The five dollar store at the end of Ogier Street.
Miss Rita, who was always enthusiastic and keen on hugging others, actually ignored Zach this time, "Huh! You're here!" and ignored him.
baffling.
Zach walked to the back without knowing why.
"Don't worry about Rita, she is just not happy that we are involved in the battle..." Morelin was sitting behind his tailoring workbench reading the newspaper just like he always did when he was older, and started to say when Zach came in. He said these words, but before he finished them, he raised his eyebrows, put down the newspaper in his hand, and looked at Zach with a trace of doubt on his face, "You are not here to prepare for the invasion of the wolves."
This answered the reason why Zach was "Huh!" by Rita, but it still puzzled Zach.
Anyway, there is plenty of time, and, haha, it’s here. Zach stood on the round stage in the center of the studio, surrounded by four standing mirrors, and raised his hands, "I'm innocent. I didn't intend to get involved with anyone. The werewolf problem will be solved by vampires. I don't know what you guys are doing." Will also participate.”
Morelin smiled, took off the tape measure hanging around his neck, walked towards Zach, starting from the shoulder. In fact, it is not necessary. Guys like us vampires who have been immortal for centuries will not change in size. Morelin can recite all the dimensions of Zach's body parts. But since the vampire wants to enjoy the feeling of being surrounded by mirrors for once, the mind reader can satisfy him. Let’s start from the top of the shoulders.
The tape measure slid from one side of Zach's shoulder to the other in his hand, "Of course I will participate, this is related to the safety of the city we live in, haha. How could I ignore it." After looking at the numbers , his fingers were lifted lightly, and the tape measure on his shoulder was wrapped around Zach's neck, "You are just lucky, this matter fell to you."
Isn't it? Pochi's commission is the beginning.
Then there was the arm length. Morelin lifted Zach's arm, "It's the fact that you only rely on vampires to defend against the wolves that makes me, personally, find it ridiculous. If I count correctly, Barton's vampires, Counting you, there will be no more than ten. Fighting against the wolves during the full moon cycle, haha."
Zach was going to pretend not to hear the quantifier 'only', "This is Boqi's commission. Considering Boqi's special status now, I don't want to cause too much trouble. It's no secret now, Grande's this year's Going around 'swaggering' has already made a lot of people unhappy, and I don't want to continue to make people unhappy."
When he was about to squat down and continue, Morelin looked at Zach's face for a while, probably reading something, smiled and shook his head, and the tape measure slid down against Zach's body, "You're talking about Sibella. Well, this is true, she is indeed unhappy with you, but it is just unhappy, haha, you also need to know that it was she who told me that Barton was about to be invaded by wolves and asked me to join."
Zach raised an eyebrow. The reality is that no matter what Zach is thinking now, Morelin will 'hear' it. What Zach is thinking about now is that Sibella has listened to his persuasion and is looking for allies among Barton's already existing alien forces.
The measuring tape was wrapped around Zach's waist, and Morelin's tone was filled with a smile, "You probably thought you were wrong. Even though Sibella is looking for a reliable ally, this is not why she came to me this time."
Zach lowered his head and watched as Morelin moved the tape measure down on his waist and placed it in a slightly awkward position, "Well, I missed it. Barton's alien race, Sibella, is already very popular. She doesn't need it. If you look for her specifically, you will automatically be her allies." This is a fact. Zach and Benjamin rely on agreements to maintain mutual peace among Barton's alien tribe. It was not until this year that Grande began to move around and the entire federation was in turmoil that the agreement began to slowly lose its original meaning.
"Yes." Morelin nodded and let the tape fall. He held the tail end and pressed it against Zach's ankle. "Before you and Benjamin came, no, before this year, Sibella let Our message remains open and we are at the core of peaceful coexistence. We are already allies with Sibera."
Zach couldn't agree more and mentioned something related, "You know, Ozzie Cozier will be involved."
"I know." After measuring the size, Morelin took a picture of where Zach was pointing at the fabric. "And I also know that Aili will participate." Morelin said with a smile, but looking at his expression, he was completely It’s not like the smile of father and son fighting together.
Zach raised his eyebrows and smiled, "Oh, that's it. Saint joins the battle and brings her own mind reader. Sibella joins the battle and brings her own mind reader. You, Oz Co Zier, haha." Zach stopped talking.
"People from the Sabbat, the Sabbat can play with itself." Morelin smiled and shook his head, as if he was telling a joke.
Zach shook his head with a smile, "I knew that a large gathering of people all came to my office at once. It was too beautiful to be true. As expected, no one trusted anyone."
Mo Ruilin seemed to be very open-minded and waved his hand, "If you don't trust your own people enough, it's true. But this is inevitable. You should be very clear that for those of us in the Barton aborigines, Including you, the forces that have entered Barton since this year are all invaders."
