During the drive to Didi's house, Wes probably felt the need to give a briefing on the case to Zach, "...Although the Pierce Bureau..." automatically muted, "it was a bit deliberate, but he didn't do anything wrong, Mr. Allen." His son Chris is already considered an adult. He at least has a driver's license and the ability to act independently. It is impossible for the investigation to involve the police to find him as soon as he said he was missing... "
Before that, Wes had already told the story of the report - the night before yesterday, after the South End people's rest time, Chris did not come back. Mr. Allen, who had been receiving various sensational threats recently because of his protests, was very nervous, so he directly reported the incident to the police.
James was naturally disdainful of West's explanation for Zach, but he still interjected and added, "I have read the information. Chris Allen, 18, a senior at Leipter, such a teenager 'disappeared' on the weekend. It's normal." James held the steering wheel. No one expected these three people to go visit and investigate on Wes's motorcycle. "What made this place serious is that yesterday morning, Mr. Allen waited all night and did not wait for a reply. Reese then confirmed with the school and learned that Chris was not at school. After reporting this situation, the police who were entangled with the protesters began to investigate seriously, and then found Chris' car parked on the path leading to the North District. This Only then did we confirm that Chris is really missing.”
Zach actually didn't want to hear this, our vampire knew he was right, and he would be able to prove it when he got to Didi's place. Hearing now that everything was a police investigation lead on a normal human level, he didn't care.
"I feel like you are defending the Southern District Police Department." Because he doesn't care about the real content, he will pay attention to the subtext that may not even be touched at all. "Are you too surprised that Pierce resigned suddenly?"
The car was quiet for a while, and James glanced at Zach, "Cologne's attitude towards me is very strange." He clicked his tongue irritably, "I know he's not happy with me running around with a case in hand, but he didn't Whatever you say, just let me and this Wes. Do you know why?"
Considering that there will be even weirder things in the future, such as Cologne asking James to return to Grande with the final payment of the entrustment, "For reasons that are not suitable to be stated, you just need to cooperate."
Wes pursed his lips and patted James who was holding the steering wheel harder, "I'm not that surprised. A few days ago, even though Cologne was the chief and Pierce was just the deputy, it was obvious that Cologne had been enduring something. , except for showing a welcome to Cologne on the first day he arrived, Pierce never had any good feelings toward Cologne. It seemed that Pierce had something in his hands that Cologne could not resist. Then yesterday, the situation suddenly reversed. The overall situation was Everyone could see that Pierce was beginning to be afraid, and Cologne's momentum began to rise. I don't know why, but Cologne is the superior after all, and I think Pierce will leave sooner or later."
James looked at his friend, "You said Cologne..."
Zach interrupted, "It's not appropriate to say why, James."
Very good, Zach led James to him, "Is it related to the power of Aesera and Anthony?" Remember what Zach said to James, Zach will support the Sabbat military and Anthony Among the political deals, Cologne could displace Pierce, the pawn of Ethera's power in the Southern District. So in James' understanding, he could only draw this conclusion.
Zach smiled in acquiescence and pointed forward, "We're here."
James stopped the car irritably, looked at the ordinary farmhouse in the South District, turned off the engine, turned around and held down Zach's movement to open the seat belt, "You! Stay in the car! Let us detectives Do our job!"
Zach curled his lips and leaned on the seat with a bored expression, "Remember to hurry up, I have to go back to Grande to inform the results of helping my friends."
James curled his lips and ignored Zach. He and Wes walked to Didi's front porch and knocked on the door, "Barton Police Department." James was probably showing Wes the role of a police detective as a senior. The way he conducts himself is as he knocks on the door, he has already opened his coat in a smart manner, with one hand on his waist, ready to show the police badge on his waist at any time.
Wes, who was still wearing a police uniform, probably thought it was ridiculous, shaking his head and completely letting James show off.
The door opened.
"What's the matter, officer?" It was just a crack, and it wasn't Didi, it was Nick.
Zach raised his eyebrows in the car and began to look at the man.
A moment of stasis appeared on both detectives at the same time. This is not an unreasonable thing - Zach said that Nick was a kidnapper, and the victim was tied up in the basement by Nick. Zach also said that Nick was not here. So what the two detectives expected was to see an alien, a mirror man, not a murderer.
James reacted quickly. He took off the police badge from his waist and waved it in front of the other party. "Barton Police Department, Detective Lance, please open the door completely. We have some problems..."
Unexpectedly, the police badge was quickly taken away by the other party, and he looked repeatedly through the crack in the door, "Detective Lance? I don't know you." The gaze in the crack in the door drifted to Wes, "I know him. The rookie in the police station is called Wes, right? You." Returning to James, "Where did you come from?"
