It is the pain and suppressed despair contained in those eyes.
Chapter 47: Delaying Time (Two in One)
Hitzfeld asked Gliman what he wanted to resurrect by coming to the Ice Lake, and Gliman replied, "To revive a great man."
When she first heard him say this, Hitzfeld was quite nervous, because they all knew that the truly great ones were actually those crazy Outer Gods. The concept of the existence of those things was beyond ordinary people's cognition and even just looking at them could make people confused and crazy. If such a concept existed in Griman's memory, then she must stare at him closely, lest he look up at the aurora and imprint this concept in his mind.
But then she felt that something was strange - it was true that the evildoer was trading with those things, but Grimman didn't even seem to be at Yinsel's level, he was far from Yinsel!
So how did he manage to accommodate the concept of greatness in his heart and keep his self-will clear?
The real great ones are not experimental subjects like the Desire Demon. If Grimman had seen them, Hitzfeld didn't believe that he could still speak so coherently.
So she began to press Grimm for details.
“Just start from two years ago, why did you come to the Arctic?”
"...Didn't I tell you that it was for the sake of resurrecting the great existence!"
"Have you seen Him?"
"……I have no idea."
"You don't even know if this thing exists in your memory, how can you be sure you can succeed?"
"I don't know - I was just following orders. The orders required me to do this. The letter said that as long as I brought the memories of 'belonging to Grimman' to Ice Lake Town, all that was left was to wait for the right opportunity."
"What a timing."
"Of course, the thing that caused the curse has completely lost control. Rob Murphy will gradually unseal it, and he will bear the first wave of its rage after it awakens."
"Weren't you the ones who triggered the first wave of anger?"
"of course not."
"Then how do you explain that you and the ancient witch in town switched identities? You let Geyeso get some of your memories, and then took away his memories, playing the role of the ancient witch?"
"Oh... that was just taking advantage of the aftermath."
"Aftermath?"
"It happens once a month... It's so strong that its power will spread through the ice. If it's guided well, it can be precisely controlled within a certain range. Because at the beginning, those frozen memories won't escape. 'Lake Light' is pure 'Lake Light'. You can find someone to copy each other's memories, just like I did."
"Is this monthly aftermath the source of the 'whimper'?"
"…You already have the answer in your heart, why bother asking me?"
"You just have to answer yes or no."
"Yes... that's it."
"The principle is wind?"
"There are also lights! ... To be honest, I don't quite understand what's going on. The wind isn't that strong. I just feel the lights. The lights are alive and have their own thoughts..."
"You are sure you have never seen an 'Outer God' in your life, right?"
"I swear on everything I have that I haven't seen it!"
"Have you seen Yin Seer?"
"...You know him? Of course...I am a bishop after all, so I have certainly seen the Lord of Redemption."
"Did you know he was dead?"
"You...what did you say?"
Then I almost know what's going on.
After guiding and witnessing Grimman's shocked expression, Hitzfeld confirmed again and again that he was not pretending and had a guess about the truth behind the scenes.
The "great one" mentioned by Griman should not be the "real great one", that is, not those "outer gods". The one he wants to resurrect should be "Insel".
Such a cunning bastard, he did not trust his servants, and even concealed the news of his own death. Two years before the implementation of the plan, he specially drove Griman to the North Pole to use memory imprinting to revive himself.
He foresaw that he would fail, and this was an insurance policy against possible failure.
"You're the only one who came to Eclipse?" Hitzfeld continued to ask him.
But Griman seemed to be shocked. He lay on the ground with his eyes wide open. It was very likely that he did not hear what she said.
Does this count as revenge for Heidi?
Looking at the tall tree man next to him who was in almost the same condition as Griman, Hitzfell inexplicably had this thought.
Griman told Heidi a secret of the tree people, and I will shock Griman by telling him a secret of the solar eclipse.
I just don't know if he's the only one.
There was no time to wait for Griman to come back to his senses. The girl used ice needles to wake him up and continued to force him to reveal key information.
"I don't know! I don't know!"
The doctor wailed and cried.
"You know that was two years ago... Two years ago, I was transferred to the North Pole right after I left Blackwood... The mission was written as top secret... How do I know if I was the only one who took over the mission?"
He was still relatively cautious, knowing that Hitzfeld had a grudge against him and he couldn't say anything final.
Otherwise, if he said "I'm alone", what if the church really sent him helpers nearby, and the other party was caught and killed by them, he would definitely suffer physical pain.
It should be only him.
Hitzfeld was roughly sure.
Such an important secret should naturally be known by as few people as possible, especially since Yinsel also had to consider another possibility - what if he succeeded in Elsa?
He was so close to success. Once he achieved true greatness, he would have to turn back to deal with the clones born from the North Pole. If he didn't want a bunch of beasts with his face to emerge from the North Pole, he couldn't have too many people on this mission.
And although Grimman is the Eclipse Bishop and a high-ranking official, due to his personality and the way he does things, he has not seen many bloody scenes or even had many opportunities to actually witness the evil god's experimental subjects with his own eyes.
There really is no one more suitable than him.
Griman’s memory is “pure” enough. In his subconscious, the only truly great person is Yinsel, and this is the effect Yinsel wants.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, and Hitzfeld's eyes began to turn cold as he looked at Griman.
