These days, the Grand House is inundated with trivial matters. The construction of an abandoned mill and the purchase of a cremation facility will also require the recruitment of new staff. Although Zach never did anything himself and left everything to Madison, Madison, who had just entered the Grand House, was still worried about the boss's temper. When she needed to make a decision, she would still ask Zach honestly. . I had to, it was at this time that I developed the habit of asking him questions...
To Zach's surprise, the Grande House seems to have become popular, thanks to a report about 'traditional funerals' in the Barton Daily News on Monday. Of course, this kind of report that focuses on social phenomena and then invites people from all walks of life to express their opinions has no practical significance to the matter itself. Apparently, the reporters did not uncover any 'conspiracy', and then came up with such an article to test the waters and see the direction of public opinion, which is the so-called 'fishing'.
When a large number of people began to reserve the Grand House cemetery, the Patton Daily spent a lot of space praising Mayor Patton for defending the citizens' 'right to choose', blah blah blah...
Preoccupied with trivial matters, Zach ignored the fact that James hadn't called in several days.
After the changer incident was resolved, James would often call and ask for the assistance of Grand House, just like Madison did. The two parties cooperated to eliminate the aliens who entered Barton City because of rumors.
James didn't call again, partly because he didn't trust Zach. With Madison's example, James realized that he couldn't give Zach a chance to strengthen himself. But the more important reason is that James has no time for 'private matters', and he has a hunch that his secret mission will intersect with his own work.
"Your best thing is the truth!"
This is a dark alley in the North District of Barton City. The light of the street lights is blocked by the buildings on both sides. The homeless people's homes are surrounded by worn-out cardboard and trash cans. Detective Coulson was holding a ten-dollar bill in his hand, "If I find out you lied, I wouldn't mind taking you away for 'sabotaging official duties'!"
"Brother!" The homeless man quickly took away the money from Coulson's hand: "Then take me away! At least there are four complete walls in the police station!"
"Hmph!" Coulson snorted coldly. He opened his jacket with both hands, inserted it into his waist, and half exposed the gun tucked into the holster at his side, "What do you see now."
The homeless man collected the money and began to narrate nervously: "Every night, the people living on the fourth floor always leave some bread." The homeless man raised his head and pointed up the escape ladder, "But yesterday, that person... I didn’t do it. I’m very angry! I want to go up to him and argue! Doug advised me to forget it! But how can I forget it! I haven’t had dinner yet!”
James and Coulson looked at each other with disgust that they didn't need to hide.
"I know I'm right!" the tramp said proudly, "I'm still alive now because I went up!" He pointed to the top, and then his eyes became terrifying, and he dramatically put his dirty hands down. On the lips: "That's when I saw that guy!"
"So you looked from above?" James shook his head: "You didn't see his appearance at all!"
"Of course I couldn't see it! It was night, and it was so dark here! Even if I wasn't up there, I couldn't see his face!" The tramp's logic was actually very strict!
Coulson waved his hand to signal his partner not to worry: "What exactly did you see?"
"He, no! It's it! It opened my bed directly!" The homeless man pointed at the tattered cardboard beside him angrily, and then showed a trace of pride: "Fortunately I'm not here! He opened Doug's place again , pulled Doug out," the homeless man pointed to the other side of the alley, his expression becoming even more proud: "Then, and then ate Doug!"
"What?" Coulson stared, "What the hell are you doing!" Coulson didn't mind the stains on the homeless man's body, so he pushed his hand away and tried to grab the thing hidden in his pants. Ten more at the back.
James helplessly pulled Coulson away, who had lost ten dollars in vain, and asked the homeless man who was tightly protecting his butt, "What is it, an animal? A dog, a wolf, something like that?"
"Of course not! Have you ever seen a dog wearing clothes?!" The tramp said in the same tone as an idiot, "It's a person! It's a man! A man with great strength! Doug didn't even show a trace of sex!"
"Let's go!" Coulson broke away from James' hand, "It's just a waste of time here!"
James sighed helplessly, no longer caring about the somewhat nervous homeless man, and left the alley with Coulson. But Coulson didn't really leave. Instead, he and James knocked on the door of the building on the side of the alley. They wanted to confirm if there was a guy named Doug who frequented the homeless area.
After a brief visit, the two returned to their car. The expressions of the two police detectives were not very good. They had confirmed that there were indeed two homeless people here. One of them was the slightly nervous guy, and the other was Doug who he claimed was 'eaten'.
"You should go home first." James looked at his partner: "You should go home to stay with Mrs. Coulson and the children. I can keep an eye on here."
Coulson stared at his partner for a while. He wondered why his partner felt like a different person. Compared with the guy who only knew about eating in the first week, James is much more reliable now. . Such doubts that were destined to be fruitless were instantly thrown away by Coulson. He frowned and shook his head: "No, it's too dangerous. He will probably come back. I don't believe that guy's bullshit, but the murderer is capable. To get rid of that Doug quietly is obviously not an easy person to deal with!"
This case started when someone reported that a homeless man who often appeared in a certain place was missing. With the death case of a prostitute that had not been solved some time ago, the Barton Police Department was very nervous, not to mention Chief Cologne and Detective Coulson who knew the existence of 'David'.
According to the official record, David was missing, and the person who reported the case was the Barton Telecommunications Bureau who discovered that David did not come to work on time, but in fact, Benjamin was responsible for solving the case. Only James and Mayor Barton knew this, but they obviously would not go out. Not knowing the truth, the Barton Police Department, and even Cologne and Coulson, naturally connected the two cases of the prostitute and the homeless man.
In the eyes of the authorities, perhaps at some point in the future, they will find that the missing homeless man has turned into the same remains of the prostitute before.
James sighed in his heart, because he knew that the two cases were completely different, and the homeless man with mental problems was most likely telling the truth...
Zach once reminded James to be careful and remember to protect yourself. Because there must be a reason why the low-class aliens who came to Barton because of the rumor that "Barton is a paradise" would be rejected by the original alien society as low-class creatures and look for a new place to live.
James could guess these reasons with his toes, which was not a good thing.