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43.35% Teaming Up with System 225 (BL) / Chapter 75: Spirit Investigator (9)

Kapitel 75: Spirit Investigator (9)

Edited by: Kuro and Lille

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"Does this look familiar to you?" Grey asked Emery as they looked through some of the translated information System 225 sent.

Emery shook his head. "Nope, this doesn't ring any bells…"

It was a sealing technique from a small country on another continent. Emery could only wonder how Grey found all of this information or how he translated it so accurately… They had been looking through all sorts of sealing techniques with no way of knowing if they worked or not. They would have to test it, but they got a couple of months off so it was plenty of time.

Grey asked Emery if he remembered hoping his subconscious would at least feel a sense of déjà vu when looking through the sealing techniques. Thus far, they haven't seen any that Emery recognized and Grey still wasn't able to tap into Emery's lost memories.

In Grey's own time, he also looked through the sealing techniques from other worlds and he didn't find any that were compatible with the current world.

Nora, who was watching this interaction go on for more than 4 hours, couldn't take it anymore and groaned. "We've been doing this for days. Why can't you just make Emery remember?"

Even though she said that casually, Grey couldn't help but flinch as he knew the consequences of forcing Emery to remember.

Emery saw Grey's small movement and couldn't help but point it out. "Why did you flinch? Is there something wrong with forcing me to remember?" Even he was a bit tired of going through many sealing techniques but not being able to find the one from his sealed/lost memories.

Grey saw the two staring at him with curious and hopeful eyes, making him sigh in defeat. He knew he had to tell them. "I can force you to remember, but it's a really painful process. If Emery isn't strong enough to handle all of the emotions of his past life, it may damage his soul to the point he would disappear completely. I would not be able to bring you back..."

There was a chilling silence after Grey explained the problems with forcing Emery to remember. Nora felt really bad about suggesting it and didn't know what to say.

Emery, who felt like he had a lump in his throat, said, "Is there a way for me to gently remember without being forced like so?"

"Like I said in the beginning, you would have to naturally remember by yourself, but I'm not sure how to help speed up that process. That's why I've been making you look at different sealing techniques hoping one of them would trigger your memory."

Emery was silent for a while and didn't know what to say. He wanted to remember but he also didn't want to disappear forever. He knew there was life after death, but what happens if he made it so that he didn't have anything after death? It was scary to think about.

"I'm sorry for saying it like that, but I didn't say anything because I wanted to help you remember safely, you both understand right?"

Nora nodded. "Yeah, I apologize for bringing it up out of frustration." Though she was a bit hot-headed and spoke first before thinking, she knew when she made mistakes and learned from them. There was no way Grey could get mad at her when she took criticism well.

"We have plenty of time so let's take it slowly, alright?" Grey said and then looked over at Emery who was still silent. The man was stunned and floating mid-air. It seems he was still thinking about what Grey had said about his soul disappearing forever.

"Emery?" He called out but Emery didn't say a word.

"Emery, come back to us now, we still have a lot to look through."

Emery finally snapped out of it and saw Nora and Grey looking over at him with worry. "I'm sorry, I just… I don't know why but I felt as though a chill was sent through my soul and I felt like I couldn't move."

Grey reached out and asked if he could take Emery's hand. Emery complied and allowed Grey to hold his hand. He didn't know what Grey wanted to know but he couldn't say no.

Grey closed his eyes and began talking to System 225.

'Is there something wrong with his soul? Can you do a comprehensive check?'

[*Chirp* That's fine, Host. Initiating scan now… Scan complete. Hmm? It seems his soul has been damaged further from what I remember. Ah, Emery is not supposed to be in this world so his soul is being damaged the longer it stays. Host, you must be quick or else Emery would really disappear…]

[*Chirp Chirp* Hidden Mission: Seal the Demon named Jon before Emery's soul disappears.

[Time Limit: 1 Month.

[Countdown starting now.]

Grey opened his eyes and looked up at Emery who was staring at him nervously. Seeing the grim look on Grey's face, Emery didn't know what to say as the lump in his throat obstructed him from talking.

"Grey, what's wrong with Emery?" Nora asked and quickly came over to take a good look at her best friend.

