Zach stood by the window of the office, and the curtains were opened a little, just enough for Zach to watch Annabell come back.
Zach has recently become aware that Annabelle disappears from Grande quite often. It's not that Zach is deliberately paying attention to Annabell's movements, but on the contrary, Zach has been working hard to weaken his discomfort at being paid attention to by Annabell.
Then, suddenly at a certain moment, Zach felt relieved that the discomfort of being watched by an annoying person all the time disappeared, and Zach realized that Annabell ran out of Grande.
But don’t get me wrong, Zach is not masochistic, and he does not enjoy the feeling of being watched from behind by Annabell at all. There is no situation here where Zach is suddenly not used to Annabell's absence. If possible, Zach hopes that Annabell will never come back after she goes out...
So Zach was peeking at Annabell's return at this moment, feeling disappointed. Countess, you're back.
Zach put down the gap and sat back helplessly behind his desk. He continued to look at the phone in a daze, expecting that the phone would ring at any time, and then Louise's voice came from the receiver.
Annabel's voice coming upstairs became clearer and louder, and then she stood at the door of the office without any surprise, looking at Zach.
I watched it for half a minute.
"Have you noticed that I'm missing?" This is a question, and it carries a very 'feminine' grievance.
Zach wasn't going to answer that question and continued to wait for the phone that might or might not ring.
Annabell is also used to Zach ignoring her. Leaning by the door, she knows that Zach is waiting for Louise's call. She has listened to Zach answer countless calls, and this call is the one she least wants to miss~
the phone is ringing.
Zach picked up very quickly, "Zach." The usual 'This is the Grande Funeral Home' was thrown away. Zach's patience had been worn out by the past few days.
"I know you're Zach, tsk."
Tsk. On the other side of the receiver was the voice of James Lance.
Zach hung up the phone immediately.
There is no special reason, it's just that Zach is not in the mood to deal with James right now.
The phone rings again. Zach wasn't going to risk missing Louise's call, so he answered it anyway.
"Are you sick… "
It was still James' voice, and Zach... continued to hang up.
This childish 'game' continued for several more rounds.
When the phone rang again and again, Zach continued to answer it. As soon as he heard James' breathing, Zach made a move to hang up the phone.
This movement was stopped, Zach frowned and looked at Annabel who grabbed his hand to prevent him from hanging up the phone, without saying anything.
When Annabell was also looking at Zach, what came out of the receiver was James' curse. It was very unpleasant, so I won't repeat it.
Then the office fell completely silent. Zach and Anabel looked at each other, neither of them saying anything. James on the receiver became silent after he finished cursing in a storm. He seemed to have not expected that the call was still connected.
What broke the silence was a burst of... snatching sounds. Annabell let go of Zach's hand, but immediately grabbed the receiver, as if intending to snatch it away.
Zach didn't know why Annabel stopped him from hanging up the phone, and he didn't know what the purpose of this woman's grabbing the phone was now. But Zach just doesn’t want to give Annabell the phone!
The phone receiver, which was secretly snatched away by the two vampires, began to make an overwhelming squeaking sound.
Grande Telephone, as you all know, is an antique. Clear cracks are starting to appear at the joints on the earpiece's casing.
James on the other side of the receiver seemed to hear these unusual noises. The violent cursing just now was gone, and he was shouting on the other side of the receiver, "What's that sound? Zach? Are you still there?" There was also a hint of concern in his tone.
The receiver is about to disintegrate. Zach's face turned upside down, knowing that Annabelle had no obligation to Grande's finances. *! In this inexplicable fight, Zach lost. Zach let go of the receiver.
There was no joy of victory on Annabel's face. She put the receiver on the side of her face, her eyes still on Zach, "I'm Annabelle Vandro. It's not convenient for Zach to answer the phone right now. If you have anything, please call me directly." explain."
James was quiet for a moment, and his tone returned to irritability, "Let Zach answer the phone!"
"He'll just hang up on you," Annabelle said. "Are you going to try again?"
There was another moment of silence on the other side of the receiver, and then, "I want to ask about Zach Newton."
