Chapter 199: Death-Seeking Teenagers in American Horror
After setting up conventional protective measures, Erin took out a key and opened the cellar.
She jumped down first and lit a kerosene lamp.
But when she turned around, she found that the two messengers from the parish were still staying above.
"Nun Erin, please keep the oil lamp closer; otherwise, Nun Faya can't see clearly." William spoke.
At this time, he was holding a monocular telescope, lying at the cellar entrance.
"I... I can see clearly!" Faya's cheeks were a little red.
Since being assessed as a "Holy Clergy Member," she had never been so embarrassed as now.
As a teacher in the parish seminary, she actually dared not go down because of timidity.
Instead, she let an apprentice nun pave the way for her.
This was simply too shameful!
"Father William, I... I'd better go down."
Faya said as she walked to the cellar edge and climbed down the ladder.
Because William was lying beside the ladder, Faya was forced to make eye contact with the former on her way down.
Worrying that her embarrassment would be seen through, she turned her head away.
"It seems she still has a sense of shame and kindness in her heart." William pondered secretly.
On the other side.
After Faya went down, she took the initiative to take the oil lamp from Erin's hand and moved the light closer to the faces of those comatose people.
Just like that, William enjoyed the "Service" of two nuns blatantly.
The cellar below was very dry, and plants like citronella and mint were placed around to repel insects.
A total of six comatose people lay here; small magic arrays were arranged on their bodies to maintain basic vitality.
But these were only temporary.
According to the normal plan, the church had ruled out the possibility of hidden evil in these people.
They should have been sent to the hospital today.
Unexpectedly, a dead spirit invasion incident occurred.
And from William's perspective, he also confirmed that the souls of these people were not around.
But he also discovered one thing.
Relying on [Holy Eye], he vaguely saw a transparent chain extending from these people's chests, connecting to somewhere unknown.
William narrowed his eyes and spoke downward:
"Can we send them to the hospital now?"
Erin looked hesitant: "We can, but..."
She was afraid of encountering dead spirit attacks on the road again, and someone had to stay to handle any major events happening in the church.
William saw the other party's difficulty and said immediately: "Leave this matter to us; you can follow later."
"This... alright."
The three carried the comatose people out of the cellar, then stuffed them into a hearse.
This car belonged to a funeral service company; because of the cooperative relationship with St. Charles Church, it was temporarily parked here.
Beep... Beep.
William pressed the horn, then drove out of the church.
"Queen of the Valley Hospital is two blocks away; turn left at the intersection ahead..." Faya guided the direction according to the map.
But she soon found that William seemed very familiar with the roads here.
Before she found the direction of the next intersection, the former had already found the right way.
"He seemed to say he lived here before..." Faya thought secretly.
But William wasn't familiar with the road at all; he was just following the chains on the chests of the comatose people.
More than ten minutes later, the car stopped in front of a hospital.
"Hey, even priests are taking part-time jobs these days."
The security guard at the gate saw a priest driving and couldn't help being curious.
William nodded with a smile and was soon let through.
There was a slight misunderstanding in transporting the patients later; the hospital staff thought dead people were sent back again.
Fortunately, with the prior agreement of the church, the six comatose people were quickly sent to the ward.
And William could finally find out the truth.
Those transparent chains extended all the way to the West Ward of the Inpatient Department.
He walked slowly towards there holding a crucifix.
At the same time, in a ward in the West District.
Three young people gathered here.
They looked nervous, surrounding the boy on the hospital bed together.
The latter had a respirator inserted in his nose, and his face was swollen.
"Mia, Mom will be back in half an hour." A brown-haired girl said.
She was wearing a gray sweater, staring at the boy on the hospital bed with eyes full of worry.
The one called Mia was also a girl; she had dark skin and short blonde hair.
"Sorry Jade, I didn't know things would turn out like this." Mia looked painful.
Lying on the hospital bed was exactly Jade's younger brother, Riley.
A few days ago, the three of them participated in that Spirit Calling activity together.
This game was limited to "Adults," but under Riley's multiple pleas, Mia agreed to let the other party try.
But an accident happened.
Mia completely didn't expect that the spirit summoned would be her deceased mother.
The mother and daughter had a very good relationship, but the former committed suicide by taking an overdose of sleeping pills.
And the father didn't discover it until the next day, which also caused the mother to miss the best rescue time.
After that, Mia's relationship with her father dropped to freezing point.
She also began to indulge herself, pursuing those mental stimuli.
The Spirit Calling Game was one of them.
Back to the point.
That night Mia volunteered to try first, which also won everyone's applause.
She enjoyed this feeling of being noticed very much.
The experience of Spirit Calling indeed made her unable to extricate herself.
But when her mother's tone came out of Riley's mouth, Mia froze on the spot.
Her longing made her make a mistake—she didn't wake Riley up within the specified time.
This was likely to cause the latter's body to be occupied by the dead spirit.
But Mia just wanted to talk to her mother for a while longer.
