Chapter 58: Sophie's Inner World
Aside, Rebecca and Bret widened their eyes.
They thought the priest intended to stop Sophie from going back, but they didn't expect this development.
"Fa... Father?"
Rebecca called out uncertainly.
But William gave her a subtle "you know what I mean" look.
Despite having many doubts, Rebecca had no choice but to trust him at this moment.
At the same time, feeling the cold temperature on her neck, Sophie swallowed hard.
"Aren't... aren't you here to save me?"
She turned her head slowly, speaking with disbelief.
Receiving Rebecca's call today, Sophie thought her daughter had discovered the anomaly at home.
She was thrilled about it.
Sophie didn't voluntarily connect with Diana.
Back in the mental hospital, she just felt sorry for this little girl being bullied.
So she took the initiative to approach her, trying to be friends with Diana.
But Sophie didn't expect that this decision would entangle her in a "nightmare" for the next few decades.
Her lover was killed, and her daughter drifted away.
Every night, Sophie was forced to stay with Diana's ghost.
No normal life, always living in oppression and fear.
Sophie longed for liberation; she always wanted help.
However, Diana used the children as leverage every time to make her stop taking medication.
In this way, Sophie's spirit would remain weak.
And Diana could take the lead.
Until today, Sophie saw hope of escape.
She also noticed Diana's wretched state earlier.
Sophie understood that her daughter had found a very powerful priest.
But... she didn't expect the other party to be like this.
"Times have changed, Ms. Sophie."
William dragged Sophie back a few steps, even increasing the force on his hand slightly.
"If you want Martin to be safe and sound, please trust me."
William didn't talk much with Sophie; she obviously had a special way of communicating with Diana.
This might allow the latter to anticipate his strategy in advance.
Immediately after, William shouted at the roof again:
"Martin is Sophie's most cherished person. If you kill him, do you think Sophie will live alone?"
"Of course, if you don't release Martin, I don't mind killing Sophie to make you disappear. I can still complete my mission that way."
"In short, you have no choice."
On the roof.
Diana's arms trembled, seemingly trying hard to suppress the desire to kill.
As an evil spirit, it usually tortured and killed humans; it had never been treated like this by a human.
But Diana also understood that it couldn't lose Sophie.
Crash.
All the glass in the house shattered; this seemed to be a vent of emotion.
Then, Diana threw Martin out.
Sophie and Rebecca's hearts jumped to their throats.
The force of this throw was significant, and the landing point was exactly in William's direction.
Ordinary people encountering this situation might rush forward to catch him.
But this would fall right into Diana's trap.
It deliberately aimed at a spot not far in front of William, plus Martin was flying very fast.
This meant Martin would land early, and catching him safely would be extremely difficult.
The more likely scenario was—
Martin would smash heavily onto that damn priest, seriously injuring the latter.
This way, it could be blamed on the priest's failure.
At that time, Martin would be injured, and this damn priest would lose mobility.
The scene would naturally develop in the direction Diana expected.
Then, it could take advantage of Sophie's emotional breakdown to strengthen mental interference.
Thus, Sophie would still belong to it.
But unfortunately, William was no ordinary person.
Relying on [Sacred Step], he arrived before Martin landed, and then caught the latter steadily.
The force Diana applied to Martin was nothing in front of William, who had been applying holy oil for a long time.
So, Martin was saved from Diana's hands just like that.
The other three people present widened their eyes when they saw the priest, light as a swallow, easily unload the force and catch Martin.
In their opinion, this was a bit inhuman!
"Is this... Kung Fu?" Bret muttered.
Seeing the last resort neutralized, Diana completely lost control.
It wreaked havoc inside the house, throwing furniture against the walls.
Such a scene looked quite intimidating, but it was just futile.
Before Sophie entered a dark space or the sun went down, Diana couldn't take a step out of the door.
Facing the evil spirit's impotent rage, William didn't even spare a glance.
He called Martin and Sophie to stand together.
Now that the evil spirit was temporarily isolated, he could proceed to sever the connection between Diana and Sophie.
But before that.
"Martin, do you feel hatred towards the people around you, or find yourself having special abilities..."
William's voice was gentle as he explored Martin's inner world with [Psychological Counseling], ensuring that the latter hadn't been subjected to other influences by Diana.
A moment later, he finished the check; Martin was clean.
So William took out a bottle of holy water and supervised him drinking it all.
"Is this okay now?" Martin stuck out his tongue, looking like it tasted bad.
"Of course."
William said as he took out a rope from his cloth bag. Since Emma followed him last time, he carried this thing with him.
He tied Martin's hands behind his back and instructed Bret to watch over him until 10 minutes had passed.
Bret nodded, half-understanding. Today was an eye-opener for him.
Previously, he thought exorcism was a fierce fight between a priest and an evil spirit.
But he didn't expect it to be this situation in reality.
And he was also very curious about William. After all, the priests he had seen in the past were relatively elegant.
The one in front of him was more like a bandit than a priest...
But Bret only thought these words in his heart. After hearing the priest's instructions, he immediately squatted in front of Martin.
On the other side.
William used [Psychological Counseling] on Sophie again, looking for the "opportunity" of the connection between her and Diana.
Sophie soon fell into her memories.
Forty years ago.
Sancho Mental Hospital.
Sophie was only a ten-year-old child. She had beautiful curly blonde hair and always liked to wear a pale green jacquard long dress.
Because of psychological depression and emotional instability, Sophie was sent here for treatment by her family.
But the treatment methods of this mental hospital were a bit "special."
After several rounds of moderate electroconvulsive therapy, Sophie began to become "normal."
She often smiled at the medical staff and tried to keep friendly with other patients.
Only in this way could Sophie stay away from that chair in the treatment room.
During this period, she met another patient—Diana.
The latter was naturally sensitive to light and extremely violent emotionally; many patients and staff had been attacked by Diana.
But unexpectedly, Sophie could get along well with Diana.
In the following period, Sophie experienced the happiest time in the mental hospital.
Until one morning, she went to the next ward to look for Diana as usual, but the latter was nowhere to be found.
Sophie asked the medical staff but only got some ambiguous responses.
She suddenly had a bad feeling and instinctively went in a certain direction.
A moment later, Sophie arrived outside the treatment room.
There were many dense bloody footprints on the floor, showing that the people here were in a hurry earlier.
Sophie tried hard to overcome her inner fear and slowly opened the door of the treatment room.
The treatment room was quiet; no medical staff were seen.
But the many unprocessed tools in the room indicated that a treatment had taken place here not long ago.
Sophie bypassed the tool rack and came to the front of the chair that terrified her.
She saw a clear bloody imprint of a human body on the chair.
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