Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"President, we are ready. I have found a small island for you. There will be cumulonimbus clouds on that small island this afternoon. And I have found the person who will rain the rain. I will launch dry ice bombs over the small island at eight o'clock in the night. ." West said: "The rain will last for about two hours."

Chen Zhao nodded. He also wanted to go home and take King Kong to the island.

At noon, Chen Zhao took King Kong out to sea.

The island that West found for Chen Zhao was not too far away, less than two hundred nautical miles from Los Angeles.

However, this small island is a coral reef with a very small area, only three or four square kilometers in total.

"King Kong, start setting up the magic circle."

The two chose an open space. King Kong was responsible for setting up the magic circle, and Chen Zhao was responsible for making the lightning device.

The area of ​​the magic circle is more than ten meters in diameter. Chen Zhao cannot understand this magic circle.

Waiting until after eight o'clock in the evening, Chen Zhao waited for the rain to arrive.

Just then, the wind started to pick up.

Thunder began to thunder in the sky, and Chen Zhao stood in the center of the magic circle.

King Kong is responsible for presiding over the magic circle.

There are three lightning rods arranged around it, and the leads of these three lightning rods are connected to the magic array.

The first thing that came down was the rain, and it came down with a heavy downpour.

Where King Kong drives the magic, it's like dancing with the Great God.

Then we started waiting...

Waiting for the lightning to strike...

"Master, will there be thunder today?"

"It should... there will be." Chen Zhao was not very sure.

Suddenly, there was a loud thunder in the sky.

"Coming, coming...get ready, Master, use all your strength."

boom--

The lightning did not hit the magic circle, and Chen Zhao felt discouraged.

"Wait for the next thunderstorm."

boom--

It didn't hit the magic circle...

Chen Zhao was soaked in the rain for two hours, and then no thunder should have fallen on the magic circle.

Chen Zhao went from standing to sitting, and finally just lying on the magic circle.

Seeing that the rain was about to stop, Chen Zhao had completely given up.

boom--

Suddenly, a thunderbolt landed on the magic circle without any warning.

The magic circle bloomed with dazzling light in an instant.

"Ah..." Chen Zhao felt all the electricity passing through his body.

Chen Zhao jumped up, and the electric current seemed to touch something in his body.

This lightning strike did not cause much damage to Chen Zhao.

Chen Zhao's current physical fitness is extraordinary.

Dozens of times stronger than ordinary people, plus a bonus to magic resistance.

Such a lightning strike would not be able to cause fatal damage to Chen Zhao.

"King Kong, how's it going? Was it successful?"

"Master, failed..." King Kong shook his head.

"What? Failed? Why? Did I get that beating in vain?"

"Master, the power of lightning is too weak. All the steps were sufficient, but the power factor in your body was not activated."

"That means as long as the power is large enough, it's okay?"

Chen Zhao thought of artificial power generation, but unfortunately King Kong rejected it.

"No, it can only be effective if lightning penetrates the heaven and earth, carries the elements between heaven and earth, and then introduces them into the body."

"Forget it, if you fail, just fail and go home."

Although Chen Zhao was disappointed, he was also prepared to fail.

After Chen Zhao and King Kong left, the devil's horns originally inserted around the magic circle suddenly shattered.

…

"President, was the magic you wanted to perform last night successful?" West asked.

"Failed." Chen Zhao was in a bad mood.

Originally, he went with high hopes.

But the result was not satisfactory.

"I don't want to hear bad news all day today."

Chen Zhao usually deals with unsatisfactory feelings by passing the unhappiness onto others.

"Where is the weapon I want?"

"It's done." West said immediately.

He didn't want to be the target of Chen Zhao's venting.

"President, there is another good news."

"Tell me."

"The witch named Giselle who came to our association yesterday is willing to join our association. Our association has added another member. She has C-level magic, the magic to control machinery."

"Has her origin been investigated clearly?"

"not yet……"

"You dare to bring her into the association without investigating clearly? Who gave you such power? Don't new members need to go through me to join? What if she is a fallen person?"

"Ah... Then I will inform her now and refuse her to join."

"Are you a pig? Our association has so few people now, and you are pushing a C-level witch out. Is it just you who can support the association?"

West was about to cry: "What do you want me to do?"

"Bring Giselle to my office. I will interrogate her personally and find out her true purpose."

"Oh, I'll inform Giselle."

West fled Chen Zhao's office.

Chen Zhao obviously planned to take action on them today.

A quarter of an hour in front of Chen Zhao means an additional quarter of an hour of danger.

After a while, Giselle came to Chen Zhao's office.

"President." Giselle looked at Chen Zhao.

Her eyes were full of pride. The man in front of her looked like a waste.

Just like most of the members of the Paranormal Society.

However, it is enough for the association to have only one Gaia.

"I heard you're from Denver?"

"yes."

"I heard that Denver suffered some kind of attack. Not only was there heavy rain and water in the city, but the supernatural world also suffered huge losses."

"That's right." There was a trace of sadness in Giselle's eyes.

"You know what I'm talking about, right?"

"Yes, I know, the source of corruption."

"Then you also know that the source of corruption can control witches and distort their thinking."

"I know."

"Then how can I guarantee that you are not a controlled degenerate?"

After a while, Giselle came out of Chen Zhao's office.

West stood outside the door: "Giselle, how are you communicating with the president?"

"The president has accepted me." Giselle said.

"Oh, that's good. By the way, how did you prove it to the president?"

"I told the president that I was willing to give him $100,000 as long as he wouldn't question or harass me."

West's eyes are about to pop out, is that okay?

"Okay, let's go."

After Giselle left, West entered Chen Zhao's office.

"President, why are you doing this? Didn't you say you wanted to test Giselle? You were bribed with one hundred thousand dollars?"

"Of course not. Just imagine, if she was a fallen person, if she was controlled by the fallen source, and hated me because of the fallen source, would she give me one hundred thousand dollars?"

"Um...but..."

"No need to, but you don't understand the source of his corruption. With his hatred for me, it is impossible for him to compromise with me. Even if he is willing to compromise with me, I know him very well. One hundred thousand dollars is not the decisive factor, but because of his attitude." Chen Zhao said.

“What if instead of a hundred thousand dollars, it was a thousand dollars?”