Chapter 132: The Ability of the Earthbound Spirit
Following the gaze of the three students, Jessie also looked at the handsome priest. He seemed to be about her age.
But immediately after, she was stunned. The priest was staring straight at her.
After a few seconds of eye contact, Jessie turned her head away unnaturally, her heartbeat accelerating slightly.
Since moving to this remote place with her family, she had very few opportunities to interact with boys her age.
Jessie wanted to change the subject, but the priest started circling her, looking her up and down.
The academy trio was just about to internally criticize this behavior in the name of justice.
But then they realized Judy had joined in.
One big and one small, both with thoughtful looks in their eyes, whispering discussions from time to time.
"Is there... something on me?" Jessie couldn't stand the scrutiny anymore.
"Miss Jessie, please drink this bottle of Holy Water. Afterward, I would like to ask you some questions."
Jessie took it with some hesitation.
She looked at the priest's face again, thinking that such a good-looking boy shouldn't be lying to her.
So Jessie pulled out the cork.
A moment later.
Seeing the evil aura tainted on the girl being eliminated, William finally lowered his guard a little.
"Recently, apart from the ghostly shadows you see from time to time, have you noticed any other anomalies?" William looked at her.
Along the way just now, he only found some dissipated evil aura.
He hadn't found any traces of an "Earthbound Spirit."
Even to draw the other party out, William had secretly recited the Exorcism Bible.
But the result was only purifying the vicinity a bit.
This obviously didn't quite match the "Dangerous" rating.
"I once went into the basement of the house, but..."
Jessie hesitated halfway through. She had told her father about these things, but he expressed disbelief.
"Evil spirits are very cunning. Sometimes they deliberately tease a specific victim, making her gradually distrusted by others. In this way, the evil spirit has the opportunity to possess her."
William spoke at the right time.
Jessie's eyes lit up upon hearing this; this was exactly describing her!
"Yes!"
She nodded vigorously.
"This kind of thing has happened more than once, but every time only my brother and I could see it. But my brother... he can't speak."
"Miss Jessie, this feeling is very painful, but you still reported the anomaly to the Church. I believe you want to protect your family very much."
Jessie's heart warmed instantly.
This priest hit the mark on her true feelings.
"I understand..."
She took a deep breath, seeming to have made a decision.
"During this time, my brother started actively looking for those 'things'. I was very scared, so I could only stay by his side often."
"I really wanted to tell my parents about this, but after that accident two years ago, they are already very disappointed in me..."
Only then did everyone know that Jessie was a "problem girl" not long ago.
Hanging out with boys, underage drinking...
Until one day, her mother had to go to the airport to pick up her father, so she asked Jessie to drive to pick up her brother.
That day she happened to have been drinking, although she remained awake.
The story that followed naturally had no surprises.
Drinking and driving; these two things jointly caused a car accident.
Her brother lost the ability to "speak" because of this, and the family spent twenty years of savings on medical bills.
At the same time, her father faced middle-aged unemployment.
This series of blows instantly plunged Jessie's family into poverty.
This matter had always been a thorn in her heart, but she didn't dare to confide in her parents.
Jessie could never forget her mother's screaming at her outside the ward—Why wasn't it you lying in there!
The only thing she could do was to get rid of her old bad habits.
After saying all this, she seemed to get some kind of relief. Confessing these things indeed required a lot of courage.
"Don't drink and drive; looks like I have to add this to the Exorcism Safety Rules," William thought to himself after listening.
Aside, the academy trio was truly surprised to see the client open her heart so quickly.
"Psychological Counseling" was the dream skill of all academy students.
Obtaining clues about evil spirits through the client was very important.
Under normal circumstances, the information provided by the client would have many omissions.
Even, because they were in a state of extreme tension when encountering evil spirits, this information would have a large deviation from the actual situation.
And in an exorcism ritual, errors were undoubtedly very fatal.
This was why "Psychological Counseling" was arranged as a basic exorcism course.
But including Silas, the grades of the few in this course were only barely passing.
However, the actual situation was more complicated, and they often faced the client's wariness.
And the speed at which William gained the client's trust just now was even faster than their teachers.
"Father William seemed to give the other party a bottle of Holy Water first..."
"He fully understood the pain suffered by the client."
The three recalled William's actions just now respectively.
After this, Jessie also mentioned the recent strange things in the house.
Only then did William have some understanding of the abilities of the "Earthbound Spirit."
The other party seemed to possess the ability to briefly "soften" objects.
For example, Jessie once witnessed the ground turning into a swamp in the basement, and the ghost hands emerging from it almost dragged her in.
This ability also appeared in the original work, but that was the dead spirits playing tricks.
But in Jessie's description, the dead spirits became the role of "thugs."
And not only inside the house, similar situations also appeared in the sunflower farm field.
One night, Jessie witnessed the ground outside the house "come alive."
The flowing soil condensed into a huge figure, seeming to be fighting with something.
This clue attracted William's attention.
He immediately asked Jessie to take them to the scene of the incident.
William grabbed a handful of soil and rubbed it between his fingertips.
"Some kind of power collision did appear here, but it has completely disappeared at this moment." He thought to himself.
"In the records of the academy, has there ever been a situation where evil spirits fight for territory?" He looked at the three students.
Silas shook his head.
"Very rarely. Earthbound Spirits have strong control over their territory. Unless it is a powerful demon, it cannot be completely driven away."
"A powerful demon..." William pondered.
"But this situation is also impossible. A demon of this rank must descend to the human world through a 'Ritual'. If that really happens, this commission will become 'Disaster Level'."
Silas shook his head firmly.
"How about we go into the house first? Maybe we can find other clues," Bent suggested.
Others agreed one after another.
But William had a bad premonition.
Hey... hey!
Combining the information provided by Flora before coming here, this kid wouldn't have inadvertently spoken the truth, right!
So under the shocked gazes of everyone, William's body retreated rapidly.
Before long, he returned to the position where they got off the car.
"Wh... what happened!"
The few panted and followed.
"Going in rashly is too dangerous. It feels safer here."
Everyone present was shocked instantly; do you have to be so scared!
Judy was also a little embarrassed; her face was not as thick as someone's yet.
But William didn't care about this; he looked at Jessie.
"Are your parents home?"
He planned to confirm that the family was not possessed before making the next decision.
"They went to the town, saying they wanted to consult an agricultural expert about some problems," Jessie whispered.
"Problems?"
"Dad said the sunflower field seems to have died."
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