"Give me the phone number where I can definitely contact Lutrecenbra. Apex 23S. The fastest update," Zach said to Nick on the receiver. And prepared a large piece of 'reason', and smashed it out when Nick refused.
"Home, xx..." Nick on the receiver reported a series of numbers, "Office private phone number, xx..." reported a series of numbers, "My lover's home, xx..." reported a series of numbers.
Zach was stunned for a second, "Say it again, I'll take a note and write it down."
Nick is very cooperative, repeat.
When Zach had written down all three calls, he was like, "Uh, that's what you told me?" It was so easy.
"You don't want me to tell you?"
"Uh no. Thank you." Zach was about to hang up.
"You shouldn't throw away the identity rotation arrangement given to you by the Sabbat."
"What?" Zach put the receiver to his ear again.
"You heard what I said." Nick's tone was very calm, "We have a good system, identity change. You shouldn't just throw it away, twice." Yes, Zach lost it twice.
Judging from Nick's words, he seemed to already know the reason why Zach wanted to find Root. It's not difficult to know. When Kate left, she only took away the broken recorder that could be used as evidence to prove the Grand Master's uncooperation. She did not take away the "Vega Daily". Vega, daily.
Zach thought about his wording for a moment, "Does the report on the funeral industry in your newspaper belong to what you just said, 'good system'?"
"No. You threw away a good system, twice." Nick seemed to like to emphasize this number.
Zach suddenly 'realized', "Have you helped me find Root Theory? Nick?"
There was sudden silence on the other side of the receiver, absolutely quiet, which lasted for a few seconds. "Does it make sense? I failed." We can hear the tone from Nick's words. It was disappointment for himself, "Rutte Just keep emphasizing that you lost the Sabbat's identity system twice under my 'supervision'. I'm by your side, I'm the only person you can properly communicate with while you're here, mine, under supervision. Mine." Can you feel the slight shift in emotion, "Zach, I'm sorry, I should have told you more clearly, I should have let you know more about the Sabbat. This is my fault. And I failed to repair it."
It was a complicated emotion. To be honest, Nick had already let Zach know enough about the Sabbat. Zach held the receiver and said, "Nick, you don't have to be sorry. It's not your fault. Whether you are here or not, I will not accept the death you arranged for me when I first entered the Sabbat." Isn't this the reason? Is it the reason why documents sent twice from Cappadocia were thrown directly into the trash can? No matter how good a system Nick says the identity rotation is, for Zach, it all started with the death of Zachary Grande.
"What you said didn't comfort me." Nick was a bit blunt, "So I deserved to find this trouble. It was the same for everyone around you at the time, right. Tsk."
"Uh, Nick, don't be so naive." Zach thought his comfort was very effective. In a way, "However, since you all feel that you are 'working hard' to report on the situation of the funeral industry in Vega City, isn't it? 'Okay', is there anything you want to remind me before I bombard Rutelesombra with phone calls?"
There was silence on the other side of the receiver for a while, "But I asked him why he kept exposing the Grand Funeral Home." He paused and said, "Expose you." He added more specifically, "When. He said it was an experiment. Originally, There should be an experiment that you jointly planned, but it could only be carried out because of your 'non-cooperation'."
"Experiment? For what?"
"You know how special you are." Nick seemed to have relaxed a lot. "You can leave images. This is an unknown situation that a vampire has never encountered."
This is an honest statement. The ability to travel cannot be compared, because the travel is accompanied by the colonial war across the ocean, and then the independence of the federal state. Everything is unknown. The image is a single unknown in a situation where everything is familiar.
To give a suitable example, a color that he has never tried appears in the painter's commonly used palette. How can this single unknown color be integrated into the color style he is accustomed to? This is the essence of the problem.
Zach frowned, "So Root is going to use me for experiments?" Did he get Zach's consent? Oh no! Zach may have thrown Root's sincere request for consent into the trash, twice~
"You are the only experimental material." Nick was so practical.
"Did he say the final expected result of this experiment?" Zach frowned, "Good or bad."
