Zach wanted to comfort James, but his hands had already reached above his shoulders. Just as he was about to pat him down, he was dodged, "I don't need your sympathy."
Zach tugged at the corners of his mouth and withdrew his hand. The root cause of James' dilemma was the police department's disappointing attitude towards Southeast. The fairness that Zach and James both hoped for was impossible to achieve.
"Then let's not talk about this anymore." Zach stood up, his goal had been achieved, the vampire just didn't want to go to the only person in Newton's group who could communicate with him with his heart knot. Now that the words are out of the way, James can be left alone to enjoy his vacation.
But, well, no surprises. James and Zach, these two guys have become accustomed to meddling in each other's affairs.
As soon as Zach picked up a pile of information, James the Wine Glass stopped him with an extremely reluctant expression, "Where are you going? What are you going to do to this guy, Boo, Brian?"
James still couldn't let go.
Zach smiled helplessly. He did not answer first, but changed the topic, "By the way, why didn't you go to meet Fitz and the others and come here?"
It was Matthew who answered. Zach and James said a lot of things that he, an honest boy from the South District, didn't understand. He was silently cleaning up Alpha's room. He had been in a very awkward state, and now he finally had it. A topic that he can participate in and cannot miss the opportunity.
"Fitz and the others have prepared a car. They will pick us up at noon and then enter Newton directly from Route 27." Matthew tugged on the newly laid sheets for Alpha. "They said our and James's car was too small. There’s no room for props.”
Zach smiled and raised his eyebrows. It seemed that Fitz and his team were going to clean up the despised state of the small town house comics community this time, and they were well prepared.
"When will they come?" Zach asked.
Matthew answered as he made the bed. "At noon, Benjamin invited them to have lunch cooked by Alice and then hit the road." At this point, Matthew looked a little weird and looked at Zach with an apologetic expression, "Benjamin said. There were more than a dozen of them, if If we don’t have enough food, we’ll go to the sheepfold and get some sheep…”
Zach waved his hand helplessly, "Let Benjamin do whatever he wants. A dozen homeboys can't eat all of Zach's food supply reserves."
However, Zach clearly received the message that Benjamin did not want to see Zach during lunch, and waved to James, "Come to the office?"
James twitched his lips, stood up and followed Zach.
Crowley, who was originally on the back porch, had already left when Zach went to the warehouse. At this time, the undead Dylan was floating on the back porch. Seeing Zach and James coming over, he said a statement without expression, "I can feel that the powerful aura in the east has disappeared."
Zach nodded.
This means that Crowley has disappeared, and the Republican team driving the Grande truck is no longer on this continent.
Dylan is a born devil. He could vaguely feel the life form he would become in the future. And when he said powerful, he was referring to the fallen angel Crowley.
Before going indoors. Zach suddenly remembered something, opened the stairwell door, and looked at the undead, "Dylan, I have never asked you, how are you preparing?"
Dylan became a demon by following nature. Naturally, this has been deliberately suppressed since Dylan decided not to be under anyone's control or manipulated by anyone in this life, and joined Grande.
Zach can only help him very much, except to provide the so-called free man status. The suitable mentor he found, Seth, is no longer alive. Grande was unable to provide the environment required for Dylan's transformation. In the end, Crowley still needed the 'five-minute door to hell' to allow Dylan to go to hell safely.
Now, however, with Zach already wary of Barton's chaos, Zach has a hunch that the rift with Crowley hidden beneath the surface will only grow wider, and Dylan needs to act sooner rather than later.
Dylan was thinking, his body drifting uncontrollably on the back porch, until half of his body dived into the wall, and then slowly floated out, "No, I still have a lot of knowledge about demons that I don't know. I still need to learn. I’m ready when I know what I’m going to be.”
Zach nodded and did not worry Dylan with his thoughts, "You can often visit the Church of the Holy Child. I think Constantine and Mike will be happy to share their knowledge."
Dylan thought for a moment and nodded.
"Just knowledge." Zach added, entering the door.
