Enchanted By His Charm

Chapter 132 132: Bernert’s Case

Irish massaged her forehead and said in a husky voice, "Once one has vascular disease, it means that he never dreams." According to the research, when one dreams in his right hemisphere, the feeling and influence are transmitted to the left hemisphere, and in this way, he could illustrate the content of his dream.

Bernert had been describing his dream to her even with a detailed and fresh introduction of the plot, so she thought that he had been dreaming it repeatedly. That would explain why he had such a clear memory. However, when Blair conducted cognitive therapy for Bernert, he found that he had right hemisphere vascular disease. As a researcher on dreams, she clearly knew that one with right hemisphere vascular disease would never dream. That was to say, every plot Bernert had described to her was not a dream at all!

Cheska, who had been examining the files, finally spoke, "It is hard for him to cooperate with me since he has a strong sense of resistance to hypnosis. I also found that he still kept something secret when I entered into his sub-consciousness world. But luckily, I still got a key point."

Irish looked at her.

"Just as we know, Bernert traveled to China before, and the trip was really unpleasant for him since he witnessed a car accident that happened at the place near the Gate Village. The driver ran down a girl who was traveling to the Gate Village. To avoid potential legal backlash, the cruel driver drove the car onto the girl's body and crushed her. Later he buried the fragmented body in a place near the desolate villa." Cheska read the report seriously.

Irish felt a headache again and continued after long-time silence, "This kind of experience must have greatly upset Bernert, who is timid in nature. In addition, he could not speak Chinese very well at that time. As a result, he didn't call the police. All he has never known for years is that his deep sense of guilt never goes away. One must deal with this level of guilt; otherwise, it will be a lifetime nightmare. Bernert can choose to forget it, but his sub-consciousness will not. And when he landed in China for the second time, he began to make atonement. So we think that all the dreams he has described to us were what he saw himself and actually he..."

"He sleepwalked." All of them said it at the same time. The atmosphere became more serious and cold.

Irish closed her eyes, completely regretful.

"His wife doesn't feel well, so it would have been good for them to find a quiet place with fresh air. That's why they chose the place near the Gate Village. It was also a choice out of his subconsciousness.

Because of the guilt in his inner heart, he has started sleepwalking. Every time in his dream, he went back to the Gate Village, it was at night, and he would sleepwalk to the place where the car accident happened. It was originally for the atonement of his subconsciousness, but he really met several dismemberment cases. As we all know, one's brain possesses a function of self-protection which doesn't allow your functionality to be damaged. So Bernert's brain doesn't allow him to seek and close the old memory. The reality of his subconsciousness is real, and it can make Bernert remember all of the things he has seen before.

Of course, Bernert mistook the realities for dreams. He remembered the time incorrectly and thought he was still at the same place where the tragic memory happened. As a matter of fact, he saw these crimes first and then formed the scenes. Because it is hard to discover the bodies in desperate places and it usually takes time to investigate a case, the public announcement on a case will always be delayed. In this way, Bernert wrongly thought that he dreamt all of these cases."

There was a long silence after she finished. Everyone was reflecting that if they could have discovered this earlier, then maybe....

"The inference that Bernert sleepwalks can be proven by faithful analysis, but the police grasp the key." Professor Tim, who kept silent for a long time, sighed and said, "What matters most is whether the police believe that Bernert is innocent."

All of them looked at Irish since they all knew that her cousin was the head officer on this case. Irish pulled out a piece of tissue to press her nose tightly so as not to sneeze.

She also looked at the phone put beside the coffee cup.

The phone seemed to have a coincidental interaction with her, and it rang suddenly. She reached it out of conditional reflex but knocked the cup over, and the hot coffee splashed out onto her fingers. She got through to the phone immediately and frowned. The secretary beside her took out tissues to clean up the table.

The meeting room was so quiet that Jay's serious voice could be heard clearly. Irish walked to the window, looking at the busy cars and lively atmosphere down below. She looked cold but was listening to Jay without interruption, and at last, she answered lightly, "Okay, I promise." Then she hung up the phone directly.

She returned to her seat, and her fingers still hurt from the coffee. But that was unimportant now. She rose to look at them, breathing a sigh of relief, "The police have cleared Bernert as a suspect because they have captured the criminal."

"Great. Otherwise, it would have been horrible." Cheska was relieved and became pleasant.

"There is always a reason for one to conduct a crime." Irish added, "What a coincidence! The victim of the car accident Bernert had witnessed was the criminal's fiancee. He was actually at the site but couldn't save his beloved due to being too far away, and he just watched his lover being crushed to death. Her death completely shattered his sanity. After burying her body, he killed the wife of the driver first. The driver was then heartbroken and died in a car accident. Afterward, the mentality of the man had been even further distorted, so he just conducted crimes continuously and went further to New York doing the same crime. He never thought that all his crimes could have been witnessed by Bernert, who was sleepwalking. The police have found the tomb of the criminal's fiancee behind the villa, and the bodies butchered by him are easy to identify since he is also a man with obsessive-compulsive disorder in that he arranges the bodies in a tidy way."

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