"Kozil came to Barton and prepared to do something in Barton on behalf of the Sabbat." Linda looked at Zach, "I am just a servant, Kozier is a partner of the Sabbat, you can understand the difference. "
Zach nodded. The servant was just here to conduct reconnaissance and collect intelligence, while his partner was here to do business. "Since you have said it all, I have to ask, the Sabbat plans to be in Barton..." Zach raised his eyebrows. , smiled, "What is Cozier going to do in Barton?"
"I'm just a captive servant." Linda did not answer directly, but reiterated her identity, "My work has been completed, I don't know what will happen next." She pursed her lips and added, " That’s why I dare to come to you.”
"Your job." Zach smiled and swung his glass, "Don't tell me your job is to fall in love with Cliff."
Cliff's hand stiffened when turning the book.
"You can say that." Linda was really straightforward, "There is no more convenient way to learn about Barton's ecology than to find a local alien." Linda looked back at Cliff, "I should feel lucky to have met him. Cliff, from him I learned all about the Barton alien race, and even met them all at the wedding. Sabbat, at least Cozier is satisfied with the report I submitted. In addition, he also agrees to temporarily press the button about you. information, whether there are other reasons for his doing this is not something that a servant like me can guess."
"So you are relying on the fact that your work has been completed and I can't change the future situation even if I do anything to you, that you dare to come to Grande to see me?" Zach looked at Linda opposite to confirm. fact.
"Yes." He admitted.
"Actually, you don't have to be so cautious." Zach smiled and raised his glass, "Your bridesmaid is Riley. I guess you are at least friends, so you should know. I have no intention of doing anything to you aliens. .”
"Friends." Linda thought for a moment, "Yeah, she was lucky. She met Madison, and then Madison talked a lot..." She glanced at Zach and emphasized again. "Madison talks a lot."
Zach curled his lips and didn't want to delve into it for the time being.
"Then I found out about you from Madison, and the truth about the so-called Barton Lords Alpha and Grande. Vampires and werewolves cohabitate." Linda said in a surprised tone, "Of course I found out from Cliff. Yes, so the two of us are foreigners who both know the truth about Barton. We occasionally discuss the rules of survival with each other, so naturally we have to get closer."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Survival rules?"
"The fallen angel demons and the demon hunters from the Church of the Holy Child. Grand Alpha and the vampires, as well as the wizard hunters from Sibera's side." Linda shook her head, "This city basically subverts the common sense of survival of any alien race. .”
"Oh, indeed." Zach smiled. He was indispensable for Barton becoming like this. "Then what did you discuss?"
"Don't get close to the devil, maintain a good relationship with Sibella. Please please Grande." Still so... direct.
Zach was satisfied, "Why?"
"I don't know what Riley is thinking. But I avoid the requirement that the fallen angel is the Sabbat. I don't want to expose Taylor as a subordinate of the Sabbat and let the devils in the west have opinions about the Sabbat. Sibella ." She paused, "I don't like witchcraft beliefs, probably because I have lived too many life cycles in the Sabbat. I don't care much about things other than the Holy Lord's beliefs, so I don't want to get involved in their affairs. The last Grande, you guys, your behavior confuses me."
She looked at Zach and said, "I completely don't understand why you did what you did in Barton. You not only offended Papa Midnight. You also suppressed the fallen angels, but you let your friend, the human mayor Anthony, manage the city. . Then occasionally help the fallen angels, occasionally help Sibella, and occasionally offend each other. Most of the time is wasted playing citizen games with humans. I don't understand." She concluded, "I need it because I don't understand. Be cautious, so please Grande.”
Zach smiled and said, "I'm a little curious whether other aliens in Barton have the same idea. I didn't see any aliens invited to your wedding."
This question made Linda frown. After thinking for a while, "It's not that I didn't invite, but that they left." She shook her head, "At the beginning, I asked Cliff if he would invite Grande. He said he won't invite you to the wedding." He gave Zach an expression that meant he didn't mean to offend.
Zach waved his hand to show that he didn't mind.
