Evening, midnight, early morning…
Zach called Siberia of Pai Siying in the office with some gloominess, because Sam did not come back.
No one answered the phone. As expected, no one lives in Sibera's home anymore, right? This family was completely 'broken'. The wizard ghost (Sibella), the werewolf (Ravenge), the ghost (Ryan), and the human (Corden), each no longer misses the place they once got together and called 'home', in all directions Go forward.
Zach hung up the unanswered phone and called the contact center at Nofiler, a youth center in Pasin.
The answer was quick, Bumi's voice was on the other side of the receiver, "Who is it?"
"I, Sibella, am I over there?"
"Oh, Zach! She's not here, why are you looking for her?"
Zach pouted, as if there was no need to hide anything, "Sem went to find Sibella yesterday, and she hasn't come back yet. Go ask me what's going on." He didn't bother to ask it himself, and let Bumi do it for him.
Bumi did not answer, but spoke to the person on the other side of the phone, "Zach said that Sam came to see Sibella yesterday. Did you see it?"
The person who answered outside the phone was John, "Yesterday? Impossible. Sibella and I spent the whole day arguing with Eve in the Tower of Babel, and no one came to us."
Zach had no intention of caring about Bumi and John, nor did he care about what the wizard was arguing with Eve. Before Bumi could tell him, "Where did Sam go? He was not in Grande, nor had he been to Sibella's place." ? Then where is Sibella now?" Or should Zach himself say, "I have something to talk to her about." What to talk about? It would be dangerous to talk about the republican tribute if Sam did not bring it to Sibera!
Bumi replied, "I don't know. Can I ask Dora for you?"
"please."
"Wait a minute~" Bumi put down the phone and there was no sound.
Zach impatiently held the receiver in one hand and tapped the table with the other.
A gust of cool wind blew on the back of Zach's head. Zach turned around and saw the white cat sitting on the windowsill.
When Zach stood up and was about to throw the white cat out of the front, the white cat finally summed up the lessons of being thrown away several times before. He stopped saying "meow~" and said directly, "I tried to warn you." Of course, This voice is Madison's voice, "Yesterday when you sat in the office and dialed a phone that was impossible to be picked up by West, a series of events would unfold."
Zach's hand was already on the cat's neck. With a little force, he could pick up this 'creature that spoke with Madison's voice' and throw it out. But Zach paused.
The white cat's butt was raised, as if it was instinctively expecting to be thrown out, and it was ready to adjust its balance, but Zach stopped, and the white cat's butt... also sat back, with its tail wrapped around its side. , slightly raised at the end, maintaining a certain level of vigilance, looking at Zack with transparent eyes, "I can tell you what's wrong with Sam."
"Then say it." Zach spoke to the white cat.
"I want a place where I can sleep."
Wait a minute... "Are you negotiating terms with me?" Zach pressed his hand on the white cat's neck harder.
The white cat... raised its hind legs slightly, obviously in pain, but it endured it, "I also want someone to brush my fur every day."
Zach no longer hesitated, raised his hand, and a streak of white streaked across Grande's backyard, accompanied by a "Meow!!"
"Is anyone here??" Bumi's voice came from the receiver.
Zach closed the window and answered the phone again, "I'm here."
"Oh, what did you do?"
"It's not important." Zach waved his hand in the air, "Have you asked Dora?"
"Ah, I asked, Dora said that Sibella is receiving offerings from the republicans in the southeast."
The corner of Zach's mouth twitched, "About Sibella's acceptance of the offering..."
Bumi interrupted Zach, "Wait a moment, I have something going on here..." The receiver went silent.
Zach held the receiver, feeling a little irritable. At the same time, the answering machine suddenly started working. Someone was leaving a message for Grande.
Zach looked at the tape selection on the answering machine and was a little confused for a moment. "Zach." Roy stood at the door of the office.
"What are you doing!" Zach turned around.
Roy was stunned for a moment and looked at Zach, "Are you okay?"
"No." Zach has already controlled his inexplicable irritability. No, this irritability is not inexplicable at all, it is a feeling of focusing on one thing and not the other.
Zach called for Sam. When he didn't get the result, he had the opportunity to get Sam's news directly from the white cat, but Zach chose the phone call and 'threw' the white cat away, right
Then, Bumi revealed on the phone that Sibella was currently receiving worship in the southeast, which accelerated Zach's urgency to contact Sibella as soon as possible. But, who knows what Bumi was doing over there, he actually left Zach here directly.
