Jimmy had been looking up to see the black smoke rushing towards the roof. When he looked down at Father Reuter, he realized that the priest had completed the ceremony, and the monk apprentice next to him had walked to the bed and started to untie the man's rope. .
Well, except for the last bit of content that I didn’t notice, the whole ceremony looked very ordinary, and there was nothing scary at all. If Jimmy hadn't switched his mind's eye state and relied on naked eyes to observe, at most he would have seen the white cloth moving and no other abnormalities.
Father Reuter raised the cross in front of his chest with his right hand, and continued to pray in a low voice while holding the Bible in his left hand. After the prayer, Father Reuter turned to look at Jimmy.
Father Reuter: "Jimmy, did you see anything unusual?"
Jimmy was a little silent, he didn't know whether to say it or not.
Father Reuter: "It seems that you did see it. Please keep it confidential." After saying that, Father Reuter walked towards the lounge.
Jimmy stopped Father Reuter: "Father, is that the devil who just appeared?"
Father Reuter turned and looked at Jimmy: "Yes, many demons are incorporeal. They usually bewitch humans, possess them, and use humans to release their magic or achieve their goals."
Jimmy: "But it seems like they are very weak. They are just a cloud of smoke that floats for a while and disappears. They are not as powerful as those legendary demons at all."
Father Reuter: "Of course they are not weak. The reason why you see it is so simple is because they have been bound in the host's body in advance. Under the suppression of the church's sacred objects, they have no way to resist. I just did the last thing Just one step to exorcise the devil.”
Jimmy: "Father, can I learn exorcism?"
Father Reuter: "The exorcism ceremony requires pure faith, Jimmy, you know. It's very late, you can go back, good night."
Jimmy: "Good night, Father."
Jimmy left the church and drove back to his apartment.
After washing, it was still early, so Jimmy turned on the TV and lay on the sofa in a daze.
In fact, in addition to observing the smoke-like demon just now, Jimmy also discovered some special places.
At first, when the demon was a loose ball of smoke, Jimmy didn't notice anything unusual. But when the smoke converged downwards into a human shape, although the human shape was still a ball of smoke, Jimmy observed three white spots on the human-shaped smoke ball. In terms of the surrounding black and gray smoke, three white spots are very conspicuous.
These three points are not fixed, but move randomly in the smoke ball. When the smoke ball hits the roof and disappears, the white spots also disappear.
Jimmy didn't know what these white spots were, but this was indeed the first time he had observed this since he had his mind's eye.
Because there was no control group and it was only discovered this time, Jimmy could not deduce the meaning of these white spots. He could only write them down to see if there would be a chance to see similar situations again in the future.
Jimmy didn't have Roland's phone number and couldn't call him to confirm. If he didn't encounter this kind of situation again in the future, he would have to find time to ask Roland again to see what the white spots he saw were. .
In addition to the white spots, Jimmy also cared about what Father Reuter said. He only did the last step of exorcism, and the devil had already been bound in that person's body in advance.
In other words, someone first fought a round of battle with the devil, used some special method to fix the devil on the human body, and then sent it to the church to Father Reuter, who then performed the final step of exorcism.
The amount of information was a bit large, and it was different from the exorcism movies Jimmy had seen before. In those movies, priests directly performed exorcisms and even fought against demon-possessed people.
Now it seems that there are really professionals fighting demons and protecting the world in this world. They must keep it secret so that ordinary people are completely unaware of it. If the information is really widely circulated, there is no way that Jimmy has been working as a police officer for almost two years without getting any information, especially since he is still a celebrity and many people like to chat with him and talk nonsense.
Jimmy watched TV for a while and then lay down to rest. He used his brain too much today and kept thinking about demons, so he ended up watching this at night. The Exorcism Ceremony was really disappointing, so he had better go to bed early to clear his mind. alright.
The next day, Jimmy came to the police station. After James went to work, Jimmy walked into James' office.
James: "Jimmy, there was no danger last night, right?"
Jimmy: "Not at all. I just watched Father Reuter's ceremony and didn't notice anything unusual."
James: "OK." James walked to the safe on the ground, took out the key from his pocket, turned the lock plate to open the safe, and took out a folder from inside.
James opened the file in the folder, added the time, place, and participants of last night to the document, pointed to a place, and asked Jimmy to sign.
After Jimmy signed, James let Jimmy leave. He closed the folder and put it back in the safe.
Jimmy has once again entered a state of idleness. The aftermath of the 911 incident has not yet ended, and the police have not yet warned the gang members. There are basically few major incidents now, so Jimmy is really bored without patrolling.
Jimmy sighed as he took out his study materials and started studying the last part of the course. As long as he passed the exam at the end of the year, Jimmy could apply for early graduation.
"Hi, Jimmy. Amy asked for you, and she told you to go directly to the chief's office."
"Okay." Jimmy cleared the table and walked to James' office.
James sat on a chair, holding an A4 paper, and Amy stood opposite him. After Jimmy came in, James raised his hand and gave the A4 paper to Jimmy.
Jimmy took a look and saw a notice. The LAPD had captured a suspect during routine law enforcement. The system showed that he had a wanted warrant from Pulaski County and a letter to confirm his identity.
Dick Dias, a 48-year-old white man, killed a truck driver outside Little Rock, Arkansas in August 1996 while giving him a ride. He escaped after being discovered and has not been seen since, the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department released. Wanted poster.
The reason why it was discovered was that Dick Dias was a habitual criminal. He had been living in prison intermittently since he was young, committing theft, robbery, illegal possession of weapons, etc., ranging from misdemeanors to felonies.
With complete photos and fingerprint records, after Dick was arrested in Los Angeles, he obtained his wanted warrant through the system, and that was how the LRPD sent a document to the Pulaski County Sheriff's Department.
(End of chapter)
