On the early morning of Monday, Alice walked out of the room in confusion. First she saw a disheveled James, standing at the door of the room holding his back shoulder and squeezing it. alpha. Alice shook her head, rubbed her eyes, and sobered up a little.
Approaching the bathroom, the door opened by itself. Wes, who was all wet, looked up and calmly put his hands under his body, "I don't have a towel."
Alice blinked, and the oncoming heat was blown away by her eyelashes. Alice was completely awake, and she confirmed that the surrounding scenery was indeed in Grande. He lowered his head and turned around to run downstairs. Wes's voice came from behind him, "James, find me a towel."
"In the master bedroom..."
Even though she was frightened, as a girl, although her aesthetic development was slightly deviated, she would not allow herself to start the day dirty.
Alice, who had not yet figured out why Alpha slept on the second floor of Grande, hurriedly ran out of the stairwell, jumped twice like a girl on the back porch, and ran to Benjamin's warehouse. Remember, there is Alpha's open-air bathroom on the west side of the warehouse.
There was nothing strange about entering the warehouse, but she found that there were wine bottles and wine glasses thrown away by her brother Zach in the haystack. Alice thought that she would remember to take them back later, so she ran across to the west side of the warehouse. Opened the bathroom door.
The brother and sister of 'Firefly' reunited just like that.
"Can you get me a towel?" John, who seemed to be drying himself in the bathroom, turned his body sideways and said this in a way that his posture and expression were not in line with his expectations.
"..." Alice stared with no reaction.
"Alice." John pursed his lips, "Towel."
Alice took a small step back as if she was frightened, swayed, turned around, and rushed into the warehouse. Run out the same way you came. Girlish running, well, it's the kind of running that takes small, quick steps while holding on to the crowd, lowering your head, just to vent your emotions, and doesn't care about where you are going.
The reason why it is described in such a special way is because of Alice's state. If you continue to run without looking at the road, you will collide with the car that just drove into Grande's backyard.
The sound of the brakes made Alice stop in shock. She watched with trembling eyes as the front of the thick black limo nervously backed away and saw the license plate.
It's Laura's car.
Just in time, Alice now needs the company of a friend. However, in a panic, he accelerated a few steps close to the car and ran to the car door. He was about to shout "Lola" in his mouth, but the door was pushed open, and it was not Laura.
Kyle leaned out of the car. Looking at the nervous Alice, she frowned and said, "Laura is not here, she is grounded."
Alice looked at Kyle and backed away step by step, as if he was some kind of ferocious beast. In fact, it's just that Alice has been frightened by Grande and foreigners continuously, and the number of times has exceeded the number 'three' that is considered to be the magic number by common sense, which amplifies Alice's already vulnerable feeling of being surprised.
Alice's shoulders were held down. Patting her comfortingly, "Good morning. Uninvited guest, you scared my sister."
There was still a hint of redness in Zach's eyes, which completely disappeared when Alice looked sideways. The clothes and appearance on his body were not very neat, as if he had just woken up.
The reason Zach used this expression was probably because he was attracted by the screeching brakes. Behind the door of Benjamin's warehouse, an Indian man named John, who had just pulled up his shirt, also poked his head out.
John frowned and drew back.
Kyle didn't notice these small details and pursed his lips, "Sorry. I didn't mean to." Then he turned around with a frown, patted the roof of the car and looked sideways at the driver, "Thank you for covering us, I will repay you. .”
The young driver who belonged to Laura smiled and said it was okay, turned the car around, and left.
Zach patted Alice again, looked at the second floor, and then at the kitchen, making his signal clear. Alice nodded nervously and walked away.
Zach waved to Kyle, sat on the bench on the back porch, and began to tidy up his appearance, "Why are you here, why did Laura's driver give you..." Zach paused, "'You' cover .”
Zach showed no expression when he asked. To be honest, Zach had some complicated emotions towards his former client. Our vampire is not so shameless as to claim to be the benefactor of a lost boy. On the contrary, now that he knows that the enchantment has been lifted, he feels speechless as if he has done something bad and been discovered by the person involved.
