American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 133 Meat Factory

Early the next morning, Roy drove his Chevrolet Camaro to find Saltana.

Saltana's reinstatement was faster than Roy had imagined. He originally thought it would take a few days, but just two or three days after the succubus incident, the elder sister was successfully reinstated.

He was also transferred to the Los Angeles branch of the California FEA and became an agent under Gerald.

It is estimated that Gerald is really short of manpower. After all, the succubus Adela invaded the FEA underground base and took control of nearly half of the agents.

After Roy "killed" the succubus Adela, these agents were out of control, but no one knew if they had any other problems.

Out of caution, Gerald had to quarantine and observe these agents for a period of time, which resulted in a serious shortage of staff at the FEA Los Angeles branch.

Originally, Gerald just liked to be on the front line, but now he has to be on the front line, and there are still many things to deal with.

So, Saltana quickly completed the reinstatement process, returned to his post, and was responsible for handling the midnight cannibal train incident.

"Have you been waiting for me for a long time?"

Roy waited for a few minutes downstairs of the hotel where Saltana was staying, and the elder sister came downstairs to find him.

After returning to work, the elder sister changed back into her women's suit and regained her heroic and capable image, which was eye-catching.

As expected, Saltana in agent form is the most beautiful. I just don’t know when I can let my elder sister wear this dress…

"Roy, why aren't you talking?"

Saltana waved her hand in front of Roy's face, bringing him back to his senses.

"Nothing, just thinking about something. Sister Saltana, have you had breakfast?"

"Of course, let's go straight away!"

Saltana and Keller were friends, so they naturally knew where each other's homes were. Following her guidance, Roy drove to an apartment in the city center.

I rang the doorbell and it was Molly who opened the door.

"Roy! Why are you here?"

Molly was surprised by Roy's sudden visit.

"Molly, who's here? Is it Saltana?"

It seems that Saltana had already informed Keller in advance, but she probably didn't say that Roy would also be visiting, so Molly was so surprised.

"It's me, Keller! I brought another friend with me!"

Keller came out of the room and was also very surprised to see Roy.

"Roy! Oh my god, why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming to Los Angeles!"

"Wouldn't it be more of a surprise this way?"

Roy saw that Keller's arms were hanging down and her shoulders were wrapped in thick bandages. It seemed that her shoulder injury had not healed yet.

Previously, in order to infiltrate the dark web, Keller was captured by the dark web and his shoulder was pierced by an iron hook.

This type of injury is quite difficult to heal, so Keller was still wearing bandages two months later.

"It's quite a surprise indeed! Come in, I've prepared tea and cake for you!"

Keller happily led Saltana and Roy into the apartment.

This apartment is quite large, and although the decoration inside is not luxurious, it is not cheap either.

Roy couldn't help but ask.

"Nice apartment! Keller, is this a rental?"

"No, this is the apartment I bought! Roy, why are you asking this all of a sudden?"

If I were just a special correspondent, I probably wouldn't be able to earn so much money.

Journalism is a typical noble profession that brings great social reputation but earns little money.

Therefore, journalists from all countries can easily be targeted by public relations, which is the fastest way for journalists to make money.

However, based on Roy's understanding of Keller, this woman is not the kind of person who can make this kind of money. It is likely that her family is already rich.

Therefore, Roy's previous judgment of the female reporter was correct. This woman must come from a good family.

No wonder Keller was able to return to writing just two months after the dark web incident.

"Nothing. I might be going to UCLA in the second half of the year, so I want to learn about the rental market in Los Angeles."

As soon as these words were spoken, the eyes of the three girls present lit up at the same time.

"Roy, is this true? Doesn't that mean I'm your schoolmate?"

Keller's words surprised Roy. Is it such a coincidence?
"You graduated from UCLA?"

"Yes! I graduated from UCLA in 92 with a master's degree in media. I know a lot of professors who are still teaching at UCLA. If you have any questions, you can always come to me!"

