Why did Father Fitch stay in the confessional cubicle, kneeling and talking to him?
"You saw it." Father Fitch turned to look at Lin who opened the door and stood there stunned.
"You..." Many miscellaneous things in Lin En's mind were being connected at an extremely fast speed.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Father Fitch was exceptionally calm.
He didn't panic and defend himself at all because he was seen kneeling.
Lin En's eyes flickered and he couldn't help swallowing: "Are you repenting?"
"Um."
"Repent for what?"
"I don't want to answer." Father Fitch refused to answer Lynn's question for the first time.
However, when he didn't answer, Lin En also woke up.
After standing there for a few seconds, he closed the door of the 'Confession' compartment and returned to the 'Listening' compartment to sit down: "You... killed them, right?"
There was no response from the other side of the partition.
Silence is the best answer.
After Lin En had a brief enlightenment, he was faced with even greater doubts: "Why did you attack them? What did they do wrong?"
"They didn't do anything wrong," Father Fitch said.
"Now that things have come to this, can you tell me everything?" Lin En asked.
He firmly believes that there is a huge secret hidden in it.
Otherwise, it would be impossible for Father Fitch to still maintain his corruption value at a level of [-50] after killing so many people.
It is also impossible for me to kneel in the "confession" booth tonight, silently confess my sins, and pray for God's forgiveness.
Father Fitch smiled with relief: "What will you do if I refuse?"
"Whether you refuse or not, I will have to send you to the Public Security Bureau in the end." Lin En also had a very attitude.
It's one thing that Father Fitch has something to hide.
Bringing the murderer to justice is another matter.
He would not mix the two things together and help him cover up the past after hearing Father Fitch's story.
In this case, Colin Street will still be shrouded in fear, and Eden and other sheriffs will also be punished by their superiors.
"I'm very happy." Father Fitch's thoughts were elusive. After Lynn gave a colder and ruthless reply, he actually said that he was very happy.
"This sounds familiar." Linn still remembered that not long ago, when he and Father Fitch talked about the corruption of the world and the persistence of a few people, Father Fitch was happy that people like them still existed in the world.
"This matter started about half a year ago." Father Fitch did not hesitate and told the whole story neatly, "Mrs. Hannie first came to the church in this 'confession' room.
Confess to me in the cubicle."
Mrs. Hanney was the first deceased.
Linn kept quiet, listening to Father Fitch's stories about these people.
"She told me about a secret buried deep in her heart." Father Fitch slowly narrated, "When she was young, she worked as a teacher, teaching and educating people in a public school. However, one time in class
A theft incident occurred, and many students pointed the finger at a very inconspicuous girl. She instinctively believed most people, and without doing any investigation, she concluded that the girl had stolen the bow of her classmate, and asked the girl to
Hand over the bow and apologize to the whole class."
Before the story was finished, Lin En vaguely guessed the follow-up.
Speaking of this, Father Fitch sighed softly: "But the girl did not steal anything, so she denied it. Unfortunately, her denial did not make Mrs. Hanney re-examine the matter, and
It was more crudely regarded as the girl's quibble. From this, the matter continued to expand, and the girl's parents learned about it and the whole school heard about it. The girl's parents, teachers and students in the school, like Mrs. Hanni, saw that the whole class was testifying.
After she stole something, she chose to question her about the whereabouts of the bow and demanded an immediate apology."
"Even the girl's parents..." Linn didn't accept it a little bit.
Parents should be their children's strongest supporters, but in this case, parents chose to stand with those who don't know the truth.
"Mrs. Hanney said that the girl's parents respected her and asked her at the beginning if she had any evidence. Mrs. Hanney had not actually conducted an investigation, but at this point, if she said that she was just listening to the speculations of her classmates,
Just slandering people indiscriminately will only bring bad influence to herself, so she insisted that she, like her classmates, had witnessed the girl stealing with her own eyes."
"It doesn't make sense. If she saw the girl stealing with her own eyes, why didn't she stop it in the first place?" Linn asked.
"Mrs. Hanney said that the reason she used at the time was that she wanted to give the girl a chance to confess, but she didn't expect the girl to be so stubborn." Father Fitch said, "Later, under heavy pressure, the girl chose to commit suicide by jumping off the building. All
The quarrel ended abruptly, and because they mistakenly believed that their daughter had done something wrong first, the girl’s parents did not approach the public school to hold them accountable.”
