There were clearly only three people standing in front of him.
But... why are there four shadows on the wall?
Mrs. Dominic looked carefully and discovered that there was an extra shadow next to Thomas's thin figure.
The shadow was a head taller than Thomas, and his hair was meticulously combed.
However, it is different from the loose stance of others...
He stood as straight as a stone statue.
The wife felt a wave of fear coming over her.
She pointed at the shadow and screamed: "What, what is that?!"
The sound was so shrill that it hurt the eardrums of Sean and the others.
Only then did Sean and Yueguang realize something had changed, and looked in the direction their wife pointed.
The young man's figure rose into the air, his figure suddenly grew larger, and he rushed towards the candlelight.
The light and shadow shook, and the boy's shadow appeared on the other side, behind Mrs. Dominic.
"Thomas..." The wife opened her eyes in fear, as if she had a premonition of something, and stretched out her hand towards her son.
"Mom!" Thomas rushed towards his mother anxiously.
The shadow opened its arms, tightly hugged Mrs. Dominic's soul, suddenly took off, and merged into the darkness.
A string of shadows flashed across the streetlight projected from the window. Sean had already thrown out his ectoplasm hook, smashed through the window, and chased out.
Olivia, who was on guard at the periphery, was faster and chased in the direction of the swaying black shadow at a ghostly speed.
Even though the Seiko Girl had a dazzling speed, it was still much slower than that shadow.
Olivia chased her halfway across the street in an instant, but the shadow that held her wife's soul hostage had already escaped without a trace.
"Damn it!" Sean's spiritual essence suddenly waved with a loud bang, leaving a deep dent on the lamp post...
…
Return to the messy interior.
Realizing that his mother's soul had been taken away, Thomas' legs weakened and he was about to fall to the ground.
Moonlight gently supported him with ectoplasm and let him sit on the chair.
The face of the eight-year-old child was pale and miserable: "It was him...it was he who took his mother away."
There is no doubt that Thomas is talking about the nightmare boy standing in front of the huge amusement park and inviting him.
Mrs. Dominic, who was stranded in the world, had been protecting Thomas, which made the young man extremely angry.
When his wife's resentment subsided and she was in her purest state, he, who had been hiding, took action and kidnapped her soul.
This is his revenge.
"What should I do?" On such a day, the child's tears seemed to be almost dry. "Mom still can't sleep..."
Olivia squatted in front of Thomas, gently stroking the child's back with her slender palms.
When Sean and Yueguang's eyes met, they both saw unwillingness and anger in each other's eyes.
Sean, as the captain, squatted in front of Thomas: "Thomas, don't worry about this.
"Uncle promises you that your mother's soul will rest in peace."
The child pursed his lips and nodded vigorously. The strength he had pretended to be in front of his mother had disappeared.
The evening breeze blew the curtains in vain, and the dim candlelight flickered in the room.
The black shadow has escaped without a trace, and it is even impossible to determine the direction of pursuit.
If we want to get Mrs. Dominic back, we can only take a long-term approach...
Sean, who was a little anxious, forced himself to calm down.
In order to ensure Thomas' safety, Sean and the three of them packed up the house and guarded Dominic's mansion.
After helping Thomas with his homework for the day, Sean tried to ask for information about the boy...
Unfortunately, it's not much different from what Mrs. Dominic said.
No further information was available.
Since setting up protective formations was not Sean's strong suit, early the next morning, Sean and Yueguang contacted nearby parishes and invited the priest in charge to arrange formations at Dominic's mansion that could resist evil. .
This formation, which is enough to ensure that the black shadow can no longer harass Thomas, as well as the baptized holy silver diamond frame that Thomas carries with him, are all paid for, but Sean can no longer care about these expenses...
He just wants to make sure the family doesn't suffer any more tragedy.
After ensuring that the protection was in place, Sean asked Thomas to live as usual and left a "shelter card".
Like the "Seeker Note", the "Asylum Card" is also a standard item for the Seeker.
However, only Queen level or above explorers can use it.
At the same time, a Q-level explorer can issue "Asylum Cards" to up to four protected persons. Once the protected person is threatened by any threat, the card will respond and inform the explorer of the status and location of the card owner. …
Although he already had the ability to protect himself, Sean still handed out a card to his sister.
With this arrangement, Sean was sure that Thomas Dominic would not be harmed.
When leaving, Thomas looked at Sean and his party silently.
After suffering so much, the only good thing is that Thomas is in relatively good shape.
Sean could even see a trace of stubbornness unwilling to bow to life between his eyebrows.
He is a "little man" now.
Under Thomas's silent gaze, Sean nodded slightly and once again confirmed his commitment to the eight-year-old child.
——
To Sean's expectation, the pursuit of the nightmare boy was hindered.
Reminiscent of the dream Thomas experienced, the first person Sean visited was Professor Carl Jung.
In the realm of dreams, he is the absolute authority.
Not only that, the psychological clinic run by his students will also conduct "dream exploration" on patients.
Obviously, if the nightmare boy covets human souls, then he cannot only attack Thomas and his mother.
There are bound to be people experiencing the same nightmare.
Before visiting Professor Jung, Sean felt very confident about getting clues.
However, when Professor Jung contacted three of his students and was convinced that he had never witnessed any patient experience such a dream, Sean fell into surprise...
Could it be that, if the nightmare boy never failed, all the victims would not be able to get to the clinic?
Only because of the protection of a great mother did Thomas become the only "lucky one"?
unknown.
However, such setbacks did not completely block Sean's investigation.
In his opinion, there is another channel, which is the best place to find clues for any case...
Explorer Mission Center.
After all, any matter involving evil will be entrusted to the explorers.
For the same reason, Sean believes that there will be tasks involving "Nightmare Boy" or "Shadow" in the mission center.
By taking on related tasks, there will be more witnesses and victims...
In this way, it will be easier to uncover the truth.
Unfortunately, this road also left Sean disappointed——
After screening tasks related to "Nightmare" and "Shadow", they were convinced that none of the tasks were related to Thomas' experience.
In Sean's eyes, two "smooth roads" that could be followed were blocked inexplicably.
"Could it be that this is an evil case against Thomas alone?
"That weird young man in a suit only cares about the souls of the Dominic family?"
After such a conjecture emerged, Sean felt chills on his back.
The possibility that Mrs. Dominic's whereabouts might never be traced loomed in his mind.
A repentant soul was so inexplicably devoured by evil?
Or in front of me?
Sean clenched his fists in annoyance, eliminating the possibility that made him feel chilling in his heart from his mind.
"There must be clues!
"Mysterious clues will always emerge inadvertently!"
After soothing his heart that had become agitated due to the slight humiliation deep in his consciousness, Sean, who was eager to fulfill his promise, finally calmed down again.
The two most likely paths were blocked, and Sean could only wait for more inspiration to come from him.
Or, just like in the past, waiting for the case to "find" you...
Anyway, he had to deal with other things next.
"Business with Daisy and Bill, a meeting."
After calming down his slightly anxious mood, Sean went to the "Fog and Rose" hotel with Olivia Wind Chime alone.
