It was already dark before James woke up. Judging from the luster of his skin, he had rested very well. Vertex 23S. The fastest update, but actually this is not a good thing. James' biological clock should be completely broken.
"Just in time, dinner is ready~" Louise, who was watching TV in the entertainment room, saw James standing at the door, "Go, Alice made dinner, you will like it~"
"Where is Zach?" James rubbed his eyes, "Dinner? How long did I sleep?"
"Living area." Louise also answered the second question, "Sixteen hours. You need to eat something~"
James went downstairs, and as soon as he came out of the back porch, he went back into the dining room, nodded to the two girls, then took the dinner plate that had been prepared for him, went out, and walked directly to the living area.
Before entering the living area, James could already hear the, well, noise inside. James was ready to go in directly to see what was going on, but he didn't know what kind of logical progress was going on in his brain. He stood in front of the stairs in the front porch of the living area, staring at the empty space on the side of the stairs. Bowl, called softly, "Li Boke?"
A faint light flickered on the stairs, "It's Laibokeng." Impatiently, "Are you here to replenish goat milk for me? Human."
James glanced at the cup on his dinner plate, "I'll give you this, can you tell me what's going on in it?"
"Is this a new game?" The light flickered, seeming to be somewhat interested.
"Uh, yes."
"Okay!" Shimmer jumped, "What do you want to know!"
"What happened inside."
"Ha! I hid the construction crew's tools on the roof! Now, give me the goat's milk!"
"Uh..." James looked up and made sure Zach was no longer on the roof. He could hear Zach's voice in the common area on the first floor. "That's not it. I want to know why Zach is inside."
"This is not in the rules of the game! Give me goat milk!" The light began to flash rapidly.
"Yes, I just forgot to say it." James stared at the flickering light, alert? I guess so. "You tell me why Zach is in the living area and I give you milk. That's the new game."
"Your new game is not fun!" Shimmer crashed into James's arms. Before James could react, he clearly saw his wallet flying out of his arms, breaking away from gravity, and then , with a snap, "Now your wallet is on the roof too!!" The glimmer disappeared.
James' face twitched for a moment before he stepped up onto the front porch and into the living area.
Why did James do this? Who knows.
The public space on the first floor was full of people, and some daily necessities were piled up. Among the Grand employees moving things back and forth, Old Hank was arguing fiercely with Zach.
Although James saw Zach's gaze as soon as he came in, James chose not to get closer and stood outside the public area while eating dinner and watching what was happening here.
Zach interrupted Old Hank's excitement and said, "One last time, I will not be responsible for the mistakes of your people. It is not my obligation."
Old Hank glared at Zach, "We're not talking about obligations now, are we?! I need you, I need you..." Old Hank also saw James, no matter what he was about to say, he forced back his anger and The employees who vented their anger and moved things around said, "What have you been doing since just now?!"
"Change rooms! We are not going to continue to live in the same room with Evan!" someone answered.
"If you want to change rooms, you have to register! You can't just move out! Your bail officer demands to know your accommodation arrangements!"
"Then let's register! Now!"
While Old Hank looked irritated, Zach put his head aside and said, "It's your job, not mine."
Old Hank walked away gloomily, probably registering for new employee accommodation.
Zach walked towards James who was watching, smiling at first, "Are you awake? How did you sleep?"
James didn't want to answer Zach's concern, it was too typical and he didn't want to say more. James gestured to the employees crowded with Old Hank, "What's going on here?"
Zach also looked back at Old Hank, obviously receiving a warning look. But probably because of this look, Zach smiled and walked towards the stairwell, "Follow me." He said to James.
James followed.
Remember the stairwell in the living area, down is the laundry room, and up is the second floor. Zach took James down first.
While James was stuffing food into his mouth, he saw Evan who was tied up next to a row of washing machines. James said nothing and followed Zach up.
The public area on the second floor was also full of people, but they were not Grand employees. The leader was Austin. When he saw Zach coming up, he immediately approached, "Mr. Grand! Although our cooperation is very pleasant, what are you doing?" Illegal detention! You can't keep us here..."
James drank the milk while listening to Austin yelling at Zach...until Austin saw himself standing behind Zach.
Austin was stunned for a moment, and then rushed to James in an instant, "You are the detective!! Detective Lance! I remember you! In the newspaper, in the news! You came to save us!!"
James and Austin looked at each other expectantly for a while, swallowed the food and drink in their mouths, lowered their heads and continued to deal with dinner.
"Detective! Detective!!"
Zach was already in front, taking James onward.
As a fully functional complex apartment building, Grande's living area certainly has safety exits. Of course, it was being blocked by a Grande employee who was looking irritable. When he saw Zach coming over, he couldn't wait to speak, "Did I hear people rechecking in the room down there? I don't want to be in the same room as Evan! I need to check in!"
Zach shrugged, making a casual gesture. The employee didn't hesitate at all and rushed away.
James still settled the dinner without speaking, knowing that Zach's tour guide was not over yet.
Sure enough, Zach took him into an apartment.
Bain is here, going in and out of the bedroom, seeming to be cleaning something.
James ate a little faster because he had already seen the blood on Bain's hands. No matter what was in the room, it was bound to affect his appetite.
"Go and see for yourself." Zach seemed not to intend to go in, and motioned for James to go alone.
James finished handling the dinner, looked at Bain's face, and went in.
"Detective Lance?" Derek's voice sounded helpless, "We really should meet under more normal circumstances..."
"Who is he?" James' voice.
"People from the construction team."
"How is he?"
"It's bad, ruptured stomach, broken ribs, torn skin..." Derek said for a while. "He needs surgery. Or, you know."
