deformed bone

Calvin managed to get Moses dressed, and the painstaking work made the latter look less of a pervert.

Then he went back downstairs and stared for a while at the empty bottles on the floor and on the table, the urge to escape reality with alcohol came back.

"This is not a good sign."

Calvin said to himself in a daze.

After all, he ignored the alcohol that was constantly exuding temptation, but slowly came to the already somewhat messy bar.

Thankfully, as with all luxury hotels, it is customary to stock a large vat of firm, fresh yellow lemons, and grains of Mediterranean salt.

Calvin squeezed lemon juice into the glass, and then added salt and some sparkling water into the glass, blending it into a small glass of thick, sour and salty lemon juice.He swallowed the extremely sour liquid in one gulp, tears welled up almost instantly.

"Oh, damn—"

Calvin's entire face was wrinkled together, and it felt like someone had covered his head and hit him with a stick.

But soon, when the sourness gradually faded, Calvin felt much better when he opened his eyes again.At least he didn't have that kind of golden spot of light that kept spinning in circles in his field of vision.

But his head still hurts, like the pain of a hundred elephants tap-dancing inside his head, that shouldn't be a big deal, Calvin thinks the painkillers in the luggage should help .

Of course, Calvin believed that if he called the hotel's customer service department—or the gorgeous customer service executive yesterday, he should easily get a hangover hangover that was better than lemon saline and painkillers. medicine.But Calvin did not intend to do that, after all, the soul of a clingy and well-behaved dog was hidden in the male body that was clinging to him now.No matter from which point of view, he should hide this well.He had had more troubles with the green-eyed youth beside him so far, and Calvin didn't want those troubles to increase.

He even turned down room service once for this, plus a meal delivery.

He returned to the bar, took painkillers, and the hangover gradually faded away. After thinking about it, Calvin made himself an extra glass of lemon water and poured it down his throat.

As he put down the glass he swore an obscenity.

"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo""

Sensing very keenly that Calvin's face was twisted, Moses leaned over briskly.

As a dog, his body temperature seems to be higher than that of other personalities, and he can clearly feel the hot body temperature of the young man under the shirt before he gets close to Calvin.Even his smell had changed, Calvin smelled a very faint, hay-like smell, the kind that reminds one of the ad tagline "Smell of sunshine."

"Hey, dude, don't."

Calvin muttered distressedly, trying to push Moses away from himself, but he was unsuccessful.Moses pressed tightly against his shoulder, and he vigilantly put his head into the empty glass, sniffing it non-stop, and then he sneezed because of the strong lemon smell.

"Ugh..."

A moan of grievance overflowed from Moses' throat. ,

Calvin held his forehead and laughed quite unconscionably.

Moses looked at Calvin suspiciously with green eyes that were extra moist from the sneezing just now, and his nose was slightly red.

"Oh my god."

Calvin looked at Moses like this, he wiped his face and moaned with a headache and a little funny.

He found that he was gradually getting used to the fact that his friend still had a dog's personality in his body—the impact he felt when he just woke up, and the strong sense of strangeness were gradually fading away.

He even came to see Moses more and more as a dog, rather than a man behaving strangely (which, it must be admitted, was the source of all the discomfort he had felt before).

Calvin then helped Moses wipe his nose with a tissue, and the latter tilted his head obediently. Calvin felt that the feeling was weird and inexplicably soft-hearted.

"I don't know what happened to you, but apparently you and I are going to be stuck in this house until everyone else wakes up—"

Calvin took Moses back to the public area. He looked around and whispered to Moses.

His eyes paused on the luxurious and pompous furniture and furnishings, as well as the best part of smart devices, and then he raised his eyebrows: "However, maybe this idea is not so bad."

Calvin avoided the geometric sofa in the middle of the room, even though it was damn comfortable.But just seeing it, some fragments of yesterday would involuntarily appear in Calvin's mind...

