On the way back to the South District, Zach kept thinking about how he said "Toledo died in Barton". He always felt that there was something missing in his thinking logic, but for some reason he wanted to tell the result first... Well, in short, Zach returned very slowly, relying on normal human walking to delay time, hoping that he would be able to come up with a clearer idea by the time he arrived at the Southern District Police Station. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
But when Zach stood at the door of the Southern District Police Station, his mind was still confused. After looking at James' car parked at the door, Zach shook his head, forget it, didn't want to think about it anymore, Zach stepped into the police station.
Ideally, someone should come over to help him as soon as he sees Zach. meet? Don't be so idealistic, Zach is not a flower that everyone likes.
"Who are you looking for?" The guy in police uniform raised his chin towards Zach.
Zach glanced inside the room, but saw no one he expected to see, "Report the police."
"Report a crime?" The police officer who received him looked at Zach again. Oh, he had already looked at Zach when he came in. He was not injured, and he was not excited. After making his first judgment, he asked who he was looking for. "Fill out a form." Guess it wasn't a case with a big impact, otherwise he wouldn't be so calm, so he casually handed a form to Zach.
Zach answered, a little speechless, "Actually, I'm looking for someone."
"Oh." The police officer looked at Zach again, blinking as if he was thinking about something. Taking back the form from Zach, "Who are you looking for?"
James? impossible. Zach knew that when he said, 'A Toledo is dead,' James would just applaud. Wes? Also... not. Wes's attitude towards aliens was too accepting, and he probably couldn't realize the significance of a Toledo dying in Barton. That is, "Officer Coulson..."
"Wait a minute!" He was interrupted, "I think I know who you are! You are Zachary Grande, right? The owner of the funeral home, right?"
"I am." Zach had to nod out of politeness, unable to predict what this guy would say next.
"Ha! I knew it! You are the only one in our South District who has this kind of..." It was quite impolite. He waved a finger up and down in front of Zach's body, trying to describe Zach's clothes. He probably didn't think of the right words at the moment. "Style! Haha, you are a celebrity in the Southern District~ When our director was interviewed some time ago, he always apologized to you..."
This guy is so unfair. Isn't Zach already a celebrity in the South Side? In the South District, a place that no one cares about, only Grande is frequently in the news. It's not just because of the Southern District Police Department's public apology to Grande some time ago.
On the contrary, since the police officer specifically mentioned this matter, Zach could foresee that this guy would completely ignore the person he just said he was looking for.
After the police officer recognized Zach, he ran away. While blinking at Zach, he went straight to the innermost office of the police station and knocked on the door, "Chief! Mr. Grande is here! That one." Mr. Grande of Grande Funeral Home!”
Zach really didn't want to talk. Watching quietly as the office door was pushed open, Director Cologne glanced at Zach and hooked two fingers, which was considered an invitation.
It doesn't matter, Director Cologne is fine too. Zach walked to the office, ignoring the police officer laughing next to him. Some people are just too busy and don't pay attention to them.
It wasn't Zach's first time coming to the Southern District Police Station, but it was his first time entering the chief's office. Zach was lucky enough to enter the chief's office of the North District Police Department with Darcy's tacit approval. The comparison made Zach feel a little regretful. After looking around before sitting down, he turned his attention to Cologne. "I'm here to see Detective Coulson. I may have information about the self-destruction case."
Zach could feel the atmosphere that if it wasn't a boring police officer taking matters into his own hands, Cologne wouldn't want to be disturbed. When Zach entered the office, Cologne picked up the receiver and said "I'll talk later" and hung up the phone. Zach's entry obviously interrupted something. Then Zach might as well tell him his purpose directly.
But Cologne didn't seem to be in a hurry, and keenly grasped the question in Zach's words: "Looking for Coulson? Isn't it Lance?"
Zach was smart enough, "Detective Coulson is not the person in charge of this joint investigation, so why waste the time on transmitting information."
"Yeah." Colon didn't observe Zach's expression, but looked at the documents in front of him, and nodded, "You have a point." He had no intention of helping Zach notify Coulson.
Zach had already sensed where Coulson's gang was. Upstairs, three detectives and a group of police officers were cleaning the room in a panic.
Zach adjusted his sitting posture. In this situation, he seemed to be unable to stand up and walk away. He tentatively said, "Of course, you will do the same when I tell the director the information."