The subsequent accident also arose from this.
Riley slammed his head frantically against the table, soon leaving a large pool of blood.
Everyone hurriedly stopped him.
Mia also panicked completely; she shrank in the corner sluggishly, trying to escape all this in front of her.
Thought things would end like this.
But Riley's condition got worse and worse.
Whenever he was awake, he had suicidal tendencies.
This made Jade's family dare not leave even half a step.
They also resented Mia.
Mia wanted to make up for all this very much, so she found the brother of the previous owner of the "Hand of the Apostle."
The other party told her that to avoid being entangled by dead spirits, she must end all rituals after the Spirit Calling was completed.
Only then did Mia remember one thing.
When they woke Riley up, they didn't blow out the candles lit in the ritual.
So Mia, Jade, and their mutual boyfriend Daniel.
The three returned to the ward again, planning to completely end that ritual.
Time returns to the present.
After arranging the ritual supplies, Mia took out a porcelain hand from her backpack.
This item was gray-white all over, covered with symbols of unknown meaning.
The initial attempt did not go smoothly.
Mia tried to let Riley hold the porcelain hand, but the latter could no longer speak.
So she could only look for other ways.
For example, call the spirit personally, and then ask about the whereabouts of Riley's soul.
Mia sat on the hospital bed.
Phew...
She took a deep breath, then held that hand and said the incantation of Spirit Calling:
"Talk to me."
In the next second, a little girl appeared on the hospital bed.
Mia hurriedly asked the other party, and the girl also took the former to the place where Riley was trapped.
Swallowed alive by blood, bitten and tortured, corrupt and dark.
Mia saw numerous dead spirits in a space.
They tortured Riley's soul to the extreme.
The latter's desperate screams plunged Mia's spirit into a huge shock.
At the critical moment, Jade pulled the porcelain hand away from Mia in time.
Only then did the latter return to reality.
Ex-boyfriend Daniel stepped forward to check with a worried face, but was thrown off by Mia.
"Don't touch me!" Mia shouted desperately, tears flowing unconsciously from her eyes.
Facing the comfort of her best friend, she just shook her head painfully:
"They are torturing him, and it will never stop."
Amidst the bewildered looks of Jade and Daniel, Mia left with the "Hand of the Apostle."
She walked unsteadily, muttering constantly: "He... is beyond saving."
"What... should we do now." Jade was still recalling Mia's words just now in her mind.
Daniel gulped: "We..."
Bang!
At this time, the ward door was suddenly knocked open.
"Holy hell!" Jade and Daniel were startled.
The two looked up, only to see a young-faced... priest.
"Please! Don't tell me you were playing a Spirit Calling Ritual just now."
William had a "You've got to be kidding me" expression on his face.
Dozens of minutes later.
Faya also arrived at the ward; besides her, there was Jade's mother "Sue."
William had heard the whole story and recalled the origin of the Hand of the Apostle.
This was a weird item in the horror movie Talk to Me.
And judging from the scene, this thing was obviously taken away by the original work's "Infuriating" heroine Mia.
"Evil spirit... possession?" Sue looked incredulous. "What nonsense are you talking about; are you guys on drugs too?"
Jade and Daniel hesitated to speak; obviously, they had encountered such situations more than once.
"Ms. Sue, whether you believe it or not is not important; let's focus on how to save Riley."
William spoke at the right time, ending the meaningless questioning.
Then he looked at the two young people slightly younger than himself.
"Before talking about business, I have a question to ask you."
Both Jade and Daniel raised their heads.
In the next moment.
"May the Lord allow me to say a dirty word."
William crossed himself on his chest, then continued.
"What the f*ck is wrong with you guys?"
As soon as this remark came out, everyone present was startled.
Jade's family completely didn't expect the priest to use such crude language.
Faya looked like she wanted to speak but stopped; she originally wanted to advise William to pay attention to the Church's image.
But then she thought that the other party was currently working in the Exorcism Workshop.
"Why do you think calling dead spirits is a safe thing?"
"Once you are possessed, evil spirits are very likely to hurt your families!"
"If you really have endless energy, you should sit in the d*mn classroom and study hard, then experience the despair of not finishing the exam paper three minutes before the exam ends!"
"That's called f*cking excitement!"
Jade and Daniel gulped.
For some reason, facing the questioning, the first thing the two thought of was what kind of torture this priest had suffered.
Then they thought carefully about William's words and realized how reckless their previous behavior was.
"You... really believe we saw evil spirits?" Jade couldn't help asking.
"Nonsense, this is my job!"
"Cough cough!" Faya tugged at William's sleeve and whispered: "You said you'd only say one sentence."
William was stunned for a moment before reacting; he immediately put on another face.
"Of course, I believe you won't lie to the Lord, and I am exactly the person sent by the Lord to save you..."
Looking at the priest's kindly smiling face, Jade and Daniel moved backward involuntarily.
The two actually had an illusion that the other party was more terrible than evil spirits.
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