Dr. Schneider and the one-eyed brother were both stunned because they didn't react, and the last time they met was many years ago, so they just subconsciously felt that the other person looked familiar. But soon, the three of them realized who was in front of them almost at the same time:
"you?"
"you!"
"you!"
Without thinking, the two brothers held hands and stepped back into the mirror that suddenly appeared, then disappeared on the spot with the sound of the lens shattering. Dr. Schneider looked at this scene in shock, and looked around blankly, confirming that they had left, then took off his hat and walked towards the door of the hotel.
Seeing Xia De standing there looking at him, the doctor waved at Xia De without asking what the two men were doing here:
"You'll never imagine what I just went through. No, I'm not talking about meeting those two brothers. I'm talking about five minutes ago."
The doctor gestured, somewhat excitedly:
"I was just walking in the city and I was almost hit head-on by a train!"
This sentence almost choked Xia De:
"What?"
"Can you believe this, Detective? Yes, right here in the city, just five minutes ago, I was doing nothing but walking down the street, and there came a train right at me!"
Mia, who was on Shad's shoulder, looked at the glowing bottle in the doctor's pocket with great interest, while the doctor continued to gesture with his hands to indicate the trajectory of the train. He was really angry:
"Who would have thought that such a thing would happen in the city? There are no railroad tracks there. God knows where the train came from. I don't care who did this. I will definitely take revenge!"
"Well... Doctor, listen to me. If I were to explain this, it would probably be quite complicated."
Xia De, with a conflicted expression, called the still angry doctor to go inside the hotel to talk further. At this time, there was no one on the first floor of the hotel, and the guests just now had all run outside to watch the excitement.
"I'll explain it later, but I have good news."
The doctor said, waving his hand:
"We've found the location. Tomorrow, Saturday, shall we hold the dreaming ceremony? It would be best if we do it at night, on Green Lake. You said you have helpers, so call them all over. We will set up a very complicated ceremony on the surface and bottom of the lake to ensure that this time it will be foolproof."
The middle-aged man who had just been nearly hit by a train on the street promised.
"no problem."
As he spoke, Xia De led the doctor to the second floor and entered the restaurant they had just been in.
Megan was still sitting in the main seat, but Durrut Giles and Rust Edwards were gone, leaving only the Green siblings at the table.
"Meghan, let me introduce you. This is my psychiatrist. He will perform the dream ritual tomorrow night and lead the capture of the demon."
Then he introduced to the doctor:
"Doctor, this is a very good friend I met in Green Lake. She is a high-level sorcerer, very powerful, and also a member of the Edwards family I mentioned. Tomorrow, she will be by our side to ensure our safety, as a precaution."
Megan had no interest in greeting a man, but considering that he was Xia De's friend, she still greeted him softly. As for Dr. Schneider, although he was curious about the relationship between Xia De and the noble lady in front of him, he saw that the other party was Gao Huan, and he knew at a glance that she was very powerful, so he greeted her respectfully:
"Hello, ma'am."
Then Shad introduced Mr. Soren Green, the person who entered the dream, to the doctor. Because Shad had informed Megan and Audrey in advance, Mr. Soren Green also knew about this. Although he was a little nervous, he had no objection to it.
So everyone agreed to set off for Green Lake after lunch tomorrow to make preparations. Although the doctor had never made any mistakes in hunting demons, for safety reasons, Shade decided to call Miss Sylvia tomorrow in addition to Megan and Audrey.
As for Carina, she had been busy with negotiations for a whole week, and now that the weekend had finally come, it would be better for the Duchess to take a rest.
“Do I need to prepare anything in advance?”
Mr. Green, who had never done such a thing, asked the doctor before he went back to his room. The doctor thought for a moment:
"Which god do you believe in?"
"The God of War and Peace."
As he spoke, he drew the holy emblem on his chest.
The doctor nodded:
"Then don't forget to pray to God before you go to bed tonight."
"This will prevent the evil spirits from harming us?"
"No, no, if something really happens tomorrow, since you have prayed, maybe God will really save us."
The doctor has a good sense of humor.
Since he was ready to enter a dream on Saturday night to look for the labyrinth demon - Yalu, then Shad's date with Lecia on Saturday night at the opera house without Ajelina guarding the door would naturally not go ahead.
After he returned to Tobesk that night, he turned into a cat and went to Yodel Palace to find Lecia to express his apologies.
Her Royal Highness was very understanding and knew that Shad must have something important to do, so the date could be moved to next Monday - she would accompany Queen Diana to a banquet on Sunday night.
