"I just called Madison." Benjamin looked at Zach with a gloomy face as he walked into the office, stood up and prepared to give up his seat.
Zach waved his hand and sat on the guest seat in front of the desk, "He refused."
"Rejected." Benjamin sat back down, "He refused to send a message to Riley." With that, Benjamin pushed the phone towards Zach, "Here you go."
Are you wondering why Melody Riley is mentioned? Because Lang was killed by a siren who was considered a 'relative' of Melody, and it was in the West District.
"I highly doubt Madison will pay attention to me." Zach picked up the receiver anyway.
"Then just go to Riley." Benjamin frowned, obviously he didn't feel good about being rejected by Madison on the phone just now. The reason why Benjamin didn't make this call himself was because he wasn't familiar with it.
Zach tilted his head, dialed the phone, and looked at Benjamin before he was answered, "Is there any news from Mike?" About Lang's soul.
Benjamin shook his head, "No. Mason (Seth's vessel, now Constant's apprentice) called before and said that Lang's soul was not found."
"Mason? Where's Mike?" Zach asked casually, because this devil Mike is always very active in helping with matters related to Grande. Facts have proven this, so no further explanation is needed.
"Mike is back in hell. Keep looking for people." Look, he is indeed very positive, too positive. "I don't have any hope anymore." Benjamin curled his lips.
"The only clues that can be pursued are the Sirens and Boysen in the West District." He concluded while being pleased with Mike's active help.
Would you wonder why Mr. Fisher himself, the man who gave Long the secret job, was not a clue? Fisher is Cody's father, and his close relationship with the client excludes him from possible lines of investigation.
What the commission needs is a 'truth' that can be told to Cody, not the truth that makes his father face the hatred of his own son.
When Benjamin pursed his lips and nodded. Zach spoke into the receiver, "I'm looking for Riley."
It doesn't matter what is said on the other side of the receiver.
"Thank you." Zach hung up and continued dialing. At the same time, he seemed to be a little unhappy and expressed his opinion, "I kind of hope that Riley can't be away from Bishop Manor on Sunday. If this continues, Bishop won't be able to survive. Too long."
"What's the difference? If Mei Yao is not there, he might die faster in the hands of Xie Er (evil spirit)." Benjamin waved his hand and continued.
Zach pursed his lips and acquiesced. The Bishops are dead, Riley, no. It's Zach's arrangement, and it's probably the only reason why this family is still surviving.
"Ah, Bishop." The call was connected, and Zach made a helpless expression before smiling at Benjamin, "Good afternoon."
"Uh, next, good afternoon..." In the heavy breathing while adjusting, the other party's tone revealed his confusion about hearing Zach's voice.
"Oh, sorry. Did I interrupt something?" It was obviously an interruption, but Zach obviously didn't want to pay attention. That's good, we don't need to start the teenage growth mode of protecting Ryan.
Zach waved his hand towards Benjamin, asking for help, as a way to change the subject to Riley. After all, regardless of what we know to be true, in the eyes of this guy Bishop, Zach has no reason to look for Riley.
"No. No."
Zach could already hear Riley's voice in the background, gasping softly, "Whose call?"
"Zachary from Grande..." Covering the receiver had no effect on Zach, "You, please wait first. I need to answer, answer this call..."
Zach was a little surprised that Bishop directly told Riley the person on the phone. Think about it, when you answer the phone and someone asks you who made the call, how do you answer, 'a friend', which is still polite and does not mind any interruption from either party.
So what if the situation is a phone call with a gray relationship like Bishop and Zach, and the person asking is a lover character like Riley, and is doing something that is not suitable for interruption? It is only reasonable to say "It's not convenient right now" to Zach or "You go out first" to Riley without any explanation.
Bishop is no longer reasonable, so it seems that how long he lives has no meaning. This weak man has given up all the meaning of his life to others.
There was no need for Zach to put any effort into letting Riley receive the message. Zach tilted his head and said casually into the receiver, "It's okay, Bishop, I'd better not bother you anymore, hang up." Hang up.
Benjamin looked at Zach's movements and frowned, "Then what?"
