Becoming a Shadow in the New World

“Gamma, you must have seen wrong. I didn’t see anyone being pulled in. Besides, the guards have been cracking down hard lately. The thugs and demons on the island have all toned it down. They don’t have the guts to kidnap people in broad daylight.”

Seemingly because he was disturbed, Sid put on a very calm expression and spoke.

"Heh, looks like I have no choice but to hear your story now. Alright, alright, I'll give you... the time it takes to have lunch."

"Really, really?"

Upon hearing this, Asia showed a delighted expression.

That's right. It took so long to find my savior, but as soon as I found him, he said he didn't have time to listen and wanted to erase my memory.

Her personality allowed her to stand still and voluntarily have her memories erased, but it's impossible to say she wasn't a little resentful. Now that she has a chance to explain, how could she not be happy?

"Well, I guess I had no choice. There's no other place around here without surveillance cameras where I could erase my memories, and I don't want to leave any flaws in my current identity."

"Well, and I'm a little hungry, so I'll give you some time to explain."

While explaining, Sid stopped what he was doing and turned to walk towards the other end of the alley.

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Shadow for believing me. I can explain."

Upon hearing Asia's words, Sid, who had his back to Asia, paused for a moment, then turned to look at Asia with a speechless expression.

"You're a little too naive... You're the one who's supposed to erase your memories, and you're actually thanking me?"

It's really funny.

Come over here quickly, while I'm still in the mood to listen to your explanation.

and also!

Don't call me Shadow. Call me Sid now.

It has to be said that even Sid's nearly vanished conscience felt a little pain at the thought of deceiving a girl like Asia, who was likely to be sold out and still help the seller count the money.

“Yes, Mr. Sid.”

It's hard to say how Sid will ultimately judge Asia. Even though he feels a pang of conscience now, he'll eventually come to believe that he was just deceiving Delta.

Seeing that Sid was about to walk out of the alley, Asia hurriedly followed, looking as if she was afraid of being left behind.

Throughout the entire process, Asia didn't notice anything amiss.

For example, Sid spent a lot of time explaining to her here just now, and now almost ten minutes have passed, so why is it that we can only hear footsteps at the entrance of the alley, but we haven't seen anyone come in?

For example, would someone really be named Gamma or Alpha? These are Greek letters, roughly meaning one, two, three, four, and it's such a coincidence that two of them appear at the same time.

For example, these two voices are speaking Japanese, but she clearly doesn't understand Japanese, so why can she understand them?

It's fair to say that Sid's feeling that Asia resembled "Delta" wasn't without reason; they were both just as naive.

Just as Asia followed Sid out of the alley, two magic circles imprinted on the wall on the other side of the alley quietly shattered, and at the same time, the footsteps stopped.

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"Sizzle, sizzle..."

So...that's all?

Setting down his coffee, Sid looked at Asia in front of him and asked this question.

"No, no more."

Seemingly startled by Sid's cold voice, Asia began to feel uneasy.

"Hmm... I remember now, it's you!"

Sid pretended to be recalling something, and after a dozen seconds, he seemed to suddenly have a flash of inspiration and remembered something.

“Mr. Sid, you remember now.”

"Hmm, I remember now. Asia, you left quite a deep impression on me. Now that you've reminded me, I naturally recall you."

He was lying to her. After hearing Asia's whole story, Sid said that he had never done what Asia said and he didn't even have a memory of it.

What heard her prayers to the Lord and descended from heaven to save her? What destroyed the church occupied by fallen angels with a single magic bullet? What pulled her back from the brink of death? The incarnation of the Lord.

Ha, aside from killing the fallen angels and destroying the church occupied by them in one blow, everything else is utter nonsense.

I heard her prayer to the Lord descend...

LOL, is it really appropriate for a nun to say something like that?

