James came, and he caught up with what happened in the basement - Zach tied Charlie back to the stone platform, but did not insert any foreign objects into him. "Don't be nervous. Well, think of it this way: you were imprisoned before." In a copper cage, now, you are locked in a gold cage, you need time to adapt..."
Just like every time, James never cared what he interrupted, "Go up! I have something to say to you!"
Zach glanced at it, ignored it, and continued to fix Charlie's shaking head, seriously, "Do you understand what I'm talking about?"
An unexplained whine came from Charlie's throat.
"I just pretend that I don't know." Zach shook his head, not hiding his disappointment, "I'm talking about your soul. I guess Bruch who abandoned you didn't even teach you the origin and meaning of this vampire's existence. ." Before James was about to speak, he raised a finger over there to stop him, "The blood of a vampire is the prison of the soul. Changing the bloodline is changing the prison. Your soul needs to adapt."
Charlie's restraints were checked one last time, "In the past few days, you will experience various, um, nervous incoordination, inability to control actions, and even some memory confusion. Don't worry, it's just your decayed soul, like the human appendix, looking for A sense of existence. It’s just a pity that we can’t get rid of that thing as easily as humans, so.” Zach patted Charlie, who could no longer move, “This is best, saving everyone the trouble.”
Then he finally left the stone platform, looked at James at the door, said nothing, just shook his head, casually picked up a blood jar by the wall, and pointed upstairs.
It wasn't until he reached the second floor and entered the office that Zach said, "I thought I wouldn't see your face for a long time." Zach was very self-aware and always said, "Are you okay, James? scholar."
"Whose is the blood on your face?" he asked gloomily.
"My own." Zach didn't even wipe it, he opened the mouth of the blood can and buried his whole face in it, sucking...
In this office, apart from Zach's sniffing, there is only the pendulum of the clock and James' deep breathing. But James must be given credit for not being scared away.
"Who is that person in the basement?"
The blood tank being held began to rise, 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 150... The buzzing answer came out as the blood tank pointed at the ceiling and shook, "Charlie."
The blood jar was thrown away, and Zach licked his lips and took out the handkerchief from his pocket and began to wipe his face. But his eyes were still not on James, but on the newspaper on his desk - today's newspaper seemed to have nothing of interest to Old Hank, and had been left here early in the morning.
This is Zach's frugalism. He has already asked James the reason for his visit, and it is the other party's business to decide what to say.
The red-stained handkerchief was thrown directly on the corner of the table. Zach started to open the newspaper. There was a news in the introduction that he was more concerned about - "Newtown City Hall Shuts Down, Citizens Protest". Well, it was a follow-up curiosity.
"What did you do to Madison?" James spoke.
"What did I do to Madison?" Zach repeated, raising his eyebrows because he saw the picture accompanying the report. Newton's city hall was surrounded, and countless toilet paper was hung in front of the main entrance of the city hall. The people of Newton are really 'creative'.
"I came from the mill!" Sure enough, James was James, and he could only pretend to be calm for so many seconds.
Zach continued to raise his eyebrows, "You came from the mill." He repeated. Everyone can learn from this. This is the simplest way to express 'I am listening, but I actually don't want to listen'.
The newspaper in front of Zach disappeared, was taken away by James, and tossed to the corner with a wave of his hand.
Zach crossed his arms, leaned back on the chair, tilted his head and looked at James with an expressionless face.
Feel the atmosphere.
"If you want to beat him, now is your best chance, James." It was Benjamin, who came in with a new blood tank, placed it next to Zach, and then picked up the empty blood tank, "Now is When he was at his weakest, he just gave most of his blood to others. At least I feel like I can beat him with one finger now."
Zach's eyes narrowed slightly as James' shoulders actually moved at the reminder. Fortunately, James still had a correct understanding of Alpha's finger, and after moving it, it was tense and there was no follow-up action.
Zach's narrowed eyes returned to normal, and he glanced at Benjamin speechlessly, "Thanks for the explanation." Ignoring Benjamin who had already gone out, he picked up a new blood tank, this time in a more civilized manner, and took a wine glass from the drawer. , returned to the familiar appearance we are familiar with - with the attitude of being higher than others, swaying the wine glass casually, "What's wrong with Madison." I'd better ask.
