How to describe accepting a gray commission from a police chief, weird and inferior, that can be summed up.
The weirdness probably comes from the irony of reality. Inferiority? It comes from the limitations of Grande's professional skills. After Colon left, several waves of people came to Grande. People from the North District Police Department were all James-level detectives, guys whom Zach didn't know.
These police detectives came with only one purpose: to put down the information and then leave without asking or explaining. The information includes Susan's information, Pierce's information, Aisela's information, and some incident reports where the three are vaguely related.
The only thing Zach said was, "Entrust Grande to take over." Grande didn't say anything about the rule of not explaining the process or answering questions. All kinds of information and reports were just sent to Grande's hands. Zach felt like he was the one who should not ask or explain. Does this commission really require Grande...
But one thing can be confirmed, Colon's relationship with the North District Police Department is really deep. Those detectives who put down their information and left one by one obviously had no obligation to help Colon, the former chief, at this moment, but they all did it, and Zach was also sure that none of them knew why—
Anyway, James was not here, so Zach couldn't help but be curious. He politely asked several police detectives who came to deliver the information with red eyes, "Who asked you to send the information? Do you know what these things are going to be used for?"
The answers were very similar, "Don't ask questions that you know the answer to. I don't know what I'm doing, and I don't want to know. I've never been here, and you haven't seen me."
Zach felt like he was under the spell of charm. If you live long, you can really experience anything.
While collecting this information, something happened that made Zach helpless. Probably because Daisy relied on her relationship with Louise and the most intimate contact that humans could achieve with Benjamin, she really considered Grande her home.
So while Zach was buried in a pile of police reports, he broke into the office.
It wasn't that Zach wasn't wary. But Zach really couldn't understand that this woman was so uneducated.
"It's so boring! Louise's man, you don't have anything interesting to do here..." In Zach's surprised look at the other party's lack of etiquette, "Huh? What is this? Susan's file? This one is just Graduating from high school?!****! This**** pretends to be a college girl every day..."
Susan was dragged out by Louise. After being locked up, Daisy was still asking Louise, "What is your man doing? Are you a funeral home? Why are there a bunch of police documents in there? And what about you this morning?" Who was the man calling (to Smith, the big boss of all the drug dealers in Barton)? This Grande has quite a background in both black and white. Louise, I underestimated you. You are now It’s a good time…”
Then, in Zach's speechless annoyance, Nuo came.
After closing the office door, Nuo's expression was not very good, and he frowned with some doubts, "I just saw Louise below talking to a woman with red eyes."
There's a lot to explain. Zach came up one by one, "One is to protect Louise, and the other is to make our emotional relationship equal, so." This is to explain that Louise is now a vampire, and then, "That was Louise's previous My friend, I just saw something I shouldn’t have seen.” Zach pointed helplessly at the papers piled on the table, and then curled his lips. "She didn't knock."
Hopefully, this little self-deprecation can ease Xia Nuo’s doubts.
"Louise's friend." Nuo pursed his lips. "Will 'General' also..."
"I never taught him the Charming Eyes." Zach waved his hand, "His life goal is a bit..." Skip it, you know the expression.
Nuo raised his eyebrows, understanding. When he sat across from Zach, he had a new question. He asked with a smile, "Well, these special abilities really need to be learned. Fortunately, they are not born with them. I have become a little more balanced."
"Of course, it's like a person is born with a mouth and can speak, but the language still needs to be learned, otherwise it will just be 'um, ah, wow'."
This small conversation to adjust the atmosphere worked well, and both of them laughed.
But the topic still needs to proceed. Zach must ask, "No, this is a commission." Let's start with why a commission related to a director's life is recommended to an 'amateur' like Grande, " The words of recommendation you said about Cologne... "'Grand is not limited by manpower.' Zach did not repeat it. He is here and does not need it.
