Chapter 3657

Schiller hung up the phone and picked up his coffee cup to cover his expression, but in his heart, he was cursing Mephisto: you impersonate me, you impersonate me, but you actually don't charge?!

Isn't it said that devils are greedy? The only bit of generosity in your thousands of years of life is all used on me, right?!

Schiller knows Stark is anxious, but anxiety is his daily routine. He doesn't want to come for treatment, and Schiller can't go catch him. Mephisto actually successfully entered his laboratory, which proves that Stark wants to accept treatment. Such a rich guy is placed in front of you, and you can actually endure not charging?!

Mephisto, your top priority now is to move your butt away from your position as the King of Hell; you are simply losing face for all devils!

Schiller sighed long in his heart, but there was no way. Through Danny's narration, he discovered that Mephisto is a person who doesn't like to resort to violence. He generally won't take reckless attack actions but prefers to use his brain, adopting methods of cheating and abducting to make humans cooperate with him.

And he is very sensible. He knows he can't beat the Sorcerer Supreme on Earth, so once he shows his feet, he slips away faster than anyone else, and he is very good at throwing the pot to others, almost always retreating unscathed.

And he is indeed very cunning; as far as Schiller knows, the Sanctum Sanctorum hasn't taken much advantage of him. Johnny running to the Sanctum Sanctorum three times a day really wasn't in vain. I'm afraid it's because he made Strange too headache-ridden that Strange chose him as the villain.

Since this is the case, Mephisto has a very significant weakness, which is that as long as he can find a loophole in the contract to tear it up, he has no other way, at least he definitely won't use force to come hard with you; most of the time he admits defeat and then looks for opportunities next time.

Schiller thought carefully about the content of the contract again. Although it stipulates that Mephisto can participate, it does not stipulate how much box office must be reached, or how the movie must be filmed. Then it can be started from this aspect.

However, Schiller won't bury the entire series of movies just to expel Mephisto. Although he doesn't really want to be a big star, promoting magic and magic schools is still a must. This plan must never be abolished because of anyone.

Then the only way is for some force majeure to appear, making Mephisto unable to act in the movie. Then only the director can come forward and refuse him to act. If the director doesn't let him act, he has no way.

Because it is this director who directed such a popular movie. If the director bites the bullet and doesn't let go, and there is only a choice between two, Strange will definitely choose the director. If Mephisto insists on not retreating, then the two sides can only tear their faces, and Mephisto doesn't want to fight hard with Strange on Earth, so he can only retreat in the end.

But now the problem has circled back to the starting point, which is that Schiller can't find Chris now. He suspects that Mephisto might have moved people to the hell dimension, so he can only deal with Mephisto first. But how on earth to deal with Mephisto?

Schiller was racking his brains, and Danny was drinking coffee on the side. Suddenly Schiller had a flash of inspiration and said, "Has anyone ever expelled Mephisto?"

"I haven't heard of it." Danny replied, "Oh, wait. The Spirit of Vengeance inside me is the last person to defeat Mephisto."

"How did he do it?"

Danny briefly told the story of the Spirit of Vengeance, Care. Anyway, Care did one thing that moved the angels, and the angels snatched his soul from Mephisto's hands. But in the end, he didn't return to the human world but became the Spirit of Vengeance, judging the sinful people in this world.

Sure enough, as in most settings, angels and devils are incompatible. But the problem is that the angels in the American comic world are not completely righteous either. Their operating mechanism is not much different from devils; they all belong to dimension demon gods and need to rely on faith to survive. So it is unwise to summon angels to deal with Mephisto.

"Can the power of angels restrain devils?" Schiller asked.

"It seems there is no restraint." Danny thought for a while and replied, "Mephisto is unwilling to conflict with angels because they are very troublesome."

"Very troublesome?"

"Yes. After all, Christianity is all over the world, and the power of faith of those angels is ridiculously high. Mephisto can't outlast them. And humans have already preconceived that angels are righteous; when the two sides fight, people will support the angels. This will make their power stronger, and Mephisto, as a devil defeated by angels, will be spurned by people, making it even harder to spread faith. He might think this is a losing business, so he usually doesn't do it."

Schiller had some understanding. What Danny said was a bit roundabout, but it was actually because when angels and devils fight, no matter who wins or loses, the angel side takes advantage.

Because normal people see the church expelling devils, they will only support the church. If the church wins, they think the church is powerful; if the church loses, they sympathize with the church. Conversely, if the devil wins, people won't think he is powerful, they will only think he is too evil; and if the devil loses, he will be spurned even more.

