Zuo Dao Becomes a God Starting from American Horror

Chapter 289 Freddy's Message, Status, and Ghostly Tales: The Demon

The horrifying sounds of dissection continued for two more days.

It was interrupted by a cell phone ringing.

Carrie flew over from the corner, holding a cell phone that was already connected, her expression slightly serious.

Louis paused, shook off the non-existent blood and grime with both hands, and took the phone.

Carrie wouldn't bother him unless it was something important.

really.

"Louis, something's happened."

Emma's voice sounded serious on the other end of the phone.

Through Emma's rapid narration, Louis learned what had happened at headquarters.

During Louis's absence, Emma and Maria adapted to the situation regarding Nancy, giving her more amulets and several Demon Fangs.

As for the church members who were tracking Nancy, they did not deliberately stop them, allowing them to find Nancy. They simply gave them some support, preventing them from doing anything like physically eliminating or detaining her.

Nancy's influence among church members and her role as a talisman was stable for a while, but only for a few days.

Today, something bad happened.

A guy wearing a ridiculous multicolored sweater, with a face covered in burns and a steel claw in one hand, suddenly appeared out of nowhere. If it weren't for the church members and those few fangs, Nancy would probably have been taken away.

Afterwards, the church confided in them, saying that it was a special anomaly—a nightmare, and not just any ordinary nightmare, but one that seemed to possess demonic power.

Nancy seems to be the prey of this nightmare, or rather, a seal. If it is allowed to take Nancy away, its power will likely increase further.

Therefore, the church invited the branch bishop to prepare for a large ceremony, and for this, they wanted the help of Cano International.

As for the name of that nightmare, it's called—

"Freddy."

A flicker of emotion crossed Louis's eyes.

He was familiar with the name Freddy Krueger, one of America's most famous ghost kings, who starred in several classic horror films. Freddy Krueger was known throughout America for his humor, unique abilities, and gory horror.

Louis had seen it too, but because there were so many in the series and the picture quality was so old, he had only seen a few of them.

As for Freddy, he was only impressed by his strange and bizarre abilities.

Entering dreams, dream manipulation, absorbing terrifying and powerful, bizarre and wondrous dream abilities, immortality...

The more absurd a person's dream, the more bizarre its power.

"Ah, yet another one who claims to be immortal."

Louis's lips twitched.

In horror movies, how come the ability to be immortal, which is supposed to be extremely rare, is as common as cabbage?

Oh wait, their forms of immortality are slightly different.

Freddy's immortality is mainly manifested in his dreams and fears; as long as people remember him and still fear him, he will never perish.

We live in an era of rapid internet development. In two years, when the internet has fully matured, a video could circulate globally, spreading Freddie Mercury's name far and wide...

This guy is just as troublesome as Sadako.

"The Ghost King, as expected of the Ghost King."

With Emma and the others not yet fully reaching the Yin God Realm, facing this guy would be like sending them to their deaths, even though he seems to have just broken through the seal and is still relatively weak.

Because this guy is cunning and good at hiding his strength, and all he needs to do is forcefully enter a dream to create fear, and he can quickly recover his strength in a few days.

and so……

“You should stop getting involved. Abandon Nancy, refuse the church’s request, and from now on, do not separate, do not act alone, stay away from Uncle David and the others, and stay obediently in the villa.”

"Also, Jason, whom I transferred to you before, should have arrived by now. If anything seems amiss, you can take him out of the coffin if necessary."

"I'll be back as soon as possible."

On the other end of the phone, Emma was taken aback by Louis's serious tone. She hadn't expected that Freddy the Burnt-on-the-Burch ghost would elicit such a strong reaction from Louis.

"ok, I get it."

After returning to Louis and hanging up the phone, Emma looked at Maria beside her and said, "It looks like we can't leave here for the time being."

Maria ignored that question and instead looked at Emma, ​​asking, "Is Louis coming back soon?"

"Yeah, probably in the next few days."

Emma replied as she walked to the refrigerator, opened a bottle of chilled red wine, swirled the wine glass in her hand, watched TV, and made a few phone calls.

Maria then picked up her phone and dialed her friend Madison, who was a star in Hollywood.

Neither of them seemed particularly nervous.

And outside.

