But he soon relaxed: "I understand."
The reason is simple, it's a deal.
Although both the Administrative Office and the Parish Church in Middle-earth City enjoyed supreme prestige, it was unlikely that they could order merchants to do anything without reason.
Businessmen pursue profits. If there is no benefit, they will not do it even if you point a gun at them.
To put it bluntly, there are two reasons why they opened a factory in a run-down town like Barvik.
First, give face to the parish.
Second, seek welfare.
Use their sacrifices here - at least providing so many low-intensity jobs and feeding so many people - in exchange for more benefits for them in the urban area of Middle-earth City.
So the fact that these factories can appear here is essentially good for businessmen.
But doctors are different.
This profession is more free and less restrictive. Except for military academy students who receive systematic training from the beginning, or professional students from some prestigious schools, most people learn medicine by following in their father's footsteps.
Then they are just ordinary people.
They also have families and yearn for a better life.
Why do you have to come here and suffer?
Hitzfeld nodded inwardly, agreeing with what Mickey said about Bram being a truly good man.
They are willing to make such sacrifices voluntarily, and often do not charge the poor any money.
If this is not considered a good person, then she really doesn't know how to be called a good person.
There was a constant noise coming from the front.
That was the youngest son of the family. Chris stopped some curious townspeople outside the house and tried to persuade them to go back.
There were some police officers talking nearby, and Dr. Bram was questioning Mrs. Gebrina from time to time.
There were also the sobbing sounds of Helen and Lily.
The environment is very complex.
The more this happened, the calmer Hitzfeld became.
She first came to the backyard, stood beside the squatting Darent, stared at the female corpse, and looked her over carefully.
Eye sockets, empty.
There was a big hole on the chest where the clothes and flesh were, and the left side of the chest was also empty.
Darent then used a branch to lift up the dead woman's hair, revealing the bloody hole on her forehead.
"Three sets of organs, not a single one left."
he said softly.
"Only an evil spirit could do it in such a short time."
Sheriff Makan, who followed, looked very unhappy.
If this judgment is confirmed, then Johnny Gebrina’s previous death must have been related to evil.
Then he, as the sheriff, will definitely be punished.
"What I don't understand is...why?"
Darent squinted his eyes and stared at the corpse, as if he was asking someone, but also as if he was talking to himself.
"I've checked the bedroom. The outline made with the curtains... and the marks on the floor... I can almost be sure that she did it herself."
"She created the outline herself, then took the initiative to embrace the curse, passed through the gap, and fell straight down from the building."
Hitzfeld nodded.
She made almost the same judgment.
The human-shaped silhouette didn't just curse Mickey's grandmother to death, Jonah and Horus who went upstairs to check what was going on were also cursed.
She turned her gaze to the recliner against the wall.
There was a table and a recliner in front of Dr. Bram.
Lying on the table were Mickey and Jonah, father and son.
On the recliner was a one-eyed old man with an eye patch and gray hair and beard.
He is Horus, Mickey's grandfather.
What caused Mickey's grandmother to do such crazy things?
Hitzfeld was also speculating.
Even if this old woman couldn't stand the torture of nightmares and wanted to commit suicide, didn't she know that such behavior would likely lead to the destruction of her entire family?
"The gap man".
This was the name she privately gave to the figure in the gap.
The conditions for triggering it were too dangerous. She believed that if it weren't for her, if she hadn't witnessed its horror on that night road, if anyone else encountered that scene, they would choose to follow these two people and look into the room.
Then you will see the strange humanoid figure.
...Then there's no hope.
Maybe she was controlled by the evil spirit, the nightmare that had been repeating over and over again these days.
For now, that was all Hitzfeld could do.
"There's nothing wrong with them."
Dr. Bram finally finished talking to Mrs. Gebrina.
He stood up and announced the diagnosis: "Their eyes and internal organs have suffered minor damage, but overall it's not a big problem. They will recover after a few days of rest."
At this point, Hitzfeld knew it was his turn to speak.
The town of Barvik is a small place, so small that the main decision-makers have basically gathered here.
The "gap man" is not simply an evil spirit.
In order to prevent more townspeople from dying at its hands, she must unite all these forces, stabilize the situation first, and then solve the problem.
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To prevent people from being confused by names, here is a summary of the information:
The Gebrina family
First generation: Horus Gebrina (Mickey's grandfather), Bernie Gebrina (Mickey's grandmother, killed)
Second generation: Jonah Gebrina (Mickey's father), Bessie Gebrina (Mickey's mother)
Three generations: Johnny Gebrina (murdered), Mickey Gebrina (client), Chris Gebrina (brother), Helen Gebrina (sister), Lily Gebrina (youngest sister)
Chapter 16 Legend
The townspeople who came to join in the fun were driven back home by police officers sent by Sheriff Macan.
The lobby of the house.
Sheriff Macan and several police officers.
Mrs. Gebrina, Chris, Helen, Lily.
And Dr. Bram, Darent.
Everyone sat around and listened to Hitzfeld explaining and describing.
She began by recounting what had happened to her and Darent on that path.
Then, using this as an introduction, it was mentioned that Johnny's death before was also the result of the loss of three sets of organs, and that Mickey's grandmother might have lost control due to nightmares, and it was particularly emphasized how dangerous the "gap people" are.
Except for Darent, everyone had a serious expression on their face.
Sheriff Makan didn't care that they were in a private house and just took out his pipe and started smoking.
Several young people huddled together, their faces pale and their bodies trembling.
It’s not that they haven’t seen evil spirits before.
The security environment in the town of Balvik is no better than that in Blackwood. They have heard of some common evil spirits that can be dealt with by manpower and firearms, and have seen some of them.
In their minds, there is not much difference between evil spirits, monsters and some ferocious beasts.
Wolves also eat people.
There are even some cunning big cats and monkeys that will sneak into the house, cling to the beams, and when someone comes in, they will open the lid and eat the delicious brains.
They all know and understand all of this.
But the evil curse that Hitzfeld described was too horrifying.
As long as there is a gap in the human form, I can sense the gaze, and I can also look into that gaze...
Will you be fixed?
Then his eyes, heart and brain were dug out?
Let’s not talk about how appalling this method is, just talking about the triggering condition—
How did they know where the human-shaped gaps would be?
Such gaps may be formed by branches being blown by the wind.
Fallen leaves on the ground may also create such gaps.
A rascal might have made such a gap with pebbles.
It's even possible that the angle between the house and the street corner is this shape.
There are also natural formations and various messy formations... these are all possible!
No matter how much you pay attention or how much you avoid it, in life, one careless look up or one careless glance may lead you to fall into the curse because you see a gap!
How to prevent this?
Unless you cover your eyes, there is almost no way!
"I discussed it with my assistant."
Hitzfeld took a breath.
“The first step is to determine the scope.”
"The scope of the curse."
She gestured in the air with her hand.
"Does it include the whole town, or just the area from the river beach to here?"
"Is it only targeting the Gebrina family, or will anyone who steps into the cursed area be affected?"
"Mr. Darent and I have already tried this question once, but the data sample is insufficient, so we still need to do more experiments."
"I think you are crazy!"
Young Chris couldn't help but shout.
Such a terrible thing is simply beyond the reach of ordinary people.
She wants to try it again?
She and her assistant have experimented with it, so they would definitely choose someone else if they were to experiment again.
Who is it?
Who would be willing to participate in such a dangerous experiment?
He couldn't help but look at the three people lying beside him.
His grandfather.
His father.
His brother.
