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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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"Ah..."
Countless buildings dissolved, and faint screams echoed continuously.
Soon, the gloomy buildings around began to fade, gradually revealing the real-world environment.
At that moment, a roar came from a distance, seemingly from the master of this eerie realm.
Seeing a black shadow flying towards him, Syd instinctively swung out a beam of spiritual energy.
A flash of blue light, and the shadow vanished instantly, as if it had never existed.
Syd was momentarily stunned, not quite comprehending what had just happened.
Was that it?
Was this a joke?
That was way too weak, wasn't it?
He was a bit puzzled.
If that shadow had known his thoughts, it would undoubtedly have roared in anger, accusing him of not realizing his own strength, and not knowing how powerful he truly was, thinking everyone else was just as monstrous.
At this point, the illusory surroundings completely disappeared, and Syd found himself back in reality.
Gradually retracting his released light energy, he glanced at the distant Gilu and his two companions before flying away, contemplating what ability to practice next.
Seeing the sun in the sky disappear and leave, the three SHIELD agents sighed in relief.
"Let's report this to Director Fury," Gilu said, looking at his teammates.
Jeff and Isabella nodded, starting to contact SHIELD and truthfully report what had happened.
As they left, the area returned to silence, occasionally visited by people checking out what had happened.
Not long ago, the nearby residents had seen a second sun in the sky. Some even thought it was the sun god descending and had uttered a few prayers.
Four kilometers away.
Flying through the quiet night sky, Syd vaguely heard a voice praying.
However, the sound was so faint that it was almost nonexistent. By the time he tried to investigate, it had vanished.
Shaking his head, he temporarily ignored the voice.
He pondered on what to upgrade next.
As he thought about it, his attention naturally fell on Sunshine.
After upgrading to level three, it hadn't improved for quite a while.
By now, it was starting to feel a bit inadequate.
Syd recalled the scene of using Sunshine against Apocalypse not long ago.
Compared to the Phoenix Force, Sunshine's power was still significantly weaker. At least in terms of performance, the Phoenix Force dealt with Apocalypse much faster, and he had less resistance.
"First, upgrade Sunshine, then try to unlock the Light of God Balder's divine light power."
Time passed quickly, and soon the sky brightened as the sun rose on the horizon.
[Sunshine Experience +1]
[Sunshine Experience +1]
Bathed in the morning light, Syd practiced Sunshine.
Soon, a whole day had passed, and Sunshine's progress had changed.
[Ability: Sunshine (83/1000) Level 3]
"Too slow..."
Grumbling about the slow progress of Sunshine, he continued practicing.
...
Seven days passed...
As he silently trained Sunshine and avoided pursuers, a familiar prayer reached his ears.
Hmm? Syd was startled, following the sense to locate Kaecilius.
"What is it?" he asked.
A profound Sanskrit voice echoed in the reverent Kaecilius' mind.
In the next moment, Kaecilius replied, "Great One, according to our intelligence, the Tesseract has returned to SHIELD."
"Do you need me to retrieve it for you?"
Hearing this, Syd frowned slightly.
The Tesseract was supposed to be in the hands of the Ancient One. How could it end up back at SHIELD? He didn't believe that anyone at SHIELD could snatch the Tesseract from the Ancient One.
In fact, they might not even know it was in the Ancient One's possession.
Thinking for a moment, he considered one possibility.
Since it couldn't have been taken by SHIELD, there was only one possibility left: the Ancient One had returned it to SHIELD.
"Is it to prevent significant changes?"
Shaking his head, Syd thought this was indeed something the Ancient One would do. After all, she had peered into countless timelines, knowing what actions would be beneficial and which would be detrimental.
Clearly, in her view, returning the Tesseract to SHIELD, which would lead to the Chitauri invasion of Earth, was ultimately favorable for the planet. She believed that altering this event might make things worse.
At this moment, Kaecilius, thinking Syd hadn't heard him, repeated his question.
"Great One, should I retrieve the Tesseract for you?"
After contemplating for a moment, Syd's profound Sanskrit voice replied, "No, the Earth must face its destiny. Arbitrarily changing it would not be wise..."
Hearing the mystical voice in his mind, Kaecilius was left in a daze.
Destiny of the Earth? Does this mean something significant is going to happen?
Has the Great One foreseen something? These thoughts made Kaecilius tremble with awe, becoming even more respectful and devoted.
The Great One indeed!
As for whether something would actually happen, it would be verified later.
If something did occur, it would mean that the Great One's power was beyond comprehension! Had Syd known what Kaecilius was thinking, he would have been speechless, marveling at his ability to fill in the gaps. What he had said was merely a casual remark to brush him off.
The reason he didn't want to retrieve the Tesseract was simple: he was waiting for bigger opportunities.
If he took the Tesseract, the Chitauri wouldn't invade, and Loki wouldn't appear. Where would he then get the Mind Scepter? By waiting, Loki would naturally bring the scepter to Earth.
And the gem in the scepter was one of the Infinity Stones, the Mind Stone! Loki probably didn't even realize that the tip of his scepter housed an Infinity Stone, did he?
Besides the Mind Stone, taking the Tesseract could prevent the Reality Stone from appearing.
Such a move could set off a chain reaction, disrupting future events, which Syd wanted to avoid.
He instructed Kaecilius to notify him if there were any significant changes at SHIELD, then ended the connection.
"The Chitauri should be invading soon, which means the plot of The Avengers is about to begin..."
Stroking his chin, Syd's eyes sparkled with anticipation. "Loki, don't disappoint me."
With that thought, his attention returned to Sunshine.
[Ability: Sunshine (575/1000) Level 3]
"Almost there..."
With eager anticipation, Syd continued practicing Sunshine.
Time flew by, and soon another six days had passed.
Originally, there should have been three updates today... a bunch of stuff to deal with, really not intentional, apologizing to everyone, will try to make up for it tomorrow.
(End of Chapter)
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