"They don't let me drive anymore." Kyle glanced at Zach, hesitated for a while, and sat next to him. "They think that me driving is a reminder that, well, it will make me think of something bad. I will do it in the future. Travel must be picked up and dropped off by your family.”
You see, Zach's speechless feeling is not only reflected in Zach. Kyle, the person involved, is probably more prosperous, and it is even more serious if he changes his direction.
Zach didn't answer, and his question hadn't been answered yet.
"He..." refers to Laura's driver, "He should send me to the Church of the Holy Child. My summer practice project at the college is conducted at the Church of the Holy Child. My project director is Taylor." As if to add, Kyle quickly answered, "It was arranged by the college, and there are written documents to prove it."
Uh, isn't it just an internship during the summer vacation
However, the innocent word "homework" may not be able to express what Kyle really wants to do! Let's see, the project leader is Tyler, the demon hunter of the academy, and the location is the Holy Son Church of Constantine, a priest who temporarily lives under the devil and is definitely not the so-called demon hunter of the academy.
Yesterday, the relationship between Taylor and Mason's senior classmates was made public, and they were still in an increasingly 'weird' city like Barton. 'Homework', huh, the cover of 'official certificate' is not bad.
In addition, the nature of Kyle's academy to cultivate secret witchers is already obvious.
This is even more worthy of attention, because Mason said before that the college he is in is actually a college of social studies. While the academy secretly trains demon hunters, its contact with the outside world is also restricted by the Vampire Sabbat Alliance and demons.
The appearance of Kyle and Taylor now only shows that the witcher academies in the west have found ways to connect and communicate with each other. The 'career' of cultivating witchers has also extended from the social academy for adults to the one where Kyle is located. This kind of compulsory high school!
This is big progress.
Kyle pursed his lips and continued, "Although he sent me to the church. I still want to come to Grande."
Zach raised his eyebrows but did not interrupt for the time being.
"But if he sends me here directly, it will only be very troublesome for my grandmother when she finds out."
Zach actually tilted his lips and nodded. It's not a big deal for Laura and Grande to get along. After all, Mrs. Barton's commission had nothing to do with Laura. But Kyle is different. The entrustment target and the entrustment executor meet after the entrustment is completed. It's always embarrassing.
Think about how you would feel if you found out that your grandmother hired a detective to investigate you. So the embarrassment here is not about Zach and Kyle, but about Mrs. Barton.
"Coincidence..." Kyle looked sideways at Zach with a strange expression, "When I came out, Laura asked me to come to Grande."
"Something happened to the Bishop family." Kyle lowered his voice, "I think you already know."
Zach still didn't respond, raising his eyebrows and waiting for the follow-up.
"Laura told me about the Raptor party. The night before yesterday, she didn't know what happened, and she said a lot of things to Alice that she shouldn't have said... "
Zach pursed his lips. The night before yesterday, he and Kyle were sitting on the bench like this, irritated by the interrupted thinking of 'Toledo'.
Laura in Alice's room on the second floor uses girlish gossiping, even gloating, to tell the story of the Bishops' house being surrounded by the police. Zach heard it clearly.
"Laura, after seeing the newspaper, she was very..." Kyle shook his head. It was too difficult to describe a girl's state, so he skipped it. "She was worried that what she said at that time had a bad impact on Alice. Please let me take a look."
Talking alone, the silence of the target - Zach, made Kyle a little uncomfortable. He was just an eighteen-year-old boy who had lost his footing, so he couldn't ask for too much. He twitched his lips. "So the driver sent me here directly."
Sensing Kyle's emotions, Zach shook his head and spoke, but the focus was completely off track, "Has Bishop's matter been in the newspapers?"
"Today." Kyle frowned.
Zach looked around. Something annoying occurred to me—Old Hank wasn't here.
The vampire stood up and said, "Walk with me and get the newspaper."
Kyle had a boyish impatience on his young face, and he wanted to refuse. But as the people on the corridor were suddenly pushed away, James walked out, looked sideways at this unfamiliar face, frowned and thought. Kyle stood up immediately and followed Zach.
The two of them had already walked away, and James on the back porch twitched his eyes and remembered, wasn't that the real culprit in the death of Herman's son, Connor Herman.
