At midnight, Zach got bored counting stars. He glanced in the direction of the living area and found that the lights in Miles' residence were still on.
Miles was the employee who spoke to Zach in the cemetery. After Zach came back, he specifically found the employee information and wrote down his name. Because I feel that this Miles will come into contact with me in the future, so remember the other person's name to avoid embarrassment.
Zach had noticed before that someone in the living area had a habit of staying up late, but now he could associate the person, name, and room.
Zach wasn't really sure what Miles was doing so late. There was no sound from there, and the shadow printed by the light on the window didn't move for a long time.
It was just boring, since he even remembered people's names anyway, Zach decided to explore more.
"Sem." Zach instructed Sem who was 'watching the moon' (practicing) in the backyard.
Sam floated into Miles' room lightly, and after five minutes, he came out, "He's praying."
"To whom?" In the past, Zach would not have asked such a question. The prayers spoken by the Federation people were all to the Holy Lord. But now, this is a sensitive issue, so it’s better to ask clearly.
"Holy Lord." Sam's expression was a little strange when he answered.
Zach's face showed sympathy and he shook his head, not wanting to care anymore. Nothing happened all night.
In the early morning, various creatures in Grande began to revive.
Zach went downstairs every day and sat on the back porch, waiting for Nick and Roy to report their schedule for the day.
Nick, "Bishop's evil spirits and beauties have begun to show their affection towards me, and today they are taking me to see properties in the West End."
This shows that Nick's process of entering the core circle of West Enders is proceeding steadily, and Eve Rimmer's West End allies are leaning towards Nick's side. Good thing.
Zach: “Are you moving out of Grand?”
"If I operate in the West End as the owner of the 'Giovanni' Group, I can't live in your place forever." Nick also rolled his eyes at Zach, thinking that Zach's question was too stupid, " I need my own place.”
"Are there any empty manors in the West End?" Zach was not stupid, but he was worried that the small city of Barton really didn't have room for a great god like Giovanni.
"I'm not trying to raise a family in the east." Nick waved his hand, "I don't need to buy a manor or anything like that, just build a villa to look like. The West End is the home of your descendant, Mrs. Quinn, and I'm aware of this. There is." Nick suddenly remembered something, "By the way, speaking of Mrs. Quinn, based on the current situation in Newton, Mrs. Quinn is planning to introduce my industrial resources to give Newton a hand." Naturally continued Pull Newton into Barton's arms.
Zach nodded. It was enough for him to know this kind of thing. There was no need to ask in detail. Quinn and Nick were more professional.
Then there's Roy.
Roy, "There is nothing to do today. Sibera just asked me to collect information for her on the Indian community in the central part of the Federation that is dissatisfied with the wizard family. I have already said hello to Revro (who established a surveillance intelligence network in the middle of the Federation). After they collect the information, they will send it to me.”
"Then what are your plans today?"
"Normal, go to the nursing home to help Corden and Emilia."
Zach nodded, saying goodbye to Roy as he couldn't arrange anything for Roy.
The two Sabbat 'brothers' left Grande, and Zach was still sitting on the back porch because he saw Miles walking this way with a smile among the Grande employees leaving the living area and getting ready to go to work.
Among Grande's new employees, the first person to speak to their boss, Zachary Grande, is now continuing to unlock the 'first' achievement.
"Good morning, boss." The first employee to say good morning to Zach.
"Good morning." Zach returned the greeting.
It was just a greeting, the two didn't talk much. As the morning passed, nothing interesting happened.
noon.
Due to the season, Zach couldn't stay on the back porch for long, but Sam was floating on the roof of the Grand in the sun, not knowing what he was doing.
Zach, who was staring blankly at the new phone in the office, felt bored. He stood up and looked at the Grand backyard through the window. During the lunch break of Grand employees, some experienced ex-convicts seemed to regard the Grand backyard as a playground for the prison. .
I made a simple basketball stand in the Grande woodworking shed, and unearthed a few old basketballs from the Grande chores warehouse. Three or five people gathered together to play and make noise, making this noon even more lively.
