Getting along well, Zach said it was so easy, is it true...
When the truck passed by Old Mel's Grocery Store, the two people who didn't want to talk to each other and remained hostile had some reactions.
"I haven't been back to the South District for a long time." Jason seemed to be saying to himself, with a nostalgic tone, "I don't know how Mel is doing. I hope he is well."
"Do you know Mei..." Zach's question has not yet been fully expressed.
"You don't need to worry about it!" Wes said in a disgusted tone, "Guys who only care about themselves are not qualified..."
"Shut up!" Knowing that there was an 'outsider' like Zach who couldn't fight, Jason's attitude became more and more tough. "You are the unqualified guy! Things are getting a little difficult. You took the opportunity to escape from Patton! Did something happen in the army that made you want to escape, so you came back... "
"Shut up!" Wes's counterattack? "I'm escaping?! How long has it been since you returned to the South District? Who seizes the opportunity to escape?! Humph! I think you are living a good life in the North District. Join the Fight Club, haha." Sneered.
Zach's eyes were shining, and he ignored the extremely bad confrontational attitude between the two. What Zach noticed was that the 'friendship' between these two guys was really deep in the past! Judging from Zach's inner thoughts about these two people, this is really good news!
"I remember." Zach's timing couldn't be better, and he spoke before the two of them were about to push each other intentionally in the car again, "I still don't know how you two met."
The bodies of the two guys stiffened for a moment, and Zach smiled and waved, "Oh, I know you met during the club case." Zach did not go any further. Wes hoped that he would complete the task of infiltrating the club. The operation was kept private, and Zach certainly didn't give him a hard time. "I went to room 105 and had too many things to deal with. As you can see, with that guy James here, I really didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to other things. But since Jason introduced you to the club, obviously you We should be familiar with each other before. Were you friends before?"
"No!" The affirmative answer came from Wes, then silence, and then Jason spoke, "We all grew up in an orphanage in the South District."
"Oh." Zach raised his eyebrows. He should actually know that when he was investigating White's case, he had some knowledge of Jason's background, but his judgment of Jason at that time was not good. A small group of young people living alone in the North District.
Due to the nature of a niche group, it is relatively 'conspicuous'. The description of Wes' actions that Kim later brought back was in line with this attribute. This attribute of the relationship between the two was enough to explain the situation at that time. Zach did not think about it deeply. .
Now it sounds like there's more to the connection.
"So." Zach smiled and turned his head to look at the two people sitting in front and behind him. "Is it because of some 'teenage conflict' that you don't like each other?"
No one answered.
Wes, who was sitting in the passenger seat, tensed up, "Zach. I want to ask something."
"Ask." Zach answered easily, "How did you find 105 in that club case? The one outside the room who helped you blow away James' dagger, uh, tail. What was it? James The police officer arrived after me, and it was me who clearly exposed the club trust review that was taking place in 105."
Zach's face became embarrassed, and he realized that he seemed to be unable to act as the unbroken layer of paper between the two, because at this time Wes was obviously suspicious - Zach knew it. Know he's in the closet.
Zach laughed dryly, "That's Jin, you may be more familiar with his Great Dane form, um." Zach expressed the truth tactfully, "He failed to follow James, so..."
"He followed me." Wes actually calmed down completely.
"kindness… "
"So even if my actions that time didn't appear in any reports, no one knows, but you know." Weiss continued to confirm calmly.
"Yes..." Should Zach deny it? Seriously, a vampire who has lived for four centuries and has seen countless different lives does not think that a trip to a special nightclub with Wes's little attribute is anything serious!
Wes took a deep breath and asked a question that Zach didn't expect, "Does James know?"
Zach pursed his lips. How should he answer this? James knew, but 'didn't know'. This shouldn't be answered by Zach and James, who really hates him, but by the friends themselves.
"I." Zach twitched his lips, "I don't know..." He added redundantly, "Does he know."
Weiss stopped talking and looked sideways out the window.
