"This is the Oracle pager."

Looking at the thing in his hand that looked like a PSP with a custom shell, Fang Zheng smiled.

"Shaman King? This is really nostalgic."

After all, childhood memories cannot be forgotten. Shaman King can be regarded as Fang Zheng's childhood memory. The main content of the anime is actually very simple. As the name suggests, psychics from all over the world gather together to participate in a competition similar to the "World's No. 1 Martial Arts Tournament", and the winner will become the Shaman King.

The psychics who participate in the battle will fight together with the spirits they possess. From this perspective, it is actually a bit similar to the Holy Grail War. The only difference from the Holy Grail War is that the latter mainly relies on the servants themselves to fight, and the magicians basically shout 666 on the side, while the psychics fight together with the spirits they possess, merging the souls with their own weapons in a similar way to possession, and then evolving to fight.

In this way, the appearance of Esther and Restia can be understood. After all, they are sword elves, and Fang Zheng, who possesses them, is indeed a psychic according to the setting in Shaman King.

In the end, the one who wins the Psychic War will obtain the most powerful being in the world - the Great Soul, and merge with it to become a god.

So to put it simply, what Fang Zheng needs to do next is to participate in the Psychic Conference, win the championship, and then absorb the great soul.

Should that be the case?

But... I don't think I can get along with the protagonist.

Recalling the plot of Shaman King, Fang Zheng frowned. He didn't finish reading the whole comic and didn't know what the ending would be. But Fang Zheng still had an impression of the protagonist of Shaman King, Asakura Ye. Asakura Ye's character, according to the popular words in online novels nowadays, is that of a saint. He always believed that people who can see spirits are not bad people, so even if they are enemies in front of him, Asakura Ye will try his best to comfort them and untie their knots.

Of course, this is a common problem among the protagonists of boys' comics...but unfortunately, this is inconsistent with Fang Zheng's style.

To Fang Zheng, anyone who dared to stand in front of him was an enemy, and he would never show mercy to his enemies. For a brat like Dao Lian, only Ma Cang Ye was willing to get along with him repeatedly, but Fang Zheng would have slapped him to death without saying a word.

For the sake of Chinese people, beat him half to death.

Strictly speaking, Fang Zheng hardly gets along with the protagonists of hot-blooded comics. Fortunately, he didn't travel to the world of Naruto or One Piece, otherwise it would be strange if he didn't fight with those protagonists.

"By the way, that guy named Chrom is really stupid."

Walking beside Fang Zheng, recalling the scene just now, Restia chuckled.

"He actually dared to block the master's attack. If the master had not shown mercy, he would have been reduced to ashes."

"The other party is just a referee, and I won't kill him."

Fang Zheng withdrew his gaze and shrugged.

The Psychic Wars preliminaries adopt a best-of-three format, which means you have to compete with three people, and as long as you beat two people, you will be qualified to participate in the official competition. You must maintain your super spirit form throughout the competition. If you lose your super spirit form, you will be judged as a loser - well, this also means that you can forget about long-range sniping like Emiya Kiritsugu, unless your super spirit happens to do this.

“Drip, drip, drip…”

"Um?"

Hearing the voice coming from the Oracle pager, Fang Zheng looked down curiously, and then a message appeared on it... Seeing this message, Fang Zheng chuckled.

"Our first opponent has been decided."

"Oh? Who is it?"

"Meden Jeanne, the time is three days from now."

Fang Zheng waved the pager in his hand at Restia and Esther.

"I don't think it will end well if you're named that... Foreigners really don't care about naming things. You won't regret it until you're tied to the stake."

According to the information provided by the Divine Realm pager, the time was three days later, in a church near Tokyo.

Well, let me see who this person who dares to call herself Joan of Arc is.

However, although Fang Zheng had made preparations, when he arrived at the agreed battle site, he saw a group of people wearing white uniforms with the AWSL logo printed on them.

"…What's going on? Are they planning a group fight?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Fang Zheng frowned. He had only read part of the Shaman King comics and had not finished reading them all. In fact, Fang Zheng only saw the comics when he was a child and went to the United States after the preliminary round in Tokyo. Therefore, for Fang Zheng, the characters that impressed him the most were Asakura Ye, Anna, and the amazing Manta, as well as Dao Lian and his sister, Holo Holo and Wooden Sword Dragon, and the villain Boss who looked very similar to Asakura Ye... He only remembered these few.

But where did these guys in white uniforms come from?

By the way, is Shaman King finished? I remember it was still serialized when I read it.

By the way, Sayu didn't come along, for the simple reason that she still had classes to attend.

