Chapter 39: Death Comes Knocking (II)
Everyone was shocked.
Flight AF180, which they had just been on, actually exploded!
Everything was just as Alex had said.
Everyone looked at him in unison.
Alex soon noticed something was wrong.
He looked around and found that everyone was looking at him strangely.
Instead of gratitude, they looked at him as if he were a monster.
Aside, William was staring at Emma.
Although he was 90% sure that he might be involved in the Final Destination event.
There was still a slight possibility that the mastermind behind this was Emma.
The latter was also shocked by the scene, but then she sensed a trace of malice.
"You have to understand, I'm just a nine-year-old child and know nothing about machinery."
Emma explained calmly, but moved further away from William.
"Besides, you know me. If it was my plan, I wouldn't have let you get off the plane."
William rubbed his chin upon hearing this.
This girl had been by his side since entering the terminal.
Even after boarding the plane, her hands were briefly tied by him, so she indeed had no time to commit the crime.
"Looks like I overthought it."
...
Airport Conference Room.
Several people, including William, were brought here.
This air crash happened without warning and had a huge impact.
Therefore, the FBI was alerted very quickly.
At the same time, William also recalled some rules about the original work.
For example, before every major disaster, someone on the scene would suddenly possess the ability to foresee the future.
If this person used the ability to escape the disaster.
Then next, including this person.
All the survivors who escaped with him would die in a certain order.
And this order was exactly the order in which they should have died in the disaster.
But this rule wasn't always stable.
When a survivor was saved while facing death, the order would be broken briefly.
Death would also skip this survivor and turn to the next one.
For example, it was originally A's turn to die, but someone saved A when the accident happened.
Then the next accident would be B's turn after A.
But this "skip" wasn't permanent.
Once all the remaining survivors died, the accident would visit the person skipped earlier again.
Until everyone on the list died.
...
Facing the FBI's questioning, Alex repeated the scene he foresaw.
The result was predictable; no one believed him.
"Officer, you should have completed the background checks on Alex and us."
At this time, William suddenly stood up.
"If I guessed correctly, Alex has no suspicion of being a terrorist."
An agent named Weine raised an eyebrow upon hearing this.
He asked: "Do you have any clues?"
Just as the priest said, they had indeed completed the investigation of the group.
And the result of the investigation was indeed nothing.
"I guess there will be drug tests next..."
William continued.
"And when these are all fine, we must face a fact—Alex's precognition ability is real."
He objectively analyzed the current situation, trying to remind these agents.
Although these two were from the FBI, in this type of work, the police often played the role of holding back the team.
But as soon as he finished speaking, William noticed the eyes of people around him becoming strange.
"Hey, dear Father, are you trying to say that God gave Alex this ability?"
Carter sneered.
"You should understand that now is not a good time to preach."
Agent Weine also spoke up: "I respect your faith, Father, but I still hope we can return to reality."
At first, he thought the priest's words made some sense, thinking the other party found some clues.
Unexpectedly, he planned to use this to promote the Church.
Weine shook his head.
He had seen many people like this. Whenever they encountered incomprehensible scenes, they would apply "miracles" and "revelations."
Seeing no progress, Weine and his colleague planned to conduct separate interrogations.
...
An hour later, the group was released.
The result was just as William expected. Alex was clean, and the FBI could only let them go temporarily.
William found Alex.
"Do you remember where the plane explosion started in your vision?"
The latter looked confused.
But after thinking for a moment, Alex still said:
"It seems to be the right wing, near my friend Tod. Why do you ask..."
"I believe you, and I think this matter is far from over."
William tried to use language the other party could accept to pave the way for the next actions.
Alex felt warm inside upon hearing this.
Although he thought the priest's behavior was a bit strange.
Thinking of the classmates lost tonight, and the distrust of friends and teachers.
The priest's words encouraged him at this moment.
"Thank you."
...
After saying goodbye to Alex, William returned to the airport.
At this time, he had entered a state of high alert.
Not only did he wear holy artifacts on his body, but he also deliberately avoided any possible danger while walking.
For example, a rotating machine, or a place with many people.
Of course, William also kept a distance from Emma.
However, the latter was also among the survivors this time.
So although Emma was a bit reluctant, William still put a holy artifact on her.
After spending some time, the two found the airport office.
At first, William tried to let the FBI detain them temporarily.
After all, prisons didn't allow dangerous items, which might delay the occurrence of accidents.
But the two agents thought he was overthinking.
However, William didn't plan to sit and wait for death.
He found the staff and got the seating chart for Flight AF180.
In the original work, the death order started from the survivors near the explosion and proceeded according to this seating chart.
According to what Alex said, William quickly drew a route map.
Perhaps because of his and Emma's addition, the death order was different from the original work.
On this line, Tod was closest to the explosion center.
Then came Ms. Lewton, followed by the irritable youth Carter.
After that were William and Emma.
Although William also wondered if he could resist the death curse with holy artifacts and Holy Power.
But this was just his guess after all.
So he planned to help other survivors find a way to escape the death list.
Making up his mind, William immediately took Emma to the airport entrance and hailed a taxi.
Since accidents could happen at any time, he decided to find Tod first.
Two hours later, William and Emma arrived at a residential area.
Both Alex and Tod lived here.
Before finding Tod, William went to Alex's house first.
According to the consistent nature of American horror stories, these people would only believe they were really going to die when danger came.
Therefore, to prevent Death from defeating them one by one, the survivors must recognize reality early.
After some effort, Alex was called out.
The latter felt restless after returning home, as if something was about to happen.
So when William came to him, Alex agreed to come out without much thought.
So the three went to Tod's house together.
At this time, Tod was grief-stricken due to the death of his brother (Note: In the movie, his brother stayed on the plane).
To release the pressure, he planned to take a hot bath.
Holding a towel, Tod turned the handle and opened the bathroom door.
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