Chapter 102: Future Vision and Calvin's Help
As the [Future Vision Orb] cracked, what appeared in Luke's mind was not the long plot like the last dream, but a simple scene like a photo.

In that scene, "James" stood next to him, and they were surrounded by several other people who also looked like high school students, as if they were facing a common enemy together.

After just a moment of daze, Luke woke up from the vision.

He took back the [Melted Gold] and looked at the wooden sculpture in front of him.

Not to mention that the clone of "James" was killed by him, even if there were any survivors, it seemed impossible for them to fight alongside him.

A quarter of an hour before he cut off the wood sculpture, the [Future Vision Orb] took effect, so the vision was definitely related to it. Therefore, this wood sculpture "James" was the most likely to become his teammate.

Luke temporarily gave up the idea of ​​directly cutting off the wood sculpture, but how should he save this thing?

If it was a girl with fair skin, beautiful face and long legs, Luke could try the method of saving Snow White as a prince, but this little curly-haired girl is definitely not qualified.

There is no way to lift the curse in Luke's own abilities. You can't wake him up through rap and basketball. His name is just James, not the deputy goat.

Headache!

Luke picked up the fallen wooden sculpture and looked at it for a long time. Finally, he thought of a solution that he didn't know if it would work. He took out a bottle of transparent liquid from his [Endless Stomach]. It was the "Holy Water No. 3" he brought from the church before leaving home.

This thing is precious, after all, it can cause fatal damage to dark creatures if used properly. But in the end, it only has a shelf life of one month. In another half a month, it will be completely effective.

Moreover, Luke is no longer as helpless as he was in the past when dealing with level 3 enemies. Instead, the strategic value of this thing is not that high.

He thought about it, opened the cork a little bit, took a small amount to test the effect first, so as not to get burned.

Two drops of holy water fell on the wood carving, and then slid down the face of the "James" wood carving like ordinary water drops, without causing any special reaction.

no effect?
Luke increased the dose and poured about a bottle cap of holy water, but the wood sculpture remained unmoved, as if it was really an ordinary wooden statue that was harmless to humans and animals.

Seeing that the holy water really didn't work, Luke corked the remaining half of the holy water bottle and refilled it.

It can't be wasted.

The only solution I can think of has failed, so I can only wait and see. There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain. The person in the [Future Vision] is standing with me. Maybe after waiting for a while, the solution will come to me.

The wood sculpture was not very heavy and Luke could easily lift it with one hand. He put the AR-47 back into the package, held the knife in one hand and the wood sculpture in the other, and walked out vigilantly.

The road was very peaceful, with no new replicants causing trouble, and nothing else intervening.

Because the true identity of "James" was most likely a local high school student, Luke took out a coat from the [Endless Stomach] and covered the upper body and head of the wooden sculpture. In this way, after walking out of the woods, although it was still a bit strange to hold a wooden sculpture, he would not be recognized.

Amid the surprised looks of passers-by, Luke returned to the hotel, placed the wood sculpture in the closet and locked it.

It was late at night, but Luke, who had just slept and stretched his body, was still very energetic and not sleepy at all. He took out his phone and called Calvin.

"Beep...beep...beep..."

After three busy tones, Calvin answered the phone.

"Hey, Luke, you are so disloyal. You just wanted to have fun by yourself and you only contacted me now."

As soon as the phone was connected, Calvin's complaining voice came over. It sounded like he was not having a good time at home during this period, and Mr. Hunter was indeed a little angry at his presumptuous behavior.

Luke laughed awkwardly twice, then explained: "I have been busy all the time. Let me tell you, during the few days since I left Fort Lauderdale, I first met a headless knight, became friends with him, and together we killed a human-skin kite monster. Then I met a few extraordinary people, and together we fought against the Indian revenge ghost..."

Although Calvin was not around, as he was talking, he suddenly felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere, and a strong resentment seemed to be overflowing from the telephone receiver along the radio waves.

Luke quickly stopped the introduction and got straight to the point: "Calvin, I need your help."

