"I didn't see clearly." Sam shook his head. His ankle was scratched and bleeding.
"What the hell is this?" Adam asked, his face pale.
"Well, we don't know what it is, but we know who it's after," Sam said. "Jo Barton, Adam's mom, and now Adam -- everyone Dad knows around town."
"At least we know why it came back." Dean said.
"It wants revenge." Adam said.
They returned to Milligan's house.
"Adam, go pack your things." Dean said, "We will take you to Bobby's house."
Sam was sitting at the table bandaging his ankle.
"We shouldn't leave." Sam said.
"No, we should send Adam to a safe place and then come back to finish what dad has not finished." Dean said.
"How to accomplish it?" Sam said, "We have no clues."
"Then what do you want to do?"
"We have what this thing wants."
Dean looked at him in shock. "You want to use this child as bait?"
"Maybe this thing will come back." Sam said, "We can train Adam... to get him ready."
"He might die, Sam."
"We are all going to die, Dean." Sam said, "Even if we kill this thing, there are countless other monsters who want revenge on Dad and us. What if they find the kid first and he's not ready?"
Adam walked in from the door. "I am willing. No matter what you need me to do, I am willing."
Dean frowned and looked at them without saying a word.
Sam is teaching Adam to shoot. Dean is standing in the distance, watching dissatisfiedly, holding a bottle of beer in his hand.
"Feel the recoil and control the trigger." Sam said, "Fire three rounds."
"Really?"
"Come on."
Adam fired three shots, all hitting the bullseye.
"This is beginner's luck, right?" Adam said with a smile.
"No, man." Sam said, "You're a genius. Good shot."
"Thank you."
"Then we set it on fire." Sam said, "Using a homemade flamethrower. It's easy to do. I'll teach you."
"What you do is really cool." Adam said.
"Being a hunter is not a job, Adam." Sam said, "It's life. You're preppy. Do you have a girlfriend, have friends? If you really do this, you can't have those connections anymore, ever. They're weaknesses. You're just going to put those people in danger and get them killed."
Sam looked into the distance with empty eyes. "The only thing you can rely on is your family."
Dean called Sam to the corridor.
"You know, I finally understand why you and dad never get along." Dean said angrily, "You two are just cut out of the same mold. Dad told you the same thing before you went to Stanford, remember? You hated him so much at the time."
"Yes, it turns out that dad is right." Sam said.
"Since when?"
"Always." Sam said, "Dean, when I look at Adam, do you know what I see?"
"A normal child."
"No." Sam said, "I saw us. I saw what we would have become if dad didn't teach us how to protect ourselves."
"I know it's too late for us." Dean said, "This is our life, this is who we are, okay? It doesn't matter, I accept it. But Adam still has a chance."
"No, he didn't." Sam said, "What do you think is real, normal life? That's just an illusion. He's cursed like the rest of us. There's nothing special about him, no exception."
"I don't think so."
Dean turned around and walked out.
He leaned against the wall and took out his mobile phone and called Bai Haorui again. Still couldn't get through.
"Haorui, where are you?" he whispered, "I wish you were here. You must be on my side. You will never agree to use a child as bait."
It was already night when Bai Haorui and Bobby came out of the tailor shop. The sky was getting dark, and the neon lights of Chinatown were all on, and the colorful lights illuminated the street.
However, under these bright lights, there are always some dark corners. And A Xiu is hidden in these dark corners.
They walked into a convenience store and wanted to buy some water and food.
There were not many people in the convenience store, only one cashier and a young white man. The man was selecting beer in front of the shelf. His profile looked somewhat similar to Jake·Wilson.
Suddenly, the lights in the convenience store began to flash wildly, on and off. The air conditioner made a "buzzing" sound, and the temperature dropped sharply. Both Bai Haorui and Bobby shuddered involuntarily. A thin layer of frost formed on the glass door.
There was a faint smell of blood and a damp earthy smell in the air.
The young man suddenly stopped and his body froze. His eyes widened and he stared straight ahead, with an expression of extreme horror on his face.
He started to back away and kept shouting, "Don't come over! Don't come over! Please, don't kill me!"
Bai Haorui and Bobby couldn't see anything. But they could feel that A Xiu was in this convenience store, right next to them. Her resentment came like a tide, almost suffocating.
Bai Haorui closed his eyes and ran "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art". His Spiritual Sense spread out, trying to find the location of A Xiu. But he couldn't find anything. A Xiu was like air, permeating the entire convenience store.
The man turned around and ran, but he tripped over a shelf and fell heavily to the ground. He crawled on the ground, desperately trying to get out, and his nails dug into the floor, leaving traces of blood.
