Chapter 224: William's Dream
"No!"
Henry woke up with a start, finding all his classmates looking at him.
"So it was a dream..."
He breathed a sigh of relief.
"Henry, do you know that sleeping in class violates school rules!"
"So-sorry... Teach..."
He stopped halfway.
Originally Henry wanted to explain the reason for his fatigue to the teacher.
But he found he had completely no impression of yesterday's memories.
He couldn't even remember the teacher's name.
"What, are you planning to make up an excuse on the spot?"
"No... Teacher, I just can't remember..."
"Hehe, now you've learned to lie. But why did you betray your companions back then?"
As soon as these words came out, Henry was instantly stunned.
He looked up and found that the person standing on the podium was actually his former companion.
The other party wore a leather glove embedded with sharp blades, but his face had long rotted.
At the same time, the surrounding light also dimmed.
Henry turned his head stiffly, finding many beds around him.
Many children were lying on them, even his familiar companions.
But without exception, they were all naked.
And many of them had bruises on their bodies.
At this time, that weird glove rested on Henry's shoulder.
"Hehe, young bodies, beautiful screams, the pain of suffocation... you really are a 'Loyal' companion."
"No... no..." Henry painfully covered his head.
"Didn't you say you were going to beat me up... Come on, push me into the abyss, just like you treated your former companions!"
Henry's hand was raised in the air.
Without knowing when, that glove was already worn on his hand.
Accompanied by the sound of sharp blades tearing through flesh and skin.
Henry tore open his companion's chest, and fresh blood sprayed on his face like a water column.
In just a moment, he turned into a "Blood Man."
"Ahhhhh!"
William woke up with a start, looking at the front row seats in the classroom.
At this time, quite a few students were also looking in that direction.
Listening to the surrounding discussions, William quickly figured out what had happened.
"So that guy Henry had a nightmare..." He thought inwardly.
Ring... Ring...
The class dismissal bell rang soon.
William looked beside him; Gail was looking around, her face also showing a terrified expression.
"Are... you okay?" He spoke up.
Gail was startled and hurriedly stepped back a few steps.
"No... I'll leave first; I'm not going to the library today." She lowered her head and quickly left the classroom.
William shrugged and started packing his backpack.
When passing the front row, he heard the conversation between Pence and Henry.
"You... said you were going to Principal Roberto..."
"Sorry... I'm not in a good state today. Can we go tomorrow?"
Pence was stunned upon hearing this, obviously a bit unaccustomed to Henry's politeness.
William only glanced and paid no more attention.
Today he felt very tired, seemingly having had several consecutive dreams during class.
William even suspected that he might suddenly have a dream while walking on the road.
"Phew... I never want to stay up late again in my life." He shook his head, only wanting to go back quickly and catch up on sleep.
He held the door handle and pushed it outward, doubt instantly flashing in his eyes.
"Where is this?"
William sized up the surroundings.
A slightly messy desk, comic posters stuck on the wall... and used toilet paper by the bed.
Wait!
Bed?
He looked down and found himself sitting on a bed.
"So... I just woke up?"
William's eyes were even more puzzled.
He clearly remembered he was just about to leave the classroom to go home and catch up on sleep.
"So... did I just wake up now, or did I lose the memory of going home from school?"
Thinking of this, William turned his head.
But his gaze instantly froze—behind the headboard wasn't a wall.
He saw a dark and pitch-black big house there.
Withered weeds, old walls; set against the dark night, it looked even more mysterious and dangerous.
His own bed... seemed to be placed in the front yard of this house.
But the bizarre things were far more than this.
Creak... Creak...
The swing in the yard was swaying, and a little boy was sitting on it.
And beside him were three little girls.
Two of them were playing hopscotch on the spot, and the remaining girl was riding a four-wheeled cart.
At the same time, a children's nursery rhyme also rang in William's ear:
"One, two, Freddy's coming for you."
"Three, four, better lock your door."
"Five, six, grab your crucifix."
"Seven, eight, gonna stay up late."
"Nine, ten, never sleep again."
If just appreciating the melody, this nursery rhyme was somewhat pleasant to hear.
But the discordant intervals, paired with this discordant scene in front of him...
William instantly felt a wave of danger.
"The bed back turned into an abandoned big house, and there are children dancing here in the middle of the night..."
He couldn't help but think inwardly.
"Isn't the bed humanity's ultimate safe house!"
Somehow, he suddenly remembered this sentence.
At this time, the girl riding the bike looked up: "I want to go inside and look around, do you want to come together?"
Her voice sounded very pleasant, paired with the girl's pure white little dress, it couldn't help but make one feel protective.
William looked beside the girl upon hearing this.
That was the entrance of the big house, as pitch-black as an abyss inside.
