Possessed

Night.

"So, there were already five to six strange events that happened in just a week, and they are all related to the Purple Old Manor?" Su Yu spoke as he looked outside the window of the taxi. They are on their way to the Purple Old Manor.

"Yes." Han Yao answered on the other line. "I have sent you an email about these cases. Check it before you enter the Purple Old Manor." He told Su Yu. "Be careful." He added.

"I know." Su Yu nodded before he ended the call. Then, he opened the email that Han Yao sent.

The first event on the list is about a child that suddenly went missing. The father went to work while the mother went to shop for food, leaving the child to a maid. But, the maid received a package and left the child for a while. When she returned, she found that the child was gone. So, she immediately went to search for the child, but she can't find him.

This should have been a missing person case, only if the events after didn't happen. The maid suddenly has gone crazy that night. No one knows what happened to her. They thought that she was just stressed because she lost the child that she was taking care of. But, they thought wrong when the police pulled up the surveillance cameras of the community and they found that the maid has passed by the Purple Old Manor.

The Purple Old Manor is a famous haunted place. But, the maid must have forgotten it because of worry since the child has disappeared. This not only ends here, since they also found in one of the footages that the child lost his ball and saw that it rolled outside the house. He followed it, but it continued to roll until it stopped in front of the Purple Old Manor.

It was really creepy, but Su Yu who is watching the video that was attached on the first event has a deadpan expression on his face. After all, he was a demon. So this kind of thing is boring to him.

"What are you watching?" a voice spoke beside Su Yu.

Su Yu turned and saw that Duan Yuan is 'looking' at him. "A video report of one of the cases that is related to the Purple Old Manor." He answered. He was about to ask Duan Yuan if the other wanted to watch the video with him, but then he recalled that the other is blind. So, he stopped speaking.

"I see." Duan Yuan muttered.

Su Yu saw that the other is interested. "I will read it for you." He said and read the first case to him. "The maid was sent to an asylum, while the child, who entered the Purple Old Manor as if bewitched, returned to his home the second night that he disappeared." He looked at Duan Yuan, whose expression didn't even change. "The parents were startled, but then they were relieved that their child returned." He said. Then, he made a pause. "Won't you ask why the police didn't enter the Purple Old Manor to look for the child?" he asked.

"No one wanted to risk their life." Duan Yuan answered. "They believed that the child was dead." He added.

Su Yu nodded in agreement. "Then, do you know what happened to the child after he returned home?" he asked.

Duan Yuan fell silent for a moment. Then, he spoke. "His personality changed?" he guessed.

"No." Su Yu answered. "He tried to kill his parents, who was never home to look after him." He said.

Duan Yuan didn't speak. Su Yu knows that Duan Yuan has guessed this but he changed his answer.

"The parents almost died had they not been awake that night because they were worried of the effect of the Purple Old Manor on their child." Su Yu continued. "So, when they heard footsteps outside their door, they knew that it was none other than their child. When they didn't open the door, they saw that a knife hacked into their door." He said.

"A child has not enough strength to do that." Duan Yuan spoke.

"Yes. So, the parents thought that the child was possessed…" Su Yu spoke. "To which he likely is." he said. "In the parents' testimony, they saw that when the door opened, they inadvertently saw their child's shadow is different." He took a deep breath. "They said that the shadow is tall, big… but it also looked like that of an animal… in short, the shadow changed." He told Duan Yuan.

Duan Yuan remained silent.

"The mother called the police again while the father subdued the child, only to be thrown away by the child." Su Yu sighed. "Even when the police arrived, they had a hard time subduing the child… that time, the child has a monstrous strength." He said. "The father was also badly injured. Fortunately, his vital organs were not hurt. The same with the mother." He told Duan Yuan.

"Where is the child now?" Duan Yuan asked.

"The child was sent to a juvenile detention center." Su Yu answered. "The police also arranged some psychiatrists to watch over him in case the child would exhibit 'abnormal behavior' once again." He said.

Duan Yuan heaved a sigh.

"Shall I read to you the second event?" Su Yu asked.

"… yes, please." Duan Yuan answered.

"The second event is about a young woman." Su Yu spoke and coughed as he lowered his voice. "You might a guess already, but yes, the young woman was also possessed." He said. "But, unlike the child and the maid, this young woman didn't behave violently or any excessive behavior, except… she became lustful." He said.

Duan Yuan's expression stiffened.

"It was said that one day, the young woman went on a date with her boyfriend and returned home late." Su Yu spoke. "That night, her parents weren't at home, so she had the courage to return home late. But, the next day, her classmates, including her boyfriend, were surprised that she wore revealing clothes." He said. "Her boyfriend also noticed that she became forward when being intimate with him… but, they all thought that she just changed her personality. It was only later that they found out that she was actually possessed." He shook his head.

"How did they find out?" Duan Yuan asked.

"Her boyfriend was alarmed and didn't dare to tell this to her parents. So, that same night, he took her to a temple and there, she was exorcised by the monk." Su Yu answered.

Duan Yuan heaved a sigh.