The Witch's Bodyguard [Comprehensive Anglo-American]

"What's the toughest ghost to deal with, Coulson."

"Infant Spirit."

"What is an infant spirit, Barton. Wait, what are you stealing?"

"Cookies, would you like some, Mr. Ma? Let me think about your question. Infant spirits are the souls of babies who have been aborted, stillborn, or died shortly after birth."

"Eating is not allowed in class, and two points will be deducted." Ma Linglong said ruthlessly.

"But I got the answer right, and I should get extra points," Barton said.

"But you didn't give it to me, so no extra points." Ma Linglong said.

Ma Linglong's one-month training is coming to an end. She condenses all the knowledge she can teach them into a stack of thick copy paper. Ma Linglong uses the system of bonus points to bring interesting classroom experience to the team members .Of course, this was not just for entertainment. Ma Linglong hoped that they could remember everything she had said, as well as every word on paper materials. Appropriate games could impress them deeply.Of course, even if she doesn't entertain them, the agents don't neglect their studies, and that's what they're here for.

As for practice, it was very troublesome. Ma Linglong couldn't give them enough opportunities. In just one month of special training, practice was very precious.

In order to let them truly experience the horror of evil spirits, Ma Linglong took a lot of tricky orders at a low price, and she even took the initiative to call former customers to hope that they could provide haunted news (many customers thought that Ma Linglong owed usury something of).

She will evenly distribute the few opportunities to the two people with the highest weekly scores, and Ma Linglong will take them to her work place and let them observe on the spot.Even though they knew that Ma Linglong would give everyone a chance even if they didn't have a high score, they were very willing to cooperate in acting, as if they really cared about the score.

Maybe Barton really cared. He never went to high school, and he didn't even have a chance to finish junior high school. He felt that Ma Linglong's arrangement was very similar to a real classroom.

Barton didn't mind experiencing these.

In short, the agents were more active than Ma Linglong imagined, and the teaching atmosphere was very good until today.

Unfortunately, as expected by Ma Linglong, none of them could really exorcise ghosts, and Conrad was almost possessed by an evil spirit.But one thing is good. Since then, no one complained that Ma Linglong didn't teach them how to catch ghosts, and everyone obediently learned the theoretical knowledge.

What Ma Linglong taught them the most this month was how to master the reactions they should make when dealing with ghosts. They should not panic or run away in a hurry because of the sudden appearance of grimaces. This is a big taboo after seeing ghosts.The more scared you are, the more the ghost will haunt you, digging out all your fears until you break down.

They go to the cemetery for a run every night. At first they were nervous because of being followed by ghosts, but now they are very calm.In addition, everyone spent the night in the waiting bar and got along with the ghosts of the bar day and night. They finally overcame their instinctive fear in the process of stimulation again and again.

The only thing that might bother this group is that there are always a few nasty ghosts (real ghosts) who come out and make trouble when everyone goes to the bathroom.

However, Natasha solved this in her own way.

Ma Linglong pointed to the picture of the baby spirit provided on the projector, and said, "Today is your last lesson, and I will focus on it. The baby spirit is the most uncontrollable and dangerous category of ghosts. They The endless resentment and hatred formed after death and not stepping into the gate of reincarnation in time lead to the soul being helpless, unable to go to rebirth, and once you encounter an infant spirit, you will never have a good life.”

"But they are just babies." Tom wondered, "Aren't children the most innocent?"

"Because they are babies, they can't understand what you want to express, nor can they understand the thoughts of adults. Their only purpose is to find a host mother to gain vitality and grow themselves until the host can no longer give more At that time, the mother's body is probably dead, and it will leave and find the next one." Ma Linglong turned to the next picture, "Infant spirits, especially those that have turned into evil bodies, have stronger grievances than any ghosts. , At that time, they were not only harmful to women, but also to men. They subconsciously felt that the reason why they came to this world was caused by men. There is only one way to deal with infant spirits, make them feel safe with you, and use sincerity to influence them It, until it brings out its original good side."

"If that's the case, wouldn't all aborted children have the possibility to become baby spirits?" Coulson said.

"Of course not." Ma Linglong continued to turn the page, "Most infant spirits have not formed the concept of right and wrong since their mothers were born. After their death, ghost messengers will appear immediately and take their souls away directly. As for those Only those who fail to reincarnate in time can become infant spirits. This kind of situation is not too many, such as the death of the mother, or suddenly moving to another place, you can regard it as a mutation."

"Ghosts mutate too?" said Conrad, clutching his crucifix.

"All ghosts have the possibility to mutate, mainly depending on whether he had an extreme encounter before death. After death, the resentment will attract the surrounding spirits to attach to them, so that they can have entities. Or revenge, or complete their own unfinished business Usually, the former is more.” Ma Linglong paused, “After we normal people die, within 7 seconds after the soul leaves the body, the ghost messenger will take it out of the world. If you don’t dare to approach it, it’s a mutation. Once someone with evil intentions turns it into a spiritual weapon, the consequences will be [-] times more terrifying.”

