Early in the morning, Old Hankra opened the door of the Grande House, and was about to angrily reprimand the visitors who ignored the sign of closure! But when he saw James with two black circles on his head, his mouth was wide open, and he snorted heavily, and complained to the Great Dane beside Alice: "Kim! Your brother has come to see you!"

Unable to fight back against Old Hank's taunts, James moved into the Grande House, "Where's Zack?"

"He's resting. "Wiping down the coffin in the display area with Hank Sr. every morning is a regular activity for Alice. Now she pinched a suede rag and answered James's question.

The misty light and shadow converged, and in the blink of an eye, the translucent Connor Herman Ryan, wearing a football jacket emblazoned with 'Quarterback' on it, stood in front of James and shouted at Alice, "Why is he coming? He's a murderer! Let him go! I don't want to see him!"

Alice winced and pulled away, and Great Dane Golden cracked his mouth, his sharp teeth pointing into the air, letting out a menacing howl.

"That new guy?" Old Hank looked at Alice, frowned, raised the fire tongs in his hand, and waved it in the air! The Great Dane raised his front paws and pointed forward, Old Hank said 'oh', the fire tongs in his hand reached forward, and finally stabbed the translucent Ryan, the light and shadow were scattered, and Ryan disappeared.

Alice looked apologetically at the dazed James: "Zach is in the basement." ”

James bowed his head, didn't say thank you, and walked quickly inside.

The basement of the Grande House is much colder than the basement of ordinary homes, and for those who don't know about it, it may have something to do with the fact that there is a compartment here that is used to store the remains. But in fact, there is a dedicated basement stairwell on the south side of the Grande House, and the basement where the remains are stored is not connected to where Zach lives, but directly below the coffin display area on the first floor.

Naturally, James didn't know the people here, and he knew that this deliberate coldness was meant to relax the vampire's senses and make it easier for them to go into hibernation.

"Zach, Zach, wake up!" shouted James as he kept his distance and looked at the vampire lying on the wide stone platform.

"You're rude. Zach lay flat on the stone platform, his lips opening and closing: "Disturb the rest of others." ”

"We need to talk. James looked around, but couldn't find a chair. He moved a stack of old newspapers, and he didn't dislike the dust on them, and sat down directly.

Zach sighed, got up helplessly, picked up the robe at his side, and put it on, "You can see Ryan because you are the one who recited the Soul Charm Spell. If that's what you want to ask. ”

"I almost thought of it. James hung his head, his voice weak, apparently not resting much last night: "I want to ask about other things." ”

Zach closed his eyes and carefully adjusted his heartbeat, "If you're bothered by him calling you a 'murderer,' you don't have to. Death is an angry thing, he is just venting his anger, and this stage will pass, although he is telling the truth. ”

"That's it!" James's drooping head jerked up, his dark circles even more conspicuous in the gloomy basement, "Why does he say I'm a murderer!"

Zach opened his eyes, and the red in his eyes slowly faded. There are two moments when vampires are the most vulnerable, the first is naturally in dormancy, when the vampire's heart stops beating and the blood no longer flows, they are indistinguishable from dead bodies. You can follow the method of 'how to kill a vampire' in my notes and slowly choose the method that you like......

The second is when the blood is re-washed and flowing, which is the moment when the vampire wakes up. At this time, the vampire had just recovered from the state of the corpse and readjusted to his body, and all his senses and control powers had to go through chaos from nothing to final control.

Zach glanced at an agitated James, "Don't you think you're a murderer?"

"Why do I think that!" James stood up and walked over to Zach, who was still seated.

Zach felt the power of his body gradually recover, and raised his hand to stop James's intention to continue closer. Along with the vampire's superior senses, there is an equally superior hunger. This is no different from ordinary people.

Zach looked at James again, "Then why do you look as bad as shit." ”

Well, when it comes to getting up, vampires are unusually similar to ordinary people......

James opened his mouth, retreated to the pile of old newspapers, and sat down. Last night, his on-and-off sleep probably didn't add up to an hour!' the vampire said to him, 'Have a good dream!' seemed to be a curse, and he was constantly awakened by nightmares, then tossing and turning, and the image of Connor struggling in flames, being stuffed into the back compartment, desperately trying to escape, and being caught by Rivench. until he fell asleep in a daze, and then was awakened by the flaming, transparent image of Connor, tossing and turning again...... And so on!

So, James hopped on the first bus to Barton South and made his way to the Grande House. As for why it's a bus, of course, it's to prevent being followed by Rivench and exposing the Grande House for the second time. James was tormented by something, but he had a clear idea.