Good timing, Ixton has arrived.
Under Wes's guidance, Zach turned off Route 27 and drove directly east toward the coastline. Weiss described the fire as occurring on an abandoned property somewhere on the border.
"The last time." Wes frowned, "You said it was a battle between demons and hunters." Looking back, the battle between Crowley and the alien hunters caused by 'Colt' finally made Crowley and the hunter An event in which a hostage exchange agreement was reached. At the same time, a fire in a nursing home occurred, and the police in the South District were dispersed. When Zach came to Ixton, he chatted for a while with Wes, who was guarding the investigation site outside.
The three got off the car at the east border of Ixton. Weiss continued, "The last incident was classified as a group fight. Although our police station did not do anything really useful to deal with it, we still rectified the place and put it in order. Those wandering homeless people were driven out of the central and western parts of the country, where ordinary citizens lived."
"Then these guys gathered on the east border." Zach nodded. Remember to mention to everyone that Ixton was developed into a half-completed project, with streets and half-finished products that were originally neglected. The housing made this place look extremely shabby, and the direction Zach was looking at now looked like a refugee camp.
Half-standing walls, half-covered roofs, half-painted paint, garbage piled up next to the walls, rusty iron barrels... This is hardware, software. Wearing jet black clothes, you can't see the true color. The man, unkempt, looked at the three people who suddenly arrived.
Zach was momentarily distracted by Crowley's container, if it hadn't been taken away by Crowley. He was probably mixed in with this group of people at this time.
"See the outermost foundation?" Weiss pointed to the front, "That's where the fire broke out."
Zach looked at the homeless people and walked in that direction again and again. The scene was a bit weird, similar to the scene where an orangutan walks into a group of monkeys.
"Want to make some extra money?" Zach suddenly raised his eyebrows and waved to a few guys squatting in the corner. The other hand had already taken out a few bills.
Weiss curled his lips, "You need something else to confirm that they are telling the truth."
"Of course." In one second, all the banknotes in Zach's hand were emptied, and several cheerful guys surrounded the hungry Zach like guards, walking with him.
When he arrived at the location, Zach didn't waste any time. His eyes turned red instantly, "You got the money. So you must tell the truth. Honest work, honest income, there is still some hope in life, right." The vampire looked around. The homeless man following him said this. Our vampires just talk a lot, so tolerate it.
After a brief pause, several homeless people nodded.
"There's a fire here." Zach began to ask, glancing at the rich black ink covering the foundation. It spreads in a radial pattern, extending to the steel bars and broken arms erected at the corners of the foundation. There are obvious signs of burns. "Did you all see it?"
Two people shook their heads, "I'm going to find something to eat."
"Look, honest people are rewarded." Zach took two more bills, handed them out, and waved to the two people, "You can go. Go buy some food."
Weiss pursed her lips. When the Southern District police came to investigate, they did not admit that they were not witnesses. They all used the exaggeration and dramatization unique to homeless people to act out the scene of the fire at that time. This is where homeless people can be used as sources. But it cannot be used as evidence.
"I need a detailed description of the entire process." Zach spoke again, "Who saw the entire process?"
Three people raised their hands, and Zach repeated his 'honest man' rhetoric, "Tell me about it."
"That newcomer!" started, "He hasn't been here long, but he can always find food!" Someone started to say it first, but the beginning was incomprehensible. It doesn't matter, Zach is patient.
"Yes! It's hot, new food! Never knew where he got it from! Sometimes he gives us some of it! Sometimes, huh! If we touch her food, he beats us!"
"Him?" Zach asked.
"Well, it could be a woman." A certain tramp looked at his companion with a strange expression, seeking approval, "We don't know, he is too beautiful for a man."
"pretty?"
"He was very clean when he first arrived. We could see his face clearly. Well, it was indeed beautiful."
Zach decided not to waste time on this issue, "Does he have anything to do with the fire?"
