Chapter 22: James
4:20 p.m.
"My little sweetheart! here!" Cousson stopped, half of his body sticking out of the window, and waved at the little girls who were looking out the school gate!
"Daddy~"
Corson turned back to Fitz and said, "You sit down," and pushed the car door, got out of the car, half-crouched and opened his arms, and greeted six or seven Lori who were running over.
A Lori with two pigtails rushed directly into Corson's arms, "Dabi! Mommy said, Dabi will definitely forget jì~"
Corson wiped the beads of sweat from his daughter's forehead, "Well, she was wrong! How could I forget it, I promised my sweetheart~"
Lori showed her two front teeth that had not yet grown together: "I knew it!
Curson wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, stood up, opened the back door of the car, and put on an expectant expression: "Now, who wants to go to Lisa's birthday party!"
"Oh, oh......" cheered.
"Lisa and my sweetheart, you can sit in the front~"
"Oh, oh......" cheered.
Watching the crowd of little ones rush into the car and squeeze Fitz into a corner, Curson breathed a sigh of relief, took a few deep breaths, disguised his tiredness as excitement, sat back in the car, and raised his voice: "Now, fasten your seatbelts! Lisa! Where are we going?"
"My family, my pie, Uncle Cousen, let's go!"
"Yes, sir!" Coulson started the car.
............
A smudged, dilapidated van is parked on the corner of the street where Detective Cousson is located. The four of them jumped out of the car and walked in the direction of Detective Cousson's house. Fortunately, it was not the weekend, the working people had not yet returned home, and the housewives were picking up their children from school, so no one noticed the four strangers with very different styles.
Benjamin and Zach were behind two James Lance, uh, or two Kim Grande. But don't be fooled by their faces, the two are very easy to distinguish. The man holding the food and wearing Benjamin's clothes is an alien, dressed in a custom suit, but it is the real James Lance with countless mimeographs on it.
Now, we can officially swap the names of the two men.
Arriving at the door of Cowson's house, James looked at the closed door, "We're going to trespass?"
Kim swallowed the last egg roll, "Your left pocket." β
James reached out and pulled out a bunch of keys: "He gave you the key to his house?
"Why are you suspicious of me? I didn't do anything wrong. Kim replied coldly.
"I ...... You, you attacked me, you stole my identity!" said James, agitated.
"You're still alive, and your identity has been returned to you, what do you want?" Kim remained cold.
Benjamin impatiently took James's key, opened the door, and entered first, "Don't waste time, Kim, where is the clue wall?"
"Backyard. Ignoring James, who was still agitated, King walked inside, walked through the living room kitchen, and pushed open the backyard door. Of course, when she passed by the kitchen, Mrs. Couson had one less fruit to prepare.
Zach raised an eyebrow, patted James on the shoulder, stepped on the eaves, nothing happened, the corners of his mouth lifted slightly, and entered Detective Cousson's house.
The four of them arrived at Cowson's studio, and the first thing that caught their eye was a wall of clues filled with photographs.
James put aside his hostility to Kim for a moment and studied the information carefully.
Zach glanced at it and found a picture of Louise. Zach frowned, could it be that the effect of the Enchanting Eye was gone?
Louise's photo was red-threaded to connect two other missing women, the red-line was marked 'Friendhood', and Zach found a transcript of what Louise had done at the Barton Police Department on the cluttered table. The body of one of Louise's two friends has been found, pulled by the red thread to another location.
Zack was relieved, the essence of the effect of the pupil of charm was to implant a false memory, although the memory implanted in Curson lasted for a night, but, before that, the vampire replenished the food, and it was not too difficult to release the pupil of charm.
Zach looked through Louise's transcript, and Louise didn't skip the matter about her temperature, but the officer who recorded it only attributed this special point to the cold weather.
"Uh, let me go through it. James stared at the clue wall, his arms beginning to move in the order of the red line: "It all started a month ago, when prostitutes and women began to disappear. Half a month ago, Louise's friend became a victim, and then because he was targeting Louise, he launched the action again. But it was obviously different from the previous actions, the previous people belonged to various neighborhoods, although they were all aimed at prostitutes and women, but from half a month ago, to the next week's actions, his target was obviously focused on Louise's neighborhood. β
James seems to have a talent for being a police detective, and soon notices the first turn in the aliens' behavior change from the clue wall made by Cowson.
"My first question is, why a prostitute?" asked James, with a look of disgust on his face, "does he have any special preferences?"
