The chairman spoke, his previously furrowed brow, creased by Zhang Wei and Zhang Chao, smoothing out at this moment.
Simultaneously.
The assistant, praised by the chairman, scratched his head and smiled, saying,
"It's also because of the orders you, the chairman, issued. You told me to find a troublesome one, so I specifically went through the archives and found this ghost from Gonjiam."
Before he finished speaking.
The assistant smiled and continued,
"Chairman, with this ghost now, we don't have to fear Zhang Wei showing off in front of us. It doesn't matter if he has a national-level artifact."
The chairman nodded upon hearing this. Although he didn't speak, the smile that bloomed on his face said it all.
At this moment.
The chairman didn't look at the assistant, his gaze fixed on the ghost's file, his mind conjuring information about this particular specter.
This ghost was not only famous in their country but also renowned worldwide. Its supernatural events were even known to ordinary people, and it was listed by people globally as one of the 'Top Ten Global Supernatural Incidents.'
Due to the ghost's deeds.
In 2012, the American cable news channel CNN voted "The Seven Most Terrifying Places in the World," and the Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, where this ghost resided, was ranked first!
Its fame was even adapted into the renowned horror film "Gonjiam."
The film depicted the Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital, also known as Nanyang Neuropsychiatric Hospital, located in Gonjiam, as the very place where this ghost was sealed.
For ordinary people...
Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital was forced to close in 1996 due to a series of bizarre patient deaths. It's worth noting that the hospital only opened in 1992, and it shut down after just four years. This is quite unusual, as hospitals are universally recognized as highly profitable industries.
Legend has it.
The hospital was closed because of a supernatural incident where over 40 patients committed mass suicide, and eventually, even the director took his own life. Consequently, the hospital was forced to shut down. To this day, the reasons behind the patients' and director's suicides remain a subject of much speculation.
Further fueling the mystery were various reports in national news, suggesting the hospital was formerly a prison where many inmates died, or that there was a Room 221 where a patient died, who was the very first patient and the cause of everything.
These successive enigmas turned the incident into an unsolved, eerie mystery.
However.
This was from the perspective of ordinary people.
For ghost exorcists, especially the chairman of the 'Bangbeop Association,' a ghost exorcist organization in the country where Gonjiam is located, he knew best that the Gonjiam incident was caused by a ghost at the half-step national level, a revenant from a foreign land named Desi Abraham.
It was responsible for the string of suicides at Gonjiam Psychiatric Hospital.
In fact.
Not only patients and the director committed suicide, but many members of the Bangbeop Association who went to exorcise the ghost also perished, including a half-step national-level Bangbeop master.
Because it was a foreign ghost committing murder in another country.
The incident caused a huge stir.
Many foreign ghost exorcists and Bangbeop masters died there, with the death toll exceeding a hundred. The widespread impact meant that even ordinary people were aware of it, and countries vied to report on it.
Ultimately.
The largest ghost exorcist organization in Europe, and a globally renowned one, 'The Vatican,' intervened. The old Pope dispatched the current Pope himself to the scene, wielding the national-level artifact, the Scepter of God, to seal it within Gonjiam, to make it repent before God for a hundred years.
It was precisely by resolving this matter that the current Pope gained his fame and became the current Pope.
Recalling these events.
The chairman's eyes gleamed.
"Let Zhang Wei deal with Abraham. Then there will be a good show to watch, hahaha."
Just then.
The assistant hesitated, then couldn't help but ask.
"Chairman, is Abraham really that powerful?"
Although he had seen Abraham's file, it was still just a file, not witnessed firsthand, and might contain exaggerations.
In response.
The chairman glanced at the assistant and nodded slightly.
"I was one of the participants back then. I hadn't reached the half-step national level yet, only the peak Ghost King tier. The previous chairman led over a dozen of us, but the old chairman was almost killed by Abraham, and the others died. Only a few of us, including the old chairman and myself, survived."
"Abraham's power stems from him being a revenant, an evil spirit escaped from hell. It's said that the Vatican accidentally let him escape, but the years are too long to investigate now."
"But the key point is, Abraham is terrifying. He escaped from Western hell, and ordinary artifacts have no effect on him. Only Western artifacts can inflict targeted damage. Otherwise, the old chairman wouldn't have almost died back then."
"Our country's artifacts have no effect on that Abraham. And Zhang Wei's fan, although essentially from Great Xia, do you think Great Xia artifacts would be effective against a Western revenant? Great Xia zombies are very different from Western ghosts."
"And even if they had an effect, Zhang Wei wouldn't be able to handle Abraham."
The chairman added with an even broader smile at the end.
Upon his words.
The assistant couldn't help but be curious and quickly asked,
"Why wouldn't he be able to handle him? Chairman."
"Because Abraham is sealed there. A seal is different from exorcism, you see. Zhang Wei's fan artifact is not for sealing, it's for exorcism, and it can't resolve matters of sealing."
With that said.
The chairman looked up at the assistant and said leisurely,
"Now do you understand why I was happy and said you found such a ghost?"
"Hiss!"
The assistant gasped, finally understanding the situation. It turned out he had inadvertently found a ghost that was extremely targeted against Zhang Wei.
Inevitably.
The assistant exclaimed with joy,
"Haha, Xiba! Now Zhang Wei is going to have a tough time. But Chairman... Abraham is so powerful, if Zhang Wei can't handle him later and asks for your help, can you handle him?"
"I can't."
The chairman replied frankly, but his smile didn't diminish, saying,
"It doesn't matter if I can't. I'll use various excuses then, like my health hasn't recovered and I can't help. At that time, I'll just lead Zhang Wei out. After all, he's sealed there, and as long as we leave Gonjiam, we'll be fine."
Before he finished speaking.
The chairman picked up the quick-acting heart-saving pills the assistant had bought and shook them, saying,
"Do you think I bought this for nothing? It's for preemptive measures, an excuse. Now it seems my foresight was correct. The ghost you found is perfect for this excuse, haha."
Instantly.
The chairman and the assistant looked at each other and burst into laughter, their previous frustration completely gone, replaced by anticipation, eager for Zhang Wei to come and perform the exorcism.
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