At dinner time, the girl downstairs was having dinner, and Wes was also there. Vertex 23S. Fastest Update Zach and Louise are watching TV upstairs. It is worth mentioning that the content they are watching is the teaching program Republican and Federal Language Bilingual Teaching. It seems to be a practical program produced by Barton's local TV station under the reality that there are more and more republicans in Barton.
There is nothing too in-depth. The content taught every day is basically the friendly atmosphere of "Hello, how are you doing today, do you like this?"
"Will James come back?" It was Wes, holding dinner and standing at the door of the recreation room.
"He said he asked you to wait." He just didn't know what he meant. Zach looked at Weiss and said, "There are a lot of republicans in the west. Is there such a program in the west? I didn't pay attention to this aspect when I was in Vega."
Wes glanced at the screen, "No." It was obvious that he didn't care much about this kind of problem, but it seemed that he had no choice. He walked in with a dinner plate and sat down on the sofa. "Many people in the West are from the gold rush. When the time comes, they have been living in the West for many generations, and they don't need this..." Look again at the short sentences taught on TV, "Elementary Course."
"Oh." Zach raised his eyebrows, "You mentioned that you had comrades in arms and told legends about outsiders." Zach gestured to Louise, "I bet based on the history of the west, this kind of thing has been passed down a lot in the west. There are many non-federal races in this generation, right?"
"Who doesn't like gold?" Weiss pouted.
"Which do you like better, Barton or the West?" Zach asked another question. This is probably a very suitable question for Wes. After all, we know that Wes is an orphan. In terms of belonging, he does not have the origin that we are struggling with.
Wes frowned and thought for a long time before replying, "I don't like it either." Looking at Zach, "You know that in the northwest of the Federation, across the border, within the North Country, there is a place called, 'Kangkang' is a small village, I like it there."
Louise tilted her head, "Weird name."
Zach also tilted his head and thought for a moment, "No, I don't know that place. Why do you like that place?"
"I was stationed there for a year when I was in the army." Wes fell into memory mode. "It was a quiet year. No one died, no one was injured. The villagers didn't welcome us but they wouldn't cause us trouble."
"Then what are you doing there?" Zach blinked. The federal army was stationed in the Northern Territory. This fact is really a bit curious~
"I..." Wes frowned, "I don't know." Then he looked at Zach, "Even if I knew, I couldn't tell you." He curled his lips, "I probably shouldn't even tell you where I am stationed. However, if you look at my file, these contents must have been blacked out." He took two bites of food and returned to the original topic, "If James doesn't come back, will I keep waiting?"
"You can also wait at James' house. If James comes back here, I will give you a call."
"Well, I don't like that Miss Lister." Weiss curled her lips, "I don't think James will go back there either."
"Why?" Louise asked.
"James is not the type who can feel at ease living with another woman when his girlfriend is in unknown danger." Wes answered, "I think." He shook his head, "Forget it. , I'm going home." Just in time, he finished the food on the plate and stood up, "I put the information he needs to fill in at the police station here for him to come back and take a look at. His vacation, well, Director Darcy didn’t say it clearly, but he probably meant to let James adjust before going to work, and I’ll come see him tomorrow.”
Zach nodded and prepared to send Wes out.
He met Alice coming up at the door. Zach thought Alice and Maya were going back to the room to prepare for the night, but unexpectedly the two girls went directly into the entertainment room and asked Louise what was good on TV.
Zach motioned to Wes to wait, "You guys have no activities tonight?"
"No." Alice was a little disappointed, "Kepler is grounded, Laura and Kyle are also grounded." She glanced at Zach helplessly, "Mrs. Barton went home and asked Laura and Kyle to each Stay with her at night and you are not allowed to go out."
"Oh." Zach had nothing to say and continued to see Wes off.
After going downstairs and standing on the back porch, Wes unlocked his motorcycle, "I'm still worried about James. He's a little, well, different."
Zach helped Wes take off the hanging helmet and handed it over with a smile on his face, "Relax, he is normal. I have told you that his abnormality before was because Dale possessed him."
