Chapter 5 - "Edited Photo"

"It's bad, it looks like he's asking for help, we have to get out of here immediately." said Claudia Xun, a shaman lady to Mrs. Lu, Esther mother

"I've managed to move Esther's body with Noah, let's do it now." said Mr. Lu, Esther father

"No, we have to move first, this child seems to be asking for help from someone in her subconscious, we have to move immediately first." said Claudia to them

"But then wouldn't we fail the ritual again, since it's the day, we both been waiting for." said Mr. Lu

"There is no other choice, you either want to go to jail or you want to see your child come back to life." said Claudia to them

"If you want to see your child alive again then listen to me and get out of here." said Claudia to them

Esther in her subconscious heard all this, but she could not move at all. She's desperately waiting for someone to help her while herself trying to wake up from the bed she was sleeping.

"Then let's just follow your words." said Mrs. Lu to Claudia

...Police station...

"We definitely found something strange." said Helen getting up from her chair and walked towards Regina holding her laptop

"Previously we received a case report from Madison An, who said that Miss Lu, her cousin, disappeared without a trace, and didn't even show up to works." said Helen presenting a new presentation

"The company's CCTV shows that the last time she appeared was around the time she left work in August 2024, before accident." explain Helen to them

"After that we investigated, it turned out that no one knew that the victim had an accident, including her co-workers, and also Miss An, who reported it." said Helen to them showing the CCTV footage

"We went to their house to find out about their parents' whereabouts, but the information we got from the neighbors was that they had gone on holiday."

"When we investigated her family's data abroad, there was no record of her parents leaving the city or country at all, so it seems there is something to do with her parents."

Hearing that, Regina was quite shocked by the information that the another division had obtained, which was also quite a lot.

"It seems like his parents are hiding in this country, but I don't know whether they are in this city or not, but what is certain is that they are in this country, and are related to."

"We also searched several hospitals in the city, but there was no data related to her, whether it was kept secret or deleted, but currently we are still searching, because she could be somewhere else, and not in the city."

"We're at a loss, because it's quite difficult to find out their whereabouts in this city and country, but we've been trying to gather information at this time, and the current suspects is the parents." said Helen ended up her presentation

"This is all the information we have about Esther Lu." said Helen get back to her seat

"Well, based on your information, it looks like there will be a major operation related to this search, everyone should be prepared." said the head of the investigation department, Clark Sun

After the meeting was over, they all returned to their respective divisions to prepare for the new operation.

"That was a pretty cool performance, Office Liu." praise David walks beside her smiled

"Thank you also for helping me reply to Helen." said Regina smiled too David

Suddenly Regina's cell phone rang, and it turned out to be a message from Jake.

Message from Anonymous,

I'm Jake, I have some information to get to you, could you come to Z hospital for a moment?

...Hospital Cafetaria...

"What information did you get?" ask Regina to Jake sitting down in front of him

"You haven't eaten yet, right, eat first and then discuss it." said Jake handing her some food

"Just say it straight away, I'm really busy." said Regina to Jake

"You seem to be keeping something from me, I don't know what it is, but I do know it's related to Esther, right?" ask Jake to Regina

"Oh, then I'll eat first, I'm hungry." replied Regina to Jake started to eat the food

"Avoiding reality is the reason why we ended up like this." said Jake to Regina who is half chewing her food

"Alright, I have inner eyes." said Regina to Jake

"Inner eye, what do you see using your inner eye?" ask Jake to Regina

"I saw Esther asking for help wearing a hospital patient's clothing, she should be in a hospital, but I don't know which hospital." said Regina to Jake

"Do you remember the color and pattern, I might know." ask Jake to Regina

"Is Esther that important now, I'm hungry, let me eat first, we'll talk later." said Regina continues to ate her food

...Mountains...

"Are you sure it's safe to carry a corpse, and a human being in a coma like this in a truck?" ask Noah sat in front of the driver's seat to them

"Who did you call the corpse, don't talk nonsense, just do your job?" said Mrs. Lu mad

"I'm sorry, I gave up my job to do something I've always been interested in." muttered Noah looking at the view

"My Esther, soon we will succeed in bringing you back to life." said Mrs. Lu who was rubbing real Esther's coffin while crying

Continued...

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