Chapter 438 - Comfort and a Call For Help
Sobbing, Kris accepted the tissue and nodded. “It’s him, it’s him! I also saw Dean. He was hung up and wanted me to save him.”
Luke shook his head. “That’s just an illusion.”
Seeing Kris open her mouth to speak, he raised his hand to stop her. “It’s an illusion that the monster gave you, not something you came up with yourself. He’s trying to scare you.”
Stumped, Kris didn’t understand what he meant. “What?”
Pondering for a moment, Luke said, “From the moment you fell asleep to when we woke you up, it was around three minutes. He didn’t hurt you; you were just frightened badly. So, his purpose is to plant panic in you.”
Kris was at a loss. “Why?”
Fear can be faith and power, Luke said inwardly.
Many monsters were worshiped in ancient folklore. Was it because they did good things?
No. It was because people were scared of them.
The more frightened the people were, the more unbridled those monsters became.
In the face of Kris’s confusion, Luke could only say with a smile, “It’s fine. At least we know how to wake you up. Don’t worry. We’ll take care of him.”
Kris nodded blankly.
Luke glanced meaningfully at Selina for her to soothe the girl.
But contrary to what he said, he actually didn’t have a solution.
When Kris encountered the guy in her nightmare, Luke didn’t feel anything after touching her. At most, he could only shake her to wake her up.
That was the awkward part.
Kris had been scared to tears by the nightmare, but Luke couldn’t even locate the enemy.
I hate intangible enemies the most! Can’t you get a real body like Jason? Luke grumbled in his heart.
Getting up and going over to the window, he contemplated for a moment before he dialed a number. “Bobby? I need you to come here at once…”
He hung up a moment later.
Bobby would be here in a few hours. Luke relaxed slightly and began to analyze the guy in the nightmare.
First of all, whatever the thing haunting Kris and her friend was, he hadn’t chosen adults in town.
That might be because he couldn’t, or was unable to.
Secondly, the thing could only show up in his victims’ dreams when they were asleep.
Luke and Selina were alert at the moment, and staying up one or two nights wasn’t a problem; it was even less of a problem for Luke, who only needed two hours of sleep every day. If he had to, he could stay awake for three days without sleep, although he might inevitably become mentally exhausted.
If they couldn’t resolve this problem now, he and Selina would retreat first.
Just like that, night gradually fell.
Luke prepared sandwiches and milk in the kitchen and gave some to Selina and Kris.
Looking at Kris’s surprise, he said with a smile, “Don’t worry. We’ll restock your fridge before we go. Your mom won’t know.”
Kris chuckled and said, “No need, I can just tell my mom that I ate everything.”
Her gaze fell on Luke and Selina’s plates as she continued, “Sorry, I was just… a little surprised.” The food on their plates was more than twice the amount on hers.
Luke shrugged. “As detectives of the Major Crimes Division, we need to keep our energy levels up all the time; it’d be bad if we ran into a fugitive and had no strength to chase them.”
Kris asked, “Is that so? But a lot of the officers I’ve seen are quite fat.”
Luke nodded solemnly. “That means that they don’t catch as many fugitives as we do every day, and they need more exercise.”
Kris stared blankly for a moment before her lips tilted upward again.
Selina glanced askance at them from the side and didn’t say anything.
While it might look like some person was flirting with Kris, Selina knew that gaining Kris’s trust would be very helpful for their investigation.
Otherwise, they would have to spend the night at a hotel.
After the three of them finished eating, Kris couldn’t help but yawn.
Seeing that, Luke said, “You can sleep for a bit on the couch.”
Kris abruptly trembled. “No.”
Luke patted the back of her hand. “Don’t be scared. We’ll wake you up if anything goes wrong. Right, do you see that?” He jerked his chin in one direction.
Kris turned her head and asked, “What is it?”
Luke said, “The ice cubes in that wine bucket are slowly melting into ice water. Trust me, when I use that, you won’t be able to sleep even if you wanted to.”
Kris was rendered speechless.
She had seen Luke fetch the bucket of ice from the kitchen a moment ago, and thought that he was going to put beer or wine in it. She didn’t know that this was his plan.
She couldn’t help but shiver when she saw that bucket of ice.
It wasn’t because she was scared. It was just that when she imagined the water and ice being poured over her head, her back felt cold.
Looking at Kris’s expression, he gestured to her, and the two of them went to sit on the couch in the living room again.
He reached out slowly to hold her hands.
Kris didn’t resist and just stared at him strangely.
Squeezing her hands a little, Luke said solemnly, “Kris, now that we’re here to help you, you should have more courage to stand up to him, right?”
Kris’s hands tensed up, but she nodded in the end.
Luke then continued, “So, when he shows up in your dream again…”
He slowly rubbed the back of her hands with his thumbs, which gave her a faint sense of comfort. “You have to do your best to observe everything about him. The way he talks, the way he moves, remember as many details as possible, but you don’t have to push yourself. Just try your best. Okay?”
Kris hesitated and didn’t respond.
Luke looked her calmly in the eye.
After looking at Luke’s eyes for a moment, Kris finally nodded. “O- Okay.” Ten minutes later, Luke and Selina traded dismayed looks.
Luke couldn’t help but roll his eyes and wonder if that guy had found out.
Selina looked at him sympathetically and sighed before she gestured at him, a question in her eyes.
Luke thought for a moment before nodding his head in agreement.
A moment later, Selina sat down on the side couch and closed her eyes to get some rest.
She wasn’t Luke. Being tense for so long made her tired more quickly, and exhaustion easily led to drowsiness.
Nobody knew how long this would last, but they would probably be up all of tonight at least, so she needed to conserve her strength.
She wouldn’t sleep, but closing her eyes to rest could help alleviate some of the weariness.
