North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 748 Dusk Shadow Beast

The Texas Twilight Beast is what the locals call it. The reason why it is said to be a suspected vampire is because there were several abnormal deaths there decades ago. The deceased's body turned white and a large amount of blood was lost, but there was no trace of blood at the scene. Not much blood residue was found.

The deceased all died late at night, and no one knew how they died. Some traces left at the scene indicated that the murderer was an animal, but the footprints were not consistent with those of animals commonly seen in Texas.

Someone claimed that he had seen a monster at night, but he had no proof. After all, not everyone had a camera back then, and it was late at night, so even if there was a camera, it would not be easy to take a picture.

According to the other party's description, a sketch of a monster had been circulated in the local area, but no one except that person had seen such a monster, and it did not appear again after that. The matter slowly fell silent, but it was still there in the local area. There are some rumors.

In the 70s, another similar case was discovered. The body was already decomposing. After all, Texas is relatively hot in summer. Forensic doctors could not accurately determine the time of death, but they suspected that there was a large amount of blood loss. The police did not find the location where the body was found. Not much blood was found, and the legend was recalled, but without evidence or a second case, it was shelved.

A few days ago, a similar incident occurred again in the local area. In the early morning, a family found that their neighbor had not gone out to walk his dog. Because he was very familiar with the neighbor, he went straight to the neighbor's house and knocked on the door, but he did not get an answer.

He had just seen his neighbor the day before and made sure he was at home. Thinking something had happened, he smashed the glass and opened the door, only to find his neighbor dead in his bedroom. His body was pale, as if he had been sucked by an unknown force. Dried blood.

The caller was frightened. He immediately thought of the local rumors that this was the behavior of vampires, so he panicked and called the police and asked the church priest in the town for help.

There are only three people in the small town police department, one sergeant and two deputies. The sergeant is also a local. Of course, he is familiar with the local legends, but he still conducted an investigation out of duty.

Because the issues involved were very troublesome, the old priest asked the town sheriff to temporarily postpone reporting the matter to the county police for support. Instead, he first contacted Father Horton in Dallas.

Fortunately, his assistant hit it directly with a large holy water bottle from behind. The unique corrosiveness of holy water towards dark creatures made it give up the idea of ​​chasing Holden, jumped up the tree and left, and the assistant had a chance. He took Holden out of the woods, and with the assistance of the police sergeant, he was rushed to the hospital for first aid, and then came to the hospital in Dallas for follow-up treatment.

The town police station investigated the scene and found a series of footprints where the figure appeared. However, when the footprints were rubbed out, the old priest of the town was not calm. The footprints were quite consistent with a record kept in the church. .

Jimmy: "So this guy could be considered a purely physical monster, right? Without any visible weird abilities?"

After arriving at the scene, Holden found some disturbing clues and understood the old priest's concerns. The deceased had been transferred to a refrigerated truck. The town did not have a coroner and needed to be sent to the big city of Dallas for an autopsy. Just so that Holden could check it as soon as possible, the Sheriff agreed to the priest's request and postponed the transportation time.

Jimmy really doesn't know how strong Holden's close combat ability is. In the previous exorcism ceremony by the river, they dealt with disembodied ghosts. In fact, his close combat ability was not reflected at all, so there was no There is a way to evaluate the strength of this Dusk Shadow Beast.

Jimmy just sat beside Holden's hospital bed and listened to him describe the cause and effect. It still seemed very sinister.

After communicating with the police chief, Father Horton and his assistants went directly to the woods to track them and looked for the location observed by the surveillance camera. After searching for a long time in the woods, they finally found some traces. It turned out that the figure entered the woods shortly after Just moving in the trees caused them to lose track on the ground.

The body was pale as a whole, and there was basically no exposed blood except for the parts near the wound.

Exorcist priests are still very rare among the priests. Looking at the suburbs of New York, you can imagine that there are not many in Dallas.

