[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

Mephisto didn't speak right away. Although the smile on his face disappeared, he still didn't look hostile.He was just thinking, maybe thinking about his position and value in the whole incident, or thinking about whether this matter was as interesting as he expected.While Mephisto was speaking, Bi'er looked around in fear——

There is almost nothing here.It's like a wilderness in a crater.A gray-red sky hangs over everything.The distance is filled with black smoke from nowhere, only the outlines of some mountain peaks can be seen.Beau couldn't see anything but stones and some oddly shaped plants.There are no legendary 'souls' to receive punishment, no flying demons or hellbringers.It's just empty, there's nothing there.

"You don't belong here. So you can't see."

As if answering Bi'er's question, Mephisto suddenly said: "But you will soon see how wonderful this scene of hell is."

"...You should let me go back?"

"Why should I let you go back?"

"..." Originally Bi'er wanted to say, isn't that what you just said? !But if you think about it carefully, this guy is the most cunning and unreasonable demon, and it's useless to say anything to him.Leaving from here can only rely on the efforts of oneself or Constantine and others.Bier took a deep breath, calm down, there is nothing to be afraid of, you have already died once.And it was a miserable death.Bi'er comforted herself like this, but when she thought that she was in hell, she still felt a little scared after all.

"Don't show such an expression, my dear lady." Mephisto laughed, he reached out to lift Beer's chin, but his hand was slapped away, but he didn't mind, "I'm a devil. You know, it's very interesting to watch you mortals in action. That man named Constantine seems to be very good."

"Konstantin...? Can you... see what they're doing now?"

"I sent someone to monitor." Mephisto raised his arm, and a crow flew out of the distant mist and landed on his arm. "Crows, I like them. Simple and practical It’s neutral again. And there are not so many principles and rules.”

"So you sent those big crows flying around us?"

"Of course. Our Zatanos is very... manic. But also very funny. He was a great big demon in the past. Even... before I existed, he was a great guy .But now? It's... sad to be reduced to the point of losing your mind? Isn't it?" Mephisto said as if happily, "Now he belongs to me, and his power will also belong to me. Premise It was Johnny Blazer who gave me more strength. I thought his special blood would allow him to defeat Zatanos' will and control that powerful force, but the result didn't seem to be as smooth as I imagined."

"So you let Zatanos slaughter innocent civilians?!"

"Don't get me wrong, Bi'er. I'm a demon. What does the life and death of human beings have to do with me? It's a good pastime for Zatanos to make trouble outside. What's more, I also want to see how far Blazer can go. You See that burning flame? It's God's work, Bea, it's not me, and it's not other demons, it's God's creation, the combination of vengeful spirits and humans, it's the wrath of God! But even With the power of Zatanos and the protection of God, he still lost his mind, this is really..." Mephisto shook his head and said, "So there must be a more powerful force behind this. What happened? Strange. But what is stronger than the power of God?"

"..."

"Tell me, dear lady? What is it?"

"...I can't tell you."

"So... that thing does exist." Hearing this, Mephisto's eyes began to light up, and he showed an ecstatic expression, "Hahaha! I knew it! It does exist!!" Said Here Mephisto grabbed Beer's shoulder, "Then tell me! What is that! Tell me! Tell me!! What is that? Something stronger than God! Tell me!!"

"I said I can't tell you! Let me go!"

"Oh Miss...that's such a frustrating answer." Mephisto lowered his voice, he held Bea tightly, his bright eyes dimmed, "For a few minutes I really wanted to put you Put it back. But now...you have to tell me what it is. Otherwise, not only will you not be able to return to your little knights, but in this hell—”

"No. The one who will be in this hell is you!"

Just when Bi'er began to feel that the crisis was approaching, suddenly Mephisto was interrupted by a voice!As soon as he turned his head, he was tightly entangled by a chain burning with hellfire! !

"You!!!" Mephisto screamed angrily, staring at the burning skull head in front of him, "How is that possible!! You can't control Zatanos!!"

"That was in the past, demon!!" Johnny Blazer, or rather, Ghost Rider, held the other end of the burning chain in his hand and looked at the demon in front of him fearlessly, "Now it's you and me There is a problem between!!"

