"That nightmare demon called Freddy is between dream and reality. With my current ability, I cannot catch him…" Bruce, the Apprentice Angel, shook his head guiltily.
His Power Of Faith could only slightly affect the real world; he was somewhat helpless against the mysterious dream realm.
"According to my investigation, the demon named Freddy could initially only appear in children's dreams, making them repeatedly have the same nightmare. As his power grew stronger, he could project the harm from dreams into reality. Three children were tragically killed because of this…" Father James continued, "That girl over there named Nancy is one of the victims, and the three children who died were all her friends."
"Until now, as Freddy's power has increased, he can invade the dreams of all the children on Elm street simultaneously. He can even possess others through dreams."
"However, we also found that his power decreases when he possesses someone and comes into the real world. Holy water and exorcism rituals can usually drive him away."
In this church on Elm street, many blessed Crosses and exorcism items were arranged, clearly to prevent Freddy from possessing children and going on a rampage.
However, this approach only treated the symptoms, not the root cause. Freddy, unable to possess and kill, could still enter children's dreams to commit atrocities.
The only way to prevent this was to keep the children from sleeping.
That's why the children and their parents in the church had such heavy dark circles under their eyes.
But how long can a person go without sleep? Three days or seven days???
Clearly, keeping the children awake indefinitely was not a long-term solution.
"I might have a way to deal with Freddy." Just as the atmosphere reached its peak of tension, a small girl of about ten years old stepped forward.
['Mental Power + 50']… ['Dream Manipulation (Weak) Trait']…
"Oh? What's your name, and what method do you have to deal with the nightmare Freddy?" Mike asked, looking at the brave little girl who stepped forward.
The little girl's statement drew the attention of everyone in the church.
"I… I'm Christine…" The little girl named Christine was a bit shy under everyone's expectant or curious gazes, but she finally gathered her courage and said, "I found that I seem to have an ability to pull people into the same dream, so I thought, can we select a small team to go into the dream to deal with Freddy…?"
Christine, with her strong mental power, spoke more smoothly after she started, finally expressing all her thoughts.
"That's indeed a good method." Mike had specifically sensed the area after entering the church and had not found any trace of the nightmare Freddy.
Therefore, he speculated that Freddy, to use his abilities now, could probably only use others' dreams as a medium.
So, to find him, someone would have to enter a dream as bait.
Christine's appearance was a very good lead.
"Damn it, I'm almost dying from sleep deprivation. If we can deal with Freddy in a dream, count me in." Soon after, a child named Max also stepped forward.
It was clear that long-term sleep deprivation was driving him crazy.
The resentment on him now was probably not much less than that of an evil spirit.
"Count me in too!" Nancy, who was a bit older, also stepped forward.
From her appearance, she probably wanted to avenge her three deceased friends.
"And me, constantly living in fear without sleep, I'd rather face the demon directly…"
"Add me, I'm not afraid of nightmares…"
"…"
With Max and Nancy leading the way, several other rebellious teenagers, around thirteen or fourteen years old, successively stepped forward.
Most of them had an inexplicable chuunibyou aura about them.
As mentioned before, children in their growth stage cannot go without sleep indefinitely.
Coupled with Christine's genuinely good suggestion, after discussing with the adults, a team to fight the nightmare was quickly formed.
However, due to most parents' distrust of Christine's "dream-entering" ability, only five people ultimately joined the combat team.
Besides Christine, Max, and Nancy, the remaining two children were Jessie and Quentin.
"Um, I have some information here that might help you in fighting Freddy." Just as the five children were preparing to enter the dream, a trembling old nun, supported by someone, walked into the church hall.
"It's a tragic story that happened a long time ago. There was a kind but unfortunate nun, Amanda Krueger, who by a twist of fate was locked up with a hundred vicious psychiatric patients…" The old nun said with compassion, "Those prisoners took turns torturing poor Amanda all night long, and then Freddy was born…"
"This child, born with evil blood, had once killed his adoptive father during his growth. As an adult, he became even worse, successively torturing and killing more than twenty children…"
The residents of Elm street already knew the subsequent events without the old nun needing to explain them.
After all, so many children dying at once had become big news on Elm street.
Subsequently, Freddy, the perverted killer whose crimes were exposed, was arrested by police officers who arrived upon hearing the news.
However, the matter did not end there. Freddy, who had committed unforgivable heinous crimes, somehow bribed the judge and was inexplicably released without charge.
This outcome ultimately angered the parents whose children had been killed. So they united, cornered Freddy, who had escaped legal punishment, into a small house, and burned him to death.
The murderer received his due punishment, and the matter should have been satisfying here.
Who knew that Freddy, after dying and becoming an evil spirit, continued to harm the children of Elm street.
It was as if to say: the devil is among us.
However, the old nun's narration did not bring any help to the crowd; instead, it made the five children, who learned of Freddy's evil deeds, feel uneasy.
"Don't worry, with Mike here, you'll be fine. And when you go into the dream to face Freddy, Father James and Bruce from the church, and I, will also provide you with help." Constantine spoke to comfort the five children who were about to "go to battle."
And indeed, at certain times, Constantine was quite reliable.
Moreover, the name of Mike, the "legendary" MIB, was now very famous among the populace.
In addition, Pennsylvania is not far from New York, and the people living here on Elm street had heard more or less of Mike's legendary experiences.
Therefore, after Mike nodded slightly, the five children led by Christine also calmed down a bit.
Then they lay down in an open area surrounded by Crosses and a large mirror.
Perhaps due to severe sleep deprivation, even in this tense atmosphere, the five children quickly fell into a deep sleep.
As they breathed evenly, the expressions of the surrounding adults became increasingly tense.
['Dream World (Trait)']… ['Fear * Energy + 3,000,000']…
"Finally!"
Mike, who had obtained the trait trait, stared intently at Christine.
Sure enough, the little girl, who had been sleeping soundly, became "ferocious" at the moment the nightmare arrived.
She was clearly having a nightmare.
Subsequently, the expressions of the other four children also changed one after another.
"Now!" Constantine, holding the Bible, walked to the large mirror above Christine and chanted a spell: "In the name of the Father and Mother, I command you, nightmare Freddy, manifest…"
Mirror Exorcism: An exorcism ritual that seals a demon into a mirror by calling its true name.
As Constantine chanted the spell, a large amount of black mist quickly appeared in the mirror above Christine.
Eventually, these black mists condensed into a blurry human figure.