"We'll wait." Zach shrugged.
Ten seconds later, the phone rang. Zach picked up, "You're pretty quick. Did you get rid of Bishop so easily?"
"There is no escape." Riley's voice came from the receiver, "This is a clone. I was still doing things at Bishop's place that were interrupted by your phone call. You can't expect me to leave Bishop in the middle of the process. You call me back..."
Zach waved his hands in the air, "Please don't put that image in my mind." It was already too late, and Benjamin pulled his lips and adjusted his posture.
"What's the matter with you?" Riley's tone was not very good.
"I want to ask you something, about the Siren in the West End..." Zach couldn't finish.
"Ah—" With a relaxed exhale, Riley seemed to feel a little better, "Madison still told you. I know that although he refused, he will still help. He is a friend worth relying on." ( When James sends Ryan to the mill, he mentions that Madison was arguing with Riley on the phone. Madison refused one of Riley's requests. xxiv, 13.)
Zach raised his eyebrows and glanced at Benjamin. When he first entered the office, didn't Benjamin say that Madison refused to help Grande pass a message to Riley. It seems Zach was wise not to look for Madison again.
"Riley, you are wrong, Madison didn't tell me anything." Zach listened to the silence in the receiver and shook his head, "It sounds like you also want to talk to me about the Kraken, so what do you know? What, say it." Zach had no obligation or need to help Madison create the "dependability" that he didn't want to show. Of course, Zach has no obligation to act as a mediator between the two.
"I..." Riley seemed to still be digesting Zach's words, "I... I need a little time."
Zach pursed his lips. "Please don't get another clone to call Madison. I want the person I'm talking to to pay attention."
Zach obviously hit the mark, and Riley on the other side of the receiver clicked her tongue a little angrily, "Okay! I don't have the energy to care about Madison now! Siren, if you want to know about the Siren, you should at least know The siren I’m talking about is a male siren.”
"I know." Zach nodded. Glancing at Benjamin, he said, "They are Papa Midnight's new works. The North and South Districts have been partly erased by the world's punishment because of Si Bella's barrier, but there are still some in the West District. I don't know how many, but I know they seem to have been affected by the Bodhisattva." Ethan’s control.”
"Boyssen." Riley repeated the name. "Quinn's guest, Boysen. Humph. That makes sense."
"What does that make sense?" I naturally asked.
With a long sigh, Riley seemed helpless, "I wanted to mention this more than a week ago. I told Madison that after the wedding, your words about letting me be independent made me not want to come to you, so I asked him to help. Pass on. You already know that. He refused, he said he wouldn't be between me and Grande anymore..."
"Focus." before Riley started to get excited. Zach reminded.
"Okay." The short silence was enough for Melody Riley to adjust her mood, and Riley continued, "At the wedding party, you helped make an agreement with Mrs. Sheila (Wingman, the mother line of Melody and Siren, the ugly woman). I only executed it once and was interrupted by the sea monster. Mrs. Sheila was harassed by the sea monster. She treated me like she pretended not to see it even when she stood in front of me, deliberately ignoring the policy. When facing a group of sea monsters, It’s useless when you’re a demon…”
Zach raised an eyebrow. I couldn't imagine that scene, but Mrs. Sheila's ugly face resurfaced in front of me, making it difficult to shake it off.
"Then Mrs. Sheila used a very negative response method, closing all business channels and staying behind closed doors."
"She should call the police." Zach had no intention of giving real advice, just a casual comment.
"That's what I said. It's useless when she said she wanted to retaliate. Now I know why, the one above the Siren is Boyson, and Boyson is Quinn's guest, huh." Riley's tone was full of sarcasm, "For people in the West End, missing one material supplier is not a problem at all. It has only been a few days, and a new supplier has come out. Guess who it is - Boyson, a customer of Quinn."
Zach tilted his head, which was connected with what Blake said. By the way, what on earth is Boyson doing? He is competing for business with a supplier from the West District. Does he want to gain a foothold in the West District
Zach shook his head, "Don't tell me that Bishop's supply of supplies is also Boyson." Zach couldn't bear it anymore.
