Charenton Street is located on the north bank of the Seine River, in the old city in the northeast of Paris. Most of the buildings here are low-rise apartments built in the early 20th century.
Although all aspects of this street are old and dilapidated, the relatively cheap rent still attracts a large number of foreigners to rent here.
This also leads to the fact that the security on this street is much worse than that in other areas of Paris, and the crime rate remains high.
05:42.
There are many old vehicles parked on the street, making the already narrow street even more crowded, and the street lights on the sidewalk have not been extinguished.
At the alleys and street corners, you can see many homeless people in ragged clothes and covered with clothes or newspapers.
Most of them are guys who do not have legal visas and have gone bankrupt or lost their jobs for various reasons but would rather stay in Paris than return to their war-torn and impoverished homeland.
At this time.
Three black vans appeared on this street.
The speed was not fast and the engine noise was not loud, so it did not attract the attention of homeless people on the street.
Soon, three vans parked in front of a four-story apartment with house number 26.
Illegal parking.
However, at this hour, most of the Paris policemen were still sleeping soundly at home, while the policemen on duty were drinking coffee and fishing.
Unless it's an emergency homicide, no police will come to this street before ten o'clock.
"Shua~——~!" sound.
The right sliding door of the first van opened, and eight heavily armed men poured out of the vehicle.
They wear uniform black combat uniforms, body armor, armed belts and mechanical skeletons, as well as USS's iconic 'octopus head' masks.
The two groups of USS quickly distanced themselves and approached Apartment No. 26 while covering each other. One after another, they stood by in front of the main entrance of the apartment.
The first USS reported in a deep voice: "Sir, Alpha has arrived at the designated location and is requesting approval for action."
A few seconds passed.
"Yes, sir, I understand." The USS nodded slightly, then ended the communication and ordered to his subordinates:
"Group A will follow me in, and Group B will be responsible for supporting."
After saying that, Group A, where the USS belonged, entered the apartment first, followed closely by Group B.
That uss is Hank, and this 'god of death' will lead the Alpha team to control or reduce the first abnormal phenomenon.
Inside the apartment, there are light brown carpets, white walls with some peeling paint, and warm lights that are bright and dim...
In short, it is no different from a shabby apartment in a horror movie.
Hank kept a distance from the seven Alphas and carefully entered the first-floor lobby of the apartment. Group A was on guard in the left corridor, and Group B was on guard.
The Alphas noticed something strange here from the moment they entered the hall.
There is no one in the security room on the left side of the hall. The doors to all the rooms on the first floor are open, and there are some weird low noises...
"Chi-ka-!" It was like the harsh sound of fingernails deliberately scraping against the blackboard, or the sound of a knife and fork cutting on an empty plate.
The weird atmosphere made Hank and the other Alphas become more cautious, and their hands holding the guns tightened.
Observe for a moment.
Hank raised his left hand to signal to cancel the split operation, and instead the two groups inspected the left corridor together, with group A in the front and group B covering the back.
After giving the order, Hank and Group A quickly walked to the first apartment with an open door, and Group B followed closely behind to cover everyone.
Hank, standing on the far right side of the door, first signaled everyone to stand by, and he took out a small lens from his left pocket to observe the situation inside the apartment.
Through the mirror, Hank found a family of three in the apartment, 'dining' at the dining table by the window.
They are Middle Easterners, and their clothes are old. The couple is about thirty years old, and the girl is about ten years old.
But...
The couple's skin was pale and their expressions were dull. They held knives and forks in both hands and were making mechanical cutting movements on the empty plate.
The harsh sound comes from here.
As for the little girl, she was curled up on the seat, looking at her parents with a horrified look on her face, and there were two tear stains on her cheeks. Her eyes were red and she was about to fall asleep, but she didn't dare to sleep.
Seeing this, Hank frowned slightly under the mask, and even this calm 'God of Death' was a little frightened.
Adjust the mirror angle so that there is no threat within sight.
Then Hank put away the mirror and gestured for Team A to break into the first apartment in three seconds to eliminate possible threats and control the family of three.
Since he would be exposed once he acted, Hank did not give the instruction to remain silent, and then raised his left hand to count down...
Three,
Two,
One!
When the countdown reached 'one', Hank held the gun again with his left hand, and then rushed into the apartment with Team A.
Group B also came to the front door. While Group A cleared the room, Group B needed to be alert to all movements in the corridor.
"Tap!" In an instant, the heavy footsteps of military boots echoed throughout the corridor. After all, there was no carpet in the room.
"Safe!"
"Safe!"
Two alphas, who were somewhat depressed due to their 'octopus' masks, came from inside the room and reported loudly.
"Ah!!" and the little girl's uncontrollable scream.
The moment they rushed into the room, Hank and an Alpha aimed their guns at the family of three, while the other two checked the bedroom and bathroom.
A small room with one bedroom and one living room.
In just a few seconds, Group A confirmed that there was no one else in the room.
"Put your hands up! Do you hear me?! Put your hands up and lie on the ground!" Alpha, standing on Hank's left side, yelled at the family of three.
Hear the words.
The frightened little girl became behaving well after seeing the uncles rushing into the house, who looked like police officers on TV. She obediently raised her hands and left her seat, then lay down on the floor next to the dining table.
However, the girl's parents were still performing cutting movements of unknown meaning.
"Lift..."
"Okay." Seeing that the couple was not cooperating, the Alpha was about to continue shouting, but was interrupted by Hank softly.
Because the couple finally stopped cutting and turned to look at the Alpha.
This move made the Alpha tremble involuntarily.
But it's just a little hairy, not scared.
"Roar!"(x2)
Suddenly!
The couple let out a low roar, stretched out their hands, jumped out of their seats, and rushed towards the Alpha.
"Pah! Pah! Pah!"
"Plop! Plop!"
With the crisp sound of firing, the couple, who were going crazy for unknown reasons, were shot away by Hank and Alpha, and their bodies fell heavily to the ground.
"papa!mama!"
The little girl who saw her parents die for the second time ignored Alpha's previous orders and crawled and rolled from the floor to the two corpses and burst into tears.