Although Dale put on his helmet, it did not affect his emotions that were conveyed to Zach through the helmet, "That's what I mean. You and I both know how much James used to hate aliens. It was impossible for him to let a person in the past The earth-bound spirit possesses me, no matter what the reason is!"
Zach raised an eyebrow, Wes's words made sense. But it can also be interpreted as, "He just wanted to prove to me that I destroyed Dell and brought the evidence to me. If you think of it this way, this is very James."
Wes got on the motorcycle, his face in the helmet a little speechless, a little agreeable, but also a little... irritated, "Still, I'm worried about him. His father's organ transplant, Dale, and now Kate..." Wes shook his head irritably, "It happened. One thing happened to him one after another, and none of them were good things. I can’t even imagine what was going on in his mind!”
Zach looked at Wes. Due to the barrier of the helmet, Zach's inspection was half as effective. "Tell me the truth." Zach's mouth curved, "Don't be shy, do you like James?"
I mean... where are the facts, right? Putting them together, this is a very logical question.
"What?! No!" Weiss's reaction was unexpectedly loud, "Why would you ask such a question?! Uh, my stomach hurts!"
Zach blinked and looked at Wes, "I really can't decipher now whether your behavior is to avoid the question or whether it is genuine discomfort."
"Well, it's uncomfortable!" Wes replied, and even took off his helmet so that Zach could fully see his expression. "Listen, I don't like James, he's not my type! And... "I twitched the corners of my mouth speechlessly, "I probably shouldn't say this, but you can imagine it from my position. The comrades around me are dying. If I were not James' friend, I would die too! And I am an orphan. After I die, the military does not have to make up a reason to comfort my non-existent family! I simply died in a military operation that was destined to blacken my file!"
Zach frowned, "So you are saying that becoming friends with James is purposeful for you."
Weiss opened his mouth, probably instinctively rejecting this conclusion, but... "Yes! It's purposeful! It's because I found the vampire who was protecting James, Nenadzmisch !I forced myself to be friends with James! For my own survival purposes!"
Zach nodded and kept smiling, "I understand, there is actually no difference between you and Dale."
Wes stared at Zach for a long time, then suddenly turned his head, "Yes, you are right." His tone was inexplicably calm, "James is just a 'talisman' we can use." He shook his head, Glancing at Zach, he put the helmet back on and said, "James' father has seen everything clearly."
That's right, the term 'talisman' was first spoken by General Lance.
"Sorry." Zach was sincerely sorry. At first he asked that question because he really just wanted to gossip. Now, it seems that he has revealed something extremely heavy. "But you should be proud. Although the purpose is the same, what you and Dale achieved is The policy used for the purpose is completely different. At least you don't want to hurt James."
Wes didn't respond to these obviously comforting words. He just waved his hand, started the motorcycle vigorously, and drove away.
Zach stood on the back porch for a while, not blaming himself enough. Exploring the roots of human behavior is science. Haha, at least the psychiatrist Emilia will approve of Zach.
The reason Zach was standing on the back porch was actually because of a look from a window in the living area, Evan's look.
"You're not his type!" Zach shouted toward the living area. There is no reason or any basis. Zach just wants to shout out to tease Evan. Bad taste.
Evan disappeared behind the window.
Zach shrugged and returned to the second floor. Instead of going back to the entertainment room to watch TV, he entered the office. Wes left a lot of police information, which he wanted to fill in for James.
As a civilian, Zach shouldn't see these things, but if Zach wants to, who can stop him~
The information has been classified, and the ones at the top are miscellaneous cases handled by the police in the past month and common illegal activities, such as fights, thefts, and damage to public property. Zach could understand that this was due to Wes's thoughtfulness, and he used small things like this to help James get back to work easily.
Then, the information that was marked with the sealing mark was the self-explosion case that the police secretly covered up this month.
James has admitted that this is a shady story, so let's not have any beautiful fantasies. Most of the documents that Zach turned over were reports of the police covering up the scene of the self-explosion, and only a small part of them were reports of the police preventing the self-explosion before it occurred.
What is noteworthy is that in these incidents, the police hired a civilian consultant to participate in the entire process. People we know.
Think about it, who got Zach out of the cycle of soul expansion? Yes, Walter.
