"...I wish to accomplish all the good deeds in the world, and I wish to destroy all the evil deeds in the world..."
"Your eyes are filled with chaos, your mind is raging, and you are a prisoner of the rampage..."
"I am the one who holds the chain."
"Those who respond to the call of the Holy Grail and follow its will and truth, respond to me."
Kagome's voice was like a gentle lighthouse. Al moved towards the direction where the voice came from. His short black hair turned into shoulder-length white hair, a pair of long fluorescent ears appeared on his head, his skin turned dark, and all his clothes became spiritized, replaced by a set of golden armor. His exposed body was slender and toned, with distinct skin texture.
Al touched the lighthouse.
The light is shining brightly!
The Heroic Spirit Summoning Array in the center of the room suddenly lit up with a blinding light, and a strong wind strong enough to blow a person away erupted from the center of the summoning array.
"!"
The connection that had disappeared for a long time was re-established. Xia Yujie looked towards the center of the magic circle in surprise. In the light, a pair of golden boots stepped out of the magic circle calmly.
"Servant, Berserker, Arjuna. I am the one who destroys evil and judges all evil."
Al in "Arjuna.Alter" mode and Geto Suguru, who was wearing a five-striped cassock, looked into each other's eyes. It was not until the strong wind subsided that Geto Suguru walked forward and hugged Al.
"Welcome back, Al."
Al hesitated for a moment and said slowly, "I'm back, Master."
The "love" command seal was still engraved on the back of Xia Yujie's hand. He hugged Al tightly and then let him go without hesitation.
The owner, whose hair had grown longer, smiled and said, "You disappeared for more than half a year. We all thought you had returned to the Throne of Heroes... Al, have you really returned to the Throne of Heroes?"
Al shook his head slightly.
In the "Arjuna.Alter" mode, his emotions are indifferent and his mood swings are almost non-existent, but even so, he can still clearly realize that he is full of joy at this moment.
This is Al's soul feeling joy.
Al, with white hair and dark skin, answered Geto's question seriously: "I returned to my hometown by accident, said goodbye to my old friends and came back."
His behavior is different from every personality that Geto Suguru knows, but Geto Suguru doesn't care. The one in front of him is his Heroic Spirit Al, and that's enough for him to be sure of.
As for the rest…
It’s just a small scene.
The ugly boy skillfully lay on Geto's shoulder and rolled himself into an ugly scarf.
Xia Yujie smiled helplessly: "You are back too?"
Choubao blew out a mouthful of bubbles.
Xia Yujie remembered something and said quickly, "Wait, Al, I'll call Wu and tell him that you're back."
He took out his cell phone from his sleeve and, without caring about the time difference, directly called Gojo Satoru.
After Al disappeared inexplicably in Manwu, Geto Suguru and Gojo Satoru almost beat Amakusa E to death by grabbing her collar. The Time Government was forced to study how to find Al. Over the past six months, the Time Government's space technology has reached a new level, but the most important thing is that there is still no news about Al.
If Al were alive today, he would definitely come back on his own.
Al could only have fallen into another dimension, or simply returned to Heroes' Throne.
If it's the former, they can only continue to force the Time Government to find someone. If it's the latter...
Then summon Al again!
Al... Al can go back to Heroes, but they haven't said goodbye properly yet. Even if Al really wants to go back, it should be after they have said goodbye!
Therefore, Xia Yujie developed the habit of performing a summoning ceremony every month, using a spell specifically targeting Berserkers, and it was a targeted summoning by a relic.
"cough."
Xia Yujie walked quickly into the summoning circle and picked up a signature from Atong.
Al: “…”
Why use Atong's signature to summon him? Is this guy trying to summon Berserker Al or Berserker Atong?
Xia Yujie looked away slightly embarrassedly and changed the subject, "We and the Time Government have been looking for you for half a year, but there has been no news. We are all very worried about you... Moshi Moshi? Wu, Al is back!"
Watching Getsu make the phone call, a gentle look appeared on Arjuna Alter's indifferent face that he himself was not even aware of. Soon, Getsu handed the phone to Al and even turned it into speaker mode.
"Al, it's Satoru."
Gojo Satoru's cheerful voice came from the phone: "Hey, you're back?"
Al said: "Wu Jun."
When Gojo Satoru heard the tone of his voice, he knew that he had changed his "personality" again. He asked with great interest, "Who are you now?"
Al answered seriously: "Berserker, Arjuna. Exists to destroy evil."
Gojo Satoru calmly ignored the second half of his sentence: "Arjuna? Ha, not bad, Jay, you actually summoned the Indian legendary Arjuna in Thailand."