To add to this, when Zach was left here, Zach obviously missed another person who tried to contact him. Don't forget that Grande has two phone numbers. The only one that can reach Zach's office is the one for Zach. Regardless of whether there are messages or not, are messages valid for direct communication? Especially for a Toledo like Zach!
To sum it up, this feeling is that Zach achieved nothing for a phone call.
I'm sorry, it's not a matter of focusing on one thing and losing another, it's just that I haven't achieved anything.
"I have something to tell you." It was completely possible for Roy to know Zach's psychological activities. He looked at Zach still holding the receiver in his hand and pouting, "Hang up first."
Zach's hand held the receiver a little hard. The emotional impact of this phone call on Zach has been mentioned above. Zach was actually not prepared to hang up just like that. He was also prepared to work hard to save it. When Bumi came back, no matter what, he first told Novel about the situation of the offering. , and then Nofiler went to inform the wizard that it would be faster than running from Grandly to find someone.
But now Zach seems to be facing a situation of 'there may be a loss of that'. Roy would not unreasonably ask Zach to hang up an ongoing phone call. Since he made this request, he had something very important to talk to Zach and would not allow this conversation to be transmitted to a third party through the phone line. situation occurs.
Zach was still hesitating here, and the silence in the receiver suddenly turned into a hang-up sound, beep beep beep beep...
*!
Zach didn't curse out loud, put down the phone smoothly, kept his expression under control, and looked at Roy, "You said it."
"I've been hesitating about this for a few days." Roy felt conscious and sat across from Zach, shaking his head from time to time. "Finally, I thought I should tell you."
"What's the matter?" Zach's tone was calm, and his mood... was actually quite bad because there was a cat meowing "Ouch!!!" and Annabel's voice coming from the backyard, "No wonder Zach doesn't like you, you don't do anything at all. Not cute."
Therefore, what Zach needs is for Roy to save himself from these mental journeys. Zach himself is not in the mood to empathize with it now! Roy, speaking quickly is best!
"Did you know that your friend the mayor, Anthony, has been recruiting hunters?" Roy said.
very good! Zach instantly blocked some irrelevant things and looked at Roy, "Recruiting hunters?"
"Oh, that means I don't know." Roy actually had a showy look for a moment, but it disappeared quickly, "I knew that Corden was a subject worthy of study. I know this thanks to the fact that he has been in contact with those people. hunter."
Zach completely controlled his emotions and started thinking. Zach had actually always known that Anthony had a group of minions, human minions.
Do you still remember the Whites? When Zach exposed his identity as a vampire to save No, he had a fight with the hunter who thought 'Colt' was in No's hands at the Whites' home. When Zach was mainly focused on maintaining his relationship with Nuo, Mayor Anthony sent people to smooth out all the damage caused by the alien battle.
Roy continued, "Recently, Corden heard that Anthony was going to expand his subordinates. Now many hunters in Barton are contacting their friends in the central area to come to Barton. Huh, after all, you come to Barton to be a 'civil servant', not The kind of life I had before with no guarantee at all.”
Zach also heard the reason why Roy wanted to talk to him about this matter. "The mayor of Barton introduced hunters to this city. We, the Sabbat, don't like this kind of thing." This is not a statement.
Roy looked at Zach and said, "Of course I don't like it!" This was the statement. Naturally, he twisted his lips and said, "I'm a little doubtful now that your friend, the mayor, knows his own position."
At the door of the office, another uninvited person joined the conversation, "Hmph, don't talk about whether the mayor of Barton knows his position. Sabbat, we really need to support a new leader in Barton now." A political pawn?" This person was Lily, Lute's former secretary.
Lily held Nana's hand with one hand and was already dressed up. She would take Nana to the Pike Elementary School Nursery in Paisying today to complete the formalities. Nana's entertainment activities during the holiday and her studies at the end of the summer vacation would be solved at once. Logan’s troubles…
Lily looked at the two vampires in the office, "Fan Zhuo has returned to the federal land. Barton's political significance as a secret alliance for federal defense is gone." There was a hint of ridicule in her words, and she didn't know she was mocking. But Barton's political policy was set by her former boss Lute when he ruled alone~ It has nothing to do with the two Sabbat vampires in the office now.
