When Zach was sitting in James' car and driving on Highway 27, Benjamin had already returned to the ancestors' office at Alpha speed, and Lily accepted her job with just the words "What was supposed to happen happened." Leaving the woods, Ravenqi took Logan deeper into the cover of the trees under Moon's witchcraft and continued to treat Logan with the blood left by Zach.
Zach was right, if this group of aliens wanted to escape, it would be impossible for a human mayor to catch up with them. So, in the woods, there was only a confused and angry slightly fat mayor, irritably venting his emotions on the rotten branches and leaves around him.
Thanks to James for the rescue, it only lasted for a short time in Zach's heart. It didn't take long for Zach to realize a new problem.
"James?" Zach glanced at the dashboard and silently tightened his seat belt. This is a good habit. "How is Kate doing now?"
Zach's way of thinking is that James is in a hurry, and the speed of the car is enough to prove it. However, since he is so eager to act, why come to the South District to find Zach at all costs
Are there many vampires in the North District? Nofil, 'The General', and even Darcy (who received Nick Giovanni's blood), can save people. And Zach knows that the current James, the James of a year ago, will only have his overly upright moral compass to 'point' others, and the current James will turn his own moral standards into a threat. James would 'blackmail' non-human beings into submitting to his own moral code. Great teaching from Zach.
So why come to Zach.
And we know Zach, he wouldn’t ask so straightforwardly. So, Zach was asking about Kate.
"You want to ask me why I came so far to find you!" Well, James was not hypocritical at all, very straightforward.
Zach tilted his head and acquiesced, "I just hope your Kate won't become serious due to the delay."
James' lips moved a few times, but no sound came out. He was probably scolding Zach. Then, "Because I trust you!"
Zach raised his eyebrows. This seemed to be the first time James had frankly acknowledged Zach's position in his heart. Zach accepted, "Then I will try not to betray your trust." Seriously, "I still need to know what Kate's situation is like."
"She..." James paused for a moment and said something speechless, "Not bad!"
Zach was quiet for a while, "You said she was injured."
"She is injured!" James suddenly became irritable, and his words began to change... Feel it yourself, "She fell in the bathroom! Hit her stomach! We have gone to the hospital! The doctor said it was fine, but I don’t trust doctors!”
Zach blinked, is this progress or regression? James distrusted the human scientific process?
Zach shook his head, "So you came to the South District to find me just because your pregnant wife fell in the bathroom."
James suddenly glared at Zach, "No way! Do you hope that every time I come to you, it will be some tragic human tragedy that happened in the North District! And then I can't solve it myself, so I can only come to you, a vampire?!"
Extreme, but reasonable.
Zach curled his lips and remained silent.
No matter what, James came at the perfect time, and Zach had to thank him.
There was no more conversation all the way, and the Mercedes-Benz drove directly into the North District and stopped on the back street of Lister. James almost pulled Zach out of the car and pushed him towards his apartment.
It’s been a long time since I’ve been here, and Zach still had the time to smile at some familiar employees in the beverage shop. Those are all friends of James’s ex, Georgina. I think Georgina was also...
Things change.
Entering James' home, James had already called out to his pregnant wife, "Kate! Kate!"
Zach actually had time to take a look at James' home... The changes were quite big. Different from the unmarried James's house that Zach was familiar with, many things have been replaced.
But don’t make any expectations. The way James’ family has changed is not a typical marriage and family type.
The first thing Zach noticed was the missing bar. What replaced the bar was a workspace that looked like there were some people there. The reason I call it human is that it looks a bit like a display area for victims of serial murderers.
Many people's photos, reports, and files were nailed to the wall, and markers of various colors were marked with various symbols next to these materials.
Maybe this looks like a clue board for a detective's detective work or a reporter's investigative work, but no, this is the victim display area. Because the truth is already known and no reasoning or investigation is needed
Zach knows everyone and everything mentioned in these materials.
Yes, the content displayed in this workspace is everything Zach has done at Barton and everyone he has impacted.
Instead of converting their home into something more family-friendly, this husband-and-wife team of police detectives and journalists dedicated a space to house... Zachary Toredo.
It's Zach himself.
Zach didn't care much about Kate anymore and glanced at James, "Are you serious? You didn't show any courtesy or humanity before you came to me. Cover that place first?"
