After walking around for a while, Zach was a little confused. He couldn't sense where Bumi was at all.
"Uh." Zach said to the air, "Didn't I agree that I would play Sabbat Tori first? Why did you get into the mood so quickly?"
"Same." Linda sat on the porch with her legs crossed, flipping through a magazine leisurely, "The Sabbat Toledo won't let you sense him, and he can't sense you." Zach accepted this explanation, "This is the real situation you encounter when you use the shielding perception ability at the same time."
Zach accepted and was about to walk towards Linda. Just as he took a step forward, he frowned and walked around a piece of land in front of him - there was a trap there. Zach didn't feel what it was specifically, but it seemed to be something belonging to the wizards' gang. . It seems that the alliance between Nofeile and the wizard has brought some benefits to both parties.
An unknown 'tsk' sound came from nowhere and briefly exposed Bumi's location, but when Zach looked in that direction, Bumi had already lost track of him again. Zach was quite speechless. He leaned towards Linda and tried his best to put on a smile, "I haven't seen you since the wedding. Are you still used to living in Barton?"
Zach didn't know how Bumi 'borrowed' the inheritance's farm as a training ground, and Zach's knowledgeable side made him feel that he should have a good relationship with the owner.
"It's not bad, no worse than Riley." Linda raised her eyes and smiled at Zach, "At least I got married successfully and my husband is still alive and well."
It's a bit interesting. The comparison example given by Linda actually used the seductress Riley instead of Darcy and Cozier who were both sent by the Sabbat. They are all smart people, so they should all understand that this means expressing their position.
Zach raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Where's Cliff?"
Linda pointed to the ground, "In the office."
office? underground
oh. Well, it should have been made clear at the wedding party that this farm is not a real farm, but a resort rented to people from the West and North Districts to experience life in the South District. This is Cliff's property, but not Cliff's home. Like a hotel service station, Cliff has an office here to respond to guest requests.
Zach nodded and entered the house.
It was obvious that the light and shadow in the room were distorted. Zach curled his lips and said, "I very much agree with your pursuit of reality, but it can't be like this. You know that if I play the Sabbat Toledo, I have already stood on Grande's side." Within the range, I will not continue to control blood and block perception. I want to ensure that Sabbat Toledo's target is on me, not others in Grande." Zach was really helpless, "So if you want Play me and show up now, ready to defend and protect others."
After no one answered Zach's silence, it was Linda's laughter outside the door, "Hehehe, you shouldn't reject Bumi's approach. If you are playing the enemy now, you should attack me. I don't mind playing the role." Look at your Louise, and then Bumi, who plays you, will appear naturally~"
Zach twitched his lips and said, "Wait until I say hello to Cliff first."
"Haha, it's up to you."
"Say hello." Zach emphasized to the air and went to the basement.
Before Zach could say anything, he was met with a 'Tsk! 'Cliff looked completely uninterested in Zach and continued to write and draw at his desk.
There was probably no room for politeness. Zach stood aside for a while and looked at the notebook where Cliff was writing in front of him. He gave a sincere and apologetic look, "Sorry, I seem to have caused you trouble." - The notebook is from a farm. appointment schedule, and Cliff is moving recent appointments to a later date. Zach's apology caused financial loss to Cliff.
Cliff ignored it and picked up the phone, probably to notify the customer.
As if he had nothing to say to you, Zach curled his lips and prepared to leave consciously.
"This is xx Farm. I'm sorry to inform Mr. Smith that his appointment here must be postponed..."
Zach raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Cliff who was on the phone.
"Okay, I can wait." Cliff held the receiver without any expression.
Zach's shoulders stiffened for a moment, and he glanced sideways at Bumi, who had half a finger inserted into his collar, shoulder and neck, a little surprised, "Really? I said hello, can't you just wait a moment."
What's incredible is that Bumi, probably on purpose, didn't take out his fingers, "What! Isn't the fight over? What else happened to you? Quickly show your instant memory erasure! Mine hasn't penetrated your body yet. …”
Zach's eyes twitched, a touch of red covered his eyes, and his body moved slightly. Some speechless, covering the red collar.
