Chapter 237

"Who is this?"

Johnny also wears big sunglasses, he stands behind Cyber, looking at the tombstone, "Carter Slade, the name is familiar ..."

"He is your senior, Johnny, the previous generation Ghost Rider. In this desert, his story almost turns into a legend."

Cyber ​​stood up and knocked on the tombstone behind him, "It is said that he is dead, but I don't think he has any. A person who dares to make a deal with the devil and steal something from the devil is not so easy to die. This thing It’s just to hide, the old fogey must be hiding somewhere else."

After saying that, he turned and took a look. In the shade of a tree not far behind him and Johnny, there was a man in dirty clothes. The appearance, the old man with the torn cowboy hat of the last century and the iron shovel often used by grave guards, looked at them with a playful look.

Cyber ​​raised his hand and waved at him,

"Hey, Carter Slade, am I right?"

"Damn it!"

old fogey fiercely, who seems to be able to see God at any time, slobbered, moved towards Cyber ​​rudely and gestured with a middle finger,

"What are you still doing there? A rookie who will not even have a hidden breath, do you know that in the eyes of those hunters, spicy chickens like you represent a lot of soul gold coins, you have not been hacked to death, you have to say, fools Good luck for him."

He rolled the eyes, turned his shovel and pushed open the door of the Tomb Keeper’s hut, waved his head at Cyber ​​and Johnny, and they walked up knowingly. Before, I walked into this small house under the leadership of the old man.

Although the old man who has lived for more than 200 years looks sloppy, his house is unexpectedly tidy, and even has a warm and sacred feeling, because it is in the innermost part of the house. , Erected an angel image exactly like Divine Idol in St. Michael’s Church. I don’t know if it’s an illusion. Cyber ​​always feels that Ophanim looks a little weird.

It seems...it seems that there are eyes looking at the world through the eyes of the angel.

"Tea or coffee?"

The fierce old man glanced at two people, raised two jars and asked, Johnny subconsciously asked,

"Is there any beer?"

The old man glared at him and said teasingly, "Alcohol is not allowed in Holy Land, but I'll give you a glass of juice, Mommy."

Johnny was shocked, shrugged, "Just do it, you hell old fogey."

Cyber's is obviously another focus. He rubbed his chin and asked,

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"Holy Land? What kind of Holy Land is this?"

The old man's movements were interrupted by this question. He followed Cyber's eyes and saw the well-managed angel Like, he tilted his head.

"The old site of St. Michael’s Church, 220 years ago, the first place where the Archangel came to the world... One of the Holy Lands in this country, you also find Right? You hell little slippery head, hey, don't look at the incarnation of the holy angel with that impolite look, you know, she can see you!"

"en?!!! "

Cyber ​​suddenly returned to God, he frowned. "What do you mean?"

"What else do you mean?"

old fogey Came over with two cups of steaming tea, put them in front of the two people, raised their legs, reached out to take the cigar that Cyber ​​handed over, put it under the nose and sniffed, the wrinkled face showed satisfaction With his expression, he comfortably lit his cigar on the oil lamp next to him and swallowed the smoke.

"You have already seen the devil, and maybe you signed the contract. You have entered this world. In the reality below, kid, if there is a devil, is there no angel? Can a devil enter this world, but an angel can’t?"

The sand content of this sentence is a bit big, Cyber ​​and Johnny are both caught After thinking about it, the old man flicked the soot on one side and changed to a more comfortable posture comfortably.

"But don’t worry, this world is under the supervision of a powerful existence, whether it’s an angel Or the devil, they are all guests... the guests have to follow the host’s arrangements. There will indeed be some madmen who believe in power, but that is a small probability event. Believe me, you may not meet it once in your life."

"Hehe, you are living very safe, provided that you have been so peaceful."

