American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 297 Then I ask you
Like a balloon with a huge hole bursting, countless souls were ejected, and for a moment the boiler room was filled with a hazy, gray aura of souls.

Some souls' resentment had long since dissipated, but they were unable to ascend to heaven because they were bound by the aggregate of wronged spirits, so they began to ascend to heaven on the spot.

These kinds of souls actually make up the majority. After all, most wronged souls are just ordinary people. Their resentment can only keep them in the human world for a period of time, but not forever. Otherwise, the earth would be full of wronged souls long ago.

In reality, only some extremely gifted ghosts, or certain special places, can allow ghosts to linger.

Some souls still harbor resentment, such as the soul of the bandit leader, who immediately rushed towards Francesca seeking revenge.

Just as Roy was about to intervene to stop the bandit leader's soul, a dazzling holy light suddenly descended from the sky.

This holy light acted like a time-stop spell, freezing all the souls present, except for Roy, who was still able to move.

Roy looked up in surprise. Although Roy the angel could summon such holy light in the spiritual world, he couldn't do it in the real world.

Accompanied by dazzling holy light, Roy heard solemn and sacred music, as if a choir were singing in his ear.

Then, a large white door appeared on the ceiling of the boiler room, and two people with wings on their backs slowly descended from inside the door. One had six pairs of light wings on its back, and the other had five pairs of light wings.

Could it be...

A pair of silver eyes fixed on Roy, and the owner of those eyes was instantly stunned.

The ten-winged angel beside him was completely oblivious to his companion's abnormality, still looking strangely at the large number of souls imprisoned in the holy light.

"Strange, why are there so many wronged souls here?"

Then, the ten-winged angel discovered Roy.

"Huh, what's this angel doing here? And an angel I've never seen before? Lord Michael, do you know who he is?"

The voice of the ten-winged angel left Michael somewhat dazed, and a very complicated expression appeared on her face.

"Yes, Rachel, I know who he is."

Rachel had never seen such an expression on Michael's face before. In her memory, Michael's face should always be calm and serious.

"Lord Michael?"

Michael quickly regained his composure, his expression returning to its usual dignified and serious demeanor.

“Rachel, this is Roy, a friend I met in the human world. He has the blood of an ancient angel and is a hybrid of human and angel.”

Rachel looked enlightened and then bowed to Roy.

"So that's how it is! I salute you, angel on earth!"

Roy didn't understand what the etiquette in Heaven was like, so he could only nod to Rachel.

Michael actually had a lot to say to Roy, but with Rachel standing next to her, there were some things she couldn't say, so she could only ask about the situation on the ground.

"Roy, what happened here? Why are there so many wronged souls?"

Roy also wanted to ask Michael some questions, but there was more than one other person present, so he could only tell him what he knew about Antonia Grassa.

Rachel was shocked after hearing Roy's account.

"How could there be such wicked people on earth? They killed thousands of people on the ship just for their own selfish desires?"

Michael sighed and answered Rachel.

“Rachel, you have never left Heaven, so you may not know the situation on Earth. There are indeed many terrible humans like this on Earth.”

Rachel nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.

"In that case, let's send these souls to heaven first!"

According to Heaven's procedures, wronged souls and the souls of suicide victims cannot enter Heaven; only pure souls can enter.

Then these pure souls will be judged in Heaven, the good people will remain in Heaven, and the sinners will be sent to Hell.

Coincidentally, Rachel was the angel in charge of judging souls in Heaven. She discovered that a large group of souls had suddenly appeared and entered Heaven at almost the same time, so she reported it to her superior, Michael.

That's why the story of two angels descending to earth happened.

With a wave of his hand, Rachel purified the resentful spirits that were still lingering in the holy light, and then they were sucked into the gate.

Francesca, who was in the distance, was also purified and then drifted involuntarily toward the Gates of Heaven.

Seeing this, Roy quickly grabbed Francesca, while Rachel looked at Roy strangely.

"Roy, why are you preventing this soul from entering Heaven?"

