Dark and deep sewers had always been a classic setting in horror movies.
At that moment, Luke and Selina were walking at the scene of a body dump. The dripping of water and the squeaking of rats only added to the atmosphere.
But neither of them felt anything.
After walking in silence for two minutes, Luke suddenly stopped.
In front of them was a fork.
The sewers split into three. Luke stood there for a moment and gestured to Selina, before they went down the left one.
The stench was getting lighter, and the air was a lot drier.
Looking at the dry sewers, Selina sent a message to Luke through her sunglasses. "Is this an abandoned sewer?"
Luke replied, "I think so, but someone lives here. Maybe we can find a few witnesses. "
Selina asked, "Homeless?"
Luke said with a strange expression, "Sort of."
After walking dozens of meters, they stood in front of an iron gate.
Luke glanced around and fiddled with the lock on the gate for a moment. The lock opened with a click.
Opening the gate wide enough for a person to pass, Luke and Selina walked in.
After two more turns, a dim yellow light appeared on the wall not far away.
Selina glanced at it and said, "There's surveillance. Something's wrong here."
"I don't think it's our target. It might be a witness." Luke raised his hand to tell her to calm down.
In fact, there had been a sensor on the gate that had sent out an alarm signal after it was opened, except that they couldn't hear it.
Selina's hand that was on the gun at her waist loosened a little, but she didn't close the lock again.
The two of them walked into the range of the surveillance head behind the light, and the surveillance head adjusted its angle slightly.
Luke raised his head and pulled out his badge. "We need to know more about this sewer. We'll leave after we're done. Can we talk?"
He had a standard police officer smile on his face, and those who didn't know him would find him gentle and amiable.
Selina snorted and sent a message through her sunglasses. "A woman?"
Luke simply gave her a thumbs-up behind her back, indicating that she was right. He was still smiling.
A moment later, a small iron gate on the side creaked, and a small window opened. A pair of eyes appeared. "What do you want to know?"
Selena raised an eyebrow.
The woman deliberately lowered her voice and even pinched her throat, but no matter how you looked at it, she didn't seem very old.
Luke asked, "Are you familiar with the sewers 500 meters to the east?"
"I'm not too familiar with it. I don't go there often." After a moment of silence, the female voice behind the iron door replied.
Luke smiled and reached into his pocket. A green bill appeared in his hand, and he slid it into the window. "Here's your tip. As long as there's something I'm interested in, I'll give you the other 50%. "
As soon as he finished speaking, the bill in his hand moved and was pulled in.
Selina rolled her eyes. The power of money, especially from Franklin, was not something a tramp could resist, even if the tramp was a little girl.
A moment later, the female voice said, "It is said that a few homeless people have gone missing over there. Some people even heard the howling of evil spirits. No one dares to go there now."
Luke immediately stuffed another Franklin in. "Anything else?"
The female voice fell silent again. She was shocked by the behavior of this super tycoon.
Two hundred dollars in one sentence.
She had heard that the vagabonds could get paid for providing information to others.
But the police officers were very poor. Five to ten dollars was only enough for a quick meal. How could they be so generous?
She was a little scared that this kind of money wouldn't be easy to take.
But the other voice seemed to be telling her that the young man in front of her was harmless and trustworthy.
The smile on his handsome face, in particular, reminded her of the morning sun on a beach. It was soft, bright, and clean, but not dazzling.
After hesitating for a moment, she chose to tell the truth. "As far as I know, Morey, Barrick, Madelyne, and Samel have all disappeared. They didn't disappear all at once, but every few weeks, one of them would disappear. Most people say that they changed places or died from drugs, but nobody has seen their bodies, and the police don't have any information on their deaths. "
Surprised, Selina quickly sent Luke a message. "How does she know about the police?"
Luke replied, "We'll find out soon."
As he replied, he stuffed another two Franklin's into the window. "This isn't a good place to talk. We'll meet at the fast food restaurant next to the parking lot on Beach Avenue at noon. We'll wait for you at the window on the far left. Well, it's my treat. Help yourself. "
After that, he nodded at Selina, and they turned around and left.
A few minutes after they left, the iron door opened, and a petite person stood there.
She hesitated as she looked in Luke's direction.
However, the power of the four Franklins in her hands was really too great, and she only needed to say a few words to get them. Moreover, she could still go and have a full meal.
If it had been a man with ulterior motives, she wouldn't have hesitated to turn him down.
The man had also brought a beautiful colleague with him.
It would be ridiculous to say that he had ulterior motives.
Also, Luke seemed to know what she was worried about, and had set the location at the most crowded fast food restaurant at noon.
Even if the man was a police officer, he wouldn't arrest her in front of so many people for no reason.
It wouldn't be so troublesome if he wanted to arrest her; the iron door wouldn't hold for long anyway.
After hesitating for less than a minute, she gritted her teeth and put the four hundred dollars into an iron box against the wall, before she left her nest.
…
In the fast food restaurant, Selina sucked on her hot chocolate. "What's so special about that girl?"
If he only wanted intelligence, he could've just thrown money at it. Luke wouldn't have bothered to treat the little girl to a meal if it wasn't for his own benefit.
Luke added a lot of fresh milk and two sugar cubes to his coffee. He took a sip and nodded in satisfaction.
He liked the creamy and sweet coffee. Jenny, who was a fan of black coffee, always looked at him in disdain.
In the words of the CEO, this milk tea completely suppressed the fragrance of the coffee itself and didn't have any soul.
But for Luke, whose coffee brewing skills were far superior to those of the professional maids, it didn't make any difference whether it was two hundred dollars or two dollars.
In any case, the milk and sugar were about the same.
Selina elbowed him unhappily. "Why are you keeping me in suspense? Tell me."
Luke put down his coffee cup and thought for a moment before he finally said, "She's a little special. I don't think she's an ordinary person."
Selina's eyes lit up.
The special that Luke was talking about naturally didn't mean that she was particularly beautiful or talented. His tone was clearly saying that she was different from normal humans.
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