I'm an antique shop owner, so it's reasonable for me to know some magic

Chapter 351 The Midnight Bell
As long as the conditions are met, no matter how badly you use the props, you can achieve the desired effect.

Even a wild dog wearing the golden armor can beat an ordinary person.

Su Fan once had similar thoughts.

However, subsequent experiences have proved that talent is the biggest influencing factor.

The talismans that Su Fan can draw with his current cultivation level can not only kill evil spirits instantly, but also ensure that the user is not threatened.

As long as Angela follows Katie's instructions, keeping the child safe will be easy.

However, judging from the attitude they showed when they left, it was only a matter of time before something went wrong.

And there is Emma, ​​the biggest variable.

"So what do you think, Emma?"

When Su Fan thought of this, he couldn't help but become interested.

He wanted to know what Katie thought of the other person.

"I don't know him well, but I don't think he's the type I can get along with well."

Katie gave an answer based on her first instinct.

During the time she was boarding with her uncle and aunt, she always said what she thought and never acted obediently in order to gain something.

Her mind was full of things about the ancient mirror, and she had no energy to deal with trivial things.

"Good intuition."

A playful smile appeared on Su Fan's lips.

"Judging from her behavior, she must have just moved in and won your aunt's favor. She was only about 9 years old at that time, right?"

"Minors who seem to be obedient and perfectly fit the image of a good kid in the eyes of adults are either puppets who have been taught from childhood to be manipulated by adults, or they are too precocious and have a high opinion of themselves.

He looks like a well-behaved kid, but in his heart he looks down on the adults he easily manipulates. "

"Emma is the latter?"

After hearing Su Fan's statement, Katie immediately asked.

But Su Fan shook his head.

"It's much worse than you think."

"bad."

Katie repeated it in a murmur, but she had no concrete idea in her mind.

Su Fan took a sip of the drink brought by the waiter and told her about the little thing Emma did when she left, which shocked her.

The woman's behavior before she left was both provocative and seductive, as well as mocking and contemptuous.

Obviously, the woman regarded Su Fan's attention on her as a covetousness of her figure and appearance.

So in Emma's eyes, Su Fan is just a wretched older young man who has perverted desires for minors. Such a person is a very suitable target for manipulation.

"Do you think there are people in this world who are unaware of their beauty?"

Su Fan suddenly asked Katie at this point.

“It should not exist.”

Katie answered very precisely.

If you want to know what you look like, all you have to do is pay attention to the attitude of strangers when you meet them for the first time.

Everyone loves beauty, and having a good-looking appearance will bring benefits in various occasions.

It sounds ridiculous that a murderer is so handsome that some people write a petition hoping for a lighter sentence, but this has happened throughout history, both in China and abroad.

In Katie's eyes, those who looked ignorant and seemed to be unaware of their own beauty were nothing but a group of shameless people who pretended to be good and took advantage of others.

After hearing this, Katie had a new understanding of what Su Fan meant by "having a high opinion of oneself".

But if that were all, the other party could only be regarded as a bad boy with a bad temper, and did not deserve Su Fan's "serious" evaluation.

While we were talking, the waiter had already started serving the food.

Seeing Su Fan pick up the knife and fork, Katie did not sit idly by and watch the delicious food in front of her.

"I will look into the details about Emma later, but I don't know if this will take up too much time. I think the most important thing right now is the information about the evil spirit."

Exorcism is actually not much different from investigating a case. Only by using the information we already have, gradually unraveling the mystery, and determining the cause of the vicious incident can we make corresponding countermeasures.

"Aunt's child was cursed because he watched that videotape. First of all, the origin of the videotape should be traced..."

"Everything you said is based on the premise that your uncle and aunt cooperate."

Su Fan interrupted Katie.

"You've seen their attitude. This won't work for now."

"I have dealt with many cases of evil spirits and demons over a long period of time. Do you know what is the most troublesome for me?"

"The power of the devil is growing day by day?"

Katie answered tentatively.

"No, it's the client who is in the way and skeptical."

Whether it is finding the mastermind behind the scenes by unraveling the mystery, or directly fighting against the enemy with incredible power, it is all within Su Fan's acceptable range.

But the real challenge is to guide people's hearts and make the clients or key figures in the incident play their due roles instead of causing trouble.

Verbal persuasion is useless. Only when they hit their heads against a wall and bleed can they fully realize the reality.

Under Su Fan's surveillance, the situation has never gotten out of control and the people involved have never been directly harvested by evil spirits, but this job is really tiring.

"If you are too soft-hearted and can't bear to see your client suffer, you will most likely end up losing everything."

Su Fan casually put a forkful of food in his mouth.

People always have to pay a price for their cognition, just like Angela. Next time, I will sell her a talisman for 1000 pounds.

After seeing that Su Fan was not so anxious, Katie seemed to be infected by this leisurely atmosphere. She calmed down and enjoyed the delicious food that she had not eaten in more than half a year.

In fact, while Su Fan was eating, he already had a general guess about the exorcism happening in front of him.

A cursed videotape, a sudden ringing phone call, and a strange female voice predicting a death...

Even though the identities of the countries and eyewitnesses are different, when these key elements are put together, it is easy to guess who is behind this.

The Ring.

This is a well-known Japanese horror film. The image of the female ghost Sadako created in this film is well-known around the world.

As a well-known horror film IP, it has also been remade in America.

Su Fan has seen both versions and is dissatisfied with the American version.

Although the atmosphere is good, Europeans and Americans seem unable to understand the concept of karma and revenge in East Asian culture, resulting in a weird taste in the film.

"Sadako..."