Upon receiving Emma's orders, the Cano Group employees immediately abandoned their protection of Nancy and evacuated the temporary safe house.

Cotton and several other priests and nuns, who were also on high alert, looked at each other in bewilderment.

"This is?"

"I'll ask."

A moment later, Cotton returned, looking grim. "They've been ordered to leave and protect a more important objective."

"It seems that we can't rely on the power of Kano International."

“It’s alright, the ritual has already been partially successful.” Gabriel, the bearded man, said as he emerged from the safe house, then knocked on it again. “Besides, at least they left this defensive structure behind, didn’t they?”

"Alright, let's all go back. Nancy is the target for breaking the seal here, so she's a priority target. Nightmare could come at any time, so everyone needs to be prepared."

"This is the spicy holy water I prepared. Drink it all now. It will help you concentrate and strengthen your willpower to fight against that guy's dream entry later."

Everyone drank the red liquid from the finger-length glass bottle. The spicy taste pierced their taste buds and made them feel invigorated.

Gabriel watched with a smile, then suddenly glanced at Cotton, who had stopped halfway up the red holy water in his hand, frowning as if deep in thought.

"What's wrong, Cotton?"

"It's nothing, teacher."

Cotton poured the red holy water into his mouth.

Gabriel smiled and nodded, then returned to the safe house.

Watching Gabriel's figure disappear.

Cotton's eyes gradually turned cold and deep. Suddenly, he opened his mouth, and a stream of red liquid flowed out from the corner of his mouth.

He held the cross tightly in his hand.

……

Neon.

Louis frowned slightly and thought for a moment after hanging up the phone, then suddenly looked at the few remaining intact experimental materials.

"Well, consider yourself lucky."

Louis waved his hand, and a large number of severed limbs began to be compressed, bringing the experiment to a temporary halt.

After imprisoning these monsters and ghost stories in his spatial ring, Louis looked at Carrie.

"Carrie, what do you think is most important to God?"

They asked such a nonsensical question.

Carrie paused, then thought carefully. After a moment, she hesitated and said, "Is it power?"

"No, that's just an outward appearance."

"Most importantly, it is the position, as well as authority, divine office, and power." "The position is the level of life in the world, or the weight it occupies. The higher the position, the higher the level of life, and the greater the weight in the world."

"Only a few beings in this world are qualified to talk about personal status. Most minor gods and wild gods are not qualified. Only those true gods who occupy authority can be considered to truly possess personal status. In the West, it also has another abstract name: divinity."

"And authority, divine office, power are all different names for the same thing, which are derivatives of personhood. They are important, but not the most important."

"So, how does one acquire personhood and become a god?"

Carrie was speechless.

She could no longer understand what Louis was saying.

At this moment, Louis was less talking to her and more refining his own theories.

"There aren't many methods. The only feasible method I know of is the Ascension Technique, but now I've seen another one."

“Those ghost stories are special; they are born from people’s oral traditions, people’s thoughts, and people’s legends.”

"It's something very similar to the power of faith, but only gods can absorb it, and that's why these strange tales can absorb it and thus gain immortality."

"It's because they are fragments of one or more great gods, no, they are insignificant things that don't even qualify as fragments."

"With this insignificant thing, they have the ability to absorb faith-like power, thus condensing into form, born from legend, and possessing immortality."

"Therefore, if we gather these strange tales together in large quantities, compress, merge, and purify them, and prevent them from dying and transferring, perhaps with enough quantity, we can forge a ready-made rank."

"Of course, this method requires a flame that is powerful enough and has purifying capabilities."

Louis looked at the crimson flames burning in his hand.

No more talking.

Slowly close your eyes.

a long time.

Opening his eyes, Louis had regained his composure. "This dissection of the ghost story can be considered a success. It's a pity that we still couldn't see where the core of the ghost story was."

As for the other species dissected, it was a monster.

Compared to ghost stories, it's rather unremarkable; it's just a special kind of monster whose body has mutated due to prolonged immersion in the unique environment of Japan and the absorption of negative emotional energy.

It can't be said that it's useless; at least it's a biological material that's very worthwhile to study.

In short.

This dissection revealed new value in both ghost stories and monsters.

This also strengthened Louis's resolve to implement the National Spirit Refining Array.

