"What are you going to do?" Michelle held two cups of tea and placed them in front of the two 'guests' who suddenly visited. It's not that she doesn't have other thoughts, but she doesn't know what she can do? Call the police
When she sat down, she saw the sturdy guy switching his teacups. Before she could express her nervousness, she was distracted by Zach's voice, "Find out who is threatening you. This is Smith." It’s Dylan’s request that you spend this time safely.”
Zach shook his head at Benjamin's unnecessary movements, but didn't say much, "The latter is for public welfare, so you'd better cooperate, otherwise we'll be in a bad mood and hand you over to Smith."
Michelle was nervous again, but her nervousness never disappeared, "Who are you? Why did Dylan let you protect me?"
Zach had no intention of answering the latter question. He said these just to reassure Dylan, who was floating in the air. Zach took out a business card, pushed it in front of Michelle, and said in a joking tone, "If you can let Dylan's family hold a funeral at the Grand House, how about we turn the charity into a formal commission? "
No one laughed.
Zach curled his lips boredly, "Tell me what you know. Everything."
Michelle had no choice. After taking a deep breath, she began to narrate.
The same cold call as Dylan, and then the threatening package. The difference is that Smith's list is spread out on the coffee table. Dylan's name stimulates this woman who is experiencing pain and fear, and her narrative has some other content.
"I told Dylan about the unknown phone call." Michelle picked up the tea that Benjamin had exchanged and frowned in reaction when she drank it, but she didn't dare to do anything unnecessary, "Then Di Len said he received the same call."
"When I received the threatening package, I didn't know what to do." Michelle seemed to relive the scene at that time. Trembling nervously.
You know, when a woman discovers that she has been secretly photographed while sleeping, her fear is countless times higher than that of a man.
"And Dylan told you to follow the instructions on the phone, right?" Zach asked.
"Yes." Michelle nodded, "He said it is too dangerous to resist when you don't know anything about the other party. Follow the other party's instructions first, and then think of a way."
The moment was indeed the wisest decision, but looking at it now, it wasn't at all.
"He tried to comfort me!" There was a sad look on Michelle's face again, and tears began to blur her lenses. "He said that the other party didn't ask us to do anything except let us record. This is a good thing. , we did not really betray Mr. Smith. There will be no danger..."
Zach has understood that Dylan is this woman's spiritual support, and having Dylan's support gives her peace of mind.
What happened then was a little different from Dylan. Michelle was instructed to stop when Smith received the threatening phone call, apparently to keep it secret. Moreover, before, the vampire was rude but very graceful, touching and looking around, and found no trace of intrusion. It seems from start to finish. She has never been exposed.
That means, in the threatening phone calls to Smith. There are no recorded conversations involving the secret core. And Smith didn't hide anything when he gave Grande the list. Forgive Zach's distrust of Smith, but first impressions still count.
"Dylan's home was burglarized." Zach began to use the time of the incident as an entry point. "That was the time when Smith had compiled the list of recorders and started taking action. Did you notice any difference?" Zach wanted to know. In addition to terminating the recording instruction in advance, did the other party do anything to hide Michelle
"No." Michelle shook her head. It seemed that something sad had been touched again, "Dylan didn't tell me at all about the theft in his home. And I always thought that his instructions had stopped."
It looks like Michelle won't know anything anymore. Zach stood up and pointed at the wrinkled list, "We're going to get this back."
Michelle quickly picked up the list and handed it to Zach. "You, are you leaving?! Where are you going?!" They looked completely panicked.
"Don't panic." Zach's mouth curled up and he glanced at Dylan, who had been floating in the air. "We will arrange for someone to watch you. In order to prevent this visit from appearing suspicious, we also need to go to Dylan's other places. Check it out at a relative's home." Zach smiled and looked at Michelle, "Can you understand?"
Michelle's eyes clearly flashed with thought, and then she nodded.
When Zach was about to leave, he suddenly remembered something, turned around and asked, "Has Smith sent anyone here?"
"Yes." Michelle nodded, her eyes filled with tears again, "They sent me back today to prepare for Dylan's burial..." There were some words that she couldn't follow a certain name.
Zach nodded. It can be seen from the photos that were withheld to avoid hurting the scene. The relationship between the two is public. Smith would also be concerned about Michelle's actions, if it makes sense. It would be abnormal not to pay attention.
