Chapter 3

is chapter 3 of the D.Gray-man manga series written and illustrated by Katsura Hoshino.

Summary
Allen explains Jan that it isn't his friend Leo who's standing there buy a weapon that is using Leo's body named a "Akuma". The Earl of Millennium asks Allen who he is, which Allen greets him saying that he is his enemy. The Earl sees that Allen is a exorcist. Allen then tries to purify Leo but his attack but stopped by Jan protecting Leo. Jan then tells Allen about the times he has with Leo, which gives Leo enough time to transform into an akuma and try to kill him. Allen jumps in protecting Jan, resulting in him getting shot. The Earl is talking about Jan saying that he is a weakling and yet talking about Justice. Allen then says that he can see Leo's mother suffering as a Akuma which he also nullify the poison within him. Allen that he lost someone important a long time ago and that he got cursed. Hearing and seeing this, the Earl gets excited, having now recognised Allen. The Earl recalls having met Allen before long ago, back when the latter was a child, who asked him to bring back his father. In the past, The Earl encountered a grieving Allen, who was mourning the recent loss of his adoptive father, Mana Walker. The Earl approached the young Walker, and offered to revive his lost loved one. Like many of the Earl's previous victims, Allen accepted his offer, and Mana was revived as a akuma and gave Allen the cursed eye. It was also the first time Allen's innocence has been awaken which purify Mana. It was also his first meeting with Cross Marian seeing that he has been born with a anti-akuma weapon and asked him to become a exorcist. Allen explains that ever since he destroyed Mana, he can see the soul within a Akuma, which he explains that he though that it was a punishment, but it was to see that they don't cry to express sorrow, but cry to express love for those who made them a Akuma. Telling the Earl that Akuma's are sad beings, which The Earl of Millennium responds to saying that he should have killed Allen all those years ago.