"How have you been, Agent O?"
About half an hour later, Mike took Needy's car and arrived at the MIB Headquarters at the Fifth Bridge.
Greeting him were a speechless Agent O and the portly Agent Z.
"Compared to a certain good-for-nothing, I'm clearly not doing well…" Agent O grumbled, then led Mike to her office, handed him a large stack of documents, and said, "You read these first. It seems we've run into big trouble again."
Ever since the MIB opened up its cosmic operations, it has been perpetually short-staffed.
It was under these circumstances that some unknown situations began to emerge on Earth, with horror incidents occurring one after another.
"Ghosts appearing in old mansions… Circus puppets killing people… Mysterious clowns killing people…" Mike quickly flipped through the files and asked, "Are all these incidents under our jurisdiction? What does the Church say?"
Logically, these supernatural incidents were not within the MIB's scope of business; instead, they fell under the Church's authority, which specialized in exorcism.
"The Church has already taken action, but the situation has now developed beyond their capabilities. Take a look at these again." Agent O handed him four more important documents.
"Nightmare Freddy, preliminarily judged to be able to grow stronger by absorbing fear emotions, primarily targeting children and teenagers… Crystal Lake Killer Jason, suspected of having an immortal body, indiscriminately killing people… Halloween Masked Killer Michael, suspected of being immortal, appearing around Christmas every year…" Mike quickly read through the four documents again, "Killing in dreams, immortal bodies… Each one seems quite troublesome."
"By the way, what do the Twelve Guardian Angels say?"
These monsters with special abilities were already equivalent to evil spirits, so the Twelve Angels who guarded humanity for God should not turn a blind eye.
"I contacted Bruce, the Guardian Angel in New York's Holy Church. He doesn't seem to have any good solutions for these evil monsters," Agent O shook her head, her expression not looking good.
"Then God…" Mike originally wanted to say: With so many strange things happening on Earth, doesn't God care?
However, considering that Agent O and the others couldn't contact God at all, he changed his words and said, "Never mind, wait for me a moment. I'll go understand the situation and be back soon."
As he spoke, a Gate of Hell burning with flames appeared, and Mike immediately stepped inside.
Just looking at the material, there were hundreds of supernatural incidents happening on Earth now. If Mike had to personally visit each one, he wouldn't be able to do anything else.
Therefore, the one who tied the bell must untie it.
Mike went straight to the leader of those monsters—the demon Satan.
It had been a long time since he had been to Hell, and it seemed much calmer than before.
It was somewhat like a human town…
Under the fearful gazes of the Great Demons, Mike stepped into Satan's black castle.
"Yo, long time no see, Satan." Mike walked directly in front of the Lord of Hell and asked with a polite smile, "Do you know what's going on with the current chaos on Earth?"
Satan, who was originally in a hostile state, saw the faint white light rising in Mike's hand as he spoke and quickly straightened his attitude, replying, "The Gate of Hell has been sealed by you. I know nothing about what's happening outside. So, what happened on Earth?"
"…If I can, I'd be happy to help."
Ever since Mike used his divine power to seal the Gate of Hell, the current situation in Hell was one of entry only, no exit.
And with no possibility of invading Earth, Satan, after unifying all forces in Hell, was already in a "retirement" state.
But if there was an opportunity to re-enter the human world, he clearly wouldn't let it pass.
Mike activated [Mind Reading], stared at Satan for a moment, and after confirming that the other party truly didn't know about the situation outside, he said, "Just stay in Hell honestly. As long as I'm here, don't even think about invading the human world."
Compared to Demons causing trouble in the human world, the supernatural incidents currently happening on Earth were still within an acceptable range.
"Even if you don't tell me, I can roughly guess the current situation outside. With that sealed gate that only allows entry, I can't control the new demons appearing in the human world…" Seeing that Mike was about to leave, Satan said enticingly, "Of course, solving them is also very simple. As long as you reopen the restrictions on the Gate of Hell, I'd be happy to help you get rid of those troubles."
After all that talk, the Lord of Hell, Satan, still wanted to invade the human world.
But it was still the same old saying: compared to powerful Great Demons, the newly appeared evil spirits in the human world, though troublesome to deal with, had limited destructive power.
Therefore, Satan's sweet talk could not sway Mike.
