Mysterious Hunting Ground

Chapter 52 52. Expert Advice

An upscale neighborhood in North Las Vegas.

Dean and Alvin, who were carrying a red wooden box, stood outside a brick-red villa and knocked on the door lightly.

crunch--

A black-haired lady wearing glasses walked out of the door. She had an ordinary appearance, a quiet temperament, and thin crow's feet around her eyes. She was not young, but the black V-neck shirt and earth-colored suit pants made her capable and refreshing. , Full of a professional temperament.

Time took away her appearance, but could not take away her elegant temperament.

"Hello, are you Ms. Marlene Daly?"

"Well, you... are you Dean from the Lake Mead incident? That high school student with a sense of justice?"

"Well, I'm Dean, he's Alvin Garcia, we're looking for a psychic expert, and Holden Ford recommended you to us."

"Well, Holden called me. I did do some research on this. Welcome to my house as a guest, please come in."

The lady led the two of them across the entrance where the exquisite shoe cabinet was placed, and sat down on the sofa in the center of the living room. Dean put down the suitcase and looked around.

The living room is spacious and bright, with plenty of light, but there are no complicated and luxurious decorations, it is very simple and elegant.

The solid wood floor and tables give people a very calm feeling, revealing the simplicity and freshness of nature, allowing them to relax unconsciously.

"Coffee, Coke, or orange juice?"

"Just give us two glasses of water."

The lady fetched water and put it in front of the two of them, sat down on the sofa opposite them, put her hands in front of her belly, glanced at their faces calmly, and showed a gentle smile on her lips,

"Well... tell me, why did you two come here? But I declare in advance that I am just a recorder who is interested in psychic rituals, occultism, and psychology. I am not a professional psychic. Due to my limited talent, I I don’t have special abilities, if you want me to preside over the psychic ceremony, then I’m sorry, I can’t help.”

Dean stared at the "shadow" floating in front of the lady and nodded quietly, and took it back.

She is unaware of the "shadow" that is close at hand, and can only be an ordinary person.

"We only have some simple questions, and I want to ask you for advice." Alvin drank water and sat up straight, his posture was a little stiff and stiff.After wandering on the streets for many years, he hadn't entered such a beautiful house for a long time, and he was a little worried about dirtying the other party's house.

"Mr. Alvin, relax. My family is not in danger. I consider myself a qualified listener. You can tell me what's on your mind, and I promise to keep it secret."

Alvin suddenly heard the sound of nature, and in his eyes, the lady suddenly became amiable, "Do you know Panon Garcia, or where did you hear this name?"

Marlene tightened her slender eyebrows, but quickly let go,

"Sorry, I've never heard of him."

Disappointment flashed across Alvin's face, and he continued,

"And what about Alexandre Raphael?"

"The psychic master who passed away two years ago? We have dealt with each other in several exchange meetings."

Marlene leaned back slightly on the sofa and looked into Alvin's eyes sincerely, "Although he is not young, he is still full of energy, his voice is full and loud, and his mobility is amazing. He is crazy obsessed with all things occult and psychic , my mind is filled with all kinds of innovative and bold ideas.”

"He was a psychic fanatic."

"Before discussing the topic of psychics, I have a question for you two." Marlene observed the expressions of the two, "Do you believe in ghosts in this world? Or do you think of them as absurd and fantasy creations? talk."

"Please be sure to answer honestly. This affects the way I answer in the future. I will avoid making you two feel uncomfortable."

Alvin fell silent.

And Dean immediately understood that if he said he didn't believe it or was vague, then this expert must have fooled himself with a set of scientific statements!

"I'm sure of that because a friend of mine had a ghost experience."

"Oh? Tell me more specifically," Ma Lin's eyes lit up, "Can I write it down?"

"Of course." Dean made up. "My friend once witnessed a person who died of bullying turned into an invisible ghost and launched revenge."

Dean changed his previous experience, changed the sensitive content, and changed it into a story of ghost revenge.

Ma Lin nodded again and again, with a look of joy on her face.

And Alvin looked at the talking companion beside him in surprise, and suddenly realized that this Dean and Holden, who believed in science, were not in the same style of action at all.

5 minute later.

Ma Lin put away the notebook with satisfaction, and looked at Dean with a hint of approval.

"You and I are the same kind of people, so I won't cover up the following conversation. Where did I just say?"

"Alexander Raphael was eager to reform the occult."

"That's right, as far as I know, he has been improving the Soul Ouija Board and enhancing its effects."

