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As he pondered which ability to enhance next, the distant sound of an approaching vehicle broke his thoughts.
An old, large bus emerged from the darkness.
Syd frowned slightly, his eyes flashing with curiosity.
Why did this bus feel strange to him? Or rather, wasn't it odd for a bus to appear in the middle of the night?
As he considered this, the bus slowly came to a stop in front of him, conveniently at a bus stop.
A faint mist had silently risen around the bus stop, making the already dimly lit area seem even darker.
Syd focused his gaze on the peculiar bus.
It was hard to see inside due to what seemed to be tinted windows; all he could see was darkness through the windows, revealing nothing about its interior or its passengers.
The bus door clicked open, and Syd peered inside, noticing a driver dressed in a bus driver's uniform sitting at the wheel.
However, the driver's face was hidden in shadows, making it difficult to see clearly, even with Syd's extraordinary vision.
At that moment, a nervous middle-aged man's voice came from inside the bus.
"Don't get on! Leave now! This bus is not safe for you!"
Syd, initially only curious and not intending to board, raised an eyebrow at the warning.
Now, he was intrigued. He felt a sudden urge to board the bus and see what was going on.
As for the supposed danger, he dismissed it outright.
After all, what kind of threat could an old bus possibly pose to him?
With that thought, he got up and stepped towards the bus's open door.
He walked up the steps and glanced around at the seats.
First, he looked at the driver's seat...
Now that he was closer, the shadows hiding the driver receded, revealing his features.
The driver appeared to be in his thirties, with a pale, somber face.
As for the other passengers...
"Didn't I tell you not to get on? Why did you still come up?"
The familiar middle-aged man's voice spoke again.
Syd looked over to see a middle-aged white man in a suit sitting in the fifth row, appearing to be in his forties, with a sturdy build and a rugged face.
The man was frowning, looking at Syd as if he were crazy.
Beside him sat a man and a woman, both frowning at Syd as well.
Other than these people...
Syd scanned the other seats but found them empty.
The bus door behind him clicked shut, and the bus began to move.
After a quick glance, Syd lost interest and casually walked to the back row, planning to sit there and observe what would happen.
As he passed the three people, the middle-aged man who had spoken earlier sternly said, "You have no idea where this place is, yet you still dared to get on?"
The man, feeling a bit helpless, looked at Syd, who was dressed in black, wearing a black mask and sunglasses.
As a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, he and his two colleagues had been sent to investigate a series of disappearances in this area.
According to the records, every few days, one or two people would vanish mysteriously from this street, totaling over a dozen disappearances so far.
Witnesses claimed that one of the missing individuals was last seen boarding a strange bus...
Similar incidents were documented in S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secret files—trains vanishing mysteriously, only to reappear later with all passengers missing, and planes experiencing similar occurrences.
Thus, S.H.I.E.L.D. suspected this latest series of disappearances was another such mysterious event.
So, they had been dispatched to investigate.
However, they hadn't expected to see a random person boarding the strange bus shortly after they found it.
The three agents were exasperated.
This random person, likely like the other missing individuals, had foolishly boarded the bus, leading to their disappearance.
The bus clearly looked suspicious, yet someone dared to board it in the middle of the night? Couldn't they think twice about the oddity?
They could already envision this young person becoming another victim of a mysterious incident.
Syd ignored them and made his way to the last row, ready to watch how things would unfold.
Seeing his dismissive attitude, the three agents were even more exasperated. Was this person so arrogant?
"Kid, I'm not joking. This bus is dangerous; you shouldn't have gotten on!"
The man warned sternly, "When it stops, get off immediately, or you might not survive!"
Despite the warning, the young person dressed in black, who appeared quite young, showed no reaction and simply ignored him.
The woman with long auburn hair, sitting beside the man, pulled on his arm and said indifferently, "Gilu, forget it. If he wants to die, let him."
Gilu frowned, feeling a bit annoyed. This young man was both arrogant and dismissive, ignoring their warnings completely.
Forget it, if he wants to die, there's nothing we can do...
Shaking his head, he decided not to bother anymore.
After a while, the bus seemed to be slowing down to a stop.
Syd turned to look out the window.
What was once a foggy scene, with nothing visible, gradually became clearer.
An old bus stop appeared.
Vaguely, he could see a few passengers waiting for the bus.
As the first passenger boarded, Syd frowned slightly.
The newcomer was dressed in black, tall and thin, and looked somewhat peculiar.
His figure seemed a bit ethereal...
Upon boarding, the man scanned the bus and fixed his gaze on them.
Sniffing the air, his eyes showed a mixture of suspicion and greed. "Living people?"
His gaze swept over the four of them.
Gilu and his colleagues felt a chill.
"A ghost?"
"This is a ghost bus?"
In an instant, they felt a cold realization, understanding how those people had disappeared.
As they nervously pondered solutions, the black-clad man's gaze moved past them with slight apprehension and focused behind them.
Immediately, his eyes lit up with excitement.
The next moment, he drifted towards the back row.
Oh no! Gilu and his colleagues exchanged worried glances.
