Saturday, May 16 at 11:09 a.m.

New York, Northbrook District Church, Reception Room.

Sitting opposite Du Wei was Father Tony, dressed in his regular clothes and wearing a silver cross pendant on his chest.

"Dr. Dewey, you mean, you've encountered some weird events that you can't understand, right?"

"Yes."

"Okay, so do you remember the specific performance?"

Du Wei took a deep breath, looked at Father Tony calmly, and said slowly: "I remember very clearly, the time was after 12 o'clock, the indoor lights became very dim, and at the same time, my notebook was also black, at 2:08 in the morning, I heard a knock on the door outside the house on the second floor, and the faucet in the bathroom also turned on by itself. ”

"I looked for maintenance personnel, but I didn't find a problem with the circuit, and I recalled afterwards that I couldn't have turned on the faucet, and the knock on the door outside the house was empty."

"Father Tony, I suspect I've encountered something unclean."

Father Tony, who is in his fifties, knotted the wrinkles on his forehead when he heard this, and then slowly unfolded.

He prayed a cross prayer on his chest, then opened his Bible, looked at the young and handsome psychiatrist, and asked him, "Dr. Dewey, before I explain, I would like to ask you a question, do you believe that there is a God in this world?" ”

Du Wei was silent for a while before he said calmly: "I am convinced." ”

Father Tony nodded, and then said in a solemn tone, "That's right, Mr. Du Wei, combined with what you said, I suspect that an uninvited guest has come to your house. ”

Du Wei's body stiffened for a second, then asked, "You mean?" Ghost? Or evil spirits? ”

"Yes, but please don't be afraid, I'm just skeptical, after all, you're a psychiatrist, huh...... You should know what I mean. ”

There was silence for a moment......

"I'm pretty sure there's nothing wrong with my mental state."

"Also, I would like to ask, what should I do if there is an evil spirit in my house, as you said?"

Du Wei looked at Father Tony very calmly, and his mind kept thinking that what he encountered was almost exactly the same as what Aisha said about the patient he received yesterday afternoon, except that the TV jumping did not happen, because he never watched TV and did not buy it at all.

If what she says is true, so is the evil spirit.

The evil spirit she encountered was most likely brought by her.

Father Tony rubbed his eyebrows and said slowly, "If it is really an evil spirit, the best solution is a complete exorcism ritual, which has a high chance of destroying it, or sealing it in some medium to ensure your safety." ”

Du Wei frowned: "Exorcism ritual? Can you do it? ”

Father Tony shook his head and said, "I'm just a priest, and exorcism rituals require professional exorcists, and there are no exorcists in New York now." ”

Du Wei asked suspiciously, "Why?" ”

Father Tony replied: "For some special reasons, I don't know the specifics, but I know that the exorcists in charge of New York have died several times in a row, and the church is still mobilizing manpower, so it is unlikely that anyone will come for a while." ”

"Moreover, even if there is an exorcist, if you want to perform the exorcism ritual, you need to make sure that you really encounter the evil spirit, and you can only do it after getting permission from the church, and the intermediate process will take at least a week......"

Du Wei narrowed his eyes......

In other words, when the person in charge of the exorcist arrives in New York, he must first make sure that he has really encountered an evil spirit, and then wait at least a week before he can perform the exorcism ritual, and before that, he has to wait for an unknown amount of time......

He remembered that Aisha was in a haggard, weak, and mentally abnormal state when she came to the clinic yesterday......

And it only took a week for her to go from being a normal person to this.

The situation in his own family, for some reason, seems to be much more serious than the situation that Aisha encountered.

Thinking of this, Du Wei couldn't help but ask, "What exactly is an evil spirit?" ”

Father Tony thought for a moment, opened the Bible, and explained: "Evil spirits appeared in this world a long, long time ago, we don't have many solutions for evil spirits, they are weird and terrible, but they are closely related to us, their purpose is often disorderly, it may be to kill a person, it may be to occupy a person's body, it may just want to do one thing, but in any case, for us, evil spirits are malicious. ”

As if he found this statement a little difficult to understand, Father Tony made an analogy.

"You can think of evil spirits as viruses! It's just that the nutrients for the growth of the former are people's emotions such as fear and fear. ”

"The more frightened and scared it is, the faster it grows, the stronger it becomes, and when it reaches a certain critical point, it will do it."

Speaking of which, Father Tony praised Du Wei and said, "It's good that you've been calm, and it's obvious that the evil spirit can't absorb much power from you, and it may last until a new exorcist arrives." ”

Du Wei shook his head and said, "I don't think I can make it that time." ”

Fr. Tony, believing that his words had made the young psychiatrist feel self-defeating, comforted him: "Don't worry, as a servant of the Lord, I will give you direction." ”

With that, Father Tony stood up, turned his back, laboriously pulled a book out of the shelf, and fumbled for a moment in the back.

Then he took out a silver cross ten centimeters long with a green rust on it.

This cross, which looks very old and has a dusty surface, seems to have been left for many years.

"There's no effective solution to deal with evil spirits other than exorcism rituals, but in a sense, we can resist it a little."

"This is a weapon left by an exorcist, once used as a magic weapon for exorcism rituals, contaminated with the breath of some evil spirits, as long as a thousand knives, it is yours."

Father Tony imitated the young man by shrugging his shoulders, holding the two sections of the silver cross with both hands, and pulling it out with great difficulty.

Rub it.

It was revealed, a dagger.

"In addition to resisting the invasion of evil spirits, it can also be used as a weapon of self-defense when encountering people with bad intentions."

Du Wei took a deep look at Father Tony, took out his wallet from his pocket, he had been a psychiatrist for so long, and he had money.

"It's only a thousand knives, but I want to know why it resists evil spirits, and why are you willing to sell me something that seems precious?"

Father Tony coughed and said, "This cross is an item given out by the church to the clergy, huh...... You know, for us, we have a lot of similar items, so in a sense, it's not precious. ”

"As for your other question, it's actually very simple, because it's tainted with the breath of evil spirits, and the other evil spirit will feel that it is competing for its own target, and will only do it to you when one side suppresses the other."

"Of course, this cross dagger should not be able to withstand for long, it may be a day or two, it may be longer, it may be shorter."

Du Wei nodded, took out his bank card, and handed it to Father Tony.

"By the way, I have another question, has a lady named Aisha Kliman ever come to church?"

"Not really."

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