At the edge of his field of vision, James felt the stagnation of Zach's actions, and the corner of his eye twitched, "Can you hurry up!"
Zach twitched his lips and resumed the action of taking off his clothes, "You got the news very quickly." Zach casually threw out his name, "Is it Coulson? Did you get the news from the 'General'?"
James clicked his tongue and responded gloomily, "None of your business!" No one likes their source of information to be revealed directly.
Everyone should know that there are two channels for the circulation of news from Grande, leaking to the "General" in the gray professional circle, from the skull of the black profession. Zach just had to send it to the bright side - the Southern District Police.
However, the message capacity and delivery speed on both sides are not synchronized.
Zach's clues to Director Pearce went around in a big circle. The only person who could point to Herman was Blake, whom Herman met by chance when he came to Grande yesterday (Jackson has died). The clues involve the West End people. , and is also the public relations officer of the mayor’s office now. The police have to be careful, and I'm afraid they haven't gotten Hermann's name yet.
The police, who have been constrained by various constraints, may now be able to limit the cases on the table to the attack on a funeral home. But it doesn't matter, everyone understands that the direction of this information channel is very clear, it is Blake. As long as the information reaches the mayor, the purpose will be achieved.
The information obtained from the 'General' was much more direct. Because although Skull with the skull is also bound by Herman's confidentiality agreement, his relationship with the 'general' opponent is very convenient at this time and can be used well. Leaked information can be accepted as detailed as it needs to be.
James directly saying Herman's name at this time can only mean that the channel for him to obtain information is not the light side where he is - the police, but from Skoll to the 'General'. Then from the informant 'General' who had a favor transaction with Detective Coulson, to Coulson, and finally to James himself who was standing on the Grand staircase at this time.
Zach shook his head and smiled, and took the clothes handed over by Louise, "Of course it's none of my business. All the news you know was leaked after Grande and Skull discussed it."
Zach unfolded the clothes and was satisfied that Louise's choice met his expectations. Continuing, "So I hope you can keep it going, in the direction we want it to go. And keep getting the message out."
There was so much to consider in this sentence, but James clearly didn't consider any of it, he just caught himself hearing something harsh, "'We'? What is 'we'?!" James He patted the handrail of the stairs irritably. "say clearly!"
Zach slowly raised his head. The hands moving from bottom to top moved to the top to button the collar, and smoothed out all the wrinkles calmly. Before James could burst out impatiently again, "'We' refers to the two parties who have accepted someone's commission one after another. . Don’t you already know who this person is?”
"Herman?!" James twitched his lips and asked, but he has not yet been answered. James was about to continue asking, but suddenly shut up and stared at Zach calmly adjusting his appearance. Something flashed in his eyes, and the detective was thinking.
Zach finished. I looked down and looked over, quite satisfied. Zach looked at James who was staring at him thinking, shook his head, and said with some disappointment, "I never expected you to really worry about Grande, but now, I confirm that you don't care about Grande at all. Members of RAND, it still makes me very sad.”
Zach was talking about Old Hank. No matter which news channel it was from, Old Hank’s kidnapping was included in the content of the message. However, James never mentioned Old Hank’s safety from beginning to end. This does not mean anything comforting. .
So Zach was really disappointed at this time, it had nothing to do with his usual performance. Zach once used Old Hank's human identity to question James, whether the police should protect citizens regardless of race (Volume 2), but now that humans in Grande are suffering from 'life threats', James does not mention a word . A more malicious interpretation shows that racial prejudice has reached a point where it affects ordinary people.
James' eyes were disturbed when he was thinking, and he frowned. He didn't seem to want to answer the question, so he turned away and continued thinking. But for some reason, James looked at Zach again, carefully looked at the vampire's expression, and realized that this was different from his usual acting.
James pursed his lips, and his expression suddenly turned sarcastic, "Huh, I don't care, huh. Then how do you want me to care? Instigate Chapman to find out about Old Hank's situation, and then take the ten pills given by the mayor. Silver Bullet rushes into the devil's lair to save people for you, Grande?"
Zach was stunned for a moment, his eyebrows slowly raised, did he blame James wrongly? No, you underestimated James!
Skulls are demonic people! James had witnessed this process through a very unpleasant experience, so he was not going to ignore it!
James suddenly mentioned Chapman and the Devil, which made Zach realize that James's thinking was more complicated than he thought! And it’s more objective thinking!
Try to think about it from James's perspective. He suddenly heard the news at the police station that Grande was attacked. Not only did a lot of things that should not be dug out be looted (West Side Commission Memo), The oldest Hank was also kidnapped.
The first thing that popped into James' mind was - there was another alien invasion in Barton City! The target is still the Grande House, which has the most complex composition in the city!
Then from his partner Coulson, James learned that the person who did such a thing was actually a local gang in Barton. The name was not unfamiliar at all. It was the skull that held Chapman's handle. That was Crowley. subordinates!
Yes, in James' mind, the focus of the incident has nothing to do with Zach's expectations! Instead, it was magically deflected to the point where the devil and Grande started a 'war'.
Do you still need to think about the trigger for war? What is the end of the 'Valmina' affair? It was Crowley who let go of Smith, forced to do so!
And this 'battle', because Crowley was not at Barton at this time and the demon's power was lacking, was limited to a containment battle using humans as cover!
Zach put his hand on James' shoulder, feeling a little embarrassed for a moment. Embarrassingly, he discovered that James cared about more than just Grande. He also planned the means to help Grande - plotting against Chapman, ten silver bullets...
In other words, James finally satisfied Zach's guidance and influence, and finally chose to fight alongside Grande!