Grey couldn't keep a secret from these two. "If we can't seal demon Jon within 1 month, Emery's soul would be destroyed and disappear forever…"

"What does that demon have to do with this?" Nora asked because she couldn't understand why.

"It's because this is what I want, isn't it? I'm not supposed to be in this world, so it's damaging my soul… If we can complete my wish, I will be saved, right Grey?" Emery was quick as he knew very well the situation of his soul.

"That's correct. If Emery were staying in the space provided by me, his soul would be protected. Now that he is here and roaming free, the world is retaliating against him. They know he should not be here like this. If he's not in his body, he should be in the light. The worlds gets angry when people do not follow the laws of the world…"

There was a long silence before Grey let go and went back to the computer. "We need to find the seal quickly. Not just any seal will do. If we can't get Emery to remember, we need to test them out and see how effective they are."

Emery and Nora nodded and they began to help Grey sort through hundreds of sealing techniques, grabbing ones that seemed like they could work and tossing ones that made no sense.

Who knew if most of these sealing techniques actually worked…

*****

Two weeks had gone by since they decided to pick a batch of sealing techniques from several different countries. In the mornings, Grey went to visit Shamir and then devoted his time to helping Emery and Nora in the afternoon.

They were running low and still couldn't find the sealing technique Emery had found in his previous life. They tested the seals on local known demons who liked to mess around from time to time. None of the seals hurt the demons. They were also given permission from the Agency to do this as a way of searching for a way to contain the demons that liked to run wild.

75% of them didn't really work and the rest worked to a degree but they didn't seal long enough. Some only lasted a few minutes showing that they were either incomplete or they were only used temporarily.

"Maybe I have been approaching this wrong…" Grey mumbled to himself after using up the last of their sealing methods.

"What do you mean?" Emery, who was holding Grey's hand, asked because he wanted to make sure that Nora could still hear him.

"What happens if you didn't find it, but you made your own?" Grey said as he looked at Emery with shining eyes.

"If we can take the elements that worked for each seal and then modify them to be able to lengthen the time, as well as the strength, wouldn't that work as well?"

"Modify…" Emery said as he looked dazedly at Grey. He felt like those words made sense, but something about them sparked something within him. He didn't say anything for a while as though he was thinking quite deeply. He didn't realize that they had already arrived at Nora's place.

Nora saw Emery's expression that hadn't changed since Grey's question and waved her hand in front of his face. "Earth to Emery, you okay?"

It was only then that Emery snapped out of his trance and found himself in Nora's living room. He was even seated next to Grey on the sofa.

"I… I think I remembered something." Emery said and got up and flew over to Nora. The notebook that was placed next to her was opened by Emery and the pages flew quickly. After stopping at some of the seals Nora wrote down, he looked over at Grey and Nora excitedly and urged them to give him a pencil or pen.

Nora had one in her pocket, so she gave her pencil to him. He thanked her and began writing a couple of pages worth of notes in the book. If anyone else were there, they would think that the pages and pencil were moving on their own.

Eventually, a seal was drawn on one of the pages. It was a lot more complex than the ones they had seen thus far. Grey could feel a strong power coming from it even when it was just drawn in the notebook to show them what it would look like.

Emery put the pencil down and sat next to Grey so that he could talk with Nora. Emery was getting weaker, so he really needed to be by Grey at all times. He had used most of his energy writing everything he remembered about the seal he had created.

Nora showed the notebook to Grey and they looked at it together.

Emery had written the incantation for the seal and it was a bit lengthy. It was a good two pages long. Though a lot of it said, "Repeat this as many times as needed" or "Repeat this three times before moving on to the next chant." Considering how Demon Jon would be sealed away for a decade, it made sense for it to be a bit long. Also, there was another incantation on one of the two pages to renew the seal after the 10 years were up. Once the demon repented in the item it was sealed in, the seal and the item would disappear forever.

"Emery, this is amazing!" Nora couldn't help but say as she read through the whole thing and even looked at how intricate the seal was. There were even instructions.

First, they needed to arrange a few things. One was an item that was suitable for sealing souls. Items like hand-held statues (not religious artifacts), small portrait-size paintings, or even porcelain dolls. Another item or two they needed was something they could carve the seal with or write it down on. As long as they could carve or stick papers to the surface of the item, it was fine. Lastly, they need a place to house these items so that they won't be disturbed by others. They were planning on going to the agency for this.

