James frowned, his hand already on the car door, ready to jump out and run away at any moment. Because after the vampire swallowed that small bottle, his eyes turned red instantly!
James should be thankful that Zach's eyes didn't have the pupils disappear and turn gray like they did after the court, which meant that at least the vampire wasn't poisoned.
The fingers holding the wooden block tightened, the vampire closed his eyes, threw away the empty vial, picked up his own wine bottle, and raised his head again.
When he opened his eyes, Zach's eyes had returned to normal, and he shook his body nervously. Zach moved his body, curled his lips and glanced at the bright red wooden block embedded in the palm of his hand for a moment, clicked his tongue, took another blood bottle, pried it open with one hand, raised his head... and repeated this.
James watched all this and remained vigilant. His hand was already on the holster. If necessary, he would not hesitate.
But James didn't worry too much, Zach had already made the decision himself. Since he proposed having dinner with James, nothing unacceptable would happen.
The afternoon spent waiting for James to arrive did not pass quickly. Although the vampire was hiding in the car under the sun, he was still groggy.
Anyway, it was idle time. Zach emptied his snack bottle and started to reserve his own blood. Ian was away, and Zach, who had already decided to try a blood bottle, didn't have a backup candidate for blood replacement in case of emergency, so he used his own.
There is also the initial concern that the blood in the blood bottle is of unknown origin—that something has been added that would cast a shadow on the vampire, or it might even be the blood of a dead person! But after the incident gradually became clear, this worry disappeared. The only thing Zach needed to pay attention to was whether there was any special information buried in the blood by the owner.
Remember, vampire blood can carry information, and Zach used this method to let Mrs. Queen obtain what Alice 'saw'. Completely destroying Pochi Quinn's plan.
So when James said the blood didn't mean anything to the rest of the band, Zach didn't agree. However, there is no need to make empty refutations, right? Facts are the most convincing thing.
Of course it didn't make sense to the three people who didn't receive it at all, but to Woody... remember the bucket of ashes in old Hardy's basement. With old Hardy here, a guy who reads Woody's letters without caring about others, the way of communicating information must also change.
The whole process doesn't last long. Empty bottles quickly piled up on the platform, and Zach raised his bottle more and more, raising the bottom of the bottle higher and higher. The wooden block in the palm of my hand has changed from bright red to dull dark red.
Zach threw away the bottle and emptied it completely, heaving a sigh of relief, "I hate this feeling." He moved his numb fingers, pulled out the dark red piece of wood, and threw it out of the window in disgust. . He tugged at the corner of his mouth and looked at the palm of his hand where the wound was gradually recovering, "A picture that does not belong to my experience appears in front of me in a familiar way."
"What picture?" James frowned, staring at Zach's side face, almost understanding the vampire's movements.
Zach glanced at James, who was tense, and was too lazy to defend his character, "My guess is right. This is Eli Toledo's blood."
"Then what?" James continued to ask impatiently. Apparently Zach found more than that, because Zach frowned. He looked a little strange.
Zach thought for a moment. He couldn't remember whether he had explained to James the other uses of vampire blood. "You know that vampire blood can..."
"No need to explain!" James twitched his lips, "Anthony told me, just tell me what you saw inside!"
Zach raised his eyebrows in understanding, it was really not surprising. He was so happy that he didn't need to explain. After organizing the words a little, "I saw people, kids." Zach pursed his lips, "Each bottle has a different person, not very old. The oldest one is probably only fifteen years old."
James frowned, looking thoughtful.
Zach shook his head and said in a somewhat regretful tone, "They are sleeping in the picture." Zach glanced at James and shrugged, "No need to guess, Woody is 'collecting'." Zach paused After a moment, he explained in a calm tone, "You know what I mean."
Collect blood.
James' face darkened. Don’t forget, his sources are two people from the band, not all!
Remember what Old Hardy said, the number of blood bottles, it lasts for two months, and needs to be cleaned by this professional 'cleaning' professional every once in a while. One band, four people, is that enough
"The situation these children are in makes me feel inexplicably, uh, familiar." Zach's face was a little confused, "But I can't remember where I have seen it."
There was a strange look on James' gloomy face. He glanced at Zach and moved his lips before he could speak.
Zach waved his hand and said, "Don't worry about it."
Isn't this the usual style of us vampires? We put aside things we can't think of for the moment and let time give us the answer. I'm afraid only the immortal guy can have such a bad habit, "But I'm sure I've seen a girl. I just saw her this morning. I can't be wrong."
"Then." Zach looked at James again. Anyway, James often faced him with this expression. Zach was too lazy to analyze the current police detective's psychological activities, "Then there is something you will not be happy to hear. .”
Zach sighed and used a regretful tone again, "Eli Toledo gave the 'Collector' Woody an instruction after carrying the fragments of these people - I like this, more."
James was silent for a long time, breathing irregularly several times. Zach is not in a hurry, because no matter where he stands, his opinion of Eli Toledo has reached rock bottom!
"You mean." James barely suppressed his emotions, "Woody will provide food for Eli again."
Additional orders were also placed.
Zach nodded.
James took a deep breath, glanced at Zach, and suddenly changed the topic, "You know, when 'Valmina' entered Barton, the market in Barton was initially empty..." James frowned. , he also participated in this matter very reluctantly, and he was unable to do anything yet, which made him helpless.
"Tsk!" James tilted his head, "Anyway, you should know that Woody and the others made a lot of money, and then there was a feud because of money issues, right?"
"Yeah." Zach wondered why he came back to 'Valmina' again.
"Do you know why there is no peace?" (..)