Roy didn't know how to explain it for a moment, so he could only make up a reason.

"Uh, this person is my friend. She still has a wish to fulfill and wants to stay in the human world for the time being."

Faced with two powerful angels, Francesca dared not speak and could only nod repeatedly to show her agreement with Roy.

Rachel frowned slightly as she looked at Roy and Francesca.

"Whether she has wishes or not, it's not a good thing for a soul to linger on earth. Roy, you should let her go to heaven!"

Roy looked at Michael, hoping the other could say a few words on his behalf.

Michael understood Roy's meaning, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke up.

“Rachel, since Roy has said so, let this soul remain in the mortal realm for now.”

Rachel looked at Michael in surprise; she never expected the ever-just angel of judgment to say such a thing.

"Lord Michael, but..."

Michael felt Rachel's gaze and felt a little embarrassed, so he could only turn his head away to avoid her eyes.

"Roy is a righteous human being who once thwarted the plot of the King of Greed. You can trust him."

Rachel stared wide-eyed at Roy.

"Is this true? Then let me ask you!"

Rachel has a cute appearance, giving off a girl-next-door vibe, which makes Roy want to show her off.

"That's all ancient history. I just defeated the Wrathful King who had unleashed half of his power not long ago."

Even Michael was somewhat surprised by these words, and seemed to be slightly worried as well.

"Has the King of Wrath descended upon the mortal realm?"

Judging from Michael's expression, she doesn't seem to know about this yet. Is it because Uriel hasn't had a chance to tell her yet?

Several months have passed!

Or is it that communication between the human world and heaven is not very smooth?

Roy nodded calmly.

"Yes, Uriel was there at the time, and I was with her when we fought the Wrathful King."

Upon hearing this, Michael breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"So it was Lord Uriel who made the move! No wonder he was able to deal with the Wrathful King who had unleashed half his power! Roy, you're not being honest! How could you steal Lord Uriel's credit!"

Rachel seemed not to believe that Roy could deal with Samael, and directly attributed all the credit to Uriel, leaving Roy speechless.

Uriel did a lot in that battle, but it was Roy who truly delivered the final blow to Samael.

Moreover, without Roy's intervention, Uriel would probably have already returned to heaven and wouldn't have been able to participate in the subsequent battles.

Michael could tell that Roy wasn't lying, because she knew that although Uriel had descended to Earth ahead of schedule, he had actually been there for less than a year and his combat power hadn't reached its peak. He was definitely no match for Samael, who had descended with half his power.

Therefore, Roy must have made a huge contribution in this battle.

"Rachel, don't doubt others so easily. Roy won't speak up on matters like this." After being reprimanded by Michael, Rachel immediately corrected her attitude and apologized.

"I'm sorry, Roy! Did you really send the wrathful king back to hell with your own hands?"

"Hmm! If you don't believe me, you can ask Uriel when you run into her in the future."

Since Roy said so, how could Rachel not believe him?

So the angel looked at Roy with an adoring gaze, a look that Roy found quite pleasing.

However, Michael seemed to have had enough and coughed twice.

"Ahem! Rachel, things are done here. You can go back to Heaven now."

"Ah? Lord Michael, aren't you coming back with me?"

"I have some things I want to talk to Roy about, then I'll head back."

Rajie nodded, not giving it much thought.

"Then I'll go back first!"

With that, Rachel flapped her wings and flew into the gates of heaven.

Now only Roy, Francesca, and Michael were left in the boiler room.

A person, a ghost, and an angel stared at each other, creating a very strange atmosphere.

"Francesca, you should get back into the gun too."

Francesca looked at the strange atmosphere between Roy and Michael, and seemed to have thought of something; her eyes revealed an incredulity.

Francesca actually really wanted to read the gossip, but Roy forcibly put her into Smith & Wesson M629 and prevented her from perceiving the outside world.

This reaction actually suggests that Roy and Michael have something going on.

