Jimmy drove to the gate outside the villa, he got out of the car and pressed the doorbell at the gate, and a few seconds later a female voice came out of the megaphone, "Who are you?" ”

Jimmy: "I'm Jimmy Young, and I'm here to see Mr. Alexander Harrington and make an appointment with him to meet him today. ”

Female voice: "Please wait. ”

After a while, the door opened, and a voice came from the loudspeaker: "Please come in, Mr. Yang." ”

Jimmy: "Thank you. ”

He got into the car and drove to the open space in front of the main building of the villa, a middle-aged white woman with black hair opened the door, stood at the door and looked at Jimmy with a smile, and waited for Jimmy to come over before she spoke: "Please come with me, Mr. Harrington is waiting for you." ”

Jimmy smiled and nodded, followed the woman into the villa, a man in the living room was sitting on the sofa, saw Jimmy come in, he stood up, took two steps forward, and said with a smile: "Welcome, Jimmy, Kevin told me about you, you are a good guy." ”

Jimmy smiled and walked over and shook Harrington's hand, "Good afternoon, Uncle Harrington. Kevin greetings you. What's wrong with your leg? Harrington had just taken two steps forward, a little limping, and it seemed like there was something wrong with his right leg.

Harrington glanced down at his right foot, "I fell off the ladder yesterday, it's nothing." ”

Jimmy: "Oh, I'm sorry. ”

Harrington smiled, "Please be seated." Serena, two cups of coffee. ”

Serena, the woman next to her, nodded and said, "Yes, sir." ”

Although Harrington didn't say it, and Serena didn't say her identity, it was almost certain from the conversation that it was their family's servant. Rich people, it's just different.

Harrington: "How's Nja doing now?" When I called Kevin, he said Nia had a car accident? ”

Jimmy: "She's fine, she's a little injured, it's not a big problem, she just needs to recuperate at home for a while. ”

Harrington: "The last time I saw her was two years ago, and I'm sorry, but I happened to be abroad when you got engaged, and I couldn't make it back." ”

Jimmy smiled and said, "No, no, it's okay, you and Kevin have been friends for decades, don't care about this formality." ”

Serena came over with two cups of coffee and placed them on the coffee table in front of them.

Harrington picked up his coffee, "Kevin told you about what he wanted to investigate, right?" ”

Jimmy nodded, took a sip of his coffee, "Great coffee." Can you elaborate on that? The information Kevin's side got was not very comprehensive. ”

Harrington looked around, "I took over this house from a rich fisherman twenty years ago, and we've lived here ever since, and nothing out of the ordinary has happened.

But since about two weeks ago, we have heard some noises on a regular basis, sometimes with the clatter of objects falling from the occasional thump, but we have not found anything unusual in the villa, and there is no falling on the floor in the room. ”

Jimmy: "Kevin said you had someone look into it once, what was the result?" ”

Harrington: "I was looking for a private investigator from Buffalo who didn't find anything in the house, he investigated outside, and he didn't find any large wildlife.

He suspected that the house might be older, as a small amount of underground seismic waves caused parts of the house to make noise. I asked an architect to check it out, and the house was somewhat aged, but there was nothing wrong with the main structure and there was no need to rebuild. ”

Jimmy: "So I haven't figured out where the sound came from, right?" ”

Harrington: "Yes, and it's not every day, it's completely irregular, and it's only about 23 and 4 o'clock at midnight. ”

Jimmy: "Who lives here all this time?" ”

Harrington: "There are only three people for me, my bodyguard John and the servant Serena." My wife, Emily, and son, William, returned to Buffalo last week, and my son was only 8 years old, and the sound of the night kept him awake from sleeping, so he had to move to another place. ”

Jimmy: "How do you feel?" Physical and mental. ”

Harrington: "I'm fine, even if I wake up at night, I can catch up on sleep during the day, and I haven't noticed anything abnormal for the time being." Hold on. Serena, come on. ”

