Nax is not a true atheist, because he has a certain awe for certain mysterious things, but he does not believe in any religion because he feels that those religions cannot represent the gods behind them, and that those gods are really too deified and have too many contradictions.
In the eyes of outsiders, Naxos, who suffers from a certain degree of mental illness, sometimes thinks too much and is easily startled, but he has amazing observation skills.
As the saying goes, there is a fine line between genius and madness. With Nax's status, he has become famous in the industry as a private detective.
Half a month ago, a wealthy couple asked him to investigate their daughter's boyfriend at school.
This was not a difficult case, and Knuckles solved it easily, but in the process, he suddenly found something wrong.
His observation skills make him sensitive to changes in his surroundings.
Since the subject of the investigation often had sex with the rich man's daughter in a corner of the school after school, Nax would often stay until dark.
The client only asked them to investigate, but didn't ask them to stop it, so they **Nax felt that it was none of their business at all.
When he arrived at the school gate on the first day, nothing happened, but after a while, he noticed that after dark, the lights in the surrounding houses came on less and less frequently.
Today, all these old houses around the school look dark and gloomy.
These old houses are all inhabited by elderly people. Although American elderly people are more fashionable and do not like to stay indoors, they are definitely not as connected with the outside world as young people, and most of them are retired and their children do not visit them often.
If I disappear suddenly, it will probably take some time for anyone to notice me, right?
This thought suddenly appeared in Knuckles' mind, and out of curiosity he decided to carefully see if anything happened.
As a result, I saw something horrible when I checked it for the first time.
The old people were all there, moving stiffly in the dark environment, but they refused to turn on the lights.
Viewed from the perspective of moonlight or starlight, each one of them looked very thin. Perhaps it would be okay if it was just one or two of them, but when he saw that all the people in the houses who didn't turn on the lights were like this, Nax instinctively felt that something was wrong.
Then I saw that thing, a horrible ghost.
Its body was like a maggot with centipede-like legs, but its head looked very much like a human. It climbed onto the old people and sucked something.
It was only through his strong willpower that Knuckles didn't scream out in fear the first time.
But he soon discovered that although this monster looked scary, it was not as powerful as its terrifying appearance.
First, it did not discover Nax himself. Second, its speed was not very fast, and it only dared to bully the elderly, and did not even dare to appear in places with too strong light.
Those old people behaved normally during the day, but their health was getting worse and worse. But at night, especially when the monsters came, they were like zombies.
The strangest thing is that after the monster finishes sucking, it disappears suddenly every time. Even though I keep an eye out for it, it always disappears inexplicably.
For nearly two weeks, Nax had been observing carefully. He found that apart from the head, the monster had more and more human-like parts, including shoulders and hands.
An intuition told him that he had to take action and not let this monster completely transform into a human.
As for calling the police, there is no such thing. Nax has an attack, and this time it’s serious!
This was a strong sense of mission. He consulted various materials, brought various means of exorcism, and hid several small barrels of gasoline nearby in advance. In short, he was going to exorcise the demon with his own hands!
But at the same time, another major problem that Nax had when he had an attack also emerged.
He thinks that being a hero is cool and needs to be appreciated by others. He plans to purify the evil spirits. Even if others cannot see the process, at least they should appreciate his handsome appearance.
Although he usually has to pay attention to stealth when working as a detective, he is now dressed up to look flashy.
…
"It's 8 o'clock, and there are no pedestrians around. According to the rules, it will most likely appear at Morgan's house first today. Conservatively, it won't come out before 10 o'clock. I have two hours to complete the arrangement!"
He looked at his watch and muttered to himself.
Monsters seem to be selective about "freshness" and will not appear first in the place where they have just absorbed something. It seems that it is old Morgan's turn today.
He picked up his bag, put a black cowboy hat on his head, swung his body, and walked into the dark alley.
Knuckles knew that there was a pretty girl looking at him at the school gate, and this series of postures was completely for her to see.
"Tsk tsk tsk... you're quite good at showing off!"
Qin Xiaoxia, who was watching this scene, thought about it with interest.
But Lilica really liked it. Judging from the actions and the coordination, Knuckles was really handsome just now.
While the girl was slightly fascinated, she was also very curious about what the other person was going to do.
Contrary to what Knuckles thought, Lilika was not an ordinary girl, and the same could be said for her curiosity.
So, after more than a minute, she asked herself.
'Why should I follow you?'
Yes, Lilica followed Knuckles quietly, and the latter was a detective after all, so there was no way he didn't notice the girl's clumsy tracking.
But this guy just pretended not to see it.
Well, the mentality of the stalker and the stalked is similar, it’s exciting!
It was truly a wonderful development. Qin Xiaoxia didn't know what to say, and Su Su also looked puzzled.
…
It was a dark alley, and ahead was a residential area that was also dark.
For Americans who value personal space, this compact architectural style is relatively rare. Instead, it is more like the old towns in some European countries or the Italian style, which was also a popular reference in the last century.
After a few minutes, the car turned two or three times.