"Wait, Officer Ma." Tom said, "You just said that once the soul leaves the body for 7 seconds, it will be taken away, so how do you explain the death experiment?"

The death experiment Tom mentioned is a test conducted by spiritual researchers in recent years to prove the real existence of the soul. Through instruments and drugs, the living person is put into a state of suspended animation. Significant weight loss.

And the experiencer often needs to "die" for more than 1 minute.

"It's not that the soul is out of the body. The information I gave you has a detailed explanation of what the soul is. It is composed of various emotions. Just experiencing death will never shake the three souls and seven souls." Ma Linglong corrected him and said, "What the death experiment obtained is just an illusion caused by the separation of human consciousness from the brain. As for the reason for changing the weight, it is due to the interference of the magnetic field. A calm soul is like air, without actual weight."

"In addition, there is another kind of ghost that is worth noting, those of the mentally disturbed." Ma Linglong turned off the slide projector, "The reason why I didn't write this kind of ghost in the materials is because they are not common and it is not easy to become evil spirits." , the biggest/trouble they can cause may be to scare strangers. But it is not absolute, I have never encountered it, but once out of control, such as being stimulated, they are no less dangerous than infant spirits, because they are also unable to communicate. Deal with The way for this kind of ghosts is to get their names, as long as they pronounce the correct name, their consciousness can return to normal, usually the name will appear on the back of the ghost’s neck, this is not easy to get, usually for ghosts to see.”

Ma Linglong let them memorize most of the content about ghosts in written form. There will be exams and quizzes every week. Ma Linglong also requires them to memorize the sutras for different types of ghosts. , and cannot be confused.Over the past month, theories have filled the lives of the agents. Ma Linglong neither taught them the practical skills of exorcising ghosts, nor let them face evil spirits alone to increase their actual combat experience.

She knew very well that these seven people couldn't drive out ghosts independently, they had no talent, and of course they knew it themselves.

It is impossible for Ma Linglong to allow them to display their spiritual power in just one month. Although every human being has an unpredictable spiritual force field, it takes at least It takes more than one year, which is the minimum, and it is just to be stimulated, and it will take longer to use it as you like.

Letting them stop being afraid of ghosts is already the limit, not to mention letting them memorize tedious theoretical knowledge consumes everyone's energy.

Ma Linglong originally thought that Steve and Natasha had the most potential, but they also couldn't do it.

Coulson received a call, he hung up quickly, and then said to Ma Linglong: "The people above have arrived outside the bar. You know, the top executives of S.H.I.E.L.D. have always wanted to check the results of our special training."

Ma Linglong said, "Let him in."

Alexander Pierce was very obsessed with seeing the ghost-hunting results of the agents. He probably thought that they could deal with aliens and catch ghosts easily, but Coulson never gave him a satisfactory return.As soon as Pierce stepped into the inner hall of the bar, he felt extremely cold.He first looked around, then walked to the bar and looked at the entire bar's interior.

"It's nice here." Pierce said with a bit of sarcasm. "It's a very special training place. It must be very enjoyable to receive special training while drinking." He said to Cole, "But you are not here to enjoy, I remember I To get a few million dollars requires a group of agents who can contribute to supernatural events." He glanced around again, "It's not like it is now, I'm a little skeptical that your recommendation with Nick is worth the money."

Steve and the others stood up from their seats, showing respect to their superiors in a military posture.

"You are their boss?" However, Ma Linglong was not ready to be polite, "Do you have any grudge against them?"

"Sorry, miss, I don't understand you." Pierce said, looking at Coulson again.

"You let seven ordinary people learn to catch ghosts in only one month. I really doubt your intentions." In fact, Ma Linglong only said that on purpose to provoke him. Not going to be polite.

But there was a strange flash in Pierce's eyes, and no one noticed that he actually laughed suddenly to cover up: "Are you sure they are ordinary people, including Captain America?"

"I know who they are, but it has nothing to do with hunting ghosts." Ma Linglong said, "What do you want to get in return for a month? A foreign language crash course will take three months at the earliest. You have been sitting in this position for a long time. How long, a month?"

"Miss Ma." Pierce was obviously irritated, but he still said politely, "If you can't teach them well, we will replace them immediately. I can compensate you 10 US dollars, and you can return the rest of the money. "

"If I can't teach them well, you're not going to find a guy in America who can do the job."

Not to be outdone, Pierce said: "Don't worry, the whole of Europe, and the East, the earth is very big. Miss, you are not the only exorcist in this world. In fact, I only know a few good ones."