Nuo kept smiling, nodded slightly, and spoke, "Haha, let me admit that this is not easy at all. But if you follow my method, human method, the consequences will not disappear. The best result I can think of is Use the method of common interests to convince the threat breaker to make another deal. If not, Cologne will be held hostage by the other party forever, or even destroyed. You can do better. I say this is entirely for Cologne's sake. Do you believe me? "
"I believe it." Zach nodded, "But I want to confirm, what you mean is - do you really want me to solve this matter in a way that is more than human?" Zach observed Nuo's expression, "I am now I can tell you that it will be very simple. All I need is a face-to-face conversation with this Susan." Zach handed over Susan's information, "Now I already know her permanent location, address, Subject to travel habits.”
Nuo Xian did not answer, nor did he open the information. He was silent for a while. This is a clear question that can be answered yes or no. No's thinking showed that he had other things on his mind.
After the silence, Nuo Xian sighed and glanced at Zach, "Can't we get around this problem after all?" It's a philosophical question. Humans are not the only things with human faces in this world. Nuo shook his head, "After I turned from a 'general' to a vampire, I had a weird feeling."
Is this a frank relationship between men? If so, Zach is not prepared to let his friendship with Nuo continue to be affected by that hazy and uncomfortable atmosphere, and he is not prepared to be cautious every time he talks to Nuo. Control the atmosphere! Now, let's get it over with.
"Not after 'General' became a vampire, but all the time." Zach actually denied what Nuo said, "Grand has always been colored in your eyes, even from the time we first met."
Remember, that was Quest's first commission, and it was Quest who brought Grande. At that time, Nuoyin was a senior because of old Hank. Grande was very abiding by the rules and expressed his intention to get to know each other. Finally, he recommended Zach to join the gray professional circle of ** bar.
Nuo frowned and glanced at Zach but didn't answer.
Zach continued, "At first, it was because of Grande's history. Then after contacting me, I was intrigued by the way Grande handled the West Enders' commission." What Zach said is absolutely correct. Grande is not known for its West Enders Is Grande's new favorite establishing his position in the gray professional circle? "You may have also analyzed Grande's way of doing things in private and his hidden abilities."
Nuo frowned and nodded. Having said that, honesty is the best policy.
"Our relationship should be. 'We quite like having each other around, for entertainment or work, and then we have things to explore in private.'" This expression is a bit strange to use to describe Zach and No, but this is Zach The most accurate way imaginable is, "This mutual recognition made our cooperation on the last commission from Quest a natural progression."
Remember it. It was this commission that coincided with the time when the hunter tracked 'Colt' and came to Barton, which made Nuo know the true identity of the vampire.
"Then. Because I saved you and your maid (the other two things that happened at the same time - the death of Raging Waves and Seth being expelled to hell), I showed my true identity." Zach became a little serious and paused. "Grand's secret ability is revealed in front of you, but the situation does not allow you to react. You must accept it." Nonsense, Zach showed his identity to save No, and No had the stand to say, 'Monster! go away! 'What
Both of them were silent for a while, and Nuo opened his mouth without any further hesitation. "It's actually pretty easy to accept that you're a vampire, and you're right. It does satisfy some of my curiosity about Grande."
The emphasis is on 'some'.
Nuo continued, "As it becomes increasingly clear that you are like this, different from humans, powerful, capable, and even very convenient in certain things. I think I have the right to think about other things, For example, why, why would a 'person' like you, who can go anywhere, appear here and appear in my life."
Compared to James' paranoia about foreign races, this is too mature a thought.
"The world we once knew has begun to change." Zach continued, "You sincerely want to remain friends with me, but at the same time, you have an uncontrollable desire to remain vigilant."
"Yes. And I think that I have done a good job of balancing this." Nuo looked away, "Until, 'General'..."
Zach followed Nuo's gaze and saw nothing special, just a wine rack next to the bookcase.
"Something beyond my understanding forced its way into my cognition - people are born, study, make friends, work, form families, inherit and die. In this universal trajectory of life, there is an additional way to stop being a human and become Vampires. They continue to live in this familiar world with a transcendent attitude, and you told me that vampires are immortal."