The old man rudely picked up the water in front of him, drank it, and let the clear water stand On his messy beard , He looked at Johnny, a sneer appeared at the corners of his mouth, then he looked at Cyber, but there was a doubt in his eyes,

"Wait, you...the power in you doesn’t seem to be Complete, you didn't sign the contract? "

Cyber ​​shrugged, took out the contract Mephisto gave him from his arms. The thing was wrapped in black goatskin with golden rims and looked gorgeous. He threw the two-finger-thick thing on On the table,

"Yes, I didn't sign it! "

"Damn it! "

The old man exploded, he straightened his body and pointed at Cyber's eyes, "Let me see your eyes!" "

Cyber ​​took off his sunglasses and opened his eyes wide,

"Is that so? "

"Asshole! The real one! "

The old man looked a little grumpy, Cyber ​​snapped his fingers, and crimson's flames and dark red eyes emerged in this brief moment, but at the moment when this power appeared, the ambassador that day A soft power exuded from the surroundings, manifested in a kind of warm rays of light, but extremely overbearing, forcibly pressing Cyber's completely released pupils back into the eyes.

But he did not hurt him. ...

"Evil Power is not allowed in this Holy Land... But you really surprised me! "

old fogey put the cigar on his mouth, fiercely took a sip, he looked at Cyber's with his eyes as if he saw some kind of rare treasure,

"Unbelievable, no With the help of Mephisto's will, a part of the vengeful spirit can be suppressed, and it can also be used for your limited use. How did you do it? "

"Uh..."

Cyber ​​thought for a while, "I exercise for 4 hours a day. Does it count to read more and do good things?" "

"get lost! You rude fellow! "

The old man was fiercely cursed, he turned his gaze on Johnny again. Under this look, the old man showed a strange expression again,

"You too A freak... he took your soul, but failed to take away your heart and will. Sovereign yours is not the fire of hell. I even felt the revenge of the spirit of revenge on your body.. .Wow, today seems to be my lucky day. "

After finishing speaking, the old man blew a whistle happily, but what he said made Cyber ​​and Johnny a little clouded. Johnny asked,

"Wait wait! What is the fire of hell? What is the spirit of vengeance? Why did Cyber ​​not sign the contract make you so excited? Damn it, can you tell us all at once? By the way, are you Carter Slade? "

"Of course I am, child. "

The old man picked up the bible next to him, flipped through it, and said softly, "I’m Carter Slade, no doubt, I also know that you have a lot of questions to ask, but don’t worry. I will tell you little by little. "

"First of all, I want to say, don't listen to Mephisto's lies! The power in the body of the three of us, simply did not come from him, he was just a disgusting liar, a pretender, and a reptile-like mess! The contract you signed has nothing to do with your awakening ability! I'm talking about you, Johnny Blaze! "

Carter's eyes became mysterious and deep, he pointed to Johnny,

"Even if you don’t sign the contract, you can also call for revenge when the time is right. The spirit leaned over, because you have innate talent and you are the chosen one. Mephisto asked you to sign a contract just to control your soul in advance and let you use it for him, just like he deceived me back then, that hell. asshole! "

"By whom? "

Johnny asked subconsciously, Cyber ​​also pricked his ears, the old man looked at them, and pointed to the angel statue standing there.

"By the angel? "

Johnny asked stupidly, but the old man used the Bible to confuse his face directly,

"Damn it! It's God! "

"It is said that the first batch of vengeful spirits was the sword of punishment in heaven. In the distant past, when human civilization was still in its infancy, God sent the spirits of vengeance to come as fire and rain. On the world, that was the second method he used to monitor the world after the great flood...Oh, don’t look at me like that, I actually don’t believe him, I would say that God is a bitch! "

These words made Cyber ​​almost squirt out the tea in his mouth. He should have thought of it. The old man in front of him could tell from the tone of his speech that he didn't believe in anything at all.

"The angel image was also an accidental spoils of war when I was a Texas Mounted Police. It is said that it was Saint Grade which was taken back from Holy Land Jerusalem during the Crusades, and I don’t know how. Landed in this place, but... I did see the scene where she came to this world using this stone statue as a coordinate. "

The old man raised his brows proudly at Cyber ​​and Johnny.