This is great!
Universities in America have always attached great importance to this kind of transmission relationship. It is particularly easy for children to go to the university their parents attended.

Philip and Sarah had previously suggested that Roy attend the University of Houston because they both graduated from this school, but Roy refused.

"That's great, Senior Keller! When I get into UCLA, I'll mention your name!"

"Wait a minute! Don't go around picking up girls using my name! I know you'd do that!"

The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became cheerful. Those who knew Roy knew his problems.

After drinking black tea and eating cake, the time for chatting and reminiscing about the past was over, and Keller asked the two about the purpose of their visit.

"Saltana, I've been following the subway disappearance case you mentioned! Molly, go get the information I collected."

During the period when Keller's hands were still unable to use strength, Molly was her hands, and she actually helped with a lot of work.

Molly quickly gave the organized information to Saltana and Roy.

"The Los Angeles subway only started operating in 1990, and disappearances have been occurring since the day it opened!"

So early?
Los Angeles is located at the junction of the Pacific Plate and the American Plate, and is a city that is often visited by earthquakes.

So even though it is the second largest city in America, there are only a few skyscrapers in the entire city.

And it was also for this reason that Los Angeles did not open its subway lines until 1990, and at the beginning there were only six lines.

However, by 2000, Los Angeles had added many more subway lines.

What surprised Roy was that the subway disappearance case had happened ten years ago.

So the question is, were those monsters dug up when the subway was being excavated, or was it because those monsters were discovered that they used the subway to cover them up?
"That shouldn't be the first time a disappearance occurred, right?"

Keller nodded.

"Roy, you guessed right! I studied all the subway disappearances that have occurred in the past ten years, and found that these lines have the most disappearances!"

Keller reluctantly raised his hand and marked the subway map with a red marker. "Then I continued to look through old newspapers and discovered that disappearances had been occurring frequently in this area even before the subway was operational. The rate of disappearances in this area is ten times higher than in other parts of Los Angeles!"

Roy and Saltana looked at each other. This situation was really unexpected.

In other words, the organization behind the subway driver and Mahogany may be even older than Roy and the others imagined.

Saltana quickly continued questioning Keller.

"Keller, when is the earliest missing person case that can be found in this area?"

"About a hundred years ago, the first disappearance occurred at a location called Joseph Slaughterhouse. The slaughterhouse still exists today, but it has grown from a small slaughterhouse to a large meat processing company."

A hundred years?
If this organization was really born a hundred years ago, it is hard to imagine how huge it is.

It must have already permeated every aspect of Los Angeles. No wonder there are so many disappearances in the subway, but there is no voice in society.

"It seems that there are big problems in this case!"

Saltana's face was solemn.

"Saltana, if you want to investigate this case, be careful of the Los Angeles police in this area! Those guys once threatened me. They must know about the subway disappearances, but they have been hiding the truth!"

Keller reminded Saltana.

"I will! This case is obviously not a simple supernatural case. Maybe I should ask the FBI for a joint investigation!"

"Then the local FBI isn't necessarily safe. After all these years, the federal police haven't found anything. There must be something wrong!"

The top FBI officials in Los Angeles must have been infiltrated. In this case, the best thing to do is to transfer FBI agents from other states to investigate.

Roy and Saltana thought of someone at the same time.

"Elena!"

The plump-lipped beauty who was drinking coffee in the office suddenly sneezed.

"Huh? Is Roy thinking about me? Oh, so boring! Do you want to go to Waterfall Town to relax?"

But when Saltana came to her senses, she still had a headache.

"If we want to transfer Elena to assist with the case, there are still a lot of procedures to go through. We can't just sit there and wait!"

After all, there is suspicion that there is a problem with the FBI in a county, and there are a lot of reports to write, and they must be submitted to the FEA headquarters and the FBI headquarters. It may take a month to complete the process.

Keller made a suggestion.

"I think we can start the investigation from this meat processing plant!"

Taking out a financial report about the meat processing plant, Keller began to express his speculation.

