"Question..."
In the dim light and harsh music, Merlin, who was wearing a black cowboy hat, picked up a glass of wine slightly drunk, and said to the drunk man sitting opposite him: "What is only yours, and everyone has it, but it has been used by others many more times than yours?"
”"Uh...
Let me think about it, I know this for sure!
Everyone knows I'm the smartest. ”The drunk's eyes were red from drinking, and he didn't know why he was sitting here, playing a guessing game with this young, sunglasses kid.But when a person is drunk, his self-control drops too much, and he can't think of anything else in his chaotic mind.As he said he was going to solve the puzzle, but thinking about it, the rude fellow tilted his head, and a moment later a low snoring sounded in the noisy little bar.It stands to reason that you can't sell alcohol to young people under the age of 21, but who cares about it at midnight, when the bar is at its busiest?
Come on, this is 1989, mobile phones haven't even become ubiquitous, computers and the Internet are just toys for a small number of people, and the future of technology is still in the ascendant, and this place is still ruled by tradition, especially in this part of the interior of the United States.Merlin slowly drank his glass of wine, and he pulled the crumpled money from his pocket and pressed it under the glass.Then he looked at the time again, and dragged the box at his feet, ready to leave here.His train is almost there...
As he passed by the drunk, who was sleeping soundly, Merlin reached out and straightened the drunk, who was about to fall out of his chair, and then patted him on the shoulder, announcing the answer to the riddle in his ear: "The riddle is the name."
Everyone has it, the most ordinary thing. ”Merlin pulled a few bills from the pocket of the drunken man with the tattoo on his arm, then moved his shoulders to squeeze through the crowd of midnight revelers and leave the little-known little bar.Standing in the dark streets of the bar, blown in by the icy night breeze from Lake Michigan, Merlin was a little sobered up from that slightly drunken gesture.He looked at the money in his hand, shook his head, and handed most of it to the homeless man huddled on the side of the road.Amid the hoarse thanks of the homeless man, he put his left hand in the pocket of his coat, held the heavy suitcase in the other, lowered his cowboy hat, and walked alone to the station not far away, illuminated by the pale street lamp.In the wind, Merlin's slightly sad whisper echoed, "It's a pity...
I've completely lost it. ”This is Chicago, the second stop on Merlin's aimless long journey, from Madison, to the real big city of Chicago.Merlin remembers when he was 4 years old, when the story of Chicago was brought to the Broadway stage by the screenwriters, and even people in Wisconsin knew how sensational the show was.Those stories happened at his feet, but unfortunately, Merlin at this time did not have the heart to appreciate the stage play.He didn't come for pleasure.On a street not far from the train station, Merlin looked at the neon signs on the side of the street, and he wandered down the street until he came to a very small store.The shop was covered with blue and red lamps in a slightly mysterious pattern, and even from the outside, Merlin could smell the heavy scent of smoke coming from the house.Ordinary people don't use incense, let alone use incense as mosquito coils like this.This is a psychic shop and a product of Western feudal civilization.This was Merlin's most important purpose in coming to Chicago, and he inquired on the train that the local psychic medium seemed to be working.As an ordinary man who has lived for 18 years, Merlin wants to pursue the mysteries of magic, and what can he do other than find unreliable mediums and Indian shamans who are far away in the Indian reservation?
Do you really want to abandon all conscience and blend in with the cultists?
But this is not the first medium Merlin has visited in the past month and half.Merlin stood in front of the store, looking at the store in front of him with suspicion and scrutiny, and to be honest, he didn't trust the people in the store to really help him.But it's coming...
Give it a try.Merlin stretched out his hand, and just as he pushed open the door, the light of the neon sign decorated with the store suddenly shone brightly, and then the whole thing exploded less than 5 meters away from Merlin in a white spark jumping.The sudden sound did not surprise Merlin at all.He's used to these things.During this period of travel, he has summed up the pattern.As long as you stay in one place for more than 2 hours, the bad luck that originally acted on you will start to spread around, and after 6 hours, it will cause real problems that can hurt people.But as long as Merlin doesn't stop, the time for this doom to erupt will be greatly extended.It was as if there was a force urging him not to stop."
