Chapter 234: Philadelphia Police Department
"If there are any anomalies, press the crucifix on her forehead." William looked at Judy and said.
The latter nodded.
Subsequently, William took out various holy artifacts from his bag and placed them in specific positions within the ward.
"Are you planning to turn my hospital into a missionary ground." Sarah frowned.
"When others are conducting professional treatments, one should maintain basic quietness and respect." William said.
"Does this bit of etiquette still need to be taught?"
Sarah was instantly speechless; she used to say such things to others in the past.
A strong sense of humiliation surged in her heart.
"How did I become so petty... it's just placing some religious items in the ward," Sarah thought to herself.
After making the necessary preparations, William came in front of Willie again.
This young girl had completely fallen into a sluggish state at this time, with not the slightest reaction to the outside world.
At this time, everyone realized something was wrong.
Marianne's eyes were even red; in the past, when her daughter had this condition, it never lasted this long.
William hovered the crucifix in front of Willie, then projected the Holy Power from his eyes onto the other party, eliminating the traces of evil aura on the young girl's spirit body.
Soon he found an anomaly again.
Besides those two "Handprints," Willie's physical body and limbs also had evil aura remaining.
These powers were very special; when encountering William's Holy Power, they could actually proactively weaken themselves and merge with the surrounding environment.
If he hadn't investigated inch by inch, it would have been easy to overlook.
And judging from the trajectory of this power's operation, it had driven Willie's body.
In other words, the young girl in front of him had been possessed multiple times.
William couldn't help narrowing his eyes.
This was the first time encountering such a situation.
In the original American Horror works, as well as the evil spirits and demons he encountered in the past, most of them would first cause the innocents to have mental breakdowns before completely possessing them.
"What does this guy want to do after possessing her?"
William couldn't help but have this doubt.
On the other side.
Under the elimination of Holy Power, the evil aura on Willie's body was quickly cleaned up.
Immediately after, William took out the Bible and recited the Requiem chapter, and the young girl's soul quickly returned to her body.
A moment later, Willie's eyelashes moved, and she opened her eyes.
"Mom, why are you crying... where is this?" Her face was full of doubt.
"Oh! My Willie!" Marianne's tears burst out, hugging her daughter tightly.
Sarah aside widened her eyes.
She quickly came to the bedside, using "Re-examination" as an excuse, and performed another detailed check on Willie using instruments and equipment.
The final result was the same as before—no anomalies.
But Willie clearly had a significant change!
Sarah looked incredulous; this scene today completely shattered her past beliefs.
She had to admit a fact: some unknown things truly existed in this world.
The two security guards at the door also looked like they had seen a ghost.
Previously, the two had been looking at William with vigilant gazes, but at this moment, only awe remained in their eyes.
Gordon leaned against the wall with a smile; he had seen this kind of situation many times before.
Judy raised her chin and looked at Sarah, with an "I told you so" expression.
At this time, Marianne came to William: "Mr. Priest, I really don't know how to thank you."
William nodded: "Before coming to the hospital, what did Willie do after the anomaly appeared?"
Marianne didn't understand why the priest was curious about these things but still revealed a recollecting look.
"Willie... every time she became silent, she would draw alone."
"She had never learned these things, and every time she only drew a smiling face."
William raised an eyebrow: "What kind of smiling face?"
Marianne immediately found paper and pen and scribbled on it.
A moment later, a smiling face appeared on the paper, very similar to the smile when Skye died.
But the difference was, William felt a faint mental-influencing power on it.
"Right! Recently Willie suddenly said she wanted to go see a concert, also when her personality was a bit abnormal." Marianne suddenly said.
"Seems like a singer named... Gr-something-ly."
"Grande Alina." Willie added.
"Yes, that's the name." Marianne nodded.
Mentioning the concert, Willie's expression was obviously a bit disappointed.
"Mom, you forgot. Although Grande and Skye are good friends, I am only Skye's fan."
"Sorry, Mom thought..."
William aside frowned.
This was another piece of new news.
An evil spirit, during its possession of the young girl, actually bought a concert ticket for a singer.
What is this situation?
William faintly had a clue in his heart, but still needed more verification right now.
"Mr. Priest... I apologize for my previous behavior." Sarah spoke up at this time.
She looked lost, obviously having suffered a considerable blow.
William was just about to speak, but a strange look flashed in his eyes.
He approached Sarah and narrowed his eyes.
"What... what do you want to do." Sarah protected her chest with both hands, looking nervous.
The security guards nearby reached out their hands, momentarily not knowing whether to stop him.