Zach wasn't surprised that James contacted Walter to help. After all, in the conversation at noon, James was very determined to end the self-destruction incident. The time loop caused by self-destruction is an inevitable difficulty that the police will encounter, and James already knows the solution, right
In Dale's fifteen-day diary, and in the month after Zach left Barton, Walter probably made a lot of money by rescuing civilians and police officers from the time loop. Considering the amnesia effect caused by the time loop, Walter probably felt at ease with the money he made.
It's also worth noting that Zach saw Madison in some of the on-set photos. A vague figure, holding a black cat, just passing by passed by the scene.
The way we now know to eliminate the soul fragments created by soul expansion and completely stop the time loop is through the blood of Mokavi, and the other is the black cat that occurred in the self-destruction case at the community college night school.
After seeing these photos, Zach naturally thought that the guy who helped the police put an end to these incidents was the latter. Haha, Madison, it’s good to know that this guy has found himself a new hobby besides journaling.
But we know Zach, if things come up with a certain cat lady, he avoids it. The god our vampire is willing to be forced to face, one Papa Midnight is enough, but one more? Zach didn't want to accept this 'blessing'.
Zach started flipping through the information that Wes had placed at the bottom.
"Is there anything interesting?" It was Alice. Quite strange. Normally if Zach was in the office and someone intervened, it would be Louise.
"It's nothing." Zach smiled, "It's just some police reports." Zach would not let Alice go out. Zach must cherish the relationship between brother and sister that has finally recovered.
"Is there any case about Becky's secret trading club?" Alice walked up to Zach and pursed her lips. "The reason Kepler was banned was because his father, Mr. Smith, found something there and he was not allowed to stay at night. Stop running around outside."
Zach glanced at Alice and said, "Sorry." I wonder why Zach is sorry? Here "I suggested that Kepler investigate that place through family connections. I suggested that she go to Eve, not Mr. Smith."
"It's not your fault." Alice rolled her eyes, "She asked Eve to talk, but Eve is just, uh, a model junior high school student." Alice told a joke, "If Kepler has this problem The curfew for high school students is 11 p.m., and Eve’s curfew is 8 p.m. Haha, I guess being a model child has its consequences~"
Zach smiled, understanding that Eve had difficulty moving. The model child has nothing to lose, it is the child who loses. There are some things that only adults can do.
Alice continued, "Lydia brought some Rimmer to check." She looked helpless again, "Lydia actually still has no real power in the Smith family. Although Mr. Smith has given Lydia some power in some aspects, Interface, but..." She waved her hand and said nothing. After all, it felt a bit transgressive. "Lydia, who has some clues, still needs to find Mr. Smith to advance the investigation. Then." Alice spread her hands, "Lydia accidentally I let it slip that it was actually Kepler who discovered this in the first place. Then, he was grounded, pitiful Kepler."
"Okay." Zach turned over the information in his hand and raised his eyebrows, "There is really a case in this area." Seeing Alice reaching out to take the information in front of Zach in surprise, Zach frowned, but No words were spoken.
Alice's hands were holding the edges of the information. She paused and looked at Zach, "I shouldn't be reading these, right?"
Zach nodded, but still didn't speak.
As you can feel, Mr. Smith grounded Kepler when he found out that Kepler might be in danger. And is Zach going to indulge Alice in reading the police files here? Well, that’s not condoning it, just not stopping it. But after all, it’s not suitable. Then again, the newly revived brother-sister relationship...
Alice retracted her hand, "I still won't read it." She smiled at Zach, "If you read it, tell me~"
Zach breathed a sigh of relief and thanked Alice for her awareness, which allowed Zach to avoid a difficult decision.
Ten minutes later, "Two people died. The police are still investigating the identity of the deceased." Zach finished reading.
"Do you have any pictures?" Alice asked.
Zach picked up the two photos, hesitated, and showed them to Alice.
Alice frowned and pointed to the left, "This is the person who killed Caesar. This person is the person who killed Kepler and Jimmy."
Zach put down the photo. He understood what Alice meant. Neither Caesar nor Kepler was dead. These were just the 'death scenes' seen by the banshee that night, and neither really happened.
That, "So, the two deceased men were not victims."
"They are not victims." Alice answered firmly.