Chapter 36: The Rites of the Deformed
The sunshine, the mountains, the hot springs, the manor, the beauties, the bikinis, and the barbecue food made by Danny's own ingredients, everything makes everyone happy.
In particular, the four of them are very fond of Chinese food, so when Danny showed his barbecue skills, the two beauties shouted that it was delicious and delicious, while constantly urging Danny to "place an order".
After eating and drinking, everyone drank beer, chatted about their children, and soaked in the hot springs together, which made everyone think that even Danny had almost forgotten the purpose of his visit, to explore the secrets between the deformants and the manor.
Throughout the afternoon and evening, Danny and the others stayed near the hot springs, sunbathing, eating barbecue, drinking beer, soaking in the hot springs, playing games, gossiping and so on. If they weren't tired, the two beauties would definitely keep playing like this.
It wasn't until late at night that Danny and the others sent the girls back to their room, and then Danny gave Paul a look and led him to his room.
"Paul, what do you think of this Hobe Hot Springs Manor?" Danny took a bottle of drink and tossed it to Paul, asking pointedly.
"Huh! What can you think? Isn't it just a broken family's stay! It's rare to see anything like this, but it's not like I've never seen it, except for the hot spring that I really like, so be it! Paul said indifferently.
Seeing that Paul is not vigilant at all, Danny can't do anything, he can't tell Paul the truth!
"You come with me, I'll take you to see something." Danny took Paul to the east row of rooms on the second floor, none of which were guest rooms, and had been converted into a showroom by the owner.
Danny finds a showroom, which is not large, but it is filled with artwork and photographs. This was discovered by Danny during the day, but he only glanced at it at the time.
"Look at these, what do you find?" Danny pointed to the picture on the wall and said to Paul, who was looking around.
Paul came to the photo wall. "What's the problem? Aren't these photos a record of the family? Hey! What's going on? Why do some people wear masks? ”
In a family photo, there were many people wearing a terrifying mask, and Paul wondered who would take such a picture with a mask on their face.
Danny pulled a picture out of his pocket and handed it to Paul. "Look at this picture again."
"Oh! Shet, how is that possible? Danny, where did you find this picture? When Paul took the picture and looked at it, his soul was almost scared out.
The photo was taken out by Danny from the old man at the gas station, and there are many deformed people in the photo, with ugly appearances, and ordinary people will definitely be startled at first sight.
"The picture was found from the mezzanine of the picture frame here, but I don't know what is going on with this manor? The monster on the top is very similar to the murderer they encountered. "Danny is hiding the old man from the gas station, otherwise it would be difficult to explain it to Paul.
"Damn! Then this is a self-defeating net! We should get out of here immediately. Paul said hurriedly.
"Don't worry, we shouldn't be in danger, I called you here to let you know about this, be mentally prepared, and be vigilant." Danny said reassuringly.
Although the Hobe Hot Springs Manor is clearly connected to the Freaks, after Danny's observation during the day, there are only two caretakers in the entire manor, a man and a woman, and there is no sign of the existence of the Freaks.
Just as he was about to continue to explain his analysis to Paul, Danny suddenly noticed movement outside the window, and hurriedly made a quiet gesture to Paul, and the two of them lay on the window to observe.
At this time, it was already late at night, and it stands to reason that the manor was surrounded by barren mountains and mountains, and it was impossible for anyone to be outside at this time, but Danny and the others found Jackson, the administrator, leaving the manor with torches and a cloak.
And it seems that Jackson is not alone, another female administrator has also gone out. Curious, Danny said to Paul, "I'll follow them and see what the hell is going on?" You go back to your room, always be on your toes, and wait for me to come back! ”
Paul nodded solemnly and said, "Be careful yourself, if there is any problem, come back quickly, and we will leave here." ”
Agreeing with Paul, Danny quickly returned to his room, bringing his backpack with sabers and other equipment, and making sure to be well prepared for whatever he found.
When Danny set off, he couldn't see the two Jacksons, so he could only catch up by feeling, but fortunately they were also on foot, and it didn't take long for them to catch up.
After following the two of them for more than an hour, they finally arrived at their destination, Danny didn't know where he had been, the jungle in the dark night, and he couldn't discern the direction and direction at all.
Danny hid quietly in the trees, and found that the two of them had entered a tribe, which was not very large, only seven or eight wooden houses, but there seemed to be a lot of people.
