Zach took out the videotape and looked at it again, then dangled it in his ear, listening to the collision of the internal tape and the outer casing, without any clue.
"Look for Sibella." Zach thought for a moment before speaking, without saying who he was giving the order to.
James looked around and saw no one was moving, then he pursed his lips and left the room. Not long after, the sound of James and Sibella talking on the phone came from the office downstairs.
Zach looked at the remaining people, "Mike, Taylor, you can leave now." In order not to appear too rude, Zach added, "You have already helped a lot, and I don't want to trouble you any more. "
The incident had turned from a boring pastime into Grande's 'private' matter, and Zach didn't want an outsider to watch.
Taylor lowered his head and thought for a while, feeling somewhat conscious. After saying "good luck to you", the three of them left together. Zach can predict that today's events will be reported back to Constantine by Taylor and the Witcher Academy in the West; Demon Mike will be reported back to Crowley.
Coupled with the fact that James was on the phone with Sibera, while Grande was seducing the attention of everyone in Barton's human society, this inexplicable twist in the missing child case drew the attention of the aliens again.
After James went downstairs, he didn't come back up. Zach waited for a while and took Wes down, only to find James sitting in front of the desk in a daze.
It was time to sort it out. Zach sat behind the desk and looked at the two policemen opposite. James forgot about it. Zach put the videotape on the table and said to Wes, "I have already watched the videotape." He suddenly smiled helplessly, "The weirdest part is over. Now, I really You need to know the whole story and start talking.”
Wes just opened his mouth. James, who looked dull, suddenly frowned and took the lead.
"You, Grande, were tricked by Papa Midnight again." James first said a concluding sentence that people didn't like.
Zach expressionlessly took the bottle and poured the wine, "Continue."
"You already know." James glanced at Weiss, "After we got the videotape, we found that it was just an unchanging indoor scene that lasted for the entire duration of the video. That woman from the west, Taylor, observed some things Ornaments that are different from the Federal style.”
Zach nodded, "Is this why you stopped me from fast forwarding? Papa Midnight can control the time when he appears."
"Yes." James didn't look at Zach, but looked at the video tape on his desk, "Taylor, said she got it from another kid..."
"Nathan." Zach tapped his fingers on the wall of the wine glass, filling in the missing name of James.
"Nathan." James glanced at Zach, "Taylor determined that this is what Nathan is looking for, she is very sure. This is the clue to find Teddy."
James' face became irritated, "It's not that I don't trust her, but right now, it just seems unreasonable to waste time and get a useless videotape out."
I don’t know if James’s expression has returned to its usual state in Grande, and Zach’s expression has also recovered, with a smile and words that provoke people’s nerves. "Didn't Wes introduce you to each other properly? She has the same military background as you. You know I have a special fondness for soldiers."
truth. Zach has been happily cooperating with even Barton's "best warden" guy for several years, so what proof is needed.
James couldn't hold it back, looked at Zach in disgust and said, "Don't interrupt, do you want to know what's going on?"
Zach raised an eyebrow. Made the move to continue.
"I started asking Wes not to do this..." James frowned again, thinking about the words. After thinking about it, the result is still disappointing, "There are 'crooked' people mixed together. Now that we have new clues, report it to the police station and our police can take over."
This should be talking about his obstruction of Wes coming to Grande. It turns out that James not only wants Wes to draw a line with Zach, but also wants Wes to stop being with Taylor and the others. No wonder James and Taylor's own military background is disliked by most soldiers. Now, look at who is following her! A vessel for the devil, a devil himself. It's so normal for James to be repulsive.
"At this moment." James's expression turned really bad, and he stared gloomily at the video tape on the table, "We looked over and over again, and 'him' appeared in the video tape that contained nothing. .”
There shouldn't be any pause at this time, as this is increasing the momentum of the 'enemy'. But James stopped here, staring at the square videotape without speaking.
"'He' said..." Wes pursed his lips and added, "I quote, 'What a troublesome guy. I'm starting to regret that I didn't pay more attention to you, the son of a general, the last time I was in Patton. I don't You will ruin my plans for Barton to return. Hey, you strange little guys (referring to Wes, Taylor and the others), get rid of this annoying detective and take me to Grande.'"
Weiss is not a competent quoter. He has no tone and is just a straightforward statement.
But Zach put the wine glass to his lips and started thinking.
This is a toneless quote, it has been made very clear that Papa wants to come to Grande at midnight. If James comes up with some unscrupulous ideas, Weiss is very likely to agree with James and report new clues.
"I already know this. Didn't you say that he threatened you to send the videotape to Grande?" Zach took a sip of wine and said calmly.
Wes nodded, "Before threatening." Wes looked at James and continued in a strange tone, "James and that Papa had a fight in front of the TV at midnight."
Under Zach's raised eyebrows, his eyes moved towards James. This was an unexpected surprise. Take Wes for example. He doesn't have much emotion towards the "person" Papa Midnight, which can be understood as because he has not experienced it. It's unclear what Papa Midnight is or what he's capable of.
But James is different. This police detective who has experienced the Dead Apostles' cult, the zombie bus station, and the assassination of vampires outside the courthouse is very aware of Papa Midnight's 'power'.
When fully aware of the other party's abilities, James would actually quarrel with the other party, and Zach was curious.
James waved his hand, turned away from the video tape with a gloomy face, and took a deep breath. "I'm not arguing with him, I'm just doing the same thing as you just now, procrastinating and trying to find a way to make him disappear."
The result was failure, Wes had said on the second floor.