Bumi: "Why are you so stunned! Show me that..." He was stunned for a moment, his eyes moved from his empty front to Zack who was already pulling at his collar unhappily, and stared, "Lord! I'm invincible! What are you going to do? Arrived! I think you 'stole' a second of my time!" Extremely excited, "Do you know how many things you can do in this second!"
"You two! Quiet!" Cliff yelled, covering the receiver, and then took a deep breath, "Mr. Smith, I'm sorry about your appointment..." Zach was healing himself, and Bumi was licking his fingers, but it was really quiet. "... I'm sorry, Mr. Smith, double payment won't work. I, my side... I'm sorry, sir, I really... "
Zach pursed his lips and patted Cliff, meaning to give him the receiver.
Cliff hesitated for a moment with an irritated look on his face, and then handed over the receiver.
"Find me a clean shirt, please." Zach at least said please. He put the receiver to his ear and after hearing Smith's impatient voice, "Smith, it's me, Zach."
"Zach?" It was more of a surprise than a fright, "How did you..."
"I'm the reason why your appointment was declined." Zach was very direct. He glanced at Cliff, who was not ready to get him a shirt, blocked the microphone and said again, "Please." Then to Bumi, "Blood There is information from Darcy, go and wait for me above."
Seeing that the two people finally moved, they finally let go of the phone and said, "Sorry, Smith, I have some personal matters to deal with. How about you leave this farm to me during this time?"
"Uh... personal matter? Do you need help?"
This is unexpected... gratifying? Smith's first reaction was to ask Zach if he needed help.
"Haha, thank you, but no need." In response to this relief, "I hope it won't disrupt your affairs because of me."
The other side of the receiver laughed twice, "Wait a minute, I'm sending someone." Then came the words that Zach thought he couldn't hear if he covered the receiver, "Lydia, Pine (Nate's father, the star of the asylum) 'Volunteers) find another way to deal with it, go out first, I have something to do now."
Zach raised his eyebrows and listened to the smaller female voice on the receiver, "Uh, do you need to be friends with a funeral industry owner? When did we West Enders degenerate to this point!" It was Lydia. Zach didn't mind, which only shows that Lydia, as Rimmer, played the role she was supposed to do perfectly.
Then after a moment of waiting, Smith's clear voice came again from the receiver, "Haha, my sister always gives me a headache."
Out of curiosity about something, Zach naturally followed the topic, "Haha, is that so? When we were handling the commission for the shelter, I heard the story of the naming of 0711. You brother and sister have a very good relationship." Remember it? , according to Smith’s information, the name of the new drug for phantom limb pain (shrinking the soul) is the date when Lydia returned to Barton with Eve and Flanders.
"Haha, I hope." Smith seemed to have something in his words, and Zach could clearly hear the breathing between the words - Smith should have felt that his sister was working hard to get involved in the Smith family's business. He probably just felt helpless, "Since we are talking about the shelter, you don't have to worry about the farm causing trouble for me. Haha, I can also tell you that the farm was reserved for Nate's father."
Speaking of which, we don’t know what happened after Nate was delivered to Mrs. Quinn in a coffin by Zach. We only know about James' phone call, about Nate being a pawn used by Director Darcy to sabotage the Smith and Quinn Asylum, and about Mrs. Quinn's arrangements when she first entrusted the investigation of the Asylum to Zach. —I don’t want Smith to use drastic methods to deal with people who steal drugs from the shelter, attracting the attention of the police controlled by Darcy.
Put aside some doubts for now, the progress is here.
Zach sat down directly on Cliff's chair, "Nate's father? Mr. Pine?"
"Well." Smith's tone was very relaxed, "To be honest, when Mrs. Quinn brought Nate over, I wasn't very surprised by what he confessed. Mrs. Quinn is right, this New North District Chief is troublesome, and he actually Use this method. It's a pity that now is not the time to fight back. Under Mrs. Quinn's persuasion, we must focus on protecting the shelter now. I shouldn't do anything that will leave a clue. In other words, hey, we can't How about Nate.”
