American Exorcism Male God

Xu Yi carefully examined the photo, which was obviously taken in Mia's room. A girl in a white robe was slumped against the wall, her head drooping.

The pixels of the cameras from this era were limited and not very clear, but Xu Yi still recognized at first glance that the girl in the photo was the evil spirit he had previously encountered.

A dagger was thrust into the girl's chest, and both the autopsy report and the witnessing police officers indicated that it was suicide.

And the girl was only 18 years old.

What could possibly make an 18-year-old girl willingly take her own life?

The most bizarre part was, according to police investigations, the girl named Annabelle had no prior connection to Mia's family at all; she was just a common person.

With neither enmity nor financial entanglement, two people inexplicably ran into the home of strangers; one was shot dead by the police, and the other committed suicide.

No matter how one looked at it, the whole thing was shrouded in peculiarity.

In the picture, the girl named Annabelle was holding the eerie doll, and whether by coincidence or some other reason, the doll's name also happened to be Annabelle.

Xu Yi had already turned to the next page, but suddenly he flipped back, moved closer to the photo, and his eyes widened.

The photo's resolution was really poor, but fortunately, the Eyes of Obscurity endowed him with powerful vision, allowing him to see more minute details.

In the photo, the blood from the girl's chest dripped onto the doll, yet strangely enough, the doll was very clean with no bloodstains whatsoever.

This could only mean one thing: the doll had absorbed the girl's blood, and even Xu Yi speculated that the girl's soul, along with her blood, had been devoured by the doll, transforming into the evil spirit afterward.

"Do I smell a conspiracy?" Xu Yi murmured quietly.

What concerned him the most in the photo was not this, but rather a mark on the wall behind the girl, or more precisely, the mark on the wall.

The mark was made with blood and was completely illegible, as if it had been carelessly smeared on with a hand.

"It's just too strange. Why would this clean, white wall have only this one mark?"

Xu Yi couldn't find an answer for the time being and had to continue reading.

In the case file, he saw even more explosive news. Before entering Mia's house, the girl had first gone to the next-door neighbor's house.

No, it wasn't quite right to say the next-door neighbor's house. To be accurate, it should be said "Annabelle returned to her own house for a visit."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

The neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Higgins, had adopted an orphan from the orphanage more than ten years ago, who was the very girl, Annabelle, that committed suicide.

About three years ago, Annabelle suddenly disappeared.

The first thing Annabelle did when she returned was to brutally kill her adoptive parents.

According to the investigation, the Higgins treated Annabelle very well, as if she were their own daughter. After Annabelle disappeared, they grieved for a long time and sought help everywhere to find her.

"What a human tragedy!" Xu Yi mourned for Mr. and Mrs. Higgins silently.

The scent of conspiracy was growing stronger. First, she killed her adoptive parents then immediately ran next door to commit suicide. Even a madman wouldn't do something like this.

"To clearly understand this matter, the breakthrough should be in this girl named Annabelle. As long as we find out where she went during those missing three years, everything should fall into place."

An exorcist's main job is to perform exorcisms, but occasionally they also have to play detective.

It's not to satisfy curiosity; understanding an entity's origin makes the work of exorcism much easier.

Knowing the origins of an evil spirit helps in finding the vessel; understand a demon's background is even more important, as many demons' True Names are their weaknesses.

In this unfamiliar place, it would not be a simple matter for him to investigate by himself.

Xu Yi's gaze fell on Father Bonne.

Father Bonne, sensing Xu Yi's gaze, smiled and nodded, completely unaware that he was being targeted and was about to start a "hard-working" life.

......

Joeya Gemstone Processing Workshop.

"Mr. Xu Yi, if you engage in this kind of work, you definitely have the opportunity to become a master engraver," the elderly man with a white beard exclaimed in admiration.

"Master Mark, you flatter me, I'm just an enthusiast," Xu Yi responded modestly.

In his hand, he held an engraving tool, and in front of him was a piece of green beryl the size of an egg, which had already been half-carved with an Eternal Flower, capturing its essence remarkably well, about seventy to eighty percent.

Mia and her husband were seated not far away, chatting softly and leisurely enjoying their floral tea.

Meanwhile, the beleaguered Father Bonne was under the hot sun, searching for connections everywhere to investigate the matter of Annabelle.

Initially, Father Bonne was reluctant, but after Xu Yi said something, the other party could only agree dejectedly.

"Father Bonne, I need to protect Mia, and you wouldn't want the devout believer Miss Mia to run around with us everywhere, would you?" This was what Xu Yi had said.

Mia's husband was involved in the gemstone processing industry, and when Xu Yi found out, he expressed a desire to visit, to which the other party happily agreed.

After learning about Xu Yi's interest in carving, Mia's husband specifically invited the workshop's "master craftsman," Mr. Mark, who had won several international awards.

[Sculptor +5, current progress 30/100.]

Xu Yi learned carving at an astonishingly fast pace, but this was not incomprehensible.

He already possessed the Painter entry; the basics of carving are about shaping, which was not difficult for him at all. Coupled with his previous experience in engraving Necromantic Spells, he was very familiar with the engraver, and his hand was extremely steady.

If he couldn't learn quickly with these advantages, he might as well smash his head with a block of tofu and be done with it.

"Master Mark, I want to consult you on something," Xu Yi suddenly changed the topic.

He took out a revolver bullet from his pocket, whose base had been removed, and the gunpowder had been emptied.

He handed the empty casing to Mark, "I want to engrave something inside the bullet casing, I wonder if Master Mark has any way to do this?"

Xu Yi had this idea on the train, to imprint Necromantic Spells on bullets, making a lower-tier Exorcism Bullet.

The initial idea was to imprint Necromantic Spells on the surface of the bullet, but unfortunately, this had a major drawback: with added grooves on the surface, stability and precision would be affected.

It might not matter in ordinary situations, but at a critical juncture, if the bullet misfired, that could be a deadly issue.

Yet he couldn't bear to give up.

The power increase was just too significant; compared to regular bullets, those imprinted with Necromantic Spells had their power increased by a full fold!

Just an inferior imitation of the Exorcism Bullet increased the power so much, what if it was the genuine article? Xu Yi suddenly remembered the Demon-Breaking Flame Bullet.

If he could replicate the Demon-Breaking Flame Bullet, and then engrave Necromantic Spells on it, to what extent would the power be enhanced?

To solve the issue of the bullets' accuracy being compromised, Xu Yi thought of a new method: to imprint the Necromantic Spells inside the bullet.

"You could use the Internal Engraving Technique; I happen to have studied this," said Master Mark, proving he truly was a renowned expert by quickly offering a solution.

Master Mark took out a set of strange engraving tools, each chisel shaped like the number "7," slender and sharp.

Xu Yi's eyes brightened instantly as he understood the principle behind these tools.

All afternoon, Xu Yi was immersed in the world of engraving, with the Sculptor entry making rapid progress.

[Sculptor +2, current progress 48/100]

Unaware, the Sculptor entry was already more than halfway completed; the speed of this progression was simply terrifying, Martin was already shocked numb.

Completely focused, Xu Yi had only the engraver and the casing in hand, until Mia approached, bringing him out of his fully engaged state.

"Mr. Xu Yi, Father Bonne called, he said there's been a significant discovery."