Annabell held the receiver and sat down directly across from the office. Her eyes were still on Zach's face, and she said to James on the receiver, "Be specific."
"What exactly?" James' tone was one of suppressing anger. Everyone knows that if it was Zach who answered the phone now, James wouldn't be able to bear it anymore. "I want to know why the devil suddenly attacked Newton. I want to know." Newton’s defense situation, I want to know the situation of our past people in Barton, uh, and the alien races! I want to know everything!”
"The reason for the demon's attack is still unknown." Annabel kept looking at Zach and answered all James's questions truthfully: "Those who participated in the defense in Newton include Revero, Angel, Black Witch and Harrison. The alien race in the institute. The fantasy man Richie didn't seem to directly participate in the battle, but he contacted Barton for support." How did Annabell know this? It seems that I know it in detail! The answer is
A few hours have passed since the Newton Demon Defense Battle! Nick and Roy had returned to Grande long ago and were discussing the post-war summary in the warehouse. After the detailed battlefield information was over, what the two of them were focusing on now was to re-evaluate the strength of the remaining members of the Federation Secret Alliance.
Ah. James' information inquiry call is too outdated...
Annabell continued, "Barton went to Newton to assist, including hunters, including witchers, aliens, vampires, demons..." Annabell looked at Zach and smiled, perhaps because Zach still did not stop her from continuing to answer the phone. The reason was, "Except for Zach and me, all the people or alien races that you, the detective, can think of have gone." Ah, it might just be the content of these words.
"Pochquin is also there?" James is a police detective, so don't underestimate his ability to catch information loopholes.
"I went." Annabel continued to answer with a smile, "But I went very late and helped the black witch clean up the battlefield."
"Where are the casualties?"
"Devil's? Or Barton and Newton's people?"
"Both sides!"
"Of course all the demons have been wiped out." Annabelle answered. "Of course, objectively speaking, there are still many demons who have escaped back to hell, but they have nothing to do with our world anymore. You know." The answer was paused because Zha Ke suddenly stood up and walked out of the office.
Annabell's eyes naturally followed Zach, but after Zach went out and turned downstairs, her eyes could no longer follow. Annabell, who was holding the receiver, frowned. The smile on her face disappeared. A trace of irritability.
"Then what? Where are the casualties on our side?!" James urged.
"A few Revro died, and they were attacked by another dagger in the devil's hand. Newton citizens also suffered some retaliatory casualties..." Annabelle made her choice and stayed to continue answering James' questions. And Zach~~
I went downstairs with ease~~Why didn’t I think of this key before? Hoping that Annabelle would never come back after running away from Grande? ! No! This is the right way to avoid Annabelle’s attention! Use things to trip up Annabelle's unyielding sight!
The only minor flaw is the possibility of Louise giving her own phone a busy line. But this idea was right. After the phone call ended, Zach decided to use one of Grande's work to trip Annabell up. Now Zach walked up the back porch easily and looked at Logan's work, which seemed very strange. Good choice~
"Hey Logan." Zach called to Logan.
Logan behind the showroom counter turned back listlessly, "Hey Zach."
"Pochquin went to Newton to help the black witch and took Lily with him. Are you worried?"
Do you still remember the last conversation between Zach and Logan? It was the same. Zach asked Logan if he would be worried about Lily working under the unkind Porch. Logan's answer was surprising at that time, but this time, it's not surprising anymore.
"Honestly, a little bit." Logan pursed his lips, and the reason was "I heard Nick and Roy saying that Pochquin went to Newton to grab the loot."
Trophies? The demon has no remains, so this trophy is the soul dagger!
With the cooperation of the black witch and the vampire, the weapon was recovered from the devil!
Nick and Roy have returned to Barton. The one who is still arguing about this matter in Newton is the 'General' who represents Toledo.
Toledo promised Saint Sissy to recover the dagger, and the black witch has always been on Zach's side, so the thing should have been that the black witch gave the thing to the vampire from Barton directly, but, as Amber just told Zhan Mushi's, Pochquin, who arrived late, intervened.