Besides, he's just a Shadow Realm user passing by. I'd believe he'd save people, since that's typical of a Shadow Realm user, but to say he could accurately hear a person's inner prayer from among countless others across vast distances and then precisely descend upon them is giving him too much credit.

The idea of ​​an incarnation of the Lord is even more laughable. Your Lord is still living a normal life, a recluse in the true end of the world. Where would an incarnation come from?

Of course, although Asia's story was full of holes, he could tell that Asia genuinely believed what she said was true, so...

"If that's the case, then Asia, what do you want from me?"

If it's to repay a debt of gratitude, then you don't need to do this. I don't care, and I don't need it.

In contrast, I'm more curious why you're so persistent about me, even spending three months looking for me. Don't you... have you done anything else?"

Of course, he'll take everything and have his fun first. If anyone dares to plot against him, he'll kill them all.

"me…"

Upon hearing Sid's question, Asia's gaze began to dart away, and her voice lost its confidence.

"After Mr. Sid killed the Fallen Angel, no power was willing to take me in."

"I see, another lost soul."

Sid immediately understood Aisia's answer.

To put it bluntly, Asia is currently in a state of mind where she is grasping at the last straw, and even regards the person who saved her at that time as the incarnation of God.

Tsk, now he's almost reluctant to erase her memories.

Okay, I've decided. After erasing her memories, I'll throw Asia into Gamma's hands.

"Then... where did you get the funds for the past few months?"

"...There were some of Mr. Fallen Angel's operating funds and antiques in that church. After Mr. Fallen Angel and his group, along with that church, were destroyed by Mr. Sid, those remaining funds and antiques were given to me as severance pay."

I've survived on this money until now. Oh, and I still have some antiques; if Mr. Sid wants them, I can give them all to him."

As she said this, Asia took out some antiques that were obviously very valuable from the bag she was carrying and placed them on the table.

Sid glanced at them; well, he didn't recognize most of them, only one of the rings.

The reason I recognized him wasn't because he was knowledgeable, but because this ring matched another one in his collection.

Back then, after defeating the fallen angel and obtaining the ring, he was quite disappointed to learn that the ring was only valuable in pairs.

……

………………

! ! ! !

Fallen angel!

Sid suddenly looked up at Asia.

"You're telling the truth!"

Chapter 71 My Memory Is Pretty Good

Asia tilted her head blankly, clearly not understanding why Sid had suddenly lost his composure and said such things.

Calm down, Sid, calm down, Sid. Asia has no idea I just remembered this. The aura of a Shadow-level powerhouse is still intact. At this point, all I need to do is continue acting according to the original plan.

"Mr. Sid, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just a momentary lapse in composure."

Faced with Asia's doubts, Sid quickly calmed himself down and used a nonchalant tone to gloss over his previous mistake. Sid then began to sort out his thoughts again.

First, he needed to confirm whether he had confused his memory, because he couldn't find the memory of saving Asia in his mind, even though he considered his memory to be quite good.

According to Asia's account, he rescued him about three months ago. What was he doing during that time?

Killing robbers? Double-crossing? Robin Hood-style redistribution?

It all seems possible. It's been so long, who could remember these things?

The only thing he remembered clearly was that it was part of the same set as the gold ring on the table in front of him. His 3,735th collection—the jade ring—was found 103 days ago, at 9:34 PM, in the church. Calculating the time, it was indeed three months ago, which matched the time Aisia had mentioned.

Oh, right, not only number 3735, but also his 3732nd to 3737th collections were found in that church, between 9:32 and 9:39.

In addition, he also received 3,425,755 Zenis in that church.

As for why he broke into that church, well, it was because... why was it again?

……

forget.

It's not his fault. If he had to remember every reason for every fight, his brain would really overheat. Things like this are unimportant and don't matter. He can just forget them.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that he really did save Asia. The rings are a set, and defeating the fallen angel in the church to save her all prove this... point?

Was the person he stormed into the church and attacked a fallen angel 103 days ago?