"Well, vampires can have more freedom in human society, especially the middle and lower classes. You don't know how many personnel changes we have made in the past two years due to the surveillance system brought about by technology..."
Zach curled his lips, let alone the monitoring system, the most down-to-earth thing is that Zach has taken care of his hair for four centuries. Why? Mirror.
"The changes for the vampire upper class will also be huge. Our mayor never appears in the media, and is a shapechanger stand-in when he has to appear. Do you know why Root is the mayor of Vega City? Because one-third of Vega's population is not a permanent resident, no one really cares what their mayor looks like." For a city with an entertainment industry, this number is too conservative.
Zach didn't interrupt.
"Broken. The identity rotation system we originally used was destroyed. Our human citizens began to recognize their neighbors, bosses, and lovers as 'people' who died a few years ago." Nick paused for a moment, " The good is in the bad, and the bad is in the good. This is a complicated experiment, and no one knows how to make the experimental results only go in one direction."
Zach finished listening, "Then Lutrecenbra decided without any burden. Since I rejected the identity rotation information he sent twice, he simply used all my future 'life' as a bargaining chip and let me explore it. What’s good or bad about this?”
Nick's mood seemed to have dropped again, "He said, at worst, let Toledo go to sleep. Anyway, he is the only one in the Toledo clan who has this ability." An unhappy particle came from the receiver, "He said this. It’s time to laugh, Zach, he’s laughing at you.”
Zach held the receiver and lowered his head, looking at the three numbers he had just written down.
It seems like there's no point in making these calls anymore, is there? Lutresembra's purpose is already so obvious. He wanted Zach to go to bed.
Zach spoke again, and the last sentence was, "Tell Root that my relationship with the media in Barton is very bad. Haha, let him work harder ~ Goodbye." Put down the phone.
Stupid and childish. It's like the person who was raped put on a face of enjoyment and said to the person who raped him, "Harder."
But we have to face reality, Zach, there is no way to respond. This stupid and childish response is the only thing that can be said.
As soon as she put down the phone, Louise's voice came from the entertainment room, "Zach, come here and take a look at this."
Zach passed by, and Miley was also there, holding a bowl of snacks and looking at the scene on TV with no interest.
Seems like a 'disaster'. The picture is obviously of an outdated night, with police, emergency, and fire warning lights constantly presenting the audience with red and blue light pollution. It was pretty good, and from time to time there were heavily armed soldiers chasing away those trying to film.
Miley glanced at Zach who came in, and looked at Louise who called Zach over with some confusion, and curled her lips, "What, you have relatives in xx (a city in central China)?" After saying that, Miley herself Laughed there.
Zach glanced at Miley and said, hum, this woman has absolutely no idea what's going on.
The sudden shaking of the scene was that the camera was being driven away again, but at the same time, Zach suddenly issued the command, "Pause."
Louise and Miley both looked at Zach for an idiot. Louise pursed her lips and said, "The TV is playing and I can't pause it."
Zach's expression did not change at all, and he continued to face the screen. When the screen shook again due to the driving, he said, "Pause."
Then, the screen really paused.
"Thank you." Zach twirled the thimble on his finger, saying something that had nothing to do with the scene at this time, "We need to have a better understanding."
Then he walked towards the TV, pointed to a blurry face in the corner of the screen, and looked at Miley, "Miss Lister, look carefully, do you know this person?"
Without even glancing, Miley said, "I don't know anyone from the middle."
"You know this." Zach tapped the corner of the screen with his finger, "Look."
Miley rolled her eyes and tilted her head to look where Zach was pointing. As expected of an actor, the process from impatient to expressionless to thoughtful to confused to surprised makes people feel like they are watching a mime.
"Wes?! That's Wes?!" Miley jumped up from the sofa and stood in front of the TV cabinet, almost holding the entire screen against the figure in the corner, "Wes! This is Wes! ! Why is Wes in the middle? Didn't he go to the west with James..." Miley turned her head to Zach, gloomily, "What happened to James?!"
"Keep playing." Zach gave the 'stupid' command again.
The picture on the TV obviously skipped a paragraph and continued a little stiffly. The footage of being driven away happened again. The scene cut back to the studio as Miley's eyes widened in search of a figure she recognized.
