In a rush, Joey took out the yellowed notebook from his arms.
Perhaps because of the body temperature, the pages that were stuck together before and couldn't be separated can now be pulled apart as long as they are careful.
The spiritual intuition from the Lucky Master told him that the notes might be helpful to his current situation.
If you have seen the record before, filter it directly and turn to the middle part.
It was a crooked line of text. It could be judged from the handwriting that the owner's state became unstable when writing these notes.
'On August 6, I met them. They were a group of paranoid, crazy guys. They called themselves 'Mermaid Forest'
'On August 7, I abandoned the Paladin path and switched to the Deep Diver. I have the ability to breathe in water. This feeling is wonderful'
'On August 8, I started losing a lot of hair. Oh, damn, they didn't tell me that deep divers lose hair. How can I attract beautiful women?'
From here on, the owner of the note did not write anything for a long time, and it took several pages to turn back the text before the words reappeared.
'On September 3, I heard sounds from the sea, like buzzing bees, that kept me awake'
'On September 5th, I was in the newly opened cafe in Port Lia. In my hand was an unknown picture album. I didn't even remember why I came here.'
'On September 6, I only found out what I had done the day before when I opened my notes. Another me appeared in my body. It controlled this body and did things I couldn't understand.'
Joey abandoned everything around him and tried to calm himself down, which was conducive to thinking.
The heat wave of the red crystal made him wet all over, and the suffocating feeling in the air was oppressive.
Continue to scroll down the note:
'What exactly did I do on September 7th? It was not my intention to hurt those innocent girls at all. I seem to be polluted. Damn the infidels. They all deserve to go to hell, me. . . You should go to hell too'
'On September 8th, I lit the fire from hell, which will take all my sins, as well as those beasts, to hell'
'September 9th, my name is Duke Kermi, I died, he lived, his name was Hiiragi Yunus, the guy who resurrected in my body, I can't let him out, I try to control him '
'Unfortunately, I failed'
So, Hiiragi Yunus has taken over that body? But why did he die in the black church?
Turn the note to the last page, there is only one line:
“Don’t believe everything written”
Who wrote this sentence? Joey couldn't tell.
The clues obtained now indicate that the priest of the church, Duke Cormy, did not know what means he took to separate his spiritual consciousness after realizing that he might be contaminated.
With his thoughts racing, Joey turned his gaze to the red crystal ball.
There was an idea in there, the idea that made a deal with him.
The infusion of knowledge from unknown beings in the room in the Black Church was simply not something he could bear.
Just when he thought he was doomed, a sudden thought saved him.
The idea inside the red crystal claimed to be Duke Cormi, and it was obvious that he was the untainted priest. As for authenticity, Joey couldn't tell.
He offers Joey a deal.
Send it back underground, aka the Red Church.
To win Joey's trust, he told another version of the story.
While investigating the case of a missing woman, he was tainted by an unknown entity and joined a cult called the 'Mermaid Forest'.
During a ritual magic, with his last shred of clear will, he destroyed the ritual magic and destroyed the church.
However, the ritual magic had started after all and stopped midway. The result was that the church was pulled into the spiritual world between life and death.
The church was split in two, with the black remaining on the ground and the red buried underground.
He tried his best to take away a crystal ball from the ritual magic altar and sealed it on the second floor of the black church.
Falling into the spirit world is the best outcome. No one here can get out.
Over time, this church will be lost in the endless darkness of the spiritual world.
But what Duke didn't expect was that the summoned power was too powerful, and the people who were pulled into the spirit world began to be contaminated one by one.
Until the end, there was only one will left here, and everyone became an empty shell without consciousness.
The pollution caused his spirit to begin to split, and these divided mental wills would occupy different bodies.
Sometimes, he is a homeless man, sometimes he becomes a grocery store owner.
It is keen on playing various roles, it has given itself many names, and it directs and performs one drama after another every day.
As time goes by, ten years have passed.
It begins to long for freedom and tries to let its power penetrate the real world.
I tried many ways but couldn't leave, and it became irritable and irritable.
Finally one day in 1385, the opportunity came.
The divided spiritual will began to snatch the opportunity to leave here.
They are both Duke Cormi, but they are not the same Duke Cormi.
Schizophrenia has made them completely independent individuals with their own emotions and ideas, and no one wants to compromise.
The obliteration, devouring, and fusion lasted for a long time. It was also in the gathering of these wills that Duke, who belonged to the priest's will, awakened.
Watching a thought escape, he could not accept such a result.
He spent everything he had, even his life, but never imagined that he would create such a monster.
At the last moment, he injected a false memory into that thought.
That memory would drive him back here.
That memory created a non-existent sister.
As long as you start looking for missing people, you will eventually come back here.
And indeed, 'Duke' is back.
After coming back, that 'Duke' regained all his memories.
He knew the weakness of Harvey Jeffrey's immortality and destroyed it.
As for Harvey, he had been Father Duke's assistant ten years ago.
When even Duke was contaminated, he naturally couldn't avoid it.
The only difference is that Harvey was very weak at that time and was only a peripheral member.
Also because he was weak, the power he gained after witnessing Duke's transformation path was too powerful, and he was extremely eager for it.
After the accident at the old Leah church, Harvey naturally became the person in charge of the rebuilt church.
One thing that is commendable is that he evaded detection by the higher-ups of the church and lurked for seven or eight years without being discovered.
Until a few months ago, dozens of people headed by Joey disappeared due to extraordinary events. He went to investigate and secretly discovered traces of the 'Mermaid Forest'.