Zach nodded thoughtfully.
The alien races at the beginning of the year, such as the former aliens, were invaders and spread the rumor that Barton was an ownerless city. Guys who just want to live a low-key life are like the seductress Riley and the inheritor Linda. One now controls Bishop's haunted house, and the other is married to a local alien.
Fallen angels are invaders, invaders who cannot be stopped because the gates of hell are open.
Saint was an intruder, but because he had Gangro, who had some history with Zach, and because Saint Sissy had no way out at that time, Barton only took her in. Now there are angels.
Rimmer is also an intruder, and everyone knows that he wants revenge on Smith for 'Valmina'. Well, everyone has seen some patterns, right. It's a pity that Morel came to Barton as Smith's family. This invasion is to return to his parents' home.
The Sabbat is even more of an intruder, an intruder who uses the development level of human cities. Not only is it impossible to stop it, but it is also now at war with Barton's upper class, wearing women's clothing and holding public banquets...
While Zach was thinking, Morelin kept nodding, agreeing with every thought in Zach's mind, and then said, "So time and time again, we locals in Barton failed to stop these outsiders. , let things develop naturally. Look around you, Barton has become the complex city it is now. This time, everyone has a sense of responsibility."
Morelin said everyone. Well.
Zach's thinking also ended, he nodded, with a smile on his face, "Thanks, all my questions have been answered now, I guess." Zach tilted his head and laughed at himself, "The battle will definitely be over. It’s a mess, I should have stuck with my original plan as a coward.”
"Haha, yes." Morelin actually smiled and agreed with Zach's crow-like comment, "It's a mess, for sure." Then he waved his hand, "Now we should talk about the reason why you came..." He I took over the fabric swatches selected by Zach. Since it is autumn and is about to enter winter, according to the habit of a loyal customer like Zach, it is a complete set, from coats to scarves and hats, no one is missing.
"...I didn't read too deeply." Morelin pointed to the hat rack in the corner, meaning to let Zach choose. "I read, the case. Detective Coulson, the female leader of the homicide team, Darcy …”
Zack didn't need to answer, he just had to think, and Morilin, who was reading and speaking, would discover the reason himself. It’s so convenient to communicate with mind readers.
"Three years ago, xx Street, Bone Pile..." As Zach's thoughts were constantly being 'read', Morelin's expression turned bad. "The death scene that Maya saw..." He shook his head , actually sat down and was silent for a while, "So, I think, if I say I don't know anything now, you will immediately know that I am lying."
Wait a minute! What Morelin said is very interesting.
Isn't it, because Maya saw the death that would never happen and confirmed that Morelin was the key clue in this case. Zach came here to look for him with the feeling that he must know that Morelin knew the clues. At this time, Morelin said, he couldn't lie and say he didn't know anything anymore.
Zac Zhen held a hat and threw it on his head casually, looking at Morelin with raised eyebrows, "Do you want to deceive me and say you don't know anything?"
Zack should wonder. Now think about it, this is a bit convoluted. If Morelin's instinct was to lie and say he didn't know. So how did Zach get clues about the death that would no longer happen? Maya, who did not directly see the communication process between Zach and Morelin, but saw the follow-up to the incident—Zach and Coulson’s investigation after they met—confirmed that Morelin was the informant
Morelin did not answer directly. He pursed his lips and thought for a while, then nodded, "I would say I don't know." Looking at Zach, "If you came to ask me about this case at any other time." His expression began to change. affirmation, "I will insist that I know nothing."
In this case, there must be someone-Zach raised his eyebrows and helped, "But."
Morelin chuckled, "But, now that things have developed like this, I think you should also need to know something."
Zach was completely lost. What did Morelin mean? Is what happened now related to the case three years ago
The only thing that Zak could catch a glimpse of was that Maya went to Paising to find Sibella.
"Let me put it bluntly." Mo Ruilin should have made a decision. "This case three years ago, no matter how uncomfortable it seems, there was no actual victim."
Zach, "You should have read that, I saw the photos of the scene in the police file..." There was a pile of bones on the dining table, but Zach's words were interrupted.
"That's not a victim." Mo Ruilin had obviously read the question in Zach's mind and directly told the answer, "No one died. It was indeed related to the alien race, but no one killed anyone. Those piles of bones were..." Mo Ruilin Ruilin frowned, "It's useless. It's something that was left there deliberately. Well, it's a message. It's for someone."
Zack needs an explanation, clearly.
Morelin pondered again for a while, "Let me ask you a question. Why do you think Sibella is so keen on creating a safe harbor in Barton? Although the short-lived barrier failed, she is still looking for a way everywhere. , draw allies, and continue to work hard to keep Barton safe."
Sure enough, it has something to do with Sibella? Although he needed to explain, