The lights came on again in Grande's van. In the dim light, James skillfully opened the paper bag. The smell of fast food immediately spread in the carriage.
It wasn't that there were no seats in the restaurant, but that James really didn't want to see vampires eating among a group of unsuspecting humans, and James had a bad feeling about those suspicious red vials. So he took it out.
It seemed that this was not the first time that James had eaten in such a narrow space in the car. He quickly laid a paper towel on his lap and tore open the ketchup out of habit. Before it was completely squeezed out, it was dark red and sticky. The object suddenly made James frown, clicked his tongue, and threw it back into the bag.
"What is this?" James' appetite had been whittled away, because the vampire kept shaking the suspicious red vial next to him.
Zach raised his eyebrows, smiled and glanced at James, who was obviously very hungry but had a hard time eating. He clasped his fingers on the metal cap that sealed the vial and applied a little force.
After a slight sound, the bottle cap was loosened, but Zach closed his eyes, as if taking a slight breath.
As I said before, Zach will be fully prepared.
James turned his eyes away in disgust, grabbed the throat that was wet with the drink, and didn't want to care about Zach's actions, and began to describe the information he had 'scammed' from the police station.
"The channel of 'Valmina' in Barton is the same as Rippert's notes, and the source is Woody's band." James tried his best not to look at Zach's actions or the organization's language next to him.
"The two guys were afraid that I would add other charges to them, so they directly revealed the source of the channel, Woody's grandfather Hardy. All the goods were obtained from Newton." James twitched the corner of his mouth, "That's you The client!"
Zach curled up the corners of his mouth, but the loose bottle cap was never opened. Instead, he had something else on hand. A metal wine bottle that he always carries with him when he goes out, and a sharpened piece of wood.
The stick was only about the size of a thumb, and it looked like a branch that Zack had broken off randomly in someone's garden. But at this time, the sharpened tip was pressed inward against the vampire's palm. Looking at Zach holding the end of his fingers and slightly contracting his fingers to adjust the direction, he seemed to be conscious of stabbing himself...
"I said it. The clues about 'Valmina' are generally clear. Now that I am focusing on finding Woody, I have eliminated these information and left it all to No. James, how about telling me something I don't know." Zach smiled, he adjusted his posture, and the metal wine bottle was placed where it was easiest to reach.
James was inevitably distracted, because Zach's preparation at this time had to remind him of the time in Grand's basement where the vampire's wrists were fixed with wooden stakes, and Benjamin and Old Hank carried out the chained vampire. Live Ian. We need to exchange blood for the 'poisoned' Zach!
"What on earth are you going to do?!" James completely lost his appetite and stared at the vial with a loose mouth. "What on earth is this?!"
Zach glanced at James relaxedly, "Do you want to hear my guess?"
James frowned, wondering what to say.
"I hope this is just the blood of 'Eli Toledo'." Zach had already said.
The uncomfortable disgust only appeared on James' face for a moment, and James unexpectedly fell into thinking. After a moment, he actually nodded. "So, that's what those two guys were talking about as a 'reward'."
"Go on." Zach raised his eyebrows. Sure enough, as Nuo said, James knew more than them. "Nuo speculated that the contradiction caused by 'Valmina' has nothing to do with the incident, because as you asked, the real source of goods is in Hadi. There, as the grandson, Woody's position in the 'band' cannot be replaced. There is no gain in getting rid of Woody."
Zach smiled, "During my second visit to Hardy, he told me that Woody was corresponding with Eli Toredo, and Woody seemed to have hidden this from the other members of the band. In Hardy overheard an argument about the incident before Woody 'disappeared'."
Zach twitched his lips. Looking at the vial in his hand, "Since we all know what 'Toledo' actually is." He made a gesture that we all knew well, "Then for this so-called 'reward'..." Zach had a strange look on his face. With a hint of a smile, "I guess anything can happen."
James took a deep breath. After all, this incident went in the direction that disgusted him the most. But now is not the time to complain. James adjusted his mood. Dinner had been completely abandoned. Zach insisted on inviting it anyway, and he didn't care about the waste.
James's expression was a little strange, and he felt disappointed with the world, "Those two people claimed that they had discovered their idols."
James glanced at Zach and said, "Eli Toledo, what he expressed in the lyrics was true." James shook his head, took out a folded piece of paper from his pocket, spread it out and threw it to Zach, "They felt the 'calling of their hearts' and began to share the same faith and worship as their idols."
Well, regarding this 'Call of the Heart', in the old Hardy's basement, there is an original tape that says 'Ode to Blood'. The title of this song created by the Woody Band obviously foreshadows something.
Zach looked at the paper handed over by James, all of which were marked lyrics - 'I want your blood', which is more straightforward, 'let me feel the surge that makes you alive' 'This is more subtle...
Without exception they all say one thing, I want to suck you.
Zach raised his eyebrows, and the corresponding melody actually sounded in his mind! He had heard these songs on the radio, but had never paid any attention to them. The surname 'Toledo' is too distracting, and our vampire has never noticed these brainwashing hints.
Zach frowned, realizing that Benjamin might have noticed something, but it was wasted before he could express it.
James glanced at Zach, "They sent their own blood and made a 'contribution' according to their own interpretation of the 'idol', hoping to get..." James' eyes swept over the vial in Zach's hand, The corners of his eyes twitched, and he didn't want to continue talking.
Someone who doesn't know all the facts would think it's a sign of pathology, and James, who knows all the facts, has, well, a deep disgust behind what he thinks is pathology.
The detective shook his head, "It wasn't until five days ago that they knew that all the things they were supposed to get were occupied by one person."
"Woody." Zach tilted his head, the answer was obvious.
James' investigation focuses exclusively on the missing Woody. Although he doesn't know how he deceived these contents, it will definitely fall back on Woody in the end.
James paused for a moment, "But I don't think they did anything to Woody." He shook his head, not wanting to hide the irritation on his face, "I used all the hints I could think of to test whether they knew what they wanted. Redo’s true identity.”
James glanced at Zach, "They don't even know there is such a thing as a vampire." He pointed to the blood bottle in Zach's hand, "So for them, this thing is just proof that they are recognized by their idols. Enough is already moot.”
Zach pursed his lips, thought for a moment, and finally took off the bottle cap with his thumb, put it to his mouth and raised his head. (..)