The most important thing is that Danny discovers that all the people here, except for Jackson and the female administrator, are all deformed.
Their facial features are deformed, some are blind in one eye, some have more ears, some are missing several fingers, some are disabled in both legs, and there are old people and children, men and women, this is obviously a tribe of deformed people.
When Jackson and the Administrator arrived, they greeted each of the Freaks, and it seemed that they knew everyone here, and Danny guessed that they were also from the same tribe, but wondered why they hadn't turned into Freaks.
All the deformities were thrilled by Jackson's arrival, but none of them spoke, but yelled wildly.
This is the same as the old man at the gas station, the deformed people do not speak, but through the roar of a beast, they cross each other among the shapers, and when all the deformities have been raised, he raises the torch, and then roars rhythmically, which looks like a stream.
Jackson stood in the middle of the deformed people, as if to say something. The freaks became more and more excited the more they listened, and by the end, all the freaks had yelled along with Jackson.
Danny found that at this time, Jackson was yelling and taking all the deformities to a place, a cave at the back of the tribe.
The cave was not very large, only the size of a person, and the deformed people, led by Jackson, entered the cave one by one, and at this moment, the entire tribe was gone.
Danny jumped down from the tree, intending to follow him inside.
The cave is not very deep, about a few tens of meters away, and the further you go in, the wider the cave becomes, and in the end, a huge cave is basically formed.
Danny hid in the darkness and saw that Jackson and the Freaks were besieging the city not far away, and Danny took a closer look.
I found a shocking thing, I saw the deformed people surrounding a small pool, only four or five meters wide, and the water was not deep, but there was a magical tree growing in the middle of the pool.
The white trunks and branches, bright red leaves and flowers, reflected by the firelight, reveal a mysterious beauty.
Danny found that Jackson and the deformed people seemed to be doing some ritual, and each of them, including Jackson, took out knives and cut themselves on their bodies, causing blood to drip into the pool, staining the crystal clear water red.
Then, all the deformed people took out a cup, and each took a cup of blood-stained water, and under Jackson's leadership, roared and drank the blood.
After drinking the blood and water, the deformed people began to shout frantically, as if they were singing and dancing, celebrating something, and many deformed people directly began to mate.
Seeing this situation, Danny was disgusted, and hurriedly ran out of the cave, watching a group of deformed people have a large-scale meeting, this kind of picture is really not ordinary disgusting.
Originally, Danny wanted to find a deformed person to talk to, but now all the deformed people are busy mating and can't find a target, and the deformed person doesn't seem to be able to speak, which makes Danny a little confused.
Thankfully, though, there's also a Jackson, who must know something. So Danny continued to run to the tree and waited, and when Jackson was done, he would definitely return to the manor.
Sure enough, after more than half an hour, Jackson and the female administrator walked out of the cave, and the other deformed people seemed to be still inside.
Danny didn't care so much, just continued to quietly follow the two Jacksons who were walking back, and when they were some distance away from the tribe, Danny felt that it was time to make a move.
Pulling out the baseball in his backpack and aiming it for the female administrator, Danny threw it at her head.
"Bang!" With a bang, the female administrator fell down and was directly knocked unconscious by Danny's baseball blessed with superpowers.
Jackson found that his companion had been knocked unconscious, and hurriedly crouched on the ground to be vigilant. "Who is it? Come out! ”
"Good evening, Mr. Jackson! I've been waiting for you here for a long time! Danny greeted Jackson as he walked out of the woods.
"It's you, why are you following us?" Jackson didn't expect to be a guest of the manor, which was very strange.
"Of course I want to find some answers with you, I hope Mr. Jackson can help me answer them, and in order to create a good conversation environment for us, I will let your friend sleep for a while, I hope you don't be surprised." Danny pulled out the saber in his backpack and waved it, the meaning was obvious, if you don't cooperate, you want to look good.
"What do you want to know?" To Danny's surprise, he thought Jackson would resist, but he didn't expect to be so cooperative.
"My friend and I met a bad thing on the road yesterday, there were three cruel monsters that tried to hurt me and my friend, and I ended up cutting them into pieces. I thought this was the end of it, but I didn't expect to find a lot of monsters with you, Mr. Jackson, can you help explain, why is this? ”