Dean glanced at the red box. Could it be that the shackles inside have been strengthened?It is more powerful than ordinary boards, so it makes "shadow" afraid?
"Also, I've heard from other psychics that Alexander is trying to...um...control a ghost."

"Can't psychics manipulate ghosts?" Dean was curious,
Ma Lin shook her head and smiled, "Most psychics can only use rituals to summon ghosts briefly, which is far from being able to control them."

Dean suddenly understood, so he possessed the "Shadow of the Past", which surpassed most psychics.

"Alexander improved the psychic ritual for this."

"Do you know the specific steps of these improved rituals?"

Marlene shook her head regretfully, "That is Alexander's private secret, which has never been shared with the outside world."

Both Dean and Alvin were a little disappointed,
"Then how is he as a person? Apart from having a wide range of friends, what is his attitude towards ordinary people."

"He was very helpful, he charged a lower fee than most of his peers to help people communicate with their loved ones, and the vast majority of people who asked for help were met and comforted."

"So he is well-known and respected in the entire psychic world."

So Alexander is an out-and-out good man?

Dean just had this thought in his mind, and immediately denied it.

Knowing people, knowing the face, not knowing the heart, one cannot jump to a hasty conclusion based on Ma Lin's superficial words.

"Then is there anything special about Alexander that is different from ordinary people?"

Ma Lin picked up the steaming coffee on the table and blew,

"Let's think about it, well, like most psychics, he suffers from insomnia, because he is too hyperactive, so he can't sleep well."

Insomnia.

Dean thought of the photo of the old man's bloodshot, bulging eyeballs.

"Most psychics suffer from insomnia?"

"This involves the talent of the psychic medium I mentioned earlier... Do you need to know?"

Dean and Alvin made a look of listening.

"Well, the psychic world is mixed with good and bad, and there are countless deceitful scum mixed in. It can be said that almost [-]% of them are actors. That's why many angry people denounced all psychics as liars."

"Although I haven't witnessed psychics with my own eyes, I firmly believe that psychics are a special and rare group. According to my years of research, interviews, and collected information...the reason why they have such powerful abilities is because of two aspects talent..."

Ma Lin paused, took a sip of her coffee, and showed a hint of envy in her eyes.
"One is the spiritual energy that is far beyond ordinary people, exuberant to the extreme, and can even interfere with reality. They skillfully use this energy to call the soul from the world of the deceased, and then ignite the energy as a beacon to guide the soul direction."

spiritual energy,

Dean's heart skipped a beat.

It refers to spiritual properties.

"Second... They have special spiritual vision, they can perceive the existence of ghosts, and they can observe ghosts with their naked eyes."

Ma Lin's voice paused, her face was as dazzling as the sun,

"This world is composed of countless energies. Planets, animals, human bodies, spirits, and even souls are all a kind of energy, but the frequencies of these energies are different. Ordinary people can only hear, see, and perceive energy in the normal frequency range."

"Psychics, on the other hand, can keenly perceive the energy of ghosts and evil spirits. They can see the existence of these nihility and communicate with them."

"I would like to add that it is not only psychics who can see ghosts. Under certain special rituals or opportunities, people who have a deep bond with ghosts, their relatives, lovers, and best friends in front of them can also see them. "

"You can also see the soul by using the plank that has been blessed by a powerful psychic for many years of blood."

Different energy frequencies, sensory abilities.

Isn't this the perception attribute?
A sense of enlightenment rose in Dean's heart.

Therefore, the prerequisite for becoming a psychic medium is extraordinary spiritual and perceptual attributes.

Just hearing the news made the visit worthwhile.

"Psychic energy and keen perception make up the mysterious profession of psychic medium." Marlene expressed the same understanding, "But these two talents are both a gift and a curse."

"How to say?"

"Excessive mental energy also means that the mind will be extremely active and uncontrollable."

"If there is no timely professional training to actively control these thoughts, or to let go of yourself, then a lot of novel fantasies will be drilled in the mind of the psychic all the time. In severe cases, these fantasies may even be mistaken for reality. Hallucinating."

"He will always be in a state of high spirits, tireless and difficult to sleep."

"But if the mental energy is too large, then professional training will be ineffective, insomnia is inevitable, and severe cases may even lead to mental disorders."

So too high a mental attribute will actually have a negative impact?

Dean frowned, thinking of his continuous inexplicable insomnia experience after improving his spirit a bit, could it be that his 13 o'clock is considered abnormal, and he started to have negative symptoms?