Serena came out of the next room and came to the two of them, "Sir, is there something wrong?" ”

Harrington: "Serena, have you been feeling anything unusual during this time?" physical and mental. ”

Serena: "I don't feel much other than a little less sleep." ”

Harrington: "Okay, it's okay. ”

Serena left, and Harrington looked at her watch and continued, "John has helped to buy food, and it may take about half an hour to return." ”

Jimmy: "It's okay, just wait for him to come back and ask." Do you have a rough idea of where the sound is coming from? ”

Harrington: "No, in fact I've talked to them all, everybody can hear it, but it's not the same as it is high or low. Another point is that no one can tell the direction of the sound, the sound is like a sound around people, the whole person has no sense of direction, and it is completely impossible to tell where the sound came from. ”

Jimmy: "Okay, nothing to ask for now, can I take a look at the other rooms?" ”

Harrington: "Of course, there's no secret here, feel free. I won't accompany you to see it, my legs are not very convenient now. ”

Jimmy stood up, and when he came to the outside of the villa, he didn't turn off his eyes, but he didn't find anything wrong for the time being, he thought that what happened here was a supernatural event, so his mind eyes should be able to observe something.

This time, his task is not to handle the case by the FBI, this is a friend of his father-in-law, so he naturally has to be more careful and rule out all possibilities.

The private detective said before is indeed a certain possibility, low-intensity seismic waves may indeed cause some buildings to resonate, but this situation is rare, and this situation has only happened in the last two weeks, the probability is not large, but it is indeed one of the possibilities.

The second possibility is that animals, such as a novel he once read, a rat in a wall, a group of rats gnawing on materials in a building, or the sound of a squeak, can have a similar effect, especially if this is the case in all directions, it must be a surround sound.

It's just that this is next to Buffalo, the second largest city in New York State, and it is unlikely that this kind of place will have such a large number of rats concentrated in one villa, and if there were so many rats, Harrington they must have found out a long time ago.

The third possibility is that someone is out using a directional sonic weapon, which is even less likely, even if Harrington is rich, he is just a rich man, and no one would use this weapon against a lawyer and real estate developer.

The fourth possibility is that there is an exception in the terrain environment or there are construction sites around to form special electromagnetic radiation, relying on the structure of the villa to form an echo.

The fifth is the supernatural event, which is also the first point that Jimmy thought of, if it is really a supernatural event, then whether it is a ghost affecting the people here, or a monster with special abilities, this situation is not impossible.

This living room is half a floor high, and overhead is a double-layer crystal chandelier, although it is daytime, the chandelier is still on. The living room area is not large, the wooden floor looks a little old, although the maintenance is very good, but you can still see the mottled years in some places.

The furniture in the living room looks like solid wood, and some of them look very old, which should be old objects. He looked at the surrounding walls, and there was a larger landscape painting, and a few small oil paintings on the wall in the middle of the window, but there were no portraits here, basically landscapes and architecture.

On the second floor there is a semi-wraparound corridor connecting the rooms, a ring of wooden parapets around the living room, separated by several pillars that lead to the top, and a fireplace on the right wall, which, judging by its color, might still be used in winter.

Jimmy took disposable gloves out of his pocket and put them on, went to the fireplace and looked inside, then crouched down to the side and glanced at the chimney, which was blackened to show that the fireplace would indeed work, and that there was nothing in it.

When he came to the wall, he reached out and flicked the hanging lamp on the wall, and he would touch the furniture fixed on the wall or the ground lightly to see if it could be moved, and if there was anything abnormal.

The inspection in the living room was very fast, and Jimmy went to the dining room, kitchen, storage room, bathroom and other rooms next to him to take a look, and he didn't see anything unusual in his eyes or mind, and he didn't hear any unusual sounds.

After checking on the first floor, Jimmy looked at Harrington:

Jimmy: "Can I go upstairs and have a look?" ”

Harrington: "Of course, go ahead. ”

Jimmy walked slowly up the stairs next to him. He walked slowly, looking left and right as he went, while holding the handrail of the stairs and trying to shake it. Standing in the corridor on the second floor and looking down at the living room, the entire living room range is clear at a glance, and there is no abnormality found from above.