Nuo withdrew his gaze and looked at Zach, "This is completely..." He shook his head, "It has impacted my cognition from various aspects."
If you don't know where the problem is, you'll never be able to solve it.
Nuo finally revealed his problem, "Just like now, I can talk to you about anything. It's easy, because that's how I got along with you when I didn't even know you were a vampire. When I met you , you are a vampire, I didn’t know about vampires, I couldn’t talk about it or imagine it, and now I know, so we’re talking about vampires, right. Nothing has changed.”
This 'nothing has changed' should be Nuo's attitude, or the attitude of hope. Everyone knows that at times like this, there will be someone—
"But, 'General', we have never talked about vampires before, because I know, he doesn't know. And I hope to keep it like this, although I won't put myself in the position of a moral benchmark and think this is protection. But, 'General' doesn't need to know that in this world, among the crowd, and even around us, there is an immortal and powerful thing called a vampire."
Zach was silent for a moment because he agreed.
"But this hope obviously cannot be compared with my hope that my friend will live." So Nuo, who was being hunted, asked Zach for help and went to Noer Beach to save people, "Then." Nuo actually looked at Zach and smiled and shook his head. He shook his head and said, "I have to talk to the 'General' about vampires now, because he is a vampire now." After thinking about the words, he still used an unseemly way of saying, "One way, I hope he finishes this life. You don’t need to know, stuff.”
Zach wasn't offended, words weren't made by vampires. Although Nuo kept saying that vampires are powerful, no such powerful vampire would have the intention to change the language created by humans. Being objectified is what you deserve.
"So what is it?" Zach asked, "My friend's life was pulled to another path and he was angry." Commonly known as the sense of racial honor, human beings, "Or you are the one who pushed it even though you didn't want to. A handful of the culprit's anger." Commonly known as guilt, "Or, you realize more and more clearly that you, me, and 'General' have different paths in life."
"All of them." Nuo chuckled and shook his head slightly, "Every time I see you now, you are my friend, the person who saved me, the person on the other road, the guy who made my friends escape from the path I am on. .The balance that I once maintained with pride kept shaking. Sometimes it made me feel that it was great to know you. Sometimes it made me deeply feel the gap between us. Sometimes, it collapsed directly and I needed to let go again little by little. Put the weight on, cautiously and deceptively hoping that it will remain stable."
The two were silent for a while, and it was Nuo who spoke again. He raised the police information on Susan in his hand, "You just said that this commission can be solved by just a face-to-face conversation for you. You Just now, I said, Louise, you need to make your relationship with Louise equal." Nuo raised his hands and distanced himself, "I won't use height to describe it, but distance. You can't blame me for this gap. Can’t ignore it.”
Zach thought for a while, "Then don't ignore it. I'll just tell you something." Zach showed a recalling look, "Four centuries is a long time, I have been married twice, and the real end of both marriages is I went to her funeral wearing uncomfortable makeup."
Nuo's expression became weird, but Nuo was a smart man, and he knew that he was answering Louise.
"Then..." Zach recalled with a darker look, "In Toledo, my real surname clan, there is a record of the number of times the Charming Eye was used in a banquet. 167 times, in a three-hour banquet. . That was a very ugly guy. During the whole three hours, he did not do any proper socializing. He just repeated one sentence face to face with all the guests, 'I am xx, the very handsome guy.' "
What is this answer for? No need to explain.
Zach also raised his hand, and opened a wider distance than No. "The gap is right here, and the things we will encounter on these two roads are also such a big distance." Zach's hands came together. , "But, Nuo, when two roads meet, what do you want more?" Zach put a steel bar on Nuo's unbalanced balance, "Draw a clear line and keep a distance, or let's move forward together and see where we can go."
"I..." Nuo's crow's feet appeared, "I'd like to take a look together." (.)