The west and north boroughs of Barton are connected by the Charles River, like a straightened rat's tail. To the south of this tail is a whole wooded strip that extends south into Newton, and in the centre of this woods, from Newton, the Paising River, flows north, and then joins the Charles River at the end of its straight 'rat's tail'.

Zach patted Benjamin on the shoulder and pointed to a black sedan on the bridge deck above the end of the Paising River, "James." "My hand is already in gear, and I want to speed up.

Benjamin slapped Zach's hand away and glanced at him, "What do you want to do, let me hit him?"

Zach pouted, "Just to keep you close to him." ”

Benjamin ignored Zack and continued to drive at his own pace, about to enter the North End, the traffic was not small, and it was very immoral to accelerate suddenly.

Benjamin spun the wheel and followed James's car, apparently heading to Liszt Street. Benjamin wasn't in a hurry, hanging from the back, and when he finally stuck to the back of James's car, he waved his hand in front of him.

James felt a cool breeze blow around the back of his neck, as if someone was plotting against him from behind.

In fact, he has been plotted. After sending Zach back to Grande, he has just returned to the police station. Because he was involved in the evacuation of Mary's Church, he also needed to go back and make some written reports. After chatting with his partner Detective Cousson, who was also writing the report, the director of Cologne appeared by the guardrail on the second floor, stretched out two fingers to him, and hooked the hook.

Five minutes later, James honestly left the police station and drove to the Quest family estate on Barton's West End.

Zach sold him.

But when he saw the young Quest couple lying on their beds 'resting' with their bodies intact, he had to say that he was relieved. But the relaxed spirit was immediately swept away by what followed.

James told the truth, and he investigated the abandoned bus stop for most of the night, but found nothing. Then two of Grande's men appeared, again to no avail, and just as all three were about to leave, suddenly, two missing people appeared.

What James said was true, but he felt that he was lying, and that feeling was worse than just lying!

The owner of Quest Manor used a coercive tone to force James to repeat the whole process over and over again, and James answered truthfully, and the process lasted for an hour. James felt interrogated, and his resentment with Zach deepened.

James sat in the car, reached out and tugged at his collar, trying to dispel the coolness of being plotted, and subconsciously looked in the rearview mirror, in a dirty and broken truck, a man with a tall figure that could not be ignored beckoned to the front, and the passenger next to him was empty.

James shuddered all over, and he seemed to feel a pale-skinned man smiling at him in the empty passenger seat.

"He found us. Zach smiled and patted Benjamin.

Benjamin shifted gears and stuck to James' left, Zach leaned against the door, an arm reached out of the window, and knocked on the lid of James's car, "What a coincidence, Lance Detective!"

James took a deep breath, trying not to look, and not to imagine Zach's expression right now, stepped on the accelerator, and accelerated towards Liszt Street.

Zach and Benjamin looked at each other and followed.

Lister Street is located in the southeast of Back Bay (Fenway Park) and southwest of Becky Street, and the area that spreads around Richter Street has completely replaced the former Bakery District and developed into the most prosperous business district in Barton City.

In this area, you can see theaters, cinemas, hotels, casinos, ...... The most famous is the "Liszt Square" located at the north end of Liszt Street, if you stand on the top floor of the "Liszt Building" at the back of the square, you can see the whole of Barton.

The two cars with great contrasts followed the rear of the [Liszt Building] and directly entered the [Liszt Backstreet]. James got out of the car and saw that the other two were also getting out of the car and walking towards him, and walked towards his attic with a gloomy face.

When they stood up the elevator, the two had just entered the narrow corridor, and by the time James pushed the elevator bar, the two of them were already standing in front of the iron gate that he had patched a few times.

"What are you going to do? James opened the door.

"I'm going to apologize. Zach smiled and stepped into James's attic, "Sorry to bring you in again." ”

Of course, James knew what Zach was talking about, but he didn't think Zach was sincere, and snorted coldly.

"You must have met Mr. Quest. Zach and Benjamin parted as if they were familiar with the place, and Benjamin walked to the bar that would be found in the golden bachelor's house, and Zack went straight to the living room and continued to say to the gloomy-faced James, "Then you can also know how good this man is, well-" Zack thought for a moment, "'aggressive.'" ”

While James Lance really doesn't want to share the same opinion as vampires, he must admit that the thirty-year-old Quest is extremely aggressive, always giving his opinion before the other person and then limiting the conversation to the direction he wants. If you don't get what he wants to know, keep repeating the conversation.

