Chatty Hollywood

Charlotte's method of confirming Lesotho syndrome was so simple that Charlize couldn't believe it.

He just asked the girl to stand behind her mother, patted the latter's shoulder several times, and got the information he needed——

"Soul-leaving syndrome does exist!"

Charlotte explained,

"On the head and shoulders of a person, there are three soul lamps, or firelights, which represent the strength of the soul and are also known as the Samadhi True Fire. Ordinary people cannot see it, but ghosts can see it clearly with the help of magic."

As he spoke, he laughed,

"Actually, ghosts have a practice called "ghost shouldering", which is to use the strength of the Samadhi True Fire to test which people's souls are weak and suitable for intrusion and trouble!"

"Ghost shoulder to shoulder!?"

Charlize was stunned and suddenly realized,

"Then you just asked me -"

"That's right! It's just a tap on someone's shoulder."

Charlotte nodded,

"Because when people subconsciously turn around, the soul lamp will be temporarily dimmed. For people with weak soul strength, one lamp will even go out. If it goes out, ghosts will be interested in them."

"Then my mother..."

"Her soul lamp was very dim. When she turned around, the two lamps on her shoulders were extinguished!"

Charlotte said helplessly,

"This situation is either a sign that the person is about to die, or it is a sign of an incomplete soul - I think it is the latter!"

"Then what should we do?"

"It's very simple, but it's also very complicated -"

Charlotte smiled bitterly and said,

"Get back part of your mother's separated soul!"

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It is not an easy task to retrieve a living soul after it leaves the body.

It’s okay to have a specific goal, but if you don’t have one, it’s basically the same as finding a needle in a haystack.

"Is there any place or thing that your mother is particularly attached to?"

Charlotte asked Charlize as soon as they left Malcolm Sanitarium.

The girl shook her head.

"The moments when we have good memories were when we were still in South Africa, and later in Europe and the United States. My mother and I just moved around. And...after that, my mother didn't talk to me very often."

"That's it!"

Charlotte shook her head in distress.

Although under normal circumstances, part of the soul of a living person leaves the body and is not too far away from the main body, this is not absolute -

What if part of Charlize’s mother’s separated soul floated back to South Africa? There would be big trouble!

"Anyway, let's go take a look at the place where you and your mother lived in Los Angeles first!"

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"Nothing found!"

That night, in the apartment that Charlize had not yet moved out of, Charlotte sighed tiredly.

Today, he and Charlize searched all the places around Los Angeles that Charlize could think of, but found no clues at all.

"According to common sense, it shouldn't be like this!"

Although there is a possibility that the soul of a living person will leave the body and float far away, in that case, the living person is usually not far away from dying.

——Although Charlize’s mother is currently unconscious, there doesn’t seem to be any bad signs in her body!

Charlotte felt that the current situation seemed a bit beyond the scope of his knowledge.

"Charlotte, what will happen if my mother's soul is never found?"

On the other side, as a daughter, Charlize is worried about her mother's safety.

"It seems that the danger is not great at the moment."

Charlotte quickly comforted the worried girl,

"According to your description, your mother's soul has obviously been out of the body for some time. Since she is fine now, she should be fine in the future."

——The premise is that nothing unexpected happens.

Of course, Charlotte wisely did not say this.

"But even if nothing happens, as long as the part of the soul that left the body does not come back, my mother's mind will not recover, right?"

Charlize was not so easy to fool, or in other words, she realized the other side of the problem.

"That's right."

Regarding this, Charlotte could only nod and admit.

After all, if the girl asked him to help restore her mother's sanity, there was no way he could do it without part of her soul.

In other words, no one in this world can do it.

but--

"Actually, there is another way."

Charlotte looked at Charlize with a sad face and proposed another solution.

"Sally, I originally hoped to directly retrieve part of your mother's separated soul, so that she could quickly regain her consciousness, but at the moment it seems..."

He spread his hands helplessly,

"Actually, there is another way to bring your mother's soul back without looking for it. However, it will take a long time to regain consciousness."

"How long will it take?"

Charlize asked immediately.

"If all goes well, it will take about a year!"

"this……"

The girl hesitated.

Charlotte also understands that, to put it bluntly, one solution is safe but takes a long time, and although the other solution can be effective immediately, there are still problems that cannot be solved.

If it were him, he wouldn't be able to make a decision for a moment.

"There is still time, you should think about it again, Sally!"

After patting the girl on the shoulder, Charlotte left.

On the one hand, he still had his own things to do. On the other hand, he always felt that something was wrong about the nursing home where Charlize's mother was staying.

"Maybe some more investigating needs to be done!"

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Of course, what happened on New Year's Day in 1995 was just a little secret between Charlotte and Charlize, and insignificant to the whole world.

Even for Hollywood, that's true.

"Happy Death Day" is still reaping box office success on the big screen, beating many other films of the same period into disrepair;

Reviews from film critics are coming out one after another. Although there are mostly positive reviews, there are not no negative reviews, but overall, it is pretty good.

Producer Mr. Westwood still stares nervously at the box office report every day, ready to intervene at any time for unexpected problems.

——Well, with the successful experience of "Fatal Turn", at least the pressure on his heart is not that great.

Pat Kingsley is ready to sign Charlize Theron. Of course, for her, who already has a superstar like Tom Cruise, this is just an investment in the future;

As for Jodie Foster, who finally got rid of the painting and the evil spirit, she is currently thinking about a new script——

"This can be considered an adaptation of a famous work, right? But I still feel that the investment scale is too small! Isn't it a bit..." to leave it to him?

Looking at the hardcover paper book with Washington Irving's name printed on it in her hand, the double actress was still hesitating.

"Especially, it is said that Paramount has a similar script in hand..."

——There is no way, there are countless scripts backlogged in the seven script libraries of Hollywood. It’s actually quite difficult for original movies to avoid crashing with them at all.

In short, Judy also had a hard time making a choice.

"Why don't we discuss it with Charlotte in two days?"

ps1: "Left", more translated as "Stay", is a thriller released in 2005, filmed by Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling and Naomi Watts. ps2: I think there are so many chores during the Chinese New Year! So annoying!