Operation Red Book

Chapter 426 Amy's Death

"Merciful Heavenly Father, please give me the strength to fight against evil spirits!"

Jacob's voice sounded behind the two of them.

Before Joshua could react, he felt a powerful force lifting the back of his collar, and then a palm-sized cross hit Ivy on the top of his head.

The next second, the cross emitted a blinding light, so strong that it almost covered Ivy's entire body.

Ivy raised her hands, tilted her head back and screamed in pain, her posture like Jesus nailed to the cross.

Slowly, in the dazzling light, a translucent human-shaped soul emerged from Ivy's mouth, followed by the upper body, waist, lower body, and finally the shapeless feet...

"Woo——"

The soul that came out let out a painful wail. She had just opened her tear-filled eyes, but before she could move, she was nailed to the earth-brown wall by Jacob's cross.

Ivy, who finally regained her senses, collapsed against the wall from exhaustion.

"You two..."

The one who caught Joshua was Holmes. He had a gloomy face, was covered in mud, and was extremely angry.

"As soon as I find the rope, you will run away without a trace!"

"Let me go, Mr. Holmes!" Joshua struggled hard, "Student Ivy will get hurt!"

"She's fine." Jacob walked up and touched Ivy's forehead. "Her body was taken over by an evil spirit, so she consumed a lot of energy. She just needs to rest for a while."

"Wuwuwuwu, Mr. Priest, I am not an evil spirit! I am a good citizen, a very good citizen!"

The soul hanging above Ivy burst into tears. She was wearing a simple dress that looked like it was from decades ago.

Jacob stared at her face and slowly stood up.

He looked the soul up and down and said in a serious tone: "Do you know who I am?"

"This is the first time we meet, Father..." Soul blinked and replied.

"That's good."

Jacob picked up the Bible that had fallen to the ground and nailed a cross into the soul above.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Repent..."

"Oh! Don't force people to repent at this time!"

Holmes carried Joshua to Jacob's side and slapped his Bible tightly.

"It's easy for others to find us here. Let's build a time barrier for us. Jacob... Hey, let's go and have fun..."

"Student Ivy!"

Joshua finally broke free of Holmes's restraints at this time. He quickly slid and knelt beside Ivy, but he didn't know how to move.

On the other side, after everything was ready, Holmes began to interrogate with his hands folded.

"May I have your name."

"Amy Franklin, I'm not a ghost, Detective!"

"Shut up and answer whatever I ask!" Holmes scolded dissatisfiedly.

"When did you die?"

"25 years ago..."

"How did you die?"

"He was...shot to death by his neighbor..."

"Where did he die?"

"In this small town, in the center of the town, there is a lake called Lake Eden. Near Lake Eden, there is a wooden house. It used to be my home, but of course it is gone now... 25 years ago, I died in my home..."

Amy felt a little sad and she burst into tears again.

"Tsk, you're the only one who died?"

"No, my father, my grandmother, my two younger brothers, and my son. He is only 7 years old, so young... wuwuwuwu..."

"Your entire family was wiped out? All killed by that neighbor?" Joshua was a little shocked.

"No, there is also my 4-year-old daughter, who is the only survivor of this tragedy, but..."

Amy suddenly choked up and looked very uncomfortable, with her hands nailed to the wall hanging limply.

"Mr. Jacob, perhaps you can pull out the cross now..."

"No, she's an evil spirit."

"I don't think it looks like..."

Joshua timidly retorted, earning a glare from Jacob.

"Evil spirits are evil spirits. They wander around the world for no reason. They are either avoiding the pursuit of the god of death or accepting the temptation of the devil."

"She has been in the human world for 25 years and has not taken the rules God created for the human world seriously. She cannot stay. This evil spirit who violated God's majesty must be nailed to a cross and exposed to the sun for seven days and die!"

Jacob said indignantly.

"I didn't mean to escape from the pursuit of the god of death. I really... I really couldn't bear to leave my daughter..."

Amy said weakly, her head hanging, her voice full of despair.

"My neighbor, a hunter, disguised the scene to look like a black bear attack and thus escaped legal punishment."

"And my surviving daughter was taken away by him for adoption, and all our family property was also taken by him..."

"He used the money to do business in the town, made a fortune, and became a respected wealthy man in the town. My daughter became the daughter of a wealthy man and married the local Baron Bruce a few years ago..."

"Mrs. Bruce is your daughter?" Holmes frowned.

Amy nodded, her expression still painful.

"After I died, I saw the figure of the Grim Reaper. She was carrying a huge pair of scissors. It was scary."

"Also for my own selfish desires, I took advantage of the chaos and got into the rag doll that my daughter always carried with her. Then I went through various second-hand markets and finally found a home for it in an old music box."

"The music box was taken away by a little girl. After they moved, the music box was thrown into the attic on the roof. That's how I was able to evade capture, recuperate, and sneak out when night fell to go to the Seville Manor..."

"Oh! No wonder you are so familiar with this place. You know the secret passage leading to the outside of the castle from the stairwell, and you know every room in the castle."

Joshua interrupted, saying that this also explained why Ivy was so familiar with the castle, even knowing the name and identity of every servant.

"You possessed Ivy just to protect your daughter?"

“No… ah… no…”

"Wendy...my granddaughter, she looks exactly like me, my lovely Wendy...she wuwuwu..."

Amy suddenly became nervous, and the cross nailing her to the wall shook constantly, as if it was affected by some powerful force.

"Wendy, she...she is not possessed by a demon..."

"what?"

Joshua looked at Jacob, who nodded silently, which led to a bigger conspiracy.

"There's nothing wrong with her, and she didn't behave in any unusual way. If you really want to explain it, it's more likely that she was drugged."

Drugged? By whom?

Everyone looked at the soul on the wall again.

"Can you imagine what my daughter will become if she is raised by a murderer?"

Amy let out a long sigh, leaving unsaid what she wanted to say.

Yes, who knows what kind of things a child raised by a murderer might be infected with?

Joshua felt a chill run down his spine. Mrs. Bruce, who looked weak and disabled, was actually a demon behind the scenes...

“Were you there last night when the boy stumbled and fell down the stairs?” he continued.

"Not here..."

Amy's eyes were a little evasive, and Holmes saw it all.

"Who are you protecting? Your daughter or your granddaughter?"

"No! It's not!"

"Tell me exactly what you saw."

"otherwise……"

Holmes took the cross handed to him by Jacob and slowly walked towards Amy, who looked terrified.