Chapter 765 - 765: Deeply Touched

Walking down the corridor, James's inner monologue slowly surfaced.

'I am so weak.'

'So, I need you.'

'I need someone to punish me for my sins.'

'But it's over now… I know the truth… It's time to end this.'

Though he still didn't fully understand what Silent Hill was, combined with Angela and Eddie's experiences, James now had a general idea of everything.

All along, the suppressed emotions and guilt in James's heart had caused his subconscious to twist the fact that he murdered his wife into her dying of illness three years ago.

And Pyramid Head was James's self-punishing persona, simultaneously manifesting in the strange place of Silent Hill with its "otherworld."

Before this, James had been unwilling to face the truth.

Therefore, facing this self-punishing figure, no matter how much he shot, he couldn't kill Pyramid Head.

At most, he could only make it leave temporarily.

But now that he knew the truth, he no longer needed them.

Facing James's attack, the two Pyramid Heads stabbed themselves with their spears.

After killing a Pyramid Head, James took two red eggs and entered a long corridor.

In the dark corridor, his and Mary's voices echoed.

These were memories James was unwilling to recall.

Mary: 'What are you doing?'

James: 'I, I brought you flowers…'

Mary: 'Flowers? I don't like flowers, let's go home.'

James: 'What did you say?'

Mary: 'Look at me! I'm disgusting! I don't deserve flowers, it's just sickness and medicine all day, I'm like a monster. What are you looking at? Get out! Stay away from me, I'm useless, I'm going to die anyway, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after…'

'Why are you still here? Hurry up and leave, get out, don't come back!'

'James… wait… don't go… don't leave me, I didn't mean it, please James, say I'll be okay, say I won't die, save me…'

These were the words Mary had spoken to James when she was tormented by her illness.

Under the torment of illness, Mary's body grew weaker day by day. Her appearance and health were completely destroyed by the sickness.

This made her psychological state extremely unstable, and she took out all her negative emotions on James.

But after venting, when James left, her regret towards James and her fear of death made Mary desperately beg him to return.

James didn't know how many days he had lived through like this, from feeling miserable to finally being unable to bear it.

As James walked deeper into the dark corridor, the entire corridor began to change slowly, transforming according to James's inner darkness.

Stained blood and various filth gave off an incredibly oppressive feeling.

Passing through the corridor and climbing a long iron staircase, James arrived at the hotel rooftop, where he finally met the person waiting for him.

However, James understood clearly that this person was not Mary, even though she looked exactly like Mary now.

Both in voice and appearance.

But James knew this person was Maria, not Mary.

'Maria? Is it you… I don't need you anymore…'

'What? Are you joking? But you can have me… I'll always be yours, I'll never yell at you or make you feel bad, isn't that what you want? I'm not like Mary… How can you leave me?'

As Maria and James conversed, the next moment Maria transformed into a monster floating in the sky, her limbs bound to a metal bed, with steel needles inserted into her wrists and neck, resembling an IV.

Having reached this point, Zack no longer felt fear. Although this monster was a bit grotesque, he was now far from helpless.

He easily killed the monster Maria had become with his shotgun, and Zack even felt that Silent Hill's combat system was a bit dissatisfying. Compared to Chris's infinite ammo spray at the end of Resident Evil Village, this was not satisfying enough!

However, after a brief reflection, his attention was drawn to the game's plot.

Looking at Maria lying there, transformed into a monster, it was as if time and space had shifted, and James seemed to return to Mary's final days in the hospital bed.

'Mary… forgive me.'

Mary lay in bed, her face extremely pale, her expression twisted by pain.

Mary shook her head gently: 'James… I told you I wanted to die, I wanted to end this suffering.'

James sat there, covering his head with his hands, not even daring to look at Mary: 'That's why I did it, Mary… I couldn't watch you suffer, but that wasn't true, you also said you didn't want to die. The truth is, I hated you, and I wanted my own life back…'

Mary interrupted James: 'James… if it's true, why are you so sad?'

'James, please do one thing for me, live on properly.'

Then Mary handed James a letter.

The screen went dark, then cut to a cemetery.

James and Laura slowly walked towards the road outside Silent Hill.

The white fog that enveloped Silent Hill seemed to be slowly dissipating.

Mary's voice calmly read the letter written to James.

'In my fragmented dreams, I saw that town, Silent Hill.'

'I felt how pathetic and ugly I was, lying here, waiting for you… Every day, I stare at the cracks on the ceiling, and all I can think about is how unfair this all is…'

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'The doctor came today, and he told me I could go home for a little while.'

'It's not that my condition has improved.'

'It just means this might be my last chance.'

'Every time you visit me, I can see how difficult it is for you… I don't know if you hate me, or pity me… or maybe I'm just disgusting to you… I'm sorry.'

'When I first learned I was going to die, I just couldn't accept it.'

'I was always so angry, I took it out on everyone I loved.'

'Especially you, James. So I understand if you hate me.'

'But I hope you can understand, James, I always loved you.'

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'I told the nurse to give you this letter after I died.'

'This means when you read this letter, I will already be dead.'

'I can't ask you to remember me, but I can't bear to be forgotten either.'

'In the three years I was sick… I'm so sorry for what I did to you, to us… You gave me so much, and I couldn't give anything back.'

'So I hope from now on you will live for yourself, and treat yourself well… James.'

'You truly made me very happy.'

In the final departure scene, the theme song "Overdose Delusion" echoed in Zack's ears.

Watching James and Laura leave, Zack's feelings became incredibly complex at that moment.

Undoubtedly, Silent Hill had brought him not only fear but also deep emotion.

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