Because Zach had said hello in advance, Madison was waiting in front of the mill early. The mill had been completed a week earlier, the 'House of Grande' sign had been erected in front of the door, and Madison was nervous about introducing the real boss to the new employees.

Zach waved his hand nonchalantly and followed Madison into the basement. The silver metal cabinet pressed against the wall, a faint chill through, and Madison checked the information and opened a cabinet door.

"Chris Aven, 32 years old, male ......"

Madison, who was reading the information, was interrupted by Benjamin and took the information, "You can go out." ”

"Oh. Madison silently withdrew, leaving the two behind.

The cabinet was pulled out completely, and Zakra opened the white plastic bag, revealing the corpse inside. The white frost covered his skin, which made the black-red marks on his chest very visible.

Benjamin flipped through the information, which did not contain much information, after all, it was sent by the Barton South Police Department, because this Chris had no family, and could only be stored here temporarily.

"This wound is really messy. Zach tilted his head and stared at Chris's left chest, even after stitching, he could still see the uneven knife cut, and it was really hard to imagine what kind of consideration he had to put the knife into his heart......

"It's normal to be chaotic. "Benjamin didn't find anything useful on the record," and an unclean wound meant he didn't kill. ”

Zach nodded, if he killed, the wound would be at least flat. He looked around, found gloves, scissors, and cut the forensic stitches.

"Well—" Zakla grew out of his voice, opening the other's chest and showing it to Benjamin, "what do you think?"

James's description on the phone was not accurate, and on the exposed heart, two diagonal forks formed a small X-shaped mark, which was a real fatal injury. The muscles of the ventricles were punctured, and massive bleeding led directly to death.

"Did he draw it himself?" Benjamin frowned, looked at Chris's harmless face, and became more and more puzzled, what kind of mentality did this guy want to draw an X on his heart? Benjamin is now thinking about the authenticity of 'suicide'.

"Nope. Zach sighed for no reason and shook his head: "He did it himself." ”

"What do you know?" Benjamin looked at Zach's expression, "Have you ever seen such a situation?"

"Unfortunately, I've seen it. Zach closed the wound again, thought about it, took the needle and thread, and began to stitch the poor man up again.

"It's a mark, an exclusive mark, that represents that the body and his soul belong to someone. Zach had a look on, uh, a hint of admiration on his face, "Besides, the mark shouldn't have been cut." This means that the contract is over and the exclusive is broken. Zach leaned forward, leaned his face against Chris, who was covered in frost, with heartfelt admiration: "You are a brave man, you are free, may you go to heaven." But you committed suicide, so ...... Have a great time in hell. ”

Benjamin's eyebrows raised, he didn't like the vampire's weird tone: "What are you talking about?Crossroads Demons?The contract with Crossroads only collects souls, I didn't know they were also interested in the flesh. And the contract can be broken in this way? I've never heard of it. And it's an x, not a cross. ”

"Well, Benjamin, you're too young. Zach smiled at Benjamin, and only Zach was qualified to say that about werewolves: "This is not the Crossroads Demon's doing, but another ancient, uh, man." We call him 'Papa Midnight'. ”

Benjamin's face, after Zach said the name, became gloomy.

Please understand Benjamin's change of heart, we already know that vampires cannot freely enter the homes of Indoans without accepting invitations, which is a curse planted on these outsiders because of the former aborigines, who rejected the invasion of the colonists.

Of course, in addition to restricting the movement of vampires, the former aborigines also took other insurance measures. One of them is that he used the 'Gangaro' of the vampire clan with the ability to transform to create the vampire's natural enemy, the werewolf.

Of course, all these incredible things should be attributed to an 'ancient' man, who was the ancestor of witchcraft. Zach said, please call him 'Papa Midnight'.

Curious about such a mysterious and magical thing, of course, I asked the vampire.

"Why x?

The vampire thought for a moment and asked me, "What would happen if you went and put the cross on the side of the Holy Lord's Church and announced the formation of a new church?"

"I guess I'm going to be beaten by the priest. ”

"Yes, that's right. That's what 'Papa Midnight' wants. The vampire replied.

"Oh. "I thought about it for a while, and seemed to understand something, and for some reason, I felt some sympathy for this ancient man. Perhaps, it has something to do with the fact that the main faith of the current Federation is the Holy Bishop.

Saying goodbye to Madison, Benjamin's van returned to Route 27, but instead of heading south back to the Grand House, it continued north, turning west as it entered the North End and heading west toward Paising.