Zach touched his chin in the car and seemed to have something interesting.
Wes replaced James, who had a strange look on his face. "He's from the North District Police Department to assist the detective." He took back James' police badge, "Nick, right? I remember your name too. See you again so soon." Now." Try to regain your momentum.
"What's the matter?" Nick seemed calm in the crack of the door, "Are you going to take me to the police station for 'education' again?" The tone was mocking, "Officer, this is my home, and I'm not protesting anything at Allen's place right now. ."
Wes frowned and glanced at James, "We are investigating the disappearance of Allen's son." He spoke slowly, trying to buy time to think of an appropriate statement, "Have you seen him? The period from the night before yesterday to now..."
"Why are you asking me?" He was interrupted, "It's not my son." Nick looked gloomy at the crack of the door. Well, objectively speaking, it might just be a problem with the lighting in the room. This showed that he didn't want to do anything from the beginning. The cooperative guy now has a normal expression on his face, "Tsk. Am I a suspect?"
James captured something, "We didn't say there was a suspect, it was just a disappearance case, there may not necessarily be a suspect. But we did find signs of struggle and resistance, and we suspected it was a kidnapping case. Why, do you know the police's suspicions... "James stared at the face in the crack of the door, trying to get the emotional changes, but.
"Are you here to assist? What to assist?" Nick satisfied James in the crack of the door, staring at James with all the malice in his eyes, "Who asked you to assist? This case in the Southern District, you The police detective from the North District, huh, detective, what are you doing here? Why are you here in front of my house if you don't want to look for the missing person? "
James frowned, "Answer the question, have you ever seen..."
"No." Nick answered directly, turning his gaze to Wes, "Any more questions?"
Wes's face was no better than James's. He hesitated and took out a pen and paper. All he could do now was to continue trying to extract information, "Can you tell me from the night before yesterday to last morning, confirm that Chris Where were you during the time you were missing?"
Time span is the key.
"Tsk, home."
"Didn't you go out?"
"No."
"Well, you haven't gone out all this time, not early in the morning or in the morning?" Weiss pouted, this question was really difficult to ask. As James just said, there is a difference between missing and being kidnapped. Wes still has the consciousness of a police officer and cannot alert the other party without evidence or a search warrant to back him up.
"What do you mean? Now the police still care about how long I sleep."
Weiss casually wrote something in the note because he couldn't ask any more questions. Wanting to ask for help, he turned back to look at Zha in the car...
Zach is gone.
Wes opened his mouth and pushed James, trying to remind him.
At the same time as the dull sound of being hit by a blunt instrument, Nick groaned in the crack of the door and pushed the door with his body, shutting the two detectives out completely. There was no time to react. There was a sound of heavy objects being thrown away from behind the door, and the door was fully opened. Zach stood in the door and said, "You're welcome." He threw a kettle in his hand, turned around and walked back into the house.
"What are you doing!" James glanced at Nick, who was lying limply beside the door, "He..."
"Don't worry, you're not dead." Zach waved his hand, "What did I say? Hurry up, I still have something to do, but you guys are not efficient at all, and you are almost sent away." Zach passed a woman, it was Di Di nodded slightly and said, "Sorry, I'm back to disturb your life again."
"Don't be sorry!" Didi completely ignored the two detectives who stepped over her husband and stared at the vampire, "You have no sincerity at all!"
"Detectives, Mirror Man Didi. Didi, Detective." Zach introduced at someone else's home. "This way, Didi, open the door." Zach pointed to the basement door.
"I won't open the door for you!"
"Stop it, Didi." Zach shook his head, "The breath of the guy below is weaker than when I came here before. I guess Nick beat him again? Open the door quickly and let the two good detectives rescue him. Get rid of him, send him to the hospital if he should be sent to the hospital, and close the case if he should be closed. Before you even realize it, I will consciously leave your life."
Wes was still hesitating whether to join the conversation between these two aliens, who were difficult to follow. James had already squeezed forward, "Didi, right! I don't care who you are! Is that Chris? Allen?! Is his life in danger?"
Zach glanced at James, curled his lips, and waved his hands towards Didi, "This detective obviously regards you as an accomplice. It's up to you whether you want to change this embarrassing situation and become a witness who fully cooperates with the police. Oh, Didi."
Didi's face was gloomy, and his facial features began to gather in a strange way, as if a vortex of floating objects floating on the water was being pulled toward the center. When the faces of the two human detectives began to look strange, Didi moved and opened the basement door.
