"... It feels like they kept me here on purpose." Ike in the office explained to Zach while carrying his late lunch, "When I was at Western Hospital, I often had strange visitors, and they introduced me as ' Stubborn person." The fork with the lettuce stuck in front of him stopped for a moment. Ike with an inexplicable expression on his face peeled off the lettuce and inserted it into the steak, "I feel like I'm on display..."
"You should eat more vegetables." Zach glanced at him and reminded casually, "It's good for muscle recovery."
"Uh..." Ike hesitated, "Harrison said..." The plant is still alive
"You are a human, not a ghoul, right? You don't need to adapt to the world in the eyes of a ghoul."
Ike paused, blinked, inserted into the lettuce, and continued, "I feel like an animal on display, as - 'If you don't cooperate, they not only have a way to make you disappear, but they can also make you alive in this way. Living proof that it would be better to die."
Zach found Ike to be a very organized guy. What he talked to James about was mostly about humans - your father, the treasonous criminal among humans. What he talked to Zach about was mostly about aliens - the Sabbat's control of society. .
Zach raised his eyebrows and actually sighed sincerely, "This method is really impressive."
Ike smiled bitterly, "Yeah, sometimes I can see the visitor's eyes changing from hesitation to sympathy, and finally to determination."
"That's why the West has a unique value orientation like General Lance." Vampire blood can save people's lives. Humans pay a little blood to keep vampires alive. It's a good deal. "And you are such a specimen, well, prove it." Zach glanced at Ike, "No offense intended."
"It doesn't matter." Ike could only continue to smile bitterly. "Had I not discovered their treason, I might have truly admired their entire system."
"Still unable to join?" Zach smiled, and the other party said he was just appreciative.
Ike shook his head, "Appreciation is the limit. The biggest beneficiary of this system is not humans, but vampires, and the Sabbat. Although it seems that the society in the west, including the military, is flourishing under the shroud of the Sabbat, but It is also very clear that conflicts will break out sooner or later due to unequal value exchange. Today it may be just me, a little colonel, who disapproves, but tomorrow, maybe it will be a general. A commander-in-chief, Lance cannot stay in that position for the rest of his life."
"But human life is too... haha, you may not survive until the day when the conflict breaks out." Uh, who is Zach helping
"Yes." Ike looked at Zach speechlessly, "And my deeds probably delayed the outbreak of this conflict." A human colonel who rejected General Lance and the Sabbat was first raised for people to visit. Then it really failed. Does anyone want to be the second Ike
"There's no need to be so pessimistic." Zach smiled and waved his hand. "You are not in the West now." Zach pointed at Ike, "You have gained a new life, you can start over." Zach said it so insincerely. After James comes back, the dispute between the two will continue, about the West and the Devil. News of the banquet will continue to be dragged out from Ike's mouth. Start over, hum, no one is so lucky.
Ike smiled helplessly and glanced at Zach. He was actually waiting for Zach to ask questions about the Sabbat. But Zach wouldn't ask. The reason why Ike approached him to share the news now was actually the dispute with James last night. Ike felt that Zach would want him to explain the content of the dispute. For example, why the Sabbat and General Lance are smuggling arms to the northern border of the Federation.
But Zach doesn't need to ask himself, right? He will ask when James comes to his senses.
"I..." Ike probably wanted to test it out.
Zach waved his hand and was about to say something to say goodbye, but no, he thought about the phone. Zach glanced at the phone, made a false apologetic expression, and picked up the phone.
"I need help." 'General' said straight to the point, "Those twenty or so people are very disobedient."
Zach raised his eyebrows and watched Ike helplessly leave the office, "Disobedient? That shouldn't be the case. Would they rather stay in hell?"
"No." The tone of 'General' was very irritated. "You are half right. They are indeed eager for revenge, but you still forgot that they were not my subordinates originally. The gangs in the southeast have always disliked each other. There is no mutual respect, and they still disdain to be led by me! Resurrection from the dead makes them think that they are all special people, and I can't control them!"
Zach twitched the corners of his mouth and repeated slowly, "You can't control them?"
The 'General' was excited, "What! What do you expect, do I kill them again?! Or turn them all into my descendants?!"
Zach waved his hand in the air, "Did they cause any trouble?"
"Not yet." The 'General' adjusted his mood, "But they all went to the police station..."
