"Hey, did you take my money?"

The old lady's eyes were cloudy white, unable to see her pupils.

Under her gaze, Karun felt like his body was thrown into an ice cellar, and the piercing cold began to seep into his skin, corroding his bones, and finally rushing in from all sides, closing his heart.

Even his thoughts, which should have been free-flowing, were frozen like a river surface, still flowing underneath but separated from his consciousness.

It was a strange feeling - you feel like you're still yourself, but you've forgotten who you are; you feel like you can still think, but you can't come up with anything.

If the last time he entered Lady Molly's sleep paralysis state because of Jeff was a layer of dreams, then this time was a further separation of his soul and consciousness.

It wasn't trying to scare him, or intimidate him, or search for any vulnerabilities in his heart to exploit and break down his defenses; it just petrified his consciousness at the first sight.

"You took my money, didn't you?"

The old lady's lips curled into a smile, not particularly sinister, even a bit kind, but the visual contrast was enough to make one feel twisted and uncomfortable.

Karun wasn't just standing there blankly, he had lost the chance to react; it was as if he was an observer of what was happening right in front of him.

The hole in front of him, which could only fit a face, began to extend deeper and deeper, from a deep well to an abyss, and he felt like a sacrifice about to be offered.

"My money...my money..."

The tiles began to melt like chocolate, and everything within sight, including the bed board and the table, was transforming into liquid, along with Karun's body, all being sucked into the hole.

Just then, something black fell from the bed ahead of him, and when it was about to be sucked into the hole, it suddenly moved."Meow!!!!"

Karun was a person who liked quietness, whether it was in his past life or this life, he always avoided noise.

But the high-pitched meowing in front of him made him feel like he was listening to heavenly music.

Under this meow, the "fluids" around him showed chaotic ripples, and Karun's consciousness seemed to return a bit.

"My money...my money..."

The old lady's voice was stubborn, wanting to take everything back.

But Puerh, who had just meowed, crouched at the entrance of the hole, her left front paw's nails popping up, raised it, and swung it down!

"Ah!!!!"

A clear cat claw mark appeared on the old lady's face, and she screamed in pain.

The suction that had sucked everything in before suddenly froze, and then bounced back, as if it had exploded!

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Boom!

...

"Thump!"

Karun fell off the hospital bed, feeling pain in his body and joints where he landed, followed by a second wave of pain in the wound on his chest that was pulled.

"Hiss..."

Karun let out a painful cry, and his body suddenly shrank. He instinctively thought there was a hole under him, but when he looked down, he found that the floor under the bed was intact; it might be a little dirty, but there was definitely no hole.

At this moment, the light turned on with a "click".

Puerh stood on the bedside table, and one of her paws was turning the switch up and down.

Before Karun could speak, Puerh spoke first:

"Demon, bewitched demon."

Puerh's gaze fell on Karun:

"You heard a hallucination this morning. There is a bewitched demon below us. This is a big deal and we need to inform Dis."

"Before notifying Dis, can you help me press the call button?" Karun said.

Puerh blinked her cat eyes and pointed her paw in the direction of the door:

"Before pressing the button, I think you should move the obstacle first."

"Ugh..."

Karun let out a sigh, and his body lay completely on the ground. When the pain gradually disappeared, or when he could bear it, he slowly got up, walked to the door, moved the cabinet, and took down the mop.

Puerh pressed the call button.

Karun sat on the edge of the bed, carefully examining the wound on his chest. Fortunately, although the wound had been pulled, it had not opened.

"Is a bewitched demon a type of demon?"

A demon should be a general term, just like how there are different races of colored people under humans.

"Yes, but bewitched demons are very rare. To a certain extent, the Alfred you know, even though he has the charm demon's eyes, he is not considered a bewitched demon.""Enchantment is no longer about affecting people's emotions and minds through illusions or dreams. It can directly cut and command your consciousness, making you instantly become a puppet under its control.

Compared to the enchanting demons, those like Mrs. Molly who only scare or eat people, or like the possessed Mrs. Sufu, can be considered harmless little cuties."

"So why did she come to me? I'm sure I didn't steal her money."

"Everything has a cause and effect. Why did I suffer her 'attack'?"

"I may not have known how to describe it before, but after she came to me, I understood."

"What did you understand?"

"Your overflowing talent, almost overflowing, just like Lunt who got up early half a year ago blushing to go to the bathroom to secretly wash his underwear."

"..." Karun.

"It's not that she deliberately wants to have a problem with you, but the enchanting demon itself has a very strong sensitivity to the soul. You are so close to her, so if her vision is a pitch-black, then you are the arrogant and shining light bulb in front of her."

"What about you earlier?"

Karun licked his lips and continued, "You were amazing just now."

This was indeed a compliment. If it weren't for Puerh's paw, Karun felt that his soul had been peeled off and taken away.

"She was just unlucky." Puerh was quite modest. "I really can't fight, but I still have some... instincts in this regard."

"Instincts?"

A smile appeared at the corner of Puerh's mouth, a black cat's smile, full of eerie feeling. "Because I used to be an enchanting demon, and a noble pure-blooded one. She is not."

"Are demons also classified by bloodline? I thought only cats and dogs would classify by bloodline."

"Please watch your words, especially in front of your elders who just saved your life."

"Okay."

"Bloodline is a process of evolution. Demons can seek breakthroughs in their own life levels through various ways to achieve purity. The same goes for clergy; although they always claim to be servants of the gods, what they really want is to stand on the altar as a god one day."

"So, you can't solve it? I mean, the one below."

"I'm just a cat. If you want to fight, it's better to bring that stupid golden retriever from home." Puerh shook his head slightly. "Forget it, that golden retriever is even more cowardly."

"Okay." Karun nodded.

"Call Dis. Enchanting demons are now a rare species. From the past to the present, they always are. But every time one appears, no matter how it appears, once it loses control and goes berserk, it will bring great destruction. The one possessed by Mrs. Sufu only killed a few people.""A powerful bewitching demon once became the leader of a country through speeches and elections, establishing a short-lived and cruel empire."

At this moment, the door of the hospital room was pushed open, and a female nurse walked in.

Meina was working during the day and was not on night duty today.

"Sir, may I ask what you need?"

"I want to call my family. It's urgent," Karun said.

As long as the request was not excessive, those staying in the VIP ward would generally be satisfied.

Of course, if you were young and unmarried, you might even be able to take away a young nurse who took care of you when you were discharged.

Therefore, the turnover rate of nurses in the VIP ward was similar to that of receptionists in large companies.

"Okay, what's your phone number?"

Karun looked at the nurse in front of him with some confusion. Even if he didn't stay in the VIP ward, the nurse station would definitely have his patient information, and he had the "VIP" status, which should have been listed separately.

She shouldn't be asking him this question.

"Meow!!!"

Suddenly, Puerh called out and pounced on the nurse's face, clawing at it.

"Hiss..."

Like the sound of a pencil scratching a notebook.

Puerh's claw tore off a piece of skin from the nurse's face, but it didn't fall off and was still stuck to her face.

But the nurse didn't scream in pain. She still had the same expression as before, but her hands immediately grabbed Puerh.

Puerh leaped up and clawed at the nurse's hand.

But the pain didn't affect her movements. Her hands still held onto Puerh.

Then, she lifted Puerh and threw her to the ground.

"Crack!"

Puerh was smashed to the ground.

The nurse kicked her with her hard leather shoes.

"Bang!"

Puerh was kicked out and hit the corner of the wall. Her whole body curled up, and there was blood on the ground.

The nurse continued to walk towards Puerh and reached out to grab her.

Everything happened too fast, from Puerh clawing at her to being grabbed and thrown to the ground. Karun didn't have time to react.

But at this moment, Karun propped himself up on the bed, his body tense, and kicked the nurse in the waist.

The nurse fell to the ground, and her head hit the floor with a loud noise.

Karun quickly stood up and looked for a weapon.

But the nurse who had just been kicked almost immediately reached out and grabbed Karun's ankle, throwing herself forward.

Karun was hit and fell onto the hospital bed, and the nurse, like a vine, sat directly on his chest.

"Hiss..."The intense pain almost made Karun faint when his wound was pressed. Perhaps fainting due to the pain was a good self-escape and self-protection mechanism, but Karun knew that if he fainted now, he might not wake up again.

The nurse reached out and grabbed Karun's neck. Her face remained calm, without any ferocity, but her grip was ruthless.

Karun struggled violently, and the wound on his chest burst open, staining a large area of his hospital gown with blood.

However, his body was already weak, and he was still recovering from his injuries. Compared to the nurse who was not afraid of pain, he had no advantage.

Karun's left hand groped beside him and found the hardcover book that Mina had lent him, "I Bound Your Heart." He grabbed the book and smashed it into the face of the nurse who was choking him.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

Karun smashed the nurse's eye and nose, leaving several bruises, but her grip remained strong.

Karun himself began to feel increasingly weak due to suffocation. With his last hit, he even threw the book away.

In the corner, Puerh was still curled up there.

And what Karun thought in his mind was:

If the previous "Karun" had paid more attention to exercise, that would be great.

If he had started supplementing protein and working out on the first day he woke up, that would be great.

If Dis hadn't stabbed him, that would be great.

But now, everything seemed too late.

Karun felt his strength gradually leaving his body. He could only swing his arm in rage and helplessness, but his fingertips could only touch the nurse's face or neck, without even enough force to slap her.

