"Wow!

In the wide back seat of the off-road vehicle, Johnny was drunk and panicked with the wine bottle, just like a drunk, laughing at Cyber Haha with an exaggerated expression, it can be seen that this guy must not have the habit of drinking, just a small half bottle of wine, which made him enter a drunken happy state. *With* Dream *Small* Say .lā

After poking off the disguise, this guy no longer has the feeling of being rejected thousands of miles away, he and Cyber smoke, drink, and answer Selena's questions about professional drivers from time to time, coupled with the wild music of Selena's truck radio station, the second half of this journey is almost full of joy.

But behind this joy is the painful past of Johnny Blazer's family.

His story is not complicated, when Johnny was a child, when he was 15 years old, 10 years ago, he and his father, who was also a death rider, performed father and son skills at a large circus near Austin, which was widely acclaimed locally, and his life as a child was not good, but it was definitely not embarrassing, until when he was 15 years old, God played a joke on his father.

Lung cancer, which was a terrible term 10 years ago, Johnny found out all this, he couldn't believe that the rude-talking, always devoted to acrobatics, healthy old man like a horse was about to leave him so easily, young Johnny was surrounded by an unspeakable fear, and that very night, a stranger visited him.

It's Mephistopheles, this guy has the temperament of a devil, he easily impressed Johnny, signed a strange contract with him, he promised Johnny that he would get a healthy father, the next day, Johnny did see that his father had fully recovered his incredible health at the age of 0, and he set out to plan his elopement with his first love girl, and it turned out that the moment Johnny left the circus... Something happened to Blaze Barton.

It was an acrobatic feat with almost no difficulty, riding a bicycle over the ring of fire that any junior rider could do, but Barton, who was hailed as the best rider, collapsed at this point, and when Johnny rushed to the hospital, he saw his father's cold, charred corpse.

He got what he was looking for, a healthy loved one, but after less than 0 minutes, he lost him again... Mephistopheles did what he promised, but in an unforgettable way, he took Johnny's only relative... And his love, in the icy wind and rain of Austin, Johnny left his hometown alone in the car left behind by his father, and he was alone.

From the age of 15, Johnny learned one thing, he wanted to protect those he wanted to protect, but in another way... That is far away from them, because his appearance will only bring bad luck and death.

"I've been looking forward to a second chance..."

Drunken Johnny hugged Cyber's shoulders like a dream, "Everyone deserves a second chance, I know I can't live in fear, but when I left my hometown at 15, I could see him every time I turned around... He told me that he would show up again, and that at that time, he would have to fulfill his promise, and he would take what he needed... My soul... I know that it all started because of me, and if I hadn't signed that contract, my father would..."

"He's going to die..."

Cyber twisted Johnny's face with one hand and looked him straight in the eye, "If you hadn't signed that contract, your father would have died, and he would have even been lying in agony on a hospital bed, desperately waiting for the last moment to come, and you would at least let him die for what he liked to do, it's a mercy, as for your fear... Pointless!"

"Johnny, all your fears, you've lived in fear for 10 years, trying all sorts of deadly tricks over and over again, what do you want to prove?"

"Do you want to prove that he has forgotten you? Do you want to escape this way?"

Cyber put his fingers on his fingers, and he leaned back in his chair,

"No wonder you broke your skull and spine and survived unharmed, his power is always around you, he wants to make sure that his "investment" is profitable, he wants to make sure that you can become the kind of person he wants... You don't realize the nature of the problem at all, and you're sure that everything you're doing now is coming from what you really want to do, or if it's just a means for him to show you strength..."

Cyber put his finger in front of Johnny's eyes, "It seems to me that you are almost crushed by him, you tell yourself that you can't live in fear, but every time you say such things, it means that you can't get out of fear at all, every time you mention it, it is an activation of fear, if you continue like this, you will be crushed by yourself without him coming to you." ”

"You don't smoke, you don't drink, you don't like everything young people like... Tell me, is this normal?"

A playful smile tugged at the corner of Cyber's mouth, "As far as I know, Mephistopheles himself doesn't like cigarettes and alcohol, and I think you're slowly becoming him... Do you see what I mean?"

It is impossible for a drunk person to think spiritually, but Johnny is not an ordinary person, he is the same as Cyber, there is a power from the Great Devil sleeping in his body, and he hears the words of Cyber word for word, and he feels more and more that what Cyber said makes sense,

Was it his own reluctance to touch all of that, or was there some other force influencing him?

Johnny sat there thinking for a few minutes, then grabbed the phone beside him,

"Hey, Mike, my brother, you've got a part tonight, right?"

It seemed to be noisy on the other side of the phone, and Mike, the vice-captain of Johnny's team, and one of his only friends, shouted into the phone, "***.!You're not usually interested in these things, what's the matter?

Johnny shrugged his shoulders as he asked aloud,

"Are there cigarettes and alcohol, are there beautiful women, are there all those things that all young people should be interested in?"

"Wow!

Mike happily said, "The best enjoyment, the best beauty, Houston Eastside, do you need me to find someone to pick you up?"

Johnny gave an address and hung up the phone, he let out a sigh of relief, looked at Cyber, he reached out and grabbed his hair,

"You're right, I think I should... Relax, the pressure that has been going on for ten years is really, almost breaking myself. ”

"It's a shame to fall before the danger really comes, the warrior should eat the best, drink the best, play the best, and then grab the weapon and bravely go to the battlefield, dying on the battlefield is the best destination for the brave... You're going to be a good fighter, Johnny, and I'm looking forward to seeing Mephistopheles again. ”

Cyber waved his hand at Selena,

"Put Johnny down at the next street, and we should go home. ”

"Goodbye, Cyber!"

