Chapter 2783 Huyang Village Witchcraft Case (Ⅱ)

Joan's appetite was whetted by Kanti's mysterious narration, and she listened so engrossed that she didn't even notice that her pudding was taken away by Kanti.

"Our young Mr. Pastor used a spell to pry open the window, and through the crack of the window, he heard the sound of snoring coming from the wooden house one after another."

"Driven by curiosity, Mr. Saguna gently opened the window and looked into the room, and found that the dwarf women who participated in the sacrifice were lying on the floor in disorder, all of them fell into a snoring sleep, as if they were drunk collectively. He couldn't smell the slightest bit of alcohol."

"Full of doubts, Mr. Saguna opened the window and entered the house. He searched the house with the light from the fireplace, but found no suspicious clues. Finally, he found a plate of leftovers on the dining table next to the fireplace. There are also many half-inch-long, lavender horn-shaped particles scattered on the table, which look like some kind of food used for sacrifices."

"Mr. Saguna was still too young and had a reckless personality. He cast a 'detection toxin' on the dining table and found nothing abnormal, so he picked up a small biscuit and stuffed it into his mouth. According to his recollection when he was investigated by the Holy See afterwards, The biscuits taste good, but the aftertaste is a bit astringent."

"Mr. Saguna then grabbed a small handful of purple horn-shaped pellets, stuffed them into his pocket, jumped out of the window, closed the window, and quietly returned to his apartment."

"This night when he inspected the sacrifice site of Tituba's house, he failed to find any tangible evidence of a cult. He returned home disappointed and wrote down his experience tonight in his diary."

"Shortly thereafter, Mr. Saguna felt dizzy, as if he was drunk, and lay down on the bed, as if sleeping, and many strange illusions appeared alternately in front of his eyes."

"According to his later recollection, while he was half asleep and half awake, he saw leopards with open teeth and claws, bronze-colored pheasants, samurai warriors in strange costumes, and all kinds of monsters and ghosts emerging one after another... In the most severe state of hallucinations, he felt as if his body had been alive. Split in two, each with a separate will, quarreling violently."

"It sounds a lot like symptoms of taking hallucinogens."

Conti’s narration reminded Joann that when he accompanied his mentor to visit Fort Donning many years ago, the local tavern sold a cactus extract called "Phantom Dew", which has a strong hallucinogenic effect and addictive properties. Drugs attract many addicts to indulge in them.

The various hallucinations that Mr. Saguna had on the night of his unannounced visit to the dwarf sacrificial site were very similar to the situation when the effect of the drug took effect after taking "Phantom Dew"-in plain Chinese, it means "the drug has been knocked down" and "taken off".

Saguna didn't understand the root of all these hallucinations. When he woke up the next morning, he felt a splitting headache, so he treated himself with divine magic, and the discomfort was quickly eliminated. He didn't forget to record this strange event in his diary.

At that time, he suspected that his sudden psychedelic experience might have something to do with the mysterious religious sacrifices of dwarf women. He even suspected that Grandma Tituba knew that he had come that night uninvited, so she cast a spell to make him hallucinate. Give him a warning.

However, Saguna had no conclusive evidence, so he could only hide his doubts in his heart. Not long after, when the first patient with "Holy Fire Syndrome" appeared in Huyang Village, he suddenly realized that the hallucinations and headaches that night were precisely the infection " Mild symptoms of "Holy Fire Syndrome"!

"According to Pastor Saguna's testimony, it was one afternoon half a month ago. A dwarf boy hurried to the church to find him. He said that the youngest daughter of the cooper's family in the village had a strange illness and sent him here. Ask Mr. Pastor if he can make a doctor's visit, and if he can't, he'll go to Tituba, the village witch doctor."

Conti continued.

"Saguna had already made an appointment with another family member, but when the boy on errands said he was going to find Tituba, he changed his mind immediately and wrote a note to the boy, asking him to run errands to the family member who made the appointment. Just say that I have an urgent matter at the moment, and I will go to the doctor at night."

"After the arrangements were made, Saguna went to the cooper's house to visit the comatose patient."

"The sick little girl's name is Mary. She has been in a coma since yesterday evening. During this period, she occasionally screamed or moaned in pain, her body twitched, and she woke up briefly. She was also talking nonsense and seemed very scared. , grabbed the things at hand and threw them around, and his mental state seemed very unstable."

"Pastor Saguna learned about these symptoms from Mary's parents, so he performed magic to treat the little girl."

"The divine spell played the role people expected, calming down little Mary who was in a state of convulsions. After a while, she woke up and her mind returned to normal."

"The Cooper and his wife are full of gratitude to Pastor Saguna, boasting that he is really good at treating the 'holy fire disease', which is much better than the village witch doctor Tituba!"

"It was at this time that Saguna was sure that little Mary had 'Holy Fire Syndrome', and it was the first living case of this kind he had seen in his life. Out of curiosity, he asked little Mary who had just woken up, what kind of disease did she suffer from? What symptoms did you have during the illness, and where did you feel uncomfortable, for future reference when treating similar diseases.”

"Little Mary first mentioned the expected symptoms such as headache and dizziness, and then said that she saw many terrifying and hideous ghosts while she was half asleep, and she couldn't help screaming in fright, and grabbed the things at hand. I smashed it, trying to drive away the ghosts that harassed me, and I didn't realize that it was just some phantoms until Mr. Priest woke up after healed with spells."

"This detail aroused Saguna's vigilance, and reminded him of his unannounced visit to Tituba's house not long ago. It seems that there are similarities with the symptoms of Little Mary during her illness. Is it just a coincidence?"

"With suspicion in his heart, Pastor Saguna asked little Mary if he had dealt with Tituba, the witch in the village, before he fell ill."

"The result is really as expected. Little Mary went to Tituba's wooden house yesterday afternoon, listened to the witch telling a story, and ate two small biscuits baked by Tituba herself in the wooden house. After returning, she felt uncomfortable. I fell ill soon after."

"Saguna suspects that little Mary's inexplicable illness may be caused by the witch Tituba. It's too far-fetched to curse people to cause illness."

"Saguna bid farewell to the cooper's family, returned to his own home, recorded the incident in his diary, and went to another home for a visit."

"A few days later, people in the village were infected with holy fire disease one after another. There were adults and children, humans and dwarfs. Priest Saguna was very busy. Among the patients that he cared about the most... were seven people who were the same age as Mary. little girl."