Jimmy didn't sleep for too long. He woke up before dawn. However, he didn't wake up naturally, but because he suddenly had heart palpitations and was awakened.
Before he reached out to turn on the light, Jimmy reached out to get the revolver from under the pillow, opened his mind and observed the surroundings. He had already observed the structure inside the house when he moved in. His travel bag and tool box were all placed there. Beside the bed, I looked carefully at other parts and found nothing wrong.
Jimmy sat up from the bed and looked over the wall at the neighbors on the left and right. There seemed to be nothing unusual. Someone could be seen lying on the bed, and there was no one else in the house.
I didn't see anyone moving in the corridor outside. It's strange. What's going on with this palpitating feeling?
Jimmy reached out and turned on the bedside lamp. For safety reasons, he first took his clothes and pants and put them on. Then he started to move slowly around the house, checking his things and making sure that the toolbox and travel bag were in the same place as they were put in the house. Nothing unusual.
Jimmy stood by the bed and frowned. He glanced at the watch on the bedside. It was only 2 o'clock in the morning. What was going on? This was the first time in a long time that Jimmy woke up with heart palpitations. He had never had this before.
After confirming that there was nothing wrong with the surrounding rooms and corridors, Jimmy turned around and sat on the bed, his eyes darting from side to side. He continued to check the surrounding area. After waiting for a few minutes, he still didn't see anything unusual. Jimmy gave up and withdrew his thoughts. He didn't If you're ready to sleep naked, just lean against the bed and take a rest.
The first time he had palpitations, he was still a little panicked. He had heard of this kind of sixth sense feeling before. Usually something happened and it was closely related to him, such as something was going to happen to him or a relative had something. What's the matter, but in this world, I no longer have any relatives, so something is going to happen to me?
Jimmy didn't turn off the light, and kept holding the revolver in his right hand. He was thinking about what could be related to him that gave him this sixth sense. He couldn't think of anything. He reached out and turned off the bedside lamp, turning it on at night. The lights look too unusual from the outside.
After leaning against the head of the bed and squinting for a while, Jimmy opened his eyes again. There was something on his mind, and he couldn't even squint for a while. His mind couldn't calm down. Jimmy once again activated his mental eyes to observe his surroundings. It was still the same. It had been more than ten minutes since he woke up with heart palpitations, but nothing unusual had been found. However, this normality made Jimmy more and more nervous.
His spirit gradually became tense, and Jimmy finally couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up and turned on the light, took out the body armor from his travel bag and put it on, hung the FBI badge around his neck, held the revolver in his right hand, and 6 bullets in his left hand. Open the door and look outside.
At about 3 o'clock in the morning, there were no street lights except for the motel sign and a light at the door. The weather was not very good today, the clouds were thick, and the moonlight did not illuminate much of the place.
Jimmy tried his best to look outside, but there was nothing unusual. It seemed that he was too nervous. Even if something happened, it probably wasn't here. Nothing happened for nearly an hour, so it should be nothing.
Jimmy retreated to the house, closed the door, hung up the safety lock, put on his body armor and lay directly on the bed, turned off the lights and continued to rest.
At dawn in the morning, the sound of cars on the road woke Jimmy up. He got up and looked at the room. Everything was normal. It seemed that his work at night was in vain. He shook his head, took off his body armor and went to the bathroom to clean up.
After sorting it out, Jimmy moved everything into the trunk of the Crown Victoria as if moving. It was not that he planned to check out, but he was worried and had to take it with him.
First, he went to a nearby restaurant to buy a burger and a cup of coffee. Jimmy stood by the car to finish eating, and then went into the restaurant again to pack a lunch. Today’s plan is to check all the remaining crime sites, in order to save worry and avoid After running back and forth to waste time, Jimmy decided to have a picnic directly by the river at noon.
I drove to the edge of the Red River, where the second case occurred. However, a few months later, even the boat was taken away, and there was nothing left here.
Jimmy looked around as usual and could see that there were many people here. There were many traces of bonfires by the river. It seemed that there were many people coming here for camping and leisure this summer, but nothing happened to them.
Looking at the Red River in front of him, Jimmy couldn't help but regret that he hadn't thought about it before coming. It would be great if he brought a fishing rod with him. The environment here is very suitable for fishing to kill time.
Arriving at the location of the third case, the same process was followed, but nothing was found underground. Jimmy stood here and looked around. From the position of the third case, the positions of the previous two cases could be seen. Jimmy suddenly felt that there seemed to be something wrong with this angle.
Taking a branch, Jimmy drew a map of the terrain and the location of the case on the ground. He always felt awkward. He seemed to have some ideas but couldn't explain them.
Clapping his hands, Jimmy stood up, got back in the car, and drove back to the town police station.
Jimmy: "Chief Inspector, do you have a map of the area? The scale should be more accurate."
Cha De looked at Jimmy who was rushing back after a long journey. He thought he had gone to the scene to investigate. Even though he was wearing jeans, he could still see the dirt on his pants.
