Chapter 1396
A sacred object that could exorcise things?
Zhang Zian’s first reaction to the words was to laugh and think of the various amulets that the monk in the temple had made, but in front of others, he held back his laughter.
Zhuang Xiaodie wanted to know what the so-called exorcism was, but the priest had no further explanation, so it was obviously supposed to be a secret.
The priest glanced at the black-and-white kitten again. “More and more people in China have cats, and more and more become stray cats. This time, in order to avoid further deterioration of the situation and to prevent the nightmare of hundreds of years ago from happening again, we decided not to sit back and ignore it. We must stop the devils from hell, so we immediately sent a message to our American church members. You must be wondering, why the United States? This is because…for some very complicated reasons, the sacred object was, many years ago, transferred from Europe to the United States.”
Zhuang Xiaodie made an “Oh!” sound and said, “Since there are such powerful things, I think we can solve this series of events very quickly. We should be relieved.”
She said this for Zhang Zian to hear so that he would not think more deeply about it.
The priest was slightly addicted to talking and added cautiously, “We are sure that as long as the holy item arrives here, the devil can be suppressed in a short time, but… Besides the approval of the team from the United States, we must also obtain approval from the Vatican church. Due to the many problems that have occurred before, the Vatican is now very strict in reviewing the exorcism ceremony. It is often necessary to send people to investigate and collect evidence before agreeing to the ceremony, so the process of going back and forth may take a lot of time… Thus, before the arrival of the sacred objects, you should take good care of your cat.”
When she heard this, Zhuang Xiaodie seemed to understand the entirety of the matter.
Zhang Zian was not the only wise man in this world. The massive cat abuse incident in Binhai City had not only caught the attention of Zhang Zian but also attracted the attention of the church. The two had taken different approaches to solving the issue without informing one another about it.
The church had sent people to the United States to seek exorcism and applied to the Vatican for an exorcism ceremony, but this series of bureaucratic procedures was time-consuming and delayed the process.
At the same time, by sheer coincidence, Zhang Zian had first gone north to the capital to obtain the Warding Off Evil Cat and returned to Binhai City. He solved the cat abuse incident before the church did and calmed the entire saga.
This raised another question. Before and after the cat abuse incident had subsided, had the sacred objects arrived in Binhai City according to the plan of the church? Or had the church realized that the cat abuse incident had unexpectedly subsided in advance, decided that there was no need to make such a big move, and simply stopped? Had they left the holy items in the United States?
Both situations were possible, and currently, one couldn’t get an answer in this dream.
Even back in reality, if they headed to this church to ask the priest, because the cat abuse incident had subsided, the priest may not say anything.
This was actually not her business to care about. She just wanted to figure out that this unexpected episode had not been Famous modifying her dream world.
“Thank you. We will be careful.” She thanked the priest politely and then pulled Zhang Zian. “Let’s go.”
“Okay. Father, thank you for your reminder.”
Zhang Zian nodded and walked down the steps of the church with her.
The priest smiled at their backs and silently prayed to God to bless the young.
Since the two of them had spent a lot of time at the door of the church, the photography community and the other photographers had already left to find their new subjects. The surroundings were once again quiet.
“You said that you hate cats, but I didn’t expect you to care about cat abuse.” It was not good to always stay silent, and Zhang Zian tried to find a topic.
“I am just curious about what the exorcism is.” She casually shifted the subject to something else.
Zhang Zian had only used the priest’s words as an anecdote to listen to. As for what to make out of holding the exorcism ceremony in Binhai City, it was really not in line with the socialist core values of the country. It would be best, in his opinion, not to hold it.
“Holy things… The holy things of the church. They are probably the Holy Communion and the Holy Water…”
He laughed, wanting to show off his knowledge and explain to her the origins of the Holy Communion and Holy Water.
“Eh? Holy water? Is the second cup half-price?”
To his surprise, a sudden hoarse scream came from the side and interrupted him.
Zhang Zian didn’t reply. The sound was very screechy!
“Sorry! I’m sorry.”
On the roadside, a well-groomed young man with an artistic flare had just gotten out of a taxi and was paying the driver a fee. A large birdcage was beside his feet. The birdcage was covered with black cloth and could not be seen. There was something inside.
The young man was stunned. He had dark circles under his eyes. At first glance, it seemed that he was short of sleep. After paying the fare, he apologized to Zhang Zian and Zhuang Xiaodie.
Just now, had this young man responded to Zhang Zian’s words? Not likely, as there was a difference in the tone. In addition, the young man looked very calm and steady, not like the kind of frivolous character who would interrupt strangers.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry! I just bought a parrot. I didn’t expect it to suddenly pop up and say some…uh, inexplicable words.” The young man was very embarrassed and apologized repeatedly.
“Parrot?” Zhang Zian felt a slight shiver in his heart. “What type of parrot speaks so well? I thought it was a man who was talking. I couldn’t tell it was a parrot.”
The young man shook his head and smiled. “I bought it at a pet store a distance away. I said that I wanted to buy a talking parrot. The owner then mysteriously took this one out and promised me that it would speak very much. He seemed very eager to get rid of it. I saw that it was not very expensive, and so I bought it… Who would have thought that after I bought it, I found out that this parrot would talk regardless of whether I talked to it. However, it speaks no proper words and always goes on sprouting vulgarities and saying awful things…”
He was full of grievances. However, as he had already reached his home, he was relieved. He finally got a chance to complain and continued, “On this road, it has caused me a lot of trouble. When I bought it, I was very anxious and did not sign the contract. So when I went back and wanted to get a refund, I could not get one. I feel very bad just releasing it. I don’t even know if it can survive in the wild. Alas, I can only bring it back. Now that I think about it, the owner was so anxious to get rid of it, it may be because this is a parrot that someone else has lost. He might have been afraid that the original owner would come knocking on his door, so he sold it at a low price. I don’t know what kind of horrible master taught a parrot to say such dirty things…”
“Ah-choo!”
Zhang Zian suddenly felt that the inside of his nose was itchy and turned to sneeze in the direction where no one was standing.
“Caught a cold?” Zhuang Xiaodie asked.
“No. Maybe someone is cursing me behind my back.” Zhang Zian wiped his nose, and the feeling of wanting to sneeze disappeared slightly.