"Knowing that Grande would not show up, I didn't have to worry about whether Grande's secret would be exposed, so I sent invitations to the foreigners who came to Barton at the beginning of the year. But when they knew that I was planning to settle in Barton, they seemed to I understand one thing, the Sabbat is coming."
There was a look of understanding on Zach's face. The low-level aliens were unwilling to get involved in the struggle. In their understanding, Barton was Alpha's territory, and the demon wizards were probably not among their considerations. But the Sabbat is coming, which represents a struggle for territory. It seems that outside of Barton, there will be new rumors in the Federation - in Barton, Alpha will have a war with the Sabbat.
"Oh, by the way." As if she just thought of it in passing, Linda casually changed the topic in a certain direction, "Since you asked about the aliens who left, I think I need to explain something about James. "
coming.
Zach raised his eyebrows with a curious expression, "James? Explain what?"
Linda's expression was very relaxed, but Cliff, who was sitting in front of the workbench in the back, tensed up and turned the book faster. The pages clattered. Zach pretended not to notice.
"Don't you care that James is the one who accompanies me to the altar?" Linda's expression was natural and normal.
"Do I need to care about anything?" Zach was not prepared to give out any information proactively, giving the other party a chance to take the initiative.
Linda's expression was still natural, "Oh, forget it, he probably explained it himself." Smart, she actually used the same response as Zach, "After the wedding, we have no contact. I want to thank him personally. The set of porcelain given as a gift looks very expensive.”
There was a moment of silence in the office.
Therefore, James did not communicate with Linda after the wedding. At this time, Linda did not know whether James had followed her arrangement and explained to Zach the reason why they met. Because of uncertainty. This topic cannot be continued.
In silence, Zach thought quickly and decided, "When you mention it like that, I'm really a little confused." Zach changed the direction of entry, bypassed James, and entered from the military. Force the other party to take the initiative! "You just said that Taylor's military background is controlled by the Sabbat..."
Linda turned her head quickly, and she didn't know what expression flashed across her face, "Cliff, can you be quiet? I'm talking to someone else!" Surprisingly, she covered it up in this way!
Cliff, who was flipping through the pages of the book quickly, froze once again and closed the book without making any movement.
Linda turned back and gave Zach a helpless expression, "You also saw it at the wedding. We actually have no emotional basis. We are purely for the cycle of inheritance..."
No, no, Zach was not going to let Linda change the subject like this. He waved his hand, "Taylor's military background..."
"It has nothing to do with Lance." Taylor interrupted directly. It seemed that she had already made a decision when she turned around - "I didn't know James before coming to Barton." Now that she has made a decision, the next words It became smoother. Obviously, she planned it very carefully. "If this is your doubt, I can tell you as a Sabbat alien. I don't know any news about the Sabbat controlling General Lance."
After all, she still left a little room for herself. She curled her lips and said, "But I am just a servant of the Sabbat. There are things I don't know. You don't have to believe it."
Remember what James said to Zach, he and Linda are neighbors, neighbors! So this leeway sounded ridiculous to Zach!
Of course. Zach did not show any abnormality, "That is really a loss for the Sabbat. General Lance is the most famous general in the Federation now. Isn't the Sabbat interested in such a person?"
"How do I, a servant, know this?" Linda turned her gaze away. "Maybe the Sabbat feels that it controls the internal audit department (Taylor's military background, as mentioned before, is equivalent to the bailiff in the police), which means he controls the military. Let’s be square.”
Zach nodded and smiled, "That's right. The military's legal system is different from that of the outside world. Military internal review is the only institution that can restrain them. This is also good. Although I have not been a member of the Secret Alliance for more than half a century, I have no way of knowing. Information about the Sabbat, but I am also happy to know that the most famous general among humans is not a puppet of the Sabbat."
Remember what James said? His father, General Lance, is the Sabbat's puppet!
Linda's expression didn't change at all, as if she just responded unintentionally, "Yes."
"Haha." Zach smiled, "I am very happy about James. From the time he arrived at Barton, I was trying to tell him that aliens are part of society and need to be treated equally. Listen to him talk about taking care of you, the West I am very happy to live the life of a foreign race." Now that he has forced out a lie, he naturally wants to follow it and see where this lie can go.