"Don't forget this is my place! Blazer! Even if you have the power of the spirit of revenge, you can't—"

"Who said I'm going to duel with you now!!!" Interrupting Mephisto's voice, Blazer pulled the chain in his hand hard!The demon at the other end was directly pulled into the air by the power of the vengeful spirit!Seeing the demon flying towards his back according to the inertia, Blazer let go of the chain in his hand and ran towards Bi'er: "Catch me!!!"

"!!!" Beer still didn't quite understand the situation, but since Johnny Blazer has become a 'Ghost Rider', it means he is credible, so Beer grabbed Blazer's hand , although the last contact with this vengeful spirit was not pleasant, this time there seems to be no 'side effects'.Just as Bi'er held Blazer's hand, she was hugged by him. At the same time, Bi'er smelled a choking smell of something being burnt. She subconsciously hid back, but her head was caught by Johnny again. Quickly pressed back——

"It will be ready soon! Be patient!"

"You can't run away! I'll find you!! We'll meet again—"

Johnny's comforting words and Mephisto's angry voice rang in her ears, and Bier could only hold her breath and wait. However, when she couldn't help it, it was as if she was suddenly pulled out from the suffocating seabed. The surface of the water is average——

Somehow this metaphor is actually true, except that the bottom of the sea has become a bathtub? !Bier found herself sitting up from the bathtub full of water. The suffocation made her almost lose the ability to think for a moment, until the air finally entered her lungs. Although it was accompanied by water droplets, Bier felt that she was finally alive Come here, she coughed for a while before realizing the current situation——

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah--!!!!!"

"Wow?!!"

"Konstantin you pervert!!!!!!"

"Cold, calm down! I'm saving you!! Ah! It hurts!! Don't throw things over here... Wow!! Dresden!!!"

"What are you calling me for!!"

"Why didn't you throw Dresden!!!" Constantine escaped from the bathroom with his head in his arms, and then he protested outside the bathroom door.

"Uh..." Bi'er calmed down a little, because suddenly she was running around in the bathtub with a man with a 'very bad reputation', so she accidentally lost her mind.Thinking about it now, although Constantine's hand was placed where he shouldn't be, maybe he was saving himself.

"Are... um... are you okay?" Dresden sighed, he picked up the bath towel and handed it to Bea, "This is the method Constantine came up with, he cast a spell in the water , put you in a protected situation, and then send Blazer to hell to save you. Of course, I also helped a little."

"Thank you..." Bi'er wrapped her bath towel and smoothed her wet hair with her hands. In fact, she was not '□□', and she was still wrapped in a long and worn rag. I don't know What is it for? After taking it out of the bathtub, I found that it was covered with stains and seemed to have blood.

"Uh, that's... the Shroud of Saint John, Constantine used it to help you resist the erosion of hell. I think we have to return it to the church." Dresden held out his hand to Bier , helped her out of the bathtub, "How do you feel?"

"Right now, Mephisto's roar is still ringing in my ears." Beer replied truthfully, she was a little dizzy when she suddenly returned to the 'world', and when she followed Dresden out, she saw By the time Constantine was poking his head out of the door—

"The influence of hell on you may last for a while, you'd better take a break."

"Thank you Konstantin. Just...sorry for throwing something at you."

"At your service, if you don't mind—"

"Why is there so much water outside?" Before Constantine finished speaking, Beer found that the apartment was almost wet everywhere, and it was 'raining', and Alex was looking like 'I want to eat people' Hiding in a relatively dry place with a '' expression, Reese stood beside him with a helpless expression on his face, while Dr. Pym was carrying two newspapers to rescue his experimental facility.The worst is Dean and Sam, they have not yet regained consciousness, they were thrown on the carpet, and now they are being baptized by the 'rain'.

"Sorry. I didn't think hellfire could trigger an automatic fire extinguisher." The culprit of everything—Johnny Blazer, who has now receded the burning flames, showed an embarrassed expression, and said, "I will be responsible for cleaning up .”

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A little bit about Ghost Rider Johnny Blazer.Because most of this is written according to the comics, because the Blaze in the movie is too weak ==...