"No need." Cologne was also logical enough, "I still have to convey it to Coulson, which is a waste of time." He said this, but he still had no tendency to find Coulson.
This made Zach a little confused. He pursed his lips and looked at the document Chief Cologne was looking at. It looked familiar. It was the witness statement from the North District Police Station that James brought home yesterday. To be more specific, Chief Cologne looked at the testimony of 'The Joker' (a doctor, Cologne's brother-in-law).
Zach didn’t know what to do anyway, so he just guessed and tried, “He was just unlucky to encounter something like this.”
Colon looked up at Zach, "You said it was bad luck to see a man blow himself up in front of you."
"Or lucky?" Zach was just talking nonsense at this time. Seeing what Cologne would react to was a very inefficient communication technique. "It was not him who blew himself up. He would be luckier to witness it than to be the person involved."
"Hmph." This was quite simple, and Cologne reacted with undisguised disgust, "I hope it's him who explodes."
If you look back at the initial events of this story, you can remember that Cologne did not like this brother-in-law. But still, this is a bit too straightforward...
"Liar." Colon sincerely did not hide his emotions. "He always tells my sister that he is working overtime, and how critical the patient's condition is, and he must stay in the hospital, tsk, to save lives and heal the wounded. Hum, it turns out, he is participating in Such a boring rally! He can lie to such ridiculous things, who knows what other lies he told!"
Well, for this reason, let’s agree with Cologne’s disgust. Zach nodded slightly, implicitly showing his support for Cologne's words. But it seems that there is no room to continue this topic. Zach needs to continue talking nonsense to test...
"Who are you?" Colon's mood changed extremely quickly. After saying something that seemed to be a question, he lowered his head again and looked at the document.
"Huh?" Zach pretended not to understand, "What did you say?"
"Let me ask you, who are you?" Colon elaborated on his question very thoughtfully, "Who are you, what is your special identity, and what secrets do you have."
There was no room for pretense. Zach could only look at Cologne sincerely, "I don't understand your question."
"If I were still the chief of the North District Police Department, I would not give you privileged access to witnesses." Colon began to explain his problem, "You are just an informant, and you must admit that you are an informant with many resources. But, the informant The person is the informant, you are not the law enforcer. So what is the reason that Darcy in that position allowed you to contact those witnesses." He quickly glanced at Zach to see his expression, " Can you answer me?"
Colon didn't see anything, and Zach was very calm.
Before Zach answers, I can give you the answer to this question asked by Colon
Simple, Zach's status in the Sabbat is higher than Darcy's, much higher.
Next, listen to Zach's answer to Cologne: "In the west, the Lance family is much stronger than Darcy."
You can clearly feel Cologne's momentary stagnation and recovery very quickly. He nodded, "So what I guessed has always been right. Many things, including Darcy's airborne landing and my being demoted to the Southern District, were all because of James Lance."
Is there anything wrong with Cologne's logic? No. Zach simply replaced the Sabbat and Lance families. Cologne doesn't need to know about the Sabbat or alien races. A completely reasonable Lance family that is cultivating family children is enough.
After nodding, he shook his head, looked at Zach, and seemed to be laughing at himself, "If I didn't openly express that I don't like James Lance, I should still be at the North District Police Station now, right?"
At this time, just follow the words with skill. Anyway, the logic has been rationalized by Cologne himself. Zach just needs to add some bricks, "Probably not." Zach used a relaxed and sincere tone, "You need to ask Darcy is like that, well, well-behaved. You can't be angry that James ignores your orders, and you still have to listen to James' orders occasionally. Can you do this?"
"Haha. Impossible." Colon smiled and looked down at the file.
Therefore, Zach should be considered to have escaped...
"Then who are you?" Colon actually didn't give up his question, "Now I can see it more clearly. James Lance came to Barton's first case, the case of female mutilation, and you appeared. ." He tilted his head, still retaining a bit of the smile from before, but it was a bit cold, "How long have you been in Barton, almost 11 years. What is written on your file is that you are looking for your father, right?" A complete change Cheng sneered, "Have you been waiting for 10 years for James Lance to show up, haha. Lance family, General Lance."
Zach was already starting to get a little cautious. Obviously Cologne is not a character that can be dealt with easily. Perhaps because of his career, this guy may not miss any details, so, "What do you think I am?"
