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    ☆, Chapter 83 Prank

    “…Since we are sent here, and the number of patients is equal, there is always something we can do, right? I mean, didn’t that nun say that? There were doctors who could relieve patients from strange diseases in the past. Although they are very few, they are not zero.”

    After You Huo and Qin Jiu left, the candidates did not take any time off.

    They try to get more information from the patients or find more clues in the church.

    Gao Qi and Zhao Jiatong became the leaders of this group of people.

    “These patients are like this. The so-called treatment is definitely not literal.” Gao Qi looked at the carvings at the bottom of the stone pillar and said, “Look for them all and share whatever you find.”

    Zhao Jiatong added: “Look for things related to the patient first. After all, they are the key to the current topic, although they themselves have…”

    She wanted to say “human beings are not ghosts,” but in the end, sympathy took over, and she changed her words: “I can’t remember things clearly, but there will always be some traces left, and there may be hidden hints.”

    “That makes sense.”

    “Come on, let’s look for them separately.”

    The candidates responded one after another and dispersed to every corner of the church.

    To Gao Qi and Zhao Jiatong’s surprise, some candidates who were not familiar with them actually asked them: “What should we do with the two of them? Are we really going to let them go out like this? Will anything happen?”

    People are always like this, preferring to shrink into a safe area in a dangerous environment. We have figured out the inside of the church, and it is much safer than an unknown area.

    In their opinion, although those two are very powerful, going out is still full of danger.

    Gao Qixin said, what are you afraid of when the boss of the first-generation proctor and the boss of the second-generation proctor come together.

    However, he was still modest and said comfortingly: “Those two are very stable and know what they are doing. If they encounter anything, they will come back and ask for help as soon as possible.”

    After the candidates left, Zhao Jiatong suddenly sighed.

    Gao Qi: “What?”

    “It’s quite surprising.”

    “What’s the surprise?”

    “The exams have become more and more tricky in the past two years, even unreasonable.” Zhao Jiatong said: “A lot of times they just want to trap everyone here. This kind of environment usually makes the candidates develop in a negative way. I thought they would be more cold and… animalistic.”

    Selfishness is the lightest thing.

    Some people will be spiteful just to survive.

    She didn’t expect that the candidates she met would actually be open to others, would be willing to share information, and would be worried about a companion whom she was not familiar with.

    Gao Qi thought for a while and said: “Because it’s not that far, at least not yet for this exam.”

    “Same.”

    Gao Qi touched the stone pillar and said after a moment: “When you say this, I can suddenly understand why A is always so out of line.”

    Zhao Jiatong was stunned: “Why?”

    “I feel that with his personality, he doesn’t have to be so eye-catching in everything. Although he is very arrogant, he may have some madness in his bones that I didn’t realize before, but it’s not like this.”

    Zhao Jiatong nodded: “Yes, to be honest, I was quite surprised. I almost thought I was taken by 001.”

    Gao Qi said: “Perhaps he did it just to make the exam look less scary? It was even a bit childish, like a joke. It made the candidates in the same room feel that it was far from giving up humanity to fight.”

    Zhao Jiatong was thoughtful.

    Gao Qi paused for a moment, then said with a complex expression: “So when 001 was a candidate, he was so lawless, maybe he thought so too?”

    If this is the case, he can understand why the two are so close now.

    Suddenly, Zhou Qi’s voice came from not far away: “Brother Qi, Sister Tong, come and take a look.”

    They looked up.

    She and Yang Shu were squatting beside an overturned stretcher bed.

    Yang Shu pointed to the bottom of the bed and said, “There are words written in blood.”

    Everyone gathered around after hearing this and saw a crooked handwriting under the bed.

    It can be imagined from these handwritings that a certain patient once hid under the bed and left this sentence with his bloody fingers while his consciousness was still clear——

    The nun and the duke are both devils and madmen!They hurt me…

    ***

    The back door of the church leads to a dilapidated garden.

    There are long corridors on both sides, and passing through it is a steeple house.