James conveniently omitted the result and looked at Zach. "I confronted Barton about what happened before." Without turning away, "I threatened him that if he did the same thing again, I wouldn't let him go."
James paused for a moment, allowing Zach's expression enough time to turn into a chuckle, "Huh. He has the same expression you have right now. Contempt."
Zach stopped smiling and took a sip of wine, "I didn't despise you." The vampire who pressed the pause button really had no right to despise the police detective.
"It doesn't matter." James shook his head and turned away in disgust, "Being looked down upon is not a bad thing." James looked at Wes and twitched the corner of his mouth. Obviously he didn't want to talk to Zach with his 'bad' attitude anymore.
Weiss pursed her lips after receiving the look and added again.
"Papa was mentioned by James at midnight about what he had done in Barton before." Weiss thought about the words for a moment, "became complacent, and began to explain in detail everything he had done in Barton before."
"What do you mean?" Zach frowned.
"For example, how he was summoned to Barton by Sibella to arouse your interest in participating in the Death Apostle incident, and how he distracted your attention to steal Matthew." Wes said very calmly, because he had never experienced it. "And how did he lead you to the door of the court? By that Sibela's hunter son, Rui, Rui..."
"Ravenge." Zach added.
"Well, he was attacked by Ravenci." Wes quickly added, "And how Ravenci was willing to become his Alpha, and that. Well, the descendant of Toledo, eh, eh..."
"Ian." Zach's expression was already very bad, and he glanced at James. Twitching the corner of his mouth. Think about how the vampire would react if James told these past stories about Grande being constantly plotted and having bad luck. James is really smart enough to know how to avoid conflicts.
"Well, Ian." Wes looked at Zach apologetically.
Zach waved his hand, history is unchangeable, and there is no point in getting entangled. What is worth troubling is why Papa had to explain these old things in front of a few "strange little guys" at midnight, and also analyzed in detail the relationship between Barton's aliens - the Gale couple and Grande before the devil came to Barton.
Of course it was intentional, the questioning James had been through it and knew everything very well and didn't need to hear it again.
James suddenly interjected tonelessly, "Taylor listened very seriously." Then he turned away and stopped talking.
Zach's thoughts were verified, he glanced at James and motioned for Wes to continue.
"Then Papa started to, uh, laugh at himself at midnight." Wes adjusted his posture. His expression was always calm, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking. "He started to talk about how busy he was now and that he no longer had the time to do anything. Planning something so complex, so, this time, he decided to keep it simple.”
Zach had to ask, "What's he up to?"
"He didn't say it." Wes shook his head and glanced at James again. Being sandwiched between two people was like this. It was very troublesome. "He has proven that he is a talkative person. James has tried I tried to stimulate him, but failed."
James clicked his tongue and shook his head. In fact, he has nothing to be frustrated about. He also used the provocateur Fazak on Papa Midnight. As everyone knows, Papa Midnight is very cunning. He only says what he wants to say and only hits the provocateur he wants.
"Then what did he say?" Zach pursed his lips and swung the wine glass, asking helplessly.
"He said this time, and I quote, 'I was so disappointed in the random Patton return plan that I came up with, how could I come up with such a low-level thing.'" Wes touched his chin and glanced at Zach's The eyes are not very good.
Wes hesitated for a moment, then spoke directly with James's nod. "He said that when he was in Barton last time, he modified a certain Dead Apostle's camera." Zach's face turned completely gloomy.
Remember, the woman who was considered shameless by the people in the South District and sold all her belongings and ran away not long after her fiancé committed suicide.
Who bought the camera she left behind at Old Mel's? Still a full set. Grande.
"He used the camera to leave a 'token' of his own." Weiss pointed to the video tape. "He said that Barton was very interesting, and that Sibella and Grande made him very reluctant to part with him. So he kept it This thing, and I quote, 'When things get boring here, I can find a place to have fun that's not boring."
"He said..." Weiss had some expression at this time, as if he was impatient with the owner of the words he was relaying. He paused for a while, thought for a moment, seemed to have passed a bunch of things, and shook his head, " Then, one day, he received a video that made him very curious."
Wes looked at Zach with a searching look on his face, trying to confirm whether Zach had followed his story. "He said that he saw his creations starting to deviate from the upper limit of his design and go beyond what he expected," he said. Evolving on the steps, he was amazed by what he saw. He wanted it."
Vague expressions are confusing. But don't be confused, Papa Midnight has already told Zach what he wants, he wants Benjamin.
In order to allow Zach to intuitively feel his changes during the full moon cycle, Benjamin took pictures of the entire process.
We know that vampires are 'surprised' and want to tear down the TV. What we didn't know was that this camera, which had been 'modified' by Papa Midnight and was able to create tokens, had honestly brought Benjamin's transformation right in front of Papa Midnight's eyes!
While Zach was still exploring the reasons for Benjamin's changes and doubting Sibella's intentions, Alpha's maker, Papa Midnight, had discovered that Alpha was evolving!
"He said that he spent a sunrise thinking about how to get this amazing 'creation'." Wes looked at Zach, "He said, after the last experience, I will ask you for it. It’s unlikely, so let’s use a method that makes Grande hand it over voluntarily.”
"He said everything went extremely smoothly." The expression on Wes's face finally became clear, one of resentment, and the words were no longer a lengthy narration, but a summary, "Teddy and Mel and I, James and I, Mus and Grande, he said, if you want to take something away, you have to exchange something in return. So he took something in advance, and now all he wants is to exchange." (..)