"You should feel grateful. Zach stood up and began to move his limbs, "At least he used the third person to refer to it, otherwise your guilt would be deeper." ”

"You! you're deliberately messing with my mind!" James glared at the vampire who seemed to be doing rehabilitation, "You're just trying to use this to distance me from the hunters!"

"I agree with you on the latter. Zach stopped moving, sat back down on the stone platform, and looked at James with a smile: "But I didn't disturb your mind, I didn't even know you would be there." Zach untied the robe he had tied haphazardly and began to experiment with fancy knotting tricks, "You should be thinking about why Rivench took you there. Anyway, he's out there, and you're a police detective. ”

"No!" James shook his head, but there was already a hint of doubt in his eyes, Zack's question caught his attention, but now he was going to refute Zack's claim: "He didn't kill anyone, he just wanted to ......" James frowned, thinking about the word, "He's just going to get rid of a 'groundbinder', even if it's his brother!"

"Oh?" Zach chuckled, "Are you moved by this 'righteousness'?"

James kept his mouth shut. As for the Groundbinders, he had already called Anthony last night. This is a process that all life goes through after death, some of which are stored for a long time, several years, until the body decays and returns to dust, while others are short and fleeting.

They don't have the ability to influence anything, which means that Ryan didn't hurt anyone, including the body he used afterward. His possession was only a stroke of luck when he ran into an empty shell in the place where he was bound.

"Then let me ask you a question, Detective Lance. Zach raised an eyebrow: "What will you do when William Herman reports the disappearance of his son Connor Herman, who has just become a football star, who knows the truth?"

James curled up with the palms of his legs and clenched his fists, his joints turning white under the force. The vampire's question answered his doubts about Rivenki's purpose!

Will Connor hide the truth because he is an alien possessed by the Earthbound Spirits, or will he report on the crimes of Rivench Blast, like a real police detective?

"No!" James, whose mind had reached a dead end, repeated his previous words like a fragment!"He didn't kill anyone, he just cleared a groundbinder!Connor Herman was already dead, he just pushed the incident back into its original track!"

"yes. Translucent Ryan condensed in the cold basement: "Use, kidnap me to an uninhabited basement, nail rotten wooden planks, and finally burn it." ”

James's eyes flickered as he stared at the sudden appearance of the Earthbinder, who was still Connor's appearance.

"And the only thing I did was to be a quarterback!"

"No!" James stood up and glared at Ryan, "You're not a quarterback, you died three years ago!

"Look at me!" Ryan's whole body was shaking like a broken TV screen, "I'm Connor Herman!"

"Alright. The smile on Zach's face vanished, and he sensed what James really meant, meaning to make the vampire lose his smile, "James Lance, look. Zach walked up to James, ignored his resistance, pulled out the badge from his waist and held it in front of the detective's face that looked like 'shit'.

"You're protecting Barton, so you have this. Zach put the badge back in James's hand: "What I want to ask is, if one day, I, Benjamin, Alice, are attacked, will you protect us? or, will you let us be attacked, and only old Hank?"

James opened his mouth, but before he could make a sound, he was interrupted by Zach.

"Maybe I should put it another way, if the people of our Grande House have been attacked. You will only accept Hank's report from the elder Hank. And refuse to go and arrest our attackers?"

James opened his mouth again, only to be interrupted again by Zack.

"Maybe I should put it another way, if the people of our Grande House are attacked. Are you going to put the people who hurt old Hank in jail as punishment, regardless of the people who hurt us?"

James's eyes widened, his mouth opened, and he was interrupted again.

"Yes. Zach shook his head, "None of that is right. It should be said that if someone harmed someone from the Grande House, only the one who attacked Old Hank was the guilty culprit, and the others. Zach tilted his head: "They're not guilty, are they?"

"Actually, Detective Reims, you know very well that this has already happened. There were only cold words from the vampire in the basement, "If I were burned to dust in the flames, Benjamin was impaled into a corpse by a steel cone, Alice and Kim were nailed to the wall and lost their breath, only old Hank was still alive." Will you justify our killers as you do now?"

"You will, I've heard you. "The vampire turned his back to James, "and you'll say, 'That's just a vampire, a werewolf, a banshee, and a dog, old Hank, and you should be thankful for those people who pushed your life trajectory on the right path.'" The vampire tilted his head and looked at James with light green eyes, "Is that so?"

The vampire took off his robe and lay back on the stone platform, "You should leave." I should remind you that I am not only angry, but also hungry. ”