Xia Yujie, who was standing by, was obviously in a good mood: "Maybe the feng shui here is special."
Gojo Satoru couldn't wait to ask, "When will you come back? Since that kid is back, we should at least hold a welcoming party, right?"
Xia Yujie smiled and said, "It's time to do one, but the program team has run into some trouble and can't get away for a while."
"Trouble? Didn't they say that it would take about two weeks to record?"
"That was originally the case, but when the show was interviewing a local psychic in Thailand, it accidentally triggered a side quest. I just came back from a funeral and felt that something was a little off here."
Gojo Satoru asked, "Do you want me to come over?"
"No, Wu, I can handle it. Besides, we have Al with us now. It's no problem."
Gojo Satoru curled his lips and said, "Alright. I won't tell anyone about Al's return yet. When he comes back, I'll let him give everyone a surprise."
Xia Yujie laughed and said, "That's a good idea. What do you think, Al?"
Al nodded gently and said seriously, "I can do anything."
"So what do you like now? Let Wu prepare it for you in advance!"
Al shook his head and said seriously, "I only exist after eliminating good and evil. I don't like anything."
"Hahahahahahaha." Xia Yujie took the phone and said to Gojo Satoru, "Satoru, he said he wanted to eat Sanshiki-ya's dango."
Al: “…”
Al: "Please listen to me, Master."
Gojo Satoru said on the other end of the phone: "I know!"
So the matter was settled. After Xia Yujie hung up the phone, he told Al: "Since you disappeared, I have drawn a summoning circle and performed a summoning ceremony at the beginning of every month. I didn't expect it to be successful this time. Come, Al, I will take you to meet the new members of the Panxing Cult first."
Al paused and asked, "New member?"
"Well, his name is Miguel. He is a sorcerer I recruited abroad. He is quite strong. In the Bankei sect now, besides Wu and me, he is the strongest. I am taking Miguel with me on this business trip."
He quickly explained the current situation: "We are currently staying in a remote town in Thailand. We were originally here with the crew of Paranormal Activity 3 to learn about Thai psychics, but something went wrong during the interview."
Al followed him out of the house, absentmindedly wondering if Paranormal Activity had returned to a third season, and opened the door to an ordinary country town.
It was already very late, with only a few lights on the street and very few passers-by. The whole street exuded a gloomy and old atmosphere, and from afar, there was a faint sound of sorrow and joy.
"...Funeral?"
Xia Yujie said, "Well, someone died of cancer and a funeral was held. Because the deceased was a relative of the person we are interviewing this time, the program team is also there to keep vigil."
“Who are you here to interview?”
"A Thai psychic named Nim, who is a believer in the god Bayang."
"Summer oil, summer oil!"
A dark-skinned man wearing sunglasses came running over from a distance and said hurriedly, "Not good, Xia Yu, there's something wrong with that girl."
Xia Yujie's face turned pale, "What's wrong?"
"Didn't she say in the afternoon that she saw the old woman from the neighbor's house, hiding behind the door and staring at her?"
Xia Yujie frowned and said, "I remember, but we went out to check at that time, and there was no one there."
"That old woman died yesterday!"
"What?!"
"The old woman died yesterday. She was the only one at home, so no one realized she was dead until the program team knocked on her door!"
Because at the funeral, the little girl insisted that the old lady next door was staring at her outside the door, the program team went to visit the old lady's home, but unexpectedly they found the old lady's body.
How could the old lady from the neighborhood who died yesterday appear at today's funeral? Was what the girl saw a ghost?
Miguel, along with Summer Oil and Al, rushed to the old lady's house and saw the funeral home staff working together to load the old lady's body into the car. The program crew was filming nearby. However, a beautiful girl in her twenties was standing alone in an open space far away from the ambulance, all alone and looking very helpless.
Al's eyes fell on the girl and he paused slightly.
Such a strong evil spirit.
The director saw Geto and quickly said, "Master Geto, come quickly!"
Xia Yujie walked over, took a look at the old lady's body, and shook his head: "It's not the work of a cursed spirit."
He took out a guard from his sleeve, gently touched the back of the old lady's hand, and said, "Don't worry, there are no evil spirits left."
The director was half disappointed and half relieved.
Al's attention was always on the girl over there.
That child... is he the one who saw the old lady's spirit at the funeral? He walked over and smelled a faint stench of decay.
Al opened his mouth and called out her name accurately.
"Min."
The girl looked up and saw the man with white hair and black skin, who was mysterious and inexplicably holy. She was slightly stunned and was about to say something...
"Min!"
