Chapter 31: The Problem
Freddy's words continued.
"In that dream town of Prinewood, there are all Alice's obsessions. These obsessions are chaotically intertwined...... For example, Mayor Wright, his tenderness to his daughter represents Alice's yearning for fatherly love, but what he did in secret is Alice's hatred of the mayor in reality, and those townspeople, they are the projections of the townspeople in reality, a group of selfish, talking about high-sounding words, but what is hidden in the heart is enough to make people sick. β
"Their curse is real, and they deserve it, but ...... The town of Plumwood in her dreams still looks warm and quiet, which is Alice's yearning for the beautiful side of this town....... Oh, by the way, and the boy named Andrew, perhaps, Alice's heart really wants to have a love, she consciously hopes that this town still has a pure heart, so Andrew will exist. β
Ziliang nodded: "Well, in this case, it seems that everything will be explained, but now I still have a question, since we were in a dream before, and this place is reality...... That...... Where are my companions? β
Yes, if the previous one was a dream, then, where are Old Joey and the others? From waking up to the present, Ziliang has not seen them. So...... Ziliang even suspected that everything here was an illusion that Alice made up again in order to buy some time.
But fortunately, things didn't go in such a complicated direction after all.
Because, Freddy smiled and shook his head.
"So, you don't know about dreams yet, in fact, all this is nothing more than true or false, you can think about it, if Alice in the dream also had a dream, in her dream, Elm Street is a desolate street that has been burned by a fire, and the whole town of Plumwood is deserted, only herself and a man with burns all over her body, as it is now, then, which side is the dream and which side is the reality......"
Ziliang listened to Freddy's words, and couldn't help but sigh, thinking to himself that he was busy helping the guys in the spiritual department, why did he always make these mysterious things.
"Okay, okay, I'm really not good at these topics, but I do know someone I can discuss with you."
The voice did not fall......
"I'm not going with you." Freddy said directly.
"Huh?" Ziliang was stunned: "You already know what my purpose is?" β
"Yes, while you are observing me, I am also observing you. I know the so-called shards of sin, and I know that I am one of the shards, but ...... As I said before, I am an atoning man, and my mission is to speak to Alice...... So, I'm not going to go with you. β
At this moment, Ziliang really wanted to take out a cigarette to smoke, he couldn't have imagined that the mission that a piece of [Sin Fragment] had arranged for him was to atone for his sins. How does this sound so inconsistent?
But imagine that a butcher's full-time job is still pig raising, so it seems to be able to explain it.
So now, a big problem is in front of Ziliangβββ 'How can I take Freddy away?' β
The shards of sin are very troublesome, either you let him follow you willingly, or you use absolute force to make him submit.
The path of 'willingly following oneself' has just been denied by Freddy, and 'crushed by force'...... Seeing that Freddy grasped the posture of the axe blade he had chopped just now, Ziliang felt that he did not have the ability to beat him to the point of convincing.
In this way, Ziliang was silent for a while, and then his eyes shifted to Alice...... It's this little girl who has tied Freddy here.
"How long has she been like this?" Ziliang asked suddenly.
"It's been more than 30 years, and she's been asleep shortly after that fire."
Ziliang nodded, and then asked a question......
He asked, "After all these years, why didn't you kill her?" β
Uhβwell, if there was a third person present, it would be a surprise to hear that. Freddy said that he was protecting her, how could he still kill her.
However, Freddy smiled helplessly: "Actually..... I once really wanted to kill her, I couldn't bear to see her sink into a dream forever, where she was so chaotic, she was expecting love, she didn't dare to go out at home every day, she loved the quiet town, she had fatherly love, but at the same time hated her father, loved by the townspeople, but at the same time cursed the whole town...... She has so many obsessions that I can foresee that she will lose herself sooner or later, but ...... I couldn't wake her up, and every time I woke up, I could feel the great pain in her body, which is not at all what a child should bear....... Therefore, killing her seems to be the most cruel and best choice. β
"So what...... Why don't you keep getting your hands dirty? β
Freddy still smiled wryly, and then, holding out a sharp finger, gently touched Alice's brow.
Immediately after, an amazing scene appeared, and the finger easily penetrated Alice, without even the slightest hindrance, just like her in a dream.
"Since that fire, she has been in a state between dream and reality, so no one can touch her, including herself, otherwise, she would have ended her life by herself decades ago, and she would have used self-hypnosis."
"I see, but why didn't you let me hack her in my dream before?"
"Too strong an attack will wake her up." Freddy answered Ziliang's question very simply.
"Well, it seems that there is really no way." Ziliang said, but almost at the same time as he said this, a solution appeared in his mind.
Ziliang was stunned for a moment, and then his face showed a little bitterness. "Uh...... No way. He muttered.
Freddy looked at Ziliang: "What's wrong?" β
Ziliang hesitated again and again: "Hiss...... Actually, I have a way to solve your problem and get Alice out of this painful cycle of not even dying. β
"What?" Freddy's body trembled suddenly, and a moment of light burst out in his eyes, and that posture was about to rush to Ziliang.
"Wait, wait, wait." Ziliang hurriedly pushed Freddy aside with his hand: "I have a ...... Uh, friend, can help, but...... I'm going to have to pay quite a bit to summon her, so ......"
"I'll go with you!" Freddy didn't even think about it, and immediately responded.