From this association.

If you continue to add only mental attributes in the future, will you get mental illness?
Dean exhaled, it's useless to worry so much now.

"Wait, you just mentioned that if you are too energetic, you will be tireless and have trouble falling asleep?" Dean quickly took out the soul divination board, and pointed out the pale eyes and the "sleepless" symbol on it.

"This pupil-shaped pattern is quite interesting, but I don't know it," Ma Lin raised her glasses, and looked at the drop-shaped shaman board in surprise, "I have never heard of the "sleepless person" on the soul Ouija board. Brands, more commonly psychics, dharma kings, dawn stars..."

"If it's a brand, it's impossible to deliberately make it so inconspicuous."

"From my point of view, this looks like a sign of an organization or assembly, the Sleepless Ones. Literally, their members may be troubled by mental hyperactivity just like psychics."

"You two don't mind if I take some notes?"

"Well, please go ahead."

an organization?
Dean took those words to heart.

……

"Back to the point. Excessive psychic energy can cause psychics to suffer from insomnia or hallucinations. The troubles that supernatural perceptions bring to psychics are even more terrifying."

"Some psychics can see some ghosts that stay in this world for special reasons with their naked eyes since they were young."

"Think about it, young and ignorant children are repeatedly frightened by strange spirits. Even if they tell this strange experience, no one understands it. Ordinary people will isolate and alienate them because of fear."

"Therefore, many psychics will actively shut themselves up in childhood. They seem to have a weird temper, withdrawn personality, not understood by others, and suffer from nightmares."

Dean's eyes became very subtle.

Marlene concludes,
"Their spiritual world is much richer than that of ordinary people, and they have rich emotions, but they are afraid to express them and are sentimental. Compared with communicating with outsiders, they prefer to be silent in their own world. In the eyes of some ignorant outsiders, It's like they have some kind of mental illness."

When Dean heard this, a strong sense of familiarity welled up in his heart.

He turned his head, and almost at the same time, Alvin also looked at him, blinked his eyes, and made a mouth shape——

parnon.

The symptoms Marlene described were exactly the same as Alvin's autistic brother!
……

"Ma'am, wait a moment, let me sort out my thoughts."

Dean took a sip of water, turned to Alvin,

"Did your brother mention it? Insomnia? Can see dirty things?"

Alvin nodded, "When he was a child, he often couldn't sleep, talking to himself in the air, and he called those strange things, living in the air. But at first I didn't care, and then he got older, and he didn't care about it. Mentioned to me and David, turned into a soliloquy."

This means that--

Panon is likely to have the talent of a psychic medium?

With this thought in Dean's mind, the progress jumped to 40.00% five.

"Ms. Ma Lin, are there many people with psychic talent?"

"I can only talk about my personal opinion, which is about one in 10 people."

"Which mature psychic can tell if someone else has 'talent'?"

Lady nods,

"Of course, I didn't say that psychics can perceive energy of various frequencies. For example, the energy field of ordinary people is light yellow in the eyes of psychics, so talented people are eye-catching crimson, which is clear at a glance .”

Dean clenched his fists suddenly, and his vision suddenly became clear.

Parnon has psychic talents.

The psychic master Alexander died in Panon's house.

This is definitely not a coincidence.

Alexander must have met Panon at a certain time, on the road, in a bank, or on other occasions, and saw that he was different.

Then he took the initiative to find Panon, in order to achieve some unknown purpose.

Introduce him to the path of psychics, or involve him in modified psychic rituals?

It is impossible to know exactly what happened to the two of them, but it must be deeply involved...

Dean deduced so.

The system shook.

The investigation progress suddenly rose from 40.00% to 50.00%!
Then summoning the ghost of Alexander Raphael will definitely know the whereabouts of Panon!

……

"So Ms. Marlene..." Dean asked, controlling his excitement, "I have another question. Suppose I have to deal with a demon, what should I do?"

"Huh? Why do you ask that?" Marlene glanced at Dean with some displeasure. "Usually, ghosts who stay in this world, or are summoned by psychic rituals to reunite with relatives, are not harmful to the living. They are very 'simple', they only have a few obsessions in their hearts, and generally they can only stay in the summoning place, and they will disappear automatically in a very short time."

"There are exceptions."

Alvin asked,

Marlene hesitated for a while,

"It is indeed recorded in some materials that a very small number of people were psychopathic and cruel during their lifetime, and suffered inhuman torture before their death, filled with unwillingness and resentment, and turned into resentful spirits or evil spirits after death."

