Zach picked up the dinner plate and said, "I still have some things to deal with." This is a consistent trick of vampires. The Great Dane King followed Zach and walked into the office.
Alice gave Zach a somewhat apologetic look. She couldn't be of much help. She had seen Peter's body when it was delivered to the Grand House. However, the Banshee could not 'see' the exact death. scene. What she saw was the image of Cerberus forcibly dragging Peter into hell.
Given the current environment in Barton City, the Banshee didn't think there was anything special about it when she saw it. This is a speechless result. It cannot be said that the Banshee's ability is deviated. Death and the soul falling into hell are events of the same status.
It is easy to understand if you think about it this way: death is an event in which the soul leaves the human body, and soul belonging determination is an event in which the soul leaves the real world and enters another world. They are both equal.
Using time intervals as a yardstick, what Alice 'sees' is naturally what happened next.
But Alice is not entirely without gain. She at least sees something in Pete's brief, Earthbinder-reappearing death scene, and Pete does die in the fight. Although the autopsy report provided by Mrs. White can also confirm this, Alice provided something that Mrs. White did not know, that is, the place where the fight occurred was definitely not on the street at midnight as the police report and eyewitnesses said, but on the street at midnight as stated by the police report and eyewitnesses. in a closed space.
Because Alice clearly saw Peter being pushed around and hit the wall. There are no places on the street with walls on all sides.
Alice failed to find out more. There were too many factors that affected the Earthbinder's reappearance and death. For example, the body might have been moved, or the Cerberus was constantly attacking but had no physical body.
But it was already confirmed that Mrs. White's intuition was right.
Zach placed the dinner plate on the work table as usual, sat at the desk, and looked through a document. This is the police investigation report and the forensic identification report left by Mrs. White. Printed on the cover is the name of a law firm. It seems that Mrs. White also made efforts through normal channels before deciding to seek help from Grande.
But the result is clear, these things are now on Zach's desk.
Zach read through the report, and the case had actually been solved when the White family first discovered that Pete was missing.
Witness 'Jason' was on his way home at midnight when he saw the fight. Just like a normal person, he chose to avoid it after being threatened. But after all, he still had a moral bottom line. After seeing that the victim was dying, he quickly returned home and called the police.
When the police arrived, the victim was dead, all valuables such as wallets had been taken away, and Pete's identity was temporarily suspended.
It wasn't until White's father reported him missing that the person described matched the victim, and the police notified them directly to confirm.
Jason's testimony, 'It was very dark. I didn’t know what it was at first, and thought it was just a few drunk people looking for trouble... Then, only one of them was still fighting, one urged him to get something and leave, and another one noticed me and warned me, Let me get away. I couldn't see their faces clearly. The person who was beaten had no movement and was lying on the ground. It seems that he has no ability to resist. '
Seems like an obvious case.
The homicide team was investigating the case, and Zach sighed helplessly. Two days ago, he would have called James directly to ask. Although the report was detailed, it was written by someone after all, and there was no way to confirm whether there was any concealment. But now, it is estimated that James will not want to say a word to him.
Zach thought for a moment. He looked at Jin.
Kim turned around so that her butt was facing Zach. Whatever the vampire was planning, he rejected it outright.
Zach shook his head with a wry smile, and his eyes fell on the name of the witness who witnessed the process, Jason. It starts with him. If nothing comes of it, just ask Chapman.
Will everyone be curious why Zach didn't think of looking for Walter or Crowley
Encyclopedia of Sibera's network, please allow vampires to be a little selfish. Think about it, Wander has already taken the initiative to find Walter, and as for Crowley, she has already received enough.
The report stated the location of the crime and Jason's address. The two were not far apart, so Zach decided to go take a look first.
After closing the file, Zach walked out of the office, and the dinner in the restaurant had just ended. Laura and Kepler were satisfied and prepared to say goodbye. Zach was not in a hurry, waiting for the two girls' car to disappear completely into the night.
Laura already knows that Grande is not just a funeral home. In order to take care of this girl's feelings, it is better not to be so obvious. After all, as Susan reminded before, it is easy to make people suspicious when going out at night.
After calling Benjamin, the truck left Grande and headed towards the North District.
"Before you came back, Mel called." Benjamin took the steering wheel. Mrs. White's interruption made him almost forget about it, but he remembered it as soon as he got in the car.
