Demons Beside You
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chapter-96
“Mr. Bord, I think you should stop talking,” David said, still frightened.
“He’s crazy. He searched for death his entire life and finally succeeded. Low-altitude parachuting, mountain climbing without safety ropes, deep sea scuba diving, downhill skiing, and even the Isle of Man TT…he tried it all. Formula 1 was his last challenge. The finish line was right before his eyes, but he didn’t make it. His race car had a problem. It turned and fell apart while his skull crashed against the safety barrier.”
Sienna glanced at Yiberg.
“And after that, at least one driver would have an accident on that F1 track each race.”
“The Locks Track of Death?” David asked, surprised.“You know about it?”
“I heard about it before.” David swallowed heavily. “The most dangerous racetrack in the world. The death rate is close to the Isle of Man TT.”
“Before I found him, he’d already haunted that place for six years, killing 13 drivers.”
David and Bord both shuddered, staring at Yiberg in terror.
Yiberg turned at the perfect timing and smiled. The menacing face was nothing but horrifying.
“Are you sure he won’t eat our souls?”
“Evil spirits can’t eat a living soul directly.”“Good.”
“But I can make the car drive down the cliff. Then I can eat your soul.”
“Ah…I want to get out…”
“Alright. Yiberg, stop scaring them.”
“Miss Sienna, are you sure your father won’t drive the car down the cliff?”
“Yes. He won’t do it as long as I’m in the car.”
“Why?”
“He’s my subordinate.”
David gathered his courage and reached over to touch Yiberg’s body. The car immediately started skidding. Sienna grabbed David.
“You wanna die?”
“What, I can’t touch him?”
“Evil spirits don’t have solid forms. If you touch him, his body will disintegrate. Just like what happened, the car will lose control before he can regroup.”
“It seems like we’ve escaped from danger with Mr. Yiberg driving,” Bord said.
“No, I can feel that danger is approaching,” Yiberg said. “It’s not just one. One of them might be even more evil than me.”
He suddenly grabbed the steering wheel. The car skidded but turned with an extreme angle. It was like a rollercoaster for the three humans in the car. David was already screaming in fear.
“Yiberg, is it—”
Just then, the street lamps dimmed one by one. It was as if a shadow was catching up to them.
“Something’s chasing us!”
Suddenly, David felt like he couldn’t breathe. A pair of hands were around his neck, pushing him into the seat.
“Sa—save me…”
Sienna immediately took out her awl and stabbed into the seat cushion behind David. The cushion exploded and David escaped from the throttling.
“Miss Sienna, what…is going on?”
“An evil spirit got into the car.”
“What?”
“Didn’t you say that evil spirits can’t attack someone directly?”
“It didn’t attack you directly,” Sienna said. “You were choking yourself.”
“What? I choked myself?”
“David, you really were. I thought you were doing something.”
“What’s wrong with me?”
“You were affected by that evil spirit, but I took care of it.”
“They can control our minds.”
“Not all of them,” Sienna said. “Every evil spirit is unique.”
“What’s your father’s special ability?”
“Driving,” Sienna answered.
“That’s a special ability? I was talking about those abilities like in X-man.”
“Driving like a crazy man,” Sienna answered harshly.
“Isn’t there a cooler ability?”
“Scaring people.”
David was so done. Driving? Who couldn’t drive?
And scaring people? What the f*ck?
“Isn’t there a more useful ability?”
“Hey, are you looking down on me?” Yiberg turned around again. This time, he turned his neck at a 90-degree angle, making David’s scalp go numb.
Old man, can you not do this? I know you’re scaring people, but it’s actually super scary.
“Mr. Yiberg, don’t you need to keep your eyes on the road?”
“No. I know where to drive to.”
Suddenly, the car shook and Sienna’s expression changed again. “Oh no, another evil spirit got into the car.”
The car kept swaying unsteadily. Yiberg controlled the steering wheel, using all his might to stable the car and keep it from turning over. If this continued, it was only a matter of time before a crash.
“Sienna, think of something!” Yiberg yelled. “I’m losing control…”
Sienna looked at David. “Did you bring a gun?”
“Yes.”
“Give it to me.”
“Huh?” As a cop, he instinctively wanted to refuse, but then he remembered that it was a special circumstance. Hesitating, he asked, “What are you going to do? A gun can’t hurt evil spirits, right?”
“Ordinary bullets can’t,” Sienna said. She took out a small bag filled with shining powder.
“What’s that? I saw you drive out evil spirits with that earlier.”
“The main ingredient is phosphor.”
“Phosphor? Oh my god, it’ll explode when it touches the air. You want to kill us?”
“Don’t worry. I used a spell and it’s magical phosphor now.” Sienna grabbed David’s gun and poured some of the phosphor into it.
Then she closed her eyes. Holding the gun, she started moving slowly. David and Bord both got into fetal positions out of fear.
Boom, boom—
Sienna fired at the hood and backseat. Then she put the gun down.
“Killed another one.”
“Miss Sienna, please don’t close your eyes when you shoot,” David yelled in fright. “That’s really dangerous! There’s people here!”
“Yeah!” Bord also yelled. “Even if you don’t hit anyone, if you hit a part of the car or the gas tank…mff…”
David covered Bord’s mouth, but it was too late.
“Sienna, you really did hit the gas tank. The gas is draining.”
“Out. Get out the car.”
Everyone hurried out of the car. David opened the wheelchair and Bord placed Aisha in.
“What do we do now?”
“Run. Run forward!” Sienna was already running.
“Huh?”
“Run with all your might. Don’t look back.”
But David couldn’t stop himself from looking back. He saw a huge black cloud of smoke covering the sky behind him.
Yiberg was beside him. “Sienna, put me away. Hurry, put me away. I don’t want to get mixed with those things.”