Of course, as compensation for postponing the date, Leicia really wanted to touch Shade in cat form, but was rejected by Shade:
"Why do you have the same idea as Karina?"
The red-haired girl sat on a chair by the window of her bedroom, resting her right hand on the windowsill and supporting her face, smiling as she looked out the window at the silver cat standing between the flower pots in the night. The moon shone on the cat and the flowers, and she wanted to paint the scene in front of her:
"I feel relieved knowing that Jialina didn't succeed. Good night, Shade, and have a good dream. I hope you can see me in your dream, just as I always miss you in my dream."
No one visited the family that night, as Shad and the cat beside him went to bed early. However, early on Saturday morning, Father Augustus came to visit. The old priest changed out of his usual clergy robes and put on an old-fashioned brown coat and black trousers, with an unlit pipe in his mouth.
If he had a cane, he would have looked like a wealthy old gentleman:
"I'm leaving by train at noon. If nothing unexpected happens along the way, you'll see me at Green Lake on Monday evening."
Father Augustus has already dealt with other matters in the church. He told the church that he wanted to relax outside after a long absence and would be back in half a month to a month.
The priest was already very old, and Bishop Owen of the Dawn Church in the parish originally wanted to send someone to accompany Priest Augustus, but the old priest had to refuse with great difficulty.
"This trip will probably be interesting. I wonder how the spring in Green Lake compares to the fall in Fort Midhill."
After seeing the priest off, before leaving for Green Lake, Shad went to the Prophet's Association to meet Luvia and informed her of tonight's actions.
He did not mention Dr. Schneider on his own initiative, but only said that a friend of Tobesk was there to help him. However, since the doctor, who rarely postponed the group meeting, was not there, the purple-eyed girl could naturally guess who Shade was talking about.
But she didn't ask any more questions, she just told Xia De to be careful:
"Next Monday, as soon as the secondment letter arrives, I will leave for Green Lake. The association has a way to open a temporary passage, and I don't have to take the train. You can see me at Green Lake next Monday."
"Well... Green Lake Hotel will probably be very busy next Monday."
Xia De was thankful again that the writer lady had no intention of leaving the city recently, otherwise it would be really bad.
After returning home from the Prophet's Association, we had to prepare for the trip. We definitely couldn't bring Little Mia with us, as this cat didn't have the ability to face the devil. Shad had already agreed with Resia yesterday that Dorothy would take care of it today.
As for the relics to be carried, the Demon Hunting Seal and the Night Watcher, which Shade had not taken out for a long time, were of course the most important. To be honest, although Shade's most commonly used weapon in the Green Lake incident was the Staff of Yggdrasil, he still felt that the Night Watcher was more convenient to use.
But as a sword, it is really inconvenient to carry it around.
After Dorothy arrived at number 6 St. Teresa's Square, Shade set out from the basement. The doctor, the Green siblings, Megan and Audrey were already prepared. They had lunch together at the hotel and then set out in a carriage.
At about 12:30 noon, the group boarded the witch's luxury cruise ship at the city's dock. After the cruise ship brought the group to the shore of the river mouth, Megan personally performed an illusion to create the illusion of the cruise ship parked near the shore. Then the rituals engraved inside the hull were activated layer by layer, and with the silver flute of the daytime wandering soul, a document-level relic that Megan brought specially, the cruise ship was truly hidden in the sunlight.
The coffin specially prepared by the doctor was moved from the reeds to the cruise ship. After the cruise ship entered the area selected by the doctor, the witch's followers began to busy themselves with arrangements on the water and underwater according to the drawings drawn in advance by the doctor.
Originally, the doctor was alone. No matter how familiar he was with the devil's methods, he could only act alone if he wanted to counterattack. Now with the help of a group of middle-level and even high-level ladies, the doctor can better implement his plan.
However, he did not participate in the early arrangement of the ceremony, but entered the cabin with Mr. Green. He wanted to adjust Mr. Green's mental state in advance to ensure that there would be no other accidents in his dreams at night.
As for Shad, he and the witch, now Audrey, stood at the railing beside the deck, looking out at the thick fog in the center of the lake. In the past, even on clear days, it was impossible to observe the fog covering the island in the center of the lake from a distance. But since the strange change in the island in the center of the lake on the night of the lunar eclipse, on clear days, even if the ring sorcerers stood on the dock of Pukhov Village on the shore, they could vaguely see traces of the fog.
"There's something wrong with that friend of yours."
Audrey suddenly said, interrupting Shade's thoughts.