"Old Mel from the grocery store?" Zach smiled. When he came back from Ixton yesterday, he casually went to Old Mel's and asked if there was a matching radio. Old Mel checked for a long time and said sorry. But I promised that I would remember it for Grande and notify them if there was any. I didn’t expect that the results would be available in one day, “Is it going to be available so soon?”
"Yeah." Benjamin smiled, "It's better than the radio. It's a complete car, the same model as this one. 70% new."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Old Mel is pretty good! Where did he find it?"
Grande's requirements for the car are actually very simple. They don't care about fuel consumption or horsepower. The only thing they care about is durability. Occasionally, I grab a "live animal" and put it in the back box. As long as it doesn't fall apart if I toss it around. So Zach was happy to hear that.
"He said it belonged to a friend who died young. His friend's son has just returned to Barton City and is cleaning out his parents' old things. This kind of old truck is not suitable for young people." Benjamin was also very happy.
"We are lucky enough." Zach smiled, "Where is the car? Is it at his place now?"
"Not yet." Seeing Zach's hurried look, Benjamin smiled and shook his head. There is no radio in the Grand House, because there is a TV... and the vampire's self-esteem does not allow him to buy a radio, so it is particularly important for their exclusive car to have a fully functional radio.
Zach would go around and ask Wander outside Barton to inquire about the situation, but would not admit that he was curious about the lead singer of a certain band. Childish pride.
Benjamin recalled, "Uh, Wes, that's the name." He smiled, "He just came back and didn't have much money. Before he got a new car, he still only had that truck to drive. Old Mel asked us to say we don't need it. Agency fees, let’s not keep the price too low.”
Zach waved his hand, "No problem." Grande was not short of money now, "When can we see the car."
"Tomorrow," Benjamin said, "Mel Lao gave us the contact information and asked Wes to talk to us specifically."
"Not bad." Zach nodded, crossed his legs in a relaxed manner, tapped the beat, and hummed the melody that God knows how was imprinted in his mind, regardless of his naivety.
Benjamin would not point it out that the vampire was humming the famous song of a certain band.
The lyrics are, 'Come out, come out, wherever you are. Come out, come out, come to us... '
Do you still remember the map of Barton City, the owl holding a mouse tail? The rat represents the West Side, the owl represents the North and South Districts, and the straightened tail of the rat represents the Charles River deep into the heart of the Union.
To the south of the rat's tail is a large forest. This place actually belongs to the city of Barton, and was deliberately reserved by those who established the city of Barton in the West District.
This area was originally the boundary of Newton City, and the woods stretched eastwards until they were deserted. During the construction of the Bechi District, the wilderness and woods were gradually developed, giving rise to the framework of the North District. The original founders of the West District did not want the noise of the booming industrial process to disturb them, so they retained this part of the woods and became the current separation zone between the West and North districts.
The White family is in the cabinet business, and their factory is located in the southwest of Back Bay. The west side is close to the isolation zone, the south side relies on the flow of the Paisying River and is connected to the warehouse group around Massa Port in the north. The east side can directly enter the Back Bay and connect to the urban area to develop a sales network.
It seems that with the raw materials provided by the woods, the cheap labor provided by Paising, and the purchasing power provided by Back Bay, White's family business is developing very well.
If nothing had happened to Peter, his life would have been smooth sailing.
Zach's destination was not White's factory, but near Pete's home. Interestingly, this guy did not live with his parents in a house in Back Bay, but sold an apartment on his own at the border of Back Bay and Paisley. It's an apartment, not a single-family house, and the location is very close to Ogier Street, where Zach came just in the afternoon.
Grande's truck did not take a long detour, but drove directly to the northwest after entering the North District. When it came to a street composed of a large number of apartment buildings, Zach tilted his head and watched the police cars driving south. Zach knew immediately it was a police car because they were all blue and white patrol cars.
But the wide-open trunk was filled with debris, and it didn't look like it was performing official duties.
"Hey! Chapman!"
Chapman, who was driving, stuck his head out, glanced at Zach, and stopped on the side of the road. The police cars accompanying him also stopped and looked in Chapman's direction with confusion.
"You go first, I, um, friend, I'll have a chat with him." Chapman said to several colleagues.
Everyone glanced at Zach and said nothing. The police cars left one by one, leaving only Chapman.
"What are you doing?" The vampire leaned against the car window and asked Chapman with a smile. He was wearing casual clothes and had no expression on his face.
"move place."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Where to move to?"
"Ixton."(...)