"Wait, go to the police station?" Zach frowned.
"Is it worth being surprised?! They want to know whether the police did their duty to help the Southeast during the chaos! Although we are a gang, we are still legal citizens. You know, they want to know whether the police have caught their murderer!"
While Zach nodded helplessly, the 'general''s voice became a little softer, calmed down a little from the excitement, and that was probably the rhythm, "The other thing is to eliminate the missing persons' records. Didn't the police do a population census in the southeast before?" Remember. Well, Coulson led the team, James said, "They are back out of thin air now and need to register."
"And you take this time to call me, the owner of a funeral home..." Zach shook his head, "Ask for help to control these resurrected gangsters for you." Zach hoped that the 'general' would voluntarily retreat.
"Hmph. I need someone who is actually me as my deputy, preferably someone who has the ability to deal with these guys whose souls have been to hell!"
Zach was helpless at the 'General's' persistence, "Where can I find such a person for you?"
"Give me Seth." The general's tone became gloomy, probably expecting Zach to speak on his own, but Zach didn't know what to look like.
Zach's eyes twitched, "Seth?" Uh, that demon hunter who was expelled back to hell in his own vessel, and there is still no news at all? Let's look at it from the 'General's' point of view, Seth - the guy who became the 'General's' junior brother after Nuo's introduction. Then he was borrowed by Zach and No for a few days, and after completing Quest's commission, he left the organization and disappeared.
"Yes, Seth!" 'General' was very sure. "All my men are gone, only this newbie is left. Give him to me."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "I don't know where Seth is..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" the 'General' raised his voice, "I saw Seth! At that inheritor's wedding! Don't deny it! I just want to see how long you are going to keep it secret, and you insist on asking me to take the initiative! "
Zach blinked. This was a sincere oversight. When he asked 'General' to attend the wedding, he only wanted to give 'General', a descendant of Toledo, a chance to appear. Unexpectedly... "Well, you have already discovered that Se Damn it, are you confronting me now?" Zach admitted that negligence was a thing. The aggressive tone of 'General' was something else.
The receiver was silent for a while, and then his tone softened, "I didn't want to either. You and Nuo once joked at the party that he followed a priest to become a believer. Of course I didn't believe it. Later I saw it at the wedding. Although he was There are a bunch of aliens surrounding him, but there is still a chance to catch up and question him about why he left... "
Zach felt a kind of sadness and pursed his lips helplessly. The general's emotional ups and downs were a bit hard to adapt to.
"But. I already have nothing, so why bother questioning him? If he is still under my command, he is probably in chaos... I think it's better not to disturb his current life."
Zach couldn't empathize, "You still spoke now."
The tone returned to a gloomy tone, "Because I went to the skull!" Just before this phone call, it seemed that the 'General' had tried not to find Zach.
The 'General' needs a way to control the souls who have returned from hell. It is natural to think of demons, so he tries to get rid of Mike, who has a close relationship with Zach. It's normal to go to the skull for help. "I originally went to ask for cooperation sincerely. Devils or whatever, who cares, as long as I can get revenge! But guess what they said to me?!"
What could it be. Seth’s true identity.
"Then..." Zach continued shaking his head, "Did they tell you that Seth is no longer here? At the priest's place, the person you saw was Mason."
"I told you." The 'General' replied simply, "But I don't care, Seth or Mason have both served under me. If he doesn't remember, I will remind him! And they are both demon hunters, right! For those There are ways to control anyone who comes back from hell, right? I want him to come back! That’s it!”
"Did Skull refuse to cooperate with you?" Zach tried to avoid the subject.
"Don't talk about anything else!" First he was vigilantly rejecting, and then he explained with ridicule, "It's okay to tell you. Skoll is not in the Skull now. Those guys are evading the absence of the boss and don't talk about cooperation!"
Zach recalled that he knew this. Skoll was 'expanding his business' in prison. "You should know that even if you ask me for someone like this, it is not up to me to decide whether Jason is willing or not."
"I don't care." The 'General' began to lie, "If I can't control those twenty or so people, I would rather 'send' them back to hell! Tam and I can always think of some way to deal with Ax!"
"Okay." Zach nodded helplessly, not for the revenge of the 'General', but to curb the progress of Aix Security Company - for the new employees of Grande (this volume, 4), "I asked ask."
