During lunch, Zach went to the south warehouse to take a look at Georgina, and casually brought her a plate of slightly improved Republican blood tofu. By the way, Alice went to Back Bay with Laura. The lunch was made by ink, and the republican style lunch was served. Benjamin liked it very much.
Georgina glanced at the dark red square on the plate and said, "I am reminded of the red wine brownie in Time Elf."
"I promise, it tastes the same." Oops, Zach replied.
Georgina took a taste and nodded.
"Then..." Zach leaned against the car door, "Last night, you still didn't find James." This is to remind this lady, how much longer will you hide in Grande? I met James earlier and left!
Georgina pursed her lips and stopped talking. Zach waited for a while, waved his hand, was too lazy to continue asking, left the warehouse, and returned to the restaurant.
Louise was also at the dining table. Thanks to the rainy weather, Louise dared to go out of the basement for some exercise. Mo happened to need help in the kitchen, so he came up. At this time, there was a plate of blood tofu in front of him. The ink-stained man mashed it with a spoon, but he still refused to put it into his mouth.
Zach was not so entangled, and just pushed the dinner plate away from the main table, as long as there was 'wine'. Now the people at the table don't need Zach to pretend to eat, he just needs to be present to show the host's thoughtfulness.
Yes, Grande has a guest, Sabbat companion and mind-reader Ozzie Cozier.
After this mind reader arrived, he still hadn't explained the purpose of his visit, but he kept focusing on Harrison. His focused eyes made the ghoul feel a little... shy.
Zach watched Harrison's human face start to blush, and when the redness began to extend to the base of his ears, he spoke, "Mr. Cozier, I'm here." reminded the guest. The master is here.
"Ah, please, just Oz." Oz finally moved his eyes away and looked at Zach with a smile, "I'm just temporarily obsessed with something..." He raised his eyebrows. "In a delicate matter."
"A love story between humans and aliens." Zach raised his glass. It's no surprise that the beginning of Oz's entanglement with Amelia was when he discovered that the psychiatrist was actually the girlfriend of a ghoul, asking him to The relationship between humans and aliens in the east aroused curiosity, "But." Zach tilted his head, "I thought I had 'read' all the processes from Emilia, so I still need to be so interested in Harrison."
"No, no." Oz smiled and shook his head, "This is different. Miss Browning (Amelia) is about human beings' thoughts about aliens, and more about how she balances the psychological process of her lover being an alien." Oz looked at Harrison again with his focused eyes, "What's completely different here is the psychological process of aliens. It's how Mr. Harrison convinced himself that aliens can also be reduced to ordinary people, and they can also have..." Oz Stop yourself. "That's not right." His concentration immediately turned into apology, and he smiled awkwardly. "Thoughts have more expressive power than words. I can read it, but the expression is biased. I'm sorry for the offense."
Harrison pursed his lips and shook his head, without any response to the mind reader.
Zach raised his eyebrows, "By the way. Harrison, did you remember anything?"
Harrison still wanted to respond to Zach's words, "I remembered a few." He glanced at Ike and said that he probably thought of 'breaking up' when making the bed that time. "But not much. It's a start. I hope that in the future I’ll remember them all.”
Oz's eyes followed Harrison to Ike. He looked at it for a while and didn't know what he read. Anyway, he shook his head, as if he didn't want to comment, and then turned to Harrison again, "If you are willing, I Think I can help. I always compare the human mind to a book, and I am the one who can turn the pages. Can you understand this?"
No matter whether I understand it or not, this is an uncomfortable statement. Oz glanced at Zach, as if asking for permission, "If someone can't climb over by themselves, I can help."
Zach shrugged and said, "I haven't thought about it that way. Can it be like this? It's quite convenient." He was encouraging Harrison to accept help.
"Uh, I can give it a try." Harrison nodded, glanced at Oz, and received a kind look of 'I'll try my best to help you.'
Zach took a sip of his wine. Now that the mind-reading guest's attention on Harrison had been resolved, it was time to ask him what he was doing here, "Oz, what do you want from Grande?" "So direct.
"Two things." Oz put down the tableware and smiled, "The first one is good news. Remember last time I promised to help you communicate with Liszt and let them lift the restrictions on you in their industry. Order?"
Zach nodded and waited for the other party to continue.
"Haha, the night before yesterday, there was a dinner to launch the development of a piece of land in the West End by Lister." Oz said the news that Zach already knew. Remember, it was at that dinner that Mrs. Quinn called Grande. After being told that the military was not planning to do anything to Ike's doctor, Grande could rest assured, "It's the land where Grande used to be in the West District."
