Insidious: The Story of the Black-Clothed Bride and the Red-Faced Demon

"Then let's give it a try?"

Li Dan looked at the earnestness in Ashley's eyes and relented. He wasn't looking for a secretary or assistant who would follow him everywhere.

Most of the time, he preferred to work alone. But since Ashley had asked, he might as well let her try.

"Think it through. You'll need professional training, and it won't be as easy as you think."

Li Dan's air of mystery was exactly what motivated Ashley.

"I've thought it through. Come on, let's go! Where are we going next?"

"Home to sleep, of course."

"We're going home already? Don't we have any other work to do?"

"What other work do you want to do? I have something more important to handle tomorrow. I'll let you know when I'm back."

Li Dan really was going away on business tomorrow. The demon possessing Kati had been with her for years. As long as neither of them provoked it, nothing would happen in the short term.

He was very interested in demons capable of such powerful possession.

As he had thought before, demons that mainly possessed humans made the best Fusion cards.

They were even more suitable than Annabelle.

That night.

The Holy See bought Li Dan a ticket to Los Angeles for two days later, giving him a day to prepare. The investigation files would be delivered to him as quickly as possible.

The reason was simple: the situation at Josh Lambert's home was far more complicated than anyone had imagined.

Elise Rainier, a medium and exorcist, had gone there and found that she couldn't resolve it anytime soon.

If Li Dan didn't help, Elise and her two assistants—the exorcism trio, for short—might die there.

Elise had actually taken on the case herself from the start.

She knew Josh's parents