Cha nodded and took out a town map from the cabinet next to him. Jimmy took the map to the empty table in the hall, took out three bullets from his pocket and placed them at the crime scene. It can be seen from this accurate map that The relationship between these three points is revealed. Except for the second incident on the river bank, the other two locations seem to be about the same distance from the river. Because the Red River has a corner here, it has not been discovered before. Now it matches the Lei on the map. He stretched out his hand and gestured at the corner of the De River. The distance between the two locations and the corner of the river was basically the same.
According to this distance, Jimmy also gestured towards the woods on the right, took another bullet and placed it in a position in the woods.
Jimmy yelled, "Sheriff, please."
Chad came out of the office and walked next to Jimmy.
Jimmy: "Look at this location. Did the person who disappeared in the woods in the fourth case disappear here?"
Cha De looked at it and shook his head: "Akins, the missing person is from our town, his name is Akins. I didn't mark the location of his wooden house before. This needs to be checked on site, but it is true In this woods.”
Jimmy nodded, he put away the bullets on the map, "Let's go to this place in the afternoon to confirm." Chad nodded and returned to his office.
Jimmy went out and took out the lunch he had prepared for camping in the car. After eating it in the police station, he sat on the chair and squinted. There are only three people in the police station. Zha De is stationed at the police station, and the other two people take turns patrolling, so Jimmy has not seen other police officers in the past two days.
While squinting, someone came in from outside, "Who are you?"
Jimmy opened his eyes and sat up straight, "FBI agent Jimmy Young, you must be Nora."
Policewoman Nora nodded and turned around to go to Chad's office. Jimmy was awakened and stopped squinting. He got up and went to the nearby bathroom to handle some personal matters and wash his face. When he came out, he found that Chad and Nora were already standing there. Beside his desk.
Jimmy: "Chief Inspector, what's going on?"
Chad: "This is Nora. Let's go investigate the wooden house in the woods together in the afternoon. How are you preparing?"
Jimmy: "Ready to go."
Chad: "Then let's go now."
The three of them went out and drove three cars to the woods along the dirt road north of the town. The woods were not too large. They stopped the car on the edge and checked the direction. The three of them entered the woods directly. After walking for more than ten meters, they saw a place where wood was being collected. A clearing has been cut, and a frame has been erected on a large tree. This is the tree house that the missing Aikins is building.
Jimmy walked around the tree house and began to observe the surrounding environment with his inner eye. Because the specific location of Akins' disappearance was unclear, the area that Jimmy needed to explore was relatively large. After an hour, Jimmy finally left the woods. , however he didn't find anything unusual.
Jimmy came out of the woods and compared the distances around him. He took out the map from the car and remarked the location of the tree house on it. It was about the same distance from Red River as the other two cases, but because he used his hand There is a lot of error in the distance of the gesture.
Looking at the map, Jimmy scratched his head a little. After thinking about it, he called Agent Lei.
Ray: "Jimmy, what's the matter?"
Jimmy: "Ray, I want to ask, can you apply for aerial photos?"
Lei was silent. What's going on? What case is Jimmy working on that requires the use of aerial photos?
Ray: "Why?"
Jimmy: "I am dealing with several related disappearance cases, but there is no complete map of the terrain here. I need to take photos from the air to determine the terrain here."
Lei: "I'll call you later." After saying that, Lei hung up the phone and immediately dialed Supervisor Lambert's number.
The two chatted for a while, but Lambert didn't refuse and made arrangements directly.
Ray dialed Jimmy's number again, "Lambert agrees, please give me the coordinates."
Jimmy: "Great, thanks, Ray. By the way, how long does it take to take aerial photos?"
Lei: "If it's urgent, just a few hours."
Jimmy: "OK, I'm in Tata Town on the state line. Take the photos and have them send them to the Tata Town police station."
Ray: "I know."
Jimmy called Cha De and they returned to the police station together. In fact, there was nothing gained from the on-site investigation. Jimmy had carefully checked all the woods. If there was anything special, he would definitely find it. However, neither Cha De nor Jimmy found anything. Discover.
Jimmy is now waiting for aerial photos to confirm his judgment. This is probably not an ordinary disappearance case, but a supernatural case.
By the evening, there was still no contact, and Jimmy was too lazy to wait any longer, so he left the police station directly and went to the restaurant to finish his meal. Near the end, a police motorcycle came to Tata Town with lights and sirens on. Jimmy glanced through the window and didn't pay attention. Soon his phone rang.
When Jimmy returned to the police station, it turned out that the police motorcycle was here to deliver photos. The aerial photos had been developed and packed in a cylinder. After Jimmy signed for them, the policeman on the motorcycle turned around and returned.
Jimmy returned to his desk, opened the cylinder, and took out more than a dozen photos. Based on the coordinates Jimmy reported, he took a circle of several hundred meters around his coordinates.