Let’s look back at Zach’s journey towards others studying him.
From the beginning, as long as Madison had a hobby to pass the time and didn't complain about work every day, Zach didn't care. Later, when Madison randomly distributed his manuscripts, Zach felt that Madison's knowledge of him was starting to cause trouble. Later, Zach was infinitely resistant to the fact that his life was being manipulated and frequently threw the white cat out of Grande. At the end of the day, it's now, 'Okay, I'll define my own Bible'.
We can't say that this is a positive mental journey, but Zach does have...maturity in this kind of thing.
So Zach isn't going to waste his energy scolding James and Kate for researching going through this themselves. Zach probably has a mentality of, 'I'm doing it, you see, I can't gouge your eyes anyway'. But at least, you don’t have to put this disrespectful behavior in Zach’s face.
Have you ever seen someone blatantly use a magnifying glass to steal other people's lives? Same reason.
It was Kate who answered Zach. Kate looked normal except for being a little haggard. "There's nothing to hide. It's rare for you to come here now. If it's just because of someone..." Staring at James with disdain, "Going crazy , I believe you also feel it is a waste of time." Kate's eyes returned to Zach, "Why don't we do something serious." With that said, he had already walked to the work area and sat behind the office chair.
James showed no reaction to the contempt, and pushed Zach towards Kate, "She hit her stomach, and there was an obvious bruise. The doctor said she was not suitable for medication, so there was nothing..." While talking, he also tried to tease Kate. The movement of clothes.
He was slapped away by Kate and stared sullenly, "You don't have to go to work today, Detective Lance." He actually called his husband by his official name. Kate's attitude has been very clear.
The couple's daily interactions were not what Zach wanted to observe now. He pulled James away and said, "I can check on Kate myself. You, go to work."
"Not just Kate, I also want..."
"Your kids." Zach glanced at James, "I know. Now, bye! The citizens of Barton need their detective protection."
It could be said that Zach was urging, because Kate had sorted out some manuscripts on her desk and gave Zach a 'you should take a look' look.
James' eyes turned to Kate and Zach a few times, then he clicked his tongue and left.
The reporter and Zach were the only ones at home.
Kate handed over the manuscript in her hand and said directly, "The manuscript of the Newton Demon Incident."
Zach took it and scanned it quickly. Kate’s journalistic quality is good, and she has caught the news point of the Newton Demon incident we discussed before. Barton’s political intentions towards Newton.
What Zach saw was that he nodded frequently, and at the same time he did not forget to actually carry out the reason why he was dragged here by James and check Kate's physiological state.
The two things ended at the same time, "It's well written, people in the West End will like it, and Barton's sense of city honor will also increase." and, "I didn't feel anything abnormal in you, but vampires are very sensitive to the pregnancy process of any creature." ..." There is no need to whitewash it. The way vampires are inherited determines this fact, "ignorance." There is an example, Mokawi, right? "If you really have any worries, I suggest you still believe in your human medical science. .”
"It's James who doesn't trust him. I've told him countless times that I'm fine." Kate didn't care at all about belittling her husband. She handed the new manuscript she was sorting to Zach the same.
Zach also scanned it quickly, raising his eyebrows and raising two things that he didn't expect last night: Nick and Roy's progress in the North District and Paising respectively were actually made up for by this human reporter!
"You are more well-informed than I thought." Zach did not hide his praise.
"Thank you." Kate answered calmly, "So, do you have anything exclusive for me?" She was as direct as ever.
Nick's side.
Kate wrote in her manuscript that the new port construction undertaken by Falcon in the Southern District would receive a sponsorship from Hermann, who had already established a foothold in the western part of the Federation. On the condition that Herman's new port in the Southern District would have an exclusive import and export warehouse storage space, in exchange for Herman's financial support, the construction of the new port, which was already lagging behind, was completed.
Kate did not mention in the manuscript that the internal fighting between the Falcon family, Fiona (Mrs. Falcon) and Mr. Falcon, was the reason for the serious delay in the construction schedule and engineering resources of the new port in the South District.
So the so-called exclusive that Zach can give is, "Replace the Falcon family, the builders of the new port in the South District, with Mrs. Falcon in this manuscript. Let Barton readers know who is the Falcon family now." Steward,”
Kate raised her eyebrows and tilted her head, "Understood. Let Barton readers know who is in charge of the Falcon family now." She took back part of the manuscript, took notes immediately, and then continued to look at Zach.