Although it is still a weekday, there are still many people in the residential area of Paising. Zach doesn't judge these people for being idle, because most of them are low-income people with precarious hours.

It's the same as the last time Zach visited at night, with dilapidated mailboxes, crooked fences, and poorly cleaned streets.

Benjamin was a little surprised, Zach pushed the fence of Wind's house and rang the doorbell.

"They invited you in?!" the werewolf shook his head, standing on the somewhat rotten porch.

Zach smiled rightfully and continued to ring the doorbell.

The ancestor of witchcraft would appear in the city of Barton, and the only possibility was that the couple summoned him, and no one in Barton possessed such abilities except them. Zach had some guesses about the reason for the summoning, but he wasn't quite sure.

"Hey, you two!" On one side of the fence, a middle-aged man in baggy overalls leaned on the fence and asked with a wary heart, "Who are you looking for?"

"Kirden. Zach turned and smiled at the stranger, he was already paying attention to the house, but he didn't hear anyone there.

"Oh, he's not here. The middle-aged man let down his vigilance, since he can call out the abbreviation, he should be someone he knows. He pushed open the fence next to Windwind's house and pulled out the key, which was the neighbor who lived next to him. In such a community, neighbors must take care of each other, and the middle-aged man waved at Zack: "They are often away from home during this time, do you have anything to do? I can leave you a message." ”

"Thank you so much. Zach exited the front porch and smiled at the middle-aged man, "Tell him 'Grande' has come." Something to consult with him. ”

"Grande, the Grande of the funeral home?" the middle-aged man nodded abruptly, and then muttered as if to himself, "Poor Ryan, he really needs a new place to live." By the way, you can go to the old cemetery and check it out, maybe they'll be there. ”

Zach and Benjamin glanced at each other, and it seemed that Ryan's digging was not a secret in this area. As a hunter, Rivench has too many loopholes in their actions.

After thanking their middle-aged neighbors, Zach and Benjamin got in the car again and drove out of Paising, today's itinerary is a little boring, it seems that they have been on the road, and the next stop is the cemetery that once belonged to the [Ford Funeral Home].

Zach rarely visits his peers and doesn't make any friendly visits. Now he was startled when he came to the cemetery where Ford once was on the north-south border.

It's no longer a cemetery, and people in formal and overalls can be seen everywhere, explaining and arguing with weeping citizens.

Now Zach realizes that it's not Rivench that their actions are flawed, but that the city government has caused public outrage.

When the cemetery was still under the jurisdiction of the city government, the government would renovate the cemetery every few decades. Some places will be planned for urban construction, while others will be reserved for new cemeteries. A person's grave does not exist forever, in the cemetery, there is usually a small piece of land, or a memorial hall, densely packed with a large number of tombstones, this is the real place where the deceased will live forever.

This is common elsewhere in the Federation, but in Patton, it hasn't happened yet. Because Barton was a new city, the city government didn't need the idea of killing people.

The privatization of funerals in Massa, which was piloted this time, directly cut off Barton's slow adaptation to the phenomenon. As a result, some people born in Barton could not accept the fact that the deceased would be disturbed, and were arguing with the city government staff.

Zach could see that the north, the cemetery where the guilty were usually buried, had been completely turned over, and the cemeteries of those who no one cared about were naturally the first to be destroyed. The construction line isolates the land, and it is not known what will be built there in the future. In other cemeteries, there are also staff holding instruments like minesweepers, testing something.

"Don't touch my grandma!, you bandits!!"

Listening to the cry of a middle-aged woman next to him, Zach unconsciously thought of the cemetery of the Grande House in the West End, could it be the same scene?

Zach shook his head with a wry smile, thinking too much about himself, how could it be. Most of the graveyards in the West End are buried by the pioneers of Barton, and Anthony is afraid that he will not dare to touch the land there.

The two walked around the cemetery, but they didn't find the Windswept couple. They realized that they had gone for nothing.

"Where are we going now?" asked Benjamin, who was behind the wheel with one hand and didn't start the truck, as he thought.

"To James? He should have some clues. Zach himself wasn't sure, he said.

"Okay. Benjamin started the van.

Zach's uncertainty comes from not knowing where things are going. Papa Midnight, in Indian witchcraft, he is like the Holy Father of the Holy Bishop, and if the bizarre suicide in Barton City has something to do with him, the vampire does not know how to deal with him, the House of Grande.