"Very well, no matter what you want to do in a month, I can tell you that they will definitely fail, and may even die, and you are the murderer who pushed them to death."

Pierce's face was extremely ugly, but before he could say anything to fight back, Ma Linglong pushed him out of the bar.Then Coulson received his call again, and Ma Linglong heard Pierce roaring on the phone.

"That's cool." Barton whistled, and he sat back to his original position.

"Linglong, I know what you're thinking, but we really need to learn how to subdue those difficult ghosts. You taught us to communicate and get along with them, but you never told us how to really attack them." Nata Sha immediately returned to the topic, "This is our job and our task. Even without you, we would still find someone else to teach us."

Everyone looked at her, and it was obvious that everyone was confused by Natasha.

Steve said: "She's right, you just have to tell us how to do it, I think we can teach ourselves."

Ma Linglong said helplessly: "I tell you what to do every day." She turned the materials in their hands back to the first page, "The penultimate paragraph, the scriptures to save the flesh-eating evil spirits." Then , she turned the information to the tenth page, "The first paragraph, the scriptures about encountering possessed ghosts." Ma Linglong said, "I know that each of you is not simple, but to ghosts, you are Vulnerable ordinary people. Dealing with them is as easy to me as you deal with terrorists, as long as you master all the scriptures, which are used for salvation, attack, and even imprisonment. But these scriptures Reading it from your mouths has no effect at all, and you still can't even see ghosts with your naked eyes."

"But you still make us learn it by heart," Steve said. "Why?"

"What I've taught you this month is life-saving skills, not a way to catch ghosts. The scriptures can help you get out at critical moments. Don't ask me why, there is no reason. It's like reciting the meditation mantra when you are afraid can calm you down naturally. Come down." Ma Linglong thought for a while and said, "The scripture itself has certain magical power, but you have no ability to control it, so you can't do anything but save your life."

Several people looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to say for a while.

Ma Linglong said: "If you can trust me, tell me what you are going to do in a month's time, and there are still five days left, maybe I can provide you with more practical help."

Natasha said: "Yes, we believe you, at least I believe." She said, Natasha said to the others, "There is no need to hide a professional, boys, it will not do us any good."

Coulson nodded and asked, "Do you watch supernatural shows?"

"I've seen it, it's just for show."

"Ever heard of 'Encounter in the Graveyard'?" he continued.

"No, a supernatural reality show?"

Coulson handed Ma Linglong a tablet, he had the password, unlocked the screen, and then used fingerprint verification to open a document message: "Maybe, I should teach you a lesson now, turn to the first page, I mean, double-tap the screen."

"Encounter in the Cemetery" is not a very well-known supernatural program. The viewing group is mainly netizens from all over the country. The founder and his team are composed of a group of supernatural lovers who like to hunt for novelties and adventures.Ten years ago, the crew members came to an abandoned mental hospital to shoot a program. It is said that many phenomena that cannot be explained by science have happened in this hospital, and these phenomena have continued to exist for more than half a century without a definite explanation.

The crew members got shooting qualifications and the latest equipment from caring people. They are very excited. As long as they can shoot valuable pictures, they can become famous overnight.Before that, the crew of "Encounter in the Cemetery" had filmed many supernatural scenes, but there were no really valuable pictures, so that their popularity was not high compared with similar programs.So, as scary as the hospital legend sounds, they didn't take it seriously, they locked themselves inside the building as usual and never came out again.

"This happened more than once." Coulson said, "Half a year ago, another group of young people went in, and they haven't come out until now. The strange thing is that they all went there after seeing a documentary uploaded on YouTube. , the content records all kinds of images experienced by the "Encounter in the Cemetery" crew in the hospital ten years ago. No one knows who brought the video out and who walked on the video site. Those people have completely disappeared. You can Click to see, can't download, can't find the uploader."

Ma Linglong clicked on the video, and it should actually be a documentary-like movie. The time is not short, and the picture is presented through the lens of the camera shaking violently. humanoid.The photographer used the lens to record the story of himself and the people around him from fear to despair, in this claustrophobic dark space until going crazy.

"The ghost inside is real." Ma Linglong said without hesitation, "and it's quite a vicious ghost." Seeing the colors emanating from the ghost's body through the camera, Ma Linglong frowned and said, " It's not something you can handle, and those monsters, I don't know what they are, but they don't seem to be good."

"It's really exciting news." Barton sighed dejectedly. "At least it proves that this matter is indeed true, and we don't have to make a trip in vain."

"We'll take enough gear," Tom said.

"Your equipment is not good enough," Ma Linglong pointed out.

"Can you provide us with equipment?" Steve grabbed the point, "Some, you think would be useful."

"Why didn't you refuse? You all know that this is a dangerous action." Ma Linglong looked at them suspiciously.

