It was past midnight when we returned to Grande. Vertex 23S. Fastest update Zach went straight to the office, picked up the receiver and dialed. If nothing else, Zach will leave a message on the other party's answering machine... You know who Zach is going to call.
"Alice made me a midnight snack." James stood at the door of the office holding a plate of meat.
"Oh, did you say thank you?" Zach's phone was connected, and the waiting tone should soon turn into a message prompt.
James stepped into the office, holding meat in one hand, "Alice rarely makes food now, why does she go out of her way to make me a midnight snack?"
"Because everyone likes you and wants to be good to you." Zach curled the corners of his mouth towards James, the corners of his mouth were extremely symmetrical, then withdrew his expression and waited emotionlessly for the message prompt on the receiver.
James frowned, sat across from the desk, looked at Zach, "Who are you calling."
"Anthony," Zach answered, and at the same time, the message prompt appeared, 'You're connected, talk. Zach spoke, "It's me. Two things. There is a secret passage made of silver in the city hall, and Gina replaced the election vote. Return my call..." Zach looked at the time, "Within ten minutes, Otherwise I’ll be knocking on your door in ten minutes.”
Zach put down the phone and looked at James. James was in a frozen state. He was stared at by Zach for a while before he swallowed the food in his mouth, "What did you just say??"
Zach wasn't about to repeat, "You have ten minutes."
"Uh." James pushed away his late-night snack with nostalgia, "Is this something Murphy discovered in that world?" James' mind turned quickly enough.
"That's right." There was no problem with the answer. "No one knows how this will turn out yet, so I'll discuss it with Anthony first. You, the detective, don't have any objections."
James frowned and thought for a moment, "No objection."
You can understand James. As a police detective, he has just learned that there are secret facilities in the city government, and the voting results of the mayoral election have been destroyed. If it were the previous James, he should have exploded. Now James' "no opinion" really needs psychological construction.
Zach nodded, "So how was your day today." Technically, it was yesterday.
James shook his head and changed his mood quickly, "After I separated from you at Joe's bar, I waited at the police station for Vega's progress. Wes was in the West End and Lydia was conducting a personnel review of the club. "It sounds like James was bored at work at the police station.
Zach waited a moment, but James seemed to have finished. So he shook his head, "No, it was already very late when Louise and I went out, and you haven't come back yet. You must have done something other than just waiting."
The corner of James' mouth twitched, "Kate contacted me."
Zach raised his eyebrows, considered it for a moment, and instead of putting on a gossipy expression, he used a serious face, "Is she safe?"
"She is safe now, for the time being." James glanced at Zach, and quickly looked away, not knowing where to focus. "She said she was kidnapped and detained somewhere, and then she was suddenly taken away today. Released.”
"Kidnapping." Zach maintained a stern expression, fearing that James would glance over and be stunned, "Who?"
"Kate said she was released..." James shook his head and reorganized his words, "The car that left her on the side of the road had no license plate, but the model was a military vehicle." Sure enough, James glanced at Zach's car. With a look on her face, she quickly pulled away, "So she contacted me."
"Did you say anything to her?"
"I told her the truth." James' eyes were fixed on his fingers twisting between his legs, "It was probably my father's people who kidnapped her, and then after my threats, my father let her go. "
Zach's expression dropped. Eighty percent? hehe. "Then how did she respond?"
"She's afraid of creatures that can change her memory, shape, fly, and create things out of thin air." Well, aren't they aliens? "She's not afraid of people." James looked at his fingers tussling with each other. "She's a journalist. This is her response."
"Okay." Zach thought for a moment, "So she, your girlfriend, will continue to investigate in the middle what your father did by using military privileges to save you. Bad things."
James will respond. Zach leaned forward slightly and looked across the desk to see the battle taking place between James' hands...it seemed so stalemate that it was impossible to determine the winner.
Zach looked away, "You know" Zach dropped his stern expression and turned it into comfort, "If Kate insists on investigating your father in the Central Region, you should feel at ease. At least, her safety has been completely guaranteed."
"Why." James was still watching the battle in his body.
"Because your original request has been fulfilled, if Kate continues to pursue the military, she will get along with Ozkozier, at least the mind reader who still appears to be executing the orders of the Sabbat. After all, the goals are the same. And your father will no longer continue..." Zach tried to whitewash his words, but failed to win. "Persecution of Kate, then the only threat to Kate in the Central Region is the alien race. And then with Oz, the alien race is no longer a threat. "
This comforting effect is very obvious
James pointed his finger, stopped fighting, and separated peacefully. But don't get me wrong, the outcome has not been decided yet, it will be a matter of time before this battle happens again, now it is just a truce and consolidation.
James looked at Zach and was quiet for a while, "I think I finally understand your 'trick'."
"What trick?" Zach raised his eyebrows.
"You just never stop, right? When the road ahead is blocked, you just turn around and keep going forward. So no matter what happens, when I get to you, it's always..." The corner of James's eye twitched, "' go well'."
Zach tilted his head, "You can say that as long as I face forward, I am 'smoothly moving forward'."
It’s over, James has also started to become spiritual, talking about these obscure things with Zach here.
James took a deep breath and looked at the phone. There are still a few minutes left, and if the phone doesn't ring, Zach should be heading out. So, "Why don't you just go to Anthony's house to find him." Whether there is a secret passage for aliens in the city government or the voting is sabotaged, it is not a small matter. It's so polite to give you a phone call.
"I don't want to run into any situations that I don't want to run into." Zach shrugged, not resisting James's change of topic, "For example, Ethera is at Anthony's place."