Johnny stood outside the car and waved at Cyber and Selena, "The queen of heaven's show, welcome to come, I can arrange the best seats for you!"

Selena screamed in surprise, and then watched Johnny push the car away into the alley next to it, Cyber shook the glass up, and under the sunglasses, two pulsing flames flashed and flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Selena, help me contact Catherine, ask the little girl to send a few people, I want the kind of awesome guy who can find someone to fight... Don't let Catherine come over, she still has to study in Gotham!"

Cyber closed his eyes, he reached out and rubbed the bridge of his nose, looking tired, he said to Selena sitting next to him,

"If she's noisy, tell her that it's Daddy's request, that she has to finish high school and college to run a bar, and that Lewis and Robin keep an eye on her, and that we're going to have a bit of trouble this time with the power we have to face, so don't let that reckless little girl get involved. ”

Early the next morning, Saber and Yuriko were led by Selena to the ruins of the town called St. Vangonza, which was quite far away from the bar beyond the boundary, almost in the two extreme directions of a desert, and its name was hard not to be associated with the St. Vangonza Pact, and most importantly, Seb wanted to get some clues from it.

"You're saying it's a tourist attraction now?"

Yuriko looked at the Texas travel map in her hand with a blank expression, and turned her head to look at Selena who was driving, "But Lord Cyber said that it is dangerous there!

This salutation made Selena and Cyber feel sore at the same time, and the latter waved his hand,

"Yuriko, you can call me Cyber or Hawke, can you call me Lord or not? ”

"It's an honorific title!"

Yuriko stubbornly replied, "Whether it is strength or experience, you are qualified to bear this title, you know, in ancient Japan, there was a force like the Devil Gang, which could already rival some small daimyos, this title is absolutely appropriate!"

Looking at the serious look on her face, Cyber sighed, and stopped it anymore, Yuriko's father, that mad scientist used traditional education for his daughter, this kind of thing, it is difficult to reverse it.

Since you can't change it, then learn to enjoy it, frankly speaking, being called an "adult" by such a beautiful girl is actually a very cool and peculiar experience.

"It's a really tourist attraction, and the dilapidated houses and buildings there retain the western look of two centuries ago, and many people travel there. ”

Selena was driving while looking at Cyber in the rearview mirror, and every time Cyber's gaze turned, she would glare back fiercely, Yuriko didn't know about Cyber's "lewd" ability.

"Are there any legends about St. Van Gonza that have anything to do with the devil?"

Seber noticed Miss Thief's movements, so he closed his eyes, wore sunglasses, pulled down the brim of his hat, and faced Seber who was finally "honest", Selena snorted with satisfaction, and then began to talk about the news he got on his last trip,

"There are many myths and stories circulating in this place in the west, and it is not clear whether they are true or false, but if it is in the area of St. Van Gonza, the most famous and almost everyone knows two stories, one is the demon in the wheat field, it is said that every 0 years in the summer harvest season, the demon will hide in the wheat field, and those poor people who are chosen will be killed by him, until the blood shed is enough for three buckets, enough to paint a third of a wheat field, it will not stop and return to the demon world. ”

Selena told the story in a contrived horror tone, and after saying that, she looked at Yuriko and Saibo's expressions, the former was in high spirits, the latter unresponsive, which made Selena feel strangely frustrated, and she continued with the second story.

"The legend of the Wheat Field Demon is mainly popular on the edge of the desert, and another legend is about the Evil Ghost Rider, saying that it is a knight, in fact, it is more like a bounty hunter, this is amazing, the places I have traveled in recent years, as long as it is close to the western region, almost all have this legend, and it is different from place to place, the hero of the Evil Ghost Rider in St. Van Gonza is a Texas Ranger named Carter Slay, well, it was an old bone 20 years ago. ”

"Oh?"

Seber was interested, and he knocked on Selena's seat with the large cane in his hand,

"And the protagonist of the story that is so clearly recorded, come, talk about this Carter Shray. ”

Selena glared at him, then sniffled and whispered,

"I also heard this story from the tour guide, it is said that Carter Shray is one of the most famous Mounted Police in the history of Texas, they were active in the last days of the Western era, he was a very honest and brave man, in the area he patrolled, those horse thieves and criminals all fled, it is said that Carter's bullet can accurately blow off a guy's head from 500 meters away, at that time there was no criminal gang in the West who was not afraid of him, but this guy has a problem, that is, he is too greedy. ”

Selena twisted the steering wheel and drove into a desert road, where she continued to tell the story of Ghost Rider,

Carter's greed for money and power got him into trouble, it seems that when he was 5 years old, he was sent to prison for embezzlement, and while waiting for death, Carter met a mysterious fellow, he signed a contract with him, the greedy Carter's crimes were forgotten by everyone, and he became the brave and upright mounted policeman, hunting down criminals during the day, and at night, he would turn into a burning knight, chasing down those demons and monsters who sneaked into the world. ”

"But Carter's old mistake was repeated, and during a hunt, he took something that should have belonged to the devil, and it got into even more trouble, and he was killed by the devil, but what he took was gone, and it is said that the devil... Been looking for it!"

Speaking of this, Selena's voice trembled a little, when she heard this story before, Miss Thief only thought it was nonsense, but after really seeing Mephistopheles, Selena suddenly realized... This story, most likely...

"Really!"

Cyber looked at the village outside the window, his eyes moved slightly,

"This story is true, and it was taken by Carter Schrae that St. Vangonza's Contract! Selena, Yuriko... You can ask around for any news about Carter Shray... We finally have a clear goal. ”