It was already noon, but the sunshine was not very intense. Even if the early winter sky was clear, it would not have any impact on the vampires who had enough reasons to be fully armed.
On the east side of Ogier Street, under a gathering of apartment buildings, the vampire walked into the building holding a paper bag filled with food. In Anthony's apartment, there were two hungry guys in need of food.
Open the door and correct. Four hungry guys. Anthony is back with a little one.
"Why is he here?" The vampire pointed at Caesar who was sitting on the sofa watching TV with the banshee.
"Esela has been cooperating with the police investigation since the morning." Anthony glanced at the child whose eyes were locked on the screen. "I brought him back. The police station is not a place where children should stay." He frowned and stared. The paper bag in the vampire's hand, "Where's my food?"
Before the vampire had time to show what he had purchased, the paper bag had been taken away by Alpha, the bread was thrown to Anthony, and the meat was stuffed into his mouth.
Anthony clicked his tongue and didn't resist. He tore off the package and stuffed a piece into his mouth. He seemed very busy, with a pile of documents surrounding him. He opened the lid of the peanut butter and spread it with a knife while still staring at the documents.
Antony frowned, wiped a piece, put it on the plate absentmindedly, handed it to Caesar, and turned a page of the document himself.
"Why are you here?" the vampire asked, but he didn't seem to be sincere and just asked casually, "Don't you have a job?"
Anthony glanced at the vampire, his eyes twitching. I just took a bite of the bread and threw it in the trash can. I closed the file and said, "Follow me."
The vampire raised an eyebrow. "What are you going for?"
"Just follow me!" Anthony seemed not to want to explain, and pushed the vampire out irritably, "You should follow too!"
Alpha pointed to himself, as if questioning.
Anthony nodded without question. The vampire and Alpha looked at each other, could only shrug helplessly, and followed their detective friend to leave the room that harbored one human and two aliens, including the banshee picked up on the street. It should be an apartment for three interracial people.
The two children left on the sofa seemed to be attracted to the TV and did not notice that they had been left behind.
Oh, this is a small single apartment. If adults need to talk about something that doesn't need to be heard by children, there is no appropriate place.
Went downstairs and got in the car. The vampire fastened his seatbelt, "Where are we going. Anthony?"
Anthony started the trio. But it was actually an old car in his name. "What happened yesterday..." He took a deep breath, and the scenery around the car began to move. They were on the road, but the vampire had no clue where they were going.
"Esera has taken care of it."
The vampire nodded, but with a look of contempt on his face, he looked out the car window helplessly. "Is this any surprise?" The vampire glanced at Alpha, who was sitting in the back seat, still holding his food box. "We have done everything. All she has to do is move her mouth and say a few words of testimony."
Anthony did not answer, "More than one person at the banquet testified that he (referring to Aisela's ex-husband) showed malice towards Aisela. After the banquet, his driver also confirmed that he dismissed the driver when he left , drove his own car and followed us... "
Passively listening to what he disdained, the vampire said in a mocking tone, "So it means drunk driving, and of course an accident happened." The vampire casually commented, "It's quite reasonable. Anthony, You don’t need to tell me again, we are the ones who rebuilt the car body and arranged the scene, and I am the one who visits the people around, manipulates the memories, and cooperates with the story. I know the final result.”
Inexplicably, Anthony punched the horn in the center of the steering wheel with his fist, scaring a few innocent people who were walking safely on the sidewalk.
The vampire squinted and looked at Anthony's profile, trying to figure out what his human friend was thinking. The vampire understood, it was guilt.
The vampire and Alpha, who originally only helped the policeman solve the case, completed an action that was inconsistent with his life principles.
The vampire smiled and directly comforted his human friends. It would not have any effect, so the vampire said, "Anthony, if you are upset because Ethera took advantage of us." The vampire blinked, "No need, we are not anymore Helping him is just helping you avoid unnecessary trouble."
Anthony's mood did not improve because of the vampire's comfort around the corner, but his face became even more gloomy.
The vampire looked out the window. He had noticed that Anthony was actually wasting gas. He was going around in circles, turning right at the first intersection, turning right at the second intersection, and turning right at the third intersection...