Oh, another confused soul, come to me for help."
The moment Merlin stepped into the psychic shop, filled with the strange smell of incense, a low, hoarse voice sounded in the deliberately dim light.The voice sounded something, but Merlin didn't sense anything unusual in the house.Wandering around the room with sunglasses in his eyes, Merlin shook his head in disappointment, there was almost no trace of magic in the house, not even a frail spirit or two.Merlin had been hearing strange murmurs from time to time for the past few days, and he would wake up from bizarre nightmares almost every night, but the good news was that his double vision was finally cured.The vision before his eyes finally became clear again, even a little too clear.Merlin discovers that his eyes can not only easily see in the dark, but can even vaguely see things that normal people should not see, spirits, ghosts and other strange creatures to be exact.Especially after Merlin took off his sunglasses, as long as he looked at them with his heart, those things would become clear in his eyes.Merlin refers to this ability of these eyes as "vision", but the act of opening it is risky.Because when you see them, it means that they will see you too.For a young man like Merlin, who doesn't know anything about magic, taking the initiative to provoke those anomalous creatures is completely looking for death.As a result, Merlin almost never takes off his sunglasses after discovering the abnormality of his eyes.Bad luck was bad enough, and Merlin didn't want to get into other trouble before he could solve it."
Come, sit down, kid."
The psychic in the room was dressed like a legendary wizard, and the guy who looked to be in his 50s even outfitted himself with a purple robe with stars and a nondescript hat with sharp horns, just like the kind of hats used by wizards.Combined with the choking incense in the house, the white candles deliberately placed in some strange shape, and the unclear magic circle painted in black paint on the floor, it all seemed to indicate to anyone who walked into the shop that the medium was a real "stock" person.It's a pity that no matter how much he pretends to be a master, no matter how much he pretends to be a mystery, he can't hide the essence that he is just a normal mortal.At least in Merlin's eyes, the old man's spirit was already a little weak, and what was reflected in his eyes was even a slightly ugly soul.Merlin sat down in front of the chattering medium, and the old man picked up a deck of tarot cards from the table, and he looked at Merlin, and with an unfathomable smile, he said, "Son, is there anything you want to ask?"
”"I—" Merlin didn't know what to say, he already knew the nature of the medium in front of him, which also made him a little uneasy.He had seen several mythical mediums, but all of them were liars.This made him feel that this path might not work.So Merlin was silent for a moment, he shook his head and stood up: "I'm sorry for delaying your time, but I think that my problem, you may not be able to solve it." ”Merlin was about to leave, but behind him, the old man, seeing that a business was about to be ruined, lowered his voice and said in a very bluffing tone, "You have fallen into darkness!"
”"Huh?"
Merlin's footsteps stopped, which made the old man feel a burst of joy, he knew how to read words and emotions best when he saw Merlin's hesitation, and he knew that he had guessed correctly.So he said, "You've experienced something that ordinary people can't imagine, son, it must be terrible."
I guess it has something to do with some legendary creatures, and I can feel it, you must be scared...
Come on, talk to me, maybe, I can really help you?
”Merlin turned, a sneer on his face.This kind of rhetoric is almost exactly the same as the rhetoric of the previous swaggering psychic mediums.So he stretched out his hand and took off his sunglasses, and the red light in his black eyes like sparks made the old psychic medium straighten up in fright.The pointed hat on the top of his head used to bluff people also fell to the ground because of too much movement, revealing the true face of this guy.He's a...
Bareheaded."
This problem," Merlin said, pointing to his eyes, "can you fix it?"
”The old man was choked speechless, Merlin looked at the fear on his face, and he shrugged: "Unfortunately, it seems that you can't solve it." ”With that, he shook his head and put his sunglasses back on.He wasn't going to waste any more time, he had been in Chicago for a long time and it was time for him to leave.But just as Merlin walked to the door, the old man behind him cried out to him through gritted teeth: "Wait, kid, your problem is something I've never seen before, so to solve it, I'll have to use something dangerous...
This means that you have to increase the price!