James came out of the bedroom and looked at Zach without saying a word, just with a look, 'Why don't you do what you know'. '
Zach didn't answer and remained silent with a smile on his face.
James looked at Zach for a while, then returned to the bedroom and spoke to Derek, "How did you get here? Did Zach ask you to come?"
"Hank called." Derek's tone was sincere, "I really didn't want to come. He said it was an emergency. I... ugh."
James came out of the bedroom again, looked at Zach, and considering that he didn't want to repeat the silence above, he spoke this time, "Why didn't you stop this from happening."
"I didn't know this happened." Zach answered simply, "I'm outside, Mary's Church, if you're curious."
Just as James was about to go back to the bedroom, he thought of something again, "What about Louise?"
"She's with me."
James frowned and said, "We'll talk about this later." Go back to the bedroom.
Derek's voice, "He needs to go to the hospital, now! I can't treat him here, I don't have the drugs, the equipment, uh, I don't even have the disinfectant, he's dying..."
James came out again and looked at Zach. First there was silence. Just in time, let's make sure that we all understand the situation at hand.
During Zach and Louise's time away from Grande, Evan attacks someone on the construction team. Then Old Hank responded. Objectively speaking, it was quite a correct response. He restrained the assailant Evan, threw him in the laundry room, and detained the witness construction team on the second floor of the living area, and called in the doctor Dr. Gram, assess the victim's injuries.
Now, we should probably be able to guess what Old Hank wanted to say to Zach before.
James spoke, "What does old Hank want?"
Zach shrugged, "We can't let this kind of thing ruin Grande's reputation, especially this halfway house project. He wants me to handle it."
James stared at Zach, "What kind of treatment will be done specifically?"
"Haha, the vampire way." Zach looked at James with a smile, "What do you think? Do you still want me to go in and heal the injured?"
James, his face began to darken.
Can you understand the dilemma James finds himself in at this point
First of all, we should praise James. At least until here, James remained calm and followed Zach to observe.
Then, the 'reward' for keeping calm, is now the dilemma.
James knew Zach could easily save a man from death and then make the whole thing disappear with those Toledo eyes. But at the same time, James, the police detective, also witnessed and condoned the growth of an embryonic criminal organization!
This is not alarmist. How did we just evaluate Old Hank's reaction? Yes, the correct response. To what old Hank wanted to maintain, right, to the law, to society, to justice? How wrong!
The real difficulty is not the choice between saving lives and this almost philosophical justice, but the Zach in front of James now.
"Why say no to old Hank!" James stared at Zach.
This predicament is actually not James' turn to be involved, right? The situation we followed James all the way through has obviously been happening for a while. Zach can completely solve the problem before James wakes up. As James has always questioned Zach's character, Zach can completely choose to become a vampire to make all this disappear and satisfy Old Hank's needs. But he didn't. For whatever reason, this vampire made James, who didn't need to know all this, successfully fall into such a choice.
"Why should I agree?" Zach asked in a matter-of-fact manner, "This is not an incident caused by aliens." Zach shrugged and said in a relaxed tone, "There are no 'puzzles' that cannot be solved by society, no There are no obstacles that cannot be understood by human common sense in a world view that may be shattered. It’s just that a person who has made mistakes has made mistakes again. Here, I don’t need to agree to anything.” Zach smiled, “I believe that humans have Your own way of handling the situation.”
James stepped in front of Zach in two steps, slapped Zach in the face, and lowered his voice, "Don't say this to me! You have interfered in human affairs! There are many more! You only deliberately created this because I am here A situation that makes me uncomfortable!!”
Zach took a step back, and James, who had just had dinner, said in a not-so-good tone, "You're overthinking, James, I'm not that free yet."
James followed Zach's step forward, as if his close gaze had any effect. Well.
"Zach!" Derrick came out of the bedroom, "He is going to die! Really! If you two have a problem, can you solve it in a while? Now I tell you, a person is really going to die!"
Zach was about to take another step back, but James caught him, "Help!"
Zach frowned, "Are you sure? Detective." Pay attention to the title, "You know that once I save someone, the rest will be matched. I will not explain to a bunch of civilians how a seriously injured person suddenly Once healed, I will fully fulfill Old Hank's wish. Detective Lance, is this what you want to happen?"
"No! But you have to save people now!"
That's what James decided. Well, Zach pushed away James' hand that grabbed him, "Remember, this is what you asked for, not what I want." Zach walked into the bedroom.
At the same time as the dying man is seen, James can be heard exiting. Leave James alone.
"You don't really save strangers, do you?" It was Derrick, when Zak stabbed the dying man with his thimble finger.
Zach glanced at Derrick, "You can say that."
Derrick was nervous for a moment, "Uh, I'm not saying you're wrong or anything, uh, I mean everyone is like this, they only care about the people they know,..."
Zach didn't respond, watching the dying man getting further and further away from death, expressionless.
Now, tell you why Zach really rejected Hank Sr. Of course it's not as boring as Disgusting James, and it has nothing to do with justice. It’s just that before Zach was called to the living area by Old Hank, he asked Alice, "I never asked, I just took it for granted that you would take over Grande and become the master of Grande. I know you were angry with me before, so it was natural." I think so. Now, let me ask you seriously, do you want to take over Grande?"
Alice replied, "This is the only place I can call home. Of course I will take over the Grande, but not this Grande. I don't like the Grande that old Hank made. I don't want my The home has become what Old Hank envisioned. And... "Important," Caesar thinks, what is Athera's plan for letting Grande take in ex-convicts, and I'm a little worried."
"Okay." Zach replied, "Then, wake up James and be secretive."