Chapter 469: The Remaining Truth (Ⅳ)

"Mr. Vader, please don't get angry. Regarding the matter of the soul-binding bottle, I am not going to defend Martin. Listen to me slowly."

Charles Fitzgerald lowered his hands to signal Joan to calm down.

"The soul-binding bottle that Walter Lee stole from the Rawls laboratory was indeed taken by Martin. Not only that, he also remembered the time when Walter Lee activated the soul-binding bottle to extract the soul of Master Rawls not long ago. Incantation, and in the same way Walter Lee's soul was extracted from the corpse."

"He did this entirely out of fear, to cover up the crimes he committed, and worried that the police or the school would ask the priest to perform 'spiritualism', awaken Walter Lee's soul to ask the truth, and lead to his murder being exposed. Walter Lee's soul is imprisoned so that he may escape the law."

Fitzgerald relayed to Joanne Martin's mental activities at the time in as unemotional a tone as possible.

"Mr. Vida, these are all criminal facts that Martin himself confessed to me, and there is no need for me to hide it from you."

"Senior Martin imprisoned the soul of Walter Lee, I can understand that, but why didn't he release the soul of Mentor Rawls who was also imprisoned in the bottle?" Joan asked Charles Fitzgerald in a deep voice.

"I also asked Martin the same question. He told me that he was too scared at the time and didn't think of it, and he only knew how to activate the soul-binding bottle to extract the soul, but he didn't know how to release the imprisoned soul. I was worried that a random attempt would release Walter Lee's soul, so I didn't dare to open the soul-binding bottle after that night."

While talking, Fitzgerald observed Joan's face, and found that he was showing disapproval, so he gave a wry smile, and continued: "Whether Martin's words are an excuse or sincere, I have no way of knowing, but according to what I know From what he understands, even if he has mastered the usage of the soul-binding bottle, he may not dare to liberate the soul of Master Rawls."

"Why is that?" Joan looked at Fitzgerald with a puzzled face.

"Because Martin is a timid and suspicious person, he told me that when Walter Lee led him into the Rawls laboratory, he couldn't even be sure whether Master Rawls had really passed away. , Is there still time to rescue... In this case, the first thing Walter Lee did was not to save people, but to steal Master Rawls's soul-binding bottle."

"If Master Rawls hadn't died at that time, and he still had a sane consciousness, he saw Walter Lee and Martin sneaking into his laboratory sneakily, and it would be fine if he didn't save him, and even took the opportunity to steal his Magic Tool, what do you think?"

"If Martin releases the soul of Master Rawls, and this soul is awakened by a certain priest with 'spiritualism', will he, after naming the murderer who killed him, condemn Walter Lee and Martin's master and apprentice for the night? Extremely immoral behavior?"

"Considering that Walter Lee is dead, the condemnation from the spirit of Master Rawls will undoubtedly push Martin into a very dangerous situation and expose his crimes. To avoid this from happening, he absolutely dare not release Rawls The soul of the master."

"After Martin faked the murder scene, he slipped back to his dormitory with the soul-binding bottle, terrified and unable to sleep. The next day two murders were exposed, and the police came to investigate. As he wished, he determined that the murderer was closely related to the 'Sons of Liberty' association. .”

"Martin secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the progress of the case, thinking that he was safe, and no one else knew the truth of that night. However, at this moment, you came back from the front and summoned Edward, Thomas, Rebecca and the newspaper staff. Everyone investigates the truth of the murder together, and Martin is also forced to get involved."

"Martin didn't want to join your investigation team at first, but he was afraid that you would find clues against him during the investigation. In order to keep abreast of the progress of the case, he decided to join your team."

"Later, with the deepening of the investigation, the three murderers who murdered Master Rawls surfaced, and Martin became more active in catching the murderers, and offered to help you make suggestions, with the goal of killing all three murderers. As soon as it comes, they can be accused of murdering Walter Lee, anyway, the dead will not make a sound."

"Martin's idea was very good, but unfortunately things backfired. Only two of the three murderers died, and the remaining one, Little Jack, survived and firmly denied any involvement in the murder of Walter Lee."

"Now Martin panicked. Little Jack refused to plead guilty. Walter Lee's case could not be concluded. If we continue to investigate, he, the real murderer, will not be exposed. In order to prevent future troubles, he had to kill Little Jack as soon as possible. ...Mr. Vader, as for what happened afterwards, you don’t need me to tell you all about it.”

Joan heard Fitzgerald tell the whole story, with mixed feelings in her heart. She felt both sympathy and dissatisfaction with what Martin Smith did, and she didn't know how to evaluate this man.

"Martin failed to assassinate Little Jack, and had to flee from Chap Farm overnight. He still felt unsafe when he returned to school, so he came to my house overnight and asked for a night's sleep."

"That very night, he told me about the crime he had committed, crying and begging me to save him."

"I couldn't bear it, so I had to agree to send him out of the city. Early the next morning, I rented a carriage and accompanied Martin out of the city gate. After that, Martin got out of the car and left alone. I don't know where he went afterwards."

A gust of cool wind blew from the edge of the forest, and the dark clouds that had been circling in the sky for a long time finally gave birth to a flash of lightning, followed by rumbling thunder, and the cold autumn rain fell down.

"Mr. Vida, I've finished what Martin asked me to tell you. These things are all told by Martin alone. There is no other evidence, and I can't guarantee the authenticity. I just said it casually and forget it."

"As for you, just listen to it as a story. It's best not to take it seriously, let alone spread it. After today, if the police or other good people come to me to ask about these stories, I can only say that I have no comment."

Fitzgerald made an explicit hint, then looked up at the sky, and said to Joan with a wry smile:

"This bad weather... the rain is getting heavier and heavier, let's just get over it."

"Goodbye, Mr. Fitzgerald. I will not mention today's matter to outsiders. If you receive follow-up news from Senior Martin, please write to me. Please."

Joan waved goodbye to Fitzgerald, watched his back disappear at the end of the tree-lined path, and his mind was in a mess.

After a long time, he came back to his senses, wiped his rain-wet hair casually, and walked towards the dormitory with heavy steps.

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