Today's Pixar Department Store is very deserted, probably due to the impact of yesterday's incident. There are not many customers, and there are not even many shopkeepers. Looking at it, it is full of piled goods and poorly cleaned floors and walls. The air, on the other hand, is much fresher. At least Zach doesn't have to cover his nose this time.
To be honest, Zach didn't know where to start. He looked at several bored shopkeepers looking at him who had been standing in the lobby for a long time. He probably didn't know what a gentleman dressed like this was doing in this place. Bar. Zach shook his head and headed for the stairs.
Anyway, here we are, let’s see Maggie.
Fortunately, Maggie was in her store, and Walter was also there, but the two of them were not looking at the store, but moving things.
"What are you doing?" Zach stood at the door of the perfume shop, watching Walter stick out his butt and drag a wooden box.
Walter bounced up and turned around as if he was frightened, "I was scared to death! What are you doing! Why are you here!"
"Do you need help?" Zach suggested after looking at the size of the box.
"Zach?" Maggie came out from the back curtain of the store with a smile on her face, "Are you here to buy perfume?"
"It's a small matter, just look at you." Zach ignored Walter. He doubted that if he really helped, the other party would leave him completely, and the wooden box was really not very clean.
"Is it because of what happened yesterday?" Maggie smiled, looked around at the few open shops, and waved her hand, "Come in."
Walter pouted and continued dragging the box.
"Walter said that you like to help the police. Yesterday, Detective Lance visited all of us, and Walter said that you are probably coming too." Maggie took Zach to the back and continued to pack a bottle The bottle of perfume looks like it needs to be emptied.
Although Maggie said 'help the police', she meant well. But Zach was very doubtful whether Walter's original words were true, so he just smiled, picked up the perfume on the shelf, and started to help clean it up, "I'm really not here to help James this time, but to help other people." Zach I thought about the wording for a moment. "I don't know if you didn't notice Amelia Browning yesterday. She attended the wedding."
"We are friends." Of course Maggie knew her, but Zach didn't know it. Then she lowered her voice, "I saw it. She was seriously injured when she came in. Fortunately, she had the gift you gave her at the wedding." She frowned, "It was very chaotic at the time. Too many people were crowding in here. , Fortunately, she still has Mr. Wei beside her to help her."
"That's Ozzie Cozier." There's no need to hide it. Zach simply said, "He's a mind reader from the West."
Maggie probably didn't interpret this sentence too much, but just nodded, "I understand, you are here to help Amelia erase the memories of those who saw her recovery process, right?" She smiled crookedly. Tilting his head, "Walter and I don't need it."
"Of course." Zach also smiled and paused for a moment when picking up a bottle of perfume. The smell was very familiar. "Is this bottle the same perfume you gave me last time?" Zach asked.
Maggie thought for a while and remembered. "Yeah, what do you think of Louise?" Remember, the last time Zach went to see Maggie, Maggie gave it to Zach, which was also the first time Zach met Amelia.
"She likes it very much." Zach smiled and took another look at the perfume shop that was being cleared. "Are these still for sale?"
"I'll give it to you." Maggie smiled and turned around, took out a unique small paper box from under the counter, took the perfume from Zach's hand, put it in carefully, and finally found the bag with the skillful wrapping paper. superior. Then he tied the gift knot with a ribbon before returning it to Zach. At the same time, he pointed to a row of small words printed on the end of the ribbon, "My perfume shop is not closed, but it will not be in this shop in the future."
Zach held up the small box that had turned into an exquisite gift and looked at the print at the end of the ribbon, "Isn't this your home address and phone number?"
"Yeah." Maggie smiled, "I won't need a store anymore. Anyway, I opened the store mostly because of my interest. They are just regular customers. From now on, we will provide delivery and customized perfumes. The basement of my house is my workshop. , there is no need for this shop to continue to open."
Zach raised his eyebrows and said, "Sounds very high-end." Isn't it? The small shop that was originally opened in a place like Pixar Department Store, which was really not very good, has now become a purely private service store.