Well, if the sticky and coquettish person sticking behind him at this time is Reed (or Fogg), Calvin will still be a little interested in continuing those activities that were not completed yesterday.

But instead Moses—

God, those images are embarrassing.

Calvin's cheeks were slightly flushed. He grabbed Moses by the collar and led him to the audio-visual area in the other corner of the room.

It is completely protected from light, and there are smaller but still quite comfortable small movie-watching sofas. A huge projection screen is hung on the wall, and an ultra-short-throw laser TV projection device is placed below the screen.

If Calvin wanted to, he could comfortably hold a vodka and watch a movie here, but after a moment of hesitation, he turned on the TV instead.

At the same time as he sat down, Moses also jumped onto the sofa, clinging to him.

While Calvin was staring at the TV in a daze, it also leaned forward to observe curiously.It has to be said that his appearance showed a bit of pure innocence.

Calvin unknowingly turned his attention to Moses, and a trace of tenderness flashed across his heart.

"Good dog."

After hesitating for a moment, he stretched out his hand again, and gently patted Moses on the head.

"Although it's more embarrassing, you're still cute like this."

Calvin couldn't help saying to such Moses...

But soon he regretted his admiration, and Moses seemed to be greatly encouraged. His big man, which belonged to a young man, rushed towards Calvin, almost directly crushing Calvin.Worse, even well-treated lab dogs have a hard time suppressing their canine instincts when excited.

Calvin felt his cheeks being licked several times, and when he stretched out his hand to try to block the excited Moses, the other's tongue licked from his fingers to the fingertips.

"Messer!!"

Calvin growled harshly.

The young man on top of him flinched, and then slowly stopped all his movements.

"I do not like this."

Calvin angrily pushed Moses aside.

Moses stepped back stiffly.

He looked at Calvin tearfully, shoulders slumped, and if he could barely ignore his human form, he looked like a dog overwhelmed by something wrong.

Calvin looked at Moses like this, and then he swore that he would never have a dog in the future.

He has already discovered that he is really not good at communicating with such creatures.

"Just stay there and don't move."

He scolded dryly, then turned his head, and seemed to concentrate on watching TV.

A few minutes later, a very small, rustling sound came from beside him.

Moses tentatively leaned in Calvin's direction, and after finding that he didn't receive a more severe reprimand, the big dog trapped in a human body rested its head on Calvin's lap.

Calvin sighed secretly, and then acquiesced to the other party's coquetry with a strong aura of flattery.

You see, he really isn't good at dealing with dogs.

The next short period of time was a rare and warm time enjoyed by Calvin and the young people around him.

Of course, TV is as boring as ever, empty and boring star reality show, nagging TV promotions, third-rate funny interviews that can only be broadcast during the daytime...

Then there's the news.

Calvin thought of this day a long time later, but in fact everything had been foretold.

In other words, in fact, Calvin had already vaguely expected many things in his heart.During the entire escape, Calvin never actively sought information from the outside world. He did not read newspapers, watch TV news, or surf the Internet... It was like a stupid ostrich burying its head in the sand, thinking that the outside world would Those horrible things just don't happen.

But everyone knows that that is just the most childish fantasy.Regardless of whether Calvin wanted to know it or not, the situation was still gradually developing and getting worse in places he had never seen.

Calvin saw the place where he lived not long ago in the news, which has now become the focus of national news.

These days, the once-beautiful seaside resort town seems to be entangled by the god of bad luck—first, there was a fire, and another man died in the fire; then, a horrifying female corpse floated on the beach. Did anyone mention that the female corpse had suffered inhuman torture before dying?And if that wasn't enough, the horrific mutilation in the county hospital morgue was terrifying enough to make the timid teenagers hesitate to light a night light before going to bed.What is even more frightening is that, according to the leaked information, there is a terrible name behind this series of appalling tragedies.

Years ago, the owner of that name also kept countless ordinary people... and a large number of American police officers awake at night.

That name was "Red Deer."