A woman in her fifties or sixties came over and said a series of words to the girl in Thai. An impatient look appeared on the girl's face. She shook off the woman's hand and left alone with her bag.
"Min, Min, Min!"
“…”
Al stared at her back quietly. There seemed to be many phantoms on her slender back.
Men, women, and even livestock...
Xia Yujie came over and whispered to Al: "Al, this is the person we are interviewing this time, Nim."
Refers to women in their fifties or sixties
"Their family has been serving the mediums of Bayan for generations, but the power of Bayan has always been passed down to girls, not boys. So the girl over there, Nim's niece, is likely to inherit the power of Bayan."
Miguel also came over and said to them, "If the girl was really chosen by the Bayan, it is normal for her to see the dead souls."
Kayuki nodded.
Aldo: "The relationship between her and the psychic doesn't seem to be harmonious."
Xia Yujie explained: "It is said that inheriting the power of the Bayan is a very painful process. The girl does not want to be a medium, nor does she want to endure the pain of receiving the power, so..."
He smiled, and Al understood without him having to say the rest.
The girl's name is "Min". She is just an ordinary Thai girl. Although she has psychic blood, she has always been no different from ordinary people because she refuses to inherit the power of the god Bayan.
But recently, strange things have been happening to the girl. She is always listless, often has absurd dreams, and always hears people scolding her for being a bitch. Occasionally, she can even see spirits that others cannot see.
The production crew of "Paranormal Activity 3" noticed this child when they were interviewing the psychic Nim, so they used half of the camera to follow the girl and record her daily life. The girl loved to laugh, and she was very interested in appearing on TV, so she readily agreed to the production crew's request.
But today was her father's funeral, and at the funeral, she was harassed by the dead again...
Miguel asked Xia Youjie: "Where is the old lady's ghost?"
"She should have left. She didn't turn into an evil spirit, and most likely entered reincarnation according to the procedure. But...why is the old lady's soul staring at Min?"
Aldo: “Master.”
"Um?"
"Perhaps the old man's ghost is not staring at Min, but at something else in Min's body?"
"Something else?" Xia Yujie asked cautiously, "What? When I came into contact with her, the spirit object given by Senior Oosaka did not have any special reaction. It should not be an evil spirit. I can't sense the breath of a cursed spirit."
Logically, we can rule out the possibility of being cursed/possessed by an evil spirit, but Al said there is something else in Min's body, so...
Nim didn't understand what they were talking about. She just kept a straight face and told them her guess. The medium said to them in Thai: "Min Ta, may have been chosen by the god Bayang."
Miguel translated her words to Geto.
Xia Yujie frowned and asked, "Are you sure?"
Nim replied, "Thirty years ago, I was like this when I inherited the power. I felt sick all over and strange things kept happening around me. That state lasted for about a year."
One year...
It sounds like this adjustment period is a bit too long.
The director excitedly expressed that he planned to focus on Min in the Thailand episode of "Paradox 3". Compared with the skillful psychic Nim, Min, who is young, shy and resists family inheritance, looks more interesting and is more likely to resonate with the audience.
Xia Yujie thought about it and felt that this was a good thing. Min was not in a good condition now and refused to accept Nim's help. Fortunately, she did not reject the cameraman from the program crew. It was better to have someone accompany her than to be alone.
"If anything unexpected happens, please contact us."
"knew!"
After leaving the scene, they went directly to the funeral site of Min's father and carefully investigated the place. Miguel then took the time to ask, "By the way, Xia Yu, who is this guy?"
He joked, "It can't be the god you met in Thailand, right?"
god.
In a sense, Miguel was right.
When talking about this, Kagome was in a good mood: "This is Al."
"Al?!"
Miguel looked Al up and down in surprise and said with a strange expression: "You...what you said is different from what others said."
Al asked, "What did they say about me?"
"They said you—"
"Ahhhhhhh!" Xia Youjie quickly stopped Miguel and laughed dryly, "Nothing, nothing!"
Al: “…”
He was not very curious about this matter at first, but after Xia Yujie said this, he suddenly became very curious.
Well, something that can arouse curiosity in someone as indifferent as him is worthy of being the Lord of the Rings.
However, we can ask about this later. What Al is more concerned about now is...
"Master, what are you doing following the program crew?" He said calmly, "You don't look like you are here to solve the incident."
Kagome smiled, "Didn't Oosaka-senpai serve as the president of the Psychic Association before? She has been busy with the association's affairs since then. After the filming of Paranormal Activity 3 started, she didn't have time to record the show, so she asked me to look after the program team."