First of all, Johnny signed a contract with the demon Mephisto to save his father suffering from cancer (in the comics, he saved his adoptive father). Mephisto is too bad. Although Johnny’s father’s cancer was cured, his father still died. in the accident.Although it was Mephisto who turned Johnny into a ghost knight, in fact the power Johnny used was not Mephisto's, but God's, which belonged to the divine power, so what Johnny turned into Ghost Rider has no fear of light, crosses or other sacred objects.Why did you use Brother Di's power? It's a long, long time ago...

To put it simply, there are two forces, one is called 'Spirit of Vengeance', which is an ancient race created by God.The other is the demon Zathanos, an ancient and powerful demon.They were competing for a thing with powerful power called the "Medal of Power", and experienced various things in the middle. The spirits of revenge sacrificed themselves and defeated Zatanos in order to prevent the demon from gaining such a powerful power. And sealed their souls and the power of Zatanos together in a medal, which was divided into four pieces, which were inherited and guarded by two families (one of which was Johnny's ancestor).

After Brother Di launched a flood to sanction mankind, he found that mankind is really a bunch of unrepentant idiots, and even being a god, he couldn't stand it anymore.But Brother Di didn't want to start such a cruel thing like a flood anymore, so he thought of a more damaging trick——

He recreated the spirits of vengeance and released them to the world, allowing these spirits of vengeance to combine with human beings to become "ghost knights" who punish evil and promote good. Ghost knights mainly punish the existence of wicked people, also known as God's wrath, in short, very powerful.This is the origin of Ghost Rider.As for the unlucky Zatanos, he was completely tricked by Mephisto. As a very powerful demon, his real body (a stone statue) was found by a group of heretics, and they used this real body to kill him. He was resurrected, and he could have used this to make a comeback, but he didn't expect to meet Mephisto, a cunning guy who coveted his power, coupled with the human beings who are professional masterminds, and his own power has been defeated by those back then. The spirit of vengeance was sealed in the medal, and Mephisto defeated him with a little trickery. (To put it simply, this trick is bloody, that is, Zatanos must devour human souls to restore his strength, so the cultists who believe in him donate their own people, but Zatanos wants to eat one The prince's wife, the prince was naturally unhappy, so he asked the gods for help, but the gods didn't show up, and Mephisto came out, and said, "Young man, give me your soul, and I will help you beat Xiao Zha!" Eager to save his wife, he agreed, so he became an undead without a soul. After confronting Zatanos, Zatanos wanted to eat his soul but found that he didn't have it at all. At this time, the prince said that it was because he got it. The power of Mephisto led the believers to think that 'our master is weak' and collectively rebelled, Zatanos' power was greatly reduced, and Mephisto appeared again and gave him a fatal blow, so he hated him so much defeated.)

After Mephisto defeated Zatanos, Xiao Zha lived a miserable life.He was enslaved by Mephisto and his memory was erased by him, and Lao Mo put him on a mortal every day to have fun and squeeze his power.Later, Lao Mo colluded with the angel in charge of the Ghost Rider, and put Xiao Zha on Johnny's body, making Johnny also a Ghost Rider.

That's pretty much it.There are also some things, such as Mephisto cheating Johnny's ancestors and the angels, so that every eldest son of Johnny's bloodline will become a ghost rider.In short, Mephisto is a big villain!

PS Although Zatanos has lost his memory, as a demon, he is still very hungry for human souls.In fact, once a mortal is possessed by the spirit of vengeance, he will lose his sense of autonomy and be controlled by the spirit of vengeance.But Johnny seemed to be able to control himself, and Zatanos finally voluntarily combined with Johnny because of his desire for the soul. This is also what Johnny finally became the real Ghost Rider.

PSx2 In this article, the reason why Sam and Dean and Dresden performed the exorcism ritual on Ghost Rider effectively is because Zatanos was at the 'surface' at that time, he suppressed Johnny's ritual, and he After all, I am not a vengeful spirit made by God, but just a demon.

That's it... Maybe something is wrong, welcome to correct me!But I think it should be fine in general. This article will not discuss Johnny's identity too deeply. In the future, he will only be active as a 'Ghost Rider'. Although he has not joined the Avengers, he and The little spider has a good relationship? (Everyone loves little spiders ==)

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