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Warehouse south of Grande.
"Georgina." Zach leaned casually against a half-finished stone sculpture, squinted his eyes, and raised his chin towards Georgina who was eating, "Except for me coming to give you a portion of tofu at noon every day, you don't go out to find it yourself. Food?”
Georgina glanced at Zach, unhappy, "It's a full moon cycle, so I don't dare to go out and wander around."
Zach was not satisfied with the answer, "Are you afraid of Benjamin?"
"No, it's Matthew." Georgina meant that she didn't trust Matthew's self-control.
Zach raised his eyebrows and felt a little more comfortable, "Then I have some unfortunate news to tell you. This situation will continue for another week, and the sensory enhancement after transformation has been delayed." Aconite Soup, "You need me to increase it to see Your number?"
There are two reasons why Zach would say this. One is Georgina's own problem. Now everyone in Grande basically realizes that Sabbat Toledo is in Grande, except for James. Ordinarily, if she wanted to, she could move freely in Grande when James was away, but she didn't. She stayed in this warehouse all the time, and occasionally asked Zach to deliver food to her when he came to deliver food. newspapers to keep abreast of what is happening in the outside world.
The second thing is that before Zach sent Alice to school in the morning, he came to Georgina to ask for blood for James, but only put a bottle. Zach was surprised to find that Georgina's face was too pale. It was a state of ischemia, so Zach guessed that she hadn't eaten well at all in the past few days.
"No need." Georgina still hesitated and shook her head.
"Really? Aren't you hungry?" Zach raised his eyebrows. If he hadn't seen the other party's face pale in the morning, Zach really couldn't feel anything. Even in the face-to-face situation now, Zach couldn't sense any breath of Georgina.
"Hungry." Georgina said directly. "But no need, as a repairman..." She interrupted in time, glanced at Zach, turned her eyes away, and focused on dealing with the blood tofu.
Zach blinked, trying to complete Georgina's missing words in his mind. Practice, practice, practice? Do you still remember what Georgina said to Zach last time, about a certain skill that anyone can practice, "What to practice? Tell me, otherwise I won't come to deliver food to you tomorrow."
Georgina gave Zach a roll of her eyes.
Zach added, "You have been in Grande for almost two weeks. I have been very cooperative and waited for you to find James on your own, but you have not taken any action. My patience is running out, well, I have decided. Today When James comes back, tell him to come and take a look at this warehouse... "
"Shameless."
"You despise me, you might as well let me change my decision." Zack shrugged indifferently.
Georgina frowned and stared at Zach, "This is our clan's secret."
Sure enough, Zak would not let it go, "And your clan has stolen my surname. Don't you think you should give me some compensation?"
"Who wants to take your Toledo surname!" Georgina tilted her head.
"Oh, yes. What you want is the ability given by the Holy Lord in this surname." Zach chuckled, "Have you thought about your stance towards me?"
Georgina subconsciously took a step back. Although not obvious, he took on a defensive posture.
"If you do this, I will misunderstand that you have thought of a good answer, and it is also a very bad answer." Zach tilted his head.
Georgina's body stiffened for a moment, and then had to relax to let Zach clear up the 'misunderstanding'. After thinking for a while, I seemed to have decided something. Then she said, "I don't care at all whether the Sabbat Toledo can officially become the Thirteen Clan. You clearly know that I am because of Luo and Robert..." She didn't finish her sentence, looking away and shaking her head. His face was also ugly, and he obviously didn't want to think about certain things.
Well, Zach's sympathy for Georgina came back, and he raised his hand and waved, "Forget it, let's just say it if you don't want to. I won't bother you anymore." He patted the dust on his body from the stone carvings and walked towards the door. .
Already close to the door.
"It's a blood flow control technique." Georgina said. "Hunger is one of the training methods."
Zach turned his head, neither encouraging nor stopping.
"Every time the heart beats, it only needs seventy to eighty milliliters of blood, which means..."
"This is the minimum standard for us vampires to survive." Zach couldn't help but answer.
Georgina stared at Zach for a while before continuing, "If you can't stop the blood flow in your full body, then start practicing from these seven to eighty milliliters."
Zach opened his mouth slightly and looked at Georgina for a while, "Thank you."
Georgina looked away, "Don't thank me. I said before that anyone can learn this skill, and I haven't seen anyone from your thirteen clans master it."
