Chapter 20: The Truth?

The people of the small town, who were still shouting angrily just now, suddenly became quiet, and a tingling feeling rushed into everyone's consciousness.

Several people subconsciously took a step back, and even fell to the ground as soon as their legs were weak.

Andrew...... This small town boy who should have been dead and inexplicably forgotten by people just appeared in everyone's sight.

"You...... How do you ......"

Mayor Wright was also stunned by the sudden appearance of the man, and he knew by the look on his face that he was undoubtedly one of the people who 'knew about Andrew's existence and knew what Andrew's death was all about'.

"Huh. How could I be here, am I not already dead? Andrew laughed, filling in the second half of the mayor's words: "That's a question, but I want to ask my question first...... who is [Freddy]?" Why do you not save me when you know that I am suffering in my dreams, but instead watch me being burned alive! ”

He roared angrily, not at all like a freshman in college, but more like a ghost crawling out of a fiery hell.

"We ....."

"Tell me! You murderers! Andrew roared unrelentingly.

And the words murderer, sturdy, smashed into the psychology of this group of small town residents...... Although it is only a simple description, when the word comes out of the mouth of a dead person, it becomes a kind of torture beyond psychological endurance.

Finally, Mayor Wright sighed.

"Son, it's really our fault...... But we have to, you are the hero of this town, although no one else remembers you, but ...... You are the hero of this town. ”

Andrew frowned: "I prefer to be alive than a hero, and ..... I need the truth. ”

"Well, you should know the truth."

Wright said, but immediately afterward, the townsfolk behind him immediately reacted violently: "Mayor Mare, you can't do this, we swore that no one can talk about that again, we will take this secret to hell." ”

"Hell? Hehe, so where do you think Andrew is from? Perhaps, this is the torture of God for us, we killed him, and he has the right to know all this! ”

For some reason, it seems that all the townspeople are not concerned with the fact that the dead Andrew is standing in front of him, but they seem to be more concerned with the so-called 'truth'.

"You...... The right to know the truth. Wright said again.

And finally, a forbidden story will be told.

......

The story goes back 35 years......

At that time, the town was still unknown...... It was even more obscure than it is now, and even if you mention it to people in the same state, you may never have heard of it.

At that time, there were only about 100 families in the whole town...... And the one who manages these people is a very kind mayor.

At that time, the group of townspeople standing in this parlor were still very young, and their lives were peaceful...... Carefree, until one day, a fire broke out at the mayor's house. In that fire, there were three people, one of them was the mayor of the town, the second was an orphan girl adopted by the mayor, and the third was [Freddy Kruger]

The fire burned so hard that by the time the townspeople rushed over, the mayor had already been burned to death, while Freddy Krueger and the little girl escaped the fire.

At the time, almost the whole town was there, so we were curious about what the cause of the fire was and why Freddy was at the scene of the fire.

And the girl also told everyone what happened......

That's ...... This fire, in fact, was set by Freddy!

The little girl was very beautiful, and everyone in the town liked her, and Freddy was no exception, but his affection was manifested in his crazy possessiveness, so Freddy followed the little girl and sneaked into her home, trying to do something to him that the young man had just awakened, and as a result, the mayor came back and bumped into Freddy, so the two scuffled together, and finally Freddy set the house on fire and burned the mayor to death.

Freddy was a villain, and although he was only a teenager at the time, the whole town knew about it, and we were all furious, and he set fire to it, burned the mayor, and desecrated the most beautiful girl in town, and finally, in the midst of that girl's cry, the angry townspeople, that is, us...... Pushing Freddy into the fire again.

Originally, we thought that was the end of the matter.

But...... It doesn't seem to be the case, because Freddy is back, and he's become a ghost who can sneak into other people's dreams.

His power is immensely great, he can get into our dreams, abuse us, kill us.

But at first, it didn't cause much panic, after all, it was just a dream, but ...... As time passed, so did Freddy's strength, and finally, the first person to die in a dream appeared.

Yes, Freddy was able to kill a person in a dream.

During that time, the town was in the midst of the greatest crisis ever, and people were dying one after another, so that we didn't dare to sleep or close our eyes in the end...... Even in the end, they couldn't stand it, and some people directly chose to commit suicide.

This is no longer something that can be solved with normal theories, so we turned to a priest at the time, and he told us that Freddy was able to return after death because of resentment, and his death was carried with great resentment and unwillingness, so ...... He came back for revenge.

But we don't know where this resentment comes from, because his death was entirely due to his own evil, and he died innocently!

In this way, the days passed, and more and more people died in dreams.

Finally...... One day, the little girl who survived the fire told the truth.

It turned out that everything she said before was false, and the person with ill intentions towards her was actually the sanctimonious mayor of the town! Freddy, on the other hand, broke in for her.

And at that time, why did she lie..... In fact, she couldn't tell, maybe because her young heart couldn't bear that her adoptive father was such a sanctimonious devil, maybe because the scene at that time made her think that even if she told the truth, she would not be recognized by the townspeople, after all...... No one would have believed that the amiable mayor could be such a person.

In short, she lied, and this lie led to Freddy's death, and even caused Freddy to return as a ghost.

