James's words were said quickly and in a hurry, and Jimmy rarely heard such an urgency from his side, and hurriedly said, "Slow down, calm down, tell me, what's wrong with Mary?" ”

James took a deep breath and could hear the sound of rapid breathing from the earpiece, "Mary went on a hike at the club yesterday and started to feel wrong when she got home in the evening, and she slept without even eating dinner.

I woke up late this morning, and at first I just felt bad, but by noon she even called me by the wrong name. I took her to the hospital, but nothing was wrong and she is still in the hospital.

I asked the others that they had been hiking in the western suburbs of Little Rock yesterday under the arrangement of the club, and that there were two other people who had the same symptoms as Mary today, and they went to the hospital to check and found no cause.

I suspect there was something wrong with where they went, but I didn't know in advance that they had chosen to go to the beach trail...... You told me about that place before, you must know something, Jimmy, tell me what the hell is going on? ”

Jimmy: "The beach trail in the western suburbs?" Which is a famous hiking spot? ”

James: "Yes, I know there's a problem, I have an impression, but I don't know what's there. ”

Jimmy: "Go to Father Reut and ask him to help me see how Mary is doing." ”

James: "Are you sure?" ”

Jimmy: "Well, let him go and have a look first, and don't go to the beach to investigate with great fanfare, it's not safe there." ”

James: "Okay, I see, thanks, Jimmy." ”

James hung up the phone after speaking, it seems that he is indeed in a hurry, Jimmy frowned and thought about this, he did mention it when he went to James's house before, there are more and more supernatural cases, let them not go to the suburbs and other places, and when they retire, they can rest at home, or go out to travel or something, but now there is still an accident, and it is still the place where the frieze is fallen.

The first time I knew that there was a problem on the beach side, Kag reminded him at the beginning, there were many cases of disappearances, but for the environment of the United States, the disappearance of someone does not make the official closure of a well-known tourist spot, fortunately, the frequency of disappearances is very low, only one in a few years, so it is not famous, and people who know will naturally avoid it.

Jimmy got up and left the study and went upstairs to the baby room, Nia sat in front of the window with Liam in her arms, although it was already sunset, but if she was basking in the sun in the room, this sunlight was just right, not too hot, and just enough for the little one to touch the sun.

Jimmy pulled a chair next to him and sat next to Nia, reached out to tease Liam, and whispered, "I need to go back to Little Rock, there seems to be something going on on James' side, I want to go and see." ”

Nia turned to look at Jimmy, "Is it urgent?" ”

Jimmy was still looking at Liam, his fingers teasing him to scratch his fingers, "Well, Mary is hospitalized, James was nervous when he called me just now. ”

Nia: "Well, go ahead, don't worry at home. ”

Jimmy glanced at his watch, "Remember to call Mom and ask her to come over and help you with the kids, I'll look at the plane tickets and maybe stay there for a day or two." ”

Jimmy kissed Liam and Nia and got up to go back to the bedroom to get the suitcase.

Nia looked at Jimmy, also a little worried, although Jimmy didn't show anything unusual, but he didn't look at himself just now, and his expression was very serious, obviously this time things were not ordinary, Mary was not an ordinary illness or injury hospitalized.

However, Jimmy didn't tell himself the truth, it basically means that what happened over there is a supernatural event like what he has experienced, far more than the events he can come into contact with, Jimmy is for his own good, but this situation does make Nia very frustrated, in this kind of thing, he is completely an outsider, and he can't participate in it at all.

Nia looked down at little Liam, hugged him and kissed him on the forehead, Jimmy said before that the people of the church have been paying attention to Liam, because he may inherit Jimmy's outrageous physical fitness and ability, maybe little Liam will also become an exorcist in the future.

Yes, Nia has long known that Jimmy's physical fitness is different from ordinary people, after all, he has been sharing a bed for several years, Jimmy only needs a little rest time every day to support a day's work, and he is not in that tired state, it is obvious that his so-called sleep is strictly a habit, even if he wakes up, he will wait until it is almost dawn to get up.

Not only mental, Jimmy's fighting ability and combat ability are also superhuman-level, I think the first time I noticed Jimmy was because of the video of him putting down six people in a few seconds, and after so many years, Jimmy's performance is far beyond the state at that time, and it is obvious that he is stronger.

Maybe his previous thinking was wrong, if little Liam would inherit Jimmy's physical qualities in the future, then the attention of the church would be better for him, and if he went to school like ordinary people, he might soon be hostile to some of his peers because he was too different from others.

When heading to JFK Airport, Jimmy called Ruiz in advance, although it was already a routine for him to skip work, but this kind of thing to leave New York for a few days still had to be communicated in advance, so as not to find no one when there was an accident.

In addition to Ruiz, he also called Father Rodney to ask if there was a reliable exorcist priest in Little Rock, and also called James that he would arrive in Little Rock in the evening.

Thankfully, although it was late, there were still domestic flights, and Jimmy got on the plane after successfully registering his firearm, which could be very troublesome this time, so Jimmy had to be prepared for everything, including the dagger he got from Father Rodney.

At Little Rock Airport, Jimmy arrives at the exit with his suitcase and finds a taxi to rush to the hospital where Mary is hospitalized.

James sat down in front of Mary's hospital bed with a haggard face, reaching out to grab Mary's hand, who seemed to be asleep.