The ex-convicts in this second batch of halfway houses are much more noisy than the first batch, but they can't be blamed for that.
In the first batch, both Hank and Zach in Grande treated those people as Grande's future and disciplined them. This second group, uh, what's the use of disciplining them? Just a waste of energy.
Zach looked down from upstairs, not deliberately observing anyone, but his attention was undeniably focused on Miles, who was sitting quietly in the corner of the noisy backyard.
A dirty and old ball flew towards Miles' head. Zach couldn't confirm whether someone did it intentionally, but Zach could confirm that with the speed Miles started to react when he discovered the 'danger', he couldn't escape.
Sure enough, after a bang, Miles covered his head and fell to the ground. The basketball bounced around him and rolled away from the backyard.
"Hey! Coward!" Someone in the noisy crowd shouted in the direction of Miles, "Get the ball back!"
Miles stood up from the ground, but he did not pick up the ball. He still covered his head and walked quickly to the living area, as if he just wanted to quickly avoid this conflict.
Zach could already see blood from the fingers of Miles covering his head. But to be objective, Zach saw very clearly that the wound was not caused by being hit by the ball. It was caused by Myers not taking any protective action when he fell to the ground and rubbing it on the ground...
Hey, how should I put it, Miles’ physical fitness is very consistent with his appearance, a weak chicken...
And Miles' current decision is actually the right one. Submission will never satisfy the bully, but will incur more malicious insults. Fighting... is so unrealistic. Therefore, he should leave the field as soon as possible to avoid trouble and take care of the wound.
But it also depends on the other party's intentions. If this is premeditated bullying, Miles can't get away.
And Zach can already confirm that this is premeditated bullying.
Going back to the living area, there were already several shirtless employees blocking Miles' way.
Miles covered his head and did not rush, preparing to take a detour. But as soon as he turned, a new blocker appeared in front of him.
Miles tried a few more times, but all the directions he could go forward were blocked, except for one direction, which was towards the Grand Building.
Miles had no choice, so he quickened his pace and trotted toward Grand's back porch.
Before I could run, the road was blocked.
"What~" In the shrinking surroundings, someone turned their malice into words, "Do you want to complain to the boss~ Haha, once I talk to the boss, I feel like I have become special, a step higher than me~ ~"
Zach finally understood that this was the reason for this premeditated bullying. Uh, so... 'creative'. This is irony, in case anyone didn't see it.
Someone started to take action, pushing and pushing Miles who was surrounded.
As judged on Miles's physical fitness before, Miles, alas, was pushed easily and fell to the ground again.
This is a very bad situation for Miles. Miles tried to stand up from the ground in a embarrassed posture, but was constantly pushed back to the ground by the villains surrounding him.
There is an old saying that rabbits bite when they are anxious. When Miles was pushed to the ground again, he turned around and stared fiercely at the person who pushed him to the ground, "This is not a prison! You no longer have anything to lose! You'd better not do anything to me. If you do this, you will regret it!"
But have you ever seen anyone killed by a rabbit? no. There were quite a few rabbits killed by others.
Miles' face received the first punch.
Blood splattered on the ground in Grande's backyard.
Zach's face darkened. Miles' mistake... No, Miles wasn't actually wrong. It's the bullies, so stupid! Miles has made it very clear that these bullies are people who have finally left prison. The human rights they were punished and deprived of have finally returned to them. They are no longer people who can break things.
But now, these bullies have given away the human rights they finally got back!
Zach is ready to go out and stop this atrocity, and by the way, send a few people back to prison. Huh, although this second batch of ex-criminals don't need Grande's discipline, Grande doesn't need to coddle them. It's too unruly for them to let them go on Grande's territory, right
Zach was just about to move.
"What are you regretting?" The bully casually wiped the blood on his fist, "We all know that this Grand boss cannot show up at noon~"
Well…
He continued, mockingly, "I guess he has some kind of albinism and is afraid of the sun~ Are you right~~" A group of people started laughing, and someone else added, "He is just sick, look at how sick he is. White skin! He looks like a dog in what he wears all day long. I think he is hiding the fact that he is sick~~"
If I just wanted to 'preserve justice' before, well, now it's a personal dispute.