Jimmy: "If this is the case, can it be eliminated by directly using heavy firepower? For example, requesting SWAT or the National Guard to search for its traces and covering it with direct firepower..."

It is very powerful, and although its movements are not particularly agile, it is still difficult to completely avoid the attacks. Holden caused a lot of wounds on it, but it still took the opportunity to break his arm, and then even carried it A fallen tree trunk hit Holden's leg.

In his bedroom, the window at the back of the room was broken, and there were some claw marks on the window sill that extended out from the back of the house. Because he lived not far from the woods, the scratches and marks were difficult to distinguish once he entered the woods.

This time, we made a new discovery. A very vague figure, or rather a humanoid figure, was captured from a traffic surveillance camera near the corpse. It had very long arms, a rickety body, and its arms were drooped in front of it. It jumped from the side of the road. Got to the other side.

Father Holden and his assistant prepared outside, set up a holy water bomb, and went down directly from the entrance of the cave. After that, they met the Dusk Shadow Beast in the cave, and lured it out of the cave. After arriving at the entrance of the cave, they detonated the holy water. bomb.

After climbing several trees, the assistant finally determined the direction of the other party's movement. After they chased him, they soon discovered a raised ground with a hole extending from the other side.

There were not many injuries left on the body itself, except for a very deep bite mark on the neck and two restraint marks on the arms. It looked like it was caught, but the size was larger than a human hand.

Father Horton didn't waste any time after receiving the old priest's call request. He was originally responsible for this kind of incident that happened near Dallas. He took his apprentice and got his exorcism equipment, and soon he was Rushed over.

Holden shook his head: "No, the whole process was fought with us in the form of physical attacks."

In Holden's mind, the Dusk Shadow Beast's main means of attack are biting and sucking blood. Naturally, he deals with it in the same way as dealing with vampires. Sunlight and holy water are the main means of killing, supplemented by a silver dagger, which should be able to do it. To deal with it, however, after the fight, he found that he had miscalculated. The Dusk Shadow Beast was indeed afraid of sunlight and holy water, but its attack power did not drop much after it left the cave.

The name Texas Dusk Beast reappeared in these people's vision, and it was no longer a legend, but a living reality. After listening to Father Horton's analysis, the Sheriff and the old priest included This was finally confirmed, which made the case even more difficult to handle.

Holden paused. He obviously had not thought of this before. Judging from legends, this kind of twilight shadow beast rarely appeared. Until now, it only appeared once every few decades. No one had ever dealt with it before. I just thought about handling it myself, and didn't think of Jimmy's method at all. Since it was a physical attack, how could it withstand the devastating attack power of modern weapons?

Pistols cannot be mounted on rifles, and rifles cannot be mounted on large-caliber rifles. If there is a serious impact, the heavy firepower of the troops can always eliminate it.

Holden thought for a moment and shook his head: "We have never asked for official assistance for this kind of supernatural incident before, and I'm not sure whether we can do so."

Jimmy shrugged: "Well, this is at least one of the options. I think if your people can't figure it out, you can try it, or let your people bring their own weapons."

Holden nodded and was about to speak when his phone rang. He took the phone from the bedside and glanced at Jimmy and said, "Jimmy."

Jimmy nodded and got up and left the ward, closing the door behind him, and then Holden answered the phone. Soon, Holden hung up the phone and called Jimmy loudly before he opened the door and walked in.

Although Holden's voice is not loud, the door of the hospital is indeed not thick, and the sound inside can still be heard vaguely. Although I don't know who is on the other side, Holden did mention some firearms, so the person on the other side should be from Houston. reinforcements.

Holden: "Thanks, Jimmy, I've told the others that they will find a way to get a batch of weapons to bring over."

Jimmy: "That's good, then the monster is dead."

Holden paused and said, "Have you...have any time recently? I remember that your marksmanship is very good, and my colleagues rarely use guns."

Jimmy looked at Holden in surprise, "Are you sure?"