But now, the girl has realized what she has done, so ..... She took a large amount of sleeping pills and, before dying, gave herself to Freddy.

But...... Freddy's death was not a simple lie, in fact, the whole town was involved, so Freddy's resentment was not completely erased.

In desperation, the priest used various methods to finally find a way to restrain Freddy again, and that was ...... Since he exists in the dreams of the people of the town, then, when the people of the town are no longer afraid of him, will not dream of him, and even do not remember him at all, then his power will be weakened, or even eliminated forever.

Thereupon...... A plan to 'forget Freddy' began.

The priest renounced his faith for the sake of this town, and he cursed everyone so that we all forgot about Freddy.

At the same time, just in case, he also picks some children to keep Freddy in mind, but curses them that they will never have dreams......

This was not enough, because Freddy would try to make others remember him, so the third curse of the priest was to make all those who died in dreams be forgotten like Freddy.

Yes, as long as you are killed by Freddy, you will not have any memory left, your parents, your relatives, your friends, all your loved ones will completely forget your existence, I know it's cruel, but...... Like I said, there's no way, we can't get anybody to remember Freddie Kruger.

And little by little, the town finally returned to peace, and Freddy finally did not appear again.

It's been thirty-five years, and the chosen children, that is, us, have all grown up, and in fact we wonder if we wait until we die, then Freddy will be completely wiped out.

But reality doesn't seem to be as simple as fantasy, and the name Freddy is mentioned again, perhaps because of you...... Andrew, you went to college and walked out of this town, so Freddy found an opportunity, and this group of outsiders also happened to mention the name [Freddy] in front of you.

So, you brought Freddy back again......

Actually, we could have used the method of deleting memories to settle this matter again, but unfortunately, the priest died of old age a few years ago, so ..... You must die too! We are sad about this, but ...... Sorry, we have no other way.

Mayor Wright told Andrew all of this as it was....... "Now, can you rest in peace?" ”

Andrew looked at each other coldly: "Heh, that is, you are not a group of cold-blooded murderers, are you, you are protecting this town, you are heroes, right......"

No one answered...... Everyone could hear it, it was a mockery.

"It's all an excuse, if no one in the world remembers Freddy, then Freddy doesn't exist, then why don't you die? It's been more than 30 years, you should have been sure that this statement is true or false, and now that you have all been sure, then you people who can't dream will all commit suicide en masse! Andrew said: "It's so righteous and awe-inspiring, in the end, it's not that you don't want to die?" ”

"It's because you guys still remember Freddy, so he hasn't been completely wiped out, you're just using other people's safety to make excuses for your fear of death, in my opinion, you're not as good as the adopted girl who took the initiative to sacrifice herself to Freddy, you are cowards!"

Andrew accused, and finally, one of the townsfolk couldn't help it.

"Damn, why are we talking nonsense with him, I don't care if he is a human or a ghost, Lao Tzu has the holy water in the church here! Let's kill him! Otherwise, this guy may be too angry and will become another Freddy in the future! ”

As soon as these words came out, the townspeople finally found a reason to kill Andrew...... The gang began to shout, and each of them took out crosses, silverware, and other things from his pockets, and gestured at Andrew with a fierce look.

"Hehe, sure enough, as long as it involves yourself, you guys will put yourself on a moral platform in a frenzy...... I kind of understand why that little girl didn't dare to tell the truth, if she didn't say the answer you wanted to hear at that time, maybe she would have been pushed into the fire by you, just like Freddy...... A bunch of sanctimonious guys...... You are the devil. ”

"Kill him!"

"Get him back to hell!"

The crowd boiled, and the townspeople seemed to immediately fall into a state of hysteria, and by looking at their faces, they knew that all morals and truths were worthless in their eyes.

Mayor Wright's eyes flashed with the last hint of apology, and then, he lowered his head, letting the shouts of the people behind him get louder and louder.

"I'm sorry." This was the last voice he made.

Then, in his sight, the group of townsfolk roared and rushed past him, holding all sorts of strange gadgets, drowning Andrew......

But at this moment......

"When! Space! Arrive! ”

A voice appeared.

With this voice, everything in front of them was still, and the group of townsfolk with teeth and claws turned into a stiff picture, and then, the picture cracked inch by inch, and "snapped", turning into flying glass shards.

A clean and tidy parlor appeared in front of him, and the townsfolk did not exist.

In front of Wright, only Alice looked at him with extremely shocked eyes.

And the group of strangers who stared at them with cold eyes.

Wright was dumbfounded, he didn't understand what was going on, but, in a panic, he saw the doctor's eyes.

In the depths of those languid pupils, a breathtaking scarlet color gradually receded.

......

Perhaps, someone has forgotten, so I have to say it again here.

This ability is one of the abilities of the [Body of Sin] obtained when the Eternal Coffin is upgraded

【Low-level Sinful Ability】

【MONOCULUS】

[With the Demon Eye of the Sinful Body, it is finally able to exert some of its original abilities]

[Unreal: The Magic Eye can pull the target into the illusion, the real time can last up to three minutes, and the time in the illusion is determined according to the mental power of the user and the person entering the illusion.]

[For the same person, the MONOCULUS can only be used once]