After about half a day of internship, phisto neither understood what Shiller's work at the sanatorium involved nor learned how to handle these tasks himself. He only figured out the makeup of the patients in the sanatorium, roughly divided into three categories: madn, teenagers, mad teenagers.
The forr are generally psychiatric patients from wealthy families, of all age groups, but mostly relatively young. Their illnesses vary widely, and most cannot care for themselves. However, even if they have an episode, it usually doesn't cause much harm.
The second type are children from wealthy families who are basically not ill, or have mild psychological issues and are purely there for recuperation. They are full of energy, highly active, and can chase Shiller, played by phisto, all day just to make him tell stories.
The third category includes young psychiatric patients admitted as a community service, tasked to local communities. Every private psychiatric institution must take in so juvenile offenders from the community who have ntal issues. This group is the most dangerous; not only do they have ntal problems, but they are also highly active, and sohow they even acquire firearms, becoming a walking source of danger.
In just half a day, phisto began to understand why Shiller had such a complex ntal state.
phisto arrived a bit late. Had he co six months earlier, before the sanatorium was renovated, there wouldn't be so many troubleso issues. But now, Arkham Sanatorium resembles a legitimate psychiatric hospital. As the dean, Shiller deals with a huge number of ergencies daily. phisto arrived when Shiller was at his busiest.
However, phisto had to stay at the sanatorium because he realized that not only he, but the dia and fans, knew that this sanatorium belonged to Shiller. They were constantly camping around, and almost every ti Shiller was photographed, it went viral. To boost Shiller's popularity, staying at the sanatorium and occasionally wandering around it was the best choice.
In contrast, going to S.H.I.E.L.D. or The Avengers, such important bases wouldn't allow unrelated people to enter. The dia doesn't dare to linger, let alone fans. It's deserted over there, and no matter how much phisto wanders around, he can't make any appearances. So despite the complicated situation at the sanatorium, he can only stay there.
Unable to handle these crazy teenagers using ordinary thods, phisto could only resort to so unconventional thods. Even if he can't use excessive strength within the Magical Defense Network, a little trickery is enough to scare these teenagers.
At night when they go out for nocturnal wanderings, phisto conjures up so ghosts with magic to scare them back into their rooms. When soone shoots randomly, phisto deliberately jams the bullets or makes the person they're most afraid of appear in their dreams to warn them to behave.
Initially, this tactic was quite effective, but it only lasted a day before they started causing trouble again. And this ti, they were not acting as scattered soldiers; they organized themselves and started ghost hunting.
The patients who had witnessed abnormal phenona were adamant that the sanatorium was haunted, so they united, determined to find these damned ghosts. Previously, without much motivation, they were already acting crazy daily; now that they've found a target, they're more excited than ever. So didn't sleep for several days, ard with a gun, camping at the stairwell, and almost hitting phisto a few tis.
And it wasn't just the patients who saw the abnormal phenona; so nurses and staff also witnessed paranormal events. The whole sanatorium started to panic, and many employees approached phisto, asking him to find a solution to the haunting problem in the sanatorium.
phisto also realized: it's just like raising cats; if you don't tire them during the day, they'll tire you at night. If you don't give them sothing to do, they'll still cause trouble however they can.
To let these crazy teenagers vent their energy, phisto went all in and decided to make the haunting real, then brought in a few exorcists to have them gather evidence with the excited teenagers and organize so devil banishing rituals for their participation. This way, their energy could be well spent, and the sanatorium's fa could be boosted, potentially attracting more onlookers, greatly enhancing Shiller's popularity.
One could say phisto has taught himself the art of internet hype without a teacher. He casually registered a small account online and posted for help, claiming his sanatorium faced a paranormal event urgently requiring an exorcism master. He didn't have Shiller's dia account, but this sanatorium was already well-known among fans, so once the address was published, fans naturally discovered it was Shiller in trouble. They would voluntarily help spread that post.
The effect was even better than he imagined. Shortly afterward, the post was being shared everywhere. Fans were also helping to repost: so suspected that fa brings trouble and that black fans were stirring up trouble at the sanatorium deliberately; so said it was possibly the ntally ill patients causing issues; others swore that the place the sanatorium was built was bad since many people died there before.
Netizens love watching these things, especially with a schadenfreude ntality: "Shiller, you used to avoid interviews and never showed your face, and now you're in trouble, right? Isn't it ti to co to us for help?"