The essence of Logan's worry is, "Lily is from our Grande side, but she went to Newton this time as the secretary of Pochquin who doesn't want to give the spoils to Toledo!" Logan's face was wrinkled. Like Rag, who has obviously been worried about this matter for a long time, he described it very accurately, "What the hell is this!"
Logan is the kind of person who has the habit of observing from the sidelines and drawing conclusions before taking action. Therefore, his views on things are usually more, well, 'transparent'. For example, until now, his life goals Or being an alien with more possibilities than an ex-convict, right
But now Logan is no longer 'transparent'. He also has a lot of knowledge and has seen a lot of bad things happening to humans and aliens. And what he is describing now, the contradictory position Lily is in, is the worst kind.
Zach had no intention of discussing Lily's conflicted stance with Logan because it wasn't worth it. Zach had long known that Sissi's proposal to recycle the soul dagger was to delay the vampire's progress in some aspects. Remember, Zach couldn't guess what it was specifically, but as vampires have more and more influence on the world, When times become more and more important, it is understandable that Sissi tries to reorganize the Holy Lord's faith and struggle for what is left of the Holy Lord's faith.
Then, the one who holds the vampire back is Pochquin, which is the most harmless situation!
reason? Needless to say, Papa Midnight, Pucci, and vampires are grasshoppers on the same boat! This ship is called Our World!
The key thing here is that this matter can be dragged out for several hours after the war without being resolved!
That reason is that Pochquin must have an absolutely good reason for the black witch not to hand the dagger to Toledo until now.
And Zach can probably guess what the reason is: the dagger given to Toledo will be immediately transferred to the hands of Saint Sissi, and the weapon used by demons to attack vampires will eventually flow into the hands of the Holy Lord Faith.
In the final analysis, Toledo is not about getting the spoils, but a middleman who runs errands for others! The hand that Pochquin intervenes in is the intrigue between the old-fashioned belief in witchcraft and the belief in the Holy Lord!
This explains the fact that the black witch has been unable to distribute the spoils.
After all, Zach is an inhuman who sees things more clearly than Logan. Under other circumstances, Zach might have shared his views with Logan to relieve Logan's worries. But now, Zach is still counting on Logan's troubles, so he can't explain it directly, but "I can give you half a day off, and you can go to Newton to be with Lily."
For ordinary couples, when one party encounters a crisis in their life, it is natural for the other party to accompany them. But the reason Zach gave for this 'favor' is more suitable for the current situation, "It's useless for you to dream here. It might be helpful to Lily to go to Newton and see the situation with your own eyes."
Logan was stunned for a moment, and said very savvyly, "Am I going to Newton on behalf of the neighbors of Grand Pochquin?"
'General' still represents Toledo in Newton. Logan, a human being, means nothing.
Zach nodded, "Yes, on behalf of the neighbors. If the vampires represented by Toledo and the witchcraft beliefs represented by Pochi have caused trouble to Lily's situation, then." Zach gestured to let Luo, who had already understood, The root is completed.
Logan finished, "Then use the smallest neighborly quarrel to replace those conflicts!"
Zach gave Logan a smile, "You can get off work first."
Logan didn't hold it in, he immediately came out from behind the counter and rushed out of the back corridor before he remembered, "Well, who's going to see the showroom?"
Zach looks at Grande’s facade? Although the relationship between Grande's boss and employees is very casual, it is not so casual that the boss works for the employees.
Zach also pretended to have just remembered, "Uh, I almost forgot about this." He seemed to be really troubled, "There are quite a few children in Newton and they were directly arranged to Barton today. After the demonic defense war, there were still some human deaths in Newton, probably in terms of funerals..." Zach looked in the direction of the living area, seeming to consider whether there were any available employees in the living area, so he came over...
Logan is obviously just as troubled as Zach, because the current living area employees, as you all know, the city government has completely messed up the halfway house project in Grande, and there is no one who can smoke for Zach.
That would be smooth. Zach looked up at the second floor, "Go and talk to Annabelle, just say you are doing this job for me. I don't want to talk to her."
Logan nodded.