Case File 054
Case Alias: The Monk Who Entered His Dreams
Client: Dou Fu
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Occupation: Company employee
Family: Parents
Contact Address: Room XXX, No. XX, Love City Gardens, People's Celebration City
Contact Number: 138XXXXXXXX
Incident Details:
March 15, 2009. The client's first visit. Audio file 05420090315.wav.
"Hello, Mr. Dou. Please have some tea."
"Oh, thank you."
"You said on the phone that you've been having nightmares lately?"
"Yes, constantly. They started at the end of last year. At first, it was just... I thought they were only nightmares..."
"What did you dream about?"
"A monk, but... he didn't really look like... He was bald, and he had prayer beads in his hand. He was wearing that kind of outfit you see in period dramas, but it wasn't a monk's blue cloth robe, and it wasn't a kasaya either. It had patterns on it..."
"What kind of patterns?"
"Well... I can't really say. I think they were embroidered. They reflected some light, but I couldn't see them clearly."
"Where were you in the dream?"
"Nowhere. There was no setting, just a pitch-black place... Though it might not have been completely black... I never dreamed of streets or houses, just that monk."
Did he say anything to you?"
"Yes, he spoke. He's been talking to me ever since the first time I dreamed of him. He says the same thing every time. He says... he says, 'Benefactor, could you bring this humble monk's head to me?'..."
"His head?"
"I really don't know. I'm not a Buddhist, and neither is my family. Nobody in my family follows a religion! I woke up terrified as soon as I dreamed about this. I have no idea... I thought it was a nightmare. It didn't make any sense, and I hadn't seen