kiss the night

As the night fell and the stars hung high, Renal City once again ushered in a winter night. The usual red light district should be the busiest time, but today it seemed particularly deserted.

Just this morning, the landlord of this low-cost apartment found a female body, Mary, one of his tenants, in the abandoned construction site behind the apartment, and then he called the police. Soon after, the police arrived and evacuated the scene. lively crowd.

The police acted quickly, as if they had a plan in advance, sealed off the scene, took away the woman's body, and calmed the emotions of the surrounding people, telling them not to comment too much on what happened this morning until the results of the investigation came out.

However, there are no secrets in the slums. In just one morning, the incident of the female corpse in the red light district has spread throughout Renal City. According to rumors, the female corpse has bite marks on the side of the neck, except for the clothes. Apart from the mess, there is no more damage left.

While there was a lot of discussion about this matter in the alleys of the city, several men in black cloaks appeared on the street here.The Riverside District is the earliest urban area in Renal City. After decades of development, the old urban area has now become a gathering place for the poor, refugees and gray businesses. The houses are in disrepair and there are many illegal buildings that have been modified without permission. As the narrow streets became more congested, the sewer system had long since lost its function, and the sewage spread on the ground, giving off a sour and rancid stench.

Originally, the population density of the slums was very high. Today, with the police "joining in the fun", there are more people on the street, and no one notices the few people who are out of place on this street.

Laurentine walked towards the scene of the crime silently. His expensive calfskin shoes stepped on the dirty ground and splashed a splash of water, but he was still unmoved.

He was followed by a black-haired man, always keeping a step behind.

After the man exchanged a few words with the sheriff, Laurentine crossed the cordon and entered the construction site where the woman's body was found.This place has been cleaned up, and now there are only stones and weeds left on the ground, other than that, there is no extra information...Of course, this is only for humans.

Gilbert stood where he was, took off his cloak, closed his eyes and made a sniffing motion. After a few seconds, he put the cloak back on and said respectfully, "Your Highness, it's the breath of new life."

Laurenting stood there like a statue. After thinking about it, he finally couldn't hold back a cold snort from his throat: "It's only been a while, and another restless rat emerged from the sewer."

The prince's anger was a coercion to the people around him. Gilbert couldn't hold back and took a step back. He bowed his head respectfully and shuddered all over, but he still bite the bullet and said, "Your Highness, I heard that Ai Lina said that a new oriental vampire has recently arrived in Renal City, and his age is just at the stage of adult differentiation, will he be involved in this matter?"

"It's not him." Laurentine interrupted him, thought for a while, and then said, "But the out-of-control freshmen will indeed cause some troubles, and it's not that simple behind it... You go and tell the sheriff, no matter outside Regardless of the public opinion, this incident is still the work of wild beasts, remind the residents not to go out at night, as for the child from the east, it is better to stay in our field of vision."

"Beasts hurt people?" Jessie's tone showed distrust, she cut the steak on her plate until it creaked, "That time it was a wild beast hurting people in the deep mountains and old forests, could it be that this time it was in a residential area or Wild beasts hurting people? I would like to know what kind of beasts have such courage and supernatural ability."

Yan Zhao frowned, and he also had doubts in his heart: At first he believed what the Duke said, but now that he thinks about it carefully, most snakes hibernate in winter, and spiders cannot bite such marks If you insist on talking about beasts that could cause such trauma, after thinking about it, only vampire bats remain.

However, not to mention how unlikely the possibility of vampire bats actively attacking humans is, let's just say that none of the major news media mentioned bats.

They all said it was a snake, but they didn't say what kind of snake it was, whether it hibernates in winter...

"Why can't it be a beast?" Suddenly a female voice intervened in the conversation between the two, and Lorraine sat next to Jesse with her dinner plate. Almost, there was only a handful of vegetable salad piled up next to it, which seemed untouched, "You seem to be a bit picky about eating, Zhao."

Yan Zhao was stunned, and without changing his face, he took a mouthful of salad with a fork and stuffed it into his mouth: "It's okay, I just prefer meat." He chewed the vegetable salad, only feeling that his mouth was full of bitterness. Recently, he It became more and more strange. It was obvious that he could eat normal vegetables and fruits, but the taste gradually became strange. He craved meat, and he liked the kind of steak that was fried to medium rare, and he often felt thirsty, like A traveler thrown in the desert.