Seeing that Zach was not curious, Oz sped up the progress, "I won't go into the details, and you probably won't care. Anyway, Liszt was in a good mood at the time, and I had been annoying them for a while, so I agreed. My proposal removes the restrictions on you."
Zach didn't know what he was thinking. He couldn't be too happy or didn't care. At least he wouldn't have to face the embarrassing situation of being asked to leave by the security guard at the door of the store. It was a good thing. Nodding, "What about the second thing?"
Oz still kept smiling, but looked at Ike, "When I came here, I was still thinking that it should be a good thing. After all, for our mutual friend, whether he admits it or not, James Lance , is a good thing.”
Sure enough, he looked at Ike and said that it was related to Ike's replacement death. James was also mentioned, which was related to the military's pursuit of Director Cologne.
"But, now." Oz's smile turned into embarrassment, "I can probably confirm that this is bad news."
Zach swung his glass and said, "You didn't confirm until you came to Grande." Zach curled his lips, doubting what the other party said because - "Didn't Taylor inform you that Colonel Ike was saved by Grande?" They were all demons. A guy with a banquet stance, don’t these two people have any contact
Oz shook his head, "I just found out that Taylor already knew about the current situation." He glanced at Ike, "From the colonel."
Ike scowled. He hasn't said a word since Oz appeared until now. Oz's meaning is obviously easy to read, and his ability to read minds is really annoying.
Zach ignored Ike, "Do you know each other?"
Oz shook his head, "No. The colonel is from the military, and the Sabbat's affairs in the military are not within my scope. The relationship between Cozier and Lance is a personal relationship, not work, and we have never met. After a pause, "But it's normal for me to know some information." He is a mind reader. The reverse is impossible, Ike should not know Oz at all.
"Then we need an introduction." Zach looked at Ike and fulfilled his duties as a master. "This is Ozzie Cozier. Cozier needs no introduction. He is your brand in the West. What you need to know is that he claims to be an equal partner of the Sabbat and a mind reader."
Ike's gloomy expression remained unchanged, "He had already introduced himself when you first went out."
Zach raised his eyebrows and looked at Oz, "Then I can assume that Taylor did not report to the Sabbat that the colonel was still alive, as she promised in Grand the day before yesterday. So you don't know either."
"Absolutely." Oz still smiled awkwardly, "You can rest assured that I won't be too troublesome." He looked at Ike and said, "Colonel, you are safe in Grande, don't worry."
Zach pouted. Speaking of what happened to the Sabbat, the Pattons were sent one after another. They were all these guys who didn't report what they knew. It's hard to imagine that such a 'loose' organization could control the west.
In fact, there is something wrong with the way Zach thinks. It's not that the West and the Sabbat are loose, they are very 'tight'. The ones who are 'loose' are Zach and Barton. These people follow the Romans and are led to be 'loose'.
"Then let's talk directly about why this second thing is a good thing for James, but not good news." Zach controlled the conversation.
"I 'read' some news." Oz raised his hand and waved it casually, "Here, there. I know that James' residence is being renovated, and he lives in the South District these days. You are here."
Zach smiled and waved his hand, "You mean Amelia?" Don't forget that James and Amelia also have a relationship between doctor and patient.
Oz did not deny it, and nodded with a smile, "At the banquet, I 'read' some of the military people's plans, and also received a notice from the Sabbat, knowing that they were preparing to deal with the matter of 'the colonel died in Patton.'" The arrangements have been made. I will come here to inform you while I have time today. Barton’s current position as police chief will be changed.”
"Change?" Zach didn't even want to ask about the plan. It had already been put together and pushed out, right? It had nothing to do with Ike wanting to live, finding Zach, and causing his own death. He would definitely do it. To die under the care of Cologne, and then to have the military held accountable for the loss of face of the military, let James be disappointed to receive the notice from his father, General Lance, and prepare.
"An airborne landing of the Western Plan." Oz actually picked up the table knife, cut his finger under the confused eyes of everyone at the dinner table, and glanced at Zach.
Zach frowned, "I'm not Lesembra (the Sabbat clan, good at blood carrying and transmitting information), you'd better focus on delivering this message." This is a question on the tacit understanding of cooperation with the mind reader, But he still handed over the wine glass.
Oz smiled, "I know, I'm very focused. Don't underestimate the focus of a mind reader." He pressed his finger on the rim of the cup, watching a drop of blood slip down and blending into the cup. He handed the cup back, "Sorry, I have to use it." In this way, everything that comes from the Sabbat will be lost to us after reading it. I can't come here with the information." There was a hint of helplessness on his face, "In fact, the military is still doing this in Patton. It’s very rare for me to get away from their eyes during this time.”