Zach opened his mouth. Just as he was about to explain or apologize, James pushed his hand away.
"You don't need to explain! When I saw you, Wes and Mike sitting in the car together, I already knew that I was wrong!" James was angry when he said this, and the target was himself, " It’s so wrong!”
Zach pursed his lips. His eyes drifted to one side.
The devil kidnapped old Hank, but Zach himself sat in the same car with a devil (Mike) with a special identity, and enjoyed the other party's service of shielding him from the sun. If not James was wrong. That’s how wrong this world is!
James also stared at the toes of his shoes with an annoyed tone, "Since coming to Grande, I haven't seen anyone look worried!" He shook his head angrily. "I understand this is just another scene you created..."
James waved his hand irritably. What he meant was 'game'. The reason why he was speechless at this moment was because these were the words used for internal communication between him and his friend Wes, and there was no need for Zach, the protagonist who was being slandered behind his back, to know. That's the truth, right
But Zach knows.
The embarrassment on the vampire's face disappeared, and he returned to his original helplessness.
After all, James is James and Wes is Wes. Wes could be grateful to the vampires for complying with the human 'game' rules and see this as fair. But James only cares about vampires joining the human 'game'. This 'game' is unfair from the beginning.
Zach didn't make any other unnecessary expressions. After all, James has always been like this. He waved his hand nonchalantly and walked down the stairs. Pointed to the office.
James glanced at Zach, who was fully dressed and returned to normal. The corners of his eyes twitched again, throwing away the unnecessary emotions, and returned to his persistent and urgent look. Following Zach, not even wanting to wait a few steps, "The only thing I care about now is Herman!"
Zach walked in front, pursed his lips helplessly.
"The skull was commissioned by Herman. Coulson has already told me this." Anyway, the source of the information has been revealed, and James did not hide it. "The 'General' only knows that Skoll accepted the commission, and the content is But I don’t have a clue!”
The two of them walked into the office door, separated, and walked to their respective positions, which was very familiar.
"You said that you have accepted Herman's commissions one after another!" James sat at the desk and stared at the vampire. He took out the wine bottle and wine glass that James was so familiar with that they appeared in his dreams and began to pour wine. '.
James said with a straight face, "There is only one thing I can think of! You lied to Herman! No matter what the commission content is, you claimed that Grande has the only clue! Isn't that right!"
Only Grande holds the only clue to Herman's commission, and only those who accept the commission have reason to attack Grande!
James's conclusion was very correct. This was Zach's original arrangement. So Zach didn't say much, picked up the wine glass, shook it as usual, and then nodded.
James looked at Zach's familiar movements, tried hard to suppress the annoyance in his heart, and used a questioning tone, "What on earth do you want to do?! If Herman's commission has something to do with aliens, you should use vampire means to end it!" Then cover up the whole incident in a normal way!"
James looked around the office, "These!" James was expressing a point of view, "I didn't see anything being terminated, and I didn't see you trying to cover it up at all!"
Zach looked at James and suddenly felt a little comforted. James seemed to have 'graduated' in solving alien incidents in human society. With such a hint of comfort, Zach had a smile on his face, "Then what do you think this is?"
James looked at Zach, "This is to gain attention! The worst way to gain attention!" James concluded, "It's like a child who can only cry! First make yourself to a point where people can sympathize, and then Get the attention of those around you!”
An inexplicably fitting example, Grande used the cheapest weapon. Zach smiled again and nodded again.
James' face was even longer, "This is not worth laughing at!" James, who couldn't accept the point of laughter, glared at Zach and snorted heavily, "What on earth do you want to do to Herman?! You admitted that you first accepted Herman's commission, and then used such a bad way to attract attention, I can only think that you are deliberately obstructing Herman!"
James was very close to the truth.
"You're right." Zach looked at James and tapped his fingers on the table to attract his attention. "But your question shouldn't be what I want to do to Herman. It's about what Herman wants to do to him. What did Rand do to let me, the vampire, thwart him in this way?"
James looked away in disgust. It was the same issue that the two of them had struggled with countless times. In James's mind, the entire population of Barton City could not do anything to deal with the vampire in front of him, so how could he think like Zach said. It must be something a vampire wants to do to people!
Zach didn't mind James's attitude for a long time and kept smiling, "Whatever you think." Zach tilted his head, "I don't think if I said I wouldn't do anything to Herman , you will believe it.”
James frowned, his eyes matter-of-fact.
Zach took a sip of the liquid in the wine glass. The way to deal with James had already been considered when he was talking to Eli. The delay until now was just preparation, so that James could be treated as long as Zach did not break the confidentiality agreement. Get more correct ideas.
As mentioned before, there are too many constraints on the police's information channels. If we don't join Dianye Road, I'm afraid it will end up being the private property of Southern District Director Pers and the exclusive property of his 'master' Aisela. James is this wild road.
"First mission when Wes first came here." Zach started with something that James would have gathered all the attention for. "Your little undercover mission." Zach said it as annoyingly as possible, making sure James doesn't wander.
"Remember the person who went to Room 105 with you." Zach curled his lips, "Later, ah, actually yesterday, Eli told me that I accidentally destroyed an important thing about their saints. "
To be honest, Zach didn't actually know what James had gone through that day, but Eli, who had also not experienced the process, had already made the result very clear. Zach looked at the change in James' expression and confirmed that James remembered.
Zach shook his head, feeling a little regretful, "If the situation hadn't happened at that time, maybe these things wouldn't happen now."
Zach looked at James's eyes, "I hope you understand what I mean." (..)