"You don't understand. Zach flipped through Louise's transcript, "Kim, tell Detective SΓΉlance, how aliens generally choose food. β
"Someone who no one notices. Kim chewed on the apple in his hand, "Traffic people, prostitutes, women, low-level workers, mobile population. β
James frowned, "Okay, so prostitutes and women were the easiest targets to start with. You say that aliens are all goal-conscious monsters...... Creature. Why is Louise still alive?"
"Because she's smart enough. Zach ignored the awkward twist in James's words, and being able to change it already means that he is working hard. Zach flipped to the last page of the record, "After exiting the second time, Louise hid until the body was found four days ago, the Barton Police Department launched an investigation, and she took notes, realizing that the police were already paying attention, and then reappeared and began to work." Zach handed the transcript to James, with an expression of appreciation on his face, and he looked at James playfully, "You see, she took the initiative to take the transcript." β
James took the transcript and roughly flipped through it, knowing that Zach had been obsessed with Louise's failure to call the police before he was sarcastic.
James put down the transcript and relocated to the clue he had seen earlier, summing it up: "Before the second turn, a total of twelve X-girls were missing, and only three bodies were found. "The mutilated bodies of three women were posted on the clue wall, the most recent of which was the one in the Barton Daily that Zach 'bought' yesterday.
"What about the other corpses?" said James, his lips a little pale.
Zach looked at Kim and made a gesture of please, meaning, please explain to Mr. Detective.
"In the city of Barton, each place has a special environmental character. Kim explained blandly.
"You know the location?!" James glared at Kim, "Why didn't you report it?!"
"Why do I say that? Detective Cousson never asked me. Kim frowned, he didn't understand what this James was excited about, what he took away has now been returned to James intact, James is not satisfied, humans are really strange guys.
Zach was already in front of James, holding down his hand on the holster. Staring at James: "James Lance, you should know that now we are helping you." Benjamin and I need to prepare for Mr. Quinn's funeral, and as for Kim, he can be anyone, and then walk away, and we won't stop him. The only reason the three of us are here is because of your 'Lance' last name, and who you are now!"
James's eyes were on Zach angrily, his hand was grabbed by the vampire, and it was impossible to even move a finger, let alone pull out a gun and shoot!
Zach is right, the vampire did not use the 'Charm Pupil' on him to change his will, nor did he directly make him disappear into this world, the reason is that the vampire listened to the words of the alien Kim, the eyes of the vampire always look at the upper echelons of human society, Anthony is Zack's ally in the upper echelons, and now they need someone who can pay attention to the lower classes, and this person is James Lance.
And James Lance must be a human being, not a 'bulimia' alien!
Zach reenacted what he did to Anthony a dozen years ago. Save one person, then make a deal and become an ally, only now, this new alliance is still very fragile.
"Have you calmed down?" Zach looked at James's chest that was gradually calming, let go of the hand holding him, and turned to Kim, "Go on." β
Kim glanced at Zach and continued, "I don't know the exact location, but I can guess the circumstances. This was just one test for the first Shapeshifter to come to Barton City. β
"Test, test what?" asked James, as calmly as he could.
"Test if there are other alien occupations in Barton City. Jin said flatly: "Werewolves prefer mountains and forests, water demons like humid environments, wizards like places where people are mixed, cerberus haunt churches, and phantom people are more powerful in places where commerce is developed...... Bloodsucker. Kim glanced at Zach and continued, "Vampires don't get out in the sun." β
James looked at Zach and frowned, "He's in the sun." β
"Because I am more noble. Zach curled the corners of his mouth slightly, straightened his tie, and changed the topic: "James, now you should realize that he has already come up with results for such a test. Zach finished his tie and began to fiddle with his hat: "It is foreseeable that in the future, a large number of aliens will enter Barton City. You don't want that, and I don't want that. We can help each other. Zach's eyes looked at James.
This mention was brought up by Zach while they were still at the Grand House. It's just that at that time, James didn't have much sincerity in agreeing to get his identity back, and now, James is beginning to think about it seriously.
"You said before that Mayor Barton knew who you were?" asked James.
"You can ask him personally. Zach replied indifferently.
"Yes. James nodded, "Now, at least in this case, we are in a cooperative relationship!
"I can accept such a reply. Zach smiled and looked at Benjamin, who smiled too.
James was very pleased with them, and with caution, a sense of justice, and an attitude of personal confirmation of everything, he would be as perfect a ally as Anthony.