Because the office was to be given to Wells, who could come at any time, James was taken to Benjamin's warehouse. The werewolf who had just fallen asleep was shaken awake by the vampire, wrapped a blanket around him, and sat crookedly on his bed. Scattered documents squeezed the big werewolf into a corner. His half-awake eyes revealed a trace of confused grievance, looking at James who had disturbed his rest.
Werewolves are not like vampires who can change their schedule at will with a glass of wine. A sleepy person is still sleepy even after eating food, and the same is true for werewolves.
"Let's start with the suicide in your South District, Chris Irwin..." James said with two dark circles under his eyes. This was the result of two days and one night. These were far beyond the scope of his and Coulson's real work, so he could only use his own time to investigate.
"Thirty-two years old, I have been living alone before, but recently I suddenly got a fiancée..."
James was interrupted by Zach. Last night, the vampire had already heard all the private stories of suicides from hundreds of walking corpses' "telephones", and there was no need for James to continue to waste time on this. Zach waved his hand and said impatiently, "Heavy."
"Well, the focus is here!" The fatigue on James's face disappeared, and he felt focused and excited when working. He pointed to the circled mark on the information, "He works in the construction industry, and this is what he has done recently. The ongoing project, at the junction of the north and south districts of Barton, is where the original cemetery of the Ford Funeral Home was!”
When James handed the information to Zach and Benjamin, he looked at the werewolf's dazed eyes and forced it into his hand: "Then, look here," the detective pointed to another mark, "This is what their project uses. Building materials!”
"Yuri Building Materials?" Zach glanced at it, "Then what?"
"Then this!" James quickly pulled out another marked document. Zach has recognized the name on the information, it is another suicide, and Papa used his promotion to defraud this guy's contract at midnight.
But this has nothing to do with James' investigation. Zach knows the benefits that every suicide has gained by breaking the rules. This is their 'story', but it is not the focus of James' investigation. James wants to find Find out the connections between these people, and then locate the person who recruited these speculators for Papa Midnight.
The marked place on the document stated his position as a shipper of Yuri Building Materials. Zach put the two pieces of information together and seemed to see a connection buried among the many lines.
"And then there's this!" James pulled out a piece of information again, and Zach looked at the name. This was the person James should really investigate at work, the person who committed suicide in his own kitchen, that is, he was confirmed by his colleagues. Guy who was hijacked during working hours: "He works in Port Massa Shipping! Look at the cargo he recently took over!"
"Building materials." Zach took the information handed over by James and found 'Yuri Building Materials' marked with a marker in a list of callers. Head Zach, the clues are getting clearer and clearer.
These three people do not live together, do not work together, and do not even know each other at all, but they are connected together because of an engineering project. Maybe it is just a coincidence, but there are eight suicides in total, and James’s achievement display is still not end yet.
"And these!" James took out a few more documents, laid them out on the bed, and pointed to the marked places: "Look, this person is not directly involved in the project, but he lives in Paisying near the construction site. District. This person is the warehouse manager of Port Massa. I checked his place of work and it is only two corridors away from Yuri Building Materials. This person is from the Barton Building Materials Review Bureau... "
James still didn't finish, so he took out a piece of crumpled paper and wrote these names on it.
"I have contacted Mr. and Mrs. Gale, and this is the list they gave me." James was a little vague when he said this sentence. It can be expected that there are several names on it that will be listed in the "Barton Daily" soon. on the list of suicides.
James once again took out some documents that were obviously not as formal as before. They were obviously not the police's case records, but his own investigation results. He overlapped the marked area of the document with the document on the bed. Just like under a main trunk, branches and vines begin to spread. When the social attributes of all suicides are spread out, it is indeed impossible to see the connection, but once there is the main line of James, all the divisions appear so even.
Maybe Barton City is lucky. If the person connecting three is still alive, then the main line cannot be connected, and everything will still be random sand.
Zach looked at the information with satisfaction, but James frowned. These suicides were actually promoted by the Hayate couple, and the actions of the Hayate couple relied on Sibella Hayate's sixth sense of people who used witchcraft...
And this sixth sense, as can be seen from the incident when Hayate and his wife ran to James' house and attacked him, is unexpectedly reliable. but! But when all the people who committed suicide are put together, it can be seen that the Hayate couple cast the net randomly, and then looked for people to hit in the cast net, and then spread it to the surrounding areas. Considering that the police were investigating the suicide, they actually found James, who had nothing to do with the incident. This only proves that their actions were entirely based on luck and there were no real clues.
