Chapter 381 Bridge
On the surface, Su Fan was still inspecting the work of the police officers, but in fact, he could see any change in Piero's expression.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing..."
Piero coughed unnaturally.
"I'm just surprised. He clearly experienced a serious car accident not long ago, but he can continue his homeless life so quickly and vigorously."
"Car accident?"
"Yeah... almost a month ago, when James was wandering alone outside at night, he was hit by a blind driver and seriously injured. His injuries were very serious at the time..."
As Piero spoke, his eyes drifted into the distance, as if he was trying to retrieve relevant memories in his mind.
"The whole body was wrapped in gauze, and the skin was almost invisible. It was very miserable. I originally thought he would not survive, but now it seems that God still has mercy on him."
This is why he felt so incredible when he heard that Su Fan met James on the road.
When Su Fan heard this, he paused for a moment and carefully recalled James' face. There were no obvious scars on his neck, wrists, and many other exposed skins.
Even the color of the skin makes no difference.
At this moment, Piero suddenly clicked his tongue.
"It's strange to say that at that time, because we were visiting in person, people went to the hospital in the morning, noon and afternoon... but the hospital could always dispatch nurses to accompany them."
"I didn't pay attention at the time, but now that I think about it, it's really strange."
As he finished speaking, Piero suddenly saw the young assistant beside him turn his head, his eyes releasing a soul-stirring light!
At this moment, Piero seemed to be electrocuted, his heart was paralyzed, and his vision went blank.
But soon, he returned to normal. When he looked at the young man again, he looked like he was observing carefully. Everything before seemed like an illusion.
"I understand. Thank you for the information, Mr. Piero. Can you tell me the name of the hospital?"
"It seems to be called...Bridge Builders Hospital. The name is nondescript, and I even teased it with my wife at the time."
After getting the exact information, Su Fan had a casual chat with the other party and then returned to Theresia.
"Something happened again?"
"Yeah."
Su Fan nodded lightly.
"Some time ago, I met a homeless man named James in the park. He used to work for the Enfield Police Department. He hated evil and had a tough attitude."
"But due to the death of his family, he was depressed and finally quit his job and drank heavily. However, when his previous colleagues were in trouble, he would help them overcome the difficulties, so he was very prestigious within the police station."
"But doubts also arise."
"Just now Piero said that a month ago, James was in a very serious car accident. He was seriously injured and almost paralyzed, and his whole body was covered with bandages."
"It is too abnormal to recover body functions in such a short period of time and return to the days of drinking and sleeping outdoors."
After a hundred days of broken bones and muscles, and just over a month of serious injuries all over his body, he looked like a normal person. There must be some unknown secret in this.
But Su Fan can conclude that there is no energy in James' body and he is completely an ordinary person.
At least that's how it looks from the body structure.
"Besides, the name of the hospital is very strange."
Su Fan remembered it clearly.
In the urban legend James described, the prerequisite for seeing something scary is to blow an empty bottle on an empty bridge.
Bridge...Bridge Builder's Hospital...
The similarities between the two seem a bit far-fetched.
Piero also revealed a key detail.
The medical staff at that hospital were very concerned about James and even allocated staff to provide special care.
As a police officer, James' financial situation should not support such high-end medical services.
"Could it be that Mr. Piero remembered it wrong?"
Theresia made this assumption.
"So many officers in the police station have never mentioned the car accident..."
Su Fan shook his head gently.
"Under normal circumstances, most people's memories verify each other and can deduce the truth of the matter. But the problem is that the police officers had too close contact with James."
"We do not rule out the possibility that their thoughts and memories will all be affected and cause confusion."
"Therefore, in comparison, Piero's words are more convincing."
The plainclothes police officers respected James more than Del Piero.
It is difficult for leaders to forget such former subordinates who have subjugated their superiors.
"I'm more interested in the secrets of James himself than the urban legends he pursues."
Su Fan had met the other party twice, and the time was not too short, but he did not see anything special about the other party.
The former inevitably became inquisitive and wanted to find out everything so as not to make the same mistake again in the future.
Maybe I should have opened the tunnel on the first page and had a good look at it.
Just as Su Fan was thinking like this, Theresia's greeting came from not far away.
The moon and stars were sparse in the night sky, and the woman in front was smiling, with her hands folded behind her back, waiting for him to come up.
never mind.
Let’s wait until tomorrow.
Su Fan quickened his pace a little, came to Theresia, and walked side by side with her again.
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"Event Record 2."
The man's voice rang out in the dark room. He was holding a recorder in his hand, and in front of him were many unrelated items.
"Amanda's whereabouts are still unknown. Other police believe that she temporarily ran away from home because of a quarrel with her mother. But things are not that simple."
"According to her partner, everyone blew the empty bottles on the bridge that night."
"I visited the home of Brandon and Deval, who were with Amanda, and they, like Amanda, disappeared after that night."
"All that remains are the handwritings written in blood on the mirror, which without exception mention the empty man."
He held the recorder to his mouth with one hand and took a card from the left with the other hand.
"In the diary left by Amanda, I found a postcard with the words 'Bridge Builders Academy' printed on it, and Tupa was written on the reverse."
"Similarly, there are similar enrollment advertisements at Brandon's and DeWaal's homes."
"At night, I am going to sneak in and investigate what is in the academy."
After finishing speaking, the man suddenly paused and held his forehead with his hand.
In the dark space, he came to the bedroom door with familiarity, turned on the light,
The man's strong body and strong facial curves were reflected in the mirror not far away.
The latter is naturally James, who met and talked with Tom some time ago.
But at this time, he looked in very bad condition and his face was pale.