After laying out the photos on the table, combine them according to the terrain, cut off some excess parts, and piece together a complete map.
Jimmy looked at the photos. He took photos of the small lake in the north of the town, the Red River, and the woods on both sides. He compared the terrain with the map he found. The map he found was not accurate and still had deviations.
Jimmy asked Officer Nora to borrow some red wire. This kind of red wire is used when measuring ballistic trajectories. The police department has a lot of it. He fixed the photos on the table with thumbtacks, marked the place where the crime occurred, and then wrapped it with red thread. Jimmy took a ruler to measure the distance from the crime scene to the Red River, and finally determined that except for the case on the river bank, the other The locations of the three cases are basically the same distance from Red River, and according to the time, the location of the fourth case where Aikins disappeared is the farthest, but the distance difference is not big.
In addition, I don’t know if it is a problem with the aerial photos. Jimmy found that the color of the plants near the Red River is a little greener than the ones far away. You can’t tell if you just look at the river. If compared with other areas in the north of Tata Town far away from the Red River, , it looks very abnormal here.
Following the color difference of the green plants in the photo, Jimmy drew a new picture. Although it was not a circle, it could still be seen as a roughly regular fan shape, and the center of the circle was the corner of Red River.
Jimmy put the pen on the photo, sat in his chair and began to sigh.
It’s over, this case is over. This aerial photo has completely verified Jimmy’s idea. These cases are probably supernatural cases. Judging from the scope that has been drawn now, there is definitely something special about the corner of Red River. Troublesome stuff.
It would be better if there were aerial photos taken a few months ago for comparison, but unfortunately, there is no such condition.
Jimmy looked at the police station and found that he hadn't gone back yet, probably because Jimmy was still there. Jimmy picked up the phone and dialed Agent Lei again.
Ray: "Jimmy, have you received the photo?"
Jimmy: "Yeah, got it, thanks, Ray."
Lei: "That's good. Is there anything else?"
Jimmy: "One more small request. Can you help me check if there are any previous satellite photos here in Tata Town?"
Ray: “Aren’t aerial photos enough?”
Jimmy: "I just wanted to make a comparison. There must have been no aerial photos before. For comparison, satellite photos should be easier."
Lei: "I'll check it out, but I don't have much hope. It's too remote over there."
Jimmy: "Thanks, Ray."
Ray was also unlucky. He was recovering at home and still couldn't escape being tortured by Jimmy. He sighed and asked his family to bring over the laptop. He had enough permissions to check some information. Jimmy was not an agent in the Dallas office and did not have an account to use. .
Jimmy tidied up, said hello to Sheriff Chad, left the police station and returned to the motel.
After packing up his equipment, Jimmy sat on the bed, leaned against the bedside and began to think, and finally decided to call Roland. Fortunately, he exchanged phone numbers when he went to see Roland last time, otherwise he would have to drive again. .
Roland: "This is Idris."
Jimmy: "Roland, this is Jimmy."
Roland: "Jimmy, what's the matter?"
Jimmy: "Well, I need your help. I'm near the border of Texas and Oklahoma. There are several missing cases here, but according to the existing clues, there should be a supernatural case happening here."
Roland: "Devil?"
Jimmy: "It's not clear yet. We can only determine the center point of the supernatural incident."
Roland: "Jimmy, you can't rely on others for help with everything. Try to handle it yourself. Remember what we said? Your Shining should be able to do it."
Jimmy was speechless. He couldn't handle this kind of case independently for the first time.
Jimmy: "But I still don't know what's going on here."
Roland: "If you are in danger, call for official support. Your FBI has its own team that specializes in handling such incidents."
Jimmy: "Okay, I'll give it a try first. Goodbye, Roland."
Roland: "Goodbye."
Roland hung up the phone and looked at the abandoned house in front of him. He hadn't been here for a long time. The last time he came to this world from the Dark Tower world was with Jack Chambers.
Putting away the phone, Roland adjusted his windbreaker and gun holster, and walked into the house that had been abandoned for many years.
Jimmy hung up the phone and took out a map from his briefcase. Although he found that the map given by the Sheriff was not accurate, Jimmy still drew a circle on it with the abnormal range found in the photo. Looking at the map carefully, Jimmy still felt Decided to go to the corner of Red River during the day tomorrow to have a look.
After locking the door, Jimmy went to take a shower, lay in bed early, and watched TV while waiting for sleep.
In the middle of the night, Jimmy was woken up again. He still had the same feeling of heart palpitations. This time Jimmy had experience. He picked up the revolver from under the pillow and used his inner eye to explore the surrounding environment. Still nothing was found. The room next to him and the corridor in front were still quiet. Nothing unusual.
Jimmy stood up and sat up, recalling his position, then looked north. During the day, it was basically confirmed that a supernatural case occurred here, so the current heart palpitations can be explained. The thing causing the heart palpitations should be at the corner of Red River in the north.
(End of chapter)