"That's my problem!"
Zach shrugged, not even bothering to defend himself.
The corners of James' eyes twitched a few times, "I met Madison last night, and I saw something was wrong with him..."
"Why did you meet Madison?" Zach's eyes were wandering. James's expression must have been gloomy anyway, so he didn't need to look at it. "Game night is cancelled. I thought you would, huh." He also deliberately curved the corners of his mouth. , "Seize the time with your girlfriend..."
"You're not allowed to mention Kate!! And how I met Madison has nothing to do with you! It's none of your business!!"
Zach lifted the quilt and saluted the air, "Okay, don't mention it."
It should be noted that the cancellation of game night had nothing to do with Zach and James, it was with Fitz and his gang. According to Louise, Fitz didn't explain in detail on the phone and only said that if there was good news, he would celebrate with Zach. So it's probably a good thing.
James continued gloomily, "I felt something was wrong with Madison, so I followed him back to the mill. When I asked him what was going on, he refused to tell me. I spent the whole night doing his hair..." Noting that Zach picked Lowering his eyebrows, this guy actually stopped there on purpose, "Huh, are you interested now?!"
To such childish behavior, Zach responded childishly, "No, not at all. Actually, you'd better not tell me." Zach stood up, shaking his glass, with a smile on his face, "You know what I am now What I care about is definitely not you and Madison, haha, it’s you and ‘Can’t Mention’~” While walking towards the east door (direction of the showroom), “I’m very curious about the progress of you and ‘Can’t Mention’~” Just like I want to see Just like the follow-up curiosity reported by Newton in the newspaper, this is also a follow-up curiosity, hehe, bad taste curiosity.
"But since I can't mention it." Zach was already standing at the door, nodding to James, and always saying "can't mention it", and said, this is a childish response, "Then forget it, I'm very Busy, you know how to get out." Zhen left.
It’s true that he’s busy, Zach really has something to deal with—
Nate is still at Grande, but there's something special about where he is, lying in a casket somewhere in the showroom. Of course, my hands and feet were tied and my mouth was gagged. Zach is going to make sure this guy is still alive.
When Zach was standing in front of a coffin in the exhibition hall, James was standing on the stairs with a gloomy look. His whole body tensed up as he watched Zach lift the coffin lid, hold the young man's chin and shake it, confirming that the guy was still capable of struggling, and then closed the coffin lid again.
ask
Both James' character and the meaning of the police badge on his waist forced him to question what he had just seen. But to be honest, James and Grande, no, to be precise, have been entangled with Zach for so long, as if they have been ruined by this vampire for their entire lives, and they have finally learned some lessons. James held back.
Zach looked up at James on the stairs, raised his eyebrows, raised the wine glass in his hand, and saluted the air. Then he picked up the coffin with one hand, held it against his side, adjusted the direction, and walked towards the gate of Grande.
James followed. Not asking doesn't mean he won't pay attention, James is still James.
But Zach seemed to really ignore James completely. He threw the coffin at the door, checked the seal, and stood still at the door. The look on his face seemed to be waiting for something.
James stood nearby and confirmed that Zach had left a vent for the people in the coffin. Then he looked at his watch and stopped moving gloomily.
Time is passing by like this.
Alice's little pinkie came out of the backyard exit next to her, "Goodbye Zach, good morning James."
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Leo walked out from the side, "I kept my promise, tsk, I'm leaving."
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Bain's wife walked out pushing a stroller, "Goodbye Mr. Grande, I'm going to buy something, haha..."
Zach responded, and the wine glass was instantly put into the hands of the confused James, "Is it so early? Do you need me to take you there?"
"No, no, thank you, Mr. Grande, you're so kind. I'm just going to Big Q, just take the bus..."
After the other party's figure disappeared on the gravel road, the wine glass in the confused James' hand returned to Zach's hand.
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Time continues to pass. James was also looking at his watch repeatedly. One could imagine that a partner detective, and possibly the chief, were in the police station trying to put messages on James' home phone. But James really held back and didn't ask a question. good.
