Chatty Hollywood

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

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

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

"Charlotte, this joke is not funny!"

"Really? Then let's talk about something funny!"

Charlotte shrugged, and the words she spat out the next moment shocked Depp——

"He's Freddy!"

"That's your face!"

"Edward Scissorhands' face!!"

"time to go!"

--It's him!

Depp finally reacted,

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

"That's right!"

Charlotte nodded,

"Do you believe it now?"

"But……"

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

It was originally a strange nightmare, but now Charlotte can tell the content of that nightmare. Could it be that...

Depp was doubtful, but he continued to ask:

"According to what you said, the shower of light in my dream was also caused by you?"

"What light rain? That's salt!"

Charlotte chuckled, pointed at the white crystal that had not fallen off Depp’s body and said,

"Salt has a weak exorcism effect. I use a special method to sprinkle salt on you, so that the exorcism effect penetrates into your dreams and turns into the rain of light."

"The light rain is actually salt?"

Depp found it even more incredible. But the salty taste brought by the light rain falling on his lips in the dream made him begin to believe that Charlotte's words were true.

"Actually, that light rain is of little use."

Charlotte continued,

"It can only contain the ghosts and let me wake you up by the way. It can't save other people at all."

"other people!"

Depp suddenly reacted,

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

He turned around anxiously and found that Winona was still lying motionless on the hospital bed like Sleeping Beauty, and Gwyneth, who was sitting in the corner of the ward, didn't seem to wake up either.

"Don't worry! Although that dream is scary, they are not in any danger yet!"

Charlotte said,

"Gwyneth was just affected, I will try to rescue her later, and Winona..."

——Winona Ryder can’t escape that nightmare!

Charlotte thought to herself.

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

That wasn't Charlotte's plan originally——

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

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

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

That strange dream was actually Winona’s dream!

Winona Ryder is not actually in a coma in the physical sense, but is trapped in an unstoppable nightmare.

"This is going to be difficult!"

Although Charlotte rushed over directly and used magic to break into Depp and Winona's dream, all he could do was check the situation and wake Depp up.

There is nothing he can do about Winona for the time being.

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

-That's a nightmare!

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

The moment before Depp escaped from the nightmare, the other party finally revealed his true form due to Charlotte's various interferences——

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

That is the form given to nightmares in Western legends.

Different from the several ghosts Charlotte encountered before,

Although nightmares exist in both Eastern and Western legends, there are very few records of them in the East.

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

Until it reveals its true form!

This is a more Western kind of ghost!

As far as Charlotte knows, Nightmare's power is actually not very strong, but it is very difficult to deal with.

Because it is parasitic in human dreams.

Being able to dream is an inherent attribute of human beings.

The world of dreams, because of human out-of-control imagination, becomes bizarre and ever-changing.

Correspondingly, the parasitic nightmare will also be ever-changing and elusive.

As for why nightmares parasitize both Depp and Winona at the same time——

"Because of the resonance between lovers!"

Charlotte continued to explain to Depp,

"Couples who worry about gains and losses are easily entangled in all kinds of dreams and nightmares. They are the favorites of nightmares. What's more, some lovers who have a clear understanding of each other can still resonate with each other."

"resonance!?"

"Spiritual resonance!"

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

"There is this resonance between you and Winona. The nightmare can use this resonance to construct a common dream for you, and then stay in it and absorb power."

——It is precisely because of this that it was so difficult to find traces of it before.

Unlike ghosts that inhabit a single individual, the parasitic method of nightmares will cause the abnormal reactions in Depp and Winona to be extremely weak as long as they are not close.

This is the biggest headache for people like Charlotte who deal with ghosts.

However, the reason why the nightmare chooses this parasitic method is not because it is guarding against the exorcist or something.

Just like Charlotte said to Charlize, most ghosts don't have the brains!

The reason why it adopts this strange parasitic method is just because it is most beneficial to it——

Just like when sound waves resonate, they will be greatly strengthened. The spiritual resonance between lovers, especially the resonance in nightmares, will also greatly increase the power of nightmares.

"But even so, the nightmare you mentioned should only give us nightmares!"

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

"But why is Noni unconscious?"

"Because this is what she wants!"

Charlotte smiled bitterly,

"If it only makes people have nightmares, nightmares are not actually scary, at least among ghosts. The really scary thing about them is that they strengthen people's self-destructive tendencies!"

"Self-destructive tendencies?"

Depp's expression changed.

"Yes."

Charlotte nodded,

"Just like standing on the top of a tall building and looking down, you will always have the urge to jump down. People's self-destructive tendencies are innate. Something simple, such as-"

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

"Many people still go ahead and do it even though they know they are seeking death, right? Some people even get pleasure from the act of hurting themselves, right?"

"...That's right!"

Depp smiled wryly and nodded.

As a well-known death master among young people in Hollywood, he certainly understands what Charlotte means.

In fact, if it weren't for the lesson learned from the death of his friend River Phoenix, he might still be on the road to committing suicide...

Charlotte ignored Depp's thoughts and continued:

"Nightmares can continuously increase mental pressure on people through nightmares. And this kind of pressure can only be vented through behaviors with self-destructive tendencies."

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

"Such as taking drugs, such as racing, such as self-mutilation, such as kleptomania... And when it comes to Winona specifically-"

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

"I don't know how she usually vents this pressure, but now, the nightmare has obviously amplified this pressure to a very large extent, which made her finally choose to escape the entire real world."

"You mean-"

"Like I said, nightmares are part of people's dream world after all. And dreams will use a strange way to realize wishes that people don't even dare to think about."

Charlotte glanced at Winona with a wry smile,

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

PS1: There are several movies with the name "Nightmare", but they are not very famous. They are basically thrillers, so I won't recommend them to you. PS2: Nightmare, in many games, is a mount, a dark horse, yes Bar? However, it does exist as a dark horse in Western legends;