So who considered themselves professionals started analyzing so of the so-called ghost photos phisto posted. So claid the pictures were photoshopped, while others insisted that the images were entirely real, saying the sanatorium was experiencing paranormal phenona.
Anyway, the issue was being stirred back and forth for a few days. Coincidentally, Shiller was in Italy at the ti; while this matter was gaining traction in the English-speaking area, it wasn't as famous in smaller language regions, so Shiller was unaware.
By the ti he returned, phisto had already gathered a group of exorcists. However, most of those without real skills were scared off by the paranormal phenona phisto conjured up.
After all, phisto is also the king of hell. Devils often use sweet words to entice, but sotis they need to use intimidation to threaten their followers. They understand well what humans fear, and the supernatural phenona they create are extrely terrifying. Those so-called masters often can't last a few hours before fleeing in fear.
However, those without real skills are the ones who run away; those who stay and dare to co are basically the ones with true abilities. Just like the brothers Danny and Johnny, one possesses the true Spirit of Revenge, while the other is simply the top worker under phisto.
It can be said that as long as this matter isn't stirred up by phisto, any demon that cos will be taken down by the two of them.
But unfortunately, this ti it was the boss of the Hell Dinsion who arrived. Under phisto's ticulous disguise, even his underling Johnny didn't notice anything unusual, at most feeling that the power remaining in so places of the sanatorium seed familiar, but he didn't recognize that the "Doctor Shiller" in front of him was phisto in disguise.
However, the good news is that phisto also did not recognize Naog Sokhup—the mystic friend of Danny's—as an impostor, after all, the title "Honorary Researcher of All Souls College" is sothing he remains cautious about. He didn't dare to directly look at the opponent's soul, so he naturally didn't recognize him.
Shiller walked up and shook hands with the version of himself played by phisto. He observed phisto's disguise up close and found that while the appearance had no flaws, the aura was indeed quite different.
It can be said that if it were not for Danny and Johnny, who hadn't interacted much with him, but for mbers of The Avengers or S.H.I.E.L.D., phisto would have surely been exposed.
So might suspect this is just one of Shiller's other personalities pretending, but they would quickly dismiss this possibility because the Shiller portrayed by phisto really does seem like a normal person.
No matter which personality of Shiller it is, although he looks no different from ordinary people on the surface, and usually behaves quite amicably, after spending a long ti with him, one would feel a sort of awkwardness, as if Shiller is rely imitating humans. Regardless of the personality that cos out, it would vaguely give people a feeling of this sort. The inhuman feel on Shiller is hard to hide.
Whereas this portrayal by phisto, whether in appearance or aura, is entirely that of an ordinary person, utterly flawless. No one could tell that beneath this human skin is actually a devil.
Shiller really didn't want to admit that even the devil playing him is more human-like than he is. So he looked at the version of himself played by phisto with growing disapproval, thinking: You're good at acting, huh?
Shiller stood under the shade of the tree, listening to Danny questioning phisto about the situation in the sanatorium. phisto, acting like it's real, said:
"...The last supernatural occurrence took place last night. It happened in an empty room on the second floor with a very loud 'bang' sound, heard by everyone in the building. When a nurse went to investigate, she said she saw a black shadow float out of the window."
"Wait," Danny interrupted him, "a black shadow? Any more specific features? What did the surveillance caras capture?"
"The surveillance caras captured nothing," phisto shook his head and said, "I wasn't on the scene at the ti, and found nothing when checking the caras afterward. But the nurse is a long-term employee here and assuredly told that she definitely saw sothing."
"Did she describe any other senses? Like whether she felt hot or cold? Did she feel dizzy or anxious?"
"I'm not too sure about that, you'll have to ask her yourselves later. Oh, Allie and Nelson, who live on that floor, also heard the noise, you can ask them too."
"Alright," Danny nodded, "since the supernatural phenona occur at night, we'll stay over here for one night. You said the sound last night ca from an empty room, so we'll go there. If anything unusual happens, we can identify and deal with it imdiately."
phisto nodded and led them into the sanatorium. Shiller, looking at the decor of the sanatorium, which was as good as new, let out a sigh of relief.
Luckily, phisto can at least be considered a person who appreciates order, not having just blown up his ho. Otherwise, if he didn't leave him with at least ten Ghost Riders, there would be no settling accounts!
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