"So, you're saying that Noni and I were haunted by an unknown goblin, and you just saved me!?"

Depp looked at Charlotte with a look that doubted that he was still dreaming.

He felt as if he was listening to the story in "One Thousand and One Nights", fantastical, weird, but so unreal.

"Charlotte, this joke isn't funny!"

"Really, let's talk about something funny, then!"

Charlotte shrugged her shoulders, and the words she spit out the next moment shocked Depp-

"He's Freddy!"

"That's your face!"

"Edward's Scissorhands!!"

"It's time to go!"

- It's him!

Depp finally reacted,

"That mysterious voice in my dream just now, it was you!?"

"That's right!"

Charlotte nodded,

"Now you kind of believe it, right?"

"But ......"

Depp opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

It was a strange nightmare, and now Charlotte can tell what it was......

Depp was skeptical, but he continued to ask:

"According to you, you also caused the light rain in my dream?"

"What light rain? That's salt!"

Charlotte smiled and pointed to the white crystal on Depp's body that still hadn't fallen.

"Salt has a faint exorcism effect, and I used a special method to sprinkle salt on you, so that this exorcism effect seeped into your dreams, and it turned into that rain of light. ”

"Light rain turned out to be salt?"

Depp felt more and more incredible. But the salty taste brought by the rain of light falling on his lips in the dream made him believe that Charlotte's words were true.

"Actually, the light and rain are of no great use. ”

Charlotte continued,

"It's just a little bit of a goblin and a little bit of a wake-up wake you up, and it can't save anyone else. ”

"Others!"

Depp suddenly reacted,

"By the way, Noni! Noni is still in that terrible dream! And Gwyneth!"

He turned his head anxiously to look, only to find Winona still lying motionless on the hospital bed like a sleeping beauty, and Gwyneth, who was sitting in the corner of the hospital room, did not seem to be awake.

"Don't worry! Although that dream is terrible, they are not in danger for the time being!"

Charlotte spoke,

"Gwyneth was just affected, I'll just try to get her out in a moment, and Winona ......"

- Winona Ryder can't get out of that nightmare!

Charlotte pondered in her heart.

Depp's nightmare made him see a lot of things clearly.

That wasn't Charlotte's plan in the first place—

His original plan was for himself to construct a fake nightmare for Depp, and then try to lure the unknown ghost to appear.

However, as soon as Depp fell asleep, he was immediately pulled into that strange dream.

According to previous speculation, Depp and Winona sometimes share dreams under the influence of the ghost, which means-

That strange dream is actually Winona's dream!

Winona Ryder is not actually in a physical coma, but trapped in a nightmare that can't be stopped.

"That's going to be difficult!"

After that, although Charlotte rushed over directly and forcibly used a spell to break into the dream of Depp and Winona, all he could do was to see the situation and wake up Depp.

For Winona, there is nothing he can do for the time being.

However, with this, he finally figured out the true identity of the unknown ghost.

- That's a nightmare!

A kind of ghost that gives humans nightmares and feeds on the fear generated in their dreams!

In the moment before Depp got out of the nightmare, the other party finally showed his original form because of Charlotte's various interference-

That weird black horse with black flames burning all over its body!

That is the form given to the nightmare in Western legends.

Unlike several of Charlotte's previous encounters, the Nightmare exists in both Eastern and Western legends, but in the East, there are very few records of it.

It is precisely because of this that Charlotte, who is more familiar with Eastern magic and ghosts, has never recognized it before!

Until it reveals its original form!

It's a more Westernized ghost!

As far as Charlotte knew, the Nightmare's power wasn't really strong, but it was very difficult to deal with.

Because it is parasitic in human dreams.

Being able to dream is an attribute of human beings.

The world of dreams, because of the uncontrollable imagination of human beings, changes bizarre and ever-changing.

Correspondingly, the nightmares that parasitize it will also be ever-changing and elusive.

As for why the nightmare is parasitic on both Depp and Winona at the same time -

"Because of the resonance between lovers!"

Charlotte continued to explain to Depp,

"Couples who suffer from gains and losses are easily entangled in all kinds of sweet dreams and nightmares, and they are the favorite of nightmares. What's more, there will be resonance between some lovers with a good heart. ”

"Vibes!?"

"Spiritual resonance!"

Charlotte pointed to Winona, who was still unconscious, and said to Depp,

"There's that resonance between you and Winona. Nightmares can use this resonance to construct a common dream for you, and then lodge in it and draw power. ”

- And because of this, it was so difficult to find it before.

Unlike ghosts that reside on a single individual, Nightmares are parasitic methods, and as long as Depp and Winona are not close, their anomalous reactions will be extremely weak.

That's the biggest headache for people like Charlotte dealing with ghosts.

However, the Nightmare chose this parasitic method, not because it was guarding against exorcists or anything.

As Charlotte said to Charlize, most of the ghosts don't have that brain!

The reason why it adopts this strange parasitic way is only because it is in its best interest-

It's like when sound waves resonate, they are greatly strengthened. The spiritual resonance between lovers, especially the resonance of nightmares, can also greatly increase the power of nightmares.

"But even so, the nightmare you are talking about should only give us nightmares!"

After listening to Charlotte's explanation, Depp still didn't understand,

"But why is Noni unconscious?"

"Because that's what she wants!"

Charlotte smiled bitterly,

"If it's just a nightmare, nightmares aren't really scary, at least in the ghosts. The real horror of it is that it reinforces people's self-destructive tendencies!"

"Self-destructive tendencies?"

Depp's face changed.

"Yes. ”

Charlotte nodded,

"Just as standing on the top floor of a tall building and looking down, there is always an urge to jump down, and the tendency to self-destruct is innate. Simpler, like—"

He glanced at Depp and made a gesture similar to smoking,

"Even though they know that they are dying, many people still go forward, don't they? Some people will get pleasure from hurting themselves, right?"

“...... That's right!"

Depp smiled wryly and nodded.

As one of the most famous young Hollywood veterans, he certainly understands what Charlotte means.

In fact, if it weren't for the lessons of his friend Rivan Phoenix's death, he might still be on the road to death......

Charlotte didn't care about Depp's thoughts, and continued:

"Nightmares can be a constant source of mental stress through nightmares. And this pressure can only be vented through self-destructive behavior. ”

As he spoke, he held out his finger and gave a few examples,

"For example, drugs, drag racing, self-harm, kleptomania...... And specifically Winona—"

Charlotte glanced at the unconscious girl lying on the hospital bed, her face was a little abnormal,

I don't know how she usually vents this stress, but now, Nightmare has apparently amplified this stress to a very large extent, which makes her finally choose to escape the whole real world. ”

"You mean—"

"Like I said, nightmares are part of the dream world after all. And dreams will use a strange way to fulfill people's wishes that they dare not think of in the bottom of their hearts. ”

Charlotte glanced at Winona with a wry smile,

"Now, the Nightmare has trapped Winona in her own dreams, allowing her to escape reality forever!"

PS1: There are several movies with the name "Nightmare", but they are not very famous, they are basically thriller and horror, so I won't recommend it to everyone; PS2: Nightmare, in many games, are mounts, dark horses, right? But it does exist in the image of dark horses in Western legends;