, in fact, as long as he wants to, he can use his high IQ to simulate EQ, and quickly change into a personality that "anyone will love."

If he doesn't do that, it can only mean two things:

Your emotions are not important to the case.

He did it on purpose.

This time Sherlock didn't even take John with him, but handed him to Mary.During family time, they should have had a heart-to-heart talk.

Looking at the backs of Sherlock and Ajie, Watson said hesitantly, "...I feel a little disappointed?"

"Congratulations, you have been the first to experience it ten years in advance—" Mary patted Watson on the shoulder, "watching the child grow up and leave home."

Watson: "..." No, I firmly do not agree that little Rosie will develop such a personality in the future.

The moment the door was closed, Sherlock repeated to Ajie again, "There are no demons, ghosts, and more creatures that once existed in your mind in this world."

And Selinya, who just started the [Haunted House Mission], is staring at the system panel in disbelief, "Haunted house? So there is such a place in this world?"

It sounds a lot like a Colosseum filled with all kinds of magical creatures, but even in the most glorious stage of the Colosseum, there is no way to collect too many devil-like creatures-because most magicians cannot be imprisoned for a long time live them.

Haunted house!Wouldn't it be possible for many ghosts to live in it!That was a race she rarely saw!

Selina, who has a serious research habit, immediately threw away the ice cream in her mind and eagerly studied the details of this new mission.

"Is it going to wait so long?" Peter looked at Selina and the others disappointed after asking the restaurant staff, "It will take about an hour before there is a vacant seat."

Peter found this restaurant on ins. The search results are at the top and the most popular. It looks like it will be a good restaurant.

——However, as we all know, this kind of online celebrity shop not only looks good in photos, but also has long queues.

Peter panicked and picked up the phone again, annoyed by his mistake, "umm, maybe we can change to another restaurant...?"

sky!Mr. Stark entrusted him with such an important assistant task, but his overturned car came too fast!

Clark saved Peter in time, and he smiled and said, "Maybe I can make some suggestions?"

"I know a few restaurants that taste good, and they don't require a line."

At such a close distance, Selina suddenly noticed that Mr. Kent's eyes were clean and pure blue.

If you don't look at this kind of blue that seems to be illuminated by the sun with your own eyes, it is hard to imagine a person who is always running on the front line of news to face the cruel reality (while also secretly running on the front line of danger to face death) , will have such eyes.

Sensing Selinya's gaze, Clark looked over with a gentle expression.

"...Sorry, I was distracted just now." Selinya, who thought she was impolite, quickly shifted her gaze.

Very cute reaction.It's like touching a kitten's pads and watching the kitten's paws bloom before your eyes.

Superman shook his head and continued to confirm the location of the restaurant for Peter.

The group soon arrived near the restaurant—and that was also near the [Haunted House Location] in Serenia's mission.

Because of their super hearing and the system's beep, Clark and Selinya spoke at the same time, looking at a house that made a short scream.

Celinya confirmed the map, "Ah."

Haunted house, that's where it is.

Although Ajie acted impulsively, he was a CIA agent after all, and he followed Holmes and Watson all the way to find Mary without even alarming Holmes and Watson. ——His actual combat ability is certainly not simple.

...But actual combat ability does not mean that you are not afraid of ghosts.

Ajie frowned and opened the lock, "It's a very strange doll. I put it in this room when I first moved in. I threw her into the garbage station when I was cleaning. As a result, I just got up the next day, Seeing her return to my bedside."

Ajie has no research on dolls, but when he opened his eyes and saw the strangely shaped doll lying beside him, he really couldn't help asking, "What are the current doll designers thinking?! How the hell would a child like this toy!?"

"And then some... weird things kept happening to me."

The specific plot is like there are too many Erhas in the room who can only tear down the house.Either the books on the table were suddenly overturned to the ground, or the empty sofa creaked.

...pretty much the same kind of treatment that Garden Babies and Teletubbies get: pestering people to play with and wandering around.

The door opened, and sure enough, just as Ajie said, the doll with a strange shape was sitting on the sofa.He looked at the two of them with an exaggerated smile that opened the corners of his mouth.