"Take care of me?" Linda actually smiled and mocked, "He was monitoring me, right? Since he found me, he has given me special 'care' even though I am also from the west. He asked me endlessly about his hometown in the west. details of my life, as if he wouldn’t give up until I told him how many humans I had eaten.”
See, lies can go a long way, as long as the liar plans well enough.
"Oh?" Zach also smiled, "I can imagine, you know, the Great Dane down there, the shapeshifter, almost ate him when he first came to Barton."
Linda's expression was momentarily surprised. It wasn't fake. It seemed like she didn't know about this, but immediately she said, "It would be the best to be eaten. I don't have to let a guy I've only known for a short time accompany me to the ceremony." Damn it, this time in my life, maybe this is it." 'Maybe'? Cliff behind him stiffened again, so ignore it.
When Zach wanted to push this irrevocable lie further, he suddenly frowned, stood up, turned around and opened the curtains. A strange car rushed into Grande's backyard and stopped with a screeching brake.
Zach looked at the strange guy who got out of the car at the window. The man looked around Grande's backyard hastily, and then rushed to Benjamin who was lying in the hammock, "G-Mr. Grande? I, I have I have to leave the matter to you..."
Louise walked out of the back door of the showroom, probably thinking that a customer was coming.
It was indeed a customer who came, but it was definitely not a funeral business because the customer did not go through the main entrance.
Zach lowered the curtains and looked at Linda expressionlessly. The initial good impression brought by the extremely straightforward and honest had disappeared in the last lie. Zach no longer wanted to hear anything she said, "You guys still have something to do. ? Now that I’ve finished relying on you in Barton, I don’t need to do anything to you. That’s enough, you can go.”
Linda frowned, but still stood up consciously, "No matter what plans the Sabbat has for Barton in the future, or what Cozier is planning to do in Barton, I want you to know that I, who have completed my work for the Sabbat, will now After marrying Cliff, I want to try to see if the life cycle of the inheritor can end. I don’t want to be involved in the next... "
"Then you'd better hope that your Sabbat doesn't give you any new jobs." Zach waved his hands in response. Zach had nothing to say to this inheritor. What he wanted to say was to say to James . Our vampire realizes, James' change of attitude and the threat of Toledo from the Sabbat temporarily occupying his attention, Zach has not yet asked why Linda is planning for James, dangerously in front of Zach Lie and hide the fact that the two have known each other for a long time.
Just to create an illusion in front of a Toledor that a famous human general is not a puppet of the Sabbat? It's stupid and boring.
Linda pursed her lips and said nothing more. She patted Cliff and said, "Let's go."
"Go this way." Zach pointed to the side door to the east. After exiting, there is a second-floor corridor attached to the wall. You can go directly to the first-floor exhibition hall, because Zach has already heard Louise leading guests to the reception room. go.
After waiting for a while and hearing Cliff's car leaving the front door, Zach rang the bell and summoned the guests below who kept pacing in circles in the reception room to come up.
The elevator buzzed, and as soon as Zach poured himself another drink, someone rushed into the office.
Zach looked at this strange man, pointed to the seat, and without even introducing him, the other man couldn't wait to speak -
"Uh, Don, Donna mentioned that Grande has restarted the original business..." The other party's tone was impatient and excited, "I, I have something that I need you to deal with..."
Old Lady Donna? The old lady who is still cooperating with Grande in acting and delaying the funeral is entirely because of her old friendship with old Hank so that Zach could agree to the inexplicable commission as a convenience
"What's the original business?" Zach said calmly. He knew the answer, he just needed the other party to confirm it.
"Just, just..." The other party shook his fist stiffly, with a ferocious look on his face, "There is a corpse in my bedroom now! Help me get rid of it! How much does it cost?!"
Grande’s original business? The cleanupman profession of the previous generation Grande. Grande's business expanded again because of the convenience of an 'old friend'.
Zach sighed as the Grand Staircase thumped under the tread, which made its way up from the basement at the speed of a young detective.
Things are so disgusting, the relationship between James and Grande is just a little bit... (.)