"Hmph." James snorted, "You are the guy who participated in the marriage of Anthony and Aisela. Do you mind this kind of thing?" Sure, James will laugh at Zach.
"Mind." Zach didn't hide it, "I received the blood that Lesembra gave to Ethela. If I want to meet Eisela, I prefer to do it in private, without Anthony present."
James's face darkened, "You once said that Aesera would never side with the Sabbat." Remember, Zach said that it was the Sabbat's plan to ruin Aesera's political career. The Liszt family, on the surface, supported the election of Asera, but in fact secretly used the Republic's illegal labor business to win over the Sabbat's families who were unwilling to allow Barton to continue to exist. After Zach realized it, the West End family jointly framed Smith. So James had mixed emotions when he said this. We can't ignore that Miley Lister is still living in James' house. "What does it mean for her to become a member of the Sabbat like this?"
"Pursue longer-term goals." Zach could only give this evaluation to Aisela, "For example, now, Aisela will become Barton's new Lesenbra and Barton Mayor Anthony to maintain a relationship with you." Bra. This means that Aisela's influence can continue to you, because Anthony is your template. So this will be the stage for at least ten years of activity." Zach shrugged, "For more than ten years, I have For a human woman, it has been too long. If you include Athela's political activity before you appeared, her career cycle has also come to an end, but for Athela Lesembra, this is just the beginning. . Do you understand? She is not joining the Sabbat. She is using the Sabbat to be the only powerful foreign force in the federation to start her own eternal career. Everything is for herself. I won’t say that she will become a member of the Sabbat. Cancer, but she is definitely the worm who tried her best to absorb the nutrition of the Sabbat."
Such an explanation can only make James more gloomy. However, it is also a fact that cannot be resisted. This is the character of Aisela. Heh, come to think of it, who was the one who suggested that Esera become Lesembra, or Zach~ We are all restless guys.
James was quiet for a while and picked up his midnight snack again. In the office where I waited for the call, there was only the sound of chewing.
At the end of ten minutes, Zach had already stood up and was about to change into clothes that would be easier to move around when the phone rang.
Pick up.
"I created the secret room." Anthony's voice said, "I am the mayor. My city government has the effect of prohibiting movement and control on ordinary human citizens, but not on certain citizens. I built a place for such citizens. , there is no problem in maintaining the absolute authority of the city government among all citizens of Barton.”
Zach held the receiver and could only listen.
"Vote." The other side of the receiver paused. "Blake, with the instruction of his family, has told me the results of the first day of voting. The rate of voting for me to be re-elected as mayor is only 20%." There was another pause. After a moment, "Now I know why." He didn't thank Zach, hey, forget it, he has always had this attitude towards Zach, which can be regarded as an absolute equality to a certain extent, "I should ask you how you knew Is Gina doing this kind of thing?"
Zach could speak, "The soul expansion that happened this morning, Walter." Zach didn't tell the story, using the most concise summary.
"Keep the call." Anthony gave the order without responding to Zach's explanation. Zach heard Anthony talking to someone else
"I know, burn the ballot box, seal the passage, Gina..." After a brief hesitation, "Lock him up."
So, this is why Anthony delayed his call for ten minutes. The mayor has taken practical action as quickly as possible.
"Don't worry about the results of the voting." Anthony returned to Zach's receiver, "The number of voters counted today is one-half of the total number of voters in previous years, which is normal data, but this year's number of voters is expected to be two times the number in the past. Times, the single-day voting results will not be announced, and will only be kept secret in the final total. In the next two days of voting, no citizen’s voting intention will be affected, so in the end, I will still be re-elected.”
"You are the mayor. If you say so, then I believe you." Zach said this sincerely. After all, it was rare for Anthony to say it in such detail. If it wasn't to reassure his vampire friends, Anthony would have no reason to say it. so much.
"I will get the answer from Gina on my side." There was another pause, and then, "Monitoring, location arrangements for voting audits, time control for replacing votes. She really did a comprehensive job." This shows what if It wasn't Zach's notification. If Anthony didn't know what happened at all, he still didn't want to thank Zach, but, "If I can't get the answer from her."
Zach answered simply, "I will continue to trouble Walter."
"Yes." The word "thank you" is impossible to appear.
However, Anthony did not hang up the phone. There was silence in the receiver for a while, and James had almost finished his late night snack.
"You voted today, but you didn't vote either." Anthony said, breaking the silence of not hanging up the phone.
Zach smiled and said, "Yeah, it's a pity that Zachary Grande's identity can only be used once." In context, it is naturally that a legal citizen can only vote once. But, inexplicably, it seems that there is something else in it...
"At least you received the proof of voting." Anthony smiled there, "Haha, proof of the significance of representing the citizens of Barton. Do you like that badge? I personally designed it for the citizens of Barton."
Anthony personally designed the badge for the citizens of Barton.
We can all think with our fingernails that Anthony, the mayor, isn't going to ask other Patton citizens if they like the badge, right
Zach opened his mouth, but for a moment, the words came to his lips without coming out, "Not bad." Is this a lie? No, Zach just selectively responded to the second half of Anthony's sentence.
"Hmph." He hummed with a faint smile, "Hang up."
"Good night." Zach put down the phone.
"Are you talking about that badge at the end?" Forgive James, even though he was 'eavesdropping' hard, we understand human hearing.
Zach glanced at James, "Yes." Zach stood up and prepared to leave the office.
"Just right. I want one. Ask Anthony to get us a few more."
Zach glanced at James, moved his mouth, and said, "Okay, if you want anything else, tell me, and I'll ask the mayor for it together."
The corners of James' mouth twitched and he stopped talking.