"Hurry up then." Hang up.
Zach reluctantly called the church, thinking about what to say. After all, it was our vampire himself who was expelled from Seth and promised Mason a free life.
But, it went surprisingly smoothly.
The person who answered the phone was Mike, "Zach, are you looking for Mason about 'The General'?"
Zach raised his eyebrows and said, "Yes."
"Mason is ready. On the way, almost to Grande."
"Uh... you know?"
"When the 'General' went to find the skull, they informed Crowley. Crowley asked them to deliberately reveal Seth and Mason's affairs, and then asked us to prepare."
Zach frowned, what the hell did Crowley mean? But naturally, he couldn't speak to Mike. Zach saved the country in a twist, "Does Father Constantine have no objection?"
"Fortunately, the priest also supports Mason to exercise. By the way, Mason also has a helper, a high-level demon that the priest successfully created. You may know him." The person whom Sloan practiced peeling off the soul mark, the one who was The guy who said he had nothing to do now has a job.
Of course, Zach was thinking of the guy who was reminded by Mo that something was about to be born. He didn't count as acquaintance, but could only say that he knew - Briar's brother. Well, Zach had nothing to say, "No one minds, and I have nothing to worry about. Thank you, for 'General'." Helpless.
Mike didn't notice Zach's helplessness, and responded happily, "No thanks, I'll help you, I should."
Zach didn't even bother to emphasize that he was saying thank you for the 'general', "Okay, that's it, I'll wait for Mason to come."
"kindness."
Bye.
Zach held the wine glass and left the office speechlessly. He stood on the back porch, admiring the rain and waiting for Mason's arrival. Five minutes passed, but Mason did not show up. The West Ender's car showed up.
As soon as the splashed mud rose up, it was pushed back to the ground by the rain. As soon as the car door opened, Laura showed an unhappy face. Just as she was about to jump out of the car, she was carried by gray, across the space between the car and the back porch in the rain. , stood on the back porch.
Laura was stunned for a moment, instead of thanking Zach for his thoughtfulness, she waved her fist and said, "Don't do this again..." She closed her mouth when she saw Zach's red eyes.
Zach said to the driver, who was staring blankly at the back porch in the car, "You didn't see anything."
Laura watched her driver shake his head, his expression returned to normal, and glared at Zach, "What did you do to him?!"
Zach didn't bother to answer, "You're here to see Alice? She's on the second floor."
Laura rolled her eyes, "I'm here to find you! I just came from Parker Elementary School..." Laura seemed to be in a bad mood, and sat down directly on the bench on the back porch, "I heard what Cody said, you guys take his Commission…”
Zach glanced at Laura, and looked at Laura with a strange expression as she took out a bill worth more than one hundred renminbi, "What are you doing here?"
Laura continued to give Zach a roll of her eyes, "Let me tell you, after you completed the commission, you got the truth about Lang's death, which shocked Cody even more than the statement given by Mr. Fisher before! He looked completely absent-minded during the meeting! "
Today, Saturday, the meeting in Laura's mouth means that after the children have started school, they can only meet at Parker Elementary School on weekends to discuss the progress of the project. As for Cody's commission, there is no need to explain anything (Volume 1).
Zach tilted his head, his expression still weird. He didn't like the meaning of Laura taking out a banknote, "What can I say, the truth is cruel." This sentence means that the real truth is even crueler. , you know, it is already the 'truth' packaged by Grande, so be content.
"Hmph." Laura stuffed the money into Zach's pocket regardless of the other person's wishes, "Now, I want the truth, please help me."
Zach looked at the corner of the banknote still exposed in his pocket and blinked, "Are you going to make a commission?"
"Yeah." Laura rolled her eyes for the third time, "You accepted the money, then I told you, I want to know what happened to Vincent, why he didn't accept the scholarship to go to college, but stayed in Barton to work as a manual laborer."
Zach didn't touch the banknotes clinging to his waist, and looked at Laura, "For Kyle?"
"Yeah." Laura turned her head and twirled her fingers, "For Kyle."
Zach pursed his lips. It was probably like the raindrops that were smashing the muddy ground in Grande's backyard now. He couldn't refuse gravity. He should accept the fall. Zach couldn't refuse either. (.)