At noon, Zach became more and more visibly depressed. Coffee and cigarettes could no longer satisfy the vampire's needs. The square wine bottle was always in Zach's hand. The disdain in Laura's eyes also rose sharply, looking at the third wine bottle handed over by Louise.
"Louise! You can't indulge him like this! He's obviously addicted!" The girl said righteously, "You should let him join an alcohol addiction support group!"
Zach smiled helplessly, "It's just red wine. I just moved other people's evening drinks to noon."
Laura pouted, she was too lazy to care about this 'other brother'.
Finally, after completing the street sweeping, Laura's journey began to truly relax. They had left the confines of Lister Street and walked around Lister Square. If you want a boost for your head, skin, nails... this is the place to come.
However, Zach's disappointment was reflected again. There were mirrors everywhere and vampires would not enter. Louise was very considerate and gave Zach free time to relax. After agreeing on a time to meet again, "Go and have fun by yourself."
Zach looked apologetically at Alice, who was about to lose her protection, and comforted her not to worry. He said goodbye to the three people who were about to undergo a major transformation for the time being, and looked for a place where the vampire could sit down and rest safely.
Perhaps the previous encounter with James gave Zach inspiration, and Zach chose James' loft.
James' attitude towards Zach actually changed slightly. Anthony is a good example. He very correctly shows how weak humans and vampires can live together as equals. James also realized that he had asked for it when he was stimulated by vampires in the past. If he acted like he needed to be educated, how could you blame the other person for being too avant-garde in his education
So now James no longer talks to Zach in a 'asking for advice' tone. Questions are questions, and statements are statements. However, the psychological shadow caused by the previous vampire is still there, so the detective still finds it difficult to face Zach calmly.
"What are you doing here?!" James held the iron door open, looked at the sluggish vampire at the door of his house, and asked without sympathy.
Zach looked at James's body pressed between the door and the door frame in a completely blocking position, as if he had no intention of letting him in. He curled his lips helplessly, "James, if you don't let me go in and have a good rest, I’ll go sit in the cafe below you.”
No matter how equal we are, weak humans are still weak humans.
James let go of the blocking hand and let Zach enter his home. After watching Zach sit down at the bar that is a must-have for a golden bachelor's house very familiarly, he took out three of his own wine bottles, picked up a wine glass, poured himself a glass, and took a satisfied sip.
"What are you doing here?" James frowned. The son of a general usually dressed very relaxedly at home. A cotton vest exposed his broad shoulders. Under his loose trousers, he didn't even wear socks. A pair of black slippers hung on his feet. He walked helplessly to the bar and sat down. Staring at the vampire who always had an annoying smile.
Zach held the wine glass and fiddled with the documents spread out on the bar. The detective's job is obviously not idle, it's just that he is one level higher than the police officer, and his work arrangement is more flexible, and he can take his work home.
James frowned and took the documents from Zach's hand, closed them one by one, and put them away, "Don't look around."
Zach raised his eyebrows and looked around, "So, this is your typical weekend? Staying home and doing work? You're boring, Detective Lance."
James raised his upper lip and clicked his tongue in disgust, "Are you like this on weekends too, going out to bask in the sun?"
Zach opened his mouth and said honestly, he liked the old James better, how pure and innocent...
James took away his work documents, sat down at the bar, looked at Zach who was feeling sad, and frowned, "You haven't, what are you doing here?"
Zach collected his thoughts. It was he who asked for equal talks, and now that James has done it, no one else can blame him. Zach smiled self-deprecatingly, "Can't I come to visit you? You often come to my house without greeting me."
Maybe it was because of the attributes of the Grand House that it really didn't make James feel that it was someone's home. But James wasn't going to dwell on this. He didn't think vampires would come and sit here just to kill time.
"I went because I had something to do. What did you come to do?" James said calmly.
Zach pouted, he had just achieved equality, and it is indeed too early to ask to be friends. 'Friendly visit' does not yet exist between these two people. James was right, he came here because he had something to ask, " Well, I do have some questions to ask you. Before that, continuing with the topic of the morning, I should let you know how Crowley dealt with the 'Witcher'."
Head James, he really wanted to know the details of his tolerance, but in order to prevent his equality from degrading, he would not take the initiative to ask.
