"James! What are we doing here?" Wes didn't want to get out of the car at all. He glanced sideways at the 'Kozier' sign and tried to refuse to go with James by opening the case file. "I should look at this again." Case, my first case at the North District Police Station..."
The car door was opened, the seat belt on the chest was unfastened, and the arms were pulled up. Vertex 23S. Updated fastest. James completely ignored whether Wes was ready or not, and forcefully pulled his partner out of the car. He looked up at the 'Kozier' sign, took a deep breath, and looked back at the speechless Wes, "You need to first I know one thing." Pulling Wes inside.
"I need to get to work. Someone died, James." In his hand were the case documents that he hadn't thrown back into the car in time. "We need to go to work, not here." Wes frowned, watching people come and go. Pulling against a man in the past is a behavior that Wes will try to avoid... If you don't understand, just ignore it. Anyway, what caused it was that he didn't resist James's actions. In the inexplicable eyes of the customers and clerks, he was pulled directly. The work area behind the store.
James seemed to be very clear about his destination and opened a door directly, "Where is he?!"
This is Morelin's studio. Ozkochel and Morelin were both there. They were interrupted by the sound. They both looked sideways at the two police detectives at the door, then ignored them together and continued what they were doing. The job involves cutting fabric on a model.
"Is he up there?!" James demanded an answer.
"Why are you asking?" It was not a living person who spoke, but Zagel, "Just go up and have a look, no one will stop you."
"Who's talking?" Weiss's eyes twitched.
No answer was received, only James pushed him to the elevator irritably and said, "I'll explain later!"
"No, no need, I don't want to know." Wes pursed his lips and began to stare at the beating value, 'enjoying' the movement method that only humans have. He can use a square of space to move to places that cannot be reached by manpower.
Ding dong.
"What you will see next may make you angry! This is normal, don't suppress yourself!" What is James doing? Help Wes with psychological development
Wes glanced at James, not wanting to respond.
Knocked on the door.
The voices are getting closer
"Don't stop~"
Wes was stunned for a moment. The voice on the other side of the door was Zach!
And we should know who Zach is talking to, Nenad. The sound continued to get closer to the closed door. Don't complain about the sound insulation of the door of Kozier's apartment. If someone wants people outside to hear something, no one can stop it. "We are really lucky. We participated in Eli's visit last night. The inheritor’s client is here~”
Just when James' face began to twist, he was pushed away. Wes stood in front of the door, and just pressed his hand on the doorknob, it opened.
Zach smiled, "Hi~Wes. Surprise! I'm still alive~"
Wes looked from top to bottom, then from bottom to top, angry? The opposite thing.
"Okay, okay~" Zach raised his arms, "I really want to hug you back, but, you know, James doesn't like me getting close to you~"
Yes, Wes gave Zach a hearty hug.
Is it surprising? do not! Some people are happy that Zach is still alive, let's enjoy this pure joy for a little bit...
James's face turned dark, "Wes!" He almost gritted his teeth!
Wes, still holding Zach, responded like this, "I'm hugging the person who saved old Mel's grandson, saved Chris, saved Jason, and saved you! The person who has been helping people and allowing justice to be done! "Well, in theory, it's true, Zack did stop 'cults,' busted 'violent sociopath groups,' ended the flow of outside drugs, put people in jail who deserved to go to jail..." So James, shut up!"
Zach raised his hand and put it on Wes's back, patting him with a smile on his face, "Thank you~" After waiting for a while, "You can let me go now, I'm starting to feel strange~"
"Yeah!" Wes let go of Zach, glared at James, said nothing, and glanced inside the door. Nenad was looking at this side with complicated emotions. Weiss was stunned for a moment, and now he became confused.
"What is this?" Zach didn't hesitate in his movements. He casually took away the case documents in Wes's hand, casually threw a gesture of invitation and turned around to go into the house, "New case? From the North District? From the Southeast, uh..." Xiao frowned, "Execution-style conspiracy..." James had already jumped in front of Zach, forcibly closed the case photo that Zach had opened, and took it away, " Don’t look at things you’re not supposed to look at!!”