When James and Wes rushed down with their heads lowered and ugly expressions on their faces, Didi stared at Zach with her somewhat misplaced face, "I know what you are doing! Don't even think about it! I won't testify against Nick!!" "
How do you say this? Is such that-
Does Zach need Didi to open the door? No. He had already gone to someone else's house without the detective or Nick knowing. But Zach still asked Didi to open the door and said something about the role change from accomplice to witness.
What was in Nick's file that Zach saw at the police station? There is content about the domestic violence victim’s wife, Didi, giving up on correcting her husband Nick and withdrawing from the case. Is this the real Didi, or is it the doing of the Didi who picked up the dignity that Didi gave up and became the Mirror Man? It doesn't matter. It is a fact that no Didi dares to defend against Nick.
What did Zach say during the previous visit? He said, 'Didi, you already have self-awareness, don't you think it's a pity that it ends and disappears like this. '
So what does it mean now? Zach is forcing Mirror Man Didi to do something that will make this life less of a pity.
"Sorry, this isn't going to be what you expected." Zach pointed to Nick, who was still lying prone at the front door. "Your husband didn't faint on his own, and the door didn't open automatically to let the two detectives in."
Didi glared at Zach, "You!"
"The police are handling the case. I'm just a citizen. I'm not here at all." Zach tilted his head and looked at the basement stairs. James was already running up with the weak Chris in his arms.
Zach shook his head at the look James cast, "If you can't die, just send him to the hospital."
James stopped talking nonsense, nodded to Wes, and carried the person out.
Wes was still in the basement, "I found something. Camera, photos, film..." Wes' tone was not very good, "Evidence, evidence of blackmail..."
James outside had quickly started the car and drove away. Zach looked at Didi and asked, "Do you have anything to say?" He meant to let Didi explain to the detective.
Didi pursed her misaligned lips and said nothing.
Zach shook his head and went down to the basement, "You said blackmail."
"Photos." Wes handed Zach a few developed photos. The picture showed Chris with newspapers and magazines that could prove the date in front of him, "Yesterday's and today's."
Zach's attention was on the photos belonging to yesterday, because the one used to prove the date was "Urban Legend-Barton Weekly", which had only more than a hundred subscriptions in the entire Barton.
Zach raised his eyebrows and looked up at Didi, who was still standing outside the basement door, "Do you want to explain?"
Didi didn't react, only his face became increasingly weird.
Zach waved his hand and looked at Wes, "Did Mr. Allen say that he was blackmailed?"
Wes frowned, "No. Or, these things haven't been sent out yet, and Mr. Allen doesn't know." He shook his head and pursed his lips, obviously denying this possibility. The kidnapper had completed the blackmail. The key is, didn’t you send it out? Stop being funny.
"Either Mr. Allen doesn't want to trust the police anymore."
Zach turned his head and patted Wes, "Fortunately, now I have a reason to trust him again." The comfort could only go so far. Zach no longer cared about Wes, walked up to the bottom of the stairs, and faced Didi, Huang Huang represented yesterday's photo, "What are you still struggling for? Quickly clean up your weird face."
The features that were almost coming together stopped coming together and stared at Zach.
"Okay Didi." Zach shook the photo in his hand again, "Look at this, what do you see? I see that you are subconsciously calling for others to intervene in your life."
In the subscription of "Urban Legend", apart from the ordinary readers who really love the strange style of stories, what are the remaining people? They are 'people' like Zach, and people who know that people like Zach exist. It's a sure sign to catch someone's eye.
"You can be unhappy that the way I showed up is not what you expected." Zach smiled and glanced at Wes, who was still searching for evidence in the basement, and Nick, who was shaking and trying to get up at the front door, "But I showed up. ”
Didi raised his hand, and the kettle that fell on the ground floated up and hit Nick, who lay back down again. Didi looked at Zach again, straightened her face, and her tone changed, "Alan didn't provide the police with the blackmail photos. There will still be some unreasonableness in this case. What are you going to do?"
Zach smiled and thought for a moment, "The photos are developed from film, right?" Zach flicked the photo in his hand, "I just recently realized that my identity information has not been updated for a long time, haha, you won't believe it. Yes, my profile photos are still black and white photos. I feel like a person abandoned by the times, so." Zach looked at Wes, "I went to the photo studio to take pictures yesterday morning, and I accidentally discovered some disturbing things. Something comfortable, I couldn’t ignore it, I went to the police…”
Wes had found a receipt, "xx photo studio."
Zach nodded and looked back at Didi, "What do you think?"
Didi responded with an eye roll.
"Okay, Wes, you can call for backup. It looks like I have to go to this photo studio. Didi, can you use your phone? The reason why I came before has not been replied to Steve yet. Well. Or, come by yourself, eh, it can be regarded as a farewell ceremony with the former Didi?" (.)