Zach's narration was brief, but it clearly conveyed the concept of 'demon hunting' and Crowley's intention to ignore it. James pursed his lips and made the decision to leave the devil's matters to the devil. Another human being who appears in the narrative - Father Constantine, is what James is more curious about.
Since the world view was expanded, these strange people have appeared one after another. James really doesn't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing.
"Now, you have caught up with the progress." Zach smiled. He very deliberately deepened his description of Father Constantine, naturally to give James another example. Anthony and Zach are friends, and sometimes the relationship between the two does not serve as a model for others to learn from.
Now there is a Constantine, who treats James who is not yet a friend and treats him like a guest. This is the more correct learning goal at this stage.
"Did you hear what happened on Lister Street this morning?" Zach asked.
"Listen." The topic changed, James also threw away his previous thoughts and changed his mood, "A certain exhibitionist guy did something."
"That's not some exhibitionist guy." Zach smiled and shook his head, "That's Blake Stone, you must know."
James frowned, he knew this man. As the son of General Lance, he knew much more than the average person, just like he knew Porky Quinn, who even the locals were not very familiar with.
"Blake?" He knew exactly what happened in the coffee shop, where everyone was chatting as if no one was around.
Without personal experience, the picture he got was of a person being naked and letting others write on himself. Even though there was a heavy theme, as a police detective, James only cared about the other person doing it in public. There was a riot.
"Why did he do this? The outside world thinks very well of him." James obviously didn't understand.
Zach raised his eyebrows. He only cares about the city of Barton and has never heard the comments from the outside world. "You know he just returned to Barton after finishing his studies at Newton University."
"I know." James nodded, "He is applying..." James waved his hand, "What does this have to do with you?"
"It's just a question that comes to mind at the moment." Zach smiled, "How is the security in Barton City recently?"
James glanced at Zach, "Not bad."
"What about Newton City?"
James frowned. The Barton Police Department is the city's security agency. As the only one in the city, their competitors have always been outside Barton City. Therefore, they will know some of the security reports throughout Massachusetts.
It would be better to ask Anthony this question, but now that he is here with James, and Anthony is not at the grassroots level after all, the solution is still with James, so Zach naturally asked.
"Not very good." Although he didn't want to admit it, James had to agree that because of Grande and Anthony's "unusualness", the devil's influence on the city was overwhelming in Barton City. Of course, ordinary people are not willing to know this.
Zach smiled and said, "I think you have been doing a lot of research on demons recently. What are the results?"
James curled his lips. If it had been before, he would have been honest and waiting for the vampire to correct him. But now, he just knocked on the table impatiently, "What's wrong!"
Zach was heartbroken.
The vampire shook his head helplessly, "The devil's actions usually have two aspects: strengthening faith, which has no impact on our citizens, and can even be a good thing. Then there is incitement. After all, if everyone goes to heaven because of faith , the devil won’t do such stupid things.”
Head James, he already knows this. He can know this by comparing the situation outside Barton City. The balance between Grande and Crowley suppresses this.
"You know that outside of Barton, the devil's actions have already begun. For specific events, you can refer to the situation in our city of Barton some time ago." Zach swung his wine glass, "It's not a big deal, it's all 'evil'."
James frowned. The word 'evil' meant fighting, cheating, stealing, robbery... It was a crime that meant being locked up in the police station for a few days and then being released. This is not a good thing.
"These are all to increase the 'sin' in the soul of faith." Zach looked at James, "Can you understand what I mean?"
James Head, he can understand, but that doesn't mean he accepts it.
The truth is so embarrassing. It is not the devil who is evil, but man himself. The devil only brought out the evil in people in order to increase the chances of his companions in the future. In the end, people pushed all evil to the devil, forming the 'common sense' of today's people. At this point, it is no longer clear who is the guilty one.
"Then, you can understand it now." Zach smiled, "Maybe it's the devil, or maybe it's just the people. Some people began to characterize other people as 'evil' in the name of faith."
Still the old example, in the past, there were 'devout' believers who pointed at those who ate seafood, "You ate something that the Holy Lord did not allow us to eat! You are evil! You will go to hell." !”