    Youhuo and Qin Zhu searched all the way and found no trace of the nun or patient No. 26, but the door of the spire hut was ajar.

    The two looked at each other and quietly went in sideways.

    This house must not have been lived in for a long time, and there is thick dust everywhere.

    The mirrors, candlesticks, tables and chairs were all covered with milky white cobwebs and exuded a slight musty smell.

    Qin Jiu swept away the dust in front of him and turned around with the tip of his nose.

    Youhuo looked disgusted and coughed twice.

    He opened the drawers and wooden boxes with his fingertips, rummaged for a while, and suddenly his eyes were attracted by an old book.

    The books in the room were either placed on bookshelves or stored in wooden boxes. Only one was placed on the fireplace mantel. The corners were ragged and it looked like it had been torn.

    he opened the book and read a few pages.

    “What did you find?” Qin Jiu walked over and asked quietly.

    “A witch doctor book.” You Huo pointed to the dim signature on the title page: “It belongs to the priest. It’s spattered with blood and has missing pages.”

    Coincidentally, the missing pages, judging from the previous article, are about some kind of resurrection witchcraft.

    The book says that this is a very evil witchcraft. Resurrection requires a heavy price of flesh and blood, which is extremely tragic.

    The content stopped abruptly at the preface, and the following ten pages were destroyed, with signs of tearing and burning.

    This is obvious——

    From the time they came here to now, there has been no trace of the priest.I’m afraid they are either dead or among the 26 patients.

    …Perhaps this is the missing person.

    The only person in charge here is a nun, but there is no trace of her living in the entire church.

    Either she lives in a different part of town, or she’s just not a normal person.

    Suddenly, a wail broke the silence of the hut.

    The sound is fuzzy and dull…

    Qin Zhu listened for a moment, pointed to the floor, and whispered, “It’s down there.”

    The sound came from somewhere underground. There should be a basement hidden here.

    They found the trap door under the desk, and to keep it out of the way, they took off their dress coats and put them on the bedside – the only place where there were no spider webs.

    The silk shirt and boots were still not suitable for fighting, but they were not so restrictive after all.

    Under the trap door was a long stone staircase, dark and damp.

    At the end are several long alleys.

    The underground wind came from nowhere, causing the firelight on the stone wall to sway slightly.

    We could vaguely hear the hoarse whispers of women, walking through the narrow alleys, far and near, giving it a very haunted atmosphere.

    There are piles of bones piled in the alley.

    I heard that there are alleys like this under some old castles in Europe, where people who died from the Black Death were piled up.

    You Huo frowned, gestured to Qin Zhu, and followed the sound deeper.

    There are several rooms hidden in the depths, surrounded by iron bars. They should be dungeons.

    The first room was covered with moldy grass, and several animals were paralyzed in the grass. Their bodies were undulating. They were probably still alive, but they were not far from death.

    You Huo took a look and mouthed to Qin Zhu, “Two pigs, four goats, and one snake.”

    Qin Zhu: “Keeping pets underground has a unique taste.”

    Youhuo: “…the taste is more unique.”

    he grimaced and held his breath.

    The nun’s voice was just ahead, separated by the rough stone walls of a dungeon.

    She lowered her voice and said hoarsely: “There are only five left, only five sacrifices left. Why do you always want to escape?”

    Another voice moaned, trembling.

    “Look, how well-behaved the other patients are. You are the only one, do you know what you are like now?” the nun asked softly.

    The moaning stopped and he said tremblingly: “I know… I know, it is written in the book. I remember clearly that using that kind of evil magic requires paying the price of flesh and blood. You have passed all the costs on us… I should, I should… not be like a human being.”

    “I’m a little surprised that I remember so many things.” The nun chuckled and said, “But it’s not that you don’t look like a human, it’s that you can’t be called a human at all. Do you know what it will look like when the sunlight outside shines on you? When it shines on your hands, your hands will become bones, and if you shine on your face, your face will become your skull. It’s midsummer. If you go out and stand in the sun, you will scare many townspeople crazy.”

