The highlight of the tour is actually not the part on the basement floor of Pixar Department Store where Zach learns about the flaws of the shelter system, but the back part, after actually entering the shelter, the so-called pilot interior.
From the perspective of the visit alone, Zach followed Harrison and learned that the shelter has achieved results. The lives of 80% of homeless veterans have been changed, 70% of injuries and illnesses have been carefully cared for, and 60% of them have found new jobs. … Of course, Smith’s new drug has a bright future.
But no one cares about this kind of thing, right? What everyone cares about is what Zach did inside. good.
Under Harrison's arrangement, Zach was able to 'interview' homeless veterans receiving pilot treatment in the shelter one by one in a closed room without being disturbed by anyone. The question is simple, do you know that someone around you has leaked the treatment process you are undergoing here, especially your medication, including yourself.
The answer is simple - no, I signed a confidentiality agreement.
Ah, the NDA. The problems with this thing are quite obvious, aren’t they? For example, the following is an imaginary scenario that has probably happened countless times—
"Hey, you're looking a lot better since you got into the Pilot Center!"
"Yes! I feel that my whole person is different!"
"Awesome! How did they treat you?"
"Uh... I'm sorry, I signed a confidentiality agreement and can't tell you."
Is Smith's new drug a secret? yes. Does everyone know there's a secret here? yes.
Under the guidance of Harrison's guide, Zach also learned that every Tuesday and every Friday, the Food and Drug Administration's vehicle would come to the shelter to drop off new drug reserves. Security personnel at the asylum knew that items with a 'Smith' mark on them did not need to be inspected. At the same time, the volunteers on the basement floor of Pixar Department Store also rushed to submit drug applications for the homeless people below them in the past two days. After all, they are 'guarantors' full of moral honor.
Therefore, this confidentiality agreement really 'plays' its intended role.
Not wanting to get anything out of his visit, Zach stayed a little longer. With his handsome face that shouldn't have been buried for four centuries, he looked for opportunities to chat with every employee at the shelter. Before leaving, he gave Harrison the conclusion, "You, Mrs. Quinn, and Smith have done a good job in the internal investigation. Your employees are all clean and trustworthy. You should be proud of it."
"Uh, thank you? But you just left like this? Doesn't this mean nothing was found..."
"I don't think so. At least we can identify the suspect as a volunteer who is not part of the shelter staff and is not under your direct control, right?"
"That… "
"No more. The key word is 'out of your control'. Even for those who are volunteering at Pixar right now, you can't make them drop their voluntary work to look into my eyes, let alone those who didn't come today. People who are volunteers, what are you going to do? Act like a boss and order those people to give up their real jobs or interviews." Zach actually remembered that 'Nate', "Report to the shelter? For what? Look. Me? I'm just here to visit, right?"
"Well… "
"Haha, don't be helpless. At least you have registered the volunteers who come here, right? Phone number? Address? You don't have files on these people, but at least you have basic contact information." Zach smiled, "Now you know what to prepare for me. ”
"Okay, okay, but you may not have the idea, but there are a lot of volunteers, I mean, a lot! What you saw today is probably only one fifth. After all, today is Monday, and most people have their own jobs. , the people who come are retired people like Mr. Pine, or people who don’t need to work. Uh, what should we do? ‘Visit’ one by one?”
"I don't have any objections to this. I can ask Dora and Bumi for help..." Zach raised his eyebrows. Naturally, he was thinking of the 'suicide' incident in the nursing home. As Sibella's allies, the Novelles, this paragraph I'm afraid I don't have time to help Zach, "It doesn't matter, the moon is full tonight anyway, I probably won't stay in Grande, I have time, Louise can help~"
"Okay, then, in the afternoon, I will put together the list for you in the afternoon!"
"Okay." With that said, Zach left the shelter.
What Zach has to do next is to go back to Grande first, hand over the certificate of thanks given by the shelter to Old Hank, then change cars and go find Mrs. Barton with the 'Raging Wave' document that Max brought.
Let's skip Zach's pleasant radio ride back... Okay, there's a little something that needs mentioning. Mayor Anthony invited Ms. Esera to visit the city hall in a high-profile manner. The radio broadcast was broadcast live. The scene seemed very peaceful. At least the host of the broadcast always showed a disappointed tone for no reason - probably because he hoped that the two next mayors would Let the long-term candidates fight again.
