The call was from Lutre Sembula, who mocked Zach for a long time before realizing that Zach had not replied, "Have you lost hope in life and decided to die? Apex 23S. Update "fastest"
To a human being, this sentence is at best a mockery, a mockery of those who do not have the courage to continue living and advance certain inevitable events in the future. But to an immortal vampire, it's just a personal attack.
Zach spoke, "No." He brushed aside the attack on himself and said, "Sorry, I was just a little distracted." It wasn't some conversational technique that deliberately disgusted the other party, it was the truth, "I didn't hear what you just said, can you repeat it? ?"
There was silence on the other side of the receiver for a while, probably suppressing his anger, but the effect was good, "I'm saying, it's such a pity that even James' plot can only drag Louise in front of the camera. Humph, I'll deal with you, look. Get up and I need more crucial chess pieces.”
"Oh." Zach responded, and his brain was just starting to follow the words in the receiver, "Did you instigate James' proposal?" As soon as he started to spin, he hit the key point.
"Is this surprising to you~" proudly.
"Not really." Zach's face was very calm. In fact, it was just an excessive expression that had just recovered from the shock. "James must have a very strong motive to plot against me. And I don't think Barton's environment, It can give James such a strong thing, so it can only come from the west.”
The trace of pride that just appeared on the other side of the receiver was silenced again. He must be suppressing his anger, and the effect was not bad. "You seem to have a very clear grasp of the situation. How about you restore how I made Zhan Mu Shi plotted against you."
It can only be said that Root has not given up yet. He will definitely ridicule Zach once before giving up. Let Zach recover. Naturally, it is not Root's trust in Zach's ability, but Zach's ability to say "haha" if he says just a little bit wrong. Haha! You are wrong! Hahaha! You are wrong!"
Childish, yes childish. But please understand, Root has never had the upper hand in the communication with Zach on his own, and he is already so weak that he asked his father to appear... Let's feel it. So Root, very much, needs a victory, even if it is childish.
Zach stepped into Root's calculation calmly, "Shall I restore it? Okay." Zach was a little distracted again, because Ryan floated over again, "I think you used some method to coerce James." Zach waved his hands away and kept howling, 'Why don't you turn off the TV! 's Ryan, "given the timing of the words, my guess is, it's about his father."
Zach didn't improve his logic very much. He basically said what he thought of, "Well. Didn't Kate return to Patton? Then General Lance's future should be in trouble."
This should be Root's opportunity. As long as he looks hard, he can find Zach's loopholes...
It's a pity that even with such a non-serious conversation, there is no gap that Root can get through. "Especially now that the federal military partners are changing." Zach stared at Ryan impatiently, and the words were directed at him. The receiver continued, "Zimich, who has the best relationship with the military, is now unlikely to endorse a general. The new Giovanni and Cappadocia should also be more willing to cultivate new military friendships and will not rely on these old people. A waste of energy. So as long as Kate discloses the evidence she has, General Lance should be completely cool."
"Wait a minute." Zach frowned, put down the receiver, stood up, walked around the desk, and pressed towards Ryan, "If you bother me again, I will send you back to your house."
Ryan roared into the air and disappeared.
Zach returned to his desk and picked up the receiver again, "Sorry, Grand's Earthbinder, the wizard's son Ryan, you know. Uh, where did I just say?" After that, Zach Not paying attention.
"General Lance, it's so cold!" There was a gritting voice in the receiver.
"Oh, I said he was completely cold?" Zach was really not sure what he said, "Sorry, what I wanted to say was that he should be completely cold." Zach repeated, "It should be."
"Tsk, you said you should!"
"Oh, please forgive me, I was a little distracted." Zach didn't realize that his constant apology for his distraction was a blow to Root again and again... "I think General Lance is very concerned about his situation. Clearly, so arrangements were made for this, when he was still a high-ranking person with resources and rights in the federal society." Pay attention to what Zach said next, "Some time ago, James An additional identity. A clean identity, enough cash for James to go anywhere in the world, and, well, weapons." Although Zach used an uncertain tone, the fact is the fact, there is no uncertainty However, "I think this is General Lance's preparation." Zach sighed, "A general with a high reputation in the Federation may be planning to run away with his family when his reputation is ruined."
Zach waited for a moment to hear Root's response on the other side of the receiver. Whether he said it right or wrong, Root should give him an answer, right
Didn't wait. Zach didn't care and continued, "If a general really ran away with his family like this." Zach tilted his head, not thinking of a suitable comment, waved his hand, and said, "I guess you won't allow this." If this happens, it will have no good impact on western society. If I remember correctly, General Lance will also become Lesembra in the future, right? You may still like this human being, right?"
On the other side of the receiver, even the sound of heartbeat was very subtle.
Zach was not prepared to wait forever, "Zimich will not and cannot protect the general. You, yes, because you are Lesembula, you can do anything." Zach did not mock the other person, he said this very sincerely . As for how the receiver understands it, hey, who cares.
"I think this is your bargaining chip to coerce James. James plotted against me and put me in the media's camera, so you can protect James' father." Zach completed the restoration. He held the receiver and waited for Root's comment.
Waiting and waiting, "Where is my father? I have something to discuss with him." Oh, he started looking for his father again.
Zach apologized again and again, "Sorry, your father and Louise went on a spring outing." Zach held the receiver and turned it around in the air, so that Root on the other side of the receiver could hear the words. The voice outside Rand said, "Did you hear it? The current environment in Rand is very unfriendly to vampires."
There was silence on the other side of the receiver again.
Zach stayed with Root for a while without any emotion. Anyway, Zach didn't pay for the phone bill, so Zach didn't care.
