The night passed, and the blood, howls, and death of last night seemed like nothing more than a distant nightmare.
Dean was slightly suspended in zero gravity on the driver's seat of the old Citroën he just bought. He looked at Sean in the rearview mirror and comforted him.
"Man, don't be too sad. This departure is not a farewell. When you learn to control your animal nature and go through the experience of Midian, you can return to Boston to reunite with your family and Elena. The short separation is just for a better future. Get together.”
"No, I'm just not used to it," Sean looked at Dean's calm face, thinking of Dean's previous selfless help, confirming that he was trustworthy, and said calmly, "I have been going to school and working step by step since I was a child. I have been a ticket inspector for seven or eight years, and I have traveled to many places with trains, but I have never stayed abroad for more than a week. I have never even really traveled once. I have nothing but work every day. This time I will be away for at least a few months. ?”
"Almost, you are an honest person."
"Honestly? It's boring." Sean looked at the receding spruce trees outside the car window, and a trace of self-deprecation appeared on his face that was several years younger. "I tried to date girls before, but I never succeeded. They They all thought I was boring and weak. My supervisor often scolded me to death, and I didn’t dare to say anything back. The guests in the carriage made things difficult and insulted me, so I had no choice but to endure it. Even Elena looked down on me before. .”
Dean shook his head, "You didn't lack courage last night, so you were bullied before. You just settled for the status quo, suppressed your true feelings, and didn't want to make big changes."
Suppress your heart?
Sean mused.
Dean's narrowed eyes flashed, and he added meaningfully, "You have been living by the rules all your life, but those who bully you live outside the rules, above morality and law. Now you don't have to If you worry so much anymore, you are no longer a human being. If anyone bullies you, you can retaliate fairly, as long as you do it in a concealed manner."
Not human.
Sean's relaxed body suddenly tensed up, and he didn't dare to continue the topic. He instinctively changed the subject, "By the way, Mr. Kenny, how could you just take out so much money? Elena and my family spent the entire amount." One hundred thousand dollars, I may not be able to save such a large sum of money after working for 20 years, and there is no time to pay back the money."
Dean twitched his lips and shook his head grandly, "You don't have to pay it back, I'll give it to you. For aliens like us, this money is not much. After all, someone will automatically send money to your door."
"What's the meaning?"
"I'll take you to 'make money' if I have the chance." Dean smiled, and took out a piece of more than five pounds of raw beef with blood from the space with his left hand. He took a book of information from the passenger seat with his right hand and threw it behind him. While you’re in a hurry, read the basic information on Baphomet and Midian and practice your concentration.”
"Hiss..."
Sean stuck out his tongue and stared at the beef, showing signs of going crazy again, but due to Dean's terrifying intimidation, he still maintained his human form.
"Calm down, they are all yours, but I will make a rule to stay in human form while eating."
"Hiss...roar...ok."
Dean threw the things in the back row, listening to the sound of turning books and gnawing, his attention turned to Qian Tan, and he said through his mind, "How far are you progressing in condensing your skills?"
"Seventeen percent," Qiantan answered honestly, "They are all ordinary people. No matter how excited they are, the 'nutrition' they provide is limited."
"That's not bad." Dean nodded and changed the topic, "I asked you to protect four people last night, but you missed the most important one, Sean. Your performance was disappointing. You have to accept the punishment."
"No, Master!" Qiantan immediately rolled against his trouser pocket, sobbing immaturely, like a child who had been beaten by his father, "I only have level 2 telekinesis, and with the fetish you gave me The dagger is equivalent to level 3 at most. To protect four people against a group of werewolves, I have exhausted all my strength, Master. Don’t punish me... Wuwu..."
"Don't pretend, your acting skills are very poor and you can't even cry a single tear."
"I'm sorry, I don't have any tears at all. But don't humans like to sympathize with the weak? Don't you think I'm weak?" Qian Tan's sixteen copper-colored eyes flickered, but there were no eyelashes.
"Who are you pretending to be? Forget it, I will waive the punishment this time. I will punish you twice as much next time."
"Hehe, master is the best."
…
Boston is only more than two hundred kilometers away from southern Maine, along the long lakeside between Stone Ridge and Bridgetown.
You can arrive before noon.
Dean directly asked Ying to drive.
I continued to practice the gravity method, and took out a large amount of werewolf blood collected last night, swallowed it in my mouth, activated the licking memory, and explored the origin of the werewolf's birth.
His eyes were wide open, and a large number of scattered memories of the werewolves' past lives passed through his mind.
The first born among them was originally a hunter in the elk forest. More than two months ago, while hunting in the forest, he was attacked and bitten by a black shadow.