Previously, the production team of "The Paranormal Activity 2" helped promote the Pansei Cult once. Not only did they give them a lot of pretentious shots, they also made a special episode for them. So this time, since Ohsaka Kimiko had something to do, the director of "The Paranormal Activity 2" hoped that the Pansei Cult could help. They didn't have to participate in the whole process, but just come to "calm down" the crew when they were filming the Thailand episode.
After all, Thailand is a special country with many strange beliefs among the people, and the god Bayan is one of them. For various reasons, the management of psychics and sorcerers in Thailand is rather chaotic, so the production team did not dare to do it themselves.
They are people who often deal with the "supernatural", and they understand better than anyone how fragile and powerless ordinary people are in front of the real "supernatural".
In the past, they had Oosaka-kun to protect them, but now...
The director specifically asked the Panxing Cult for help and offered a very generous reward, saying that the Panxing Cult's sorcerer/medium only needed to be responsible for solving mysterious incidents and protecting the safety of the program crew. As for the candidate, it would be best if it was someone known to the audience.
The people who appeared in "Hyperspective 2" that year were Al, Gojo Satoru and Geto. Now that Al is gone, there are only two candidates left, Gojo Satoru and Geto. But Gojo Satoru... Gojo Satoru seems to be laughing on the surface, but anyone who has really come into contact with him will know that this person is actually the most difficult to get along with and is not easy to talk to. So in the end, Geto brought Miguel into the group.
The reason for bringing Miguel along was simple.
Miguel, there is no language barrier in Thailand.
Well, anyway, they just need to make sure the program crew doesn't cause any trouble.
However, after that, Min's condition became worse and worse.
She became irritable and often clashed with passers-by and colleagues. She was very violent and several times she just started fighting with them. Her strength was so great that even several male cameramen couldn't hold her down.
And every time, Min insisted that "the other party cursed me first", but the video can prove that it was Min who cursed first every time.
After getting into trouble again, Min told the team of "Paranormal Activity 3" that she had been dreaming about a man recently, who seemed to be Bayan. Bayan was fighting a strange monster that was difficult to describe in prophecy. In the end, the monster chopped off Bayan's head and stepped on it while laughing.
Bayan Shen tried his best to look in Min's direction and said something to her over and over again.
But Min couldn't hear clearly.
No matter how many times she had the same dream, Min could never hear what the god Bayan wanted to say to her. All she could hear was the laughter of countless people, men and women, young and old.
When Xia Yujie heard the message from the program team, he was surprised and said, "It doesn't sound like the process of being possessed by the god Bajan..."
As an experienced psychic, Xia Youjie analyzed: "Bayang Shen was defeated by a monster, and this is what she wanted to tell Min."
The deity that the family has worshipped for generations was beheaded, which shows that the enemy is extremely powerful.
Al Dao: "She has a very strong resentment. The source... is unknown, but it does exist."
After donning the guise of "Arjuna Alter", Al became extremely sensitive to evil forces, and could vaguely see some scenes from the past or future. However, every time this skill was used, the rate at which the power was consumed would be greatly accelerated, so Al was very cautious and did not rashly use his clairvoyance.
One day, Al, Xia Yujie, Miguel and Nim were driving deep into a mountain. Nim said, "This is it. Stop."
Miguel stopped the car, and everyone opened the door and followed Nim into the rugged path.
Nim said, "I come here every month to pay homage to the god Bajan and bring some offerings."
She was carrying a basket full of fruit.
The four people walked for about fifteen minutes before they vaguely saw a huge stone statue.
However……
"ah--!"
Nim, the usually calm medium, suddenly let out a miserable scream, and the basket full of fruits was thrown to the ground. Nim rushed forward like crazy and hugged the head of the statue that had fallen to the ground.
“…”
The heads of the stone statues of the god Bayan were cut off by unknown enemies and fell into the bushes.
The god of faith had his head chopped off. Nim was so angry that he hugged the head of Bayan and burst into tears.
Xia Yujie walked forward, checked the broken part of the stone statue, and whispered: "It seems to be the breath of a cursed spirit, but it doesn't look quite like it. What on earth is this..."
From the severed head, Al caught a glimpse of the future.
He closed his eyes.
“Master.”
"……Um?"
The cursed spirit with white hair and black skin opened his eyes and said calmly: "I saw that everyone died a violent death. No one was spared. Evil has already come here."
Xia Yujie: “…”
Good guys, it turns out that what they revealed was not a side quest, but a hidden main quest. It sounds like it will trigger an incredible dungeon.
Just when Geto finally got really nervous, Al said seriously, "Congratulations, Master, you're going to get level 1 in the illustrated handbook."
Xia Yujie: “…”
Is this where your focus is?