Without Francesca present, the atmosphere did not improve. Michael just looked at Roy with an indescribably complicated expression, refusing to say a word, which made Roy feel uneasy.

The atmosphere on Roy's side was so awkward it was enough to make anyone dig their toes out of the White House, while the atmosphere on the speedboat outside the Antonia Grassa was quite pleasant.

Penny was enthusiastically taking pictures everywhere with Mason's digital camcorder in her hand, looking very relaxed and happy.

This puzzled Catherine.

"Ms. Brown, aren't you worried at all about Mr. Blake and the others?"

"Of course not! Roy will not fail!"

Penny had absolute faith in Roy. They had been through so many things together, some of which were even more dangerous than the current situation, but Roy had never let her down.

On the other side, Finnigan couldn't help but speak up as well.

"But they've been inside for a long time already; it might be dawn soon!"

Penny scratched her head.

"Has it been that long? Maybe the cruise ship is too big and it's hard to find engine parts?"

Upon hearing this, Charles immediately stood up.

"Why don't we board the ship and take a look?"

Of these, Charles was the most worried because his beloved daughter Serena was currently on the ship.

Charles had previously advised Serena several times not to take the risk, but Serena wouldn't listen and used him as an excuse.

Charles himself is an adventurous person, both in his career and in his personal life.

Purchasing the San Diego was a risk in itself, and as expected, something went wrong, so he had no way to refute Serena's use of him as an example.

"Not so good?"

Finnigan hesitated, not because he was afraid to get on the ghost ship.

But what about the speedboats if everyone is on board?
"I think we should trust Roy! Let's wait a little longer; Roy will never let us down!"

Dalia stood firmly on Roy's side, just like Penny.

Charles and Catherine were clearly not very confident, but as they were talking, they suddenly noticed that the thick fog around the speedboat was beginning to dissipate.

Is it dawn yet?

Finnegan immediately stood up, because according to the old captain he had met, the fog would dissipate after dawn, and the ghost ship would also disappear.

Unfortunately, all the electrical appliances on the ship had failed, even the watch had stopped, and Finnegan had no idea what time it was.

The only working electrical appliance right now is the digital camcorder in Penny's hand, but the time displayed on the camcorder has also stopped.

"It doesn't feel like it! It seems like it's still dark!"

The group went out of the cabin onto the deck to observe the sky.

As the thick fog dissipated, everyone was finally able to see the sky again, and it didn't look like the sun was about to come out.

At that moment, Amy thought of a possibility.

"Could it be that Roy has already solved the ghost ship problem?"

Upon hearing this, Penny immediately nodded.

"That must be it! Roy must have solved the root cause of the ghost ship, which is why the fog has dissipated!"

The others breathed a sigh of relief, and Finnigan returned to the cockpit to check the instruments.

"Phew! Everything's working perfectly, that's great! Now we just have to wait for Mr. Blake and Joey to bring back the spare parts..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Finnigan suddenly noticed a reaction from the sonar system, indicating that some large creature was swimming towards them from the seabed in the distance.

Hmm, this seems to have happened before?
Finnegan immediately suffered a PTSD attack.

"Something's wrong! It looks like something is approaching us from the seabed!"

"What did you say?"

The people on deck were startled, as they also thought of what had happened before, especially Charles, who had heard the crew say something similar before the Santiago sank.

Penny quickly regained her composure. She was the most powerful person present and also represented Roy, so she was the one who should make the decision.

How far away is that thing from us?

Finnigan kept observing the sonar system.

"At its current speed... it will be directly beneath us in about five minutes!"

Penny frowned, and after a moment's thought, she made a decision.

"Captain Finnigan, immediately detach the speedboat from the Antonia Graza!"

Charles became anxious upon hearing Penny's words.

"What? What about Serena?"

Penny looked at Charles calmly.

“Mr. Weyland, we’re still unsure if that thing is the same sea monster as before, nor what its target is. The best option is to separate from the ghost ship to avoid being wiped out in one fell swoop. Do you understand what I mean?”

Angel image found online

(End of this chapter)