Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

Big Beard is the owner of this restaurant.

Open every evening.

But there are always one or two robberies every month.

Don't think this is a high incidence. In fact, Big Beard has also encountered robberies for seven consecutive days in a week.

Of course, there are robberies that succeed and there are robberies that fail.

Most of the time, if the bearded man takes out the gun hidden under the cashier, the robber will run away.

The bearded man could tell where Vikali and Sam were from just by looking at them.

But you can't tell from looking at Chen Zhao.

Judging from Chen Zhao's clothes, he must be a rich man.

I just don’t understand how I get mixed up with people like Sam and Vikali.

But since they had no intention of robbery.

The bearded man was no longer as vigilant as before.

After Chen Zhao's invitation, he also sat down and chatted with Chen Zhao.

"There used to be a toll station on Seabrook Coast Highway, but it has been closed and abandoned long ago. However, vehicle drivers passing by along the way often see people in the abandoned toll station, and I have seen it before," said the bearded man. .

"I know this." Sam immediately interjected: "It is said that more than 20 years ago, that highway toll station suffered a tragic car accident. At that time, there were more than a dozen cars queuing up to pay the toll at the toll gate. As a result, one car was full. The tanker truck filled with fuel was loaded directly into the toll station. As a result, the toll station employees and a dozen waiting cars were all set on fire, and more than 30 people died."

"Well, yes, the toll station was demolished not long after, but a station entrance on the edge of the road has been preserved. The government said it was to commemorate the victims of the car accident." Big Beard said: "But there are also rumors that That place was haunted. Every time the engineering team tried to demolish it, they encountered accidents, so the station entrance was never touched again. The road was rerouted several hundred meters, but passing vehicles could still see the station. "Kou, I passed that section of road once and saw a figure at the entrance of the roadside station."

"It is said that the deceased at that toll station did not know that they were dead, so they kept wandering there."

Everyone got excited and began talking to each other about the supernatural events they had heard or experienced personally.

Of course, with Chen Zhao's vision, he can tell that most of them are fictional.

But there were still a few, and Chen Zhao couldn't tell the real ones from the fake ones.

For example, at the highway toll station, Chen Zhao couldn't tell the flaws at least.

However, Chen Zhao could not be sure whether it was true or false before personally confirming it.

After all, it is not difficult to fabricate a more realistic supernatural event.

"Boss, it's nice chatting with you." Chen Zhao picked up a burger and stood up, gave the bearded man a hundred-dollar bill, and at the same time called Sam and Vicari: "Let's go."

"Sir, if you come back tomorrow night, I will continue to tell you stories." The bearded man was very happy.

Not only did I pass the time, but I also earned tips.

When they left the restaurant, Sam and Vicari were cautious.

In fact, they wanted to get away at this time.

But Chen Zhao didn't open his mouth and let them leave, so there was nothing they could do.

"Do you have a car?" Chen Zhao asked.

"this……"

Sam and Vicari both wanted to say no.

In fact they had a little beat up car.

"I will stay in New Orleans for a while. I originally wanted to hire you for five hundred dollars a day. Since you don't have a car, forget it." After saying that, Chen Zhao turned and left: "Okay, I'm leaving. Goodbye. "

The two immediately caught up with Chen Zhao: "Yes, there is a car, we have a car."

Just kidding, even though the two of them had been robbing for several days, they couldn't get more than five hundred dollars.

Generally, every time a robbery is successful, more than tens of hundred dollars are taken away, sometimes less.

They relied on this little money to survive for a few days.

Then he ran out of money and went out to rob again.

Their daily life is basically like this.

And it doesn't work every time.

Now Chen Zhao wants to hire them.

And five hundred dollars a day.

This one is much easier than their robbery.

The risk is also much lower.

"Sir, what do you want us to do?"

"I want to visit the places where you mentioned the supernatural events."

Sam and Vicari looked at each other.

What on earth is this rich man going to do?

But this matter is not difficult at all.

Originally, they thought that Chen Zhao wanted them to do something high-risk.

I didn't expect this to happen.

They already regard Chen Zhao as a rich man looking for excitement.

That's all, they have nothing to hesitate about.

Soon, Sam and Vicari took Chen Zhao into the car.

The first place they went was the Seabrook Coast Road.

After half an hour's drive, we arrived at our destination.

Sam parked the car on the side of the road and looked at a guard box dozens of meters away.

"That is the original toll station."

Chen Zhao sat in the car and looked at the abandoned toll station from a distance.

Sure enough, there was an unusual smell.

"Sir, do you want to come over and take a look?"

"No, let's go to the next place." Chen Zhao said.

With Chen Zhao's eyesight, he could tell whether there were any supernatural events at a glance.

There are unusual aura fluctuations in this place, which cannot escape Chen Zhao's vision.

Sam and Vicari didn't know what Chen Zhao was planning.

But now that Chen Zhao is their employer, they naturally listen to Chen Zhao.

Then the two of them drove again and took Chen Zhao to visit many places.

Almost one-third of the places where supernatural events actually occur.

"Is there any place you haven't been to yet?"

"Sir, we've all been there." Sam and Vicari said.

"By the way, I remember a few days ago, one of our friends said that something happened at his girlfriend's house, and her girlfriend's family went crazy. Except for his girlfriend who was with him at the time, nothing happened. The police reported that they were mistaken. He ate poisonous hallucinogenic food, but his girlfriend doesn’t seem to be normal these days, and she doesn’t dare to go home recently.”

"Do you know where his girlfriend lives?"

"Know."

"Then go and have a look."

Half an hour later, the car stopped outside a single-family apartment in a community.

There was a faint light on the room and the curtains were drawn.

"That's strange, is there anyone else living in the house?"

"Could it be Banka's girlfriend who has returned home?"

"Didn't I hear that his girlfriend has been living with him recently?"

Chen Zhao felt that there were two evil spirits in the house, and they were very vicious evil spirits.

And what Sam and Vicari saw weren't lights.

But a real will-o'-the-wisp!

However, Chen Zhao has no plans to slay demons for the time being.

No one lives in this house anyway.

"I'll give you a task." Chen Zhao said: "Sam, starting from tomorrow, wait outside this house to see if anyone comes to this house. If a stranger comes in and out of this house, remember to follow that person. , Vicari, you go to the Seabrook Coast Highway toll station for surveillance, the same thing, this is one thousand dollars, your reward for today, now send me back to the hotel."