This is a well-dressed doll.Two fishbone braids are thinly braided, the eyes are big and round, very cute, as if the eyeballs will fall out of the eye sockets at any time and fall into your screaming mouth.

She had an exceptionally warm smile, her mouth parted as if to clap the back of her head, her cheekbones were high, her cheeks were rosy, and she seemed to have just brushed against the fresh blood that was flowing in the shroud.

"..." No matter how many times he saw this doll, Ajie wanted to ask, "Is there any fucking child who would like this kind of doll?"

If you don’t understand, just ask, is this the new fashion?Is this how the Watsons raise their children?

God, he doesn't even want to get married and have children.

Out of his usual vigilance, Ajie prepared to close the door the moment he entered.

But the door seemed to be stuck, and some strong resistance was firmly hindering his movements.

Ajie turned his head immediately, and a strange face crashed into his retina without warning.

It was not a human face.

It wasn't even a face that belonged to any living creature.

The skin was pale and wrinkled.

It was a woman in a black nun's attire. ... No, she is definitely not a 'human'.Any human being, not even the tortured ones that Ajie had seen in prison, would not be so terrifying.

Her mouth was wide open, revealing teeth that seemed to be dripping blood; she was so close that Ajie could see her strangely colored pupils clearly, and so close that the hot air sprayed from her mouth could enter Ajie's airway inside.The scorching breath continued to slide down and down his nasal cavity and throat... until his entire lungs were completely ignited.

Ajie felt his heartbeat stop for a moment, the blood all over his body was rustling, his hands and feet were numb uncontrollably to the soles of his fingers, and the nerves in his temples were beating wildly.

His first reaction was that he had been infected with some kind of neurotoxin.

However, after hearing the scream that erupted instinctively from his throat, Ajie realized that it was not poison, but the fear current from the cells themselves.

In a state of extreme fear, the human instinctive reaction.

Ajie clenched the gun reflexively, kicked towards the door, and at the same time shouted to Sherlock: "Do you still fucking think this is an alien!?"

How can there be such an alien? !No planet with normal aesthetics would choose this evolutionary method!Even if they choose to evolve into a purple sweet potato, he can express his understanding!But this, absolutely not!

Sherlock: "..."

Selinya and others came with screams.

And in the first moment, he faced the ghost nun and Annabelle.

Selinya's eyes widened suddenly, with a surprised expression, "!"

Although this was the first reaction of most people, Selina was the only one who felt happy.

There are two demons in the haunted house!And they were all varieties that she had never seen before!

The system illustrated book automatically lights up, the doll floating in the air is named [Annabelle], and the nun in black has two names, [Ghost Nun] and [Valak].

This will be the longest battle that Selinia has experienced since she came to this world; this will be a battle that Selinia is destined to remember——

Kitty Gummy held back her excited cheers, and quickly opened the memo panel.

Great!

"It's reasonable, do foreign devils need to go through customs when they come to New York?" Peter's words became more and more when he became more nervous, "If necessary, do they still need a visa?"

Bucky & Clark & ​​Ajie: "..." You are so serious, are these teenagers in New York City?Being able to maintain the desire to complain under such circumstances is really a promising future.

Sherlock: "Did Thor submit an application before he came to Earth?" This doesn't look like a question at all, but it sounds like a summary.

"I guess it's not necessary." Only Selinya answered him seriously.

After all, Selinya has examples to prove it.When she got the [Card - Cat Demon], she never heard any relevant information from the system.

The scene was chaotic, and Ajie didn't even have time to ask how this group of people came out, so he subconsciously wanted to fish them out of the door with him.

Sherlock's gaze quickly flicked across Selinya and the others, "."

ha.It's so lively.

Of course, the ghost nun and Annabelle would not allow so many sacrifices to escape.

Each time the demon possesses, the power will become stronger, but the host they possess will die - and it is time for them to accept the sacrifice again.

Everything is just right and satisfying.

The ghost nun and Annabelle cooperated tacitly and chose the same target at the same time.

Selinya, who seemed the most petite and easy to intimidate, and Clark, the good old man who seemed the most easily seduced.

Some kind of strange faint white mist rose, and the hallucination from hell isolated their target from everyone, and brought them all the way to a closed room in the house.

system:"……"

You are good at choosing.Which one is not good to choose? I have to choose these two.