Returning to Grande, Zach thought that his actions would be extremely simple and smooth. He had already given the certificate of thanks to Old Hank and obtained the information on 'Raging Waves'. He changed into Grande's truck and parked at Grande's usual parking lot. Room - On the first floor of Benjamin's warehouse, he got into an old-fashioned car. It had already started and he was about to start his journey again. Almost out of habit, he called to the second floor, "Benjamin, are you coming together?"
Zach was ready and the response was still, 'Can you get the ball for me? 'but-
"Why are you holding my document?" A strange voice said weakly and tonelessly.
Zach tilted his head and placed it on the document on the passenger seat. It was a translucent thing with blurry edges that seemed to melt on the seat. Zach could feel that this unidentifiable transparent face was somewhat familiar, as if it was someone he had seen before, but at the same time, he also confirmed that he did not recognize him. No, he had never officially met this guy.
A step late, Benjamin's voice came from the second floor of the warehouse, "Can you get me the ball?"
It wasn’t that he was surprised or anything, Zach was always very calm~ It was just that the car stalled for too long after starting, and the car stalled.
Zach looked at the thing beside him and said, still to Benjamin on the second floor, "Benjamin, we have a guest."
Benjamin leaned against the railing on the second floor with a lazy look. The look of him looking down and indifferent fully echoed what he said, "Well, I've seen Raging Waves. Zach, I've seen Raging Waves." He waved his hand, " Introductions over. Matthew and I went to check out the woods." Disappeared.
"Raging waves." Zach repeated the thing's last name. "You are dying." Further elaborating on the fact, "Accelerated death." Because he was sitting next to Zach. It's like a patient with advanced lung cancer lighting up a cigarette.
Nu Tao glanced at Zach, raised his translucent hand, and dark red spells began to surge through his body...
"Ah -" with a prolonged miserable howl, Ryan was pulled out by some force from under the ground in the center of Grand's backyard. Dark red threads entangled him, and he entangled himself in the ground. It was as if something was flowing through the howling Ryan to the guy in the passenger seat.
When Zach raised his eyebrows and sighed as usual, "I really don't like witchcraft," the figure of Nu Tao in the passenger seat became clearer, "I wandered around Barton, looking for something that can fix my form. I avoided Paisying. The wizards didn't expect to find the soul-inducing grass seeds in this remote place. Lucky." Nu Tao looked at Zach, "A bit too 'lucky', I think."
Going to Barton Manor was destined to be declined.
Zach took out the key and raised his hand to signal the other party to move. He wanted to get the documents on the passenger side. He didn't want to use his vampire hands to pass through this angry wave and then listen to Ryan's miserable howl.
Nu Tao was very conscious and floated a little, allowing Zach to get the file back.
The first thing this guy said to Zach was a question, "Why are you holding my files." No, Zach wanted to answer.
But before answering, Zach read out the name column on the title page of the document, "O'Neal Fury, do you mind if I call you O'Neal? I prefer to call your brother by his last name." By the way, let's confirm how much this guy knows, " You know, the dead spirits of the saints, Raging Waves, are also in this remote place in the South District."
"No, your place is more remote. At least my brother's home is only one Ixton away from the North District." He didn't refuse Zach's request for a title. No, what we should be more concerned about is that he is very specific about the Saint's address. It is clear, and according to his statement, it is not the saint's home, but his brother's home. This can mean something, can't it
Don't underestimate a person's knowledge of things. How you view the world will determine what kind of person you become. Zach flipped through O'Neill's personal documents seemingly casually, "The wizard who sent Siying gave this document to me, Sibella. The person you just said you were avoiding."
"I should have guessed that that stupid doctor went to Sibella for help." O'Neill shook his head and glanced at Zach, "Then, what are they going to do? Besides looking for me, get this document What do you mean by giving it to you?”
A healthy communication process is definitely not one where one party only asks questions.
"Did you come to Grande for the soul-inducing grass seeds?" Zach also asked, which is only fair. "You know, what you just did...'trick'" Zach shook his hands to express what O'Neal just said. Ryan used witchcraft, "Who is the target?"