"Uh... this might not be a good idea." He shook his head with a troubled face.
"By the way, are you all kids living nearby? How did you open the door and run out from home in the middle of the night?"
But those three children didn't answer.
Only the girl riding the bike continued: "Since you're not going, then I'll go play inside by myself!"
After she finished speaking, she turned the handlebars and slowly rode towards the entrance, like a lamb proactively running into the wolf's mouth.
At this moment, any adult might have shouted and stepped forward to stop it.
But William had a look of resistance.
He unconsciously made a cross on his chest: "May the Lord protect you, I'll be leaving first."
After saying that, he got up, got out of bed, and left in the opposite direction of the house.
There was a bedroom door there.
Although it was unclear where it led behind.
But compared to that obviously bizarre house, William preferred to explore this way.
Bang!
Not long after the bedroom door closed, the girl riding the bike appeared from the entrance again.
Her face was gloomy, staring fixedly at the direction William left.
The other three children also revealed the same expression.
Behind the door.
William rubbed his chin. At this time, what was in front of him had turned into a street under the night sky.
The potholed cobblestone road was uneven, and white argon gas floated in the distance.
At this time, the piercing sound of metal scraping across a wall rang out on the street.
At the same time, a tall and thin figure appeared at the end of the street.
It wore a round-brimmed felt hat, and there was a familiar leather glove on its hand.
"Hehehe."
That guy smiled sinisterly and reached out his hand, then used the sharp blades to cut off his fingers.
In the next second, green liquid gushed from the roots of the fingers.
And that guy laughed louder and louder.
But then the laughter was interrupted.
"Hey, mister, you seem to be very good at fighting." William gestured behind him with his thumb.
"Just now four children planned to enter a dangerous house, maybe you can protect them."
The figure opposite instantly froze in place.
Immediately after, a low voice suddenly came to William's ear: "You... aren't afraid of me?"
William turned his head, only to see an ugly face.
"You indeed... look a bit peculiar."
He tried his best to find a part worth praising.
After all, the person was holding a murder weapon. Without means of resistance, mocking to their face was definitely not a wise move.
But William soon found he couldn't find (make up) one, so he could only speak up:
"But you know, the world is so big, everyone has the right to survive."
The other party fell silent.
Just as William planned to speak again, the scene before his eyes changed once more.
He looked around; this place seemed to be a church.
"Hey! Look, this guy actually followed us here!"
"A local priest actually daring to delusionally enter the parish! You really should look in the mirror!"
"Oh damn it! Someone throw this guy out quickly; the lowly smell on him is simply suffocating me."
He saw several clergy members standing in front of him, pointing fingers at William.
But he was very familiar with these people's faces.
Gail, Pence, Henry, and Lombane.
William had just seen them in the classroom not long ago.
At this time, the figure wearing the red and green striped sweater appeared again.
"Look! This is what they truly look like! They never considered you a companion."
Freddy licked the sharp blades.
"And now! I will give you a chance!"
"You can choose one person to live, and the rest will be executed by me!"
"And that person who lives must be the guy you hate the most!"
William narrowed his eyes slightly.
He hadn't forgotten the memories in the classroom and also knew clearly that these people in front of him were not clergy members.
"So... I am a priest?" He thought inwardly.
At the same time, William perceived something awakening deep in his consciousness.
But this feeling was very weak; he tried his best to perceive it but found it hard to capture.
"Let me think carefully."
He spoke first to stall the other party, and then really started pondering on the spot.
"This guy's behavior is a bit strange. The things that happened in the classroom seem completely illogical here..."
"I was dreaming in the classroom just now... could it be..."
William had a realization in his heart.
A moment later, he raised his head: "I choose that woman."
Freddy smiled sinisterly: "Hehe, so you still surrendered to your desires."
As soon as his voice fell, he stretched out his sharp claws and stabbed towards the other three.
But the next moment, a look of surprise appeared in Freddy's eyes.
What the sharp blades slashed through was not a human body, but a mass of... feces forcefully gathered together to maintain a human shape!
Accompanied by the internal structure being destroyed, the yellow-black substance splattered all over Freddy's face.
"Sorry... time was a bit rushed, couldn't think of anything more classy for a moment." William shrugged.
At this time, three figures stood beside him; it was exactly Henry and the others who had just been summoned.
At this time, including Gail, everyone had regained clarity.
"What... is going on, weren't we in the classroom?"
The few looked somewhat puzzled.
William shook his head: "Although I don't know the reason, we seem to be in a dream right now."
He wasn't in a hurry to say too much but left enough time for the few to accept the current situation.
"Then... what are you doing right now?" Gail looked not far away.
"Oh, you mean this."
William said as he drove a second poop man.
"Trying to use excrement to kill this guy."
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