Jimmy didn't speak loudly, but his steps were a little heavier, and when James turned his head to see him, he beckoned, and the two came outside, Jimmy hugged James and asked softly, "How is Mary?" What did Father Reut say? ”

James: "There is no conclusion, Father Reut can only deduce from their situation that they may have encountered an unknown supernatural event that caused a mental abnormality, and he needs to go back and investigate." ”

Jimmy: "What about the doctor?" Do they have any conclusions? ”

James: "The doctors gave a special explanation, they thought it was probably because of some special substance affecting the nerves in the brain, causing mental problems and causing coma symptoms, and now they have done a series of tests and are discussing the possible causes. ”

Jimmy: "Apart from Mary and the others, are the others in a similar state?" ”

James shook his head: "No, I contacted the club during the day, they provided the full list, I have contacted all of them in the afternoon. ”

Jimmy glanced at Mary and patted James: "I see, I'll go find Father Reut and see if he has any clues." ”

James nodded: "Tomorrow, it's getting late." Thanks, Jimmy, and thank you for coming so late. ”

Jimmy: "It's okay tomorrow, but, James, it's time for you to go rest, you look tired." ”

James shook his head, "I'm just here waiting for Mary to wake up." ”

Jimmy patted his arm wordlessly, and the two sat on the hospital bench and whispered for a while, before Jimmy got up and left. James must have no problem in the hospital, Jimmy is better to deal with, Little Rock is the place where he lived for more than two years, and it is still easy to find a suitable hotel.

However, before going to the hotel, he needs to go to James's house first, and James has a car for Jimmy, so at least he doesn't have to toss back and forth.

In the church, Jimmy and Father Reuter finally met, and after Jimmy explained the reason for his visit, Father Reuter said with a sad face: "Lost Forest Syndrome, a peculiar phenomenon that appeared at the beginning of the last century, I would not have known about it if it had not been for the help of someone to investigate the previous files, and it has not appeared for decades. ”

Father Reut motioned for Jimmy to come with him, and the two left the church and came to Father Reut's house, an old bachelor, who had no wife or children, and had been living alone, and only by looking at the decorations and objects in the house knew that there must be a devout believer living here, and there were many crosses and various religious paintings in the room, but Jimmy himself had no good taste, and could not tell whether these things were real or not.

Father Reuter pulled out two blank sheets of paper from the room, the contents of which appeared to have been copied from other books.

Lost Forest Syndrome is a rare neurological disorder characterized by an acute onset that may include fatigue, drowsiness, confusion, and eventually coma.

The patient in the dossier was a hunter and his son who lived near a forest in North Carolina and made a living by hunting and selling wild animal skins.

It just so happened that their neighbors were members of the Church, and while investigating their coma, they discovered an anomaly in the forest, and eventually managed to solve the incident, after which they woke up from their coma.

Breath of the Forest, a disembodied mist-like monster that haunts forests, mountains, and other places. Legend has it that this monster will appear like a fog when people are tired, stealthily absorb their souls, causing their victims to gradually lose their vitality and memory, and finally fall into a deep coma that cannot wake up on their own.

This monster does not seem to directly harm the human body, but it is likely to cause the person to be unable to continue living in a coma, which is fatal enough for the social environment of the early last century.

The file only introduces the situation of the monster and the patient, and does not record how they dealt with it at that time, which is a bit troublesome.

After reading the information, Jimmy returned it to Father Reuter, "It doesn't seem to be the same as the source of Mary's symptoms, although I haven't been in Little Rock for the past few years, but I remember that the beach is not a forest." ”

Fr. Reuter: "This is the closest I can find to the current situation, this is not a medical case, Mary is probably the same monster as well, or something like that. ”

Jimmy: "But the dossier doesn't say what they did with it in the first place, so what are we going to do now?" ”

Father Reut shook his head: "I've already sent someone to investigate, I hope to get the news as soon as possible, now we can only pray." ”

Jimmy glanced at his watch: "So, if there is further news, please let me know as soon as possible, I'll go see James and Mary first." ”

Leaving Father Reut's house, Jimmy drove to the hospital, which Father Reuter did a bit badly, he got the clue but did not inform James in time, but Jimmy came over and took him home to see the copy of the dossier, apparently he did not want to get involved too deeply.

However, it is understandable that his relationship with James should not be good enough to find and destroy an unknown monster for him, which is a very dangerous thing after all, but in this way, the relationship between James and Father Reut should be somewhat broken, if Jimmy told James truthfully.

In any case, Jimmy couldn't let it go, and even if Father Reut didn't do anything, he would try to investigate as much as he could, and if he could, it would be impossible to get rid of the monster.

Jimmy wasn't a big mouth, and he didn't plan to say too much to James, so he bought a map along the way, and asked James to help mark the club's hiking route when he arrived at the hospital, and soon rushed to the beach trail in the western suburbs, where he met with Carg.

Carg is almost retired and is now gradually out of field patrols, but Jimmy called him, of course, to give some face to come out, and to ensure safety, he also informed Noah that two police cars were parked on the outskirts of the beach path.

The three of them who hadn't seen each other for a long time hugged each other and said hello, and then Jimmy said what he thought, the news of Mary's accident didn't know the two yet, after all, James has been retired for a few years, and they don't always keep in touch, so it's not surprising, it's just that Jimmy can come to Little Rock from New York so quickly still makes them have a deeper impression of the relationship between Jimmy and James again, and it can be seen how much Jimmy cares about James and them.

Jimmy didn't let them go in with him, but asked Karg to temporarily block the road, although there was no clear reason, but Jimmy suspected that there might be something here that would hurt ordinary people, after all, Mary was already lying in the hospital, which was a fact, so Karg and Noah still agreed. (End of chapter)