Chapter Thirty Eight: Being Part of the Negatives

"We are each our own devil,

and we make this world our hell."

Oscar Wilde

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"Do not be afraid. It is completely safe," Lucifer the Devil said. "All it takes is your unquestionable loyalty, and nothing else."

"But what if I die?" the Legendary Spy asked.

"You are already dead, sweetheart. You came from the projection of your own sword, drenched in your own blood, and resuscitated by the power of the negatives contained in your camera stick. Everything they told you about the Society is an utter lie."

Satan's lips revealed a devious curve, as always.

"But the urban legends are not a lie. I fought some of them myself," the Legendary Spy replied. "I obliterated them from existence. I was able to do that."

"Fought the urban legends? From where? Everything is just happening in your dreams, inside your head. It was all in your subsconscious memory. They were never true in the first place, not real," Lucifer the Devil made his reply. "You are long gone and dead and these dreams are obstructing to your path to eternal rest."

"But they seem very real to me. I felt them with my five senses."

"Who told you they are not real?" Lucifer asked. "The only problem with this situation is that you are already dead. You are simply a militant soul, like the rest of the Society."

Lucifer the Devil's explanation seems very plausible.

"Militant soul?" the Legendary Spy repeated.

"This is the very secret that the Society does not want you to know. You see, all of you are being called into this stupid mission by the negatives of your Camera Stick. They say you resbond to its call but that is simply manipulation. You are not responsible for all the actions you have made because a certain predestination has already been embedded in your projector swords. The moving pictures that you see when you look at it are the composite of the many scenes of your life, your dreams, regrets, aspirations, and the value you attribute to inner beauty."

"I do not understand still," the Legendary Spy said, obviously confused.

"This is precisely my offer. Join me and you will understand what I am saying. I only need your permission to bypass the textile of this beautiful weapon."

"How can I?"

Satan laughed very hard.

"You must give me your loyalty, that's all. Together, we will make a bond too impossible to break. And then, you will understand everything that I have told you. You will be able to separate the concept of good from the concept of bad without encountering any trouble. You will be free from the thread of any remaining divine connection."

"My loyalty?"

"Yes! Join my cause and you will live. You cannot be a militant forever, can you?"

There was a moment of silence. Then the Legendary Spy finally spoke.

"I guess it leaves me no other choice. I am ready to join your cause."

This is the story of how Avila Edwards was finally deceived.

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