You can't say you've thrown yourself into an Internet cafe, but—do you fucking know that you two send out all the people who can save you? !

As if seeping water, blood quickly emerged and flowed on the floor, forming a strange inverted pentagram formation.Sacrifice.

Clark picked up Selinya and stuffed it into the defensive zone formed by his arms, "Don't look at them." He tried to smash the door or the wall with super strength, but it was not solid, but like fog.

...Fortunately, they don't look like mind-controlled demons.

Under the influence of demons, they forged the images of countless people around Selinya and Clark—all of them were constructed based on a certain image deep in the target's heart, which may be what they fear or hate , guilt, and even miss.

Clark saw his fathers—the two fathers—and Doomsday for a split second.

But the reason why Superman becomes Superman is because he has a strong heart.firm heart.

Unaffected by them, Clark used his super vision to capture the two demons that appeared and disappeared.Even if it is only a thousandth of a second, it is enough for Superman.

Under the tense state of preparation for the battle, Clark still remembered to change his posture, trying to block Selinya's eyes.

...Although I don't know what she will see, but since he is there; there are some things that really don't need to be experienced by her.

The moment before her vision was blocked, Selina saw——

...the noble who raised her.

The man who once said 'I raised you as my own daughter'.

The man who threw her into the Colosseum countless times, just to 'when death is approaching, you can better awaken your abilities'.

The man who slaughtered all her relatives.

The fastest way to subdue magical creatures has never been probation and approach, but - slaughter.

Slaughter until the other party is unable to resist, slaughter until... those magical creatures can only, must rely on them to survive.

To [persuade] a race to surrender requires lengthy negotiations, an exchange of benefits, or 'influence of love'.

But [conquer] a race to surrender, that would be too simple.

It wasn't the first time he, the nobleman, had treated magical creatures like that.This is how the werewolves and many other races submit to him.

But the family of spiritual masters was the only time he failed.

This race that scattered with the wind after death did not leave him any chance to "conquer". They died in battle, fought to the death, and committed suicide after defeat. They all disappeared in this world like smoke.

Only Selinya, who was just born at that time, survived.

Because her mother, her family, couldn't kill the youngest, youngest child in the family.

"She was supposed to be a little guy in our race, who was pampered and raised by us."

——Selinya forcibly withdrew her thoughts.

These memories are part of the price she exchanged when she concluded the contract with the system.

【Activation card】

Clark immediately felt the girl he stuffed into his arms, and his breath changed suddenly.

From the quietness at the beginning, to the darkness that seems to be too sticky to flow.

"..." Selinya opened her eyes and turned around, "Shhh, if you run too fast, I won't be able to see you."

Word spiritual master, a word becomes a spirit.

It was as if there were countless invisible chains climbing up the rock from hell, tightly bound the ghost nun and Annabelle, hooked their bones and nerves, and nailed them to the floor so that they could not move.

The ghost nun opened her mouth wide and let out an unidentifiable terrifying roar.

If you can translate it, the demon inside her is saying: "Stupid human beings, how dare you try to resist!"

The demon living in the ghost nun's body is the Valak in the system illustration book. ——This demon god ranked 72nd among King Solomon's 62 pillars of demon gods, holding 38 demon legions in his hand, and commanding ranks.

Evil exists forever, so these demons cannot really be completely wiped out, at most they are only [temporarily] sealed by layers of shackles and holy power.

They have been in the human world for so long, and they have broken the mentality of countless people. Even the very famous exorcists Warren and his wife fought fiercely with them.

Valak laughed in his heart, moved his hands and feet to look at Selinya, and the sound of "creaking—" in his throat seemed to be being twisted around the neck.But in reality he was yelling impatiently.

[Card Hades] After loading successfully, Selinya jumped out of Clark's arms and looked up at the two with a smile, "Don't worry, we still have a long time."

"What should I say first?" Selinya stared at the memo panel and thought, "Well, to be simple, let's start with your self-introduction!"

'A mere human—'

The fluctuations in both the ghost nun and Annabelle suddenly stopped.

'Is something wrong? ! '

At the same time, they felt some kind of powerful coercion, which was a terrifying force that overwhelming the sky.

