As soon as Zach came out of the bathroom, he was urged impatiently by Benjamin in the backyard. Zach quickly got dressed, said goodbye to Grande's people, sat in the passenger seat of the truck, and glanced at Benjamin with a crooked corner of his mouth, "When did you become so active?"
Benjamin was too lazy to answer and started the truck, "Change, are you ready?"
Zach shook his head and patted his pocket. It's gentlemen's night on Sunday, don't forget it.
On Route 27, sparse street lights crossed the truck body. Zach carefully paid attention to Benjamin's habitual action of tapping the radio, and took control of the radio himself.
"The police have obtained details of the escape from the fugitives..."
"Robert, the murderer who brutally murdered Herman's son, Ryan Herman, is still..."
"The investigation into Barton Prison Warden Vincent is in full swing... "
It seems that no matter how many times I switch, I can't find a channel that satisfies Zach.
"115!" Benjamin said impatiently.
Zach raised his eyebrows and turned the knob quickly, and the number on the pointer stopped at 115. Familiar host’s voice, familiar excited tone. It was a music program broadcast by a certain Barton radio.
"... I believe everyone is as excited as me now... "
The host rambled on for a long time in a self-proclaimed manner, without saying what was worth getting excited about. It was obvious that Zach had missed the previous content.
The vampire and Alpha sat in the van with their lips curled, listening to the nutritious chatter, crossed the boundary between the south and north districts of Barton, entered the north district, and drove directly in the direction of Becky.
"Okay, okay!" The host finished his excitement and finally started to get down to the topic, "I know the first stop of the concert that everyone is most concerned about... Haha! I have to read it in full. 'Looking for Toledo Federal Tour' Concert'! Ha! The first stop is..."
Zach twitched his lips, because the name of a western city came out on the radio, and then it turned into the host's self-pleasure, "Are they stupid?" Zach shook his head, "How crazy do I have to be to live in this city?" Wait until they find it in the west.”
Benjamin raised his shoulders. Curling his lips, he said, "Either west or east. They will come sooner or later. Are you worried about them?"
Zach shook his head indifferently and stopped talking.
After the buildings outside the car window became denser, what appeared was the neon light that began to pass through the car window and flash across the faces of the vampire and Alpha. The truck stopped at the bar street. The two of them walked into the gentleman's bar familiarly and walked directly to the second floor.
Zach's little game with Louise at the Grand House delayed their arrival. The party in Barton Gray's professional circle has already begun, which means that the two of them have not participated in the step of choosing the dancer. But Zach didn't care about this, and Benjamin didn't care either. He just emptied the change in Zach's pocket and quickly got into the mood.
Nuo just glanced at the two of them without any change in his expression. He handed the 'deep sea bomb' to the two of them, "You are late. This round will be on your head."
Zach took it with a smile and drank it as if he were drinking water. The dancers' performance was not over yet. The atmosphere of the party was the same as usual, with two or three people gathering together and chatting casually.
There was nothing unexpected about the topic, no conflict of interest, and no burden, focusing on Barton's recent prison break. Someone asked Zach with a smile, "Robert! We all know that guy fell into your hands. What is his background? Do you have any news to share?"
Zach could only spread his hands and complain jokingly, "I hope that guy ignores Grande and goes directly to Herman if he has any grudges," while changing the topic to something about prison.
But Zach failed. remember. The existence of this professional circle depends on the professional ethics of everyone. They will share some unexpected information as information to facilitate future work. But they will remain silent about the task at hand.
No one loves the escaped convicts, and no one will trust them. They can say whatever they want. The problem in the prison obviously involves the current mayor, and it may also affect the mayor's election.
So when the topic came to prisons, which are associated with prison breaks, everyone started to circle around this topic, saying something like, "Oh! That Vincent is going to be in trouble!", "Hey! If it hadn't been for this prison break, we would have I didn’t know the situation inside the prison was so bad!”…
They look like a bunch of worried little citizens. But Zach certainly wouldn't laugh at such a situation, because even such a 'circle' can yield some information. The person who said that the Southern District police were so unlucky that two major incidents were involved in one case has already revealed his side of the police. Those who say the prisons are too big of a problem and will definitely be completely rewashed are obviously taking the side of the city government.
However, those who say that the city government wastes so much money every year but makes the prison look like this, no doubt, must be on the opposite side of the mayor.
Everyone laughed and winked at each other while circling around the topic, and finally 'Deep Sea Bomb'.
The 'General' didn't seem to be interested in all this. He looked a little unhappy as Zach and Nuo responded to everyone's words freely and intervened, "I'm talking about you two! Don't you think you have anything to apologize to me for?" ?!"
'General' is missing a younger brother.
"You have nothing to be sorry for." Nuo smiled and patted the 'General' on the shoulder, "You don't think Seth..." Nuo's tone changed for a moment, but disappeared immediately. It can be understood as a big tongue after drinking. He bit his tongue and said, "I will always stay at your place!"
