"Is this some kind of 'getting close to the enemy' strategy? Apex 23S. The fastest update."
Zach returned to Grande, made a phone call and started waiting for someone. That line is there because Miley came along and is now using Grande's phone without asking Zach's permission.
"No." He answered quite simply, but seemed unsure. He glanced at Zach and continued dialing, "You want to find James, I want to find James. We have the same purpose for the time being."
Zach tilted his head, agreed with this, and began to pay attention to Miley's dial. It's a bit long, and it should be the area code added. "What are you going to do after you find James?" Zach smiled inexplicably, "Are you going to take James away from me?"
Miley smiled and responded, "Yes." She smiled with squinting eyes.
If everyone is as confused as Zach, how could this girl, who was clearly very aware of the huge gap between vampires and humans, have the guts to say what she said. The reason is out.
Miley's phone call should have gone through, "It's me."
Zach heard the voice on the other side of the receiver very clearly. It's also a female voice, "Miley!" Judging from the abbreviation used in the title, it's her true friend.
"I saw that Barton vampire." Miley glanced at Zach with confidence, "He just called Wes."
This is a fact. Zach just called Wes and was waiting for Wes. But what about this Miley...
On the other side of the receiver, "Are you safe?!"
"Safe, for now." Miley continued to look sideways at Zach, "What about you?"
"Safety!"
This call is getting weirder and weirder.
Miley must have adjusted her mood, "The information we got from the Sabbat is correct. This vampire from Barton is connected to everyone. I may meet Nainad Cappadocia."
There were obvious mood swings on the other side of the receiver, "Okay, okay."
Zach looked down and started playing with his fingers. It’s a good habit to ask questions when you have them, but it depends on the occasion.
"The plan continues. I will be in regular contact." Miley seemed to conclude.
"Yeah. Stay safe."
Bye.
"Don't you ask?" Miley looked at Zach who lowered his head.
"what."
"I plan, like, what will happen if I don't check in with my friends regularly."
Zach looked up with a smile on his face, "Then, what will happen?"
"A certain piece of real estate in the west will be under the name of an Indian. This real estate is inconspicuous, but every week, Lesembra will hold Sabbat meetings there." Needless to say, there is no need to say the rest.
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Only one property?" With just one phone call, Zach could tell Lesembra to change the venue for the meeting.
"Only one place." Miley seemed confident, "But for a start, if my friend..." On purpose, add "we". I didn't hear that some high-ranking figures in the West died inexplicably in a fire or something." Ha. It seems that the Western Sabbat's habit of always occupying the upper echelons of the human class and maintaining 'master' privileges is also a drawback, for example, it has a clear goal. "One by one, there will be more and more Indian properties in the West."
Zach had two questions, first about the motive, "Then why don't you start now? It seems like you don't need to come to Barton to snatch James."
"Isn't the immortality of vampires the punishment of your faith?" Miley tilted her head, "Burning you to death is too, um, gentle for you. My revenge is not to help you redeem yourself, don't you think?"
Zach looked at Miley, speechless. What Miley meant was to let the vampire... suffer, suffer alive.
The second question is okay. "Your friends..." Following Miley's choice of words, "Do we have any special abilities that allow us to easily control the ownership of the land in the west?"
Miley's answer was somewhat off-topic, "This?" She pointed to the phone, obviously indicating the person she had just called, "She is my roommate. Yes, the roommate who took me to the party where I might have met James."
Zach didn't want the topic to go to a boring place, so he prepared the topic, "I mean..."
was interrupted, "Did you know that during James's service, except for Wes, who you just found, all his comrades died."
Zach stayed quiet. He didn't know, but he knew. We are in a similar situation to Zach. We know that there is a lot of content in James' files that has been blacked out and cannot be published. We know that Nenad is a vampire sent by the Sabbat to protect James, the son of Lance. We know Wes is friends with James.
Finally, we know the fact that Wes knew about the alien race and survived and returned to Barton because of his ability to influence James' life, and he and James were friends. Some people have wondered what happened to those ordinary comrades who didn't know about foreign races and didn't have the ability to affect James' life.
Miley said, "They are all dead. My roommate's boyfriend is among them." The motive, along with the motive, what Zach was really asking emerged, "Every time the military returns home to visit relatives, there are always A funeral." Miley chose it, and said frivolously, "A big funeral, you know, the kind that has a gun salute, the national flag, and the national anthem..."
Zach didn’t know that Barton hadn’t shown up for such a funeral yet. How lucky
"Every funeral, someone's son, someone's brother, someone's friend, someone's student, someone's subordinate, someone's lover." These people, probably, are all the 'friends' in Miley's mouth One of them said, "The rich can buy a hotel, and the poor can buy a piece of wasteland. Haha, everyone has a family." Miley seemed to be pleased with herself, spreading her hands and saying, "Look, these are us. The special ability of friends. An ability invented by humans." This ability is called trading. Start with shells and metals in exchange for food and survival resources. Then, relying on human civilization, all the things that humans can encounter become exchangeable for resources...
Zach blinked and spoke slowly with mixed emotions, "How many 'your friends' are there." This is a stupid question. Every human being, driven by specific motives, will be Miley's 'friend' .
"Afraid? Vampire~"
"No, the Sabbat has been operating from scratch in the West for four centuries. You and your friends can't be so relaxed..."
She was interrupted again, "Do you want to give it a try?" Miley put her hand on the phone.
Zach really wanted to try it. "I... forget it."
"Heh." He took his hand off the phone and said, "I don't know when Wes will come. I'll ask you about someone else."
The person who is conscious of the gap between the two sides is now Zach, "Ask."
"Half a year ago, the military sent a seriously ill colonel to Barton..."
"Ike?" Miley didn't need to finish.
"Hmph." Miley curled her lips, "Sure enough, you know everything in Barton." Then she frowned, "Is he really dead?"
Zach hesitated. We all know about Ike’s fake death, and we also know that the reason that brought him to that situation is that he refused to cooperate with the Sabbat. To a certain extent, he and Miley are the same person, "Ike is yours One of my friends?”
"No, I'm not that powerful. I know people in the military. But he has some influence on his subordinates. I know some of the remarks he made publicly against General Lance." Miley glanced at Zach, feeling confident. , "There are some rumors about him in the West. If I can discover the truth about his death in Patton, I might be able to make more 'friends'. Haha, after all, I know what General Lance is."
We should be able to feel Zach's complicated mood. He and Miley can cooperate in dealing with the Sabbat. However, there is something weird about it that makes Zach feel a little... uneasy about Miley. Her targets include Zach, right
Let's go and see.
"He's still alive."
"What?!"
"Do you want the address? I can give it to you." Zach was already writing Sissy's address.
Miley watched Zach finish writing, picked it up, but didn't walk away.
Zach didn't ask, he answered himself.
"I have to wait for Wes first."