"You said you refused?" Barton forced a smile, "We have to save people, that's what we do, just like you never refuse the business that comes to you. Didn't you see that many people were trapped Inside, they needed rescue. S.H.I.E.L.D. had sent over 40 people inside the hospital before us, and they didn't come out, so we were chosen."

"The military has cordoned off the hospital, and if we can't get people out, we're going to blow it up," Coulson said. "You've actually taught us a lot, and I think we can use it."

Ma Linglong closed her eyes. After thinking for a long time, she finally said, "At 8:[-] p.m. in three days' time, here I will give you the equipment you need."

Since the afternoon when Ma Linglong had a long-lost in-depth conversation with Stark, Stark has obviously improved his daily routine. In the eyes of most people, it may be no different from the previous three days without sleep, but for Stark For Ke, the difference is still very big. He can fall asleep peacefully and sleep well without taking sleeping pills or other sleep-promoting drinks.Even if his fiancée is not by his side, Stark can still conduct research with peace of mind, because Ma Linglong has set up a tight barrier around the entire villa, unless Stark allows, even if 42 armors lose control at the same time, they cannot fly out.

Occasionally Stark would try to find ghosts in the family, just for fun, especially if Stark was delighted to know that the self-important guys at S.H.I.E.L.D. had a bigger reaction to seeing a ghost than him for the first time.

Howard will silently praise Stark when he hears that he has succeeded in something again,

He spends most of his time with his son, and he knows he's doing the right thing, too much of his first half of his life was spent on work and finding Captain America, even though Howard understands that the company he has now doesn't make up for what he once had. negligence.He will sometimes return to Steve, obviously Captain America will not let himself fall into any PTSD sequelae, he has experienced too much and lost too much, so no matter what incredible things he encounters now, he can quickly relieved.

What Howard regrets the most is probably that Steve can't get along with Tony as friends. He always thought that the two of them should be as harmonious as they were with Steve 70 years ago.

When Ma Linglong returned to the villa, she was quite frightened. There were several helicopters hovering over the villa. They cleverly avoided Stark's private domain and hovered nearby.The periphery of the private beach was crowded with more than 20 journalists.

This is really unprecedented excitement, Ma Linglong thought, she and Stark hadn't seen each other for a week before he made a big fuss again.

"Hi, Lillian." Colonel Rhodes was wearing a dark gray T-shirt. He was sitting on the sofa, which was a place Howard liked to read newspapers. Beside Rhodes, "Tony will come up soon, if you want to find him, just wait here."

"What's going on outside?" Ma Linglong didn't think that his Tie Yi had done something terrible to attract the reporter and the helicopter.

"What a coincidence, I also want to know what he is planning to do." Rhodes said to her, "I guess you may not be clear, yesterday afternoon, Tony revealed his home address in front of the national media, which is here , including the house number."

"Hey, Ronaldinho, don't speak ill of others behind their backs." Stark walked lightly into the living room, "Honey, you came back half a day early."

"I think I'm not early enough." Ma Linglong solemnly rejected his kiss, "Please explain."

"Sure, I'll explain." He walked over to the fridge. "Whiskey, anyone? Nobody, okay."

Two days ago, Ma Linglong was still preparing for the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts.

Happy Hogan was attacked by a terrorist suicide bombing at that time. He was lying in the intensive care unit of the hospital, and he passed the critical period this morning.The reason why Stark's driver and bodyguard, and even his friend, was seriously injured, may be because he was waiting for Pep to come back from shopping in front of a store in New York. He was happy to be with Pep because they are now a couple, of course The relationship between superiors and subordinates, but Hogan doesn't care about this. 【Note】

The explosion came quite suddenly, without any warning. The bustling street was filled with passers-by, and they didn't even utter a scream.Hogan may be the only living witness. The rest, those civilians who were very close to the explosion source, were incinerated on the spot, leaving only black marks on the ground and walls.

Pep was also injured, with a bone in her arm crushed by the collapsing wall.

Stark was quite angry. He knew that the explosion had something to do with the Ten Commandments.

A large number of reporters surrounded Iron Man who was visiting from the hospital and asked him sharp, even condemning questions, such as when he would be able to kill the Mandarin as a superhero.To be honest, Stark was mad at the time. Only a lunatic would report his family name in front of the national mainstream media. He just wanted to tell the Mandarin that Stark declared war on the Ten Commandments. The most stupid and direct way to vent his anger.

"I'm sorry, honey." Stark said, and he still regretted it a little afterwards. "I'm afraid we won't be able to swim naked on the beach in a short time."

The author has something to say: "Encounter in the Graveyard" is a classic horror film. Recently, Encounter in the Graveyard 2 came out. If you are a fan of horror movies, you can watch 1 first.

[Note]: In the comics, Pepper is married to Driver Nini, but I heard that Spider-Man will be released on 9.8, and Nini will propose. I don’t know if it’s true or not!