"About half a month ago, a strange man came to the neighborhood where I often stay. His clothing style was inconsistent, boots, formal wear, cowboy hat... "
Louise began to describe what she knew.
"Because I had never seen him before, my friends and I, a total of three of us, went together to strike up a conversation with him."
As everyone thinks, there is no job security for 'single women', and they need to learn to look after each other and protect themselves.
"Everything was normal at first. He didn't mind that there were three of us. We went to his residence with him, and that's when I started to have a bad feeling. Because of his residence, I had been there before." Louise looked Zach glanced.
"I remember that the owner there was a divorced man in his fifties who lived alone. I found that all the photos had been taken down, and even a pet owned by the original owner had disappeared. I tried to trick him, and his The answers are all lies."
The breakfast Alice prepared was actually only for Benjamin. There is a difference that the banshee can predict death, not the future. So, Benjamin stared at the sandwich in Jin's hand: "Do you want to eat it or not?"
Jin came back to his senses, and he was listening to Louise's narration very carefully. The man, whose true identity remains unknown, evaluates the Grand Funeral Home. The funeral industry was an excuse. He wanted to know what these two people really did for a living, and the woman narrating might be able to give him a clue.
Now the appearance of Barton City is completely different from what Jin expected. Believe me, he needs this kind of evaluation.
Jin shook his head, put the untouched sandwich on the plate handed to him by Benjamin, and said to Louise: "Didn't you call the police?"
Louise looked back at Jin and shook her head: "No police will believe a prostitute's report. Unless a body is found."
Zach could not deny that this disappearance case only attracted the attention of the police and the media after someone discovered a female body with most of its body missing four days ago.
Of course, people who truly belong to Barton's upper class will not pay attention to this. After they learned that the dead woman was a woman, they lost interest and paid more attention to the visit of the two senators.
Louise continued: "Already alert, I made an excuse, pushed the man away, informed my friends about the situation and wanted to get away."
"And you got away?" Zach asked.
"Yes, I left with a friend, and the one who stayed there never showed up again." Louise's eyes were a little dim.
"You should call the police." I don't know why, but this guy Jin seems to be very obsessed with calling the police. "This is already illegal intrusion and potential kidnapping!"
Zach looked at Jin, who looked serious, and asked, "How long did you stay in that woods?"
"A week or so, anything?"
Zach stood up, walked to the coat rack, and pulled out a rolled newspaper from the coat pocket. That's right, it was a copy of the Barton Daily News at o.50 a.m. last night. Zach opened the newspaper, folded it, and placed it in front of Jin: "You can read it yourself."
The first thing that came into view was the horrific photo of the corpse! Jin's stomach turned, and he was glad that he didn't eat anything!
Benjamin put down his coffee cup and scanned the photo, "Where are you in this life? North District?"
"Yes." Zach returned to his seat, "What do you think it is?"
Benjamin ignored Jin Zheng holding the newspaper and reading it. He pulled the newspaper and looked closely at the photo: "It's not a werewolf. We are only interested in the internal organs. This guy doesn't seem to be picky about food. He's not a vampire either. This scattered blood is a waste for you. .”
The expressions of Jin and Louise were wonderful. In this room where they were the only two humans, the two people's eyes met. In each other's eyes, they saw the same fear as their own.
It's one thing to know a creature's scientific name, it's another thing to hear what the creature says about food! Please understand this subtle psychological change.
"Well." Benjamin pondered for a while, "It should be the shapechangers. I can't think of anything messier than them. This is very much their style."
"Yi, shape changer? What is a shape changer!" Jin suppressed the churning of his stomach and became a little excited.
Benjamin lost interest in the photo and threw it back to Jin, "That's what it means literally. Every creature has its own form. Some creatures have two, like me and Zach, and some have countless kinds, like the skinchanger." , they can transform into various forms.”
After hearing Benjamin's explanation, Louise suppressed her curiosity to guess what Benjamin's other form was, and said with a 'so that's it' expression: "This can be explained."
Zach's eyes returned to Louise, and it seemed that the story was not over yet.
"After my friend disappeared, I made myself more cautious. About ten days ago, another man appeared, but I had seen that face. My other friend had made a deal with him. But strange things came Yeah, he doesn’t seem to be interested in my friends, so he comes to chat with me.”
It is indeed strange that the relationship between friendship and competition between peers is only a thin line...
"I didn't want to have anything to do with him, and I kept saying no, but he was very persistent. I had no choice but to bring my friends with me."
"Let me guess the ending of the story." Zach said with a smile on his lips: "You escaped again, but your friend was not so lucky."
Louise was silent for a while. The sadness on her face was not fake. You know, it is not easy to find friends in this industry. She shook her head, recovered from the brief sadness, and continued seriously: "But I also noticed something..."
"Why don't you call the police!" All eyes were focused on the person who suddenly interrupted Louise. There was no doubt that it was Jin. "You should go to the police!"
Louise's expression was a little stiff. The three men here are all very eye-catching, but after learning that the humorous and gentleman Zach is a vampire and the tall and rough Benjamin is a werewolf, the man who seems to be a human is the most popular in Louise's heart. But now, This good feeling has almost been exhausted!
Zach touched his chin: "Kim, are you a policeman?"
"I... No! I am Kim Grande." Being looked at by others, Kim felt a little uncomfortable: "I just think that I should at least call the police and try to get help from legitimate channels. This is a citizen's right, and it is not a bad thing. !”
Quiet.
Quiet is not a satire on the Barton police organization. On the contrary, the work of the Barton Police Department is very popular. At least Louise relied on the two police detectives to follow her, so she dared to leave with Zach and go to the hotel. This quietness was due to the fact that after just commenting on the food preferences of werewolves and vampires, and involving the 'shapechanger' who was not partial to eclipse, this man named Jin still had no choice but to lead the solution to call the police.
If Louise had done this, perhaps the main character of the photo in the newspaper would now be a man in a police uniform.
"Okay Louise, please continue. What did you notice?" Zach turned to Louise again and asked.
"Body temperature, he, that man's body is very cold." Louise searched Zach's eyes: "Even in hot water, his body is still cold."
There was a sudden realization in Zach's eyes, and there was no need to tell the rest of the story.
Louise was already alert when she and Zach went to the hotel, so she deliberately reminded Zach that there were police following behind her, and used "hot water" to test Zach's reaction when going up the stairs and be ready. Put on the bathrobe and let Zach enter the bathroom naturally, and confirm whether Zach's body temperature is normal in the hot water...
Completely different from the 'showy cash cow' that Coulson thought, Louise's revealing outfit was just an excuse, a hook for the 'I need a warm place' deal. If Zach hadn't raised it, she would have raised it herself. She wanted to ensure her own safety and guide the other person step by step so that she could confirm that the other person had the temperature of a normal man!
Zach's mouth curved up, he leaned back in his chair, and actually clapped his hands: "Louise, I'm officially your fan." Zach's expression became serious after laughing: "However, I still want to tell you Bad news for you. Come on, Benjamin."
The werewolf's long and thick fingers tapped on the wooden table, and his dark brown eyebrows frowned: "Low temperature is one of the characteristics of the shapechangers. Similarly, a strong sense of goal is also their characteristic." Benjamin made an unfortunate decision Expression: "Sister Louise, I am very sorry to tell you that you have been regarded as his prey." Benjamin pointed to the photo in the newspaper: "If nothing else happens, that will be your end."
Zach stood up, walked to the pale Louise, and patted her shoulder: "Don't worry, we are your 'accident'."