Chapter 810

"The school paid me handsomely too. I showed up with two mentees, thinking that all I had to do was perform some rituals. Who knew there were actual ghosts at the school? A few of them, too! One of the ghosts had been dead for a long time, and he was the most powerful. "They laughed and cackled, scaring my timid mentees away. All my exorcism tools were with them. Without those tools, and with the ghosts coming at me, I had no choice but to throw my divining rod at the ghosts. "One of the ghost students got hit. I thought he would scatter into pieces and disappear. That rod was your gift to me many years ago. Even a powerful ghost would suffer if it were hit by that rod. "Since I had no tools, I decided to leave and ran down the stairs. But those evil ghosts made me trip and fall from the stairs. I even got hurt from the incident." Jerry's cheeks flushed in embarrassment. He added, "That incident hurt my reputation. People called me a fraud, and Ms. Zarson doubted my professional ca