chapter_024 : Ghostly Constitution

"Ah? You guys were locked on a non - existent floor by that female ghost at that time?"

Even though she was sitting in the living room of her own house, Violet shivered all over as she listened to Orion and Jane tell their terrifying experiences.

"So... the person who called me that day wasn't you, brother? Then who was it?"

"Come on, of course it was that female ghost! And that administrator we met downstairs was probably... " Orion said dejectedly. "It seems we have to set up codes for both sides. Violet, you won't forget this time, right?"

Violet immediately nodded and took out a notebook. "Tell me, brother! I'll write it down right away!"

"Alright... Listen carefully. From now on, whether it's on the phone or in person, before you tell me about your premonition, you need to say 'Black Peak'. When I tell you, I'll start with 'Dragon Peak'. And when Jane tells you, she'll start with 'Cosmic Order'. Got it?"

"Okay, I've written it down. So, if you tell Jane or I tell Jane, is it the same secret code?"

"Yes, remember, you say 'Black Peak', I say 'Dragon Peak', and Jane says 'Cosmic Order'. If anyone conveys a premonition without saying the code, no matter what the situation is, I'll consider them to be a ghost in disguise."

Violet looked at the notebook carefully and nodded. "I've remembered. Well, then there won't be any problems from now on."

"Who says there won't be problems?" Jane, who had been sitting there silently all this time, suddenly opened her mouth.

"This time, we can be said to have failed miserably. None of the four people could be saved. The worst was Zachary. Not even his body was left. He completely disappeared. Only his clothes were found in the small pavilion near his apartment. We clearly foresaw their deaths, but we couldn't save them. How sad this is for us! What should we do next? Just watch everything happen while being unable to do anything?"

The three of them all fell into silence at the same time.

They had clearly taken action, but all the people they had foreseen still died miserably on their death dates.

"We were too naive. We thought that as long as we were prepared, we could take action on the death dates. But in fact, those things will always find various ways to prevent us from making any interference."

"The best strategy is to enhance our spiritual abilities. Currently, Orion, your spiritual ability is still at a basic level. If your pupils still can't change color, then you can't do anything at all. So, I suggest that for the time being, even if you have a premonition, don't act rashly. Otherwise, if you're attacked by a ghost, it might even absorb your originally strong spiritual ability. That would be a great loss. By the way, you should understand, right? At least before your pupils change color, I don't approve of taking action again." Hearing this, the siblings both widened their eyes. First, Violet exclaimed anxiously, "Are you saying we should just watch people die?"

"Saving people also depends on strength. We don't have the ability now, so we can only improve our strength first. This time, Orion was entangled by those ghosts for such a long time, and more than half of the spiritual ability that was originally activated in his body was absorbed. If we don't change our strategy, it's like making no progress at all. It's meaningless."

Jane's words were actually very reasonable, but for someone as kind - hearted as Violet, it made her extremely uncomfortable. Knowing that someone was going to die and having the opportunity to try to stop it, but just sitting back and doing nothing...

"Then, is it possible to speed up the process? Find a way to make my brother's pupils turn purple before the next premonition occurs? My brother has a natural spiritual physique. I think it shouldn't be difficult to make his pupils change color, right?" "His pupils aren't purple because his spiritual ability isn't strong enough yet. Although purple pupils are a symbol of those with a natural spiritual physique, not all people with a spiritual physique have purple pupils. It's a symbol of high - level predictors. It definitely can't be achieved overnight to cross from a low - level to a high - level. As the saying goes, 'Rome wasn't built in a day'. Fortunately, his spiritual ability has been fully activated. So, if we consider improving it now, it might take about half a year for his pupils to change color."

When Orion heard the word "half a year", his eyes almost popped out. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed Jane, and whispered in her ear, "Are you crazy? Half a year? Can you guarantee that the curse on me and Violet won't be triggered within these half a year?"

"I'm just saying that without external guidance, it'll take half a year. But there isn't no quick - fix method..."

"Are you talking about that potion from last time?"

"Yes... That was only used to activate spiritual ability. I haven't been able to develop a potion to make pupils change color yet. As I said, there are some names in my father's notes that I need to find, and one of them is the name of a spiritual medium. He said that as long as we can find her as soon as possible, then with her help, your spiritual ability will definitely be greatly improved, and it shouldn't be difficult for your pupils to change color." All in all, it meant that they had to find that spiritual medium as soon as possible?