Mike's vague three views cannot be learned, and Constantine's forced or voluntary stance cannot be learned. What Zach added was the decisive reason to rule out these two men as Dylan's mentors.
James listened on the sidelines with a sullen face. After all, he did not interfere in Grande's internal affairs. He entered the office and sat across from Zach.
Zach directly divided half of the information and pushed it in front of James. It was still some time until lunch, and at this time Zach needed someone to discuss with, because... Zach said honestly as he opened the information, "To be honest, I haven't thought about how to deal with this person - Brian .”
Zach flipped through Brian's file, "I think I will discuss it with Amelia." Zach looked helpless and glanced at James, "You may be happy about this, Amelia is very interested in me." , the impression of Grande is not good."
Zach shook his head, "I don't think letting one of her patients disappear from this world will make her change her opinion of me in any way."
Very helpless, this is the fact. Remember what the female assistant who gave Zach trouble for nothing said. Dr. Browning's time is occupied by those who waste time, and those who really need help, such as public interest cases, can only be queued to the back.
When Zach and Emilia were talking, Emilia deliberately paid attention to her schedule many times. It was impossible for Zach to ignore that one item that was the only one that was brought forward among the pile of canceled and delayed schedules.
The fire in the South Side Nursing Home, the mother-son encounter that Zach encountered on the bus, and the information that Amelia clearly told James she had information that was being read by the two at this time were put together.
"Isn't this what you want?" James said calmly, "The incident has developed to a place where you can extend your claws."
Zach tilted his head, James's instinctive malice had become a habit, so he ignored it.
James looked quickly. Not long after, he pushed away the information in front of him, and without saying hello, he took Zach's half to his side and continued reading.
Zach looked at James' movements and pursed his lips. "You seem to know what you're looking at, would you mind sharing it?"
It’s the same old story again. Zach is really not a detective. Faced with certain events and phenomena that have no common sense to humans, Zach can deduce what kind of alien race is "making trouble" behind the scenes.
But looking at a bunch of documents developed by the civilization of human society, and asking Zach to analyze suspicious places, this kind of work can only be done by real detectives and police detectives. Zach is an idiot. Toledo, who likes to mingle in human society, is good at speaking and communicating. He is good at the changes of the times and all human things that are full of variables.
A cold document with black and white text? Toledo's tongue cannot be 'twisted', and Toledo's eyes cannot be 'implanted'. This was beyond Zach's capabilities.
The most direct example is that Zach and Benjamin, who could have haunted Barton like shadows from the dark side of the city, still needed Anthony to forge citizen files to become real citizens of Barton.
Without looking at Zach, James quickly turned through the information page by page, "This is unreasonable. I saw no traces of tampering. Crow..." The name subconsciously spoken made James' mouth soften, and he glanced at it. Pass. "Is this the original?"
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Probably not. Anthony probably won't let Crowley have access to the originals of these things."
This guess is correct, it is related to citizen information, and it is impossible for the mayor to open this door for Crowley. Just imagine if the fallen angels could control the citizen files, Barton would probably have a large influx of permanent residents who had never lived in this world at all! You know what I mean!
The reality could only be that Crowley had obtained the name of the sender. Then he asked Anthony for these things on the grounds of helping Grande. Crowley herself said that she was often 'used' by the mayor, so Anthony complied with this small request.
Zach waved. "I don't understand. What do you want to express? Are you doubting the authenticity of these things?"
"I think!" James' tone was not very good, "But there is nothing to doubt here! This is the problem!"
Zach twitched his lips and said, "Please be specific."
James clicked his tongue and glanced at Zach, "For example, in your file, there is a blank in the first half of your and Benjamin's life. You fabricated the story of an illegitimate child to fill this gap."
Zach pursed his lips. Madam, of course, James checked his file and was really not surprised at all.
"This is what's suspicious!" James turned away irritably and flipped through the information, "There are no gaps in the records here! This man, Brian, has been recorded in every experience from his birth in Barton to now. There is no room for filling in the record! This file is simply 'perfect'!"
What is perfect is not a resume, but a complete life trajectory.
