The call came from Benjamin, who asked, "Has your wife returned to Grande? Vertex 23S. The fastest update."
"Benjamin." Zach tilted his mouth. It doesn’t matter if others take advantage of this situation to run against Zach, but Benjamin comes too? Get over it.
"Hmph." Fortunately, Benjamin was conscious, "Has Murphy returned to Grande?"
"So." Zach didn't let Benjamin ask. "She is outside the Grande and refuses to come in for fear that I will kill her."
"Humph." Benjamin's mood was really single, "How long has she been standing outside?"
"Twenty minutes." Zach estimated, "Louise is interrogating her."
There was silence on the other side of the receiver for a while, probably as he was trying to understand the word 'interrogation'. After a while, Benjamin spoke again, with a tone that was too lazy to ask, "She can stand outside for a while. I will go back to Grande for dinner, you'd better be ready." Inexplicably, the topic turned to dinner Scheduled preview.
"Okay." Zach accepted the reservation. There was nothing else to do anyway.
As expected, Benjamin was about to hang up the phone. But Zach held the receiver and waited for a long time, but did not hear Benjamin's goodbye, "Are you okay?"
"Don't you ask me what I'm doing?" Benjamin's voice sounded cold.
"Do you want me to ask?" This was Benjamin's fault. He knew clearly that Zach would not interfere with his work.
Benjamin on the other side of the receiver snorted again, "I don't want you to ask, but you can know this." Regardless of whether Zach responded or not, he said directly, "Murphy deliberately led me away again, this time It was in Port Marsa. I blocked two wizards from the wizard family, asked Murphy and sent someone away from Barton."
"Okay." Zach wouldn't thank Benjamin for telling him this information, because he didn't need Benjamin to tell him. Someone would tell Zach sooner or later.
"So I want to teach Murphy a lesson. If she wants to enjoy my protection while doing this secretly, then she underestimates my professional standards."
"Oh." Zach seemed to understand. Benjamin was explaining why Murphy returned to Grande alone. Haha, Benjamin is teaching Murphy a lesson, that's okay.
After a moment of silence on both sides of the phone, Zach raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Zach is so weird. What are Benjamin still waiting for? The dinner has been set and the explanation has been given. Why don’t you hang up
"Don't you ask me what my professional standards are." Benjamin's voice changed to a cold tone.
"Okay." Zach didn't understand what Benjamin wanted, so he could only cooperate, "What are your professional principles?" He asked while shaking his head, because Zach could at least guess that no matter what Benjamin said, it would definitely be derogatory. Zach's own behavioral style. As for the difference between Anzu's firm and Grande, Benjamin has never shied away from clarifying it, has he
"Trust." Benjamin answered as he wished. "Entrusting it to me means that the client trusts me unconditionally, and I also trust the client unconditionally. Do you understand?"
"Yeah." Zach pursed his lips, "I understand." Benjamin was actually not suitable to say such words, because his words were very simple, "You want to say that Murphy broke this trust, right. Okay, I understand. Yes, I completely agree with you." To be honest, Zach would rather listen to the progress of Louise and Murphy, and is not in the mood to discuss work ethics with Benjamin here, "Is there anything else?"
"Are you okay?" Benjamin seemed to hear Zach's unwillingness to continue the call.
"Uh, no, it's just that I want to hear Louise interrogate Mo..."
He was actually interrupted, "Louise can't run, you can tell her what you want to hear anytime." Benjamin said something incomprehensible, "How about I tell you something interesting to seduce your attention? .”
Zach curled his lips and said, "Just tell me."
"There are people from the wizarding family at the train station, and there are people from the wizarding family at Port Massa. There are people from the wizarding family in the long-distance and internal circulation center of Barton's population. Do you think this is interesting?"
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Oh~ after you said it like that, maybe it's really interesting~" What was even more surprising was that it was Benjamin who said this. Benjamin had never had such an insightful view of things...at least not while he was at Grande.
"Are you wondering why I suddenly have such a far-sighted view of the appearance of things?" Benjamin was really... direct.