”“？”
Merlin looked back at the old man, who already had an extra box in his hand.He seemed to feel despised by the young man, which made him feel a kind of humiliation as a self-proclaimed great medium.The most important thing is that once this kid goes out and talks nonsense, the business that he has managed to become good with great difficulty will suffer again.In the liar business, reputation is the most important thing."
This thing!"
The bald psychic medium held up the box in his hand as if it were holding a real treasure, and he said to Merlin in a tone of awe: "This thing was once worshipped by the tribes of the Indians, and it is said that it contained a terrifying spirit in it, and after I got it, even a powerful medium like me was afraid of its power...
Boy, if it weren't for the severity of your problem, I wouldn't have been able to use it. ”A sly glint flashed in the old man's eyes, and he said, "Every time I use it, I have to pay a part of my own life, so the price of this inquiry is high, 1,000 US dollars!"
Otherwise, you can go. ”Merlin didn't leave, because in his eyes, the box that the old man was holding did have a strange aura wrapped around it, which was very obscure and dangerous, but this was the first time Merlin had really seen an item with magical brilliance.It seems that this psychic medium really has some goods in his hands.Merlin took all his money out of his pocket, and he threw it on the old man's desk, with a few hundred dollars scattered around.Merlin looked at him and said calmly, "This is all my money, and if you don't want to use it, then I can't help it." ”The old man looked at the money on the table, he frowned, but considering that today's business was really bad, he thought about it, and finally nodded, pointed to the chair in front of him, and said to Merlin: "Okay, for the sake of you as a child, I will make an exception for you, sit there, no matter what you see for a while, don't be afraid." ”Merlin complied.He watched the old man open the box, and he had a long-lost anticipation in his heart, he was so tormented by the haunting doom that he desperately wanted to get rid of it.And the old man had a "spell" in his mouth that no one understood, and in one hand he held an unclear handprint, and lit a few candles, and then, under Merlin's gaze, he took something out of the box.That's a...
Bell.The green bell, which looks very old, even has a green patina on it, and it looks like something from some ancient civilization.But the moment the old man took out the bell, Merlin's face changed dramatically.He recognized the breath, very similar to the breath of the former Three Palace Demons, although it was not the same and seemed a little weak, but the sulfur smell that filled his mouth and nose, the feeling of burning flames, it was...
Demonic breath!"
Don't touch it!"
Merlin screamed and got to his feet, trying to stop the old liar who had no limits to death.But this behavior was misunderstood by the old man, and he took a step back, dodging Merlin's outstretched hand, and he said, "Evil thing!
I command you, withdraw from this young man's body!
”With the shaking of the old man's wrist, the ominous green bell was shaken."
Ding, ding, ding."
A crisp sound came from the bell, like a red-hot needle, and stabbed Merlin's soul fiercely.The young man covered his ears and howled and fell to the ground, the dark power hidden in his soul, from the Sangong Demon, was alarmed by the breath of another demon and began to roll wildly in Merlin's soul.The young man's ears were filled with the maniacal laughter of the demons of hell, and his vision turned blood-red.Fear, hatred, anger, all kinds of negative emotions erupted from Merlin's heart, and those dark forces seemed to have found a breakthrough, rushing out of Merlin's broken soul and beginning to manifest in his body.On his fingers, black smoke began to escape, and his flesh crumbled like quicksand.It was as if Merlin's whole being was going to be vaporized.In the black smoke, there were scalp-tingling dark red sparks moving, like a storm of ashes after the flames had been extinguished."
Stop!
Stop it!
”Merlin screamed, wailing.But his request and mutation were thought by the unlearned old liar to be the success of his "exorcism ritual", and he began to shake the green bell in his hand harder."
Demons!
Disperse!
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”"Ding, ding, ding."
The bell rang faster and faster, and the dark power that had been stirred up spread faster and faster.In the end, when Merlin raised his head again, his eyes completely turned pure white, and the dark will contained in them made the old man take several steps back in fright.But...
It's late.In the next moment, Merlin's entire body spread out like a storm of black ashes that gathered and scattered, and in an explosive and pervasive manner, like a dark monster awakened, the whole room was completely torn apart, along with the old crook who had done the evil thing."
Boom" ()