If Christine from "Descent into Hell" were here, she would be horrified to discover that this button is exactly what she desperately wanted to get rid of after being cursed.
The refined-looking man with glasses held up the button with one hand and reached directly into the charred and rotten corpse with the other, tearing open a hole.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Freddy, I was going to put it in your mouth, but you’re not exactly a paragon of virtue right now.”
Captain Evan's expression turned serious, and his tone became impassioned.
“I, Evan Ding Parker, hereby formally present this button to Freddie Kruger.”
After saying that, he forcefully stuffed the button into the wound that had just been opened on the corpse.
Although the captain was polite and mild-mannered, he was clearly a ruthless character. Not content with just stuffing the buttons in, he also took out a sealed bag, put Freddy's body inside, and then vacuumed it.
"Andy, carry it on your back."
The bearded man looked somewhat resistant as he saw the travel bag containing Freddy's body being handed to him.
"Evan, is it really necessary to carry this thing around?"
Evan adjusted his glasses.
“If it were just an ordinary corpse, there would be no need for this, but what if Freddy let someone sleepwalk here and dig up the button? So let’s take it with us. Okay, let’s go to town and find an inn to stay in.”
The group of sixteen felt somewhat depressed when they returned. Chris, in particular, subconsciously distanced herself from Andy, and the others in the group did the same, intentionally or unintentionally.
But the veterans felt a bit more relaxed than at the beginning.
Although the newcomers were completely baffled by what Evan was doing, they understood it perfectly well.
The "Devil's Contract Button" is a one-time use item worth one B-rank side quest.
From their previous two story worlds, "Falling into Hell".
Normally, few members of the reincarnation team would exchange for expensive, one-time-use items like the "Demon's Contract Button," but they happened to encounter it in that particular storyline, so they were quite lucky.
Although disposable items have a low cost-performance ratio, their power is definitely much stronger than that of sustainable items.
The moment the contract button is given to someone, it places a curse on that person's soul, summoning the demon Lamia to steal that person's soul within three days.
Given the coercive nature of the item's effect, there will absolutely be no harmonious situation where Freddy and Lamia become best buddies and hold hands upon meeting; it will inevitably be a life-or-death struggle.
Even if Lamia isn't a match for Freddy, who's been enhanced by the storyline, a demon that specifically targets the soul would definitely be able to hurt it.
For the Reincarnators, their relationship with Freddy is one of mutual diminishing returns; weakening the other even slightly is beneficial.
At the entrance of the grocery store, the old man was still reading the newspaper, and his coffee cup seemed to never be finished.
The newspaper's headlines were changing one by one, and it became "After a minor setback, Captain Evan of the Cycle gives the Devil Button to Freddy."
The following images change dynamically: Chris, the Mind Bender, who is on the verge of collapse; Freddy's body, which has been dug up; a button held high; and a backpack containing the body.
"Yes, he's a ruthless person. Reincarnation is indeed a good way to cultivate ruthless characters."
The old man gave them a casual comment, his tone no different from asking for sugar in coffee.
"Ha, in my opinion, it's more like a good way to cultivate perverts."
Mach offered a different perspective with a hint of disdain.
...
It was noon when they returned to the town, and the reincarnators checked into the largest hotel in town.
However, there wasn't the kind of super-sized suite they wanted that could accommodate sixteen people; there were only small suites, the largest of which could only fit four people.
However, the people who are reincarnators are not short of money; the logic of the rich is sometimes simple and crude.
They rented three adjacent suites on a monthly basis and paid enough money to shut up the hotel owner so that they could knock down the two walls connecting the three rooms to create a "doorway" that would allow three people to walk side by side.
Thus, the first super-sized suite for twelve people in the town's inn was born, and sixteen people could squeeze in by sleeping on the floor.
"Talented individuals".
The old man looked at the newspaper and gave them a brief evaluation.
That night, the townspeople all went to sleep, but the sixteen people in the inn stared at each other, none of them intending to go to sleep.
"I mean, we can't just tough it out for twenty days, can we?"
Andy shrugged helplessly and offered his suggestion.
"How about this, we split into two groups and take turns sleeping. The people who are awake will keep an eye on the people who are sleeping, and if anyone shows any unusual behavior, we will use an adrenaline injection to wake them up."
"Can."
"Agreed!"
I agree!
"Okay, put me in the night watch group first!"
...
The town was quiet at midnight, at least on the surface, but the next morning it was stained with blood.
A young man named Dean died by slashing half of his own neck with a knife.
At 8 a.m., the reincarnators gathered downstairs at the hotel for a simple American breakfast consisting of toast, eggs, and bacon.
"Have you heard? That kid Dian committed suicide at the coffee shop last night..."
"Yes, it was horrific. He slit his own neck in half with a knife, and there was blood everywhere on the floor of the cafe!"
A hotel employee and the owner were discussing the misfortune that had occurred the previous night in hushed tones.
The reincarnators looked grim. Although they didn't expect Lamia's curse to kill Freddy, they had thought they would be safe for at least the next three days. But just like the first victim in the story, he still died.
"Perhaps it's just that Lamia hasn't appeared yet. In the original movie, Lamia only appeared on the last day."
Captain Evan comforted his teammates in this way.
"And we are not placing our hopes on Lamia; ultimately, we have to rely on ourselves."
The people who sleep during the day and those who keep watch at night take turns.
They planned to spend the next twenty days in this hotel.
Although the plan is negative, they also have positive strategies.
The veteran had already planned that if he encountered Freddy in his dream, he would try his best to capture him in the dream, and then bring Freddy out of the real world when his teammates outside stimulated him to wake up.
And that's how the protagonist killed Freddy in the show.
On the morning of the third day, Evan and two newcomers from the team encountered Chris, who was supposed to be dead. Although she was pale and had dark circles under her eyes, she was still alive.
She and her boyfriend were getting ready to go to school.
"Hey Chris, and Jesse too!"
Evan stepped forward and greeted the two, who were clearly suffering from severe sleep deprivation.
Chris and Jesse didn't recognize the three people at all and looked at them with some confusion.
"Do we know each other?"
Evan suddenly looked at them with a serious expression.
"We don't know you, and we apologize for approaching you directly, but you are extremely dangerous!"
Chris and Jesse immediately thought of Freddy, but they didn't know how to explain these absurd dreams to anyone.
Chris asked tentatively.
"Sir, what danger are you referring to?"
Evan adjusted his glasses and took out a silver cross necklace from his pocket, which shimmered beautifully in the morning light.
Their eyes were involuntarily drawn to the cross, and for a moment they seemed to see an angel spreading its wings.
"Let me introduce myself. My name is Evan Ding Parker, a demon hunter from the Vatican. I've come to Elm Street to hunt down a demon that has taken lives in my dreams. Its name is Freddy Kruger."
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