Before Lilika knew it, the handsome figure in front of her disappeared, so she quickened her pace and walked out of the alley.
"Who are you? Why are you following me?"
A calm and magnetic male voice sounded behind her, which met all of Lilika's expectations.
The voices are indeed so nice!
How many ignorant people were poisoned by the movie. Because the other person was so handsome, Lilika instinctively got close to him and did not think he was a bad person.
Turning around, I took a closer look at the man's face. The golden hair under the brim of his hat highlighted his angular features.
More handsome than from a distance!
“I, I…”
She even stuttered when she spoke.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…”
A faint sound like the sound of a mouse was heard, which made Knuckles startle slightly.
"I am... wu..."
Just as Lilica was about to speak, Knuckles rushed over and covered her mouth.
"Shh~"
The girl noticed that the man looked very nervous at the moment. He was looking around and above his head, and then he looked directly at Lilika.
"You shouldn't have followed me! It's very dangerous here!"
…
“Puff~~”
Su Su, who was already close to the roof, couldn't help but gasp.
It was obvious that this guy had discovered Lilika a long time ago, but now he says such things.
I turned to look at my instructor and found that he didn't have any special expression, so I stopped myself from complaining.
“Those old people are beyond help.”
Qin Xiaoxia sighed softly. Although he was paying attention to the young men and women below, he was also distracted by the residents around him.
…
"I'm going to let go of your mouth now. Don't make any sound, or we'll both be in danger! Do you understand?"
The handsome man leaned closer to her and whispered instructions to Lilika.
The latter was already breathing rapidly, her chest rising and falling rapidly, and now this posture, half leaning in the man's arms, was perfect!
She nodded slightly to show that she understood.
Knuckles then slowly released her mouth and saw that the girl did not scream.
He pulled her quietly against the wall, looked around at the nearby houses, and then explained to her in a serious manner.
"I have a special job to do here. It's too dangerous for you. You'd better leave now. Otherwise, I don't know if I can protect you!"
But the girl in front of him just looked at him, as if she was too frightened?
"What job? Can I help you?"
Lilika's reaction was a little unexpected.
"No, and you won't believe it. Not having enough reverence is often very dangerous!"
In movies and TV shows, those who don't believe in superstitions almost always get killed, and Nax thinks there is some truth to that.
When you see something obviously abnormal like a zombie, you run over and say hello, sir, are you okay, and then get bitten or something like that.
Seeing that the girl was holding his arm tightly and had no intention of leaving, Knuckles became a little anxious and felt that he had been too pretentious before.
"Let me put it this way. Do you believe in mysterious powers in the world? Do you believe in magic and demons?"
"If you don't believe it, then ..."
"I believe it!"
ah!?
Nax's phone crashed midway through his sentence.
This script is not right.
"Don't joke, miss. I don't have time to talk to you right now..."
"I'm not kidding, I really believe it!"
Lilika answered very seriously, in fact, she herself was a person who possessed some kind of mysterious power.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak…”
The sound appeared again, causing Knuckles to give up arguing.
He simply took Lilica and walked a little further until they came to old Morgan's house. He quietly raised his head from the window sill and glanced at her.
His pupils shrank slightly. Sure enough, the ghost had appeared in the house and was really entangled with old Morgan.
He pulled Lilika over, covered her mouth, and asked her to look up.
"Once you've seen it, you won't want to stay!"
The girl could feel the hand covering her mouth was very tight, probably because he was afraid that she would suddenly scream out.
She carefully leaned her head towards the window and saw what was happening inside the house with her bright eyes.
That disgusting and horrible monster was climbing and entwining around an old man, sucking something. She could even vaguely hear a faint, hoarse "uh uh uh" sound deep in the old man's throat.
Feeling the girl's breath hitch, Knuckles pulled her back.
"Aren't you leaving now?"
However, Lilika's expression was extremely frightened. Her mouth was covered tightly so she couldn't speak, and she desperately pointed at the window.
Knuckles thought the girl was too scared and wanted to say something, but Lilika grabbed his hair and hat with her manly strength and pulled his face to the window.
A pale human face appeared in the window, and below the chest was a disgusting worm-like body and countless slender legs.
“Crack, crack…”
Cracks appeared on the glass windows and were expanding.
With a "bang", it shattered completely, even the window frame fell off, and the last barrier between the monster in the house and the two people disappeared.
At this moment, Nax's heartbeat accelerated. He pushed Lilica away and took out a test tube of holy water from the church from his windbreaker pocket.
"Die, monster!"
When Lilika was pushed away, looking at the handsome figure throwing out the test tube, everything seemed like a slow motion.
Boo~
The test tube hit the soft insect body and bounced away.
"Shit!!!"
It didn’t break!! What a huge mistake!!
"Pah~"
The test tube hit the wall on the other side of the alley and shattered, spilling all the holy water on the wall.
The other props were all in the bag and there was no time to get them.
“Run!!!”
Knuckles roared, grabbed the bag and ran, taking out things like salt and garlic from it as he ran, while Lilica reacted quickly and ran away in the other direction.
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