Pastor's Tantra

Aiwass felt as if his consciousness was gradually sinking into the warm sea.

A kind of hot spring-like water wave was pushing and shaking his body.

The feeling is similar but different to the feeling during a full moon ceremony. That strange, enveloping warmth is much more distinct and sleepy. And the depth of the "dive" of consciousness was not that deep - he only lost consciousness slightly for a period of time, and then woke up quickly.

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When Aiwass woke up, he looked around.

He immediately realized that the biggest difference between this ordinary dream and the dream world promotion ceremony——

This seems to be a junior high school, and it should theoretically be a girls' school.

The students are all wearing black school uniforms - black skirts that are similar to nuns' uniforms, but with more emphasis on beauty. Aiwass looked at this school uniform, which looked like a modified version of a nun's uniform, and felt that it looked a little like a black and white maid uniform.

From the physical appearance of these students, they are basically only thirteen or fourteen years old.

The reason why it is said to be basic... is because some of them obviously look older, about 17 or 18 years old; there are a few who look like they are in their twenties, like college students, with the same physique. A cut above the rest. This is probably because the owner of the dream has an impression of them at different ages.

Yes, "them" - although the uniforms and campus look like they are all girls' schools, there are some inexplicably more male students inside.

There are also some students whose faces are all blurred, as if many people's faces are blended together. It seems that the picture quality is not very clear, and even the appearance is gradually changing. If you don't look carefully, it looks like it has no face.

——Just like some people’s resolution is 4K, while some people’s resolution is less than 1080P.

As for the owner of the dream, Mia, her own clarity is quite low—almost the lowest among the crowd except for the Stitch Monster. In terms of age, he looks to be about twenty years old, which is completely different from the classmates here. Her face seemed to be covered with a layer of mist, and her facial features were moving and changing slightly all the time... The feeling was inexplicably eerie and terrifying.

The tables here are for two people.

And sitting next to her was the much younger Yassen.

This "Yasen" looks to be in his teens or early twenties at most, and he looks younger than Mia. He is handsome and confident with a somewhat childlike face.

He was different from everyone else. He was not wearing a school uniform at all, but a tuxedo like a band conductor. It was as if he was going to attend a banquet next, with stars shining in his pupils.

This "young Yasen" looks completely different from the calm and elegant demeanor of Yasen outside.

He looked at Mia intently, with an obvious look of obsession on his face - if you put it politely, you could call it a "bad smile". He even put his hand under Mia's skirt. Mia blushed and patted his hand gently, but it was more of expectation than resistance.

The teacher on the stage was giving a rather hypnotic lesson, which seemed to be a literature lesson about some kind of modern literary theory. But the nun teacher, who looked about thirty or forty years old, wore highly reflective round glasses, and looked quite nerdy, seemed to be blind and did not see their little moves at all.

And only about half of the students in the classroom were listening to the class.

Some of the others were whispering to their deskmates, while others were sleeping peacefully. There was a girl with a very high definition who took out a notebook and was concentrating on drawing. There is also a pair of girls with equally high definition and who look like a couple sitting by the window. The golden sunshine outside is shining on them, and the girl with short hair puts her hand from the cuff of the girl next to her deep into her arms. , while the girl with long hair lay directly in the arms of the girl with short hair.

Obviously, these high-definition students are friends or classmates whom Mia is familiar with and who have impressed her deeply.

——As for the teacher on the stage, she still hasn’t seen all this and is still standing still reading from the textbook.

"...I really miss it."

Aiwass suddenly heard his deskmate say: "I never thought that one day I would be able to see what I looked like when I was young."

He turned around and looked at Yasen, who looked to be in his forties but was wearing a junior high school uniform.

Avas suddenly felt a little nervous - when Yassen was wearing that formal attire, he looked like an elegant and dangerous thug in a suit. And now that he's put on a junior high school nun's skirt...it feels like he's a pervert.

……etc?

When he thought of this, he was suddenly startled.

He lowered his head and looked at himself.

——Haha, it turns out I’m wearing one too, so that’s okay.

"When you were young?"

Aiwass tried hard not to look at Yassen, who was in his forties and wearing a black dress. Instead, he turned to look at the pleasant young couple by the window, and asked casually: "Weren't you a sailor and a loader when you were young? ?”

"It was already after that."

Yassen said with great nostalgia: "When I was a sailor, the ship I was on encountered a shipwreck and hit a huge sea monster.

"Including me, there were only three people alive on the entire ship. Before the captain died, he handed over his personal belongings to me... It was a tantra book called "The Tantra of Stealing the Sky".

"It was from that book that I embarked on the path to transcendence."

"...Are you a successor?"

Evans was a little surprised: "That's quite rare."