"Huh? What's the matter? Just say it." No matter how resentful you are, you still have to help your friends when they need help. Besides, at least this way you can have a sense of participation in Luke's adventure.

Luke recalled and organized his words, saying, "Please check for me. There is a small town called Black Falls to the north of Charleston."

Calvin listened, turned on his computer, and asked, "And then?"

"There should be a high school in this town. Can you help me find a student named James in this school? He is white, has brown curly hair, and looks... Never mind, I'll take a picture for you."

After that, he opened the closet, turned on the hands-free mode, took a picture of the James puppet with his camera, and sent it to Calvin through the social software.

"That's him. Help me find all his information, especially his social media accounts. Let me know who his friends are and if there's anything unusual going on recently."

Looking at the strange wood sculpture that Luke took a picture of, Calvin, who was confined at home, suddenly became interested and started typing on the keyboard.

Luke added, "Please help me check if there are any strange legends in Black Falls Town, recent ones or those from long ago."

"Okay, don't worry." Seeing that Luke had no more requests, Calvin hung up the phone and began to concentrate on searching the Internet for all the news about James and Black Falls Town.

The reason why Calvin was asked to investigate instead of asking around in the town was mainly because he thought that "James" might be missing and his family was looking for him. For an outsider like him to suddenly ask about him at this time would be like dropping mud into his pants - it would be shit anyway.

Luke waited for about an hour, and Calvin directly sent him a compressed package. He opened it and took a look.

It is mainly divided into two parts: James' social situation and various incidents in Black Falls Town in the past. Among them, he highlighted two contents.

The first one was a news report from more than 20 years ago. There was nothing particularly fascinating about it. It simply stated that a house caught fire and a high school student named Harland was burned to death in the room.

The second one was a photo on James' social media. According to his Facebook updates, he and several classmates had a party in an empty house a few days ago. According to Calvin's comparison, the room where they had the party was exactly the house where the fire accident happened 20 years ago.

If you say there is no connection between the two, no one would believe it.

Calvin also used James's social software to find out all the information about the students who attended the party that day, and sent it to Luke. In addition, the current owner of the house was also included in the intelligence. Luke looked around and found that apart from James, there were many students who attended the party that night, but not many of them had a good relationship with James. There were mainly five people, namely the girls Isabella, Marg, Ellie and the boys Lucas and Saga.

Calvin collected the photos of these students and marked them one by one. Sure enough, several of them appeared in Luke's future vision.

It is worth mentioning that these five students seemed to be in danger. Mag had an allergic reaction to nuts the day before yesterday and almost died; for some reason, Saga ran around in panic during a rugby game and ended up breaking his arm.

Seeing this, Luke remembered the news he had heard from the hotel waiter before. The clue had really been right in front of him.

In addition to these students, the owner of the house is a new teacher in the school named Blake, who is in charge of the training of the football team.

This is also a big doubt. The outsider who inherited the haunted house and the outsider teacher who just came to the school is such a classic character.

Luke, who was originally confused, instantly became much clearer after reading the information Calvin found. He had ideas and solutions. As expected, intelligence work is the top priority.

He thought for a moment and now had two ideas. One was to go directly to the haunted house to find the teacher named Black, who was most likely the mastermind, or was related to the mastermind. The other was to find the students who were also victims and learn more about the situation from them.

Although Luke now has a combat power close to that of the third level, the enemy's strength and capabilities are still unknown. With Luke's current abilities, he does not have the capital to rush forward and start a fight without considering anything, so out of caution, the second idea is safer.

Looking at the information Calvin collected, the football player Saga is currently being treated at Black Falls Bayview Hospital. He is the easiest to contact among the current students. And if he is really attacked by dark creatures, then it will be easier for Luke to gain his trust.

After finding the address of Black Falls Bayview Hospital through a mobile phone app, Luke put the James wood sculpture back into the closet, closed the closet door, and walked out.