Zach curled his lips, was the other party emphasizing his sincerity in doing this
"Thank you." I don't know if it was because Oz could come over to inform him, or because the 'wine' with a drop of flavor was lifted to his lips. He raised his head and emptied it in one gulp.
There was a brief silence at the table.
I don’t know what kind of information is unfolding in our vampire’s mind. The first expression Zach showed was one of surprise, then he pursed his lips in helplessness, and when he started to pour himself a second glass of wine, it turned into complete Nodding in understanding, "I understand."
Then he looked at Ike and said something inexplicable, "Although I don't want to admit it, we seem to have helped the Sabbat."
Of course Ike doesn't know what he's talking about, and neither do we.
"Help?" Oz pressed his fingers and expressed his doubts first, but it soon became clear, "I know, I'm still curious about how Mayor Barton reacted so quickly, even now that the election has started. At the critical moment, he intervened immediately and began to mediate. Did you, Grande, ask the mayor for help?"
"Yes." Zach shook his head, expressionless, and looked at Oz, "Your Sabbat's investigation of Barton really concerns me. It was the first time I saw James respond to a reporter's views on the campaign (newspaper, that (Inventory of Candidates in the Mayoral Election), I was thinking about where he summarized the current mayor Anthony’s political career in the interview.”
Remember, James answered a reporter why he felt that a young police detective like himself was qualified to run for office. James’ answer was that the current mayor Anthony is a role model. And we know that James's background and energy are an upgraded version of Anthony who just came to Barton.
Oz nodded, "Of course it was the conclusion drawn by the Sabbat and instilled in him. Naturally, he would not be conscious of it. In his heart, except for the inconsequential rebelliousness towards his father, James was basically completely Accepted the Sabbat, or all the values that the Lance family cultivated in him."
"Including the rejection of foreign races?" Zach was mocking.
"That's in the rebellious heart." Oz waved his hands awkwardly.
Zach was not in the mood to talk about James at this time. He got to the point, "The military's pursuit of Cologne's responsibility will not be dragged into the military's position as I feared, and it will be carried out purely for the sake of the military's face." Vent your anger." Zach glanced at Ike and continued, "The Sabbat has long prepared this candidate to replace Cologne. The original purpose was to complete an airborne landing. This cannot be accomplished by relying on the power of the military. It takes politics, meaning the mayor, to step in.”
"Yes." Oz nodded again, "About Mayor Anthony's political career and situation in Barton, the Sabbat has already thoroughly studied it, including his ex-wife Ethela, Cologne who just joined the police station and was promoted together... In order to Create a replicable template for James and plan for the crises he may encounter." Oz sensed Zach's mood of not wanting to talk about James and quickly skipped it, "The Sabbat knows the relationship between Mayor Anthony and Cologne, and also I know the mayor’s re-election and Aisela’s competition this time.”
"Speaking of competition, Colon is also one of the candidates." Zach curled his lips.
"But just like James is also a candidate, we all know that it is just a formality. This time, they will not really run." Oz waved his hand, "This candidate, no, it can be said that the military is now negotiating with the mayor. The negotiated deal is not only a boost for Anthony, but also a blow to Eisera. It will even be a boost if Cologne wants to really run for office in the next four years."
Zach took it and didn't know what his emotions were, "Huh, for the next four years, I'm afraid it will be James' help."
"What are you talking about?!" Ike finally couldn't hold it back and interrupted the two guys talking to themselves.
Zach looked at Ike, "Don't worry, Cologne will be fine, if the news in this drop of blood is true."
"Very true." Oz responded affirmatively.
"What will happen?"
"There will be someone with a military background to replace Cologne, a successor, a foreign race..."
Does Ike care about the aliens? No, he cares about Cologne. "What will happen to Cologne?"
"His position is occupied and will be transferred to the South District." Zach glanced at Oz, "The military will ask the mayor to punish Cologne, and there is nothing better than throwing the director of the North District to the South District. More punishment is coming."
"for… "
"Because this can help Anthony get rid of one of Aesela's people." Zach shook his head. He just said it. He was very concerned about the Sabbat's investigation of Barton. How could he do it in such detail? "And support Anthony in future elections."
Zach paused and concluded, "Once the mayor intervenes in the military's pursuit of Cologne's responsibility, politics will be the only game, and politics are all traders. The two parties to the transaction are now the mayor and the military. Cologne It’s already a bargaining chip.”
Let’s also summarize it, the Sabbat is helping Anthony, this template. (.)