This is what James is saying. At first glance, such a person is a human being, not a half-way alien like Zach.
"Does this mean anything?" Zach raised his eyebrows. Since James made it clear first and used Zach's citizen files, Zach counterattacked without any scruples, "Crowley was also born and raised here. Barton people." We all know that Zach tried to ask Crowley's true identity before, but was vague, so Zach curled his lips and said, "Probably."
"Crowley has a 'perfect' file. Still, she was once a homeless woman from Ixton, and now she is..." Zach looked at James' stiff face, feeling satisfied in his heart, "Crowley."
Zach is saying that the completeness of human trajectories does not mean anything. In real events, the completeness of files does not mean that life has not been invaded by certain species.
James stood up, glared at Zach, turned around, and disappeared from the office for a while.
Zach waited indifferently. When James reappeared, holding a glass of water in his hand, he took a deep breath and sat on his seat, and said coldly, "You know what we are here to discuss."
"I know." Zach smiled and stopped irritating James. His wet hair had soaked James' collar. This game cannot be overplayed. "He, Brian, knows my true identity - Tori More." Zach became serious, "We are assessing his threat level."
Very straightforward statement.
James put down the water glass, and regardless of his wet hair and fingers, he quickly pulled out several pieces of paper from the information, including birth certificates, files, medical records, and some unknown certification documents.
"These are the more important things." Zach became serious, and James became serious, "He was at least born as a human." James twitched his lips, "Being bullied in elementary school, this is the school's responsibility Certificate of psychological counseling for single parents." James' expression turned grim, "As well as the diagnosis and admission letter, it depends on the time!"
Everyone still remembers what was the most colorful content in the first and second letters. It was a guy who claimed to be a fan of Zach, and he listed how those people had bullied him.
Sadly, the contents of the letter are true. Brian's bullying was recorded in the school counselor's files. It should be noted that the theme of this psychological counseling is single-parent family counseling.
Zach quickly scanned, "His father died on the battlefield. He, Brian's childhood experienced the war ten years ago." When he said these words, Zach's emotions were a little complicated.
On the battlefield, countless soldiers, including Anthony and Ian, placed their ideal city in their hearts - Patton City. At that time, Patton's school actually had a psychological counseling program specially set up because of the 'results' of the war.
"I'll give you time!" James pointed at a certain piece of paper. As a person who also experienced war in his childhood, James seemed to have no unnecessary emotions. "It's not ten years. He was diagnosed and admitted to the hospital for ten years." three years ago!"
Zach glanced at James, too lazy to argue, "I saw it. The war didn't end thirteen years ago. Did I say something wrong?"
James clicked his tongue heavily, "Are you stupid! When did you come here!" James pushed a pile of papers in front of Zach, "Look here! Mercy Hospital, Memorial Hospital, Quinn Conservancy The plan was to finally settle in the South Side Nursing Home, which I just recently came out with!”
James stared at Zach, "Since thirteen years ago, he has been transferred to various treatment institutions. Don't tell me that you don't know the environment in those places. Since then, he has been interacting with the outside world. Disjointed! Where did he know the word 'Toledo' from? And where did he know that you were in Grande?!"
Zach raised his eyebrows and thought about it.
James didn't care what Zach was thinking and picked up the birth certificate, "You want to discuss it with me! Then this is my conclusion!" The birth certificate was stretched out in front of Zach and waved, "Start from here! It's already been tampered with!" James was a little excited, "This 'person' has forged a complete life. What degree of danger do you want to know about him? Very! My conclusion!"
That's right, that's why James said, 'He was at least born as a human being' in the first place.
However, Zach pursed his lips and pushed James' hand away.
"I won't say your conclusion is wrong for now." Zach shook his head, "But you forgot something." Zach didn't know what expression to put on at this time, and was silent for a while, "I'm not the first one here It’s not like Toledo in Barton, a socially disconnected mental illness treatment facility, didn’t have people who knew about Grande.”
Know what Zach is talking about? The former is talking about Ian Anthony who is already beside Papa Midnight, and the latter is talking about the elusive Philip. (..)