Although professionals can also read tantras and learn skills, and successors can also become professionals by learning extraordinary skills at a low level...but it is obvious that Yasen has no "mentor".

"Yes, I am a successor."

Yasen said frankly.

"Devotion and adaptation?"

Evans asked.

"No," Yasen rejected, "I have no affinity with the path of adaptation. The path I am on is dedication, balance and beauty."

"...Three Paths Tantra?!"

Evans was surprised.

Three Paths inheritance-this means it is extremely dangerous.

Two paths are basically the limit of human beings, because if even one more path is added, the result of the path deviation will become extremely serious.

The principle is very simple-it's like "three points determine a circle". If two of the points are determined as two paths, it is actually equivalent to requiring that these two points must be on this circle. Then this circle can be up or down, left or right, big or small, and it is actually very flexible.

But if you have determined the three paths, it means there is no way back.

From then on, any hesitation in your path will lead to the collapse of the "circle", thus losing your extraordinary power, or even losing control and turning into a twisted phantom demon.

"It's not bad," Yasen was comforting Aiwass. "The holy number of the Path of Devotion is three, and the triangle is extremely stable, which happens to be the three paths; the Path of Balance and the Path of Beauty both emphasize mirroring and balance. These three paths are basically the paths with the highest degree of fit and stability. Look at me, haven't I balanced the power of the path until now?"

"...So you became a phantom thief from that time?"

Aiwass asked in a low voice: "You showed your face? I remember you have the ability to disguise yourself...you haven't learned it at that time?"

"I knew it from the beginning."

Yasen shook his head and said frankly: "It's just that I think that since I think I am right, I shouldn't hide my identity. Just like if the reason for killing is to avenge a friend, I shouldn't hide evidence and hide the crime. All my stolen money was distributed to the poor, so I am proud of it-why should I hide my identity?"

This vicissitudes of life middle-aged man wearing a skirt frankly is undoubtedly a respectable pervert.

He said seriously: "Moreover, I think... when anyone embarks on the road of crime for any reason, no matter how he explains or quibbles, he cannot deny that he is embracing the sin itself. I do the right thing, and I walk on the road of sin. These two things do not conflict. Just revenge is also revenge, but it is also sinful murder. And I walk between the two, just like I balance the 'hourglass' and the 'twin mirror'.

"Based on this concept, any changes I make to my face, disguises mean 'I am avoiding sin', means my cowardice. It is even possible to shift the sin to innocent people. Therefore, when I first engaged in the work of a phantom thief, I had already given up my original identity and life-I directly used my real face and real name to steal.

"But even so, they couldn't catch me. I can disguise myself as someone else to avoid being hunted down - but I won't steal by changing myself into someone else, or rather... after the theft is completed, I will reveal my true appearance to put the blame on myself, not on the other person I transformed into."

As he spoke, Yasin looked over there: "My true appearance was in many newspapers at the time because I accepted an interview. The Iris Police were extremely angry about this provocation and didn't think I would distribute the money to ordinary people as promised. The name 'Phantom Thief' was spread at that time... She would become one of my lovers, probably because she had read that newspaper when she was a child.

"But... a thief is a thief after all. No matter how bright the reason is, it can't hide the fact that I am a thief. So I never think that I am a 'savior of the poor' or a 'punisher of justice'. After all, I am hurting others, even if the other party is guilty - so even if one day I am arrested or killed, it is what I deserve. "

"...Amazing awareness. "

Evans turned around and looked at Arsen.

There was a little more appreciation in his tone: "I probably know why you became Sherlock's friend."

"I am honored to be praised by His Majesty the Pope."

Arsen nodded gently and said: "But, Your Majesty - now that you have entered the dream world, why don't you remove your disguise?"

"Why do you think I want to become the Son of the Moon?"

Evans didn't act at all, and spoke directly.

"I think it's probably to give others face. If you appear in Iris as the Pope, no matter what you do, you will appear to be overpowering others... Even if no one dares to use this power at will, you may feel embarrassed? "

Obviously...As a fellow devotee, Arsen can understand Aiwas. Just as Aiwas can understand Arsen.

"Part of the reason."

Evans nodded: "And the other part of the reason is that my body is a mask given by the twin mirror. It does have the power of the Moon Child... This allows us to deal with more situations. After all, in the dream world, anything is possible...

"——Speaking of which, do you know how to enter the dream world?"

"...I know a little."

Yasen said hesitantly: "Take the 'unmanned ship with white sails' on the seashore in the dream...But Mia didn't dream about the seashore. Another way is to jump off the cliff. But I'm not sure if this will work...After all, we enter in the flesh, if we accidentally fall to death or fall into the void, it will be bad. Do you have any ideas?"

"Of course," Aiwas nodded, "Come with me."