The Truth Sealed Away for Thirty Years

The peaceful days in the small town were shattered by a torrential downpour.

A wall of the old warehouse collapsed, revealing a skeleton buried for thirty years and an old badge engraved with a number.

I had only come to sort through old records, but I unexpectedly stumbled upon a secret the entire town had been avoiding.

The elders' evasions, the neighbors' silence, an old acquaintance who had been missing for years... Every clue tore open another wound in people's hearts.

There are no ghosts or supernatural forces at work, no bizarre urban legends. There is only the greed, fear, and remorse those people hid away thirty years ago.

I only wanted to find out how an old acquaintance died, but step by step, I uncovered the truth this town least wanted brought to light.

As the long-buried past comes to light, some choose silence while others do everything they can to cover it up. All I can do is follow this thorny path and find the final answer.