Chapter Eighty-Three: The Past
The story took place many years ago, that year...... I was only seven years old.
"Who are you!Help!Dad!Mom!Help me!!"
"Cover the mouth of this little ghost, what if his shouting draws the police over?"
I couldn't do anything but scream, I lost consciousness as soon as it was dark, and when I woke up again, I found that the room I was in was so unfamiliar, and there were many children of different ages crying.
"Cry what cry, cry again, I'll slaughter you all!!"
The man who walked in from outside the house had a fierce face, and all the children, including me, were too frightened to speak. It wasn't until later that I learned that these people were all fugitive suspects, who had been out and running for many years, picking out children who had no parents to escort them to and from school, and once they had chosen their targets, they would throw them into the van and quickly leave the scene.
"You ...... Do you want to escape?"
Surviving in this humble house for a few days, spending every day in the process of being whipped, these bastards forced the children to report their parents' contact information, and obtained money by blackmailing their parents, it is worth mentioning that they were very cautious in committing crimes, and even the monthly income of the family was investigated, so the amount of money they demanded was controlled by them within an acceptable range, coupled with some coercion and intimidation, resulting in many families choosing to make a big deal after sending money to find their children, let alone calling the policeγ
"I ask again, do you want to escape?" said the eldest child in the room.
"Think...... Of course I want to...... I miss my mom and dad anymore...... I'm going to be beaten every day here, and I'm in pain......"
"Me too!
"Take me, brother!"
Seeing that they all agreed, the boy felt confident. "Well, then we'll get out together tonight when they're asleep." β
You ask me what happened after that? Isn't that obvious?
The innocent child thinks that people will sleep at night, but they didn't expect that there is still a night shift in this world, and they were caught on the spot, and the crying woke up the adults in their sleep.
"Run, want to run, say, who will lead ......"
Silence......
"Don't say it...... OK. He paced and looked at me, and suddenly picked up a boy, "Tell me, which of you is the leader." β
"I ...... I don't know ......."
Bang! The boy's body slammed to the ground,
"I don't know?! I let you not know!"
The foot kept kicking on his body, as if he wanted to vent all the anger in his heart, how could a child less than five years old withstand the angry attack of an adult? Sure enough, after a few kicks, the child spat blood from his mouth, and he was out of breath but not in.
"Boss...... He's not going to be able to do it......"
"If it doesn't work, just throw it into the backyard and dig a pit and bury it in it!" After finishing his breath, his mood calmed down slightly, the man squatted down and grabbed the head of the other child with his hand, "Good ~ Tell your uncle...... Who proposed to slip away in the middle of the night. β
Although there was no intimidation this time, the scene just now was deeply imprinted in the hearts of everyone present, and the named child did not want to be the next person to fall to the ground...... He wanted to go home!
After that...... There was an extra guard dog at the originally undefended door, and there was also a swaying figure on the big tree in the yard......
This undoubtedly had a huge impact on my childhood, and the child who betrayed his companions was also immersed in panic all day long, until his parents paid for him and were taken away by the kidnappers, and his mouth kept crying, "Big brother, I didn't kill you! Don't come to me!"
Judging by his appearance, even if he survives, he will definitely be tormented by nightmares, and it may even be ...... Long gone!
No matter what other people think, I don't have the slightest sympathy for him anyway, and after this experience, I often think about whether this world is inherently good or evil? Why would a pure child betray others without any scruples? If it is good, then what is the reason for the gang-like bullying behavior in kindergarten? Is it just that the child is small and does not understand anything...... What a pale explanation......
For half a year, I have lived here for a total of half a year, and I am used to seeing many familiar faces leaving, and many strange children coming here. I once thought that I might be here for the rest of my life, and sometimes I would wake up crying in the middle of the night, wondering if my father and mother didn't want me anymore. Until...... The arrival of that guy.
"Oh~What poor children~"
The woman in front of us is called Ola, and she is an Interpol who was temporarily dispatched from abroad to track down a transnational murder case and accidentally discovered our existence and assisted the local police in successfully rescuing us.
Due to the fact that the gang committed crimes in a wide range of cities, it became a huge problem to send back these children in that era when communication and transportation were not very common, and we had no choice but to send us to a welfare home to settle down temporarily.
However...... Things didn't go as smoothly as they could have been. The blonde woman named Ola has been spotted here regularly ever since...... I asked what happened to the kidnappers, but she just smiled and shook her head, not wanting to go into details.
I didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and every day I played with the friends I made in the orphanage, went to class, and listened to the stories that Sister Ola prepared for us...... gradually stepped out of the previous shadow, and his personality slowly became cheerful.
At this moment, a teenager came to the courtyard. His body was covered with bruises, and he didn't reply no matter how he talked to him, except that he occasionally heard the nurse's sister talk about it:
"This child is so pitiful, he has been abused by his father since he was a child, you look at the wounds on his body, I am distressed to death~"
"That's it! How could there be such an inhuman bastard in the world! He could bear to attack such a lovely son! Fortunately, he was already in prison, otherwise his son would have died at his hands. β
It turned out that he also had a tragic childhood...... I'm much luckier than him.
I told his story to the other friends, and because of the sympathy, they also started to take the initiative to communicate with the boy, but for some reason, Sister Aura seemed to be a different person from that day on.
"You must remember that our lives exist because of the Great Creator! The Lord's desire is the direction in which we are striving!"
She began to indoctrinate us with strange ideas about what she called "the Lord." Under the subtle guidance, the children gradually moved away from the teenager and took ill will towards his existence.
"Do you know why your father abused you? because you shouldn't exist! You went against the ideals of the Creator! You are a heretic!"
Similar words kept appearing, and they smashed the objects and food at the boy's body, and the other party did not resist, but just silently endured everything.
I don't know if the Almighty Lord really sees it, and if it is as omniscient and omnipotent as it says, then I would like to ask Him, what is wrong with such a poor child, and why does the caregiver who had been sympathetic to him hate him more and more? Is it really just because of the word heresy? Or is it ...... These are just manifestations that someone has imposed on others in order to realize the darkness in her heart?!
I do not know...... I don't know anything...... I didn't understand what was right or wrong, why my parents didn't find me until then, and I didn't understand how I could bleed overnight after I left the institution......
Who is Ola? What is her purpose? What is she hiding? Is she among the corpses that night? Why did the kidnappers who should have been taken out appear in front of me years later?
Even if I have the answers to these questions in my heart, I don't want to think about it at this moment, because I firmly believe in one thing!
Anyone who incites emotions and tries to brainwash the crowd is heretical! heretical...... Absolutely not alive!