9. The fresh blood of the Devil's Gang
Carter Shray, male, 25 years old, professional Texas Rangers, part-time Ghost Rider. ~with~dream~small~say~ั~suimะตng~lฤ
It sounds like a real ruthless character, but to be honest, 200 years is too long for a human being, and many details have been lost in time, and Yuriko and Selena have been asking for a day, and they have only found clues about the final fate of Carter Shray, and there is a different version.
Seber walked around the ruins of St. Vangonza several times with his large cane, and indeed as Selena said, this town is very strange, in the eyes of mortals, it is nothing more than a weathered ruin, less than a third of the complete buildings remain, slowly fading in history, as for the strange winds and vague murmurs that often sound in this town, it is said that some experts have come to investigate them and come to the conclusion that they are caused by special landforms.
But in Cyber's eyes, there are no secrets in the town in front of him... The whole town was shrouded in a layer of gray-black energy, and in those ruins, in those hole-filled and gloomy stone rooms, there were one weird, distorted, no consciousness but crazy black shadows hidden... This is probably the soul, no, it would be more appropriate to call it necromancy.
This ruin has another name... Hell on Earth, it is said that it was given to it by some tourists, and it is really appropriate in the eyes of Cyber, ordinary people will probably be really scared to pee when they see this scene, but they are bound to the confines of this village, and they can't escape, as if there is an invisible boundary blocking them.
It was the first time Cyber had really seen another world with his eyes, and the shock to him was overwhelming, but frankly, he wasn't afraid of these disembodied guys, he could feel their emotions, they were afraid of him!
To be precise, they are afraid of those eyes...
"Uh... It's a windfall. โ
Cyber rubbed his forehead and turned away from the ruins, in which he had found nothing useful, nor could he expect anything from the memories of the necromancers, who had been left with the most primitive killing instincts for a long time, and all sanity and memory were gone.
"Let's talk about it"
Sitting in the back of the car, looking at Selena and Yuriko with tired faces, he asked, "What did you find?"
"An old man who asked me for $500, who claimed to be a descendant of Carter Shray's colleagues, told me that Carter Shray had finally gone to the local St. Michael's Church to confess, and that his body had been destroyed by the power of the devil by holy water, but that his soul had been reborn and returned to the arms of the Lord, and that the old man said that he had been hidden by Carter Shray in a place known only to him, in a corner of the desert. โ
Selena said disdainfully, "I gave him 100, and his news is only worth the price." โ
Cyber nodded, and then turned his gaze back to Yuriko, who said to him,
"When I inquired about the news, a group of motorcyclists tried to rob me, and then I "talked" with them, and got an unexpected news, according to them, a local village had migrated more than 0 years ago, and a cemetery was built on the original village location, which was presided over by St. Michael's Church, and they said that Carter Shray was not actually dead, he had been hiding in the church as a priest..."
Yuriko spoke, and a look of disgust appeared on her face,
"But I think the last news may be a fantasy of those guys after taking drugs, and I believe Selena found it, Carter Shray is dead, but I have one more news about the contract. โ
Yuriko lowered her voice and said with a mysterious expression, "It is said that Carter Slay gave the contract to one of his close friends in the local area before he disappeared, because he knew that there was no place for the contract where he was going, so he left the contract in the world, waiting for the next generation of Ghost Riders to come forward and complete what he didn't finish... Destroy that contract completely. โ
"Well... Three clues?"
Cybermore rubbed his chin, "Then it seems that St. Michael's Church is our next stop, by the way, have you heard the contents of that contract?"
"This thing is not a secret in the local area, the local old men all know that it is said that more than 200 years ago, the civilians of St. Vangonza Town were tempted by the devil to sign a contract, the devil promised them eternal life, the price is three people who voluntarily sacrificed themselves, but that night, under the suspicion of the crowd, **, the whole town was plunged in blood, so the devil easily took their souls and sealed them in the contract. โ
Selena pursed her lips, picked up a large burger and took a bite, muttering,
"Then it's the same old thing, and if you get the contract, you can get unimaginable power, and Cartershray is greedy, so he runs away with the contract. โ
"Hmph, what can 1,000 mortal souls do? 1,000 ordinary people probably won't even be able to keep Yuriko. โ
Cyber snorted disdainfully, "Especially for an existence like Mephistopheles, that's something he can get with a wave of his hand, and I've seen it, and those 1,000 souls are trapped in the ruins of St. Van Gonza, and they didn't go anywhere, they were there... It's been more than 200 years, so that contract must have been used for something else... That and Carter Slay's betrayal of Mephistopheles and his escape was a reason. โ
He rubbed his eyes, which were open to a great burden of energy, and his eyes were a little tired, and he said to Selena, who was driving,
"Let's go back first, we'll go to St. Michael's Church tomorrow... I hope you can find something really useful there, where is that church?"
Yuriko took out her own tourist map and pointed out a place to Cyber,
"On the outskirts of Houston is a church that has been built for more than 200 years, and it's quite famous in the area. โ
"Good..."
