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之夜

　　A ^meric:
an psychologis+!+t John Holden# arrives in
London to partic)`ipat\.e in ,+^^a  [sympos* ium # aiming to expo`s.\e witch\-craf@_t ^and devil-w:*$or\$s]/hip as a f( rau$+d, with at:%tention centered on a %cu+^ lt run by a Jul)-`ian Karswell. Deb;_#arking @@his p?/lane,@ H[;olden lea=rns th/[a
t t\=^he symposium leade#.r, Henry Ha*rr;ington,):* has sudden/@ly died a.?nd he is [`*;now in charge. What only the audience knows is tha,*t Harrington was cl=$early k[[illed by,#_ a demon, apparently summ,one d by Karswell to aven^ge his ]persecut %-ion. Despite both /*threatening=( and@+ cajoling behav),i()or `by Ka,rswell;/, Hol ?@den determines t*:o\ +:proceed, tho#ugh t *he only cult memb$er wil#li*,ng to talk about his e[
xperi_$.en
(;ces is in a? //pr iso#:n psychiatric w_*!a,=rd ^=$, cata,=tonic ^a+?f$``te^r allegedly killing \ye#,?t anoth?er cult member. ,\\Ho!]wever,^, Harring`ton's n/?iece!`;, Joanna, believes,  based /
on her u  ncle'+!s%^ note$+s, th +?at Karswell\# m \ay inde/_ed have s#(*ome satanic powers deri=*v =ed fro`#m an anc=ient :$tome ?i`@_n; an o#!bsc$(\ure 
lang, =(uage w]hich he has been[ able to t
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%d attempts to wa(rn$#
th^e/ s;keptic#\[- Ho=!] lden. Karswell(?9s$ mothe;r also attempts to warn Hol(!de n/@: o\ff. Ho)wever, the th!(.ing which b-,`egins to mos%(/t get to H$_olden are the oc
=cas[ -:ional, b:$ut] mounting,;, se\,nsory `and men+!^tal d#isturbances he begins   exp,=eriencing after */an encounter*@. w_^ith# Karswell, (:and t\(]h]e discover [-y that, during th#^is encounter, :K=ars)[w
el$;l+ secretly slipped a slip of parchm+en\`t with a cur*[se ,.in@ runic `[[!)symbols @+on[ -it into Ho=lden&#39s belongings, a parchment iden(!tica%] @l to one  Harrington recorded. $ having had p:ass)ed to/ h !\#im in_[ a
,.s%+:imila^[r manner ]$sho.r-,t$!ly befo!re@ @.h:[;,is d= eat h... [N@ (.B. H
 ?ol%den (@at no poi?/nt )!stays a`]t the Ka_`*:r? swe]ll] estate].