Calvin watched the blond announcer's lips squirming on the TV screen. When the name "Red Deer" appeared, the announcer's pupils dilated slightly, revealing the other party's true thoughts.

What could be more eye-catching than the serial killer that caused a sensation in the United States more than ten years ago?

What's more, the murderer was shrouded in a more terrifying mystery.

"The "Nightmare Gate" he preached caused a lot of discussion and research back then &...%#￥#@..."

The camera cuts, and the scene of heavily guarded people coming and going in the modern Sunset Town is replaced with a historical image with significantly rougher and more blurred picture quality—a man in an orange-red prison uniform sitting on the bench, Looking at everyone around with a calm expression.

The terrifying murderer should have a handsome face that is breathtakingly handsome, but strangely, in the picture rebroadcasted on TV after many years, his facial contours are particularly blurred, just like the video data of that year. Already damaged by improper storage.

Calvin tried to open his eyes wide, trying to see the face of the red deer clearly on the TV screen.

But his vision became more and more distorted and dimmed. No matter how hard Calvin tried, the face of the serial murderer Red Deer in the records always seemed to be covered in fog.

Even the narration in the news is like a jammed, or damaged, tape recording, with every syllable stretched out so long that by the end it sounds like some kind of special long sob.

"Well--"

Calvin swayed, the lemon and salt water he had swallowed down his throat seemed to be swollen, and his stomach and esophagus kept rising.

The sudden discomfort made Calvin almost fall to the ground.

【Red Deer】

This name made Calvin flinch involuntarily.

After so many years, Calvin thought he had forgotten... or rather, his memory had gradually faded... as it should have been.

But in reality, Calvin found himself able to recall almost all the details with ease.

The heavy, distorted air of that day in Jay Bay prison; the pressure of Daniel's damp, goose-pimpled palms on his shoulders; the vague groans of pain from the depths of the corridor; The sound of guns shaking gently at the waist...

The halo cast by the spotlights on the ceiling was cold and white.

Young and terrified, he dragged his extremely tired body through countless closed prison gates, and finally came to the room where the death row prisoner stayed last before dying.

Calvin even remembered the frightened and nervous faces of the police officers guarding that room that day.

Small beads of cold sweat wet the other side's temples.

A pair of eyes... stared at him from behind the dark iron bars.

Yes, Calvin remembers "almost" all the details, except the man's face.

He only knew that the person's eyes were frightening, there was something very crazy and very dark in them, and it was the extremely pure frenzy and distortion that lit up those eyes, making it look like a beast in the dark Generally sparkling.

"vomit--"

Calvin covered his mouth and flipped off the sofa. He half-kneeled on the carpet, and then retched out a puddle of clear water.

The lemon juice, which had tortured him once before, began to burn his throat and throat this time.

"Ouch-"

Mercer eagerly circled Calvin, who whined uneasily.

Calvin wanted to tell it that it was all right, that everything was fine, but that stubborn headache hit him, and he felt his brain being stirred by an invisible hand, and his thoughts were in a mess.

And he was sweating all over his body.

He didn't know how long it had been... Maybe it wasn't that long, but in his perception everything was stretched out, space and time and everything around him became weird and distorted.For a moment he almost thought he was going to fall into the nightmares again, the ones with rotting children and Dr. Holden, but when the tide of nausea and headache came and went, he recovered.

The luxury suite of the Blue Diamond Crown Hotel was still as luxurious and comfortable as ever. Moses looked extremely disturbed. He put his arms around Calvin and kept whining in a low voice, as if trying to comfort Calvin with his language.

And the news on TV even continued to report.

Struggling to get up from the ground, Calvin smiled gratefully at Moses (the warm embrace of Moses was indeed a good comfort when the strong discomfort came), and then he asked May Se fell silent.

He panted, opened his eyes wide, and forced himself to continue staring at the news screen on the TV.

The part about the red deer is basically over (the evidence is that everything Calvin sees in the news is normal, no dizziness, no blurred vision), and a middle-aged male police officer who looks unusually capable is being interviewed.