I didn't follow the series at the beginning because I had to review for the final exams. It seems that Sayu is probably the same as me and will not be able to see the ending.

And this time is different from the previous ones. It involves a battle with supernatural powers, which is somewhat dangerous for Sayu.

Then, Fang Zheng saw a man in white wearing glasses walking out.

“We are X-LAWS!”

"oh……"

It turns out that what was printed on the uniform was not AWSL but LAWS... It seems that I have also been deeply influenced by it.

"Our organization is participating in this psychic war to eliminate all the culprits, so..."

"I'm not interested in your self-introduction."

Fang Zheng interrupted the other person bluntly.

"Where is that girl called Maiden Jeanne? Isn't she my opponent?"

"Here are the words of Jeanne-sama."

As he spoke, the man with glasses moved aside, and then Fang Zheng saw an iron girl's torture device being pushed up behind him.

“…”

This thing is still dripping blood, don't you want to do anything about it?

Looking at the iron coffin in front of him, Fang Zheng was speechless.

"Is this my opponent?"

"Yes, Master Jeanne, I'll leave it to you from now on."

After saying this, the man with glasses retreated with his men, while Fang Zheng, Restia, and Esther looked at the torture device curiously.

Immediately afterwards, a voice was heard coming from the iron coffin.

"Excuse me, are you willing to surrender?"

“…Huh?”

Hearing the voice coming from the other side, Fang Zheng was stunned for a moment.

"Surrender? Why?"

"Because I don't want to hurt innocent people. We came to the Psychic Conference this time just to fight for justice and eliminate evil. There is no reason for us to fight, right?"

"So what you're saying is, since this is a best-of-three elimination match, it doesn't matter if I surrender this round, right?"

Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows.

"Don't be ridiculous, kid. I want to see if you have the guts to say such big words. Come out and die quickly, or I will smash you and your iron coffin into pieces!"

"How dare you speak to Lady Jeanne like that!!"

Hearing this, the man with glasses clenched his fists angrily.

"Lady Maiden's ruling is the absolute law. You should feel honored to see her face and receive her punishment! Open your eyes and see this great being who bears all the pain in the world with her own body—!"

As the bespectacled man roared, the iron coffin slowly opened, and then a girl covered in shackles and covered in blood emerged from it.

"This is the Holy Maiden, Lady Maiden Jeanne!"

"hiss--!"

Seeing this scene, Restia and Esther also gasped.

“How terrible.”

"Isn't she in pain?"

It is no wonder that the two sword elves would have such doubts, because the iron coffin in front of them is not an ordinary coffin, but a torture device called the Iron Maiden in the Middle Ages. It is full of sharp thorns. As long as a person is locked in it and the torture device is closed, the spikes will pierce the body of the person inside, causing him to die in pain.

“Because it proves my determination.”

Hearing what Restia and Esther were saying, the girl with silver hair and red eyes who was trapped in the Iron Girl whispered.

"The world today is in great darkness, social morality has fallen, evil is rampant, people continue to commit crimes and hurt each other. If I can, I want to do something for this world. If I can, I want to eliminate all the sins and sufferings. So I swear to God that I am willing to bear all of this on my own. As long as I can be given the power to save the world, I am willing to bear everything and carry the sins and sufferings of the people."

"snort."

However, the silver-haired girl's sincere confession was met with Fang Zheng's disdainful snort.

"Don't be so cocky, kid."

"……Why?"

"How dare you speak to Lord Maiden like that!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Madden was stunned for a moment, while the man with glasses gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly - if he was not afraid of disrupting the game, he would have rushed up to fight Fang Zheng to decide the outcome.

"Save humanity? Do humans need you to save them? Whether it's pain or sin, it's their own choice, and they have to bear the consequences after making the choice. You want to bear their pain and sin? Then those guys don't have to take responsibility themselves? Where in the world can you find such a cheap thing?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, a look of confusion emerged on Maiden's face, but Fang Zheng didn't care at all. He just stared at Maiden coldly.

"Don't be so arrogant, kid. Humans don't need anyone to save them. They have overcome numerous difficulties and come to where they are today, not by praying to gods, but by their own strength. Your attempt to save them shows that you don't trust them. You don't believe that humans can get out of trouble on their own, and you don't believe that they have the power to change. That's why you want to use your own power to change everything. But sorry, I won't let you succeed."

Having said this, Fang Zheng raised his hand, and at the same time, the countdown on the oracle pager on his wrist ended.

"Well, let's get started, kid. I'll let you know how fragile and vulnerable your ideals are."