"Well, Walter suggested it." Maggie should be very happy about this change, with a smile that couldn't be concealed in her tone.
"Then I won't bother you." Zach handed over the unexpected gift, "Also, for those who have seen Amelia's recovery process, do you have any suggestions?"
Maggie thought for a moment, "At that time, Mr. Cozier took Amelia to the back. I was watching the flow of people on the second floor. Even if I wanted to help, I couldn't get out." She walked out of the shop that was about to close. , pointed in the direction, "The gentleman took some measures and wrapped Amelia in his coat when he came in. No one should notice anything in the chaotic flow of people. Go and take a look over there. It's mainly for recovery." The process, I’m afraid it will inevitably be noticed by others.”
Zach nodded, thanked him and prepared to leave.
"Help! Along the way!"
When Zach passed Walter, who had only dragged him two or three meters away, he was stopped. It was obvious that this guy deliberately eavesdropped on the conversation between the two, which is understandable.
"Are you going to the back too?" Zach picked up the box with one finger, and Walter's labored face instantly became much more relaxed.
"Otherwise! There's a parking lot behind! My car is behind, help me get there!" Walter was not polite, and handed all the weight to the vampire, and actually let go. "Anyway, you go that way."
Zach smiled and shook his head, rolled up his sleeves and took off his vest, letting Walter take it. He looked at the wooden box that was not very clean, regretted his shirt, hugged him, picked up the box and moved forward.
In fact, Zach could have walked with the box on one finger, but although there were not many people in Pixar Department Store, there were still people, and Zach couldn't look too relaxed.
"What the hell is this?" Walter held Zack's vest. In addition to the perfume that Maggie just gave him, the pocket on the other side was stuffed with folded words. Walter took it out very consciously. This is the list of witnesses. There are too many police deposition documents, so Zach only brought a list.
"If you continue to watch, I will tell Detective Lance that you have peeked at important police evidence." Zach responded speechlessly.
Walter clicked his tongue and stuffed the list back, "I knew I wasn't here just for Amelia. As expected, I still want to have a hand in the police investigation!"
"It's really not the case this time." Zach shook his head, "This is what Amelia gave me, just for the sake of comprehensiveness."
"Tch." Walter showed his missing front teeth. "Who believes you?"
Yes, who believes Zach! After there were speculations in the car that this incident was related to the Fight Club created by Saint Sissy, was Zach really not going to join the investigation
In fact, what we should believe in Zach is not that he won't get involved, but at least not now. Zach was very hypocritical and waited for James to ask. So if Walter said this after noon, Zach would admit it generously. Didn't James say he would meet at his house at noon
Zach also came to the parking lot behind Pixar Department Store. When Grand was renovating, didn't Austin recommend the second-hand store here? Zach ran into Lane and his mother as he was hauling a load of old furniture.
I don't know if it's a coincidence. While Zach was helping Walter put the boxes, Austin, the little head of the decoration company who had suffered a lot in Grande, was chatting with his friend next to him.
"Uh..." Austin still had bruises on his eye sockets for unknown reasons. He probably didn't expect to see Zach here, "G, Mr. Grande, okay, okay..."
Zach glanced at Walter who had rolled his eyes and threw his vest back. Walking towards Austin, he said, "What a coincidence." It's always right to smile when you meet someone you know. "Don't you have work today?" It was just a casual conversation, but at the same time, Zach noticed that his friend in the second-hand store in Austin also had bruises on his eyes. It seemed that both of them had been beaten.
"Uh, take a vacation." Austin looked a little embarrassed. Pointing to his bruised eyes, "Work injury leave."
Another guy who has a day off today, if more bad things happen in Barton, no one in this city will have to work.
"Work injury?" Zach looked at the two embarrassed guys with a smile, and then looked at their positions. The location Maggie pointed to was almost in the second-hand store area.
Thinking about it, if Ozzie Cozier wanted to find a private place for Amelia to recover in the chaotic flow of people, then the second-hand store that Zach had visited and was filled with second-hand furniture would be a suitable place. The place.