Unlike the other party's muscular body, when the police officer answered the reporter's extremely confusing and leading questions, all his responses were rigorous and restrained. Calvin prefers to use "tight water" to describe him.

Calvin squinted his eyes, and he realized that the policeman was the same policeman who had come to the beach house to question him.

What's his name... by the way... Joyce.

At that time, Calvin had fooled that person and his partner through acting, but seeing Joyce's performance in front of the media, Calvin had a premonition that the other party might give him and his green partner in the future. Eye companions cause more trouble.

And just when Calvin thought the entire questioning phase was over, a reporter rushed out, and her microphone seemed to be stuffed into Joyce's mouth, and then Calvin heard her questioning: "Joyce Officer Iss, I heard that the series of tragedies that happened in Sunset Town is not the only case that the serial killer Red Deer committed after he escaped. Long before these innocent people in Sunset Town were killed, Red Deer had A horrific homicide was committed in Los Angeles, but that case happened in a slum in the city, and the victim was born at the bottom, so this case did not get the attention of the police. Is it also because the police are concerned about the red The indifference and negligence shown in the first case committed by Lu after his comeback encouraged the killer Red Deer to act this time..."

"what the hell?"

Calvin stared at the screen in disbelief.

As if God felt that his shock and horror were not enough, Joyce on the screen said calmly: "There is no definite evidence about that case that Red Deer committed it, but we have made that case Isaac Holden, the police officer in charge, was transferred to handle the case with us, and I believe he can give you and the public all the more accurate information..."

When Isaac's familiar face entered the screen, Calvin felt that his surroundings suddenly became quiet.He couldn't even hear the voices coming from the TV clearly, the gibberish that he knew was made up by Isaac.

His heart was in a mess, but his eyes were a little hot.

Damn, of course he knew why Isaac had appeared in Sunset Town—the guy with too much water in his head must have felt something.

"Oh, Isaac, you're such a fucking idiot."

Calvin covered his face as he muttered curses.

He was only quiet for a few seconds on the sofa, and then he jumped up uncontrollably.

Calvin knew that he couldn't let Isaac stay in that spooky town—maybe he thought it was not a big problem before, as Isaac was a capable and experienced policeman after all.But after being attacked by the "gate", he has a new understanding of how weak and helpless human beings are.

No matter what the so-called "doors" are, maybe they are real demons, ghosts or something else, or they are simply the entrances and exits for aliens to kill human beings on the earth, ordinary people like Isaac have no Ways to deal with it.

Calvin washed his face, then hurriedly put on his coat, he had to find a way to remind Isaac.

Of course, he couldn't use the phone in the hotel, he couldn't expose himself.Calvin's plan was to go out and buy a disposable mobile phone. He had a vague impression that he might be able to find what he wanted next to the ice cream shop.

"Ouch-"

Noticing Calvin's movement, Moses followed up enthusiastically.

Without any accident, Calvin forcibly blocked the young dog behind the door of the room.

"Hey, buddy, listen to me, you can't go out, this place is dangerous for you and me, you know that right? At least the other personalities in your body know..." Calvin held Moses' body with both hands Face, he said very seriously, "Listen to me, you have to stay here, be good, don't run around-look at me, I repeat, don't run around."

He returned to the sofa with Moses, who was obviously depressed, and then he forced Moses to the seat.

"Listen, wait here for me, I won't waste long. I'll be back soon."

Calvin continued.

Moses opened his clear and innocent eyes, showing some sadness.But thankfully, he was very well-behaved. When Calvin lowered the brim of his peaked cap and hurried towards the door, it didn't make any unnecessary movements, but quietly stayed on the sofa according to Calvin's instructions.

At the moment when the door was closed, Calvin couldn't help looking at it more.

"Good dog."

Calvin softened his voice, and whispered.

Then, he closed the door, turned and walked towards the hotel's emergency exit.