Zach did not deny it, "I am." Zach carefully considered the next words, "But if I ask, you will probably answer that Mokawi taught you, so." Pause here. Zach's just summed up the official explanation Benjamin gave whenever he showed his non-Benjamin side.
"Mokavi did teach me a lot." Benjamin's tone was uncomfortable... soft, "The Secret Alliance... No, the Thirteen Clan, in the history of the Federation, is the only clan ancestor who sleeps and wakes up. You Maybe think she's acting out of character, but she's seen a lot. You, the Secret Alliance, countries, people."
Zach wanted to sigh, "Benjamin, I don't need you to remind me of the inferiority of vampires. I don't like her, but I respect her. You understand that most of my negative emotions towards her are because of you." Zach shook his head, Originally the topic had nothing to do with this, but every time Benjamin defended Mokavi, Zach was unhappy, "She is the ancestor of the clan, she wakes up alone, she is lonely. When no one wants to pay attention to her and her clan, I give her Found a husband (a painting), and that's not enough? Now that the Secret Alliance has disappeared into the Federation, she stole my 'brother' as soon as she showed up. Seriously, Benjamin, if you were me, you'd like her ?”
There was silence on the other side of the receiver for a while, and then Benjamin really became smarter, "We are not talking about Mokawei now." He easily passed over Zach's resentful behavior, "I also have foresight. I realized that people from the wizard family are here. ...Yeah." Benjamin thought about the wording, "Monitoring, Barton's entry and exit center is because of the commission received by the ancestors' office."
Zach had no temper for Benjamin's way of forcing the topic, and waited quietly for Benjamin to finish.
"It's not trivial matters like the Winchester brothers." Oh, trivial matters, casual, "It's a commission from other aliens. Zach, Barton's aliens are worried. There are more and more people in this city who know about aliens. "Benjamin seemed to be saying this very seriously.
Zach's response was very irresponsible, "What's more, there are more and more. There can be more and more fallen angels, demons, vampires, wizards, and werewolves if you want."
"I'm serious, Zach. Do you remember that the last time the Southern District Police Department searched the house of the northerner suspected of a suicide case, they confiscated a large number of brand-new hunter weapons."
Benjamin brought this up, making Zach frown. At that time, when I was trying to understand that Papa suddenly appeared in the middle of the night and 'helped' the police to advance the case, I had doubts, but it was shelved because there was no follow-up. Now that Benjamin mentioned it again, Zach had a feeling that it was not going to be a good thing.
"Do you really think that when you came to me to tell me that Director Cologne was unhappy with Zumen's Office, and I refused your kindness ungratefully, it was because I was unhappy with you."
Zach was stunned for a moment, "I really think so." The reason? "You've always been honest with me, you said it when you had something to say, and you ignored me when you didn't want to. This is our pattern. I never thought you would..." Zach said crookedly. Head, Mang, "There is something hidden from me under the surface."
There was silence on the other end of the receiver for a while, "You treat me like a fool."
"Uh, that's not what I said."
Benjamin repeated his old trick and forced the topic, "The reason why I am unhappy with that topic is that I can guarantee that there is no criminal behavior in our office that Chief Cologne would be concerned about. However, I can confirm that in Chief Cologne's Southern District Police Department There are behaviors in the bureau that concern me. Cologne is not worthy of coming to displease my ancestors' office." He paused to allow Zach to react, and then continued, "The batch should have been sealed in the evidence office of the Southern District Police Department. Hunter weapons are circulated in Barton. And this worries the aliens in Barton."
Very good, the topic is at this point, there will no longer be two interlocutors' mental journeys, just the progress of events.
"How many pieces?" Zach frowned, thinking, "How many commissions for these weapons has the Ancestors Office received?"
"From the first week when you set off for the Sabbat, that is, when Sibera came back with the new fallen angel (this is the point when Zach learned that Sibera was connected with the wizard family) to now, twenty Up." Benjamin answered, "For most requests, I can only find a temporary address. A hotel, a B&B, or some former homeless settlement. The identity information I can get all confirms the person holding these weapons. Not from Patton, but from the central part of the country.”