Holden: "You can stay on the outermost perimeter and just provide long-range shooting support. They will protect you. Please."

Jimmy: "When will they come over?"

Holden: "Tomorrow, they will come to Dallas today and go to Shadow Town early tomorrow morning."

Jimmy thought for a moment, "I need to think about it, give me some time."

Jimmy turned and left the ward. He took out Lambert's phone and said, "Director Lambert, I have something I want to talk to you about in person. Is it convenient for you later?"

Lambert: "What happened? Did you see Holden?"

Jimmy: "Yeah, I'm in the hospital."

Lambert: "Is it about what happened to him?"

Jimmy: "Things are a bit complicated and related to a local legend of yours."

Lambert: "Come back to me."

Jimmy hung up the phone and returned to the Dallas office again, telling the story Holden told him again. He also told Lambert about the exorcist priests who came to support from Houston and the weapons they were preparing.

This is a local matter in Dallas. Jimmy does not belong to the Dallas office. There will be problems if he intervenes without any notice. Even if his relationship with Lambert is okay, the local police will be in big trouble. After all, firearms may be used, which is easy. Causing various misunderstandings.

Lambert tapped his fingers on the table, thinking about how to deal with it later. Father Holden was a person he was very familiar with, and his judgment on the monster must be correct. If the person behind them is strong enough, there should be no need to mobilize Dallas. If the SRT support here in the office is not strong enough, they can theoretically expel the guy to ensure that there will not be too many casualties.

He glanced at Jimmy. As for firearms, the person with the highest firearms performance in Quantico in recent years was right in front of him. With Jimmy in charge, it should be enough.

Lambert: "Jimmy, if you have nothing else important to do, please assist them, but you must ensure your own safety. If the police are alerted, notify me."

Jimmy nodded, "I understand, I need some ammunition from the bureau, and I didn't bring any spare ammunition." As he spoke, he opened his suit to reveal his gun.

Lambert nodded, picked up the phone and informed someone to take Jimmy to collect ammunition and weapons.

Because he was not handling a case, Jimmy did not bring his FBI equipment bag when he came out this time. There were three types of bullets, a rifle, and body armor for him. Now he only has three guns and a dagger, which is still a bit weak.

The next day, Jimmy met Holden in the hospital. He gave Jimmy a phone number and address, and asked him to go to the church to join others and rush to the scene. Others had been notified, and he participated in this incident as the FBI's contact person. action.

In Luoying Town, three cars parked outside the town. Holden's assistant in the first car showed them the location. The group got out of the car and entered the woods, and soon came to the place where the previous battle was.

The cave is still there, and the traces of the battle are still there, but it has not been completely covered up by fallen leaves or vegetation in a few days. Jimmy can even smell some blood. This should be the blood that Father Horton shed when he was injured. In addition, there are Some of the stench, the smell of rotten branches and leaves, originated from that hole.

The two exorcist priests chanted blessings for each other, and one walked into the cave with a dagger and a hammer. Jimmy was not worried. From his mind's eye vision, he could see that the cave was empty now. Although there were many turns, there were still many things below. The channel coverage does not exceed his field of vision.

Looking up and looking around, Jimmy made sure that there was no danger around. After a while, two priests came out of the cave. Their clothes were stained with a lot of mucus-like things and a lot of mud. They looked very embarrassed. Compared with the original The same goes for Father Horton.

"We need to track down its whereabouts. Let's spread out and look for it, especially in the trees."

Three priests and an assistant divided into two teams and started searching in the direction in which the Dusk Shadow Beast escaped. Jimmy followed one of the teams. Soon they found several scratches on the tree and started searching along here. They searched until they came out of the woods. What appeared in front of them was a large field of farmland and two farm buildings not too far apart in the distance.

"Let's go, it should be going that way."

After observing the ground next to the woods, I found some trampled marks. According to the direction of the marks, it was indeed towards the farm. It seemed that the people there were going to be unlucky.

(End of this chapter)