However, at that moment, Karun suddenly saw another nurse standing beside the one choking him. They looked exactly the same, except the latter had no scratches from Puerh or bruises from Karun's attack.

She stood there bewildered, like a young girl who had just lost her wallet.

And in Karun's mind, he immediately recalled the scene with "Mr. Mosang" and Mr. Mosang in the basement at home.

Is it coming?

Has it been triggered?

Without thinking too much, Karun began to turn his face, or rather, his gaze. Similarly, the girl's figure began to move with him.

Finally, when Karun felt like he was about to ascend to heaven, his soul consciousness was about to leave his body, and his body had reached its limit under suffocating pressure, the girl's figure overlapped with the nurse's body...

Suddenly, the nurse's hands loosened."Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!"

Karun began to breathe heavily, the sweet air was intoxicating, but then he started coughing hysterically, the intensity of which made him ignore the pain in his chest.

The nurse was kneeling on the bed, her hands still reaching forward, but halfway through, she pulled them back and tried again, only to pull back again.

Then, she grabbed her own neck with one hand and frantically beat her other arm, while opening her mouth and biting her own fingers, the whole scene was incredibly bloody and crazy.

It was like two mortal enemies fighting, except they were using the same body to fight.

Puerh, with blood on her lips, slowly lifted her head and saw what was happening on the bed.

She shouted, "Control...her..."

The ability of the judge of the Order of the Gods was to revive the dead.

She had seen Karun make Mr. Mosang sit up in the basement, and she knew that Karun had this ability, but she also knew that Karun did not have the ability to control this "power".

But now, the bewitched demon was possessing this nurse's body. If they couldn't use the "disorder" to awaken the consciousness of the dead and suppress it, the bewitched demon would soon regain control of this body.

Although this body was covered in wounds, how could a seriously injured cat and a cream boy who was already recovering from his injuries fight against an adult woman possessed and unaware of pain?

Karun didn't actually hear Puerh's voice because Puerh's voice was too weak now. He noticed the nurse's eyes gradually turning from confusion to looking at him while he was coughing violently, and at the same time, her "self-struggle" was gradually weakening.

The girl's shadow seemed to be about to leave her body, evaporating and dissipating.

"Hehehe..."

The nurse made a laughing sound in her throat, and then, regardless of the fact that one of her hands was still twisting her own neck, she used the other hand to grab at Karun.

Karun widened his eyes and shouted, "Kneel!"

"Thump!"

The nurse's forehead hit the bed board directly, and her other hand kept reaching forward, but Karun was already in the corner of the bed, so she couldn't reach him.

After shouting this out and seeing the other person react, Karun himself was stunned for a moment, but he dared not delay and continued to shout, "Stop!"

The next moment, even the arm that had been groping towards him stopped moving.

Only the nurse's throat was still making a muffled and suppressed sound, to be precise, just a single syllable: "Money...money...money..."

"Silence."The voice that had tormented him for almost a whole day finally stopped.

Karun didn't dare to move the nurse's body, whose forehead was pressed against the bed and remained motionless. Instead, he got up and moved around.

Puerh also struggled to stand up.

"How long can she stay quiet?" Karun asked.

"Not too long," Puerh replied, as she couldn't predict how long Karun's "magic" could form a seal.

"I'm going to call Dis."

Karun walked out of the ward. It was strange that even though there had been such a big fight in the ward earlier, it was still quiet outside, with only occasional coughing sounds from patients in the distance. It was as if the ward he was in had been isolated from the outside world earlier.

Karun walked to the nurse's station, holding his chest. He found the night shift nurse lying unconscious on the ground. There was a row of light tubes on the nurse's station, each corresponding to a ward below, and the VIP ward was listed separately.

After receiving a summons, the duty nurse would turn off the corresponding light and then go to that ward. However, the light tube of his ward was still on.

Karun didn't try to wake up the unconscious nurse, but picked up the phone and dialed home first.

After ringing for a while, the phone was answered by Aunt Mary:

"Hello, this is the In Memoriam Care Company of the Inmoleis family."

"Auntie, let grandpa answer the phone."

"Karun? Is something wrong there?"

"Let grandpa answer the phone."

"Grandpa is not at home tonight. He has been visiting Mr. Hoffen these nights. Mr. Hoffen's condition has worsened..."

"Snap!"

After learning that Dis was not at home, Karun immediately hung up the phone. It was not impolite, but he really had no time to explain to Aunt Mary, let alone to stall for time.

Unfortunately, because he didn't have a mobile phone, it was difficult and time-consuming to find someone who was not near a landline phone.

However, Karun almost immediately dialed another number after hanging up the phone.

The call was answered very quickly this time, with just one "beep."

Then, a magnetic male voice came from the phone:

"Hello?"

Karun breathed a sigh of relief and said into the microphone, "I am summoning you now."