"He was the one who suddenly caught fire!" The tramp's voice rose, and it seemed that he couldn't change his dramatic habit. "It was really unlucky for the other two guys that day! They thought he was in a good mood and were willing to share some food with him. Together, right here!”
The homeless man pushed the three Zachs away and pointed to the center covered with thick black burn marks on the foundation, "Three people were just sitting there eating! Suddenly, suddenly..."
"It's on fire." Weiss finished, "It's roughly the same as what we got from the confession." He curled his lips and glanced at the homeless people whose eyes were always attracted by the vampire's red eyes, "There are less messy things. .”
Zach nodded and looked at the homeless man, "So there should be three bodies here, right? Then why were there only two when the police came to investigate?"
The homeless people looked at each other with strange expressions. A guy who had not raised his hand before spoke, "They were yelling that three people were burned to death. All I saw was a fire, and it burned so fast! Originally, this house There were two walls, and they suddenly became like this! They were all burned out when I tried to put out the fire!"
"Honest and brave." Zach nodded and handed out the banknotes. Oh, Zach doesn’t feel bad, it’s Herman’s blank check, fill it out however you want!
The other party was encouraged and continued, "After the fire was out, I wanted to come and check, and I saw the burnt black bodies entangled together. I saw that there were only two people. I told them, but they didn't believe it, so they all came over to take a look. …”
Weiss spoke again and glanced at the guy who was speaking. He was a middle-aged man. "The degree of burning was very serious. The two corpses found were completely entangled together. After taking them back to the forensic doctor, they found that they were two corpses."
The fact that needs to be noted is that the Southern District police report did not reach Zach at all, it was taken away by Coulson, remember, so the details had to be supplemented by Wes.
Zach accepted what Wes meant, "Have you ever seen a body burned like this?"
"Yes." The middle-aged man nodded, "The enemy used oil and gas bombs when they ambush our team before. This is what it looks like after burning rapidly. Human instinct is to struggle..."
Observing that the man's expression was beginning to show pain, Zach stopped him, with a relaxed smile on his face, "So you are a soldier who has been on the battlefield?"
"Well, well..."
"Thank you." Zach took out the money again, "Go on."
"Then, well, there's nothing more to say." The middle-aged man frowned, "Someone called the police, and the police came. I kept guard to prevent them from moving, so the scene was well preserved. The police came I asked some questions, cleaned up the scene, and then left, and never asked again."
Weiss glanced at the middle-aged man again and said with an uneasy expression, "The report says there are homeless people wandering near the scene. We don't rule out the possibility that the scene has been destroyed."
"I..." The middle-aged man became excited.
Zach waved his hand to stop, but still had a smile on his face, "You did a good job, thank you. Can you determine the identity of the two corpses? When the fire broke out, there were three people, but there were only two corpses. Can you determine whether they belong to Which two people?"
"Okay!" The middle-aged man nodded in confirmation, "Although the newcomer looks like a very beautiful man, he is very thin and has a weak frame. Everyone has known each other for a long time and they are both of medium build. Guys, you can tell the difference at a glance! What disappeared is the corpse of the newcomer!"
Weiss nodded, "The results of the forensic examination are the same. Although most of the identities of the homeless people have been lost, and it is impossible to know exactly who they are. But the analysis results show that they are the bodies of two men of medium build, and they are also middle-aged."
Zach suddenly raised his eyebrows, "After the autopsy, was the body sent to the mill?"
Wes was stunned, "That's right, the process is like this." He understood that Zach wanted to see the body, but even if the process was like this, it didn't mean that Zach could see the body that was sent to the mill.
The reality is a little cruel. The body belongs to a homeless man. No relatives or friends will come to claim it. The Southern District Police have no intention of continuing the investigation. If Madison, the owner of the mill, had any economic sense, he would have dealt with it quickly so as not to occupy resources.
Zach smiled and nodded, clapped his hands to the homeless people, "Thank you for the news, you can go back." The redness in his eyes faded. (..)