Zach pursed his lips, "I can already imagine how difficult it is to successfully master this skill." Zach raised his hand, stopped looking at Georgina, and pushed the door open, "You can do it, and I think I can do it too. "
There was a tut and probably a roll of the eyes behind him, but Zach couldn't see it. He closed the warehouse door and returned to the restaurant. Grande's lunch was still in progress.
There are also two guests at Grande's dining table today, Emilia and Xue Pide.
If only Amelia was fine, Zach could just get through lunch with his glass of wine, but because of Shaft, Zach had to put a plate of blood tofu in front of him and pretend to like it very much, "Unexpected It’s pretty good, right, Xue Pide, this is Gonghe’s specialty meal.”
"Well, no, not bad." Obviously, Xue Pide didn't like it, but he didn't want to embarrass his friend, so he reluctantly agreed with Zach's words.
Amelia was not so cooperative. She had a sullen face the whole time, and the blood tofu on her plate remained untouched. She would never touch vampire food.
But we must be clear, Amelia's gloomy face is not because of the food on her plate, but... at least in Zach's guess, it is because of Harrison. Harrison returned to the North End yesterday.
The mind-reader Oz completed his own suggestion and successfully "uncovered" memories for Harrison that could not be retrieved by Harrison himself. Then Harrison spent more than a week preparing - fabricating A reasonable process of disappearing on his own, and finally yesterday afternoon, he pretended to be completely ignorant of what happened to Barton recently. Went to the shelter and completed the return.
Judging from Amelia's gloomy face and two obvious dark circles under her eyes, this couple must have been 'talking' all night long. Zach had a bad feeling.
Xue Pide's arrival was preceded by a greeting. In the morning, he called to inform him that he wanted to come to Zach to discuss something. Amelia's visit was a bit unexpected. Zach didn't know what she was here for, and he didn't know why she came with Xue Pide.
"I won't eat." Inexplicably, Amelia pushed away her dinner plate and looked at Xue Pide, "If you have anything to do, tell Zach quickly. After you finish talking, I'll find something to do with him."
Zach's bad premonition deepened, but he still looked at Xue Pide, "It sounds like Dr. Browning must have a private matter, please talk about it first. We should make time for the lady."
"Oh." Although he agreed, Xue Pide's expression was still hesitant and he looked at the people at the table, especially Amelia, who looked unhappy.
Zach understood that this meant that he didn't want anyone to observe, "How about Dr. Browning go to the office and wait for me first."
Amelia didn't reply, got up and left.
After watching Amelia leave, Zach smiled at Xue Pide. "How about we talk on the back porch? You can bring lunch, I don't mind."
"Okay." Xue Pide smiled. Without any pretense, he picked up the dinner plate and walked out of the restaurant first. When Grande found this guy, he was still a homeless man, and he didn't care about dining etiquette.
Zach, I just wanted to leave the blood tofu behind and wanted to grab a glass of wine. Thinking about the 'knowledge' he had just gained from Georgina, he hesitated and followed out empty-handed.
"Well, Zach, I want to resign." Very direct.
Zach was a little surprised and didn't ask. Wait for the other party to explain.
"I haven't told Mrs. Quinn yet, I just asked Dr. Browning." Although the content was straightforward, her tone was still hesitant. "She said she asked me to ask for your opinion. You are the person who introduced me. I am able to have this job entirely because of your help, and it is also because of your heart that I am resigning."
Zach pursed his lips and nodded, "Can you tell me why?"
His tone became more hesitant, "Well. You know I was trained at Seidil Security Company, arranged by Mrs. Quinn. For the security work of pilot drugs in the shelter, I, an inexperienced person, was sent there to conduct training. Vocational Training."
Zach nodded again. He remembered that it was precisely because of this training that Xue Pide was lucky enough to avoid the attack of the remnants of the Fight Club, allowing Emilia and Oz to collide head-on, so Zach intervened to clean up. The incident of the remnant party. Well, let’s not go too far.
"I..." Xue Pide hesitated and frowned, "I think, um, I was being used."
Zach glanced at the middle-aged man and kept calm, "What should I say?"
"There were some security guards recruited by Mrs. Quinn who were training with me." Xue Pide spoke very slowly, as if he was trying to be as neutral as possible. "After the training, most of them resigned, and within a few days Tian Zaidou is back, but with a different identity, returning to the shelter as an employee of Aix Security, a new security company in the southeast.”