Zach raised his eyebrows and began to understand a little more, "So, you can't do anything to Nate, you can only use his family to control him. Is this what you mean?"
"Ha, I knew you would understand quickly enough." The other side of the receiver smiled, "We have to let Nate go. The way to make him obedient and obedient for us is to control his father. "
The way to control it is to reserve a holiday farm in the South District
"Let me guess." Since Smith said it easily, Zach responded easily, "The shelter's welfare benefits for outstanding volunteers?"
"Exactly!" Smith should be very satisfied with Zack's reaction. "Half of the homeless people Mr. Pine has sponsored have started a new life. This achievement cannot be underestimated. For such a kind person who is dedicated to helping others, I, The Smith and Quinn Group attaches great importance to it, but he insists that he is not willing to become our regular employee..." Do you still remember this issue? Harrison hopes to use staff establishment to restrict too "free" volunteers, but Mr. Pine He refused, "Then we can only use this kind of benefit to reward his hard work and kindness."
What Zach could still guess was that the selection of the reward land, the farm of the inheritor couple, must have been Lydia’s idea. Yes, the point is that it’s the alien’s idea.
Can you find the blind spot here? Linda is the inheritor of the Sabbat and is now the proprietress of this farm. Darcy, who is also the inheritor of the Sabbat, will not doubt this place. It’s easy to understand the truth behind darkness under the lamp.
But this speculation will not be told to Smith. What Zach said is, "Sure enough, it still has an impact. I'm sorry, because of my personal affairs, it disrupted your plans."
"It's okay." Smith was still relaxed, "I don't think much of such a troublesome thing. And, hum." The tone became colder, "I don't know if you have heard about what happened early this morning. Liszt's assistant died."
I heard about it, or I heard Director Darcy come to Grande personally to say that our Zach, as a funeral industry owner, is also extremely virtuous...
"I heard that Lance and Detective Coulson are handling this case. An overdose of illegal drugs..." Zach's tone naturally changed with the person on the other side of the receiver. Smith was cold and cold, while Zach was serious. At this time, I deliberately said half-way to see if Smith would make up for it.
He added, "It's not me, and it's not Fisher." Smith's tone was a little colder, "We (West Enders United) are framing Lister, not making him a victim."
Coupled with Darcy's implicit words of 'choosing the right position' in Zach's office, Zach has seen the connection between things clearly -
First Nate stole Lister's experimental drugs from the asylum, and then Lister's assistant died of an illegal drug overdose after visiting Fisher. What do you think is going on? Well, I heard what Smith just said. They are framing Liszt and making Liszt a criminal! Now, who turned Liszt into a victim.
Zach paused for a moment, "I trust Detective Lance and Detective Coulson to do the right thing."
Smith then said something convoluted, "Then I believe you believe them." After a pause, a sigh could be heard, "Let's put this matter aside for a while and wait and see. If necessary, we will probably entrust you with it."
Zach hummed, then asked, "What about Nate?"
"The farm is cancelled. We still need to think about how to deal with his father. If we have a way to control him, we will let him go. It will be an extra set of eyes and ears on Darcy's side. Now he is with Quinn, and Kepler knows him. , it’s not convenient for me to keep people here.”
As for why Zach asked Nate, do you remember Zach’s question to Harrison? Why did Nate escape in advance even though the investigation of the shelter was obviously conducted in an extremely secretive manner (Zach accepted As soon as I got the commission from the shelter, I never ran into Nate once. In the end, the person who was arrested at Yuri Manor tried to escape even though he was still far away). And why Darcy is connected to this Nate. It will become clear later.
"Well, if you need anything, contact me." He was ready to say goodbye.
"Haha, I will. Then, I wish your personal affairs go well."
"Thanks, bye."
After putting down the phone, Zach looked at Cliff, who was standing at the door holding an oversized shirt, and pursed his lips, "You should thank me, I helped you avoid being involved in the fight between the West End and the Sabbat. .”
"Tsk, without you, this fight wouldn't even happen!"
"Without me, you wouldn't have a wife."
Cliff looked constipated, it had to be, Zach won. Let’s train happily~(.)