Suddenly, he stopped.
His body began to convulse violently, and foam came out of his mouth. His eyes grew wider and wider, almost bulging out of their sockets. His mouth opened wide, as if he was screaming, but no sound came out.
Bai Haorui vaguely saw the figure of a woman in a red skirt lying on his back, with long black hair hanging on his face. Her face was close to his ear, and she was saying something to him.
After a few seconds, the man's body stopped moving.
Death from cardiac arrest.
The lights in the convenience store have returned to normal and the temperature has risen. The frost on the glass door has also melted.
A Xiu disappeared, as if she had never been here.
This seems to be a demonstration with Bai Haorui and the others, and also seems to be a warning to them.
The cashier was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground, his face was pale, his whole body was shaking and he couldn't say a word.
Bai Haorui walked to the man's body and squatted down to inspect it. His face had the same expression of extreme horror as all the previous deceased people. His pupils were dilated to the extreme, filled with fear.
Bobby scratched his head with pain in his face. "No matter how hard this is done, you can't even see it!"
Bai Haorui stood up and was silent for a long time.
"Let's go to A Xiu's residence first to see if we can find anything." He said, "If that doesn't work, what we can do is find Jake, bring him back and let A Xiu kill him, and see if we can resolve A Xiu's resentment."
A Xiu's former residence is located in the darkest corner of Chinatown, a basement rental house. This was once the underground brothel of Jake·Wilson. It was here that A Xiu spent the darkest two years of her life and ended her life here.
The doors and windows were all nailed shut by wooden boards, which were covered with dust and cobwebs. Bai Haorui used a mahogany sword to pry them open, and the wooden boards broke with a "click".
A putrid stench and strong resentment hit my face, making me sick.
Bai Haorui and Bobby turned on the flashlights and walked into the basement.
The room was dark, with only the beam of the flashlight shaking. The walls were covered with black mold spots, and there were many deep scratches, which were scratched by A Xiu with his nails when he was desperate. Some of the scratches still had dried blood stains. There were some shabby clothes, shoes and empty wine bottles scattered on the ground. There was a dilapidated wooden bed in the corner, and the mattress on the bed was moldy and had a pool of dark stains on it.
Bai Haorui's flashlight beam swept across the wall. He saw words carved all over the wall with fingernails.
"Mom, I want to go home."
"Mom, it hurts so much."
"Mom, save me."
"Jake, I'm going to kill you."
These words were crooked and crooked, and there were bloodstains in some places. Bai Haorui could feel that every word was full of A Xiu's pain and despair.
Suddenly, the flashlight beam illuminated a pair of red embroidered shoes.
The pair of embroidered shoes were neatly placed at the foot of the bed, with two lotus flowers embroidered on them. They were exactly the same as Tailor Li described.
Bai Haorui immediately stopped and signaled Bobby not to speak. He clenched the mahogany sword in his hand, and the purple-gold True Gang slowly flowed on the sword.
He could feel that A Xiu was in this room, right next to them, but he couldn't see her, and Spiritual Sense couldn't sense her specific location. She was like air, permeating the entire room.
A gust of cold wind blew by, and the temperature in the room plummeted to freezing point. Bai Haorui's hair was blown up by the wind, and he felt something breathing next to his ears, and the cold breath brushed his earlobes.
He turned around sharply.
There is nothing behind you.
But when he turned back, the pair of red embroidered shoes were gone.
"Haorui..." Bobby's voice was trembling, "Look in the mirror."
Bai Haorui looked at a broken mirror on the wall.
The mirror reflected the figure of a woman wearing a red skirt. She stood behind Bobby, with long black hair hanging on Bobby's shoulders. There was a hideous scar in the shape of a tic-tac-shape on her delicate face, and her eyes were blood red, and she was staring at Bobby.
The corners of her mouth raised slightly, revealing a strange smile.
"Broken!"
Bai Haorui immediately hit a Soul-Subduing Talisman. The talisman flew towards the mirror with golden light.
With a "pop" sound, the mirror shattered and the fragments scattered on the floor.
Calm returned to the room.
But Bai Haorui knew that A Xiu did not leave.
"Ah!!!"
Bobby suddenly let out a scream. He looked at his hands with an expression of extreme horror on his face.
"Haorui! Save me! My hand!"
Bai Haorui turned around and saw that Bobby's hands were suddenly covered with white maggots. The maggots were twisting and burrowing into his skin. Bobby flapped his hands desperately, but there were more and more maggots, and soon they were covering his entire arm.