"Your body is also tainted with evil." William said.
Sarah was instantly startled.
Before she could say more, William had already pressed the crucifix onto her forehead a step ahead.
Sarah instantly felt a wave of dizziness.
Immediately after, William pinched her mouth open and poured a bottle of Holy Water in.
A few seconds later, Sarah just felt a wave of nausea in her stomach.
She hurriedly ran to the trash can.
"Bleargh..."
Because she hadn't eaten anything, Sarah only vomited some gastric juice.
But to her surprise, this liquid was pitch-black and foul-smelling, like highly toxic poison.
"What... what exactly is this!" She completely panicked, her makeup also ruined.
"Relax, you are safe now." William said.
Just now when he observed this psychiatrist with "Eyes," he also discovered the anomaly on the other party.
Like the situation on Willie's body, those evil auras were hidden very deep.
Almost at the same time Sarah expelled the foul liquid, on a rooftop 3 kilometers away from the psychiatric hospital.
A dense black shadow vibrated violently.
It floated into the air along the wall, "Looking" in the direction of the hospital.
A moment later, the black shadow disappeared instantly, and when it appeared again, it was already 5 kilometers away from the hospital.
Private Hospital.
Sarah finally recovered.
She looked at her hands with doubtful eyes, and also observed the surrounding environment.
It was clearly no different from before, but at this time she felt a kind of "Clarity."
As if she had been slumbering in a dream just now, and only now completely controlled her body.
Recalling a series of unhappy events she encountered in life recently, and the previous conflict with the priest's group.
Sarah was very certain inside that she wouldn't do those behaviors at all.
"Could it be... I was also possessed by an evil spirit?"
She voiced the doubt in her heart.
But William said: "Relax, you just had too much contact with those tainted by evil."
"The witnesses of that concert?" Sarah quickly realized something.
William nodded.
Seeing this, Sarah hesitated for a moment and spoke: "Please wait a moment."
After speaking, she turned and left the ward, and when she returned, she had an extra data storage drive in her hand.
"This contains the patients' data information; all are audiences from that recent concert." Sarah handed over the storage drive.
"Mr. Priest, I believe this should be able to help you."
William raised an eyebrow and didn't refuse.
"Thanks."
After a small hiccup, the three quickly took their leave.
Philadelphia Police Department.
A meeting regarding the concert suicide case was being held.
Chief Bowen Strauss sat on the stage with a serious face.
Below gathered the elite backbone of the Philadelphia Police Department.
"How is the celebrity's case? Are there any target suspects." Bowen narrowed his eyes and spoke.
It was quiet below.
Seeing this, Bowen stared at an old police officer, Pick.
Next year Pick would reach retirement age, so for the past two years, he had been in a "Slacking off" state, and his attitude towards some of the new Chief Bowen's dangerous orders was also perfunctory.
As the saying goes, a new broom sweeps clean.
This made Bowen, who had been trying to "Light a fire," very unhappy.
But for Pick to be able to muddle along in the police department until now, he had long been clear about the unwritten rules within.
Plus his relationship with the old Chief, it made Bowen unable to start all along.
And this time the case was of great importance, and the higher-ups had given enough pressure, finally allowing Bowen to find an opportunity.
A moment later.
Under pressure, Pick reluctantly stood up.
"Chief Bowen... not... not yet."
As soon as his voice fell, Pick saw Chief Bowen's face change color, and he hurriedly continued: "Recently we visited the shops around the concert venue and also checked the surveillance footage at the time, but didn't find any suspicious persons."
"The investigation into the deceased's network of relationships is a similar situation."
"Among the people who had recent contact with Skye, except for that dead drug dealer Louis, no one else's behavior was abnormal."
Pick glanced up as he spoke, voicing the thoughts in his heart.
"Maybe, those two got too high on drugs, so... after all, there are many such cases..."
Smack!
Bowen slapped the table.
Everyone was startled.
"Are you f*cking kidding me?" Bowen's tone was agitated.
"The forensic doctor just issued the examination report today; no contraband residue was found in Skye's body! Do you want the entire Philadelphia Police Department to become a joke in front of the public!"
Like a flood opening the gates, Bowen continued loudly:
"What about those audiences back then! Why not conduct visits and investigations one by one!"
Facing the Chief's questioning, Pick lowered his head and didn't utter a sound.
This was a method everyone was unwilling to bring up.
The audiences of the concert back then came from various states in North America. Investigating one by one would not only consume a large amount of time but in most cases, it would also be hard to find clues.