"They are full of malice to life. Once they come to the summoning field, they will kill and create panic." Ma Lin's expression was serious, and her tone was frighteningly cold. It’s also very tricky.”

"Evil spirits cannot be deduced with common sense, and most physical methods have very poor effects on it."

Ma Lin paused and said seriously,
"However, according to the conclusions of predecessors in the materials, they have some weaknesses, and there are several ways to take advantage of them:
To burn and destroy it with fire;

Disturb, weaken it with loud, loud noises;

Find a way to resolve its obsession, calm its grievances, and let it return to the world of the deceased;

Crush it with powerful psychic energy, but it's next to impossible. "

That's right, "Shadow" is afraid of flames.

Dean nodded and wrote down all these methods in his notebook.

"But if it is... the dead with special spiritual energy, such as psychics, the evil spirits transformed by their death will become more difficult once they get rid of the shackles of the flesh, and stay longer in reality, turning the house where the summoning is It's so gloomy."

Ma Lin took a deep breath, her tone full of fear,

"You have to remember that the more powerful a ghost, the more complex its thinking, the closer it is to the living, and it can even communicate with humans, but 'dead people are too noisy, they can't tell lies', you use the soul divination board in the psychic ceremony As long as the ghost chooses to answer the question it sends out, it can only give the truth."

……

Dean nodded, his heart boiling with curiosity.

What is the level of my own "shadow of the past" among ghosts, weak, ordinary, powerful?

However, when Dean thinks of the short dwell time and rigid thinking of his own "Shadow", it should be considered ordinary at best?
……

"Well, Ms. Marlene, thank you for your generous answer, we have one last question."

Alvin's complexion is not very good, and he has obviously summed up some bad points from the woman's description,

"How do we summon a ghost?"

"You? I'm afraid not." Marlene shook her head. "The psychic ceremony must be presided over by at least one psychic, or someone with strong spiritual energy, in order to open the 'channel'. Ordinary people are playing Halloween games."

"Do you know any psychics?" Dean asked. "I mean ones with real skills."

"True psychics are very rare and in high demand. I can try to book one for you, but I can't guarantee that it will be effective. And you have to queue up for at least half a year to make an appointment, and prepare a large sum of money, more than [-] U.S. dollars, as a reward."

"It's a pity, I can't wait that long, and I can't afford the money."

Alvin refuses.

And Dean turned his gaze, his [-] o'clock spirit is stronger than ordinary people, maybe he can try hosting a psychic ceremony.

he opened his mouth,
"Actually, we have already found the host of the ceremony."

"I have to remind you that it is very dangerous if a talented amateur summons rashly." Marlene stared at Dean with a solemn expression and a stern tone, "If you accidentally summon an evil spirit, or something more evil Everyone has to die."

"Can you..." Dean asked,
"Sorry, I can't accompany you. I am a faithful recorder. My principle is not to directly participate in the psychic ceremony."

Alvin exchanged glances with Dean upon hearing this, and a sad smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Okay, I understand, but can you tell us the real ceremony? I just want to see my relatives for the last time, and we will make enough Prepare."

Marlene sighed.

"It's okay to tell you, but it's best not to spread it... Even if you spread it, ordinary people won't be able to use it."

"First of all, you must have a soul divination board... It is best to use a divination board that has been used by psychics for many years. It has been repeatedly impregnated with spiritual energy, which can help you better open the channel..." Marlene put the teardrop-shaped sleepless He held the shackles in front of his face, his eyes were close to the glass,

"Through some special shamanic lenses, mortals can also observe ghosts with the naked eye."

Oh?
Dean breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, because of "Shadow"'s fear of Qiban, he had already withdrawn "Shadow".

"Secondly, the blood of a psychic or a psychic smears the psychic and Ouija boards..."

Marlene continued,

"After the sun goes down."

"The room where the ghost died must be a dark, quiet, and claustrophobic environment. It is almost impossible to successfully summon it if it dies outside..."

"Incense... burnt sage..."

"Bathing...cleansing the body...focusing the mind."

"Ouija boards are placed on the laps of all participants."

"Ritual Prayer..."

……

Time passed slowly during the narration, and the two who got the answer expressed their sincere thanks again, and then quickly turned and left.

Beside the door, Marlene Daly leaned against the door frame and looked worriedly at the white Bronco going away,

"Don't let anything happen."

……

(End of this chapter)