Perhaps we can take advantage of the wait, which will last for who knows how long, to study the reason why James did not pack a bag of silver bullets to attack Zach in Grande.
Zach ruined James' life, didn't he. Let’s not talk about police work, let’s not talk about interpersonal relationships, let’s talk about Kate who is ‘not to be mentioned’. The only personal space James had was destroyed by Zach that night.
ha. Everyone should start to realize that James' reaction to Zach destroying his last piece of pure land was just the phone call 'Why are you doing this to me?'
Zach just said that he thought he wouldn't see James again for a long time. But James' backbone was just a little bit weak, and he came as easily as usual. The reason? She cares about Madison, huh, can you believe it
Believe it or not, James came, only mentioned Madison, and explicitly banned Zack Tikait. This shows what.
Come on - Zach didn't ruin everything for James, on the contrary, Zach saved everything for James.
Is it difficult to understand? Answer the question, what was the reason for that 'show' that James put on at Grande that night.
To quote James himself, 'At least once, I had no scruples...' That's enough, you should have received what I want to express.
So, when Zach destroyed the last trace of pure land, what did Zach give James? By the way, it's no longer 'at least once', it's countless times. Finally, James had someone to share everything with.
Sometimes people have unrealistic expectations. Some people are saints. They always care about righteousness and are the light of mankind. But don't have such unreasonable expectations, people are selfish. This is James' selfishness - he finally has someone to share it with.
And this selfishness made him refuse Zach to continue to follow up on Kate's status and look at some things we already know. James was not prepared to let Zach know how he and Madison met - last night Anonymous sharing group... In the end, these mental journeys led to him being able to stand next to Zach at this time without 'explosion'.
If we make a bad guess, James' selfishness will make Kate...
Uh, sorry, this purely psychological exploration has to be terminated. The people Zach is waiting for have arrived.
The black limo came from the west. Mrs. Quinn got out of the car and glanced at James next to Zach, "Uh, will this become trouble?"
"I don't think so." Zach shrugged. "He didn't ask a question."
"Okay." Mrs. Quinn waved to the men in black behind her and walked around the coffin at the door. "Where are they?"
"Here." Zach knocked on the coffin lid, as if in cooperation, a small, dull struggling sound came from inside the coffin.
Mrs. Quinn's already unhappy expression changed several times. She pursed her lips and glanced at James again. Seeing that James had no reaction, she gestured to the man in black.
The coffin was lifted and loaded onto the car.
Mrs. Quinn still seemed to be uneasy about James, who was a police detective. Her eyes turned between the two of them and stopped on Zach. She complained, "Can't you find something else to pretend to be?"
"This is a funeral home." Zach spread his hands, meaning there were many coffins.
Mrs. Quinn curled her lips and said, "Did you change his memory?"
Zach shook his head, knowing that if James, who was a police detective, was not watching, Mrs. Quinn would not ask these boring questions, so he would cooperate and make Mrs. Quinn feel at ease, "No, I You have to leave something for Madam to convince Smith, right?"
Mrs. Quinn nodded and looked at James, "Tsk." She explained reluctantly, "You must be thinking about what bad things we West Enders have done again, right?"
James had a sullen face and said nothing.
"Huh, you're wrong, detective." Mrs. Quinn glanced at the coffin that had been loaded into the trunk, walked to the car, and continued to say to James, "I have nothing to hide from you. You are the one who understands, I will tell you directly. Detective Lance, do your job well and ask your director to find out. After the Sabbat's plan to eradicate Fisher and Falcon was blocked, they Where are the tentacles reaching?"
Do you still remember the Sabbat's classification of the people in Barton's West Side and the order in which they evaluated and eradicated them one by one
When James lowered his head and thought with a more gloomy expression, Zach looked back at Grandner, and there was a call coming.
Watching Mrs. Quinn's car turn, Zach had no obligation to explain to James. As everyone knows, Zach wanted the other party to ask and the other party to ask him for an explanation.
Turn around and enter the house. Zach really didn't need to explain, because James didn't follow him and went straight around to the backyard and drove away. After being more than an hour late, the detective finally went to work. (.)