But what Zach was thinking about actually had something to do with this phone call. It's about James. What Zach restored, "James was coerced by Root to plot against him," is what Zach really thought. But there is no need to pretend that Zach understands James' behavior. Zach does not understand that 'understanding a person' and 'knowing the logic of a person's behavior' are two different things. Example? Well
We can know how long it takes Xiao Ming to catch up with Xiao Gang who is also traveling at a constant speed when he sets off from home at a constant speed every morning. But we can never understand why Xiao Ming chases Xiao Gang, right
In Zach's opinion, James just did another James-style stupid thing.
He didn't come to discuss with Zach how to relieve his father's crisis.
Speaking of which, Zach is the one who feels the most aggrieved. Is not it? Zach has suppressed Kate's intention to destroy General Lance for James! As long as James comes to Zach's place, he will feel Zach's good intentions! Family, love, friendship, as long as James comes to Zach, James will be the winner in life.
But James didn't! This guy was actually bewitched by Root!
If James comes, Zach will tell James very clearly that Root will definitely play tricks on you. Root's promise to protect General Lance is very likely to terminate the 'General Lance' in human society early. Identity definition, turning General Lance into a vampire...
"You're right." The other person on the receiver suddenly spoke after a long silence, "Then I won't beat around the bush with you. I'm calling you now because I plan to give up Lance and give him to him. The ancestor of Cmich became the second generation Cmich..."
That deserves an eye roll from all of us, Zach, right again.
"First, it can fill the vacancy of the current second-generation Zimixi. Secondly, I plan to rely on this to retain the ancestor of the Zimixi family. What do you think?" Root seemed to have adjusted his mood and was asking Zach for his opinion.
Zach frowned and said, "Is Zmich here?"
"It's been a few days." Root seemed to be saying something very casual. "As soon as I arrived in Vega, I was picked up by Giovanni to live in your villa. Cappadocia also visited Tsimi very actively. Xi’s messenger said he was asking about the situation in the North.”
Since Root wanted to pretend to be casual, Zach also cooperated, "Oh, sad." Now he said it deliberately to disgust Root, "No one came to visit me when I lived there. I left, so lively."
Who knows what happened on the other side of the receiver, but Zack heard some breaking sound. Root continued, "You haven't responded to my proposal yet."
"Let General Lance become a Zmich?" Zach was already thinking when the other party said it, "It's not good, let a military person become a Zmich, instead of asking me for my opinion, It’s better to ask Giovanni and Cappadossi for their opinion, after all, they are the ones who want to take over the original Zmich property.”
Root seemed to have given up, "Huh, why are you so troublesome? Isn't it more direct to ask you?"
Zach also pretended to have a panicked tone, "Are you implying that I am controlling Giovanni and Cappadocia? Oh, how can you say that, I don't!"
Zach performed and successfully silenced the other side of the receiver again. After silence, "Then I will acquiesce as if you have no objection."
Zach frowned. Root must be praised here. He turned Zach's shirk into acquiescence. From now on, when Giovanni and Cappadocia were worried about Zimich, someone close to the military appeared again. When the second-generation Zmich was born, it was strange... let's not say strange, to a lesser degree, what was unpleasant was that Zach didn't stop him at this time.
Zach was distracted again as the answering machine started rolling and someone was calling Grande again.
Zach was a little more wary, "Do you have anything else to say? If not, I have a new phone number." Every recent call Root made to Grande was actually following a pattern. It may seem to us that Root is specifically informing Zach of something, but in fact Root is constantly reiterating a fact that makes Zach a little helpless: "You can only listen to what happened on my (Root's) territory." '
Although Zach never let Root take advantage of him every time in terms of performance or dialogue skills, but when this kind of thing kept repeating, Zach was quite speechless.
Thanks to Root, Zach's brain was working normally again, and Zach didn't want to continue the call.
Root was silent for a while on the other end of the receiver, and then suddenly spoke inexplicably, "Although we know each other that we hate each other, the interests of the Sabbat are in our highest position." He paused, "Can I count on this."
That's a question that Zach can't honestly answer, because the answer is, well, no. The interests of the Sabbat can only be ranked last on Zach's list of concerns.
However, Root suddenly asked such a question at this time, which made Zach feel a little sympathetic. Putting aside the... 'pits' that have been accumulating between Zach and Root, Root is actually a really good leader.
Zach answered, and the answer was very...artistic, "Now that the Central Region is integrating the hidden orphans, do you still only focus on the interests of the Sabbat? I sympathize with you." Use real feelings and real events, Well, as I said before, artistry.
"You just can't help but show off your Toledo vision, right!" You can imagine the ferocity on the other side of the receiver.
"Toledo's eyes, isn't this why you still call me 'brother' even against your will." Art.
"Huh." He hung up without saying goodbye.
Zach pouted and put down the receiver. He responded to the situation, breathed a sigh of relief, and hid in a big hole again.
Zach pressed play as he watched the answering machine finish spinning.
"Zach." Louise's voice said, "We are here in Newton now~" Louise's mood sounded good, "Haha, I told you I don't know where we will swim to~" The spring outing The process should go smoothly... "It seems like something big happened here in Newton," the leader was unsure, "We are now preparing to find Revro in Newton. Frank will lead the team. You don't have to worry~ Oh, by the way. , Hannah is with us. I will tell you more about it after having sex with Leif. But her brother is going to Grande to see his father’s cemetery. You can pick it up. Well, that’s it, there’s no need to go back. , public phone..." And in the background, Frank's voice, "We don't know when we can go back." Then Louise added, "Also, we don't know when we can go back." And, to the people around her 's, "Any more?"
There really is. The message turned into Miley's voice, "I don't care what you plan to do to James, just keep him alive. This person is still useful to us."
Zach pouted, and the message returned to Louise's voice, "No more~" the hang-up sound.