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“…At 31:330 p.m. yesterday, Ibrahim Karain, known as the ‘miracle survivor’, died of multiple organ failure in St. Barkla Hospital. This means that the number of victims of the Blue Diamond Crown Hotel bombing has risen to [-] seven people... The Department of Homeland Security has not found similar threats in other areas... County Sheriff's Department officials said they are doing their best to hunt down the murderer of this tragic bombing... There is no evidence that the bombing is linked to a serial killer. The deer have a connection..."

Calvin turned off the dilapidated TV in the motel, and the news, which was mixed with intermittent electric sounds and strange screen flashes, stopped abruptly, but followed by an almost deathly silence that quickly filled the entire room.

Well, or the word "quiet" isn't particularly appropriate.There are still many other sounds here, and the building built 30 years ago can't provide good sound insulation.

The noise outside the window (mostly from the group of children yelling in the swimming pool), the sound of men and women in the next room making further physical contact, and the feeble humming of the air conditioner in the room...these sounds were mixed together, A comparison was formed.

Contrasted with another level of solemnity and dead silence.

Calvin sat on the sofa expressionlessly, staring at the blank TV screen for a while.

Then he got up and moved to the window.

Reed was not in the room. Half an hour ago, he tenderly kissed Calvin on the forehead and said that he needed to go out to do some small things. Calvin guessed that he was preparing for the subsequent escape of the two.

Oh, by the way, Reed's leg injury has healed dramatically, he's healed a little unreasonably fast, just like Calvin's wings.

Many new feathers have grown on Calvin's wings, and each feather is as white and soft as before. If it is aimed at the sun at a certain angle, a layer of iridescence like mother-of-pearl will appear on the surface of the feathers. And Calvin didn't know if it was his own illusion, he always felt that his wings seemed to get bigger after the new feathers grew out.

Calvin would rather believe that this is all because of Fogg, of course, there may be other explanations, but Calvin refuses to go into too much lest it drive him crazy.

He touched his shoulder unconsciously, and with a single thought, the airflow in the room moved slightly, and Calvin's fingertips touched the smooth surface of the feathers——after experiencing this burn, Calvin found that he was very fond of the wings. The control power has increased a lot.

At this moment, someone knocked on the door, two times, a pause, then two more times.

Calvin opened the door, and a man turned sideways and slid in through the narrow opening.

"There is a reservoir not far from here. There is a very nice holiday house next to it, but during this period of time because of the bombing, many people have checked out early and left. I got to know the lovely lady All of a sudden, she said she would give me a discount if I wanted to."

The visitor smiled and said to Calvin.

He had very normal brown curly hair and a pair of rather ugly old-fashioned tortoiseshell glasses underneath.He filled in his forehead and cheeks, and painted tan marks on the tip of his nose and ears.

And the most frightening thing was probably the flowered shirt made in Vietnam on his body. The skin exposed by the neckline was glowing red, and it suddenly looked like it had been baptized by the sun.

No matter which direction you look at, Reid looks like the most ordinary beachgoer.

"I told the lady I'd just come back from the seaside... well, my vacation was pretty much ruined by the bombing of the Blue Diamond Crown Hotel. But I really didn't want to just run back to that lifeless concrete city and Just looking for a quieter place to spend the rest of my vacation. And most importantly, I've hooked up with the 'young' 'shy' and good-hearted beauty next door to me. I'm with him , and that friend who got in the way and needed rehab felt like we could do it together. So I really appreciated her discount, and then I took that vacation home by the lake..."

Looking at Reed like this, Calvin crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows.

"Young, shy, and kind? Is that what you think of me?"

He made a little joke.

Reed's smile deepened.

Yes, since his injury was almost healed, he had invented a person who was completely different from the original image.

A bored hipster network engineer or something.Reed popped out of the motel window and got himself a room under his new identity.With his masterful performance, for the guests and the operators of this motel, there are three people living in the two houses.

Calvin and his car accident friend who needs rehabilitation, and an outsider who obviously has a crush on Calvin.

"In order to confuse those possible investigators, you have spent a lot of effort." Calvin stared at Reed's makeup and smiled wryly. No matter how many times he looked at it, he would never be able to adapt to Reed's vulgar and ugly face.

"Two men walking together are a bit too conspicuous no matter where they are. Especially when they don't look for other women." Reed shrugged, "And the homosexual identity may be able to cover it up a bit, but those people also It can be imagined that maybe this is just a pretense. In theory, like me and you... 'fugitives' will not allow outsiders to contact."

"Thinking it all together, if someone really finds out here, they won't immediately think that the three entangled men are the ones they are looking for. I know all of this, and you explained it, but you It still looks ugly."

Calvin took over from Reed.

"Hey, I already said that this is not the best way." Reed muttered childishly, and then he took a deep look at Calvin.

"I refuse." Calvin replied coldly.

I don't know when it started, there is a wonderful tacit understanding between him and Reed, and they can know some of each other's thoughts even without words.For example, before Reid spoke, Calvin directly rejected the proposal to pretend to be a woman.

"it's a pity."

Reid said with feigned frustration.

"Then I have no choice but to maintain this stupid persona, and you have to continue to endure my ugly face—" Reed pointed to his own face and said quickly, "Okay, don't look at it like that Look at me, I'm going to get the keys and the rental car now, and maybe the two of us can get out of this damn motel tonight if all goes well."

Calvin looked at the re-closed door after Reed left, and he couldn't help but sigh——

Although Reed has always acted relaxed and comfortable in front of him, Calvin is actually well aware of how grim the reality is.The bombing of the Blue Diamond Crown Hotel forced almost everyone's attention to the seaside resort city.

And everyone who entered and exited that hotel, including the nonexistent "Mr. R", will be tracked and investigated in detail.

Calvin couldn't imagine what would happen to him and Reed once the trail of the two of them was caught.You know that before that big explosion, he and Reed had easily made a very small explosion.

And then, there's the explosion itself...

That fire seemed to be able to burn the whole world.

All that made Calvin uneasy.Although it sounds absurd, Calvin has heard someone whispering in his ear more than once in nightmares that he will dedicate the burning city and the world to him.

【"Burn them all—"】

At this moment, a lifeless voice came from behind Calvin.

Calvin's body stopped suddenly, and the muscles in the corners of his eyes twitched slightly.

He heard the drizzling, sticky and wet sound, the sound of blood, and the sound of rotting flesh moving.