"How did you suddenly remember it?" Nora couldn't help but ask.

"I heard Grey say something about modifying and creating our seal, and my memories slowly flowed into my head…"

"Did you remember how you died?" Grey was a little worried about how it would affect Emery if he did.

"No, I still can't remember that."

"I think that's for the best. Good job remembering this though. I feel we couldn't have done it without you, Emery." Grey patted Emery's hand. He sent Emery some energy so that Emery would feel a bit stronger.

Emery also didn't want to remember how he died. He knew it was gruesome so some things were better off not remembering…

After reading through Emery's notes in detail, Nora made extra copies while Grey practiced the complicated seal with the help of Emery. They had to be quick or Demon Jon would realize what they were doing.

They didn't have much time. The clock was ticking and they knew that time would not wait for them…


AUTORENGEDANKEN
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Lille: Wahhh, the anticipation! Good luck to the trio!

Grandpa Marky: I don't usually update this early (almost 8AM) but I can't sleep so I decided to just update it now so I don't have to do it later.

Anyway, two more chapters to go and then this arc is done!

next chapter

Kapitel 76: Spirit Investigator (10)

Edited by: Kuro and Lille

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After testing Emery's demon seal for a week and successfully trapping three demons in some wooden statues, Grey felt it was finally time to end Nora's suffering once and for all.

Seeing the success, Demon Jon decided to get rid of Nora and Grey, refusing to be sealed.

It tormented Nora in her sleep, followed her around the house, and taunted her. Even so, she, Emery, and Grey had a plan. She just needed to entertain Jon for a bit while Emery and Grey got everything ready.

Emery and Grey were in a nature reserve near the city. It was about 30 minutes away from their apartment and was frequently used as a camping ground for the city folk who wanted to escape city life, but not wanting to go too far.

Nora was on her way, as she had to go to the agency for something. As the protagonist of this world, Grey knew that she would not die, but he still had System 225 checking in on her. In the meantime, Grey and Emery were drawing a sealing circle in a clearing in the forest.

This clearing was the one they had agreed on a week or so ago. They made sure that the demon wasn't around them before scouting the place. It was perfect. It was isolated, but it was a 10-minute walk from the main trail, so it was difficult to get lost. They put tags on the trees to help guide them to and from.

Grey was the one who was drawing the sealing circle while Emery helped from above to make sure Grey was drawing it correctly. They made the seal using a special paint that Grey had continuously poured his spiritual energy into for a week. It was pure white and sparkled when the light shone on it. They also didn't draw on the dirt as the paint wouldn't stick to the ground, so they took a black sheet that had bathed in direct sunlight that morning and laid it on the ground. They used three different paintbrushes to get the desired sealing circle on the sheet. The paint dried quickly so they couldn't mess up or they would have to start over.

After 30 minutes, they finished the sealing circle and pinned it to the ground. They placed a 12-inch (30cm) wooden statue of what Jon looked like before his death. It was from the only picture that Nora had of her "father." It also had carvings of the seal but it was in four different places. One on top of the head, the bottom platform where his feet were, on the front torso where his heart was, and on his back. The seals were placed there to ensure that he would not be able to leave the statue.

When everything was in place, Grey got a notification that Nora had almost gotten into a car accident.

*****

Nora was trying to get to the nature reserve outside of town. She was driving her car when she saw an oncoming car. It was driving on the wrong side of the road. The driver, who fell asleep at the wheel, had his foot on the gas, so it was crazily going down the road.

No one else could see it, but she could see Jon sitting in the passenger seat, grinning at her as the car threatened to come at her. She swerved her car to the right as quickly as she could. The incoming car skimmed the left side of her vehicle, sending her car in circles. Luckily, the right side was full of grass, so she didn't go very far.

Unfortunately, the car crashed into the person behind her.

"If you let yourself get hit, you probably could have saved that other person's life." Demon Jon's voice whispered into her ear as though trying to guilt-trip her into feeling bad. "The guy who fell asleep is still alive, but the other person did not survive the head-on collision."