"About ten years ago, a small-scale slaughterhouse suddenly received a massive investment. It had the opportunity to expand, but instead of looking for better land in the suburbs, it stayed put and spent a huge amount of money to acquire surrounding land. They even stopped work for several months to convert the slaughterhouse into a meat processing plant. The meat processing plant was completed just as the Los Angeles subway began operating!"

Coincidences may happen once or twice, but if there are several coincidences piled up together, it is definitely not a coincidence.

A hundred years ago, the slaughterhouse should have been located in the suburbs, but with hundreds of years of urban expansion, its location has long been in the city center.

It is really strange that a slaughterhouse received investment and did not move to the suburbs, but continued to operate in the city center for so many years, and the government did not respond at all.

"There's something strange indeed! Well, let's start our investigation from this meat processing plant!"

With a direction for the investigation, the always decisive Saltana immediately prepared to say goodbye to Keller.

"Are you leaving now? Won't you stay for lunch? If we want to infiltrate the Joseph Meat Factory, night is the best time, right?"

Saltana shook her head.

"We don't have time. Roy has a game to play tonight. We have to investigate as much as possible during the day."

"Okay, then you guys try to be careful. The police patrol the meat processing plant very frequently!"

This further proves that there is something wrong with the Joseph Meat Processing Plant!
Roy and Saltana left the Kellers' house and drove to the Joseph Meat Packing Plant in a Chevrolet Camaro.

Half an hour later, Roy parked the car about two hundred meters away from the Joseph Meat Processing Plant.

We can't get any closer. As Keller said, the police patrol here too frequently. There are police passing by the meat processing plant almost every five minutes.

Roy was afraid that if he got any closer he would alert the enemy.

"Damn it! Why are there so many policemen?"

The density of police patrols and the number of workers inside the meat processing plant made it very difficult to sneak in.

Keller was right after all. It was very difficult to enter the meat processing plant during the day.

"Roy, don't be anxious, be patient! Maybe there will be a chance if we wait a little longer!"

The two waited in the car for about half an hour when a bell suddenly rang from the Joseph Meat Processing Plant.

I glanced at the time and found that it was already 11 o'clock, which should be lunch time.

Both the workers and the patrolling policemen must have gone to have lunch.

good chance!
Roy and Saltana immediately got out of the car and walked towards the meat processing plant, carefully avoiding the cameras and entering the meat processing plant.

Because they didn't know the internal situation of the Joseph Meat Processing Plant, the two could only try their luck everywhere.

But today Saltana was lucky. She quickly found the locker room and found her work clothes.

After putting on the full set of work clothes, their faces were almost covered, so that even under the surveillance camera, Roy and Saltana would not reveal their identities.

After changing into their equipment, the two officially entered the processing workshop. It was a very bloody place, with animal carcasses that had been dug up everywhere, and internal organs and blood all over the floor.

Slaughterhouses cause quite a lot of pollution, especially in terms of water sources. California is a state with relatively scarce water, and most of the water is used to grow fruits that consume a lot of water, so there is no water in the fire hydrants when fighting fires.

After observing for a while, the two went to the workshop next door, which seemed to be a meat drying workshop. A large number of pale animal carcasses were hanging here, waiting for the next processing.

In this workshop, Roy suddenly discovered a downward passage with an iron sliding door with a chain and an old big lock on it.

Roy patted Saltana's shoulder, indicating that he had made a discovery.

"The downward passage? That's a problem! Looks like we have to find a key!"

Factories like this generally don't have basements, and meat processing plants are even more suspicious.

"Sister Saltana, I can unlock the door, you just need to keep watch for me!"

Saltana didn't know Roy's lock-picking ability and was a little skeptical.

In fact, this kind of honest mechanical lock can be opened by giving Roy a piece of instant noodles. It is not difficult at all.

However, just as Roy entered the passage and took out the wire, Saltana immediately issued a warning.

"Roy, someone's coming!"

Caleb Evans (Naomi Watts)
(End of this chapter)