May 30, 22:09.


    Psychological Consultation Clinic.


    After freshening up, Du Wei returned to his bedroom.


    The door to the bedroom had been removed by him.


    The new wooden door had been delivered on time when he returned home in the evening.


    But now, Du Wei no longer had the energy to install the door, as he felt sore and pained in both body and spirit.


    Part of the reason was Alex, and another factor was the exhaustion from removing the door.


    ...


    Lying in bed.


    Du Wei took a deep breath, casually picked up the medical records on the bedside table, and began to flip through them.


    Of the patients he had encountered before, there were three that were most likely involved with an Evil Spirit incident.


    First was Annabelle, who had already been locked in a disy cab.


    Then there was a little girl named Reagan, who after ying a Spirit Summoning game, believed she was a man named Hoddy.


    Next was the boy who had a clown phobia.


    The two patients both had a high likelihood of encountering an Evil Spirit incident.


    But the former was in another city, while thetter lived in a small town in the suburbs of New York.


    Therefore, Du Wei chose thetter.


    ...


    He now had two issues he wanted to address, one being the Antique Clock, and the other being the Evil Spirit Du Wei.


    The two matters were not in conflict.


    Du Wei had already instructed Father Tony to pay attention to the Evil Spirit incidents involving mirrors.


    Although Father Tony was somewhat puzzled by this, the partnership between the two of them was solid and not much questioned.


    Moreover, this matter itself was intended to resolve the Evil Spirit Du Wei, unrted to Evil Spirit Transformation, so Du Wei was not worried about exposing his secrets prematurely.


    To resolve the issue with the Antique Clock, he needed to find an Evil Spirit and make it leave through the form of a wager.


    The creature that resembled a clown was very fitting for this.


    Firstly, it was conspicuous enough, and secondly, a boy named Billy reported that only he and some peers could see the Clown, while adults could not.


    This must be some oddly mechanized Evil Spirit.


    Thinking this.


    Du Wei''s gaze lingered on the column detailing Billy''s condition for a while.


    [Condition: Clown phobia — Specifically manifested in believing that a creature resembling a clown had eaten his missing younger brother, leading to chronic immersion in fear and anxiety.]


    He began to think.


    The Antique Clock would be safer temporarily left at the clinic.


    Bringing it out recklessly could easily cause unnecessary trouble.


    It would be more appropriate to resolve matters at the clinic instead.


    After all, once an Evil Spirit focuses on a target, it will be relentless.


    In other words, as long as it wants to kill him, it would inevitably visit the clinic sooner orter.


    And thest Evil Spirit, or rather Evil Corpse, that entered the clinic had already been dissected and used by him, then burnt to ashes...


    Du Wei put away the medical records, took out his phone, and said calmly, "I remember Billy lives in Derry Town in the suburbs, about an hour''s drive away. I should be able to make a trip there tomorrow to see the situation. If possible, I''ll lure that so-called Clown Evil Spirit to the clinic for a wager."


    As he spoke, Du Wei opened his browser and entered the words Derry Town.


    The relevant search index quickly appeared.


    He clicked on the most recent entry.


    The content was an introduction — Derry Town was established in thest century, with a fixed poption of about a thousand people. It is a rtively underdeveloped small town located in the suburbs of New York.


    The town''s economy is primarily based on agriculture and small-scale manufacturing, not particrly famous.


    After some thought, Du Wei added the words Clown Evil Spirit to the Derry Town search and started anew.


    And this time, what he found was a post on the local forum.


    The topic was about a terrifying legend named Pennywise.


    In this post, Pennywise was described as a clown, with a ferocious face, yellow pupils, and thick makeup.


    It appeared every twenty-seven years.


    Every time it appeared, it would target those children who were not yet adults, taking pleasure in harming them and feeding on their fear.


    It was also the children''s worst nightmare.


    Moreover, the post dated back many years, and every once in a while, someone would reply, mocking Pennywise as nothing more than a horror story fabricated by humans.


    There were others who dismissed it, thinking that Pennywise was merely a myth, a story adults told to scare children.


    Of course...


    Du Wei also saw some adults'' replies, iming they seemed to have seen Pennywise when they were around 15...16 years old, but had no relevant memory of it, as if too much time had passed, and they could not remember at all.


    However, what was strange was that their memories from before they encountered Pennywise were not so vague.


    These adults'' replies were highly rated in the post, and the experiences shared by othermenters also mentioned simr urrences.


    Seeing this, Du Wei couldn''t help but frown, "It seems to be able to erase memories..." Stay updated via My Virtual Library Empire


    "A child''s fear that also eats humans... appearing once every twenty-seven years, it feels like an Evil Spirit..."


    As he spoke, he put down his phone and picked up the wallet that was beside him.


    Upon opening it,


    Two Joker Cards were respectively ced in thepartments of the wallet.


    One had a forest background with a man wearing a tailcoat, who looked exactly like himself.


    The other had the gates of a pce in the background, with his doppelg?nger wearing a mask without features, his body tightly grasped by three rotten arms.


    "Hopefully, things will go smoothly. I''ve had just too much going ontely," he said.


    ...


    At that moment,


    Inside the New York Police Department,


    Officer Tom was still sitting in front of theputer with bloodshot eyes, staring at the screen.


    The screen disyed surveince footage of members of the Veda Sect caught on camera in New York.


    Whilst viewing, he drank his strong coffee.


    Tom used to resist working overnight, but now he was more diligent and keyed up than anyone.


    Suddenly...


    Tom''s eyes widened, he saw his beautiful neighbor who was dead beyond any doubt appear in one of the surveince clips.


    This footage was recorded at 8 PM on May 22, whereas Tom discovered the female neighbor''s body on May 25.


    In the footage, the people from the Veda Sect first entered a dark alley, and after about ten minutes or so, a beautiful woman in a long ck coat followed them in.


    She was Joanna.


    "Why would she meet with the Veda Sect?" Tom wondered, continuing to watch.


    The footage continued, and after another ten minutes or so,


    When Joanna walked out of the alley again, her whole demeanor hadpletely changed.@@novelbin@@


    Her gait was mechanical and stiff...


    Like a corpse...


    The Veda Sect members mysteriously disappeared as though they walked out of the other end of the alley.


    Tom repeatedly watched the surveince video, his face growing increasingly grim.


    "The autopsy report showed that when I encountered Joanna, she had been dead for three days, which means that after her meeting with the Veda Sect on May 22, she was already dead."


    "And Joanna turning into an Evil Spirit happened yesterday, it''s been seven days from her death to her transformation into an Evil Spirit..."


    "If that''s the case, then I might be able to check the records of the deceased in New York from seven days ago. If I''m right, following this lead should reveal a lot of important information."