That was all he knew.
What's more, because he was transferred directly from Blackwood City, he was absolutely unaware of the plans and changes of the Eclipse Church in the past two years.
What use is intelligence from two years ago? Even the rookies in the security bureau know that the duration of a covert mission cannot be too long. Professional gangs also change their bases every few months. Using outdated intelligence from two years ago to catch evildoers is just a bunch of empty air.
Then he is useless.
Should I keep my promise and let him go, or tell him I want to break the contract?
"...I can tell you where the organization has several island bases in the gray fog!"
Maybe it was because she hadn't spoken a word, and the look in her eyes was so cold, that Griman vaguely guessed what she was thinking, and he hurried to prove that he was still valuable.
"The intelligence from two years ago is really useless for the lurkers, but the island cannot be moved! As long as they are not discovered, they will definitely still be there! I can draw detailed coordinates for you, but I only have one request - don't kill me!"
"Are you really that afraid of death?"
"Nonsense!" Griman was in so much pain that he almost had no strength left. He rolled his eyes when he heard that.
"Except for the truly crazy ones...who would join an organization if not to live longer?"
"You guys are in this business for revenge, but we just want to live! We just want to survive!"
He began to complain, saying that some people including him were suffering from terminal illnesses and would die soon. At this time, a team organization said that as long as they joined, they would do their best to cure them - do they have any choice?
Hitzfeld believed at most one-third of what he said.
It’s not like she hasn’t seen the madman Eclipse in the flashbacks. Many of her father Coldis’ experiments were indeed cruel, but there were also people who sacrificed themselves voluntarily!
It is not ruled out that some people may have the same idea as Grimm at the beginning, but as they get deeper and deeper, as they know more secrets and gain more power, their minds begin to be polluted by evil thoughts.
Then they might not be so afraid of death.
Maybe death is a relief for them.
Hitzfeld was a little tired of asking questions, so he asked Xia Yibing to take over. The woman also tortured the doctor, then came over and shook her head at the girl: "He said he would not give the detailed coordinates until he returned to Wayne."
Griman is not stupid. He does not believe in promises, but only in the chips in his hands.
"A man like this could actually become a bishop."
Xia Yibing despised him very much. This was far different from what she had imagined when she caught the top leaders of Eclipse.
She felt that the qualities displayed by the enemy's top brass were not worthy of the torture she had endured during training.
“He should be the exception.”
Hitzfeld said softly.
"He's just a pawn that Yin Seer specially promoted to prepare for his plan."
"Do you want to take medicine?" Xia Yibing looked at the cotton jacket on the girl's chest.
When I wear thick clothes, the curve is not obvious.
She wasn't being naughty, but she remembered that there was still some powerful developer left, which was hidden in this place.
"He just said that his body is resistant to drugs." Hitzfeld shook his head. "It's the sequelae left by the people from Eclipse who treated him... You can try later, but don't hold out for anything."
"What if it doesn't work?"
"Then take him with you for the time being."
The girl took out the eye mask from her pocket and put it back on her head.
Only this time, the eyepatch covered her right eye.
"If he can return to Wayne alive with us, it's not impossible to spare his life."
She still wanted to kill him.
Xia Yibing understood her underlying meaning, looked back at the ancient witch lying on the sled board and wailing, and slowly clenched her fingers around the ice blade.
What are the intelligence coordinates of the island?
The Elsa route will be fully opened soon, and there are exploration pioneers like the Pierre. To be honest, they don't really need this kind of thing.
Then I have to consider whether I should help Aisuen solve this troublesome matter.
……
On the other side, in the depths of the ice lake not far from Hitzfeld and his group, another group of people were walking closer to the center of the lake.
Vera, Grande and Nette, the three children had their hands tied with safety ropes and were pulled forward one after another.
At the front of the team was the "three-faced man" who frightened them. He was like a shepherd leading sheep to slaughter, and his hurried steps highlighted his inner anxiety.
Ugh……
Why did you go with him in the first place?
Whenever she thought of this place, Vera couldn't help but sigh.
He was the first one to discover that Robo was abnormal, but his attitude was not firm. There were some things he couldn't think of or figure out, which led to the current situation. Even his two good friends were harmed by him.
Resistance is useless. Grande tried to resist - he didn't want to walk, and when he was dragged away, he just sat on the ground. The three-faced man dragged him for a long time and was exhausted. He had to return and threaten Grande: "You can choose to be eaten by us now!"
According to his description, the role of these people is to complete the "memory image of Esther".
They already knew Esther's general background. Her father was actually an iceman and she was only half human.
It is precisely because she only has half human blood that she gets sick every time the weather is hot.
Her skin will become loose, she will become listless and have memory problems. This disease cannot be cured by drugs, and her missing half must be made up, which is what the three-faced man is going to do now.
The memory he was talking about... was he referring to the impression we had of Esther?
Just as looking at an object from only one side only gives you one view of it and you cannot fully understand its entirety, looking at a person from only one perspective also produces an incomplete impression.
Three-faced man... three faces, belonging to Esther's biological father, Esther's adoptive father, and Esther's biological mother.
This gives us three perspectives.
He probably felt that these three perspectives were not enough and that he also needed our perspectives, those of our friends.
Doesn't this sound exactly like a heretic?
What is he going to do with us?