In this way, he can get in touch with the organization again, and with the help of the organization's power, he can find the old church and get what he has always wanted.
But what he didn't know was that while he gained something, he also lost something.
That thing is called self.
Harvey began to serve the organization, using his identity as a church deacon as a cover to help the 'pagans' select outstanding women.
The picture album was distributed through his hands.
This can easily explain why the extraordinary events that occurred were not taken seriously and were simply classified as missing persons.
After finding the old church, Harvey also knew that there was a being there that he could not fight against.
So he never dared to step into the church.
He only needs to rely on the extraordinary spiritual characteristics remaining outside to steadily improve his strength.
For extraordinary people, even a trace of extraordinary characteristics can be of great help.
But what he didn't expect was that among the group of students who went on an adventure at sea, there would be an outlier, Joey Creevey.
Not only did he not die due to pollution, but he also found something, and he had to risk exposure to try to kill Joey.
Unfortunately, he failed and had to escape and hide in the old church.
From the first time Joey entered the Black Church, Harvey had been hiding in the dark, watching Joey step into the place he didn't dare to step into.
He aroused the forbidden power and attempted to burn Joey to death.
From Harvey's point of view, no matter what Joey gets from it, it doesn't matter, just kill all the unstable factors.
Unfortunately, the result was another failure.
Joey escaped, and when he came back again, he was fully prepared and blocked all possibilities of escape.
Here, even Nomu, the disciplinary priest, has no fear.
Joey has always been an outsider. It wasn't until he learned something deeper through the will in the crystal ball that he decided to cooperate with the other party.
In the narrative of that will, the guy who escaped must be captured and completely wiped out in order to prevent all possible accidents.
Before seeing this inverted red church, Joey was dubious about the will inside the crystal ball.
Now, it is certain that he was deceived.
After closing the note, Joey's face became extremely solemn.
The last sentence of the note kept echoing in my mind, 'Don't believe everything recorded.'
Looking at the red crystal above his head that was spinning and emitting hot energy, Joey's eyes were filled with uncontrollable despair.
How should I put it? He and Norm were in danger.
They were not wrong in tracking down the missing person. What was wrong was that they encountered the unlucky guy Duke Cormi.
Now looking at the vigilant expression on Norm's face, one can imagine how many brain cells he has used up.
"Norm, do you have anything powerful with you?"
"Can I trust you?"
Yo! Can you still think? Joey was slightly surprised.
After two seconds of silence, he said in a serious tone that he had never seen before:
"You don't need to believe me, just believe in yourself and give yourself a chance to escape."
At this time, Harvey suddenly interrupted: "Don't waste your efforts, here, it is immortal."
As he spoke, he pointed at the red crystal and the 'people' lying on the ground.
Now those people, with their legs visibly glued together, are metamorphosing into fish tails.
"Are you Harvey now, or is it Duke's will?" Joey asked.
"I don't know who I am now, or if I am not myself." At this point, Harvey's expression froze, and he shook his head with a wry smile: "Perhaps, now he has no time to pay attention to me, and has withdrawn his will from this body. "
"You shouldn't have brought that crystal out, it would have been a disaster, and the disaster of ten years ago would have happened again."
Joey shook his head in disbelief and retorted:
"Maybe I was deceived, but from my point of view, I don't think so. Half of the thorns stuck in the body must either be fully inserted or pulled out."
As he spoke, his tone suddenly turned cold.
"In this regard, I think the choice of 'Duke' in the crystal ball is not wrong. It is very risky, but it is worth trying."
Norm asked solemnly: "What are you going to do?"
Now that things have happened, Joey doesn't intend to hide anything.
Said directly:
"Complete the ritual magic that was halfway through ten years ago, and let that power truly come to reality."
Harvey: "Crazy, you are crazier than me"
Norm: "I now doubt whether you are the real Joey, or whether the real Joey died on December 3, 1385."
As a temple investigator, he would feel that Joey is now a fanatical pagan.
If his mobility hadn't been restricted now, he would have wanted to rush over and kill Joey, the heretic.
"You discuss dealing with me so blatantly, and yet you don't take me seriously?"
At this time, Duke had completed the transformation. His feet had completely turned into the tail fins of a fish, and his whole body was suspended in the air, with not a single hair on his head.
"Waiting for His coming, that's what you want to see, isn't it," Joey said with a smile on his face.
This is a conspiracy, a conspiracy between Joey and the will in the red crystal ball.
Complete the unfinished ritual magic and let that power truly come, thereby completely annihilating Him.
The current situation is that that power is divided into two parts, one part is in reality, and the other part has not yet arrived.
The monster spawned in this state, namely 'Duke', cannot be killed at all. He can only be killed if he becomes a complete body.
Doing so is also accompanied by a huge risk, that is, a situation that is difficult to control may occur.
The situation at the scene fell into a brief silence while waiting for the ritual magic to be completed.
Joey asked bluntly:
"Where are the people who were kidnapped?"
This issue was also what Norm was most concerned about. He stared at Duke who had become a deep diver with an eager look on his face.
Duke smiled and shook his head: "These have nothing to do with me. I think you should ask him."
Everyone turned their attention to Harvey.
Harvey glanced at Joey with a strange expression, and then said:
"Your sister was indeed kidnapped by me. She should be a corpse now."
Hearing this, Joey could hardly suppress the anger in his heart.
But when I thought about it, Harvey's words were obviously wrong. He had met Barbara and two other girls in the dreamland long before.
"What about Freya?" Norm asked anxiously.
