The houses on both sides of the road were in darkness and silence. Only Amanda's family was brightly lit, and noisy sounds broke out from time to time. This makes people wonder whether Amanda invited the whole street.
But this had nothing to do with Zach anymore. The three of them walked towards the corner of the street. Under the yellowish street lights, Benjamin's truck was dotted with mud. The truck, which had only been clean all day, became dirty again because its owner deliberately walked on a muddy road. But this is good, the scratches all over the body are not so obvious.
When he opened the car door, Danny moved his body. He sat silently in the darkness, not knowing when he came back. His expression didn't seem to be very good either. His hands were clasped together, and the intertwined joints were white from the exertion, and a faint blue color showed through the stretched joint skin.
This is the color of melancholy, just like in the song, melancholy is blue.
Zach tilted his head, looked at Huan Ren, and called Huan Ren by his real name, "Are you okay? Daniel."
Danny raised his head, and the dim car lights came on as Benjamin turned the key, printing a 'blue' face. He smiled reluctantly, "Not very good."
Zach pursed his lips, twisted his body, reached his arms to Danny's side, pulled out the seat belt, and buckled it over the other side of Danny's body. For a vampire, Zach seems pretty concerned about seatbelts (first meeting with Kyle).
I asked Zach why this happened? Zach's answer is this, you can feel it.
"It's a disguise, just like Crowley." Zach smiled and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, "When aliens first enter human society, they will always deliberately imitate normal behavior patterns to facilitate better hiding and integration. . She likes to play with her hair, and me, I like to wear a seat belt."
I continued to ask very uninterestedly. "Why seat belts? Don't you have a better choice?"
Zach responded this way.
He smiled first and put down the glass, "So you are here for the writing class to enrich the characters, so do you want to explore the deep psychological reasons for the character's behavior?"
I nodded. Write a line in the notebook, 'Zach - good at exploring the purpose of behavior', and then look at the vampire expectantly, waiting for the answer.
Zach shrugged indifferently, "During the war, Anthony's habit was to touch his right waist to check his holster. Because he didn't want the only spare gun to be missing when the rifle was out of bullets. This is a very Benjamin has never had such human actions.”
I quickly recorded this in my notebook.
"So what is the most human action? It is the fear of death." The vampire said with a smile, "People invented this belt that can protect life because of fear. I am ready to make full use of it."
I thought for a while, "So, um." The organization's language was, "People would never think that an immortal guy would be so afraid of death? Is this how you show your humanity?"
"Exactly." Zach smiled and raised his glass.
The truck turned with the hum of the engine, and Zach sat back in his seat and fastened his seat belt. Turning his head to the side, he asked Danny, "Do you want to talk?"
Danny shook his head. "I don't want to yet."
Zach nodded and asked no more questions.
The truck returned on its original route, and the night sky after the rain was particularly clear. Only a faint full moon guided the direction of the truck. First, Louise and Danny must be returned to the Grand House, and then they will go to the hospital to deal with Wells, a former civil servant.
The ideal time is the handover point in the early morning, when everyone is asleep. Although Zach did not expect the medical staff to have a normal routine, it was still much easier to move around than during the day.
The Grand House, like most houses in the South District, had fallen silent at this time. Only old Hank's room still had light coming out, and the figure of the thin old man at the table was printed in front of the window. The Great Dane King was lying on his stomach outside the porch. After seeing Zach notice her, he turned his head and glanced at the back door, then continued to lie down and stopped moving.
Zach frowned, "We seem to have guests." He had already unbuckled his seat belt and pushed open the door.
"I won't go down anymore." Benjamin threw his coat out, "Hurry up."
Zach pouted and grabbed Benjamin's coat. He put his arm around Louise's shoulders, pushed open the back door, watched Louise go upstairs, and gave her a comforting look. He casually hung Benjamin's coat on the hook and entered the office.
"Mike." Zach showed a smile, looked at the person sitting quietly in front of the office, and turned on the light.
There are several books neatly placed on the desk, and there is a paper box for food next to it. The priest was wearing casual clothes. He smiled sideways at Zach and pointed at the book on the table. "I've finished reading it. You can return it to the library."
Zach smiled and sat back at his desk, pulling the book over, "You read so fast."
Mike smiled shyly, "When I am alone, I don't need to worry about other people's gaze. I can turn a page in one second."
Every alien race has its own disguise.
Mike pushed the box in front of him to Zach, "I looked at Cook's Kitchen, I made this, and Alice said it was good. I left a copy for you."
Zach smiled and opened the box, took a look at it, and then closed it again, "It looks good, Benjamin will like it."
Mike didn't care and stopped laughing.
Zach tilted his head, "Then, why are you here? I thought Crowley controlled your schedule very strictly."
Mike nodded, "She sent me here, she said, 'It doesn't seem very kind to leave Seth to the Grand House. You go and follow them.'"
Zach smiled helplessly, "Then what can you do?"
Mike shook his head with an apology on his face, "I didn't know either, so I prepared food."
Zach was really amused. He stood up and waved, "Let's go, maybe you can help and make it easier for us."
Mike grunted and followed Zach.
"How did Crowley know that we decided to help Seth?" Zack asked in the dark stairwell as he walked out of the office.
The demon behind him seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he still spoke, "Southeast of the North District, we have brothers there. Detective Lance's partner promised the 'General' to solve this matter, so we know."
Zack's light green eyes, which brightened as he stepped into the moonlight, narrowed. It seemed that Crowley had not given up on that chaotic area.
Sure enough, only the devil knows the devil better. Seth initially found the 'general', and it seemed that there was a reason for this. It’s just that Seth will have to make a choice one day, the demon priests, or the fallen lawmen trying to replace the cherubim, he can only choose one.
Now looking at helping Seth, it doesn't seem like a wise choice. Sooner or later it will turn into a trouble. (..)