It's a really familiar smell. Zach shrugged, "So I guess you're not here to ask me to help investigate the case~" He turned to Nenad and smiled, still speaking to James, "That's right, you already have a vampire partner. You don’t need me anymore~ Haha, it looks like you are very happy to work together, right, James~" Without stopping, he said, "Come on, Wes, I know you have a lot of questions." He walked towards the bar and said, "Just ask."
"Okay!" Wes walked past James, sat down next to Zach, and glanced at Nenad, "See you again, Nenad." With Zach's slightly surprised eyes, he turned to Zach, "I There's no problem, you're still alive, that's enough!" This is not a sudden realization. Wes's realization has been there for a long time, right? (At the end of the first volume, Wes had to say this despite James's illness. ), Wes is the one who keeps hoping Zach is still alive!
Zach's eyes went back and forth between Nenad and Wes several times, and he raised his eyebrows, "Is it Nenad? The one you told me about before allowed you to survive various tasks when you were still serving in the West. Come down, the vampire who is protecting you and James is Nenad?"
Nenad seemed to sigh and ignored James, "I wouldn't say it was protection. My job is just to keep Lance's seed alive." And Nenad almost broke James's arm before. Those of us with arms should understand what kind of attitude Nenad is expressing when he says, "Just keep Lance's species alive."
It's time to ask the already obvious question why James brought Wes here. Watch Zach? No! It’s Nenad!
'You need to know one thing first' and 'what you will see next will make you angry' are two different things! The latter is just a side effect of the former happening! Nenad is the protagonist here, Zack is just a sideshow!
Zach had an interesting smile on his face and looked at the three people. "Haha, I understand. Wait a minute, I don't understand." Zach tilted his head, a little confused, and glanced at the gloomy James. , "Why? Why did you bring Wes here to see Nenad?"
It was Wes who answered, "Because I was transferred to the North District Police Station, and I am James' new partner." He curled his lips and looked at James irritably, "And I told him a lot last week. ..." He glanced at Nenad with a slightly wary look, "Tsk, that makes sense." He shook his head helplessly, "He is probably childishly looking for a chance to prove to me that his situation is not as simple as I imagined." Sighed and looked. Zach's eyes were like 'I hope you understand me', "Instead of letting me make sarcastic comments, now is probably a good opportunity for him to let me see how difficult his situation is."
Zach raised his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then understood. Wes's attitude towards aliens and the way he views things has always been something Zach admires, right? It's not difficult for Zach to guess what Wes, who didn't know he was still alive before, would say to James.
So Zach nodded and gave James a rare look of appreciation, "Yes, I don't think your behavior is childish." He smiled and patted Wes, "You should also be fair, given the current situation. Just right. If there is an opportunity for James to show that he is in a difficult situation, this is the perfect place." Pointing to himself, he shrugged and pointed at Nenad, "I remember that in Hamilton's arrangement, you He's the one who handed over to the North District Police Department, right? You were the one who supervised Darcy during Becky's fire incident." Then, he pushed over the report that had been placed on the bar, all of which were wavy lines. "And this is the report that James and Eli Toredo teamed up to threaten the inheritors last night..."
Zach was interrupted, "We are not threatening Linda!!" Of course it was James.
"You made me sad." Zach waved to Nenad, because Wes was squinting hard, trying to decipher the handwriting on the report. The words were meant for James, "You said 'we' , have you and Eli Toledo become so harmonious that they can be squeezed into the same title? Oh, I feel betrayed, in every sense."
"You..." It didn't matter what James wanted to say, because when Nenad passed by James, a pair of gloomy red eyes stared at him, forcefully forcing him to shut up.