The policy has been set, which is to use the other party's logic to convince the other party. Therefore, Zach needs the other party to give him clues. I understand.
"You have medical experience." Well, as expected, Colon didn't give up any details, and Colon actually held on to Zach's matter, "But it's not on your file." Colon glanced at Zach, "You explained, I keep it My own opinion. Then on the file, you are a businessman, haha, according to what you said, during that war period, everything was not fixed. Your brother Benjamin is a soldier. "
Zach was not prepared to respond to any of the information that was already on the table, but simply nodded, indicating that Cologne was free to continue.
"Ike." Colon said the name.
Zach showed no emotion.
"Before Ike died." Everyone could breathe a sigh of relief. Cologne didn't know that his former comrade-in-arms was now staying beside the angel as a container in a new look. "Blurry..." Cologne's mood was a little unstable, which is understandable. After all, Ike 'died' in front of him. "When he told me what brought him to this point, he mentioned General Lance's business in the west." (Ike once revealed to James that James The soldier's father, General Lance, was traitorous and engaged in smuggling with the Northern Kingdom.)
Zach's brain was already following Cologne's words. Ike used his dying body to come to Barton specifically to find Zach!
The whole piecing together of clues seems to be going against Zach.
Hidden professional skills, an erratic businessman, and his younger brother is a soldier. General Lance, smuggling. Let’s deal with it ourselves.
Sure enough, Colon seemed to have given up looking at the document in front of him, closed it, and looked at Zach seriously, "Ike came to see you, and you denied knowing him in front of me. Now I ask you again, are you still Do you insist that you don’t know Ike?”
Zach responded, "I stand by it. He's dead and doesn't exist, so I stand by my original statement." Typical, I'll leave it here, feel free to think what you want. 'Looking back at the above, isn't this Zac's policy at this time
Cologne nodded, "Good answer, he is dead." Then he looked Zach up and down with an indescribable look, "If I were wiser, wouldn't now be the time when I consciously stop asking you questions? Already?"
"Yes." He followed the other person's words skillfully, "But it seems like you won't stop."
Cologne seemed to nodded with relief, but, "Let's stop here this time, wait until I have more things worth asking..." Needless to say, this is a situation that Zach must face at some point in the future. 'Date'.
Colon picked up the phone and said, "Coulson, right?" It was to confirm to Zach who Zach was looking for.
"yes."
Colon pressed the number and looked at Zach while waiting, "I won't die suddenly one day." It was so straightforward that it was impossible to evaluate for a while.
"No." This is one of those situations where you only have one answer.
The situation upstairs was a bit chaotic, and Zach could hear the ringing of the ringing sound unnoticed by anyone among the chaotic tidying up. The phone wouldn't be picked up for a moment before Colon spoke again.
This guy is also not sincere at all. After speaking, he will let Zach go now. "I won't suddenly change my temper one day, like Rippert (No), who avoids certain things for no reason." "
Zach frowned.
Somewhere in this story, there is an informant who tells everyone that Noo was Colon, who was the former North District chief, and had knowledge of the trends in the gray professional circle.
"That's a personal matter between me and Nuo." Zach didn't have any logic to convince the other party on this issue. This was a straightforward alien-human conflict. Zach couldn't peel off the alien part and come up with some brainwashing remarks. Exonerate yourself.
Moreover, Cologne Cunningly brought it up in this way during this gap. It was obviously what he had just said, and there was no information that could be used. Just cheating on Zach.
Therefore, we must get away.
Zach stood up, "Where is Detective Coulson, I will go myself."
Colon hesitated, but put down the phone. "Personal question," still trying.
Zach showed his boredom at the right time, "Yes, personal issues." This was used to contrast with the calmness before and to distinguish between public and private matters.
Do you understand? No matter what kind of 'role' Cologne has regarded Zach as, Zach faced it calmly. This is fair. Zach will not deny or argue. But when it comes to Nuo's problem, it's private. Two mental states deal with two things, and Zach has done it well.
It worked.
Colon nodded and pointed upstairs, "The second archives room on the left. They are cleaning the room as an office for joint investigations."
Zach still paid attention to the etiquette and was not too impatient. He nodded and left the office.
Keep it simple, Zach has no intention of saying anything in James' presence.
"Detective Coulson, didn't you say you were worried about the General? You were right to worry. One of his men died, which may be related to this case."