Then within an hour, he turned into the first werewolf and started wandering in the forest, attacking other fishermen, tourists, and hunters who entered it.
The number of werewolves increased dramatically, and animals in the forest were hunted to extinction.
When the animals couldn't satisfy the werewolves' appetites, they instinctively stretched out their claws toward the train passing by on the forest railway.
Last night was their first attack, and they were wiped out by Dean.
In the memory of all the werewolves, there is basically no impression of the first transformed mother body. They only know that the other party left the Elk Forest immediately after the attack and went north.
Dean could only temporarily ignore the mother body of a werewolf that was suspected of being a nocturnal species.
But the omen specialty gave him a strong premonition that he would see this guy again sooner or later in the future.
…
When the time was approaching noon, Dean turned onto the left ramp along the highway and entered the small road between Bridgetown and Stone Ridge Town in southern Maine. The weather was getting colder and colder, and the snowflakes blowing into the car window were like ice slag. Hitting the cheek.
The falling snow was so thick that it could not be melted away, like the unfathomable still water in a quarry, and the sky was thick and unclear.
Dean relied on his two-hundred-meter-wide perspective to ensure that he would not collide with an oncoming car.
In addition, not long after driving along this road, he discovered an area that was as heavily guarded as a military base, not far from the "Shiling Town" sign. It was surrounded by barbed wire, wires, and dense guard towers. and monitor.
But at this time, under the influence of the blizzard, a pine tree fell down and crushed a telephone pole outside the high wall. The top of the telephone pole was wrapped with a bunch of hair-like wires and covered with frost.
A camouflage-colored armored vehicle was parked nearby, and several heavily armed soldiers were making emergency repairs.
"Why does this military area in Shiling Town look a bit like the National Energy Laboratory in Hawkins?" Dean's expression changed.
But he didn't explore it for the time being. This time he came mainly to look for Mrs. Carmody in Bridgetown.
Dean drove the car slowly forward into Qiaodun Town. Because the snow on the road was getting slower and slower, he simply used telekinesis to push the car against the snow and pretended to turn the steering wheel. Now, under the action of hundreds of tons of telekinesis, he pushed the car forward. The car is as easy as playing with a toy car.
Qiaodun Town is famous for its many stone bridges leading to the Chang Lake. Unfortunately, it is now the severe winter, and the lake is frozen for ten miles. For the time being, we cannot see the wonderful scenery of the stone bridges reflected in the water and people walking on the bridges, but all the buildings are complete. .
Shopping malls, pharmacies, and federal supermarkets are all large. Through the large glass walls of the supermarket, Dean can see the sparse townspeople inside.
Like squirrels, they stock up on food for the winter, and the heavy snow does not stop their enthusiasm for purchasing.
In the summer, many out-of-towners will flock to rent villas by the Changhu Lake next to Qiaodun Town to escape the summer heat, and the supermarkets will be crowded with people again.
Dean quickly parked the car next to a popular restaurant.
"We're here, man, have something to eat and then read." Dean opened the car door and walked towards the restaurant door. Sean wiped the blood from his mouth, put away the information and followed.
The information about Baphomet recorded in these materials is very basic and is not a big deal to Dean, but for a newcomer like Sean who has just entered the supernatural world, it is like seeing the mythical stories in the Bible become to reality,
He sat in the corner of the restaurant with a hint of shock on his face.
"Welcome, I'm Lucia." A blond waitress came up to her with a warm smile on her beautiful and energetic face. "You two have very strange faces. Are they tourists from out of town?"
Dean nodded, "Any good specialties to recommend?"
"You are here at the wrong time. Come from June to November, you can taste delicious and plump lobster and crab. Now, two steaks, lemon butter rainbow trout, oysters, super pie, and two cups of local wheat brewing How about the craft beer...?”
"No problem," Dean smiled and glanced at Sean, "We have big appetites. We'll have six servings of all the dishes you just mentioned. The steaks will be medium rare, but the beer will remain the same."
"OK, just a second."
Lucia had a premonition of a generous tip, smiled and swayed her plump butt, and left with windy steps.
When Sean heard the word "ripe", images of bloody meat and juices flashed through his mind. He couldn't help but swallowed, and immediately changed his attention and asked, "I have a question after reading these information, why is Midian Want to summon us 'monsters'?"
"To be honest, I don't know the exact reason. I can only guess that Baphomet needs us to help it achieve some purpose." Dean looked around. During lunch time, there were many guests dining in the hall, but they were all white people.
Perhaps because the weather in Northeastern areas like Maine is too cold, black brothers are not resistant to freezing, so they don't like to settle here.
Dean had not seen a black person since entering the state.