It wasn't until he took out an ink-colored vial from the cabinet, poured out the pills and swallowed them that the situation improved.
When he resigned from the police station, the reason was not entirely due to the death of his wife and children.
Since that day, his body has been experiencing abnormalities. He will always tremble from time to time, his head will be dizzy, and he will even see some terrifying scenes. Doctors were helpless and could only prescribe some sedatives to stabilize the mind.
And this eating lasted for more than a year.
Fortunately, his body has not yet developed drug resistance, and the speed of the drug's effect is no different from what the doctor described at the time.
Putting on his jacket and gloves, James opened the door and headed to the garage.
The car that had been with him for many years was quietly waiting for his arrival not far away.
However, James suddenly stopped when he was only two steps away from the car door and turned his head sharply.
From the corner of his eye, he seemed to see a black shadow walking behind him, but when he turned around, he didn't see anything.
At this moment, James seemed to hear the heavy breathing of some kind of creature.
Forced to expel this strange feeling from his mind, he started the car and drove away from his home.
Street lights are sparse and visibility is low.
Check out the 16-9 book bar and see the correct version!
James drove slowly and slowly. The black car seemed to blend into the night, and the engine rotated low and gently.
As the vehicle moved forward, the surrounding scenery continued to move backwards, and the red bridgehead appeared in James' perspective.
That was the place Amanda and the others had been before they disappeared.
The vehicle did not slow down and passed smoothly.
Only the empty bridge is left, staring at the endless water below.
But not long after, the black vehicle that had left earlier backed up again.
James got out of the car and walked to the bridge.
The lights on the bridge seemed to be out of order, none of them were on. Looking around, the bridge stretched forward until it was submerged in endless darkness.
James took out the flashlight from his jacket pocket and stepped onto the bridge alone.
The gray cement road was covered with fallen leaves, but besides that, there was another more eye-catching object.
A dark green glass bottle without any textured characters.
James walked forward, bent down and picked up the bottle, staring at it, his eyes changing.
Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he put it to his mouth and blew it gently.
A whimpering sound spread as the bottle vibrated.
At this moment, everything around him seemed to be silent, and except for the sound of wind in his ears, there was no other sound.
James waited for a moment, but nothing happened, so he simply threw the bottle in his hand under the bridge.
Just as he was about to leave, he heard rhythmic knocking sounds.
He listened carefully and quickly determined where the noise was coming from. He immediately found the manhole cover on the bridge. After removing it, he followed the rusty ladder to the bottom of the bridge.
After lighting the flashlight again, what came into view were corpses hung up by ropes...
Their lifeless bodies swayed slightly under the blowing of the wind.
The sound James heard earlier was caused by the collision of one of the shoe soles with the steel pipe.
Even though James used to work in the police station, seeing such a scene alone at night gave him chills down his spine.
He immediately looked around to confirm that no one else was present, and then walked forward with breathless concentration to check on the deceased.
As soon as he got closer, the image of a young man with a sunny smile in the student photo album appeared in James' mind.
Brandon…
When was that high school boy who had disappeared for so many years hanged here?
The flashlight lingered on the faces of the corpses, and James was convinced that they were the partners who played with Amanda before.
But Amanda is not among them.
James put on gloves and turned through the body's clothes and found no signs of injury or resistance.
They committed suicide.
James looked up and saw familiar words written on the beam above.
"The empty man forced me to do this..."
Thick doubts seemed to seep out of the font, wrapping around his neck and making him unable to breathe.
James gasped a few times and immediately turned around and left.
Logically speaking, as the first discoverer at the scene, he should call the police and cooperate with the investigation to help the police solve the case as soon as possible.
But that would waste too much time.
He had a premonition.
All the answers lie in the so-called Bridge Builder Academy.
The black car drove faster and faster, and veins popped out in James' hand holding the steering wheel.
At this moment, he forgot his previous goal of concealing his whereabouts, and had only one thought in his head.
Find out what all this is about.
His eyes kept shifting back and forth between the road ahead and the rearview mirror.
Because the inexplicable whispers were looming in his ears, as if someone was talking close to his ears and kept saying some small and dense secret words, but he could not hear them clearly.
Slow and heavy footsteps, approaching from far away.
And James' head felt dizzy again. In desperation, he had to stop suddenly, stumbled out of the car, and found a chair to sit down.
Twisted white skulls...grey mist...grotesque black humanoids jumping nervously.
Weird and terrifying visions kept flashing in his field of vision, and before long, James was sweating profusely.
He shakily took out the medicine bottle from his pocket and poured it directly into his mouth regardless of the amount.
The bitterness of the drug became the life-saving straw for him to stay awake at this moment.
After a while, the murmuring in his ears finally disappeared, and the dizziness that turned his brain into mush also disappeared.
But the heavy eyes indicate that this body is about to fall asleep.
No...no...
I haven't figured out the truth yet...
James struggled to stay awake, but his consciousness was like that of a drowning person in the deep sea. He could only watch the light above disappear little by little.
After an unknown amount of time, he managed to open his eyes, only to find that he was already in a spacious lecture hall.
The sunlight outside the window shines on James' face through the window, warm and bright.
Is it daytime already?
How long have I been sleeping, what time is it now...
Where is this place?
James only felt as if his memory was missing.
The unfamiliar situation made him subconsciously want to get up, but he was infected by the quiet and serious atmosphere around him and did not dare to act rashly.
Just listen to the people on the stage speaking slowly.
"We were once one, and we will be one again in the future. This is the message Kongman asked me to convey to you. He calls you to discover the true side of the world..."
(End of chapter)