"Did they harm the Barton aliens?"
"Someone tried." Benjamin clicked his tongue, "I don't know if you know that Harrison, Walter, these old friends we are familiar with, have all been injured."
Zach did know that Harrison had entrusted Benjamin. Uh, not off topic. Zach didn’t understand what Benjamin meant, “Did you try or was it really hurt?”
"What should I say?" Benjamin seemed to be limited in his ability to express himself, so he used quotes, "I've caught a few outsiders with weapons, and they said this, 'I'm sorry, I just want to try it out.' .”
"Trial?" Zach was a little... lost.
"That's what they said. Walter's hand slipped and almost destroyed Walter's soul. Harrison relied on the weapon guidance he got and squatted for a while. As a result, Harrison didn't have any energy for a week. Appetite. You should have felt it, Amelia must have been in a bad mood during that time."
Zach thought back to Emilia's words about vegetarians and food distribution, duh. Shaking his head to focus, "Where are those two people?"
"Let it go."
"Let go?"
"What do you expect me to do? Kill him. Then with Cologne's attention, I won't have the confidence, right?"
Gee, Benjamin's logic is really... nothing to say.
"Well, at least you asked them where they got their weapons from, right?"
"Of course, they bought it."
"From where? It can't be Director Cologne."
"This is not the scope of my commission."
Zach didn't know what to say, so he could only summarize, "So you know that Barton's aliens are worried, but you don't check."
"That's right."
"Why?" As soon as he said it, Zach felt stupid because
"Because the aliens who are worried are my potential customers." Benjamin is silly and sweet. They are the complete opposite!
Zach shook his head, "So you told me this."
"Yes, that's why I'm telling you this." Benjamin answered without any psychological burden. "I had suspected that someone had set up a channel in Barton to sell the weapons of the Southern District Police Department. Humph, I have to thank Mo Fei is not used to Grande food, so I have time to observe the wizard family at the port and train station. They are the ones receiving outsiders."
"Is it someone from the wizard family selling weapons?"
"No, it wasn't them. At least I didn't see the transaction happen. There are other things I didn't find, such as how the weapons at the police station came out and why."
"And you think this is something I'm interested in." Look at the front, this is Benjamin's topic of seducing Zach, isn't it
"Wizards, the human police department, know about foreign humans from alien races. This is your category, Zachary Grande's, not mine, Benjamin Grand's." Tell the truth.
"Then..." Zach really understood Benjamin more and more, "If I solve this matter, will you be more unhappy with me because I blocked your way to make money?"
"Probably." Actually, Benjamin doesn't have to be so honest, right
"Well, what do you want? Benjamin, are you kidding me?"
"You are the smart one among the Grand brothers, why are you asking me." Awesome, Benjamin, really awesome.
"Okay." Zach lost his mood, "Is there anything else?"
"There is one more thing." The 'seduce-' is over. The reason why Benjamin has not hung up the phone has only appeared now. "I don't want to argue with Alice anymore. You, please solve it."
"Can't help you." Zach was imitating Benjamin and being honest.
"How did you repair your relationship with Alice, copy." Benjamin was giving advice? It looks like it is. Amazing Benjamin.
"It can't be copied. You are you and I am me." Honest people, tell the truth.
"You didn't even try." He didn't know what Benjamin was insisting on.
"There's no need to try. My method doesn't apply to you. This is based on experience based on facts." Zach actually used his 'wife's' logic. This conversation really can't go on.
After silence, the other end of the receiver said, "Dinner. I want to eat meat." and hung up.
Zach also put down the phone, not in the mood to listen to Louise's interrogation, "Lois, come back and let her (Murphy) hang there for a few hours."
"Ah? I'm almost there, she's about to tell everything~"
Murphy's voice said, "No, I didn't say anything."
"Haha, it's fine if you're happy~ If you can be happy~ But now that Zach has spoken, let's do it next time~"