The 'General' actually didn't lose anything. After all, when Seth came, he appeared as an unidentified person other than Barton. He found Nuo through Quest's contact, and then Nuo couldn't figure out his details and was thrown into the gang. There it is.
Mason (Seth)'s break from the 'Generals' gang is actually quite funny. Zach called 'General' to say that Seth suddenly quit and left. Then the 'general' would naturally angrily go to Nuo, who introduced Seth to him, and Nuo used the words he had already prepared, saying that he was just a person who came inexplicably anyway, and it was not strange to disappear inexplicably.
The only thing that made the 'general' unhappy was that he bought Seth a legitimate identity for free, and he left before the money was recovered.
'General' glared at Zach, "What on earth did you let him do! If Nuo hadn't persuaded me to forget it and leave so suddenly, I would have found someone to cripple him! I'm not here to come and leave whenever I want. Where to go! Treat him for nothing!"
Zach acted innocent.
The 'General' waved his hand and gave up. In fact, the 'General' himself knew very well what Seth did after being taken away by Zach, because he roughly understood that Nuo was working for Quest and Zac was helping Nuo. Then the fire in the nursing home. In the blink of an eye, Nuo left Barton again, apparently completing Quest's commission.
In the 'general''s mind, Seth probably felt that following him would offend a lot of powerful people in Patton, and that there was no future, so he didn't want to do it anymore. To put it simply, he was scared away by the affairs of his two friends.
"Do you know where he went?" 'General' asked impatiently.
"I said he followed a priest and became a believer. Do you believe it?" Zach said with a smile.
The 'General' waved his hand and didn't bother to ask, "Don't let me see him!" Then he came over nervously, "If you meet him! Let him pay me back the money I paid for his identity!"
Zack smiled and could only nod. The 'general' would act so stingy, and it seemed that he really felt uncomfortable. Emphasize that paying back the money is just a channel for expression.
Zach looked at the Indian who had never participated in everyone's conversation, the businessman Steve Walker who bought and sold identities.
Interestingly, Steve was also holding a wine glass and looking at Zach silently. Noticing Zach's eyes, he raised his glass. He showed a somewhat strange smile.
Zach patted Nuo, walked to Steve and sat down with a smile, "Mr. Walker, you seem to have something to say to me."
Steve looked at Benjamin, who was being fed wine by a dancer, and then looked away. He looked at Zach again and smiled reluctantly, "Just Steve."
Zach put his hand on Steve's leg. The Indian's leg had been shaking since he and Benjamin entered the field. Now a little embarrassed, I stopped at Zach's reminder and glanced at the smiling Zach, "I have a bad habit since childhood. When I am nervous, I will move."
"Are you nervous?" Zach smiled, let go of his hand, picked up a small cup of 'Deep Sea Bomb' on the table, and touched Steve's cup.
Steve looked embarrassed and seemed to be hesitating. Zach was not in a hurry. The guy who for some unknown reason gave Danny his identity as 'Firefly' and sent him to the Grand House now had enough reason to be nervous. Because the real 'Firefly' is coming to Barton as one of the hunter's hostage exchanges.
Zach didn't know how much Steve knew or what he was thinking, so he waited patiently for him to speak.
"Okay." Steve lowered his voice and leaned in Zach's ear, "I made a mistake."
Zach raised an eyebrow and asked him to continue.
"I didn't know what Swift Wind and Firefly were doing before." Steve began to quickly whisper in Zach's ear, "They have their own small circle. I, 'Walker', am just among the Indians. It’s just an inconspicuous little surname.”
Zach nodded, also lowering his voice, "You don't know what's in Barton."
"I don't know." Steve frowned, and the two of them had gathered together in the corner of the sofa. "I swear I only thought that you, uh, you were stories used by the elders to scare us."
Zach couldn't hold it back, smiled and motioned for Steve to continue.
"When I saw Danny, I really thought that the Yinghuo family had a conscience and accepted that boy again. He was coming to take Alice home!"
Somewhat confused, Zach asked Steve to slow down, "You mean Alice's brother, the real 'Firefly'."
Steve nodded, "I just felt happy, thinking I was giving him my identity back! He kept denying it, and I just thought he was embarrassed, so I gave it to him forcefully! But yesterday! I received a call from him!"
"The real Firefly is coming to take back her identity."
"Yes!" Steve looked sad, "What can I do! I can only say that it has been given to you! It has been given to Grande's people!"
Zach smiled, "Then how did you know that Grande was something that the elders used to scare you?"
"Hayate told me." Steve looked at Zach, "They are with Yingying and will go back to Barton together!"
Zach slowly closed his eyes, and when he opened them, he actually had a relaxed expression, "Steve, you won't believe how relieved I am to hear this."
"No." Steve stared into Zach's eyes, "You don't understand, they came back to gather all the Indians! They are planning to do something, otherwise they wouldn't tell me your true identities!"
"Hey!" A drunk guy threw himself between the two of them, "Hey, what are you two talking about? Tell me..." and then passed away drunk. (..)