"You all wait for me a moment." Mike, who had returned to the MIB Headquarters through the Gate of Hell, opened the Heaven's Gate again before Agent O and the others could ask.
Leaving a back view for everyone, he stepped onto the stairs leading to Heaven.
"Yo, Lucifer, long time no see, still guarding the gate!" After teasing the Archangel Lucifer, who was punished by God to guard the gate, Mike directly flew towards God's manor on the mountaintop.
Here, there was still singing and dancing, a scene of peace and harmony.
"What are you doing here again? I don't have any Golden Apples to give you anymore." God saw Mike as if he had seen a bandit.
His entire state was filled with resistance.
Well, Mike had been wandering in Middle-earth for a while, and from his perspective, several years had passed.
But from God's perspective, only half a month had passed since Mike last came to freeload.
God expressed: Even the landlord's family has no surplus grain.
"Your gaze is too presumptuous. I didn't come to take advantage this time…" Mike walked up to God, familiarly picked up the wine pot on his table, and poured himself a glass of fine wine.
"The taste is very ordinary—" Mike smacked his lips, pulled out a flask of fruit wine he had gotten from Old Forest Tom over the past six months, and said, "Try this Rainbow Fruit Wine. I guarantee you'll be satisfied."
Ever since settling down in the Lonely Mountain, Mike, like Gandalf, had visited his old friend Tom in the Old Forest.
He also took some of the "local specialties" from there.
"It's indeed good wine." After tasting a sip of the special fruit wine, God, with large amounts of white mist coming out of his ears and nose, burst into uninhibited laughter.
For God, who lacked nothing, the delicious Rainbow Fruit Wine indeed gave him a pleasant surprise.
"Tell me, what are you really here for this time? Don't tell me you specifically came to see this old man." God, in a good mood, asked.
"Actually, it's nothing big. I just wanted to ask you, what do you think about the supernatural incidents happening on Earth?" Mike no longer beat around the bush and directly asked the doubt in his heart.
"I've also heard about what's happening on Earth, but the Gate of Hell has been reinforced by you. As long as the Great Demons don't cause trouble, a small problem can be solved quickly." It could be seen that after the hidden danger in Hell was dealt with, God, without his mortal enemy, now had the same "giving up" mentality as Satan.
Of course, there seemed to be nothing wrong with that either.
He had maintained peace on Earth for so many years, what was wrong with enjoying himself?
"Alright, when I have time, I'll come to see you again." After realizing there was truly no benefit to be gained from God, Mike decisively chose to leave.
As for the problem of supernatural incidents in the human world, it was naturally up to him, a human, to deal with it.
After all: with great power comes great responsibility.
"I'll take over the recent supernatural incidents." Mike, back at the MIB Headquarters, pulled out two files from the vast amount of documents and said, "Pennsylvania… not far from New York. I'll go meet that Nightmare Freddy and the killer Jason."
These two supernatural incidents had very severe impacts and both occurred in Pennsylvania, south of New York.
Mike decided to make a trip first to check the situation.
…
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you; Three, four, better lock your door; Five, six, grab your crucifix; Seven, eight, gonna stay up late."
"…"
When Mike arrived at Elm street Church in his supercar, a little girl in a white dress was singing an ominous song in the center of the church.
Around her, dozens of young children and teenagers were gathered.
Further out were a large group of these children's parents.
Everyone had heavy dark circles under their eyes, and their expressions were mostly fear and uneasiness mixed with a hint of irritation.
This made the atmosphere on site both oppressive and strange.
"Constantine, Father James, and Bruce, you're all here." Mike saw many familiar faces here.
Constantine, the Exorcist, was here; he had learned this from the MIB Headquarters before, but he hadn't expected Father James from the Church and Guardian Angel Bruce to also be here.
"Can someone tell me what's going on here? Also, Bruce, with your ability, can't you solve the nightmare problem?" Mike finally looked at the newly appointed probationary angel.
In terms of exorcism knowledge, Constantine might be the most knowledgeable, but in terms of exorcism power, Bruce was definitely the strongest here besides Mike.
Logically speaking, if the two cooperated, dealing with a small evil spirit wouldn't be difficult.
Not to mention, Father James, whose ability was also not weak, was also there to assist.
However, even with this configuration, they couldn't solve the nightmare problem, which only meant that Freddy might indeed have something going on.