The two hosts of Barton's morning show chatted with smiles, "xx (name), what do you think is happening?"
"I don't know. This is the live scene broadcast in xx City last night. But I have to praise xx City. Their crowd control is really perfect! xx (name), did you see the armed soldiers in the picture? ? We have never had this kind of battle in Patton! Right, remember the last operation organized by the police to collect self-destruction terrorists in Noel District? Haha, how many calls did we receive from people complaining afterwards? "
"A lot." He smiled at the camera, "But if our city also had armed soldiers walking on the streets, I bet our citizens would never complain~" He winked at the camera and smiled.
"This! It's the truth!" The same wink, smile, and the change of topic made people... "Speaking of armed soldiers on the streets, what do you think of our former military mayor? This election?"
"Oh xx~ You are fishing~ You have always had my opinion on the election, haha, but I guess it is the biggest topic among us in Barton now, right?"
"Of course, since Isera announced her withdrawal from the mayoral race, our... "
Bang, the TV was turned off. Miley stared at Zach and pointed at the TV she had turned off, "What is that!"
Zach glanced at Louise and didn't get the prompt, "I guess it's a daily talk show on Barton TV..."
was interrupted, "Those pictures in the middle! What are those?!"
"As the host said." Zack shrugged, "We don't know, we can only praise other people's cities for their crowd control."
What does a person do when he doesn't get the answer to his question. Miley gave a textbook performance. She raised her little fist and said, "Tell me, otherwise, you will feel the close contact between my fist and your face... Ouch, ouch, ouch... let me go!! You pervert!! Ouch! It hurts!" Negative teaching material.
Zach loosened his little fist and glanced at Louise helplessly, "She asked for it."
Louise just rolled her eyes.
When Miley licked her hands with an extremely aggrieved look, Zach still answered, "Actually, I don't know what happened over there." Zach pointed at the black screen. , “All I know are some unhelpful facts.”
Miley also rolled her eyes at Zach, "Just tell me that James is safe! I still need this person alive!" The goal is clear.
Zach tilted his head, "I also hope James is safe."
Miley became gloomy, "Stop talking nonsense! Just tell me!"
"Dale, do you remember Dale, one of the Grand employees? Dell kidnapped James in the west." Zach glanced at the black screen, "The scene just now was obviously a rescue operation. It's a pity that the scene was shot like that From the looks of it, we the audience can’t tell whether the rescue was successful or not.”
Miley stood there for a while, then walked away.
"What are you going to do?"
"Meet James' girlfriend in advance!" He didn't look back and just told the questioner to answer.
"What's the meaning?" Zach followed two steps and watched Miley enter the room she occupied. He knew that the lady was changing clothes, so he didn't follow up.
"She's a reporter! The scene that was just broadcast was from last night. No matter what it is, there should be results by now! I'll go find her and ask." Not forgetting to disgust Zach, "You are useless!"
"The result was a failure. The previous call was from Wes, and he told me." Louise shouted from the entertainment room, and then shrugged at Zach who looked back, "There's no need to hide it from her. "
Also, Zach didn't say anything and continued to talk to Miley, who still heard the sound of changing clothes in the room, "You heard it, there's no need to go to the reporters."
Zach waited for a long time before Miley, who had completely covered herself, appeared again. The thin gap between the hat and the mask was Miley's eyes staring at Zach, "Unlike you, I don't do that. Someone who knew someone was waiting for James to come back but deliberately concealed important information." Referring to herself, yes, wasn't she just waiting for James to come back in Grande? Then, "James was kidnapped, I think His girlfriend should be informed, this is what humans should do."
Oh really? Is this what humans should do, which is meaningless and only causes trouble? Where did this actor learn these 'truths'? Movie
Zach didn't stop it, so why was he wasting his energy trying to stop it? It makes no sense. There's one thing Zach is happy to facilitate
Miley and Kate's meeting was not in Grande, and with the current development, they will definitely not return to Grande: Zach is the bad guy who concealed James' kidnapping, isn't he
Then let her be. It's better to leave without sending it away.