The hospital is located in the center of the town and is easy to identify. Not far from the hospital gate, there is a wooden spire that looks like it was built not long ago. The entire tower is hollow, and there is a spacious spiral staircase inside that spirals from the bottom of the tower to the top like a spiral line.

His eyes lingered on the peculiarly shaped spire for a moment, then Luke walked through the hospital's automatic door and stepped into the spacious and bright hall.

Sniffing the unique smell of disinfectant in the air, he quickly glanced at the reception desk, where there were several nurses in white uniforms and a doctor in dark blue work clothes.

He walked over, acting politely but a little nervous, as if he had never experienced much in the world, and said to the nurse on duty: "Good evening, please help me find the ward number of a patient, Saga, who was admitted to the hospital the day before yesterday. I am his classmate, and I am here to visit him."

Luke had just graduated from high school, so playing the role of a high school student could be said to be a true portrayal of himself. The nurse at the reception desk had no suspicion at all and was typing quickly on the computer, looking up patient information.

"Ward 207 on the second floor." She pointed in the direction of the stairs.

Arriving on the second floor, there were closed doors on both sides of the corridor, each door was marked with a room number. Luke's footsteps echoed in the quiet corridor, and he walked along the corridor to find Room 207.

Soon, 207 came into view.

The door was closed. Luke tried to turn the handle. The door was not locked. Luke knocked on the door gently, then opened it and went in.

"Hey, Saga, are you feeling better?"

The person lying on the bed was Saga. When he saw Luke, he looked a little embarrassed. It was like that... when you are eating in the cafeteria, someone suddenly sits opposite you, calls out your name, and greets you, but you don't see the person familiar at all, and you can't remember the person's name.

That's the feeling.

He smiled awkwardly, neglected to say hello, and said vaguely, "Well, I'm better. It doesn't hurt that much anymore. In fact, I plan to be discharged from the hospital tomorrow."

"That's great!" Luke said with a smile, as if he was really concerned about Saga's injury. But then he changed his tone and asked seriously: "What will you do after you are discharged from the hospital? Are you going to find the monster who hurt you?"

!!!

The embarrassed expression on Saga's face disappeared and instantly turned into vigilance and shock.

"Who are you? You don't look like a student of our school. I've never seen you before." He supported the bed with his intact right hand and was about to sit up.

"Relax, Saga, relax." Luke had activated the effect of the robin's teeth, making his words full of deception. "I'm here to help you."

"You..." Saga's reaction was not as intense as before. He asked doubtfully, "Who are you?"

"I'm just an exorcist passing by, a supernatural being who does this out of interest."

"The Exorcist?" Saga, who had watched many movies, naturally understood this concept, and the effect of the robin's teeth made him subconsciously believe what Luke said.

"Are you here to drive away that fire monster?"

Discover the element! Flame monster.

As expected, is it related to the burning house?
Under Luke's guidance, Saga told Luke everything that had happened to him in the past few days.

On the day of the party, he found an old Polaroid camera in the room. Out of curiosity, he took some photos of his friends with the camera.

However, the photos developed by the camera were not the scenes they experienced at the time. Although the protagonists did not change, the scenes around them and their expressions had changed a lot.

It was not until the next day that he found out the reason - those photos were prophecies of disaster.

Whenever he took a photo of someone, the photos that appeared in the Polaroid camera would show the dangerous situation that the other person would encounter next. The allergy to macadamia nuts was the effect of the cursed Polaroid camera.

He was injured because of this Polaroid camera. His friend James took a photo of him with the cursed Polaroid camera, and the photo showed him in a football uniform, lying on the court in pain.

He was a little worried, so he threw the Polaroid away. As a result, it appeared in Saga's locker before the game.

Saga went on the field in a daze, and soon after, he suddenly had hallucinations. The coach seemed to have turned into a strange man with flames all over his body. The entire football field was covered in flames. He ran around in panic and got injured.

Coach, Burning Man, Blake.

Luke increasingly felt that there was something wrong with the teacher named Blake.

(End of this chapter)