Chapter 450 Return From Hell

"Johnny..."

"Johnny, Johnny, Johnny, Johnny Blaze..."

"Johnny Blaze!"

New York, suburbs, amusement park.

As the amusement band left, Johnny was left alone in the originally bustling amusement park.

Under the night, the entire amusement park was gloomy, but Johnny didn't feel the slightest fear about it.

After all, if there were any ghosts or something like that appearing in the park, for Ghost Rider, it would be like hitting the point of a gun.

Sleeping in the motorcycle warehouse that had not yet been dismantled, and with Mephistopheles being sent back to hell by the weird wizard he had seen before, Johnny began to question his actions as the Ghost Rider.

He restrained the impulse of the Ghost Rider, and no longer transformed into a flaming skeleton and rushed into New York to search for evil souls like in the past.

Lying in the dark motorcycle warehouse without a trace of light, a series of low and hoarse voices suddenly began to sound from Johnny's ears.

Under the call of these voices, the originally suppressed hellfire on Johnny's body began to turn into little bits of fire.

"who is it?!"

Under these hoarse shouts, Johnny in his sleep only felt that his body was getting hotter and hotter, as if there was a furnace constantly emitting endless heat in his body.

Under the urging of this heat, Johnny stood up from the bed, and for a moment, firelight shot out from his facial features.

Under the scorching heat of a large amount of hellfire, the flesh and blood on Johnny's body turned directly into ashes, and in the blink of an eye he transformed from his original human appearance into the Ghost Rider wrapped in flames.

"It seems that during the time I was back in Hell, you seemed to have been a little lazy, Johnny."

In the empty eyes of Johnny, no, Ghost Rider, two balls of hellfire flickered for a moment, and then under his gaze.

I saw that a shadow in the motorcycle warehouse became longer and longer, and finally formed a familiar appearance of a middle-aged man.

Mephistopheles looked at the Ghost Rider in front of him, raised the corners of his mouth, and said lightly.

"Mephisto, haven't you been sent back to hell?"

Because of the fire of hell, Ghost Rider's emotions were burned, so even if Mephisto appeared in front of him again, he still maintained a cold tone.

"I told you I would come back."

Facing the Ghost Rider's question, Mephistopheles walked aside casually, picked up a chair and sat down in a familiar manner.

"I have been walking in the world for thousands of years, and I have seen more than one mage. I know all about their tricks, and I naturally have ways to deal with them."

"What's more, as a devil, I have always been accustomed to keeping a hand in case of emergencies. It is not as good as the current situation."

"Aren't you afraid that the mage will come back again?"

Ghost Rider's words caused a look of vigilance to flash in Mephisto's eyes.

However, the demon quickly calmed down the expression on his face and said in a clear tone: "Don't worry, the Supreme Mage has more important things to deal with. In fact, I have already passed through a certain great power. I sensed that the situation of the Supreme Mage is not optimistic."

After briefly revealing a little bit about the Mage Supreme, Mephistopheles immediately changed the subject and returned to the Ghost Rider in front of him.

"Compared to these, there are more important things waiting for me to deal with right now."

Standing up from the chair, Mephisto's figure swayed and came to the front of the Ghost Rider like a black phantom.

Looking directly at the burning skeleton wrapped in blazing flames, Mephisto's dark pupils flashed with an evil light.

"In the past few days since I returned to hell, I happened to know some news that surprised me."

He raised his palm, and a dark and ferocious figure immediately appeared from Mephisto's palm.

Looking at the impression in his hand, Mephistopheles raised the corners of his mouth and said in an inexplicable tone: "My son, Black Heart seems to have seized the opportunity of me being sent back to hell, and secretly bewitched humans through rituals. He came to someone else’s house and did something that I can’t forgive.”

"Black heart?"

After hearing Mephisto's description, Ghost Rider's empty eyes turned to the direction of his palm, looking at the vivid and lifelike image above.

The ferocious appearance really looked like a demon from hell.

Reaching out and grabbing the image of Black Heart in his hand, Mephistopheles continued in a cold and ruthless tone: "Although, I knew Black Heart's thoughts from the beginning. As a demon from hell, he has strong ambitions. Peeping at my status as a demon king, however, the huge gap in power allowed me to hide these thoughts until this time I was sent back to hell by the Supreme Mage."

"What do you need me to do?"

Ghost Rider doesn't care about the relationship between Mephistopheles and Blackheart.

"I need you to find that thing before Black Heart."

"what?"

"The Covenant of St. Fangansa."

Looking directly into Ghost Rider's empty eyes, Mephisto spoke word by word.

"I suspect that Black Heart must have sent someone to find the St. Fangansa contract for it. It knows that I will come back from hell, so it will not search for it by itself. It will definitely find someone who can replace it and find the contract. , as long as it can find a contract to absorb the soul inside, it will escape the shackles of hell and completely stay in the human world."

"Since the St. Fangansa Contract has such a powerful power, why don't you keep it for yourself?"

After hearing Mephisto's description of Saint Fangansa's contract, Ghost Rider couldn't help but ask.

"Because of the contract, I cannot use too much power in the human world, otherwise it will easily attract the attention of heaven."

Twisting his face, Mephistopheles replied in a strange tone: "Furthermore, my power is closely related to hell, and the St. Fangansa contract originally belongs to me, so why should I be greedy for my own things?" .”

"Soon, this thing will no longer belong to you."

After hearing Mephisto's words, Ghost Rider said coldly.

"No, I wouldn't let that happen. In fact, I don't think you'd let that happen either, Johnny."

Facing Johnny's taunt, Mephisto flicked his fingers lightly, and the next moment, he saw the soul of a middle-aged man flash through the devil's fingertips.

"Clash!"