"It's your fault he died. If you had died in his place, this innocent person would have survived. How will you live with this guilt for the rest of your life?"

"It's not my fault!" She shouted and looked over at the passenger seat where he was sitting. "It's your fault."

It was the first time she had talked back to him. Knowing that she was finally going to get rid of this demon, she felt no fear. She had the power to get rid of him and it was all thanks to Emery.

"It's your fault for wanting to get rid of me."

Even when he was alive, he always liked to blame everyone around him. He never thought anything was his fault, even if he was proven wrong. He hated being wrong.

"If you just let me stay by your side and did as I told you, none of this would have happened. If only you were more obedient. Unlike your mother who defied me and even killed me! You are just like her. So useless!"

"Do you think I want to keep you around for the rest of my life? When I finally thought you were gone for good, you suddenly came back from the dead. No one wants you around, and I, especially, don't want you around!"

Nora started up her car once more after calling 911 and left the scene. She was 5 minutes away from the nature reserve and ignored her "father" for the rest of the way. She was tired of hearing him talk, hearing him whisper words into her ears as though he was planting words in her mind.

"You are going to get rid of me at the nature reserve? You know I hate this place." Jon said as he floated around her as she walked past the entrance.

She didn't say anything to him, just walked to the agreed place.

"Do you think I would walk into your trap willingly? You can't even touch me."

She didn't respond to him and acted as though he didn't exist. This made him want to get into her face and taunt her even more!

"It seems one of you was smart enough to put little signs that showed the way. Look, I can't even touch them because there is a seal on them. It must be that Emery kid who came up with the plan."

Nora knew that the demon, Jon, could see Emery's spirit. He had once asked who the person was in Emery's body, but she didn't say anything to him. It made Jon all the more curious though.

"Why won't you answer me, Nora? I just want to talk to you. You are always ignoring me. Can't you be a bit more obedient and answer me back?"

She knew that his words were all lies, so she let him talk her ear off.

After a while, she saw the clearing and Grey standing at the front. Emery was floating on top of the sealing circle to make sure it was all in place.

"Grey, Emery!" Nora waved to get their attention.

"Nora! It's good to know that you made it safely." Emery flew over and was going to give her a hug but he noticed Jon floating behind her.

"Oh, it's you." There were no emotions in his words.

"Hello, Emery boy. It seems you are still not in your body."

"I didn't think you would come here so easily," Emery said as he floated back to Grey. "How anti-climatic. I thought we would have to drag you over here against your will."

"Well, it's not like any of you can touch me," Jon said as he flew around the sealing circle, "This looks pretty legit. How did you guys find this?"

"Didn't find it, I made it," Emery replied nonchalantly to get Jon's guard to go down.

"Really? That's pretty amazing. Does it work?" He knew they worked, he was just stalling for time. He knew it worked, he just liked to hear himself talk.

"Yeah, it does. We tried it on three other demons already."

"It really is the real deal, huh? They must've been pretty stupid to fall into this obnoxiously big seal."

"Not stupid, just unprepared."

"Unprepared?" Jon looked over at Emery, who was right next to him, extremely amused. "And how did you do that?"

"Like this," Grey said and pushed Jon into the seal. Jon didn't know how Grey got behind him without him noticing, but the biggest thing was that he actually felt Grey's touch! It was the first time in years since he had been able to physically touch something.

Once Jon got inside the seal, that was it, he could not leave until someone broke the seal.

Jon was incredibly angry. His eyes turned pitch black and his hair began to defy gravity as it floated around with a mind of its own. A large amount of demonic energy surged from him as he attempted to break the seal.

"YoU TRiCked ME!" His voice was deep and hoarse as it echoed throughout the forest.

"Tricked you? No, we didn't trick you. You were just unprepared." Emery grinned but his smile never reached his eyes.

Nora and Grey had already started reading the chant as Emery taunted him a bit.

The two spoke at the same time. Chains began to shoot out of the seal on the cloth, slowly pulling him to the statue. He struggled and screeched but found that resistance was futile. Still, he didn't want to give up because he didn't want to be trapped in that statue.