"Zach!" Kyle and the vampire struggled to follow, and finally caught up with Zach who was parked in front of Grande's mailbox, and said, "I'm here because Taylor asked me to come here."
Zach didn't want to think about it and opened the mailbox. A newspaper was stuffed into the narrow box. Zach took out the newspaper, tilted his head, flipped through it, and took out a magazine.
The vampire pursed his lips and looked at the introductory title on the cover of "Urban Legends - Barton's Weekly" - "Vampire", with the subtitle, 'The Lurker Who Crossed the Classes of the West End! alert! The danger has nothing to do with the size of the house! The Night of the Death of the Girl and the Boy'.
Normally, Zach would have laughed at this title. But today, Zach was not in the mood, so he just stuffed the magazine into the arms of Kyle who just ran in front of him.
"Hey!" Kyle caught it hurriedly, "Did you listen to what I said! Taylor asked me... wait, what is this..." He obviously also saw the title on the cover, and he was stunned and his eyes widened. , spoke with a tone full of surprise and doubt, "Is this, is this talking about the Bishop case in the West District?!"
Kyle was right, this magical magazine that Grande read as a joke was good at doing just this kind of thing!
A summary of events that catches the wind, a strange starting angle, and a bizarre interpretation of events...
The main and subtitles on the cover made it very obvious. The cause of death was blood being sucked away. There were two people who died. The young master of the Bishop family, who was known to all the people in Barton, and the commoner Elena, who was not known by many people. The young boy and girl.
Zach didn't answer, but walked back and opened the newspaper again. A very eye-catching headline - "Young man turns to evil for love, vicious murder in West District". Under the inflammatory headline, there is a report that takes up two entire pages!
Zach slowed down his pace and wrote the entire story quickly as he walked.
This matter was delayed for a whole day before it was reported in the newspaper, but it turned out to be so comprehensive and detailed when it appeared. Zach couldn't help but think of the small corner where Teddy disappeared yesterday, and shook his head.
The report is still very objective, with a large number of interviews cited as the main theme, including the police, the parties' families, friends, and even Mrs. Bishop. In addition to the overly sensual photos that were slightly manipulated, Zach saw Elena's family, an angry Mrs. Bishop, and Eddie's blood-stained clothes in the woods that he had deliberately left in place.
And there is no surprise. This vicious murder case was linked to the "Varmina" stronghold in the West District that was destroyed just before. I don’t know if Old Hardy, who has completely disappeared into the federal witness protection system, gave any clues, but the West District police actually found a complete set of blood drawing devices.
No need to be surprised, Woody kept in touch with Toledo, the Western Sabbat, for several months. Didn’t Old Hardy confirm this matter to Zach? For a long time, Old Hardy became his grandson’s cleaner. Keep cleaning out those used blood bottles!
When Zach was handling the commission, these matters were not completely handled by Zach, an irresponsible gray professional. I know how Old Hardy revealed these things to the police.
The appearance of the blood-drawing device completely matched the characteristics of the damage caused by the new vampire to the two deceased people. This was a pure coincidence. It was regarded as the truth in the report and became the murderer's method of committing the crime deduced by the police.
Two consecutive vicious cases in the West District completely threw Old Hardy's two grandsons into the abyss! Although this is also true.
But when Zach saw the end of the report, it was confirmed that Eddie was the murderer in this case, together with Woody, the person responsible for the drug "Varmina" who suddenly appeared in Barton City, and the two brothers were now Both are on the run, and the two have been listed as felons on federal warrants. Citizens are asked to be vigilant. 'Still a little uncomfortable.
These two brothers do not need to be wanted, and citizens do not need to be careful, because both of them died at the hands of Zach who was cleaning up the Toledo portal.
New vampire Eddie, although Zach has not seen his attack method with his own eyes, he can imagine that his murderous actions must be very rough, and the inhuman traces left behind are conveniently leftover from the 'Varmina' case known to the police. Problem blocked.
The reminder of the report is unnecessary and has already been dealt with. The case is over.
Everything seemed to be in line with what he wanted, but Zach just had an unpleasant feeling - while the traces of the aliens were being covered up, Toledo of the Sabbat was also covered up. (..)