Zach didn't ask any more questions and left Michelle's house with Benjamin. Of course, Dylan didn't follow.
The truck left the back bay and headed for the next person to visit.
The two brothers in the Grand House did a great job of visiting the homes of sad people under the guise of Smith. Of course, to these truly innocent people, what Zach was saying was that Smith wanted to investigate whether the morning's case was really an accident.
Dylan's family showed enough indifference to these two inexplicable guys because they were not police officers.
After the play was over, Zach took out the list and the truck started to drive towards the real target.
Smith's list is not simply a list of names, but a classification by industry. For example, security guards, doormen, etc., which is where Dylan is located, are at the top. They have the most contact with people, but they are also at the outermost edge of Smith's secret industry, just like the general outline.
Then there are the names of people inside the warehouse, some of which are warehouse management, such as the first 'accidental' death, and security personnel in the warehouse compartments. The number of people they come into contact with is very limited. They will not interact with the outer layers, and they will rarely interact with the core technical personnel below.
Most of the people on the list are like this. Smith made enough detailed notes.
Logically, the following should be the core figures, people like Michelle. But the depth of the roster stops there and begins to grow sideways.
The rest of the name has nothing to do with the warehouse. Smith used the logo of 'dealer' to mark it. In fact, when this list was compiled, Smith had already lost. Except for the core 'product production' people in his industry, all others had been contaminated.
But the opponent didn't show up, which created the illusion that there was still room for maneuver.
There are clues here in the warehouse. After listening to Smith, Dylan, and Michelle's stories, Zach doesn't think there is anything else that can be discovered. So, Zach asked Benjamin to visit the people labeled as 'dealers'. After all, Smith is a businessman. If all this is done by competitors, then there is indeed no need to control core production. Because we control the core and periphery, we can produce products and sell them to whom
We are just changing bosses.
Therefore, the best people to operate and corrupt are not the people in the warehouse, but the outermost dealers.
In order to create a reasonable situation for Michelle, the van circled the city of Barton and even visited the family of Ted, the security guard. When the two finally reached the western boundary of the West District, the sun was already on the horizon.
Smith's secret business is not limited to Barton City. According to Zach's thinking, if you want to buy off dealers, then the farther away from Barton City, where Smith is located, the weaker the location and the most profitable position. Therefore, what the two of them are about to visit now is to import the 'product' into the dealer in Newton City.
Zach and Benjamin stepped onto the porch of a certain house. Zach looked around, smiled and patted Benjamin on the shoulder, "Guess, before we came, did Old Grand and Old Hank help Smith?" What about moving these products?”
Benjamin chuckled as he and Zach thought of going together. Because not far away is the cemetery where Grande once lived in the West District.
The West End was originally part of the city of Newton. It was finally separated by the group of Barton, Quinn, Smith, and Stone, and the current city of Barton was born.
Therefore, the cemetery in the West District was once the place chosen by most citizens on the west side of Newton City. It would be strange if Smith did not take advantage of such a convenient resource. Who will inspect the coffin? And according to some clues revealed by Old Hank, who has recently begun to show his true face, Zach feels that the current Grande is probably in kindergarten compared to the former Grande.
Zach knocked on the door, listened to the voices inside, and waited patiently.
Then, unexpectedly, the owner seemed to stop at the door and didn't move.
Zach and Benjamin looked at each other and frowned, "We are the people sent by Smith." Zach added.
The other party didn't respond. Zach frowned, held Smith's list in front of the cat's eyes, pointed at a name, and the address behind it, "This is you, I believe you also know other people on this list." Zach curled his lips , "Don't worry, we're just here to ask some questions."
The person at the door could be heard hesitating, and the sound of palms rubbing against the handle was clear to the vampire and werewolf.
"You promise..." A voice finally came from behind the door, "You won't hurt me. Promise."
Zach and Benjamin looked at each other again. For a businessman who dared to sell certain 'products', this guy was a little too courageous.
Zach shook his head and said helplessly, "Why do we want to hurt you..."
Before Zach could finish his words, the door opened.
The vampire and werewolf raised their eyebrows at the same time, "Oh." Zach looked at the nervous man in front of him and opened his mouth, "You are a devil."
Grande's two brothers sighed.
"You are a devil." Zach repeated, shook his head, looked at the guy in front of him whose eyes were completely covered with ink black due to nervousness, and asked, "Why are you a devil?" (...)