The lorry entered Bache Street and stopped at the northern end of the inverted comb, Barton's railway station.
Zach turned sideways and pushed Derek awake, "We're here."
Barton's railway station was originally built for freight. In the initial urban planning, it was only used to connect the train tracks that once belonged to Newton's west end to the hinterland of Barton to serve urban construction and connect with the warehouse group of Port Massa in the north. .
It starts from Béchi and goes west along the south side of Port Massa. The place on Barton's map is like a rat's tail, that is, it connects the Charles River in the west and north districts, enters the west district, then deviates from the Charles River to the south, and runs straight through the "rat belly" of the west district, entering the city of Newton.
Regarding the distribution of the West Side, think of Charles as the rat's tail and uppermost spine, and the ribs as the estates of the upper class West Side people along the Charles River. The railroad is the dividing line, the soft, bulging abdominal dividing line, which is what's left of, well, the lower zone.
Well, that's not the point. The point is that unless you take a boat around the sea and leave Barton, you will pass through Newton. This is the fact that the city of Barton, which was split in the belly of Newton, has to face.
This is why Zach is now worried about Derek's safety.
Derek jumped out of the van with his backpack on his back and said goodbye to Zach and Benjamin. "Goodbye." He smiled and waved, "I'll call you." Derek had Grande's business card.
Zach smiled and nodded and said goodbye.
After Derek disappeared into the crowd and hid in the shadows on the side of the truck, there was another person standing next to the slightly frowning vampire, Crowley.
"I'm surprised." Crowley chuckled, "You seem genuinely worried about his safety."
"Of course." Zach glanced at Crowley, "If he is caught, he will be used as a hostage." Zach's tone was calm, "Our relationship with Grande is not enough for me to save him. He Will die needlessly.”
Do you understand what Zach said
What Derek saw in Patton, the Indian gathering in Sibera, and the Grand Funeral Home run by the two brothers. In the eyes of ordinary people, these may not be anything.
But think about it, the Indian rally happened around the time Patton was having a hunter transition. Sibera took a few Indians back to Barton and captured a few demons on the way. The next day, the outside hunters left Barton and returned to the central part of the country.
Derek met a sensitive police detective on his way to find Grande. Recall Zach's explanation, "There is a murderer who escaped from prison, and they are the detective's informants." 'Who is this murderer? As a death row prisoner, Barton didn't have many death row prisoners to guess.
Yes, it's nothing to ordinary people, and it's nothing to those who don't know. But for the Newton Demon, who was already very curious about Barton and used soul-stealing methods to get information, this was just splicing the pieces of information together. It’s just a jigsaw puzzle that restores the complete situation!
No one can guarantee that they have all the pieces of the puzzle. All they need is one person to put them together—Derek!
If the puzzle is complete, Derek becomes the clue that Newton's demon pulls into Barton's interior, and is captured. Imagine this is just an ordinary human who comes to Barton to find his father. Who would be willing to rescue him
Grande? Zach and Benjamin? Why? Neither relatives nor friends, just a false brotherhood created by a pathetic old man. Do you want Old Hank, a weird old man, to fight the Newton Devil? Do not make jokes.
So now we have a weird vampire mood, and his concern isn't that Derek is in danger. But when there is danger, no one will come to rescue. It's strange, the moral level of vampires is really beyond our understanding.
Zach twitched his lips. He opened the car door and looked at Crowley, "Your people better protect him, otherwise I will be very..." Zach frowned, unable to think of an accurate adjective for a moment, disappointed? angry? "regret."
Zach shook his head. never mind.
The door was closed, and Benjamin started the truck sideways. Crowley patted the car door, "Don't worry." Crowley smiled, "Then we're even?"
Even
Yes, the one who protected Derek from Barton. It's Crowley!
This is the only way possible. The Newton Demon's investigation of people leaving Barton is irregular. The limited number of high-level demons makes it impossible for them to stay on the road leaving Barton and possess everyone who passes by. So hopefully, Derek passed through Newton safely and nothing happened.
But it's also possible that Derek just got lucky and happened to meet him. Head-on confrontation is not advisable, it is nothing more than telling the other person, 'Hey! We are protecting this guy! 'So the only solution is distraction, protection? A more accurate statement would be to set up a bigger target to attract the attention of the Newton Demon!
Understand, Crowley personally erected this huge target so that Newton’s demons had no time to care about those innocent passers-by!
What even means is that if it weren't for Crowley's devil contract, the entire commission incident would never have happened. When Grande received the commission, the outcome was already determined! Even though Crowley insists that she is not to blame, is she really? Don't blame her at all? In the end, the task of making things right is no longer on the instigator, but on Grande!