Although they had previously thought the young man was seeking death, seeing someone about to die in front of them still made them want to help.
If they didn't act, this young man was as good as dead!
(End of Chapter)
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Watching the black-clad ghost drift towards the young man, Gilu and his two companions grew anxious. They exchanged glances, frantically thinking of a way to save the young man.
Despite their earlier disdain, they didn't want to see someone die in front of them. Plus, they weren't sure if they would be next once the young man was gone.
As they rummaged through their gear, ready to pull out some high-tech weapons, the ghost hovering in front of the young man sniffed the air greedily and asked, "You're alive, right? Right?!"
The ghost's voice grew sharp with the last word.
Gilu and his team felt a chill run down their spines, silently praying the young man wouldn't respond. From their years of experience, they knew answering would spell trouble, possibly death for the young man.
Unfortunately, at this crucial moment, they couldn't speak up, only shake their heads and make hand signals behind the ghost's back. To make matters worse, three more ghosts—two men and an old woman—had boarded the bus, silencing the agents further.
All they could do was hope the young man would be wise enough not to react recklessly.
But then, they heard the young man's voice.
"Yes, I am alive," Syd replied, eyeing the ghost with a strange expression.
The male ghost was momentarily stunned, then broke into a greedy smile, just like the three other ghosts who had just boarded. Their eyes gleamed with hunger.
"You're mine!" the male ghost shrieked, lunging at Syd as if afraid his companions might snatch the prize away.
Gilu and his companions were horrified, almost too afraid to watch what would happen next.
Just when they thought the young man was doomed, a bright light suddenly shone.
In the eyes of Gilu, his companions, and the ghosts, the male ghost dissolved like snow in sunlight the moment he touched the light.
In the blink of an eye, the greedy ghost vanished under the light.
The three remaining ghosts looked bewildered, while Gilu and his companions were equally stunned.
What just happened? Wasn't the young man supposed to scream and die at the ghost's hands? How did this…
The female agent suddenly realized something, her face turning pale with shock. "Are you... Messiah?"
Her words made Gilu and the other man gasp.
"What?"
"Messiah?"
They looked closely at the young man, and indeed, he looked more familiar the longer they stared. And that terrifying light...
Fear gripped their hearts as they exchanged glances, each seeing their own terror reflected back.
Gilu let out a bitter laugh. He had thought the young man was finished just moments ago. What a joke.
Even if they died, the Messiah probably wouldn't, right?
So, the young man wasn't arrogant or dismissive earlier...
In fact, it seemed entirely fitting, and they felt no sense of incongruity at all.
While their thoughts raced, the three remaining ghosts recoiled in fear, one of them screaming in terror. To an outsider, it might have looked like Syd was the ghost and they were the victims.
The old woman ghost spoke sharply, "Who are you, an exorcist?"
"You're done for! You killed a passenger on this ghost bus. The bus and the driver won't let you go!"
As if to confirm her words, the bus began to glow green, the interior becoming oppressively dark and sinister.
A cold energy swept towards Syd, who was sitting in the last row, and the driver at the front of the bus shakily stood up.
Seeing this, Gilu and his companions' faces fell, while the ghosts smirked with anticipation.
They hoped to feast on the young man's flesh and soul after he was killed by the bus and its driver.
Their greedy smiles widened.
As they envisioned their feast...
A blue light flashed.
Boom! The next second, the ghost bus split in half, and the eerie, sinister atmosphere dissipated.
The ghost driver froze, and the smug, expectant ghosts went rigid with shock.
"W-what just happened?" the old woman stammered, her face blank with disbelief.
"Is he human, or are we human...?"
The other ghosts and the driver were equally stunned.
The bus wobbled, tilting to one side. Gilu and his companions clung to their seats, alarmed.
Syd floated in the air, simply releasing his internal light energy.
Like the sun itself, the light enveloped the ghostly bus.
The next second...
"Ahhhh..."
Screams echoed.
The ghosts' eyes widened in terror as their bodies disintegrated like snow under the sunlight.
Not only did the ghosts vanish, but the entire bus began to dissipate into green vapors under the light.
"No, spare us, sir!"
"We didn't know you were such a noble being. Please spare us..."
The ghosts begged for mercy, but received no response.
Within seconds, they and the bus disappeared in the sunlight.
Gilu and his team, sprawled on the road, stared blankly around them, shivering as they looked at the floating Messiah.
The Messiah's power was indeed as terrifying as ever...
Glancing at them briefly, Syd scanned the area from above.
Something felt off about the surroundings, especially the old bus stop not far away.
This place couldn't possibly exist in reality; it was too old and eerie, like something from a past century.
He suspected this was not the real world, or it was cloaked in an illusion.
An idea for a solution struck him instantly.
Using Sunshine or simply releasing his internal light energy, he chose the latter.
This creepy place didn't warrant using Sunshine.
He ascended a bit higher.
The next second, he unleashed his internal light energy.
An endless flood of sunlight illuminated the eerie area.
It was like a sun had descended and hung in the sky.
(End of Chapter)
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