"Come on, Lorraine, don't talk nonsense if you don't understand the situation. You don't know how disgusting Zhao's boyfriend is, so he can only eat a little at school." Jessie rolled her eyes, she Turning his head in the direction of Lorraine, "What beast did you just say?"

"I said, why can't it be a beast that hurts people? After all, there are many kinds of beasts, in a narrow sense and in a broad sense. Sometimes, people habitually refer to some non-human wounding species as beasts, and they will also control some Human-like demons call beasts, none of this conflicts."

"Jessie," Jessie wailed, "maybe I can ask you to be more normal and not sound like something out of some scripture, okay?"

Lorraine was not angry because of Jessie's words, she looked seriously, and said again: "I mean, the one that hurts people may be a beast in the non-traditional sense, that is to say, it may be a demon."

"Devil!" Jessie repeated her words, with a teasing smile in her voice, "Then you mean that it was a werewolf or a vampire who hurt someone?"

"It's all possible." Lorraine lowered her head and began to eat the food on her plate, as if she didn't intend to chat any more.

Jessie laughed "haha" twice, turned her eyes to Yan Zhao who was opposite, and mouthed a sentence: "She is really crazy."

Yan Zhao shook his head helplessly, apparently he didn't really believe Lorraine's words, after all, he had received atheism education in the past 18 years, and things like vampires, werewolves, and demons were too far-fetched.

On the way back to the classroom, Yan Zhaocai spoke again, doubtful: "Jessie, I'm actually worried that this might be some criminal case."

"You mean, serial killers?" Jessie was obviously more interested in this topic. After thinking for a while, she felt that Yan Zhao's conclusion was the most reasonable explanation at present, "You are not unreasonable, It is entirely possible for the police station to create incidents of wild beasts attacking people in order to appease the people, and our media... oh, you know, they will say anything for money."

"Is there really such a possibility?" Yan Zhao frowned. He actually just had such a guess, but he didn't expect to get Jesse's approval when he said it. From this point of view, Renal City doesn't seem to be in the publicity As stable as he was, there was always some tension spreading, which made Yan Zhao feel extremely uneasy.

"I don't know." Jesse shook his head, "Anyway, it's often done like this in movies."

In the afternoon, there was a language class. Yan Zhao had no interest or talent in this area. Listening to the class seemed like a fairy tale, and he couldn't help but start to lose his mind: He didn't know why. Bad feeling.

After class, Yan Zhao went to the School of Economics to look for Si Qi as usual. He saw Si Qi being surrounded by a group of young men and women walking out of the building door, talking and laughing happily with several students around him. The casual tie on his chest was a bit messy. Tidy it up and put it back.

Yan Zhao stared at the man's face, a little dazed. He always remembered that when he was a child, Si Qi was like a little prince, standing on the stage and talking to thousands of students below—they were encouraged by the private school they were in. Students expressed their opinions, so Si Qi, like many outstanding students, chatted about the international situation, foreign poetry, stocks and financial matters.

This is a world that Yan Zhao will never be able to touch. He is just the adopted son of a driver, an orphan who no one wants, boarding under the eaves of others to beg for a bite to eat.

Therefore, Yan Zhao would never show his presence when Si Qi was chatting with his friends, he would just stand by and wait quietly for him to end the conversation, and then give himself a look.

Si Qi saw Yan Zhao and walked towards him.

"Si Qi." Yan Zhao reached out to take his schoolbag, showing a hint of a smile, "How about some spaghetti tonight? There are still some tomatoes at home, I can cook some meat sauce..."

"I'm going out tonight." Si Qi interrupted him. He turned around and waved to his friends in the distance, asking them to wait for him for a while, "you eat by yourself, don't wait for me."

"But……"

"Where's the nonsense?" Si Qi ignored him, turned around and walked towards the group of students.

Yan Zhao watched him get into his car, and then, several cars drove away from the school, leaving only a few trails of exhaust gas sweeping across the asphalt road.

Yanzhao frowned, feeling unavoidably worried. He was still thinking about what Jesse said about the serial murderer. Recently, the radio station has been reminding citizens to go out less at night. He originally wanted Si Qi to stay. Don't go out, but he can't find a reason to speak up - he doesn't know Si Qi's circle of friends, and he doesn't know whether their gathering today is important, and he doesn't have an identity that can persuade Si Qi.

It would be great if he could know what happened in the city. Yan Zhao walked home anxiously. At this moment, he inexplicably thought of the handsome Mr. Duke... If it was that gentleman, he would definitely know what happened.

Yan Zhao sighed, shook his head to get rid of unrealistic thoughts from his mind.