The villa is not huge, there are three rooms on the second floor, one on the left and one at the end of the hallway, one of which is a study, two are bedrooms, and the master bedroom has a separate bathroom.

The study is quite large, with two single sofas and a coffee table in the corner, and on the other side is a large bookcase with a desk and a chair in front of the bookcase.

Jimmy looked at the bookshelves and made sure they were stable before leaving the study. The bedroom is also similar to the solid wood style, but the wall is pasted with light brown wallpaper, and the style is different from other rooms.

On the third floor is a small room, the room is relatively clean and tidy, and it looks like no one is occupied. The other room appears to be a converted music room, with a black grand piano in the corner. On the other side of the corridor are two maid's rooms, and naturally there is nothing special.

Jimmy stood by the window of the music room and looked out, in front of him was a peaceful and pleasant field and woods, and the shadow of the city could be seen in the distance, which didn't seem particularly far away, but the view was really good. Looking at the scenery and playing the piano in such a music room, I guess it will be a good mood.

Jimmy came to the living room, and Harrington looked at Jimmy with a smile, "Did you find anything?" ”

Jimmy shook his head, "Everything looks normal, I looked around the walls and found nothing out of the ordinary, no cracks or anything like that. ”

Harrington nodded: "Okay, this matter will not be done in a while, stay here at night, there is a guest room on the third floor." ”

Jimmy: "Is it convenient?" ”

Harrington: "Of course, my family isn't here, so you just happened to come over and talk to me." ”

Jimmy: "Okay, I'll see if there's any sound at night." ”

Jimmy went out and took his bag off the car and checked in to the third-floor room. The bodyguard John soon returned, Harrington asked the same question, John didn't know where the voice came from, he had no sense of direction.

Dinner was naturally eaten with Harrington, and the maid Serena's craftsmanship was very good, and the steak was no worse than what the general restaurant made outside.

Jimmy chatted with Harrington for a while, and then went to bed early, because he might wake up in the middle of the night, and it would be nice to sleep more. The key is that he is not familiar with Harrington, and the topic of chat is not easy to find, especially after he talked about his profession, Harrington asked him less about the cases he had done before, so it was better to sleep honestly, which was more worry-free.

At midnight, Jimmy's cell phone alarm rang, and he woke up straight to put on his underwear, put on his holster, took out another box of .44 Magnum bullets and put them on the bedside table, and sat on a chair waiting for the sound to appear. It wasn't until about 2 o'clock that a small creaking sound sounded, and sure enough, as Harrington had said, there was no way to tell where it came from.

Jimmy stood up and looked at the whole villa with his mind's eye, there was nothing abnormal before, but now there was a very light color in his heart's eye range, which reminded him of the situation he encountered in the riverside in Dallas, where he could see a very light color, but when he switched to normal vision, there was nothing.

According to Jimmy's previous experience, there should be a source of this faint fog, the previous source of the fog was the head in the box under the tree, and now the source of this fog is not clear, and it needs to be investigated.

He pulled out 1875, took a bullet from the bedside table and walked out of the guest room. John, the bodyguard, also opened the door and looked at Jimmy, who was holding a gun. He knew Jimmy's profession, so he didn't overreact, "Mr. Yang, did you hear that?" ”

Jimmy nodded, "I heard you." You go and take care of Mr. Harrington. ”

John nodded and went outside Harrington's room on the second floor.

Harrington also woke up, he was standing in his pajamas at the bedroom door, and when he saw Jimmy coming downstairs, he stopped him: "Jimmy, do you hear a sound?" ”

Jimmy nodded, "I heard it, and I'm looking for a source now." Uncle Harrington, stay in the bedroom, don't move around just yet. ”

Harrington nodded, "I understand, I'll go back to the bedroom." Come in, John. ”