Plus the current police-civilian relations in North America, rashly asking would only make the other party feel this was an "Invasion of privacy" behavior.
Invisibly, it would bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to the police department again.
Generally, cases of this situation would ultimately be put aside and turn into "Cold cases" years later.
Bowen took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:
"You should know, the higher-ups are paying great attention to this case this time."
"I have to warn you in advance, if the police department cannot give the public an explanation, all active-duty police officers with more than three years of service will not be promoted for the next five years."
"And there are also certain guys who are about to retire; you will only be able to receive 40% of your original pension."
As soon as this statement came out, the crowd below instantly exploded.
Voices of questioning and dissatisfaction resounded through the conference hall.
In a place like America, being a police officer is originally a high-risk job.
Reducing income under these circumstances is undoubtedly a heavy blow to them.
"Hey! If you ask me, just directly push it onto some terrorist organization. I heard recently there is an organization called 'Libanta' in the Middle East..."
Someone suggested.
But Chief Bowen immediately rejected: "Idiot! Do you think the public are all fools, fooling them with this kind of reason? I was just joking back then!"
"We indeed haven't done this less..."
The suggesting police officer muttered below, but ultimately didn't dare to speak his thoughts.
Chief Bowen scanned below, suddenly speaking: "Where's Gordon! Why didn't he come to attend the meeting."
Someone immediately replied: "I saw him go out in a hurry not long ago, followed by a priest."
The word priest obviously touched Bowen's lightning rod.
He slapped the table forcefully and said angrily: "This guy actually openly violated orders! Does he want me to write 'Evil Spirit' on the investigation report to hand up!"
"Recently, police departments everywhere indeed have some cooperation with the Church..." Someone reminded again.
"Shut up!" Bowen scolded angrily.
Obviously, he was the kind of "Conservatively-minded" person mentioned before.
At the same time, Gordon happened to return bringing William and the others.
After learning the Chief was in a meeting, Gordon's heart was instantly startled.
"How about... you hide first?" He hurriedly lowered his voice and said.
Before William could respond, a police officer had already walked over.
"Sheriff Gordon, Chief Bowen asks you and this Mr. Priest to go over now."
"We're doomed!" Gordon covered his face in despair.
William had already heard the Sheriff mention that Chief's temper.
He didn't care; anyway, he didn't work here.
With the attitude of watching a show, William stepped forward first.
Inside the conference room.
"The situation... is like this." Gordon lowered his head and explained the reason why William was here.
The conference room was unusually quiet; everyone held their breath.
At this time William suddenly spoke up: "I can understand your distrust."
He walked to the stage as he spoke.
"After all, in an advanced technological world, it is indeed somewhat difficult to believe in the true existence of evil spirits and demons."
William's voice made all the police officers raise their heads.
Chief Bowen only frowned and didn't speak to stop him.
"I believe that with everyone's professional attitude and strength, you must have done everything you could."
These words made many police officers lower their heads with unnatural expressions.
"Since that's the case, why not try a new method? Anyway, you won't lose anything."
"When it's really time to hand in the report, do you want to leave an impression of 'Not doing your best' to the higher-ups?"
William stated the pros and cons.
"A famous detective once said, when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
"Moreover, reports regarding evil have appeared more than once. Why not take this opportunity to verify what you have always been very curious about?"
William's words obviously moved many police officers; everyone secretly looked at Chief Bowen.
The latter narrowed his eyes, pondered for a moment, and spoke:
"What do you want to do?"
William told the other party about obtaining a portion of the audience's information and stated his plan.
"You'd better pray your method is useful."
Ultimately Chief Bowen was persuaded.
The police officers present looked incredulous.
One must know that this new Chief was famously "Stubborn"; since taking office, no one had been able to persuade him.
Mr. Priest simply accomplished a feat!
But only William knew this wasn't that hard; he just started from the perspective of "Interests."
Police Officers' Office.
According to Chief Bowen's order, all elite operatives would temporarily obey William's deployment.
At the same time.
Gordon had also printed out the information from the data drive.
Next, everyone just had to call those audiences through the contact information on it.
And before this, William also specially prepared a list of questions.
The police officers showed doubtful looks after receiving it.
"Have you frequently seen a bizarre smile recently..."
"Have you recently done things that obviously do not conform to your personality, such as drawing..."
"Are you preparing to watch a concert again recently, such as Grande Alina's."
Can these questions really find out the truth of the case?
With doubts, the police officers dialed the numbers respectively.
What followed was a two-hour-long questioning.
And the results of the investigation surprised everyone.
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