Although James's demarcated trunk gave the Gale couple a clearer goal for their actions, from the time of suicide, it was impossible to tell which part of the three branches this trunk was derived from. Yes!
Zach patted Zach on the shoulder, "You've done a great job."
"No, it's not enough!" James clenched his fists: "Coulson has been investigating the place where the 'hijacking' took place, and so far he has no clue. What I have done does not help the police in any way! We don't know how to do it at all. You know which direction to continue! If the time is delayed any longer, it will be classified as suicide again and the case will be closed. The police will have no reason to continue the investigation!"
James was telling the truth. It was rare for the Barton Police Department to be willing to open a case and expend police resources to investigate after discovering that a suicidal person had been kidnapped before his death. But if there is no result for a long time, it can only be terminated and return to the conclusion of suicide. This reality obviously made the general's son a little impatient.
Zach looked at James, thought for a while, and changed his words to deliberately provoke James into a prompt: "You are right. Now we need to get out of the detective's thinking and use our thinking." Look for clues.”
"What?" James looked at Zach and asked inquiringly. There was no repulsion in his eyes that had ever appeared, and Zach was satisfied.
"Dead Apostle, James." Zach continued to give reminders, "You have forgotten that all of Papa Midnight's employees, including the recruiters, died once."
After a moment of thinking, James' eyes lit up: "You want to lend Alice to me?"
Zach was stunned for a moment. He had never thought about 'lending' Alice to anyone!
James seemed to be overcorrected by him!
"Do you want a sixteen-year-old girl to accompany you to catch the murderer?" Zach asked in a more serious tone.
James' question was very practical, but it once again showed his prejudice against the members of the Grand House. In his mind, Alice has the power to see death and can use it to identify Death Apostles. It is a tool that can be used! But what kind of police detective would be willing to use a sixteen-year-old girl as a tool and put her in a dangerous situation? !
James put his hands on his face and rubbed his tired eyes vigorously. He fell into confusion again.
Zach was not going to comfort James who was moved by his thoughts, nor did he want to guide him again and again. He gave the answer coldly: "You should investigate who was the first person to resurrect from death. You are a police detective. I don't need to do this." Teach. He is the middle recruiter you are looking for. Now, leave the Grand House."
When Alice's name appeared, Benjamin, who was fully awake, gathered the scattered information on the bed and handed it to James, who looked depressed.
James took the information and frowned: "I'm sorry. I didn't mean that."
But the two of them were no longer willing to listen to him, and Zach waved his hand to let him leave.
"At least, at least she can help our police find those who committed suicide. If the police can find the place where the first death occurred and the place where the kidnapping took place, more clues will be found! At least our investigation can continue!" James made a last ditch effort.
Zach frowned and thought, this was the bottom line he could allow. Zach looked at James' sincere face and finally nodded, taking a compromise, "Then you should go and ask her in person."
"Yes." James knew that he had made the wrong statement, so he made no more requests and walked towards the stairs with a pile of information.
"You shouldn't agree to him." Benjamin turned sideways, looked at Zach, and said lightly.
"It doesn't matter." Zach shook his head, with a slight smile on his face, "Papa Midnight used the strictest life and death contract on the dead disciples. The Gale and his wife were able to 'persuade' them to commit suicide, but they couldn't get any information out. , Alice can’t see anything. It’s just to make James give up.”
"No, that's not what I meant." Benjamin turned over and the large bed shook. "You gave James a wrong impression. He can use us to find a simple path."
It's easy to understand, but what is the 'easy path'
If Anthony didn't refuse when the vampire offered to use the enchanting eye to help Anthony conquer his beautiful female secretary, this would be the easy way out.
"If he is willing to pay, pretend I haven't." Benjamin, facing inward, finished the last sentence and closed his eyes.
Zach was stunned for a moment, patted Benjamin's broad shoulder, and smiled. He already understood what the werewolf meant. This was not a matter of the Grand House. Their participation was originally just to provide help. Now perhaps because of Papa Midnight's provocation, Zach had the idea to join, but still, Grand De has no obligation to help James.
They can cooperate because of friendship, such as Grande and Anthony. They can trade for profit, such as Grande and Quinn, Patton, and Herman.
Grande's relationship with James Lance is not yet strong. 'We' are not his tools, and the human detective must understand this.