Violet immediately started thinking. Similar to spiritual mediums, occupations like this are regarded as spreading superstition and won't be publicly advertised in the regular media. So, it would probably be difficult to find her. Maybe that spiritual medium was living in seclusion in a deep forest, isolated from the world. How could they find her then? Maybe even half a year wouldn't be enough.

"I say... couldn't your father just write down the address of that spiritual medium? Then there wouldn't be any problems. Didn't he know it would be so troublesome?"

"This was to train my ability to gather information," Jane shrugged. "After all, in the future, we'll often have to obtain a person's information just based on their name and appearance. The name of this spiritual medium is Wendy Murphy. The information my father left about her is that she also has a natural spiritual physique. She was born with purple pupils. But compared to my father, fewer people around her have died. It's said that she can dispel the evil spirits in people's bodies, but she has to use a living being as bait. Considering this, she should be living in a place with a strong spiritual aura."

Orion seemed to be lost in thought, while Violet didn't understand a word.

"I feel that instead of being a spiritual medium, she's more like a Japanese onmyoji. And she's also a bit similar to an ancient Chinese Taoist priest." "Yes, 'spiritual medium' is just a term to make it easier for ordinary people to understand. Actually, to put it more formally, Wendy should have a semi - human, semi - evil - spirit physique, which is extremely rare even among people with a spiritual physique."

As soon as these words were spoken, Violet instantly broke out in a cold sweat. The more she listened, the scarier it got.

"Semi - human, semi - evil - spirit?"

"In fact, no matter how powerful a person's spiritual ability is, it's because the medium of their soul has some characteristics of a ghost. That is to say, when reincarnating, there's some mutation that occurs due to the conflict with the living. That is to say, people with a natural spiritual physique all have some parts of their bodies with ghostly characteristics to some extent."

Hearing this, Orion was greatly shocked and immediately asked, "Are you saying that there's a part of me with ghostly characteristics? Are you kidding me? Are you saying that I'm actually a ghost?" "Don't misunderstand... A ghost is an existence completely opposite to life. The ghosts that humans currently know are only limited to those that are transformed after a person's death. But actually, most ghosts don't even have a clear origin. They just randomly and cruelly kill people and bring them fear. The former kind can also be called the undead, which is the opposite of the living. If the undead are reincarnated and there's some conflict with the body they're reincarnated into, then the incomplete fusion will cause that body to have a spiritual physique."

Orion still didn't understand at all. It seemed that Jane was saying that he and Violet were both humans reincarnated from ghosts. However, if one accepted the idea of reincarnation, then everyone was a reincarnation of a dead person, and this statement could also be accepted.

"Well... I can tell from your blank expressions that you still don't understand. Simply put, the fusion of the soul and the body is a complete living being. But if a part of the ghost fuses with the body and can't form a complete living being, that part of the soul will gradually turn into the undead. In other words, that part of the soul no longer belongs to the living, and that part is the basis of a person's spiritual ability." "And the semi - human, semi - evil - spirit physique is quite rare. That is to say, it's the spiritual physique of a human reincarnated from a fierce ghost. A fierce ghost can be said to be the scariest kind of the undead. If a part of the soul that isn't fully fused during the reincarnation of a fierce ghost turns into an evil spirit, a person with this physique will become semi - human, semi - evil - spirit."

Although they still didn't fully understand, Orion and Violet could tell that this was definitely a very dangerous person.

"People with this kind of physique will become extremely dangerous once the evil part in their body gets out of control. They need the living part to suppress the evil spirit so that they can live like normal people. My father's notes say that Wendy is the only person with a semi - human, semi - evil - spirit physique who has managed to suppress the evil spirit in her body up to now. That's why she can act as a spiritual person and drive away the evil spirits that are clinging to other people's bodies. Orion, for example, you have an ordinary spiritual physique. The part of you that belongs to the undead is mutually restricted by the aura of the living part, so you're no different from an ordinary person. If you keep improving your spiritual ability, then you're constantly liberating the power of the undead that's been restricted in your body..."

Hearing this, even a fool would understand.

"Don't tell me you want to turn me into a ghost?" Orion shouted at the top of his voice.

"Yes, that's exactly what I mean."

Are you kidding me? Orion immediately suspected that this woman was crazy. Before, when he saw her excitedly studying the female ghost's hair, he already felt creepy. Now, she was actually crazy enough to turn a living person into a ghost, and it was him, a companion!