    “It is up to you to receive this,” the voice whimpered. “You, and the Duke, deserve this curse.”

    The nun said: “Yes, thank you kind people for helping us avoid this pain. So…”

    The sound of thin ropes sounded in the dungeon, like the hem of a large skirt grazing on the stone surface.

    “I’ll give you a relief in advance so that you don’t run around all the time. And your mental power is so strong that people don’t expect it. Yes… this is very good. Why didn’t I notice it before?” The nun said: “It just so happens that I am tired of using this woman’s identity, and I want to change back to a man.”

    “No, don’t light the candle… Please, don’t light the candle.” The moaner said incoherently: “You can’t, I’m rotten, rotten, without flesh and blood. It’s useless for you to change it.”

    The nun said: “It seems that you stole the book and didn’t read it carefully. The fact that you turned into white bones in the sun was the result of the curse. I’ll find a body for you, so you don’t have to be so tattered. How good is this? You lend me your body, and I transfer the curse to this nun. How about she return to the hospital bed instead of you?”

    “No…no! You will chop me, chop me to pieces. I have seen the Duke do this!”

    “No, I promise.” The nun tried to persuade her, but she was a bit persuasive: “The Duke just used the wrong method at the beginning, which caused him to always change his body piecemeal, but this is also because he is too picky. When he finds a body that is perfect and strong enough, I think… he will try not to make it so ugly.”

    The missing “patient” was still sobbing and saying “no, please” repeatedly, but the nun ignored him.

    Youhuo and Qin Ju sneaked over, quietly leaned against the wall, and took a look.

    In the dungeon, a nun with disheveled hair was placing candles in a circle around a bloody man.

    The flame of the candle suddenly jumped and turned bright red, strange and terrifying.

    The nun gently stroked the bloody man’s head with her fingers, bent down, closed her eyes and whispered a few words.

    The moment the candle flame trembled crazily, Youhuo bent his fingers and made a gesture to Qin Zhu.

    Kidnapping?

    Together.

    ***

    When the two gentlemen headed straight to the dungeon without scruples, a tall and thin figure walked through the side door of the church and got into the dusty hut.

    It was none other than Douglas, the Duke’s butler.

    With an old face, he coughed a few times, and his eyes fell on the dress beside the bed.

    “Ah… I caught it.” Douglas whispered: “Not wearing a dress during the day is a little mistake that makes the master unhappy.”

    But it seems that the two gentlemen entered the dungeon by mistake.

    It would be a bit miserable if the witch doctor took the lead…

    Tsk, poor man.

    Douglas muttered to himself.

    He found the trap door with familiarity and followed the stone stairs down to the dungeon, trying to get the two gentlemen back before the witch doctor took action.

    Douglas heard a noise as he walked through the long alley, and unconsciously quickened his pace.

    He thought he would see such a scene: the two gentlemen were tied up, kneeling in the dungeon in embarrassment and begging tremblingly. The witch doctor, who was wearing a nun’s skin and was temporarily alive, stood among the candles, resting his hands on their heads, smiling and waiting for the other party to contribute his body.

    And when he really stood in front of the iron fence, the real scene came into his eyes, and he almost couldn’t breathe.

    There are candles.

    People are also complete.

    It’s just that the position is reversed…

    The people kneeling in the circle are the witch doctors, and the ones holding her are the two gentlemen.

    There was a bloody patient fainting in the corner next to him, that was the former priest.

    In the circle of candles, besides the witch doctor, there was also a pig lying there.

    One of the two gentlemen put his knee on the witch doctor’s back, and the other grabbed the witch doctor’s hand and placed it on the pig’s head.

    The witch doctor was going crazy.

    Douglas is going crazy too.

    What was frightening was that the two gentlemen immediately turned their heads when they heard he’s movement.

    One of them tilted his head and said with a smile: “What a coincidence, here comes another one.”

    Another said: “Then I’ll catch another one.”

    Catch one for what?

    The housekeeper doesn’t want to know…

    He is just here to induce the other party to make a small mistake, and he does not want to involve himself in it.

    no way!

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