This was a man with a clear goal and a strong desire to control, so for more than an hour, James was forced to recount what had happened from the previous night to the early hours of the morning a dozen times.

James is a police detective, and profiling is one of his job skills, and he doesn't have a good impression of Quest.

"He is. James was forced to come to an agreement with the vampire, "But it's perfectly normal, there are two people in Quest's generation, he and Neil, and if he wasn't aggressive, then he wouldn't be the current owner of the Quest group." ”

Zach smiled, and James had clearly done what he had to do, "So, what do you think? Is he the one who did this?"

James glanced at Zach, "Why are you asking me that, didn't you 'ask' him?"

Zach's eyes drifted to the side, as if he was a little embarrassed, "We haven't met yet." ”

Before James erupted, Zach reached out and pressed the air, signaling James not to get excited, "Before you accuse us of taking the commission randomly, I need to state that I didn't know it would be so, well, bizarre. Zach blinked, and it wasn't easy for the vampire to admit that it was bizarre.

James closed his eyes, took a deep breath, no longer dwelling on the matter of vampires intervening in human life at will, thought for a while, and shook his head, "I don't think it's him, his love is real, he wants to know what the hell is going on." James frowned, "By the time he finds you, I'll basically be able to rule him out." ”

Zach raised an eyebrow and pouted, "Do you still feel that after what happened this morning?"

James remembered the boy in a wheelchair, and his face darkened again.

Phantom people 'feed' on human delusions, and when the delusions are too big for phantoms to digest, delusions will come true. But the human mind is a wonderful thing, do you think about something that you have already got? No, so the boy in the wheelchair, even if he stands up, he still has to sit back again!

This would explain the disappearance of Neil and Daphany and then reappear!

"That doesn't mean Quest is the mastermind. James thought for a moment, suppressing his voice, "Maybe it's just." James stared at the vampire, emphatically, "Maybe! Maybe the phantom named Daniel was just near him." ”

In this way, James 'protects' humanity, and Zach has both comfort and sorrow, and the consolation is that James has begun to accept the influence of alien existence on humanity. The sorrow is still prejudice, and the emphasis on 'maybe' is only helping humanity to get rid of its responsibilities.

Instead of retorting, Zach continued, "Maybe." Perhaps, Quest's 'delusions' are just enough to fulfill. ”

James clenched his fists, and the gazes of the two men collided in the air.

"You're like children. Benjamin held a bottle of beer and shook his head as he walked to the living room, "Is it necessary to pass the buck to each other for strangers?" ”

Zach closed his gaze and said to Benjamin with a disappointed smile on his face, "I'm helping him find his way, but he doesn't appreciate it at all." ”

"You should just say it. Benjamin pouted, "We're in his house, and he's not going to turn away." Your way of guiding us like this can only be that he will drive us away in the end. ”

Zach was stunned, the vampire did ignore this.

"What are you talking about!" James raised his voice, the general's son was not used to the feeling of being like air.

"It's my fault. Zach smiled, "James, calm down for a moment, and now think about it, what will be the outcome of this matter?"

James's heaving chest slowly calmed down, "What!"

"It's very simple. Zach stopped going around in circles, torturing James's brain, "If it's a phantom man, we Grande will take care of it." You may think this is the end of the story, but for the city of Barton, it's a mystery that hangs in the air forever. ”

Zach looked at James' wide eyes and nodded in satisfaction, "Good, you understand." Next, then, it's easier to understand. ”

Zach continued, "It's still if, if it's a phantom. You may think that there is no such thing as a mastermind, but in fact there is, that person, who can have such a 'loud' idea that the phantom person passively realizes this......"

"He must have wanted it to happen. James's wide-eyed eyes tightened, and he finished Zach's words.

"No, no!" James shook his head, "it's a delusion, a delusion is something he knows is impossible!

Zach nodded, with a smile, "You're right, it's impossible to do until these things happen." But it happened, and the Patton police had already made a decision to be 'missing', and no matter whose 'delusion' had caused it, he had seen the world after the delusion was realized. ”

Zach looked at James and asked, "Did the police find any suspects? Did anyone have any names on the police's list of targets?"

Zach himself gave the answer, "No." It's just that the two disappeared, and no one was implicated. So maybe I should ask the other way, do you think this disappearance will happen a second time?"

Zach looked at James, whose face had completely darkened, and added, "The second time, this will be a real 'disappearance.'" You're going to stop it, that's the end of the case, that's the direction you, Detective Lance need to take. ”