"We call upon the gods in the heavens, the forces that control the spiritual energy of our world, and the spirits of the dead to help us seal the Demon, Jon, so that he can repent. The wicked roam this world, free to wreak havoc and torment those who are still alive.

"Seal him in this statue so that he can cleanse his soul, readying his soul for reincarnation." They repeated this sentence three times before getting to the last part.

"He who struggles, he who fights, we tell you to embrace your wrongdoings."

All four of Demon Jon's limbs were chained and he felt his spiritual body being dragged. A seal formed on his chest and his forehead but he didn't want this!

"Nora! I am your father, how could you do this to me?" He thought if he played the parent card, he could get Nora to stop. Hadn't he watched over her even in death? After her mother left this world, he still stuck around to watch her grow up, so shouldn't she be thankful?

"You want me to be thankful to you?" Nora was sick and tired of his gaslighting, manipulative ass. "The moment you laid your hands on my mother and those other women was the day I decided you were no longer my father!" Her red eyes looked over at Jon with fury. It was like she was laying all of her grievances in front of him so that he would shut up.

She continued to say the chant with Grey paying no mind to the demon who was shouting for her to stop.

"The Gods in the heavens, the forces that control the spiritual energy of our world, and the spirits of the dead, seal his soul in this statue, let him repent!"

After that, Jon screeched as loudly as he could. The grass and the nearby trees shook from his pressure. It took five minutes to seal him. Once he got sucked into the statue, they could no longer hear his pleas for help nor could they feel his pressure. The seal on the cloth disappeared but the ones on the statue glistened when light shone on it.

Nora collapsed to the ground trying to catch her breath. She used a lot of spiritual energy to help seal this demon, but she was also so relieved that her legs gave out.

She was finally free from him.

Grey was fine though, he felt like he could seal ten more demons and still feel energetic. Even so, he patted Nora's back to give her some comfort. "You did well."

[*Chirp chirp* Congratulations on completing:

[Main Mission: Seal Jon with Nora.

[Hidden Mission: Seal the Demon named Jon before Emery's soul disappears.

[Thank you for all of your hard work, Host. You have one more side mission to complete. Good luck on your endeavors.]

'Thank you, System 225.' He always felt it was necessary to thank System 225 as they both worked hard to complete these missions.

Emery was standing next to them, wanting to comfort Nora but his hand slipped through her body.

Nora looked over at Emery, about to grab his hand but realized she could not, so her hand slowly moved back down. Still, tears flooded her eyes as she finally gathered enough energy. "Thank you, Emery, my best friend. If you weren't here, I wouldn't know what I would do without you."

"Nora… You don't have to thank me, bitch." He felt it was his last time to joke around with her like this. Still, he had to be sappy one last time. "You know I would do anything for you."

When he said that, he saw the light behind Nora and Grey and was shocked to see it, coming for him and calling him in.

They could see he was staring behind them so they knew it was his time already.

"Emery, you better not forget me and you better wait for me." Nora stood up so that he could look her in the eyes. "I won't be joining you anytime soon because I have a calling in this world, but I better know that your smart ass is waiting for me there. I better see your ugly face the moment I die!"

"I could say the same to you. You better not forget me even when you find a good partner or if you ever have kids of your own. I better be the first one on your mind even in death." Emery was crying because he knew that this was it. He wanted to go in the light but he didn't want to leave his best friend behind. He had to go and he knew that.

Grey didn't say much but he grabbed Emery's hand and said, "Let's hug one last time."

Nora and Emery were brought into Grey's warm hug. With Grey's help, Nora and Emery were able to have physical contact so they cried, held each other for as long as they could, and finally let go when even Grey could no longer hold on to Emery.

"Goodbye Nora, I will see you on the other side when you get here, you dumb bitch!" In the end, they were best friends, so the love-filled curse words flowed out like there was no tomorrow.

"Also, Grey, thank you for everything. Live in my body for as long as you want, just don't forget about me."

And with that, Emery disappeared into the light, leaving only Nora and Grey in the forest.


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Lille: Goodbye, Emery (´°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥ω°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥`)

Grandpa Marky: Did y'all find this anti-climatic? Kuro did, but honestly, now that I reread it to update, I think it's just fine... Well, what do you think? I did find it quite emotional though. Almost cried. xD

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