Seeing the figure flashing from Mephisto's fingertips, the flames suddenly flashed in the Ghost Rider's empty eyes.

Seeing the reaction of the Ghost Rider in front of him, the smile on Mephisto's lips became more and more obvious.

"I think, next, you should know what to do, Johnny. The St. Fangansa Contract has not been found by the black-hearted people yet. I need you to go over and get the St. Fangansa Contract, and then give it to me. That’s it.”

"But, I don't know where the contract is?"

Suppressing the flames flashing in his eyes, Ghost Rider looked at Mephistopheles and said coldly.

"The contract is in the hands of the previous generation of Ghost Riders. I think the hellfire in your body will guide the other party's direction."

Revealing the last message to Johnny in front of him, Mephisto's figure originally composed of shadows began to dissipate, and finally turned into a shadow on the ground before the Ghost Rider's eyes.

"Bring the contract back here, Johnny."

Standing in the motorcycle warehouse, the flames in Ghost Rider's eyes flickered.

He remembered the reminder that the Supreme Mage had given him before.

Boom, boom——

The next moment, a low roar sounded from the amusement park.

Immediately afterwards, a blazing Harley-Davidson motorcycle sped out amid the flames.

…

"Johnny?"

In the Avengers Tower, the red figure looked at Susan in front of him, with obvious doubts on his face.

"Yes, Johnny Human Torch, that's your name."

Although compared with the younger brother in memory, the Johnny in front of her has completely changed, but Susan still vaguely saw the appearance of her younger brother Johnny from the other person's red face.

Regarding changes such as appearance mutation, after experiencing the Stone Man Ben incident, Susan obviously has a lot of resistance. After all, even stones can mutate. Simply changing the color of the skin is not Nothing to be fussed over.

"Human Torch?"

Mumbling in his mouth, he repeated everything Susan had told him.

The figure looked down at his red palms, then looked up at Susan, who looked expectantly, and finally shook her head slightly and said a little apologetically.

"Sorry, I have no impression of what you said."

"What the hell does this happen?"

On the other side, the Avengers looked at the familiar but unfamiliar figure in front of them, and they were also stunned.

"Perhaps it was because Johnny had been unconscious for too long before, and the power generated by the scepter was too powerful, coupled with the unexpected mutation of his body, the power of the scepter completely suppressed his thoughts about the Fantastic Four. Relevant memories.”

Pushing up his glasses, Banner looked at the figure in front of him and guessed.

"It's not just the memories of the Fantastic Four that he has forgotten."

Facing the reasons given by Banner, Tony frowned.

"He even forgot who he was."

The results of the entire treatment experiment exceeded the Avengers' plans. Although Johnny was successfully rescued, Johnny has completely lost his memory as the Human Torch.

"Maybe it's that gem."

With a faint blue light flashing in his eyes, Ultron scanned the yellow gem embedded on Johnny's forehead and analyzed it.

"According to the data and radiation, the gem should be the core of the scepter's power. Such a powerful gem power awakened the comatose Johnny, but also suppressed all his memories. The Johnny in front of him is not so much The Human Torch is better said to be a brand new life form."

Rumble——

"Hey, Tony!"

In Avengers Tower, just when Tony and others were worried about Johnny's situation.

With a huge rumbling sound, Thor's figure fell into the building.

Rushing straight in front of Tony, Thor looked at him and said with an angry expression: "I gave the scepter to you, not to let you take it away."

Apparently, Thor knew about the results of the experiment through others in Avengers Tower.

"Calm down, Mr. Saul."

Facing the angry Thor, Ultron on the side spoke to persuade him.

"In fact, Mr. Stark, like us, did not expect such a change in the scepter."

Thor naturally understands what Ultron said.

However, it was difficult for him to accept the loss of the power of the scepter for a while.

Taking a deep breath, he released his grip on Tony's fingers. Thor turned his head and scanned the situation in the building. He was quickly attracted by the red figure in front of him. To be precise, it should be the red figure on his forehead. A yellow gemstone of mysterious light.

This yellow gem is on top of the scepter left by Loki.

The Mind Stone gave 'Johnny' a keen sense of perception. He noticed Thor's gaze and subconsciously turned his head to aim at Thor.

Glancing over Thor's costume, 'Johnny''s eyes paused on the cloak behind him, and the next moment, the same huge yellow cloak appeared from behind him.

This ability is obviously not part of the original Human Torch.

"The Mind Stone."

Looking at the gem on 'Johnny's' forehead, Thor couldn't help but murmured.

"What?"

Hearing the name appearing from Sol's mouth, Tony spoke subconsciously.

"The Mind Stone, one of the six Infinity Stones, possesses the most powerful power in the universe and has the ability to destroy the world. And now, the gem on Johnny's forehead is the Mind Stone among the six Infinity Stones. "

"Infinity stones?"

This was the first time the Avengers learned about the Infinity Stones from Thor.

While they listened to Sol's description, their eyes involuntarily glanced at 'Johnny's' forehead.

"It doesn't make sense why a gem would have the ability to destroy the universe."

Frowning, Banner still had some doubts about the infinite stones mentioned by Thor.

"So, do you think Hulk is reasonable, Doctor?"

However, Banner's doubts were soon solved by Tony's rhetorical question.

Meeting the looks of the Avengers, the expression on Johnny's face changed. He reached out and touched the gem on his forehead. His eyes swept across the Avengers and then to Susan beside him, and finally fell silent. He said: "I'm sorry, but I am not Johnny Human Torch. I don't have any memory of him in my mind. Maybe I used to be Human Torch, but now I am..."

"……I am myself."

Controlling his body to float slowly, the figure looked at the people in Avengers Tower and made an introduction in a slow but firm tone.

"I am...Vision."