"This is an illusion! Bobby, concentrate! Don't be fooled by her illusion!"
Bai Haorui immediately ran "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art" and slapped Bobby on the back. Purple-gold True Gang poured in like a tide Bobby's body dispelled the evil spirit from his body. At the same time, the Lotus Seal between his eyebrows flickered slightly, and a golden light shot into Bobby's eyes.
Bobby looked down again and saw that there was nothing on his hands. His shirt was soaked with cold sweat and he was gasping for air.
"It scared me to death..." he said with lingering fear, "I could clearly see them crawling... burrowing into my skin..."
Bai Haorui took out the peach wood sword and waved it in the room. The purple-gold color True Gang emanated from the peach wood sword, lighting up the entire room.
A Xiu's figure flashed in the room, and then disappeared again. She floated around the room, elusive, as if she was playing a cat and mouse game with them.
Bai Haorui saw the opportunity and stabbed A Xiu's figure with a sword. The peach wood sword passed through her body and her figure disappeared.
But within a few seconds, her figure condensed in another place.
"Did you see it?" Bai Haorui said, "Until her resentment is completely released, we can't kill her, nor can we destroy her. Any attacks we have on her are only temporary, and she will continue to regroup. Unless her resentment can be resolved, she will be here forever and keep killing forever."
At this time A Xiu let out a shrill scream.
The whole room began to shake. The mildew on the walls began to fall off, and the wooden boards on the floor also cracked. Countless red threads shot towards Bai Haorui and Bobby from all directions. Those red threads were made of pure resentment. Once entangled, their souls would be torn apart.
Bai Haorui immediately hit three King Kong Protection Talisman. The three talismans turned into three golden rays of light in the air, forming an indestructible golden shield, blocking them in front of them.
The red thread hit the golden shield, making a "sizzling" sound, and then dissipated.
"Let's go!"
Bai Haorui pulled Bobby and rushed out of the basement.
They ran to the street, which was brightly lit and people were coming and going. A Xiu did not chase them out.
Bobby leaned against the wall, breathing heavily, his face as pale as paper.
"It's so weird," he said, "I've never seen such a powerful ghost."
Bai Haorui looked in the direction of the basement with firm eyes.
"I will go to New York tomorrow." He said, "I will bring Jake back."
Bai Haorui left Bobby at San Francisco and went to New York alone.
During the three days he went to New York, two more people died in Chinatown.
One was a waiter who worked in a restaurant and died in his rental house. When Bobby arrived, he was already dead. There was an expression of extreme horror on his face, and he was holding a knife tightly in his hand. He was obviously trying to resist in a hallucination.
The other was a taxi driver who died in his car. Bobby used the charm left by Bai Haorui to barely resist A Xiu's attack, and was almost frightened to death by A Xiu's hallucination. He called Bai Haorui, his voice trembling.
"Haorui, come back quickly! I can't hold it anymore! She's getting more and more powerful!"
It took Bai Haorui three days to finally find the residence of Jake·Wilson.
He stood downstairs in a luxury apartment building and looked up at the duplex apartment on the top floor. This apartment was located in the most prosperous area of Manhattan, overlooking the entire Central Park. There were security guards standing guard at the door of the apartment, and there were surveillance cameras everywhere.
Bai Haorui avoided all surveillance and climbed up to the top floor from the fire escape. The fire escape was dark and narrow, full of dust and cobwebs. His movements were as light as a cat's and he made no sound.
Bai Haorui went to the top floor and easily opened the apartment door with a thin wire.
The apartment is extremely luxuriously decorated. Crystal chandeliers, leather sofas, Dali stone floors, and priceless paintings hang on the walls.
Jake·Wilson is having breakfast with his wife in the restaurant. He is wearing an expensive suit, looking gentle and elegant. His wife is a beautiful blond model, and two cute children are playing next to her.
He didn't look like a demon who had driven countless women to death.
Bai Haorui broke in.
Jake's wife and children screamed in fright.
Jake's expression changed and he reached for the gun on the table.
Bai Haorui flashed and came to him in an instant. He stretched out his finger and pointed at Jake's chest. Purple-gold True Gang poured into Jake's body and sealed his meridians. Jake immediately collapsed to the ground, unable to move.
"Who?!"
Four bodyguards wearing black suits and sunglasses rushed out of the next room, all with guns in their hands. They were well-trained and immediately spread out, forming a circle of encirclement.
Bai Haorui
Running "Three Altars Body-Refining True Fire Art", the purple-gold True Gang surged in his body. The Lotus Seal between his eyebrows flickered slightly, and a faint golden light enveloped his whole body.