O'Neal looked at the center of the backyard for a while. It was inevitably empty. Ryan was probably trembling underground. If he could, "How should I know? Some boring guy with no talent and occupying the soul-inducing grass."
"That's Sibella's son, Ryan." Zach answered, "So, no matter what your 'trick' was, don't let him die."
"Tsk! What a pity. I still want to snatch his soul-attracting grass seeds and keep them for myself." This was probably the truth. Although it was translucent, you could still tell that the serious and angry look was not fake.
The takeaway from this question and answer is - "Really? So you really just want to avoid Sibella, you don't mean to be completely offended, is that what you mean?" Zach raised his eyebrows and continued to flip through the documents in his hand.
"If I wanted to offend any of Barton's forces, I wouldn't still be sitting here chatting with you, the murderer of my brother." O'Neal made a very... inexplicable move. He fired a small lump at Zach. Dark red stuff.
Zach looked at the dark red lump burning a small hole in his chest, blinked, and watched the burning disappear when it touched his skin. Inexplicably, his first reaction was that he needed new clothes.
With his fingers falling off the tiny ash on his chest, Zach tilted his head and said, "To be fair, your brother wanted to kill me, and I just retaliated." Finally turning to the place he wanted, Zach raised his hand. document, "Don't discuss these past things, let's talk about something serious."
O'Neill did not look at the document in Zach's hand, but looked at Zach, "Sibella's description of you is right. You are not a guy who makes people feel good about themselves. At least, can't you be more responsive?"
This means that he is attacking the vampire. The vampire can at least do something more than blinking and flicking the ashes off his chest as a feedback, satisfying the vanity of the wizard who can't even maintain his earth-bound spirit status.
"As I said, you are dying, and this is the biggest reaction I can give you. But don't do any meaningless actions. I don't want Ryan to tell Sibella that he was abused in Grande. "Isn't it? O'Neal has already repeated his 'trick' on Ryan. With Ryan's miserable howl being dragged out of the ground again, O'Neal's figure became a little clearer again.
"Let's talk about this." Zach held the file in his hand to O'Neill, "the massacre you committed in the middle."
"Why do you care about this?"
"If it weren't for your appearance, I would have been on the way to Barton Manor now. Barton, you know, kill your Barton family."
Odile had a clear emotion and said with disdain, "I know who killed me. What are you going to do? What did Sibera want when I gave you my documents and asked you to find the Barton family? Humph, don't tell me. Revenge me."
"Of course not." Zach shrugged, "If you want revenge, you can do it yourself. But you reminded me, why didn't you take revenge yourself?"
"Does it make sense?" O'Neill asked back, "I'm still here, and let me tell you, the Barton family just helped me get rid of my body and identity. I don't need to be a member of the Raging Waves family, huh, as you Sibella and you I am very free as a bargaining chip for the Nutao family." Then it was pure sarcasm, "If I could, I would send a thank you card to this Barton."
Although these words are twisted, hey, what do we know? What he said is a person who is not a human being, and who binds the earth spirit but does not bind the earth spirit. We don't need to understand him.
Zach could understand, alien against alien. And he thought this was good, which made Zach completely understand that O'Neal in front of him knew everything-his brother's current situation, and that his coming to Barton was a bargaining chip in the deal between Sibella and the Raging Waves family. Zach enjoys nothing more than talking to people who understand their situation.
"Okay, I understand you." Zach shrugged, "Then, I can also tell you why I want to go to the Barton family. To paraphrase your words, let you be completely, well, 'free'. You don't want you to finally The Raging Waves family that got rid of them along with the body, come to Barton to avenge you."
O'Neill glanced at Zach, "I don't want to, 'Rage Wave', no, all things that benefit wizards, including that Sibella, it's best to disappear forever from my, my brother's life."
"That's it." Zach continued to shrug, "I'm going to Barton Manor to help Mrs. Barton realize that the murder she planned is best ended with suicide. You don't want the Furious Family to come to bother Barton, right? Then, It will be a collection of all the things you hate, the wizard family, Sibera, and the interests of the wizards, entangled together. Then, do you want to help me?" He shook the document in his hand emphatically, "Now, follow me Tell me about your massacre in the middle of the country..."(.)