"Sounds very dangerous. Why do we have to send ourselves to Midian? Can't we avoid Baphomet's call?" Sean asked anxiously. When he thought of those green-faced and fanged humanoid monsters, he panicked. .
"If we don't go, other nocturnal species will come to your door sooner or later, and the consequences will be unbearable for you." Dean said solemnly, "So we go to this town first, find someone to understand the weaknesses of Midian and the nocturnal species, and do something about it. So well prepared.”
"Understood."
"Your dishes have arrived." The waitress put the steak and oysters on the table with a smile. The smile on her face suddenly froze, her red lips widened, and she looked in front of her stupidly——
Sean at the table smelled the smell of blood close at hand, his eyes glowed green, he grabbed a piece of steak on the plate with his hand, and ate it, making a slurping noise while chewing. In five seconds, everything was like a storm. Finished a steak.
He immediately reached out and grabbed the next piece.
If Dean hadn't made Sean eat a lot of flesh and blood in advance, he would have most likely returned to his terrifying snake-wolf form.
even so.
His savage and rude eating style also caused the waiter to stop on the spot, and the guests at several tables nearby cast surprised glances, calling out to God and Jesus as if they were watching a circus performance.
"Sorry, we drove all the way from Ohio. We were in a hurry and didn't eat much. It's rare to encounter such a delicious and juicy steak." Dean smiled and gave Sean a look, and the latter's eager movements suddenly changed. Xuan, "So he lost his temper a little."
Lucia covered her mouth and smiled, "I'm glad you like our food."
"By the way, Lucia...are you a local?"
"Well, a native of Qiao Pier, do you need any help?" Lucia tried her best to look away from Sean, who was enjoying a meal next to her.
"I want to ask you someone." Dean scooped out a piece of Incomparable Pie with a spoon and took a small bite. The aroma of cream, mint, and beets was mixed, but not too sweet, which perfectly suited his taste. "Meet Kamo." Mrs. Dee?"
The last information he read from William White's memory was only a general appearance, clothing, and address. The information was not detailed enough, and he couldn't search it in the dark field of his mind.
Lucia wiped her hands with her apron, her expression became strange, as if she heard some funny character,
"You mean the chubby old lady who likes to wear bright orange pantsuits, Carmody?"
"Yes, that's her. Is there anything special about her?" Dean looked into Lucia's eyes and sucked three oysters in one breath.
"Carmody is a famous person in the town. He has mastered many folk remedies and knows a lot of mysterious rumors. For example, tree sap can reduce swelling, counting the number of rings on a caterpillar in June, or measuring the thickness of a honeycomb in August. , you can predict whether this winter will be warm or cold. For example, there are monsters invisible to the human eye living in the long lake... You can come to her for treatment of any disease, because she can prescribe medicine in the name of God..." Lucia said I couldn't help but giggle, and the front of my black T-shirt rippled in a spectacular arc. It was obvious that I only regarded these folk remedies as a joke.
Dean picked up a piece of steak and gnawed it with graceful movements, without a drop of oil on the corner of his mouth, but his speed was no slower than Sean's, "So she is a doctor in Bridgetown?"
"She's half a doctor. She also opened a 'Biao Pier Antique Shop', right next to the drugstore one kilometer north of the restaurant. She sells all kinds of strange and weird things. It's open now."
Lucia took a deep breath to suppress her smile and looked at Dean sincerely to advise, "By the way, distinguished guests, please be careful that the lavish antiques Carmody mentioned are not necessarily real antiques. Take care of your wallets. "
The image of a deceitful and swindling old lady was completely formed in Dean's mind, "Kind and beautiful lady, thank you for your warning, I will remember it."
"Hiccup..." At this time, Sean across from him put down his empty beer glass and touched his round belly with satisfaction, "I'm full, man."
Dean wiped the grease from the corners of his mouth and pointed to the dozen or so bare plates on the table, "Then let's pay."
…
Not long after, Lucia took a huge tip of two hundred dollars and sent the two of them to the door of the restaurant with red eyes. She gave them the shabby Citroen. When the other party closed the car door, she almost couldn't help but give him a tip. A handsome and generous Mexican boy left a small note, but in the end he thought about his children and held back.
"Now Wanda has a birthday present."
…
"Sorry, Kenny, I ate too much," Sean said embarrassedly in the back seat of the car, "I couldn't control my thirst for flesh and blood."
"It's better to open your belly and eat more. It's better to eat beef than to eat people. And there's an old saying in the East, it's better to block things than to open them up," Dean said. "It's better to indulge your desires occasionally than to suppress them all the time."
In less than five minutes, the car saw the signboard of "Qiao Pier Antique Shop" in the distance.
Dean parked the car on the side of the road and walked over with Sean.
(End of chapter)