Su Fan was a little curious. In addition to Britain and America, was there also a cursed videotape being quietly spread in the island country at this time?

……

Robert, who was waiting at home, kept leaning on the sofa. His mouth was dry. He glanced at the water cup next to him, but finally gave up.

It was too dangerous for him to go to the toilet without anyone to supervise him.

It would be best to stay where you are until Emma and his wife Angela come back. Robert looked down at his legs and suddenly felt sad.

A man in his prime has become a useless person who cannot take care of himself...

He couldn't help but recall what happened that night...

Before he fell into coma, with the help of a little light from the street lamps outside, he seemed to see a figure swaying not far away and flashing away.

He hadn't thought much about it before, thinking it was just an illusion caused by the evil spirit that Angela mentioned, but now that he thought about it carefully, he felt that the figure looked more and more familiar.

It looked so familiar that he couldn't help but compare it with the people around him one by one.

At this moment, a familiar voice was heard from the courtyard not far away.

"I can't believe what a stupid thing I did... I actually spent eight hundred pounds on this crude and simple piece of paper!"

The voice came from far away and soon arrived at the door. The speaker was obviously in a bad mood, his tone was angry and his steps were hurried.

When he looked up, he saw his wife Angela pulling open the door.

"Did the meeting go badly?"

Seeing this, Robert's heart sank, and he immediately turned his head to look at Emma who was following behind Angela.

"Everything is going smooth."

Emma answered, and then described what happened to Robert.

Robert was also shocked when he heard that an amulet cost 800, but unlike his wife Angela, he quickly calmed down.

"Go tell your Aunt Angela... Katie never likes to lie. If she sells it like this, then there must be a reason why the amulet is so expensive."

"Since you've spent the money, use it as the other party asked."

Emma nodded and headed towards Angela's room.

But at this point, she didn't say a word about what Robert had asked her to convey.

Instead, he started by recalling the details of the meeting with Angela, and kept agreeing with the latter's views on Katie.

"That girl Katie has always been like this. Have we ever given her less food or clothes in all those years of boarding life?"

“No gratitude at all.”

As she spoke, Angela took out the yellow talisman from her pocket.

"It would be fine if this kind of thing was just given to me casually, but you're asking for a high price. I think you've been idle for a long time and have no savings, so you're trying to extort money from me."

"Maybe it's not Sister Katie's problem..."

Just then, Emma spoke up.

"You can tell at a glance that this yellow talisman paper is not from our country. It is very likely that it was instructed by the black-haired man."

Angela was stunned, and then anger appeared on her face.

"She dated random boyfriends who were all frauds and weirdos. She felt like a hippie from America..."

"He's always looking at you. If it weren't for the important matter, I would have taught him a lesson."

"It's okay, auntie, it's not a problem."

Emma showed a "sensible" smile, and the sight of her enduring grievances for her sake made Angela heartbroken.

In a rage, Angela took out the talisman and wanted to tear it into pieces.

Emma, ​​who was standing beside her, suddenly changed her "depressed" expression. She stared at Angela's hands, expecting something.

But to his disappointment, Angela suddenly stopped before taking action, and a struggle appeared in her eyes.

That's 800 pounds.

Even if it has no effect, you can't just tear it up like that, otherwise you will lose even more.

After Angela withdrew her hand, she sighed and put it under the stroller.

"Just think of it as psychological comfort."

When Emma saw this scene, a hint of disappointment flashed in her eyes, but she immediately hid it.

"Aunt, I still have some homework assigned by the teacher to finish, so I'm going back to my room first. I've been busy today, I hope you can take care of yourself and rest early."

She stood up and went to her room.

After entering the room, he closed the door, went to the mirror and smiled.

No one knew that this was Emma's daily homework since she was five years old.

A beautiful and friendly smile can attract the favor of others and help her gain higher popularity.

Being liked by everyone makes it easier to get what you want.

The distance between the eyebrows, the degree of eyebrow lift, the height of the corners of the mouth, the number of teeth exposed...

And the angle of the face...

She corrected her smile in front of the mirror again and again, and finally chose the most satisfactory frame and recorded it with the camera function on her mobile phone.

Immediately, all the muscles on his face collapsed.

The beautiful girl with a smiling face one moment ago turned into an expressionless doll the next.

The contrast between the before and after is so strong that it is no exaggeration to say it is creepy.

She stood up and went to the desk and opened the drawer.

A pitch-black videotape was suddenly exposed in the outside space.

The unspeakable evil was enough to sting one's heart, but Emma didn't care at all.

She obtained this master tape by chance.

The opportunity came from a boring summer party. The group of boys who got beer got drunk and started proposing a game of courage.

This master tape is the key prop.

Legend has it that everyone who watched the video died from unknown causes without exception.

Unless it is passed on to the next person to view before seven days have passed.

Such a topical thing has aroused everyone's competitive spirit. Minors who are looking for excitement are already lawless, and now they play the content in order to prove their fearlessness.

Emma didn't want to get involved, but she was worried that she would lose everyone's praise and love if she didn't watch the movie, so she sat down and watched the movie with them.

She still remembers that the originally noisy broadcast scene suddenly became silent when that short video began.

It was so quiet that you could even hear everyone's rapid and hurried breathing.

After that, Emma heard about other people's deaths.

Those who watched the video that day died one after another.

Emma was safe and sound because she had shown the video to one of the dying elderly people in the nursing home through her identity as a volunteer.

kill.

This word, which seems distant to others, is not unfamiliar to Emma.

The old man didn't have much time to live anyway, so dying for a young and beautiful child like him was a well-deserved death.

But Emma, ​​who had escaped the curse, did not throw away the master tape, but kept it...

(End of this chapter)