Zach raised his eyebrows, "An employee of Aix Security Company?"
"kindness."
"I remember you told me." Zach frowned, "In terms of the shelter, Mrs. Quinn wants to use her own people and will not hire an outside security company."
Still, "Yes." Xue Pide nodded, "I was so confused at first, but after all, Mrs. Quinn is the one who works for me, so I can't question anything. On the contrary, we are colleagues who were trained together, Now we just work together under different identities, and there are no problems with cooperation and communication. If you ignore their work identities, nothing has changed."
Zach thought in silence for a while, and he had almost thought of it, "You said you felt you were being taken advantage of." Let's hear it from the person involved.
"Yes." Xue Pide nodded again. He could no longer remain neutral, and there was an uncomfortable feeling in his tone. "I usually chat with them, and I started to slowly discover this Aix Security Company..." He glanced at Zach again, as if What do you want to convey? "Misappropriating what we learned in the training at Sadier, personnel management, business development, division of labor..."
Xue Pide shook his head, "I know this sounds a bit extreme. They are all companies of the same nature, and it should be normal for them to have similar rules and regulations, but those who resigned after the training and came back with a different identity..." He paused, and his tone Very helpless, "Colleague, Aix Company really makes me feel uncomfortable."
Zach just nodded, not wanting to comment because he had nothing good to say. Whether it is extreme or normal, everyone decides for themselves.
"Plus..." Xue Pide frowned, "You know, I have a friend in Sadier Security Company."
Zach knew that when the person in Grande heard on the radio that the medical supply truck going to the shelter was attacked, and immediately responded to contact Shaft and Amelia at the shelter to confirm their safety, he was in Grande. The guy who installed the sirens.
Xue Pide continued, "When we occasionally got together, he told me something about how Aix Security Company stole customers from Saidil." He looked at Zach, was silent for a while, and shook his head, "Bad means. I probably shouldn't have said this to you."
It shouldn't be done, it's just upsetting people who have nothing to do with it.
But, is Zach an irrelevant person? It’s really not the case. “It doesn’t matter, we are friends. Of course you can say this to me.”
"Thank you. Huh-" Xue Pide took a breath and smiled at Zach, "It really feels better to have someone to say it. I have been at work these days and I have seen those 'colleagues' wearing Aix Security There is always a kind of unknown fire in my jacket when I walk around..." He laughed awkwardly and stopped talking.
Zach knows a little more about this Xue Pide. His integrity should not need any more explanation, and now he also needs to add a 'habitual evasion'. It seems derogatory, but it is derogatory. A veteran with sound limbs and good health was obviously assigned to work in a prison. Because he couldn't understand some things in the prison, he resigned and became a homeless man. Now he seems to be repeating this history again without realizing it.
"So you really don't want to continue working there now?" Zach wanted to confirm.
"Well." Xue Pide had an apologetic look on his face, "I failed your kindness in introducing me to the shelter. I, well, I'm sorry."
Zach smiled and shook his head. There was no duplicity - "It's nothing. Judging from the way you look, you won't be happy if you continue to work there. It's better to resign." If escaping can bring happiness, Zach has nothing to do with it. To dissuade him, but he is still a friend, Zach reminded, "What are you going to do in the future?" Zach didn't say, 'Go back and be a homeless man? 'In this case.
From a selfish point of view, Zach's original purpose of introducing Shadow to the asylum has been achieved. He has brought information to Grande, hasn't he.
"Oh." Xue Pide's expression was a little awkward, "Well, my friend in Saidir gave me an invitation. If I resign in the shelter, I can go to Saidil Company."
Zach raised his eyebrows, which was not bad, and his smile was much more sincere now, "Haha, it turns out that we have already thought of a place to go."
"Haha." Xue Pide smiled, a little embarrassed.
"Okay, it's great that you came to me. Just do what you want, you know I support you."
"Thanks."
Zach patted Xue Pide, "Now, we can't keep Dr. Browning waiting any longer." Zach blinked, "Any tips? Why is she looking for me?"
Xue Pide shook his head, Zach curled his lips helplessly, went back to the house and went to the office.
The first words I heard when I opened the door were, "Harrison told me everything."
Zach pursed his lips and walked to the desk, his bad premonition coming true.
It seems that Harrison spent a week making up lies, but his story was shattered.
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