Cyber was about to say something, when the mobile phone in his hand suddenly rang, he picked it up and looked at it, and said to Selena,
"Let's go straight to the hotel, Catherine's little brothers are here, and Santals, you can leave the work to them, you can just go and see Johnny's performance, it is said that this is another record-breaking performance. โ
Two hours later, the three of them returned to the hotel, and when they opened the door, they saw six young people standing or sitting in the living room chatting, accompanied by Remy Leber, who had visited almost every nightclub in Houston in the past few days, and won a lot of money, but it changed hands and spent it again, and it was a chic mess.
And between Remy's own arrogant personality, Cyber didn't dare to leave this matter to him, he was essentially a "friend", but not "his own person".
When he saw the door being pushed open, several young people stood up, Selena and Yuriko were the first to enter the room, then with a cane and sunglasses, like a blind Cyber, Santals was the first to walk up and hold Cyber's arm,
"Boss, what's going on? Do you have an eye injury?"
Cyber didn't speak, just patted Santals's arm, closed his eyes and "looked" at the others, he could feel their breath, in fact, Cyber had always felt that these eyes had a hidden "switch" button, otherwise it would not be possible to maintain this way all the time, which was a very harsh burden on his current energy.
But the problem is that Mephistopheles seems to have deliberately kept these eyes in this state, and Cyber can only choose to close his eyes most of the time, but after Santals asked, he opened his eyes, and at that moment, Santals couldn't help but take a step back, it was a kind of instinct from the killer, and Cyber's eyes gave him a sense of danger.
Cyber shrugged his shoulders, closed his eyes again, and said, relying on his perception of breath,
"Tell me about it, Santa, these are... Wait, Arwin, is that you?"
He felt a familiar aura, and he walked over to the young man with goofy round-rimmed glasses standing at the very edge, and he patted him on the shoulder, "Did your grandfather know that you came out?"
Standing in front of Cyber was Professor Hawkins' grandson, one of the young men that Cyber rescued from Stryker's base, Alvin Hawkins, a mutant who could manipulate the flow of water, and Cyber remembered his appearance as a shy young man.
In the face of Cyber's inquiry, Alwyn nodded,
"I've joined the Devil's Gang, Grandpa didn't object, my sister is going to school with Miss Catherine, and like you said, I'll have to learn how to fight at least to protect her and my grandpa. โ
"Okay. โ
Cyber nodded, and Santals introduced him to the other 4 young people in due course.
"This is Aranak Wright, an orphan from Ontario, Miss Catherine's number one bodyguard at Xavier College, whose ability is to control beams. โ
The tall black man Alanak nodded to Cyber very respectfully, although he was only 17 years old, he was almost 2 meters tall, and he was a head taller than Rapber, and he said to Cyber in a voice with a northern accent,
"Thank you for your help, Boss Cyber, I'll never forget it. โ
"Live for yourself, child!"
Cyber patted him on the chest, "Don't offer your freedom to anyone. โ
"Yes"
Aranak nodded very seriously, and on his neck, a tattooed head of a blood-dripping devil could be seen.
Next, two 175-year-old, very similar looking yellows stepped forward and stood beside Cyber as respectfully as Aranak, Santals continued,
"This is the Anai brothers, they are orphans in the Indian ghetto, Anai Atanis's ability is to control sand, his brother Anai Ellor Sass has the ability to control the sand, very sharp enough to cut through most of the metal, they were trapped in the dam base like me, they were rescued by you, they are also Miss Catherine's followers. โ
"Hats off, Boss Cyber, Miss let us assist you!
The two twins raised their hands on their chests, one on the left and one on the right, an Indian ritual that signified obedience to the powerful, and the same sign of the devil with blood on their arms.
Cyber nodded and said casually, "Don't worry, kids, recuperation is the most important thing, I'll go with you, don't worry." โ
He looked at the last person, Cyber frowned, this guy's breath made him feel very familiar, and before Santals could speak, the guy took the initiative to say,
"I'm Elgrad Charson, a college student in New York, and I have to thank you for turning me into a monster..."
His voice was lazy and hoarse, and the complaint in it almost condensed into substance, and before Cyber could speak, the tall Aranac stepped forward, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up, and the light in his other hand shone, and a sharp and slender triangular blade of light popped out of the back of his hand and pressed against Xia Sen's neck,
"Bastard, how dare you speak to Mr. Cyber like that!"
The sight of the big man's anger was still very impactful, and the Anai brothers were also ready to step forward to teach Xia Sen a lesson, but the decadent guy looked at them with disdain, and Santals said in Cyber's ear with some embarrassment,
"Xia Sen is the young man you rescued before we left New York, even if it's been almost a month, he still can't accept the fact that he became a mutant, Miss is very annoying to him, so let me bring him over and hand him over to you to dispose of. โ
"Oh, is it wasted?"
Cyber shrugged, "Alright, Aranak, put him down, he's our compatriot, no matter how much he denies this fact, he's still one of us, Yuriko, take the kids to dinner, and you'll train them in the evening, Remy, can you rent us a practice room that won't be disturbed?"
Finally, he looked at Xia Sen, who was unconvinced, opened his eyes slightly, and looked at the young man,
"You... You come with me... Let's talk about the present and your past. โ