This special treasure of neon lights must be put to good use!
Carrie, standing beside him, stared blankly at Louis with her bright eyes, clearly still not quite understanding what he had just said.

Louis smiled and stroked her soft hair. "Alright, don't think about it anymore."

"How are you taking care of Sadako?"

Carrie snapped out of her daze. "She's alright, still looking dazed, and she doesn't seem to want to go near the statue anymore."

"Okay, keep an eye on her. We'll be going to Izu Oshima later."

Because of the changes at the American headquarters, even though he knew that Freddy would confront Nancy and the church first and would not take action against Emma and the others for the time being, Louis decided to speed up the pace of his operation.

There's no need for sleeping anymore.

However, just as Louis was preparing to set off...

Strange fluctuations were detected in a certain district of Tokyo.

"Hmm? What is this power?"

"Carrie, has anything happened these past two days?"

"Oh, there's been a woman gathering people outside these past few days, apparently to deal with some kind of demon. The major shrines in Tokyo have also sent people over."

Gather manpower? To deal with the demons?
Louis's eyes flashed.

The power of the Yang God spread out instantly.

In the blink of an eye, we arrived at the scene of the incident.

Here, Higa Kotoko, with her long hair, had changed into a new outfit. Her white robe gave her an air of holiness, and she held a bell in her hand, looking solemn and dignified.

It was surrounded by things, and a huge magic circle pattern was drawn, so it looked like they were still preparing.

A few people had already gathered around, who appeared to be shrine maidens, onmyoji, and monks from the local area.

However, other people are still heading this way.

Cars surged in.

just.

An inexplicable force is swirling through the vast city of Tokyo, appearing every now and then and overturning vehicles heading in this direction.

It seems that some kind of contest is taking place between the two sides.

Louis's Yang God power swept over it, and a large amount of information was collected, giving him a good understanding of most of what had happened in the past two or three days.

It's about a seemingly perfect family that attracts some strange entity because it's full of falsehoods.

The father is hypocritical. He seems to love his family and children and always posts articles about his happy family on his blog, but in reality, he neglects his family and is indifferent to his wife and children.

The mother is promiscuous. She appears to be a virtuous and gentle woman, but in reality, she is dissatisfied with her husband, disgusted with her children, and fed up with her current life. She has already started an affair with her husband's colleague.

This dramatic pair of sworn enemies, when they came together, successfully subjected their child to emotional abuse.

And the strange creature attracted by the child—the Po-Xu demon—became entangled with their family.

The reason Higa Kotoko gathered people was simply to better deal with the Po-Xu Demon and prevent it from escaping. Otherwise, if this generation of Po-Xu Demon absorbed the resentment of those aborted fetuses and abused children for a few more years, it might become a great demon.

Therefore, the cars that have arrived now are filled with the people she has gathered.

Because of the urgency, she only summoned secret agents from Tokyo and the surrounding area.

Having been the number one in Japan for so long, her network of connections is terrifyingly extensive. She easily gathered a large number of people, but due to the battle with the Soul Demon, not many people have come yet.

“Po-Xu (ji) Mo, Mo, ah, this species is interesting.”

Ghost stories, monsters, demons—that's Japan for you!
Shake his head.

Louis's mind moved.

The power of the Yang God spread out, splitting into several streams that flew in different directions towards Tokyo, while the main body, carrying Carrie and Sadako, headed towards the location of Higa Kotoko.

at the same time.

The Po-Xiong Demon's antics have also affected other regions.

In Japan, a country with a generally oppressive atmosphere, especially now that the bubble economy has only been bursting for a few years, there are far too many families with discord, conflicts, and neglect of their children.

this moment.

Strange phenomena began to appear in each family.

The more broken a family is, the more severe the abnormality.

at this time.

In a two-story house.

Kayako, with her long black hair spread out, lay asleep on the tatami mat, holding a coin in her hand, a smile on her lips, seemingly having a sweet dream.

Outside, a series of resentful green caterpillars suddenly appeared at her doorstep and crawled inside.

Bloody handprints began to appear on the door, vaguely resembling the shadows of Kayako's parents cast by the moonlight onto the smooth floor.

The shadow was grotesque and twisted, even bending into an irregular arc.

It makes one wonder, is the person really behind the door, illuminated by the moonlight...?

(End of this chapter)