——It does not represent darkness, nor does it symbolize darkness, it is darkness itself.The darkness that can devour all and digest all life.This power doesn't even make you feel 'in the dark', it makes you feel like 'you've become a part of the dark'

Valak's brain went blank for a moment, and his pupils shrank to a tiny point. He finally realized where he had experienced this familiar power.

—That comes from Hades, lord of the underworld, Hades.

Valak: "..."

Annabelle: "..."

Grass.

What the hell is going on? !Did the underworld send someone to catch them?

Is it useful? !They just come to the human world to play casually, right? !There is no need to send a boss of this level, right? !That's the breath of Hades! ?It's fucking unnecessary!

The ghost nun frantically danced her limbs and looked at Selinya who was approaching in horror.

We are not a system!I'm not in your control!Don't come here!big boss!Someone is poaching!

The moment Selinya walked in front of him, Valak suddenly remembered a lot.Countless pasts that belonged to the host itself were tumbling rapidly in his mind.

The host he lived in was a nun.He also tortured many nuns.

and so--

All nuns should know how to recite the Bible, right? !

This should be something engraved in the nun's muscle memory!He should also be able to 'inherit' this memory, right?

Does the Bible work against Hades?Can?

Valak took a deep breath and opened his mouth: "..." How come the "Bible" is memorized.

Help!Why did he take off all the crosses on the nuns? !Is Pluto afraid of the cross?Even if it doesn't, it's a psychological comfort!

——When Peter was sensing spiders, Sherlock was reasoning rationally, Bucky was cracking physics, and Ajie was relying on the gun in his hand, when they joined Selina under the cooperation of two people, a group of people who were so nervous that they saw :

…Selinya was sitting on the floor, earnestly interviewing the ghost nun and Annabelle in front of her.

"Ah, what about your abilities?"

Ghost Nun: "Crackling——"

"Oh," Selinya was able to understand the language of the devil under the effect of the card. She nodded and looked at Annabelle again. "What about you?"

Everyone who finally arrived: "...?"

Clark silently took the cushion off the chair and placed it beside Selinya, letting the girl transfer to it and continue to sit on it.

Peter: "..."

I can't imagine how I will explain all my experiences today to Mr. Stark later.

Bucky: "..."

Modern society is really rich and colorful, unimaginable.

Sherlock: "..."

ha. Miss Cat.

As for Ajie, Ajie just fucking wants to pass out.

Until everything was over, Peter was still in a daze and couldn't recover. He touched his phone and saw the message, and then remembered to say to Selina: "Mr. Stark sent a message saying that there will be a party that should be fun in two days. , would you be interested in asking for it?"

"reunion?"

"It's a SI gathering, and I'm not very clear about the specific links—" Peter looked at the message sent by Tony and replied, "But Mr. Stark said that if you are interested, you can go to it."

"It seems that there will be many powerful people present, such as Mr. Wayne of Gotham City and his son..." Peter thought for a while, "Of course the point is that this kind of banquet will invite a large number of top chefs."

Peter immediately grasped the link of 'should be the most attractive to Selina' and emphasized again, "So the food in the banquet will be delicious."

"I," Selinya's voice paused for a long time, "I will think about it as soon as possible."

"Of course!" Peter immediately added, "You have to decide everything yourself!"

==

However, when the banquet started, Selinya did not hesitate too long because of the invitation. On the contrary, the atmosphere in the library base of Finch and Reese was weird.

The door of the old library opened, Riise looked at Finch who walked in.

"Who is this time?"

"..." Finch didn't speak, but silently passed the name of the character corresponding to the social number to Riise.

After seeing the name known throughout America—and even the world—Riser: "...where is he now?"

"Two hours ago, he was at a party with flash lights on. Now Twitter is full of pictures of him with another richest man."

Finch handed over the location to Riise, "He's still here."

The machine spits out a new number, which means that there is another victim whose life is being threatened in this world, or an perpetrator who is trying to plunder the life of others.

...No matter which option is selected, it means that this person is facing death.

——And this time the number comes from the richest man in New York, Tony Stark.

Face, death.

On the website opened by Finch, "Daily Planet" released a photo an hour ago, and Tony Stark was standing with Bruce Wayne on the screen.