"You got a work injury!" The owner of the second-hand store obviously also remembered Zach. After all, he collected a load of Zach's old furniture. Reminded by Austin's eyes, he remembered this former customer, "He was beaten by a lunatic." ! This guy is here!" He pointed at Austin, "He came to my place to chat and be lazy, but by the way he got beaten up and got a work-related injury break! But I still have to guard my store here!"
Don’t doubt it, the psycho in his mouth was what Amelia told Zach in the car. Oz even knocked out several people before giving her room to recover.
Zach already knew he had found the right person, and he was lucky.
"Haha, really." Zach looked around. The business in Pixar was deserted, and the parking lot became empty. Zach had nothing to worry about, and his eyes turned red. "It sounds interesting, and I have nothing to do. , let’s talk to you. Come on, tell me about that lunatic.”
The two people's eyes were blank for a moment, and then they didn't feel at all that there was anything wrong with suddenly adding an unknown person to the conversation, and they became excited, "It's so funny! Look at that psycho holding a woman, it looks like..." Suddenly paused .
Zach felt that things were going smoothly, and it was more and more in line with Oz and Amelia's situation. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Hold a woman, and then what?"
The two people had confusion on their faces, looking into Zach's eyes, "I, what did we just say? What woman?"
Zach frowned, "You said that psycho was holding a woman." The Charming Eye is a thing that plays with memory. Zach used an emphatic tone to help the other party strengthen this memory, so that Zach could make up his own words, " What kind of woman is she?"
"Female, woman, what kind of woman..." Both of them looked confused at the same time.
Zach curled his lips, "That's what you just said." Zach looked at the two people opposite, "Please continue."
“…”
Zach waited for half a minute. Under the gaze of Charming Eyes, the other party did not say anything and was stuck with the woman.
Zach turned his head, his eyes returned to normal, "You continue." Let's go, there is no need to waste time.
Back at Pixar Department Store, Zach was still near the second-hand store. He directly asked everyone in all the open stores in this area, "Excuse me, do you remember that when the explosion happened yesterday morning, there was a person who was with me?" Is a man dressed in a similar style holding a woman here?”
Let’s not talk about the answer Zach got. When Zach asked this question, he didn’t even use the Charming Eye because he didn’t need it.
When wanting to erase a certain memory, Zack must first confirm that the other party has this memory! Then, we have to see how our vampire performs - whether to cover it up with false memories that are insignificant; or to tactfully modify the memory of facts, so that people ignore unimportant details. It just depends on Zach's mood. Is this the truth
However, after spending about a quarter of an hour, Zach, who asked everyone in this area, confirmed that no one here has any memory of Emilia.
Someone walked ahead of Zach. Not only that, but in Zach’s opinion, the technique was quite crude!
Zach's charming eyes may be due to his gentlemanly behavior. Even if he is avoiding a bill, he will use at least one false memory to fill the coherent thinking of the affected person. But as a result of this inquiry, Zach was disappointed to find that after seeing Ian's poor Charming Eyes techniques to get patients like Ryan, he saw the new bottom line of Charming Eyes.
Ian's failure was that he failed to completely cover up the real memory that should be replaced, which was the part that later became Brian. As a result, Ryan, who appeared due to the influence of the Charming Eye, had to exist at the same time as Brian. in the body.
The people here, Zach wouldn't call them failures, but they are too bad. No matter who made Emilia disappear in these people's memories, he only completed the most basic function of the Charming Eye - bypassing the basic logic of human labor, then forcibly interrupting the continuous memories, and finally making a rigid connection. Fragmented memory.
Everyone remembers Oz, but no one remembers Emilia. In addition to Austin and his friends, two other workers were beaten, and his answer even more showed the inferiority of this method -
"That lunatic beats people up when he comes up. I obviously wanted to help... uh, help, help... uh, I just stood there and didn't provoke anyone! Why should he beat me!" (.)