"I am the first person in this world to talk and laugh with an angel in nearly 200 years. "

"Then the question is...Why is God's vengeful spirit controlled by Mephisto?" "

Johnny asked again, about this question, the old man frowned,

"I don’t know, I don’t know the specifics, it’s said that it’s because of the spirit of vengeance. I forgot my duty and changed from maintaining balance to punishing all evils, do you know? It is not a good thing to do one thing too absolute. In the spiritual eyes of fallen vengeance, even a small amount of sin will be punished by death. "

He pursed his mouth, "This is terrifying... You can think that the spirit of vengeance is crazy, so being bent over by him is actually not a good thing, anyway, when I became Ghost Rider's, my mind There is always chaos here, and it will always subconsciously look for guilty people to give them trial. "

"That power is difficult to control, but it should be, after all, how can a mortal spirit fight against the spirit of vengeance..."

Carter Slade sighed with sorrow. In one sentence, he shrugged and continued,

"But I’m sure, God... well, maybe it’s Zeus or Odin or something, they passed away... they left this world, it’s said that Those who were expelled by the powerful man who monitored the world, uh, there is a saying that the Supreme mage destroyed Olympus, and the other Spiritual Gods were afraid. They voluntarily left this world. In short ...It's good to have faith, but those believers don't know that their Spiritual God has already impossible to respond to them. "

A fascinating rays of light flashed in the eyes of the old man,

"No matter who it is...There may be remaining gods in this world, but they have already It’s not the Sovereign of this world, and we are no longer lambs. This is a good thing, isn’t it? "

"Okay, let's talk about me. What is going on with my eyes?" "

Cyber ​​asked, the old man stretched out two fingers and shook them in front of them.

"The complete Ghost Rider is made up of the spirit of vengeance, the fire of hell and Composed of the host, Johnny kid is a complete Knight, his soul is controlled by Mephisto, and his body is still living with a tainted and fallen spirit of vengeance, and he can also mobilize the power of hell fire, which is the kind of crimson flame. The temperature is extremely high! His eyes are the eyes of penance, every Ghost Rider's most terrifying weapon. "

"But you are not. You don’t have a mad vengeful spirit in your body. Mephisto must be a cunning guy. Even if the vengeful spirit is mad, he can’t control them. , So he used a roundabout method, first lie to you to sign the contract, then control your soul, and finally give you the power of the spirit of vengeance. By controlling your soul, he can control the spirit of vengeance for his use. . "

Carter Slade talked eloquently, he pointed to Cyber's eyes,

"When you didn’t sign the contract, he wouldn’t give you a complete spirit of revenge. In my experience, your eyes are only a small part of the power of the spirit of vengeance. Although I don’t know how you control it, it seems that it can be used for you now. It is estimated that Old Dog can no longer do it. Take it back. This is a good thing. By the way, you have to be careful about the contract. The treacherous old man casts magic on the top of the contract. As long as the finger touches it, the wound will be cut and the blood will drip on the contract, which is the contract. Established..."

The old man patted the table angrily, "I was cheated like this back then! "

Johnny touched his nose unnaturally, "Uh, I was deceived like this too." "

"Then this contract? "

Cyber ​​picked up the scroll, and the old man waved his hand in disgust. "You can use it as a wiping paper. The thing is not only useful for dedicating your soul to the devil." No, but you have to pay attention. You don’t have the full support of the spirit of vengeance in your body. The ability of the eyes to ignite the soul of the sin Evil Spirit should be used sparingly. If your will is not firm enough, you may be affected by that pressure. Become a lunatic who can only drink porridge for the rest of his life. "

"Huh... don't worry, I won't be so stupid as to let it control me with this unknown power. I'm not that weak yet. "

Cyber ​​heaved a sigh of relief. After confirming that these eyes are harmless, the heart he mentioned was relieved. He looked at Carter Slade,

"Then tell me about you. , The story of your contract with San Venganza. "