What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Chapter 54 Training in the Cafe (Part 1)

Going to the branch office to do business, Xiang Kun didn't run any further, and arrived at the branch office around 10:30.

Officer Chen was away, so he arranged for a civilian colleague to take him to sign the documents.

The signing process was actually very fast, less than 3 minutes in total, and then the money came in, and it was confirmed on the online banking immediately, the whole amount was 20,000 yuan, and it was tax-free.

However, before signing the documents, Xiang Kun waited in the branch office for more than 20 minutes, but he didn't feel bored or difficult. Instead, he hoped that Officer Chen's colleague could keep busy with his work and let him wait a little longer. .

Because in these twenty minutes, Xiang Kun used his sense of hearing and smell to "explore" the building he was in.

From the conversation between the police officers, it was known that a group of drug addicts were arrested last night, and from those people, Xiang Kun smelled something different from ordinary people.

Some smell like a special burnt smell, and some smell like a metallic smell mixed with sweaty smell, which seems to be a unique smell for DU smokers.

Some people also seem to be sick, and there are some special smells of human hormones on their bodies.

Some were wounded and smelled of blood.

There are also some people who seem to be addicted to drugs, with all kinds of smells all over their bodies becoming stronger, with runny noses and tears, and talking nonsense.

Through the collection of these scents, it can better help Xiang Kun to identify other people's behavior and identity by smell.

He even thought about distinguishing the unique smell of the police, but later found that it didn't seem easy. It can only be distinguished from the uniforms on some of the policemen, and those uniforms have a hint of the same type. But if they're wearing plain clothes, it's hard to tell.

He did smell the peculiar smell of a pistol, but in most cases, the police seemed to be unfit for guns. Just like Li Sheng who met on the road that day, even though he belonged to the criminal police team, he didn't carry a gun when he went out privately in plain clothes.

Xiang Kun thought that it might be possible to identify it by the special smell on the handcuffs or documents, but first he had to take a handcuff or document as a source of smell, put it under his nose and carefully collect the special smell that could be used as a distinguishing feature.

He also tried to eavesdrop on the police's interrogation, but the problem was that the interrogation room had better sound insulation. It seemed that the walls were made of soft materials, which had strong sound absorption. It was difficult to hear the content unless he ran outside the interrogation room.

If he could stay in the branch office for a few more hours, Xiang Kun felt that he would be able to collect more smell and sound information, and he might even get a handcuff or ID to smell while others were not paying attention—of course , This is to think about it, he would not really do it for such an unnecessary risk - besides, if this picture is seen by others, he will definitely think he is a pervert...

Walking out of the gate of the sub-bureau, Xiang Kun turned his head, squinted his eyes, looked over the huge national emblem, and over the eight words "Justice, Integrity, Loyalty for the People" on the building, and looked at the "hidden" on the roof, showing half of his face, bright An unbearable sun.

After the mutation, he instinctively rejected sunlight, and his body functions were greatly suppressed after sunrise. He also speculated before whether it had something to do with the increase in temperature after sunrise. But the problem is that even if he hides in an air-conditioned room at 18°C, the subjective feeling is much better, but the suppression of various functions still exists and has not improved, so he feels that the temperature may not be the key point.

But just now at the branch, he heard several policemen talking about a DU addict who was burned when he was arrested and sent to the hospital.

He suddenly remembered that the recovery speed of his burns and broken bones was much slower than that of cuts.

It stands to reason that it is normal for bone wounds to recover slower than flesh wounds, but if burns and knife wounds have the same area of ​​injury, the recovery speed should not be so different.

Xiang Kun suddenly had an idea just now, maybe the reason why burns heal slower than cuts is because those parts injured by high temperature,

The temperature continues to rise, so the body's ability to recover is inhibited?

The recovery speed suppression of about 20% is exactly the same as the suppression of the recovery speed of knife wounds after sunrise?

It is also very easy to prove this point, just do an experiment, cut off all the burned skin and flesh after the burn, and see the recovery speed.

However, this experiment still has to wait until sunset.

After leaving the branch office, Xiang Kun didn't go home right away. He took out his phone and searched. He found a coffee shop 3.7 kilometers away and walked over.

After Xiang Kun ordered a glass of Americano, he found an inconspicuous place in the corner of the first floor, but had a good view and sat down.

Naturally, he didn't come here to drink coffee when he was too idle. Although black coffee would take about half an hour to vomit, it was also not his best drink—other than blood, his best drink was water.

He came to this coffee shop to continue the unfinished work at the branch office, to observe and analyze people with senses such as hearing and smell, and to obtain useful information.

This is also a targeted training, training the practical application of hearing and smell.

It's like a person with top physical fitness needs a lot of training to become a professional player or boxer.

Xiang Kun's vision, hearing, and smell are far superior to ordinary people, but to fully develop his abilities, he still needs various training.

The training he did before on the street, in the mountains, on the balcony of his house was one part, and the training he was doing now was another part.

The reason for choosing a coffee shop is that the coffee shop is a semi-enclosed space, which is not easily disturbed by external sounds and smells, and the smells and sounds inside are not easy to escape and are easier to perceive.

Second, people who come to the coffee shop will usually stay for a certain period of time, giving him time to observe, perceive and analyze.

It is now 11:33 in the morning, and there are not many people in the coffee shop. Except for the three waiters, two men and one woman, there are only three people on the first floor, and all three are women.

Initially, the purpose of training is to judge their occupations.

Today is Monday, judging by the amount of drinks left on the tables of these three people and the degree of melting of the ice cubes in the cups, they have been here for at least 20 minutes. Most of these three people are engaged in occupations that do not have to be on duty, or Simply like Xiang Kun, he has no occupation for the time being.

Two of the women sat together, apparently knowing each other.

The one sitting on the couch is code-named female 1, and the one sitting on a separate sofa is code-named female 2.

Female 2 turned her back to Xiang Kun and held her phone horizontally. He judged from the screen on the corner of the phone that she should be playing a game of eating chicken.

And the female 1 sitting on the couch looks like she is in her twenties. From time to time, she picks up a selfie and takes two selfies. She seems to be sending a WeChat message, and soon the sound of opening the Douyin video comes from the mobile phone.

The perfumes on the two women are very strong, but the woman 2 has the smell of body wash, and after passing through the perfume of woman 1, she can still smell the sweat on her body. Judging from the sour smell of sweat, yesterday There should be no bath before going to bed at night.

The makeup powder on Female 1's face is very thick, but it still can't cover the haggard face and bloodshot eyes. It should be because she often stays up late and has a disordered work and rest.

He heard that female 2's stomach would make a slight gurgling sound every once in a while, um, the stomach is not very good.

Female 1 opened her mouth and yawned. He saw that the teeth in Female 1's mouth were yellowish and several rear molars had serious cavities. He obviously didn't pay much attention to oral hygiene. After a few seconds, he frowned. , smelling the breath of the breath when you yawn, um, vanilla latte, muffins with whipped cream, seems to have yogurt? Judging from the tone, the stomach is not very good.

Both women are in poor health, especially with a bad stomach. They should often stay up late, and their diet and work and rest are irregular.

But it should not be a nightclub, because there is no smell of alcohol or smoke.

A few minutes later, from the conversation between female 2 and female 1, Xiang Kun heard them talking about the names of several live broadcast platforms and the names of several anchors. According to this judgment, female 1 and female 2 are anchors of a certain platform, and female 1 is more famous and better mixed than female 2.

Xiang Kun withdrew his attention from female 1 and female 2, and turned his attention to female 3.

He felt that the observation of female 1 and female 2 was a bit excessive, and the collected information was redundant and inefficient.