Don't worry, Kate is a good reporter. She doesn't bring any public opinion rhythm, she just shows the truth to readers, doesn't she
It's Roy's turn.
The narrative of the manuscript is very vague. It only states that after being continuously targeted with hatred, the Indian community in Paisying prepared a proposal to apply to the government for the protection of Indian culture.
Do you still remember that Zach once discussed with a policeman (a friend of Coulson) about crimes against Indian culture? In the federal legal system, the destruction of Indian cultural affairs is the same as the destruction of public trash cans by bored hoodlums. Cultural labels do not change a society's view of something.
It seems that the Indian community in Paisying also understands this truth. They really started to legally change the meaning of the label Indian culture.
Kate's manuscript ended with this movement in the Indian community in Paisin. It doesn't really cover what we know. What Roy and Sibella really negotiated was the planning of Indian protectorate states with national power in the middle.
Zach could understand the chasm Kate encountered here. Kate was just a reporter from Barton. There was no way she could predict future national legal changes with the format of a city daily! Therefore, "The main idea is correct. If the Indian community needs social 'preferential treatment' or 'protection' of this group, it must go to legal procedures. Merely relying on everyone's moral level has proven that it is not possible. When morality cannot meet the needs, The law must stand up, this is civilization."
Kate had an expression like 'I wrote it, I know it, you don't need to give a value summary'. But in hand, Lala brushed these words down, probably to join later.
Zach continued, "But the place that takes the lead is very important. Whether it can play a positive role in the process of the times depends on whether the place that raises this issue can implement this change."
Kate frowned, as if she didn't quite understand what Zach meant, "Can't Barton?"
Zach shook his head, "Barton can't do it, at least in the eyes of the public, Barton can't do it." Zach said it very objectively and did not mean to belittle his own territory. We all know that Barton is where all the current patterns began! Zach: "There are too many things going on in Barton right now. Newton, trade, and republicans are all the focus, but in fact, Barton is just a baby city with a history of 50 years."
Kate still frowned and nodded, "The Federation probably already knows that Barton is a baby that cries loudly. Now we have to see whether Barton can grow up." The symbolic meaning is very heavy, but it should be easy to understand, " For Patton, now is not the time to lose sight of the other, and it will not be good for Patton to take on too many things."
Yes, the annexation of Newton, international trade, and the immigration of republicans, who can take it lightly
It’s not that India, who was originally the true master of this continent, is unimportant, but, “It’s not Barton’s turn to take action regarding India’s protection.” Zach looked at Kate, “The population and resources in the Federation are stronger. Indian community, in the middle." Wizard Family.
As a small-town reporter, Kate can't predict the future. Isn't she also unable to analyze objective facts
Kate's lips curved, "Compared to the Indian community in Barton, which can only constantly use Mrs. Quinn's relics to argue, the Indian community in the central part of the federation has more resources and social status to promote Indian culture. Protective laws." Look, this will bring progress in the negotiations with Roy and Sibella~ The people of Barton can see the world's affairs~
But immediately, Kate frowned, "I wrote this, the wizard family in the middle..." There was nothing surprising. After telling the content that could be seen by civilian readers, the topic immediately entered the alien dimension, "Will you be reminded? Now, take action before you vampires take over the central part and protect yourself with the law?"
Zach waved his hand, "No." He was sure, and Zach was sincerely sure, "Because the wizard family in the middle of the country now does not need protection. They are doing well in the middle of the country, and they are all rich and so on. . They only suffered a loss in Patton's Tower of Babel, but this was something they could not announce. They lived a very good life in the middle of the country, and they wanted to make the country's laws more 'biased' towards them in this case. Then It’s just a dream. The protection of the law will only be meaningful when they become victims.”
Kate couldn't hold it back and laughed, "Ha." She took back all her manuscripts. This exclusive was so valuable. "Yes, after you vampires crush the central part, the wizard family will be the absolute victim. Then At that time, if they seek protection again, everything will fall into place~" It will fall into place, it will be fine if Roy fulfills his promise to Sibella, but at that time, hehe, he will take over the Indians in the Indian Protectorate State, It's Sibella, not the defeated wizard family who is regarded as a resource provider!