"Don't be so nervous... As long as we can find the spiritual medium, she can suppress the undead in your body. So even if you become a ghost, you can turn back. Please believe me on this. As long as it can be effectively controlled, it can still become a very useful combat force. Otherwise, what do you think you can do against the ghosts with your current level? Moreover, the scariest thing is those ghosts with no clear origin. No, they can't even be called ghosts anymore. They're close to an absolutely unknown and evil existence. If we can't do anything against those things, then we'll only... wait for despair to come..."

She said the last words very quietly, considering that Violet was also there, so only Orion could hear them.

To be honest, Jane's idea was crazy, but it was indeed the most effective way. Orion also clearly knew that he couldn't do anything with his current ability. But if the undead in his body gradually got out of control, it was likely that the living part would also be devoured. Then, wouldn't he become a real ghost? Thankfully, he thought, he hadn't let this crazy woman train Violet to activate her spiritual ability. Otherwise, this cute sister might have been transformed into a ghost by her. Just thinking about it made one shudder.

At this point in the discussion, there was an important question.

Where was Wendy? Without finding her, they couldn't carry out the next plan. Actually, Orion was most worried about whether she was still alive or had been killed by some ghost like Neil.

"I've been investigating everywhere for the past three years, but I still haven't found any clue about her. I don't know what she looks like or how old she is. If we only look for her based on the information that she's a spiritual medium, we can only filter the information through those people who specialize in researching the supernatural to find out about her existence... Alas, unlike in Hawaii and Alaska, in the mainland, supernatural shows can't be on TV at all. Even a horror movie has to go through multiple reviews. So, supernatural researchers are only spread among the public. Moreover, those who claim to study the supernatural probably only know less than one - ten - thousandth of it. Even my father only touched on the surface."

Then, she turned to look at Violet. "Do you understand what I mean, Violet? Since you're a reporter, this task can only be given to you. Even if you haven't reported any news like this, you must have come across many strange and mysterious stories from different places in your daily work. Have you found any people or associations that have a special research on the supernatural? Religious organizations are also okay."

"Well... Thinking about it, I seem to have some impressions. But Jane, don't get your hopes up too high because I don't know how many of them are true."

"It doesn't matter. Just try your best to find. If you need to hack into any databases, just come to me. As long as it's not a hardware problem, I can handle it. I've written countless cracking software at home... Also, don't tell me you're hesitating because you don't want your brother to become a ghost?"

So you've noticed...

Although Violet thought so in her heart, she still forced a smile on her face and said, "Of, of course not..."

"Are you serious?"

When seeing Jane off and walking to the parking lot, Orion still asked with a lingering fear.

"I've said that if we can find Wendy, then even if the undead in your body are completely released, she can control them to some extent. In that way, at least you won't go out of control. With a human body, you simply can't deal with the ghosts. I'm very clear about this." Although Orion was already prepared to do whatever it took to survive, the thought of becoming a ghost had never crossed his mind. Although it was the most effective way, no one could think about becoming a ghost without any resistance. Orion was already quite calm.

"If I didn't have a natural spiritual physique, I wouldn't have to do this. Please understand. This is good for you and for me. Also, the change of your pupils to purple is just the first step. At most, it means becoming a high - level spiritual person, but you're still basically in the category of a human. Only when your pupils turn red is it a watershed from being a human to being a ghost."

Although he knew what she said, Orion still felt that this seemed like a one - way street.

"Does the change of my pupils to red mean that I'll become a ghost? What will happen to me then? Will I no longer have consciousness? And, in that case, will I still be considered a living person?"

Jane's answer almost made him want to kill someone.

"I don't know. We'll only know after we've tried. I'm always very strict in my attitude. I won't draw any conclusions without practice."

Orion felt that he seemed to have become her guinea pig... "Actually, there's another thing that concerns me a bit..." Jane suddenly said to him. "The other day, I hacked into the police network and checked. As a result, I found that the bodies of Roderick and Joey disappeared from the morgue in the police department. The police are currently investigating who stole the bodies, and I think... maybe..."

That night.

Neil's mansion was still dark and eerie.

The painting still hung in its original place, but...

The female ghost had returned to her original position in the painting. However, there were now four more pale bodies in the painting, clearly being... Gary, Joey, Roderick, and Zachary!