After a complete circle, the vampire sighed and returned to the sentence - the conclusion drawn from centuries of experience, "I said, this woman is trouble, if you want to get rid of her, just lift a finger... "
"No!" At the first intersection again, Anthony turned a little hastily. The vampire raised his finger and pressed the car door, looking at Anthony in confusion.
"I need her!" Anthony stared at the road ahead and threw a document in one hand, "You can't touch her!"
The vampire raised his eyebrows, curled his lips, and then fell into thinking.
This is not a formal document, just a collection of various information. After objective descriptive statements such as a person's name, social status, and relationship network, always end with a similar sentence. When, where, and under what circumstances, someone was mentioned, met, or contacted - Ann Anthony.
Said to be the ghost surrounding the 'Patton Symbol', the shadow cast will unfold over the names of every police detective, reporter, publicist, city council member, judge, and even the current mayor... on this document. . In the end, it became the shackles that entangled Anthony's future.
The vampire understood and closed the file, "I'll take care of this and they won't remember anything about us."
Anthony said nothing, and his expression became even more gloomy.
The vampire no longer knew how to enlighten this human friend. The vampire frowned and raised the documents in his hand, "Are these a sign of her sincerity? The only reason I accept these is that it is good for you..."
"No!" Anthony turned a corner again and glared at the vampire beside him angrily, "Didn't you realize?! I need her!"
The vampire pursed his lips, looked at the document in his hand, thought for a while, and responded calmly, "You don't need to."
"Need!" Anthony seemed helpless at the vampire's stubbornness, "Look at these! One night, one night! She sorted this out!" Anthony's fingers gripped the steering wheel tightly, "I don't even recognize half of these names. !Look at these!—"
"'I heard that there is a new police officer in the North District Police Department. He has been in the limelight recently. Yes, Barton needs such a person.'" This is a quote.
The vampire opened the file again and found this sentence, which the current mayor casually said to the police chief during a dinner.
"Haha." Anthony, who was holding the steering wheel, suddenly laughed, a little weirdly. "I have only officially met the director three times! Once when he reported to the police station, once when he was at the press conference for solving the first case, and once when he was promoted to police officer. Detective." Anthony's tone was very strange, "Did you see the date?!"
The vampire frowned. On the third day after this sentence happened, the vampire remembered it very clearly, because that night, Alpha ate all the crabs at the seafood stall in Port Massa to celebrate Anthony becoming a police detective.
Anthony, among these people in Barton, is too 'insignificant' and too 'insignificant'! 'Patton's symbol'? This is just a symbolic symbol. It represents people like Anthony, and he is not the only one!
Anthony was right, he needed Ethera. He needs not to be pitiful and just watch those people at the top talking and playing with his life at will, but he needs to sit among them!
"Anthony." The vampire frowned and closed the file again. The fact in front of him aroused the vampire's self-esteem, "You are devaluing yourself. You rely on your own strength, not other people's words." Perhaps for vampires, this is a human flaw and a lack of racial self-esteem.
"Huh." Anthony's face turned gloomy, "Isn't it? The facts are already in front of you!"
The vampire couldn't think of an excuse to get around this fact for the time being, so he could only take a step back, "Then all you need is a helper. It doesn't need to be this woman who has already shown enough trouble."
"Heh." Anthony glanced at the vampire next to him, "Who else is there besides her!"
The vampire pursed his lips, "Us?"
Look, vampires themselves have no confidence. Ethela was at least right about Anthony. This human man who was friends with vampires and Alphas had ambitions.
Anthony smiled, holding on to the steering wheel in front of him, shaking his head and laughing. He didn't need to say anything to refute the vampire's ridiculous suggestion.
If vampires have ambitions, why was Ian driven away and Anthony himself still maintains the human race to this day? There is still only one Toledo in this world, Zach, and Ian Anthony, who is probably dead.
If Alpha was ambitious, why didn't he have a werewolf by his side? The lonely Alpha actually became friends with a vampire, and together they drifted to the easternmost city of the Federation with a human. Still ready to get up and leave again, floating towards the ocean.
What qualifications do two aliens without any plans for the future have to help an ambitious human being? Why should you be his helper? !
"Okay, we won't do anything to Ashera, but it's just for you." (..)