It is worth noting that the redness in Nenad's eyes was withdrawn when he faced Weiss. The difference in treatment should not be too obvious. Why? Let's take a guess. Nenad at least personally 'respected' Weiss's treatment of aliens and aliens. The attitude of the Sabbat was much higher than the ignorance of James. "Before you guys came, I was telling Zach what I thought of Eli's behavior to save time." He held out his wrist, and unexpectedly It means getting Wes up to speed quickly. Probably not wanting to interrupt the rest of the conversation, he explained to Wes.
"No need, I already know what happened yesterday." Wes gave up on recognizing the handwriting and pushed Nenad's wrist away, "James told me."
Zach gave James another look of praise, "Not bad, very comprehensive~" He showed Wes his situation comprehensively, this is what Zach felt.
But, "You don't need to praise him." Weiss curled his lips, "Didn't you notice, he was injured."
"I found it." Zach smiled and waved his hand, "I just don't want to be too low-profile or too proactive in giving out my blood. After all, he already has a new partner with the same function, but it's not me~" Who is it now? In childishness.
"I swear! If you say Eli is my partner again I will..."
Everyone looked at James. For once, everyone wanted to hear what James had to say.
It's a pity that there is no further text. James's face twisted several times and collapsed there.
"He was beaten by Cliff, right in front of the South District Police Station." Wes took a deep breath and stopped looking at James, "Linda is gone."
Zach opened his mouth and glanced at Nenad, "Unfortunately, your opinion seems to be right." Then he looked at James, "Explain why, if you, a miserable couple, don't cooperate I, I will make sure that your life this time is the last time you experience the life of a higher creature in your infinite future and is not a threat."
Isn't that what James just said? He and Eli did not threaten Linda.
"Eli proposed immortality!" James' eyes twitched, "He gave a solution where no one would get hurt! Linda and Cliff don't have to continue trying their speechless suicide experiments! Linda Both Cliff and Cliff can survive! As vampires! Let this life cycle never end!"
"And you don't think this 'solution' is wrong?" It was Nenad, staring at James gloomily, "Do you know how many times Darcy has cycled through life and completed how many tasks of the Sabbat? Did his humble status accumulate the reward of becoming a vampire? Did he get the opportunity to end the life cycle of the inheritor? But who gave you this impression that Eli can give the noble privilege of vampires, immortality, to these inferior races at will? ? Absolutely ridiculous! It’s simply a disgrace to the Sabbat!”
"Don't go off topic." Could you tell what Zach had done? He waited for Nenad to express a complete point of view before reminding everyone to focus, "So there are two choices, one is obviously bad, and Linda doesn't want to bear it. It looks good, but it actually shakes the foundation of the Sabbat system." He glanced at Weiss to confirm that Weiss understood, "Thanks for the update, Linda seems to be using actions to express her refusal to make I have chosen." His eyes turned to James. Huh, looking at James' petrified look, he should have understood. "It's still a threat, and the effect is surprisingly good. He can directly separate the couple and leave. Patton is done.”
After a moment of silence, "Tsk!" Nenad shook his head irritably and looked at Zach, "I'm right! Eli is crowding out the Sabbat's power in Barton! Start by forcing Linda away! This is a test! Take advantage of the special situation that our Sabbat has given up on Linda!"
Do you need to explain this? Linda is retired, married, has a child, and wishes to commit suicide...
"Do this kind of thing blatantly! Then wait for our reaction! If we don't pursue the case because of Linda's specialness, he will take advantage of it! He will be even more arrogant! Who is next? Darcy, who has already received the vampire blood reward? He All the more reason to do this! Then, he will squeeze out and swallow up our power in Barton bit by bit!"
"So what you're saying is that we have to do something to stop this momentum?" Zach asked with a raised eyebrow.
"certainly!"
"Haha." Zach smiled and glanced at Wes. He didn't know what signal he was sending, but he still addressed Nenad, "You know the process. After you express your opinion, I will give you some advice~ This is my advice. We do nothing and let Eli take advantage of him..."