In half a second, Zach appeared on the back porch.
"What's wrong with me?" Zach stepped off the back porch and into the sunshine. It's still a bit glaring, and controlling the blood helps, but it doesn't completely eliminate Zach's discomfort.
"*!" Most of the people surrounding him dispersed immediately, and some cursed in a low voice, "Why is he at home today!"
So do these people think that Zach is not at home, so they dare to be so arrogant
Tsk, there’s nothing to say about this situation. Zach does go out a lot these days.
But some people stood still and did not show any flinching because of Zach's appearance. This is not bravery, as just said, it is stupidity. This made it easier for Zach to determine the list of people to send back to prison.
The person who stupidly faced Zach put on an expression of "Let's see what you can do to me" and said, "Yo! Boss..."
This man kissed the ground softly. Zach raised his hand and just patted it gently, causing the man to fall to the ground. Then, Zach stepped over the body of the man who was 'indulged' in the embrace with Grand Land for a while, walked towards Miles whose face was already covered in blood, and helped him up. "Are you okay?" wasted question.
Miles was actually in shock. His eyes, which were covered in blood, were blinking hard, trying to see whether the Master on the ground was the person who had beaten him the most just now. But Miles was still in this shocked mood and answered Zach, "I'm not good."
Zach was almost amused, Miles was indeed an honest man in this regard.
However, Zach's expression remained silent, and he glanced around at the equally shocked employees, causing them to step back and disperse again. The directions from Grand's backyard to various places were wide open.
Zach did not choose to help Miles join Grande. Judging from the reasons for this bullying incident, it would not be a good thing for him to continue to deepen the relationship between Miles and himself. What Miles needs is the ability to face this kind of problem on his own, right, instead of being attached to Zach. Gee, Zack doesn't need a pet.
Zach helped Miles back to the living area. Before entering the door, he took a look at the man who was still kissing the ground and said, "Come in and sort out that guy's personal belongings."
Someone with no IQ actually asked, "Yes, what do you want to do?"
"He just booked a new cell in jail," Zach answered. Ignoring the employees, he helped Miles into his room.
"Logan said you were very powerful." While Zach was looking for commonly used drugs, Miles was still bleeding. He sat on his bed and looked at Zach who was rummaging around. "He warned all of us. It’s best not to provoke you, today I really saw what the powerful words in Logan’s mouth mean.”
Slapping someone to the ground with one palm is indeed quite fantastic to ordinary people.
Zach turned back and smiled at Miles, "Then I guess some people have let down Logan's kindness." What can Zach say? To correct him, the force value is really the least among Zach's powers. Something worth mentioning? ? It’s not necessary~ So, it would be nice to relax the atmosphere.
Zach found some commonly used trauma treatment drugs. Zach, who had pretended to be a military doctor, was quite good at this kind of thing. He returned to Miles and held him down. "Clean the wound. It will hurt, so bear with it."
"I can't help it." Miles was really honest. He looked inexplicably nervous as Zach held a piece of alcohol-stained cotton close to his face, "Just wrap it up. I don't mind leaving scars."
This wasn't a scar issue, it was an infection issue. Zach didn't get used to it and pressed the cotton directly onto Miles' face.
"Ouch!!"
Zach ignored the other party's shouting and said helplessly, "Have you ever thought about why you were chosen as the target of bullying by those guys?" Although in general, Zach is opposed to this argument that the victim is guilty, But sometimes, people have to strengthen themselves, right? When you are in an unsafe environment and cannot escape for a while, you should have the awareness and ability to protect yourself!
But Miles is too weak like this...
Miles shouted tiredly, "I'm not as weak as you seem." Self-identification? "I also have strong points, but it's not physical, and there's no room for me to use them here."
"Tell me about it." Zach asked casually.
"I'm a liar," Miles responded. "I gain people's trust and then stab them in the back."
"oh."
Zach blinked.