Alien Hotel

Dusk is approaching, and the slanting sunlight spreads all the way from the end of the city, releasing streaks of pale golden light between the tall buildings like a forest - but deep in the old city surrounded by tall buildings, where the sun is hard to reach, The alley had already fallen into darkness.

The remaining moisture and slight coolness in the air seemed incompatible with the dry air outside the alley, and the ice chips that were rapidly melting and disappearing in the gaps between the bricks and stones were some kind of "evidence" that something had happened in this quiet street. Something unusual.

Several black shadows that were moving quickly crossed the gaps between the buildings in the streets and alleys. They jumped from the air as if they were weightless and landed in the corner of the alley. The edges of the black shadows trembled and quickly condensed into wolf-like shapes. Their faces were blurred. The shadows wandered and sniffed in the alley for a while, and then slowly gathered together. The leading shadow raised its head and let out a loud howl at the sky:

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"Ouch..."

"Bang!"

A stone hit the wolf shadow accurately on the head, knocking back the howling that had just begun, followed by a yell from the shadow of the building: "Shut up! You are not allowed to scream in the city - "It doesn't matter if you add 'woof' after it! Humans are not fools, no one will believe you are dogs!"

The wolves formed by the condensed phantoms immediately let out a few small grunts and retreated to the side sensibly. A slightly petite figure walked over from not far away.

It was a short-haired girl wearing a black skirt and a dark red jacket. A strand of hair on her forehead was slightly raised. She looked like she was only sixteen or seventeen years old, but her expression looked particularly calm and mature. She walked out of the shadows and walked straight After passing the wolves with their heads lowered, they saw the male body lying on the roadside.

A trace of gloom flashed across the girl's face, and she squatted down next to the body to check something, while a wolf approached from the side, conveying some information with a low and chaotic grunt.

"...Smells of rain?" The girl frowned and raised her head to look at the sky that had been clear for the past two days. Even though it was approaching dusk, the sky exposed between the high-rise buildings still looked clear and clear, without any visible signs. In the haze, only the sunshine is gradually dimming.

After a moment, she seemed to understand something. She lowered her head to confirm the horrific wound on the male corpse and muttered softly: "...Rain, heart, the smell of frogs..."

At this moment, a cell phone ringtone suddenly came from the small bag at her waist, interrupting her soliloquy - the ringtone was the opening theme of the 86 version of Journey to the West.

The short-haired girl answered the phone before the monkey did his fourth somersault.

"Hey... Oh, yes, it's me." She put the phone to her ear and waved her hand around, signaling the wolves following to take care of the scene. She stood up and walked aside, "I've already When we arrived, my wolf noticed something strange here first...he didn't catch it, so he missed it. "

The girl said, sighing, her eyes falling on the unfortunate corpse.

"It's 'rain', and the entity 'tree frog' is generated along with it, but this rain should only be a partial projection, affecting only one person... Yes, it is very unlucky, the 'rain' only falls for one person, when I arrived It has stopped, the depth here has now returned to L0, and the 'rain' has separated from the junction. "

The girl stopped. The voice coming from the phone receiver seemed to be explaining and asking something. She listened patiently for a while and then glanced at the corpse not far away.

"...Medical personnel? Send a corpse collector. How can an ordinary person survive when he encounters the 'Hyla Frog' alone? His heart is gone... Tsk, I'm here to guard you. Don't forget to calculate the overtime fees separately."

The nagging voice of a middle-aged leader came from the mobile phone, but the girl lost her patience, agreed casually and hung up the phone.

Then she sighed again, stepped back, raised her hand to call a wolf that was standing guard next to her, and lay down on the ground. She sat directly on the wolf, supported her chin with her hands and looked at Yu Sheng's body.

"Unlucky guy, I don't know if he has any family, he died here alone... Oh, let me stay with you for a while... It's cold to die in the rain, right? It's a pity that I'm not the match seller, otherwise It will keep you warm enough to hit the road..."

The girl whispered to herself, patiently waiting for the arrival of the closing team. After a while, she heard the roar of an engine coming from the direction of the intersection dozens of meters away - the sound was like an earthquake. The mountain shook, as if a heavy armored vehicle was dragging a container behind it and burning firewood all the way over the ten speed bumps. Even the wolf under her butt was startled by the movement and almost jumped - but on her body The person sitting did not jump.

Then the girl looked around and saw a large van creaking towards the intersection. When it passed the speed bump, it was trembling like the Soviet Union in 1991.

The girl stood up from the wolf's back unhurriedly, and watched expressionlessly as the large van passed the speed bump, turned off the engine, and then jumped out of the car. Several people were wearing black tactical suits and a full set of high-tech equipment, armed to the back molars. The strong man started pushing the cart from behind...