"No." Riley answered, "Humph, count yourself lucky. That Boyson doesn't seem to have a big appetite. After poaching the banquet channel, he let Mrs. Sheila go. The sirens dispersed, and Mrs. Sheila's business Continuing on, most of the manor's material supplies are still on hand, and Bishop's side has resumed normal transactions. Tsk, after the matter is over, I will not continue to force Madison to help."
Zach nodded, thinking at the same time, "Have these sirens come into contact with you? I think now in this modified form, they dare to show their faces in front of their maternal lineage. To a sisterly race like you, Have they done anything?"
"No." Riley answered directly, "I met a few sea monsters by chance, and they avoided me and left."
"Hide?" Zach asked.
"Shame on you." Riley said simply. "They gave up who they were when they were born and turned into what they are now. Humph, I don't even think they should continue to be called sirens."
Zach suddenly remembered something. When Blake talked about the sirens, he felt that the male sirens were much weaker than the real sirens in Zach's impression. At least what they asked Blake to do, in the end, was It was relayed to Zach by Blake in the form of an unexpected encounter.
"Do you think they have lost their representation of the 'Siren' race?"
"Well..." Riley thought for a while, "No. I can still feel the close blood relationship, but something has changed." Riley became impatient, "At least the appearance has changed. You should go Ask Mrs. Sheila, she is maternal, our flesh and blood comes from her, and when she was harassed by the sirens, she had at least some contact with them, she should know what has changed. Uh, or ask Moorman , hum, but I doubt he ever reproduced.”
"Okay." The ugly face appeared in Zach's mind again. Oh, it's not malicious, it's just that ugly face that's hard to ignore. "I will, but at the same time, I hope you pay attention. Check out the Kraken’s movements, if possible, I hope to catch one.”
"What?!" Riley's suddenly excited tone showed her... anger at Zach's request, "Are you kidding me? I won't do such a thing! I still have Bishop Manor to maintain, I need Stay alive!"
"Please have some self-respect, Charismatic." Zach shook his head.
"This has nothing to do with racial self-esteem!" Riley retorted, "I told you there is a group of them! You yourself also said that we charm demons are not as good as sirens because we do not gather in groups, yes, I admit it! So! I can't take this risk, you have to do it yourself."
"Then..." Zack realized that it was useless to say more and started to change directions, but was interrupted.
"Zach, I hope you are clear. The reason why I wanted Madison to send a message before was because the Siren incident had an impact on Bishop Manor, my, our Bishop Manor. I agree with our cooperative relationship on the manor, but, Other than that, you have made it very clear that we have nothing to do with each other. You have no right to ask me to do anything!"
Was this an afterthought after Zach mentioned his self-esteem
Zach shrugged his shoulders, "Riley, I said 'hope', not a requirement. You should be more attentive when talking to people."
"Uh... Then you should tell Bishop that he is the one who makes me not attentive enough!" Everyone should not forget that the person talking to Zach on the phone at this time is just a clone of Mei Yao.
"What did I just say?" Zach shook his head helplessly, "Don't put that image in my mind. Forget it, Riley, I hope, listen clearly, I hope, I hope you pay more attention to this matter .As you said yourself, they are a group of sea monsters, and you are only one person. If I were you, I would care about why my relatives across the ocean changed their appearance and appeared where you are, or are they in the same place? When I am struggling to maintain a family that exists in name only."
There was silence on the other side of the receiver. Apparently, Riley was finally paying attention.
Zach continued, "I think it's obvious that Boyson has a purpose. It's impossible for him to exploit Mrs. Sheila's business for no reason. Now he is Quinn's guest. You can guarantee that he won't pay a visit. Bishop? A group of sirens came with him, Riley, and you only have me as a partner. Think carefully about Riley, and you should be prepared to deal with all possible situations."
"I'm going to die." After a while, Riley replied, probably on purpose, "It's better than Sharp, I can't waste it. I have to concentrate on getting there." She hung up.
Zach put down the phone and looked at Benjamin, who had an equally uncomfortable look on his face, "Tell me something else, I need to wash out this scene."
"Mrs. Sheila."
"Thank you." Feeling much better. (.)