Roy was stunned by this reminder. Just stupid.
Zach's reaction was much smoother, "New problems have emerged, such as the republican government's murderous (federal people) vaccine, such as the republican aliens who entered the federation with republican culture, and those gods and demons. They cannot be solved by human politics. Are we going to start another alien war? Are the vampires going to fight against the republican aliens and the republican government at the same time? Tell me about Barton’s political significance, whether it has it or not.”
Roy... blinked in daze and glanced at Zach, "You're right!" Then he looked at Lily, "He's right!" Then, disgusted, "Toledo and Zmich are talking about something, and you're the only one What are you talking about, ghoul? Go and do your own thing!"
Lily opened her mouth and rolled her eyes, "Nana, let's go."
Nana: "I don't like Uncle Zmich (Roy). He's not very smart and has a mean mouth."
"Yes, Lily, that's it, but from now on just keep it in your heart and don't say it out loud."
"kindness."
In the office, Zach grabbed Roy who was about to get up and chase him. "You deserve it. I've told you many times that Barton is not the West. Your previous attitude of vampires being the masters of everything is best thrown away."
Roy didn't say anything. In fact, he had done a good job. Look, his friend now is a retired Indian hunter! How dare Reutzmich, who controlled the federal military industry in the West, dare to think about it. Today he just didn't react for a moment, and Lily opened the door to the current federal situation without any warning.
The Federation is no longer the era when Root was still alive. The political significance of Patton is no longer simply a boring historical issue such as secrecy and Sabbat competition!
Still, Zach waved his hand, "Let's not get involved in Anthony's recruitment of hunters now. You can keep an eye on it through Corden. If the mayor is to reserve manpower, prevent trouble from the government or aliens in the Republic. , We, the Sabbat, will not support it, but there is no need to hinder it.”
Roy frowned and looked at Zach for a while, "I would rather you go talk to your mayor friend!"
"If the time is right, I will." Zach concluded the topic, "You should do whatever you have to do." He pressed the answering machine in front of Roy and played the previous message.
Roy had nothing to say, so he stood up unhappily, walked to the door, snorted, and left.
"Mr. Grande." It was Smith's researcher, his voice was very tired, "We have done all the vaccine response tests in the federal disease prevention library." All? Well, no wonder it took so long to get the results, "We didn't understand what caused the death of citizen Barton. Alas." Not only was he tired, but also... a little scared, "Mr. Smith will not accept that we let him down again." result."
Zach's bad mood returned.
Because Zach had previously reported the results of the first corpse inspection to Smith for them out of the idea of protecting these researchers, and now from this message, it seems that the other party is planning to ask Zach to help them pay for this job that once again found nothing. pressure
Zach is not a saint!
And because this was a message, Zach missed the opportunity for direct negotiation. Zach seemed to have no possibility of rejecting these people. "So we feel that if Mr. Grande is so sure that this drug is the Republic vaccine, You, um, can you use Mr.'s channels to help us get Republic vaccine samples, or standard documents, etc.? Let us continue testing? As long as Mr. can provide resources, we believe that we will be able to figure out what is causing us The Pattons suffered… Well.”
The message is gone.
This is worse than asking Zach to report to Smith under pressure! Isn't this just passing the blame? ! It’s a very high-end one. It’s the exotic vaccine you Zachary Grande said about, and we, a bunch of federal researchers, found nothing! You have to be responsible for what you say, and you have to provide us with resources!
Well.
Zach sat behind his desk, sorting out the priorities of the things at hand in some confusion.
"Sem was kidnapped by Maitreya, because Maitreya seemed to blame Sam for being the reason for his obsession." Annabel stood at the door of the office, stuttering, "Bumi suddenly had something happen, and Sibella was in the southeast. Being attacked by Mazu, Dora summoned Novel to help." The reason for the slurred speech was that the countess's mouth was filled with white hairs...
Zach turned his head, looked at the hairy Annabel, and gave himself a... very scary smile, "I don't want to see you so irritable all morning. My heart will hurt. I hope I can help you." Already~"
'I hope I helped you'? How did it help?
Zach says to Annabelle, "You ate Maddie... the cat?" The ellipsis is a strategic change of wording.
"No~two bites~" a scary smile, "maybe three~"