Aldrich introduced to Arthur the two colleagues standing next to him. The somewhat fierce man on the left was Holman, the director of ward management here, and the blond beauty on the right was his student and assistant Lucy. Miss.
Arthur kissed Miss Lucy's hand and said sincerely: "You can work here, which really makes me admire your courage."
"You joked about Mr. Doyle. Both the teacher and I admire you very much. If it weren't for the fact that I am a woman, I would definitely go to your cocktail party."
As expected, she is a woman who can stay in a mental hospital. When she talks, she is not artificial at all.
However, it is indeed not easy for a woman to study medicine in this era.
Dean Aldrich led Arthur to his office.
The interior is unexpectedly elegant. The wooden floor is covered with soft wool carpets, and the furniture on both sides is also very elegant.
Aldrich opened the wine cabinet, but Arthur chose red wine.
After chatting for a while, Aldrich finally asked him the reason for his visit.
Arthur said hurriedly: "About two days ago, a child named Tony was sent to you. He is said to be dead. I came here to see his body."
Aldrich obviously didn't expect Arthur to be involved in this matter, so he couldn't help but ask: "Does that child have anything to do with you?"
Arthur shook his head, "It has nothing to do with me, but the child seems to have been possessed by a demon. I'm afraid it will affect other patients here, so I want to check his body."
Aldrich nodded. As the dean, he would not care about such trivial matters. As for demon possession, he was already used to it. He was silent for a while and then looked at the ward director Holman.
Holman seemed a little hesitant. Aldrich seemed to be out of admiration for Arthur, or because of his relationship with the University of Edinburgh, so he did not shy away from Arthur and said directly to Holman: "What do you have to say? Just say it directly, there are no outsiders here."
Holman nodded and said with a somewhat unnatural expression: "Actually, the child is not dead yet. He was locked alone in Room 303 in Area A."
Arthur couldn't help but be overjoyed, but Aldrich frowned, "A child is being held in Area A? Are you not mistaken?"
Arthur saw something wrong with his expression and asked hurriedly: "Is there something wrong there?"
At this time, Lucy next to him explained to him: "Area A is a critical area. Only particularly violent people will be locked up there."
So Aldrich was angry not because Tony was just a kid, but because he felt Holman was wasting resources.
Holman immediately explained: "This kid is really a little different. He has devil's eyes and extremely strong strength. It took four or five of us strong men to subdue him."
What he said immediately aroused Aldrich's interest. Arthur hurriedly said: "This child has been possessed by a demon. Please allow me to perform an exorcism here."
He had to say this, unless they came to the world like Beelzebub, these people could not exorcise the devil, but they were more than enough to kill a child.
Aldrich's eyes immediately lit up when he heard that Arthur was going to perform the exorcism himself, "Of course this is the best, we are still thinking of discussing the issue of exorcism with you!"
Arthur only felt that this dean was either a lunatic, or just like him, he might also have some special ability.
Arthur and the three of them left the office together, came to the end of the corridor, and opened a heavy door.
All kinds of sudden shouts immediately filled Arthur's ears, as if he had walked into a noisy factory.
Arthur looked into the ward through the railings. Most of the patients had shackles around their necks, some had numb expressions, and some were chattering.
Aldrich pointed to these patients and introduced to Arthur: "These are patients who have been treated by me. They all have a great chance of being able to re-enter society."
Next, they gradually arrived at Area B, which was the treatment area. In the open space in the middle of the four-sided iron cage, a person was tied to a mechanical chair, with his head covered with wires and an instrument. The doctor sat behind him.
Every time he pressed the button, the patient tied to the chair would let out an inhuman scream, while the doctor remained calm and slowly took notes.
Arthur couldn't help but feel his scalp tingle when he saw it. He felt that even if there was a real devil, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand such torture.
At this time, Aldrich sighed, "My current research has not been successful, otherwise they would not have to suffer such pain."
Arthur twitched the corners of his mouth twice, "What is your research?"
Aldrich immediately became excited when he mentioned research, "Do you know about Egyptian mummies?"
Arthur nodded subconsciously, then felt something was wrong and immediately shook his head.
Aldrich was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Arthur meant.
He smiled and said: "It's nothing. This is news that came out recently. It is said that someone found it on the mummy. What was the ancient Egyptian method for treating epilepsy?"
Arthur was a little surprised when he heard this, but he knew that epilepsy is a disease that is difficult to cure.
He saw Aldrich pointing to his head, and at this time the four of them also walked into Area A. Aldrich immediately said: "Let me see you exorcise the demon first, and I will talk to you later."
It is indeed different in Area A. Not only are the railings here thicker, but the chains on the body are enough to tie an elephant.
The four of them finally arrived at room 303, where they saw a child with a chain around his neck that was thicker than his arm. Because there was no bed here, he could only huddle in a cold corner.
Holman signaled, and the guard in Area A reluctantly opened the iron door.
Arthur walked in first, and the guard couldn't help shouting: "Gentlemen, you'd better be careful, there seems to be something wrong with this kid."
Arthur stretched out his arm to block a few people who were about to follow, "There may be danger in here, so I'd better go in by myself!"
Aldrich and the others nodded, while Arthur secretly pierced his palm with his fingernails and slowly leaned towards little Tony.
He saw devilish ferocity and cunning in little Tony's eyes.
Arthur could only pray now that the demon only possessed him and did not eat little Tony's soul.
When he got close to a certain distance, little Tony suddenly jumped up from the ground, like an evil ghost, and suddenly bit Arthur.
Arthur didn't dodge and slapped him on the head.
The palm stained with Arthur's blood immediately ignited with a ball of white fire, and little Tony began to roll on the ground in pain.
Arthur thought that he would succeed in exorcising the devil again this time, but when he heard little Tony mutter some more spells, he suddenly spurted out a stream of black smoke from his mouth, rolling up the white fire on his head, and then... He swallowed it back into his mouth.