Another middle-aged man with a dark complexion and a strong body wearing a brown coat got out of the car, followed by a young woman wearing a white dress and with brown shawl hair. The two looked back helplessly at the person pushing the car. The team members of the car took one look and turned around and walked this way.

When the two of them got closer, the short-haired girl couldn't help but murmured: "Seriously, can't your second team apply for a car change with the above? The Secret Service shouldn't be so embarrassed... I think any of your team members would have it. The equipment is enough to replace this broken car. "

"Shh!" The sturdy middle-aged man quickly waved his hand when he heard this, lowered his voice and looked back at the stalled car and the subordinates pushing the cart, "Don't talk nonsense... you don't understand the situation. Our Secret Service is in a special situation. This The car is not in good condition today, so it is absolutely impossible to replace it..."

"Sure enough, big organizations have a lot of troubles," the short-haired girl curled her lips, obviously not very interested in this topic, and then turned to look at the petite lady in a white dress who came with her, "Good afternoon, Dr. Lin ,haven't seen you for a long time."

"It's time to say have a good evening, 'Little Red Riding Hood'," the woman in the white dress known as Dr. Lin smiled faintly. Her lips were very thin, showing restraint and restraint. "How is the injury last time?"

"Okay, that's almost it." The short-haired girl known as Little Red Riding Hood flexed her right wrist, "You know, wolves generally have stronger recovery abilities..."

"Humans have the strongest ability to recover - it's just that humans are always very resistant to injury." Dr. Lin corrected him seriously.

"...Oh," the short-haired girl said casually, then changed the topic to the corpse on the ground, "Let's take a look here first. The victim is a male. He looks to be in his twenties. His heart was removed by a tree frog. Yes, the time of death was about two hours ago. I haven’t searched him yet, so I’m not sure if he had his ID with him... Yes, in order to protect the scene.”

As she spoke, she glanced at Dr. Lin doubtfully: "Come here...do you plan to treat this? Can this be cured as well?"

"No, I'm not a god," Dr. Lin shook his head and spoke while bending down towards Yu Sheng's body, "I just came here to take a look. This place is very close to my home..."

She checked the body for a while. In addition to confirming the wounds, she also confirmed the deceased's belongings and found the identity document.

"The deceased's name is 'Yu Sheng', he is twenty-four years old, and his registered address is No. 66 Wutong Road, Old City." She looked at the thin card representing her identity and said while comparing the appearance of the deceased, "Captain Song, You can use the bureau’s equipment to check later and see if you can contact his family.”

The sturdy middle-aged man on the side hummed, and at the same time glanced at the ID card in Dr. Lin's hand, and couldn't help but frown: "Why is the photo on it so blurry?"

Upon hearing this, "Little Red Riding Hood" also came over curiously and looked at the ID card found on the deceased.

I just saw that the portrait part on the document seemed to be covered with a layer of gray and black stains, and the entire face was obscured, making it impossible to see the details.

Dr. Lin rubbed the stains with his fingers and found that they could not be wiped clean at all. The stains were stronger than expected and almost covered the document.

"I can't even see the name clearly," Little Red Riding Hood muttered, "I can't even see the ID number. You can only take it back and use the machine to read the chip..."

The middle-aged man known as "Captain Song" sighed helplessly, nodded, looked at the pile of wreckage on the ground, and said with some regret: "It's a pity, if only the victim's identity document could be found... There are too few clues now.”

Dr. Lin also nodded regretfully, looking at the blood stains on the ground that had been washed away by the rain to the point where traces were almost invisible: "...even the body was not left, so it is difficult to find out what happened at that time."

Little Red Riding Hood listened to the conversation between the two people and seemed to be thinking about something quietly. Then she suddenly raised her head and looked at the woman in the white dress beside her: "Doctor Lin, good evening."

"Good evening, Little Red Riding Hood," Dr. Lin smiled and greeted the short-haired girl, "How is the patrol going?"

Little Red Riding Hood looked around and reached out to stroke the head of the wolf closest to her: "It rained here, and there may have been physical 'tree frogs', but there should be no victims."

Dr. Lin looked relieved: "That's okay."

The sound of the engine starting came from not far away, and the tattered large van started up with a loud noise. Then the sound of the engine gradually became calmer - several armed operators who had been pushing the truck gasped and walked around from behind the car. Come here, the leader walks towards this side: "Captain Song, the car has started, let's..."

The sturdy middle-aged man known as Captain Song nodded and walked towards his team members.

"Okay, let's go back to the bureau. By the way, don't forget to take Dr. Lin with you."