Even if the power of the church is not that strong now, there are too many casual believers, and Mephisto is unwilling to fight them head-on, usually walking around when encountering things with angel breath. This is the truth that the church can expel devils: it's not that holy water and crucifixes can cause any damage to devils of Mephisto's level, but that the other party is unwilling to cause trouble.

Schiller feels that it may not be that angels have such strong deterrent power; it is mainly because the Sorcerer Supreme is biased. Because the other party has many believers, if you want to mess with the other party, then if so many believers have any problems, it will be troublesome. The Sorcerer Supreme always stands on the side of most humans, naturally not letting devils mess around. As long as the other party can't beat the Sorcerer Supreme, they can only tuck their tails and be human.

Although Schiller doesn't want to attract the attention of angels, he feels that he can still use the power of the church. So he said, "Don't worry, I need to contact the church. I have a few friends in the Vatican, and they should provide me with help."

Danny immediately looked at him with worshipful eyes and then asked nervously, "Then what do you need me to do?"

"I need to go back to Europe, and you need to stay here and keep a close eye on Mephisto. Once anything related to him happens, notify me immediately."

"Okay." Danny nodded and drank the coffee in one gulp.

Schiller really needs to go to Europe. Most churches in New York are Protestant churches; there are some Catholic ones, but they belong to branches of branches. If you really want to talk about church power, you still have to go to the Vatican.

Fortunately, Schiller has an official identity; he is a researcher at All Souls College. And almost all insiders know that All Souls College studies occultism, so his visit to church institutions is not abrupt.

Schiller bought the earliest flight ticket, flew to Italy at the fastest speed, and then applied to the Vatican. After being allowed, he first went to see the Cardinal and stated his purpose.

The other party also attaches great importance to Mephisto's appearance. Under their introduction, Schiller learned that although the Catholic Church also caused a lot of trouble back then, at a certain period, they indeed made significant contributions to resisting the invasion of devils. Kamar-Taj also gives them some face.

In the era when the Sorcerer Supreme was not that powerful and the Earth's magic defense network was not that perfect, every religion actually undertook part of the task of resisting foreign enemies. And Mephisto, this kind of traditional Western devil, is naturally dealt with by traditional Western religions. This is their responsibility. In other words, only with the existence of such a great enemy as Mephisto can the church have enough power. Even for the sake of this power, they cannot just take money and not do things; at least they have to achieve some results to show their role to the Sorcerer Supreme.

In their view, the words of a researcher from All Souls College are very worthy of attention, especially since the other party also went to the United States for field investigation. I am afraid that the matter of Mephisto's actions is true, so they naturally have to do something to deal with the great enemy they have been dealing with for thousands of years.

For this reason, Schiller had to stay for two more days, because he had to explain the cause and effect of the matter clearly and had to cooperate with the other party's researchers to conduct research, with the two sides exchanging data and so on.

Schiller's occultism is not very good, but he is too familiar with Strange and knows many inside stories, so he didn't reveal his flaws in the exchange. The other party also notified the church in New York, saying that they could provide help to Schiller at a critical moment, and let him take away many holy artifacts and also taught him the method of making holy water.

After the matter in the Vatican was over, Schiller prepared to set off back to New York. But just before he got on the plane, he received a call from Danny.

"Doctor! Something happened, Mephisto seems to have moved! My brother and I are already rushing to the scene. When are you coming back?"

The sound on Danny's side was a bit noisy. Schiller listened carefully and didn't hear the sound of sirens, so he felt a little relieved. He asked, "Don't rush, explain clearly, what exactly happened?"

"Someone witnessed the figure of a demon near a sanitarium in the suburbs of New York. The person in charge of this sanitarium posted a request for help on the internet, wanting to find someone to exorcise the demon. After we arrived in the surrounding area, the Spirit of Vengeance indeed sensed the breath of a devil here. My brother and I are investigating..."

"Wait." Schiller said very puzzled, "Sanitarium?"

"Yes. The Spirit of Vengeance told me that devils like places like mental hospitals or sanitariums very much, because the people here have fragile spirits and are particularly susceptible to temptation. I am afraid Mephisto wants to replenish his power here. We are worried that someone may have been possessed by him. But we are not good at exorcism rituals. It would be great if you could come back sooner!"

Schiller hurriedly interrupted him and asked, "Which sanitarium is it?"

"Uh, let me see, it's called... Arkham Sanitarium!"

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