The first bodyguard raised his gun and fired. Bai Haorui turned sideways to avoid the bullet, and at the same time, he stepped forward and rushed towards him like a ghost. He punched the bodyguard in the stomach. True Gang exploded, and the bodyguard immediately flew out like a kite with a broken string, hit the wall, and passed out.
The second bodyguard rushed up from the side. Bai Haorui turned around and hit his ribs with an elbow. There was a "click" and the sound of broken ribs was clear and harsh. The bodyguard let out a scream and fell to the ground.
The third and fourth bodyguards fired at the same time. Bai Haorui made a seal with both hands and fired a Golden Light Shield. The bullet hit Golden Light Shield, making a "ding-ding-ding-ding" sound, and then fell to the ground.
Bai Haorui swayed and came to the third bodyguard. He stretched out his hand, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it gently. There was a "click" sound, and Bones broke. The bodyguard's gun fell to the ground. Bai Haorui slashed his neck with a palm, and he also fainted.
The fourth bodyguard turned around and ran away. Bai Haorui picked up an apple on the ground and threw it over. The apple flew out like a bullet and hit the back of the bodyguard's head. The bodyguard's vision went dark and he fell to the ground.
The whole process takes less than ten seconds.
The four bodyguards all lay on the ground and passed out.
Bai Haorui walked up to Jake and squatted down.
Jake was shaking with fear and his face was as pale as paper. His pants were already wet, and the smell of urine filled the air.
"Who are you? What do you want to do?" He said tremblingly, "I have money, I can give you a lot of money. One million? No, ten million! I will give you ten million, you let me go!"
Bai Haorui looked at him coldly, without any warmth in his eyes.
"I don't want your money." He said, "It's time for you to pay your debt."
"What debt?" Jake,"I don't know you! I've never owed anyone a debt!"
"It doesn't matter if you don't know me." Bai Haorui said, "But you know A Xiu, right?"
When he heard the name "A Xiu", Jake's face instantly turned pale. His eyes were full of fear.
"You... how do you know A Xiu?"
"She is looking for you." Bai Haorui said, "She has been waiting for you for twenty-six years."
"No! No! It's not my fault!" Jake shouted, "It was her own will! She came here on her own! It's none of my business!"
Bai Haorui stood up and dragged Jake towards the door.
"Please, let me go!" Jake cried, "I'll give you 100 million! No, 200 million! I'll give you all my money! Please, let me go! I still have a wife and children!"
Bai Haorui ignored him.
Ignoring the cries of Jake's wife and children, he dragged Jake out of the apartment and threw him into the trunk of the pickup truck. Then he started the pickup truck and sped away in the direction of San Francisco.
Jake kept begging for mercy on the road, "Please, I was wrong! I know I was wrong! Let me go. I still have children and they can't live without their father!"
Bai Haorui smiled, he didn't know he was wrong, he knew he was going to die.
Dean returned to Windom Cemetery alone. He did not agree with Sam's approach and wanted to find more clues on his own.
He looked around in the tomb and finally found a tunnel leading to a hidden room. The entrance to the tunnel was blocked by a stone and was covered with moss.
Dean moved the stone and climbed into the tunnel. The tunnel was dark and narrow, full of the smell of earth and decay. He turned on the flashlight and climbed forward cautiously.
He found a severed arm in the tunnel and a pair of glasses beside it. He recognized them as Joe Barton's glasses.
"Sloppy Joe." Dean whispered.
He heard the stones moving at the entrance. He looked up and saw that the stones were sealing the entrance. He fired, but earth fell down and filled the tunnel.
"Damn it!"
Dean groped in the dark and found a coffin that looked relatively new. He opened the coffin and found the body of Kate·Milligan, with the lower body torn into pieces. He opened another coffin and found the body of Adam·Milligan.
The real Adam·Milligan.
He has been dead for a long time, and his body was well preserved by the ghouls using special methods.
Dean understood everything instantly.
The Adam who was talking to them turned into a ghoul.
The real Adam... He is dead. The one talking to us is a ghoul. Sam! Sam is in danger!
Dean, frantically searching for a way out, noticed a stained glass window above his head. He pried a handle off a coffin, used it to smash the window, and climbed out.
He ran desperately to his car, started the engine, and sped towards Milligan's home.
Sam and "Adam" are sealing all entrances to the house with salt, except for the ventilation duct under the bed.
"We have sealed all other entrances." Sam said, "If this thing is going to come, it can only come in through here."
Suddenly, they heard the door open and a voice calling Adam's name.
"Adam!"