Intervening in Grande's commission again and again, Zach doesn't want to let go of this fallen angel who is really causing trouble in Barton! So this is Zach's request, to borrow the words of old Hank, 'You've caused this, you deal with it! '
Therefore, Grande smoothed out Hailey's death, ended the commission, and cleaned up Crowley's mess. Crowley ensures that Derek can go home and take care of Grande's problems. Wipe each other's butts.
Even.
Zach glanced sideways at Crowley, "This had better be the last time." The vampire's tone was calm, "Next time I find out that you are involved in our Grand affair, there won't be such a simple agreement. Come to 'even' everything."
Crowley raised her eyebrows and curled her mouth, but did not respond to Zach's words, "I'm leaving. It'll be bad if I miss the train. Goodbye." She patted the car door again as a farewell, "I hope I can get there safely. Newton, come back.”
Zach also curled his lips, stopped looking at her, and the truck drove away.
Heading directly north, Zach unscrewed the cap of the wine bottle in the back seat, raised his head to replenish his food, and resisted the sunlight that could not be completely avoided no matter how hard he blocked it.
"You shouldn't have let Crowley go to Newton." Benjamin put his hands on the steering wheel and said casually.
"Huh." Zach chuckled and looked at Benjamin with the back of his head exposed on the backrest. "Are you really worried that she will die in Newton?"
"No." Benjamin shook his head and changed gears. At the junction of the west and north districts, on the vehicle bridge like a rat's tail, this was not a good time, and the traffic was extremely crowded. Benjamin leaned forward and raised his head in front of the car window, looking at the overhead train. A train was passing by. He didn't know if it was the train Derek and Crowley got on.
"It's just that you just gave her a chance to communicate with the demons outside." Benjamin leaned back and glanced sideways at Zach behind him, "Crowley was originally trapped in Barton, but now she found a reason to go out."
Zach was not surprised, the vampire had already realized this.
Benjamin said it quite politely, Crowley was not only trapped in Barton, but also trapped in Barton, unable to get out or go back (hell). Saying that it allows her to communicate with the demons outside is just a whitewash. I'm afraid they will start a fight as soon as they come into contact. The final result could only be that she was beaten back and fled back to Barton.
But Crowley really needs to go out once. Newton is attacking Barton's soul. She, a fallen angel who is nominally in charge of all Barton's souls, cannot ignore it. Whether it was a peaceful exchange on the surface, a fierce protest, or a strong declaration of sovereignty, Zach didn't care what Crowley went to do. As long as Derek could leave safely, Zach didn't care.
It was precisely because of this, that she had to go out and face the Newton Devil once, that Crowley would so easily agree to put herself in danger for a human being.
Zach twitched his lips and said, "You are unhappy. She must have relied on the reason for going out to solve the problem for us."
Benjamin nodded, "I don't like being used as a 'reason'."
Zach waved his hand, "It's just a mutually beneficial transaction, don't think too much about it."
"What mutual benefit?" Benjamin shook his head, "I don't see how this thing is good for us. The things in the back compartment are already dead." Benjamin clicked his tongue, "I don't think Bishop would want us to This is what I found.”
Zach thought for a moment and twitched his lips, "Then it's a mutual loss. Crowley will definitely pay a price for going out this time. The same goes for us to report to Bishop."
In the trunk, there are two coffins, one large and one small. You can probably guess what they are. This is to submit a mission, and this is the mission item.
At this time, Zach can only use Grande's special rules to return the Bishop family's problems to Bishop, half imaginary and half real. It can be understood that the commission was completed in response to the sad reality, but the true meaning of Bishop's commission has not been resolved, and the conflicts in the Bishop family will be completely intensified because of this commission.
Look at Grande's style of handling commissions, quietly smoothing things over, Porky Quinn's alienation, Kyle's manslaughter, and Smith's secret career crisis. They all turn conflicts into invisible objects during transfer.
This time, nothing can smooth over the contradiction. On the contrary, Grande's visit at this time will completely tear apart the patches on the Bishop family and bring the contradictions buried within the family before them! They will be completely divided because of the coffin placed in front of them!
It’s division!
Remember why Grande took over the commission? Because coming to Grande means that Bishop himself is at least among that group of old guys. Think about it, the commission is to find Hailey, not to make Hailey disappear! For Hailey, people in the Bishop family with two different opinions will completely confront each other!
Grande didn't fill any cracks this time, Grande created one! (..)