"Alas..." Lin En felt sorry for this girl.
If Mrs. Hanney investigates seriously, if her parents are willing to believe her.
Would the tragedy never happen?
"After that, about two weeks passed. Mrs. Hanney overheard the conversation of other children and discovered that the classmate's bow had not been lost. They just hated girls and wanted to teach her a lesson by slandering her.
." Father Fitch continued, "Mrs. Hanney finally realized that she was being used by a group of children who were neither serious nor serious. That night, she stayed up all night. She was very ashamed, but she did not dare to take the initiative to reveal the truth.
Come out. After all, she was largely responsible for the girl's death."
"Did she decide to commit suicide because of this incident?" Lin En took a deep breath and asked about the final result.
"This incident did not completely knock her down. It only took about a week for her to successfully suppress the incident in her heart and continue working like a normal person." Father Fitch shook his head in the darkness that Lynn could not see.
, "It didn't take long before bad luck struck her. Three months later, her husband died in an accident. Half a year later, her two sons drowned while playing by the river."
Lin En was speechless for a moment.
Mrs. Hannie's close relatives all passed away in just six months.
Could it be revenge from that girl?
In this world where extraordinary power exists, it doesn't seem to be an impossible thing.
"After that, Mrs. Hanney believed that her retribution had come, and she became restless and lived in grief and fear all day long. It didn't take long for her to quit her job and recuperate at home. Two years later, she
I got acquainted with a new husband, and with his help, I gradually came out of the gloom."
"She confessed it to her second husband?"
"No, her second husband only thought she was troubled by the pain of losing her son."
"You continue."
Father Fitch continued: "Out of the gloom, Mrs. Hanney returned to work in the public school until she retired. Just when she had almost forgotten the past, her husband encountered trouble and was also framed.
He failed to seek the trust of others, and finally committed suicide in order to prove his innocence."
"This..." Mrs. Hanney's life was full of twists and turns, and Linn no longer knew how to evaluate it.
"Mrs. Hanney said that she was very tortured during that time. Her husband's predicament always aroused the most painful memories in her heart. She regretted what she had done and felt guilty for not being able to help her husband." Fitch
The priest breathed heavily, "One year after her second husband passed away, she found me and revealed her past for the first time, and believed that this was the girl's revenge on herself."
"You don't agree with her view, right?" Lin En said.
He knew that although Fitch was a priest, his attitude toward gods, demons, and cause and effect was very subtle.
"Yes." Father Fitch nodded, "I told her that all these are not necessarily connected. What you should do most is to face the misunderstanding decades ago, give the girl an explanation, and then start again.
Start your own life."
"She didn't do it..."
"She only listened to the first half of the sentence and was convinced that all her faults must be repaid by herself. Although I told her that in the eyes of gods, the best repayment is to become a new human being instead of sacrificing her own life. But she has lost her life.
The motivation to go down is that death is both a psychological and physical relief for her."
After hearing this, Lynn roughly understood the role Father Fitch played in this case: "In the end, you approved of her death?"
"In those days, she came to the church frequently, and every time I would use the identity of God to emphasize my point of view. Unfortunately, no matter what I said, she was not moved. She only prayed that I would convey her deep apology to God.
, and then the gods will tell the girl." Father Fitch still maintained his kneeling position, "Finally, I agreed. Although I know very well that there is no god in the world, it seems to be enough to give her the final comfort in her psychology.
Already."
"The most important thing she should do is not to commit suicide, but to make the truth of that year public. Whether anyone still cares about this is not the key. Maybe even the girl's family has passed away, but the truth should not be buried forever with their passing.
." Linn felt that until the end, Mrs. Hanney did not fully face her mistakes and make real self-salvation.
"Maybe."
"I still have many questions to ask you. Why did she choose to die at eleven o'clock? Why did the subsequent deaths maintain the same pattern? Why did five people living alone commit suicide tonight? Why were all the deceased people living alone?
"After sharing his views, Linn asked more questions.
Father Fitch talked so much, but actually he still missed the point.
If that were the case, he would at most be a witness to other people's lives and could not be called the 'initiator' at all.
After all, judging from his description, he has been trying hard to make Mrs. Hanni face the past and regain the courage to live. He is saving people, and he is not pushing Mrs. Hanni to end everything by dying.
Obviously, the biggest secret of this 'case' has not yet been revealed.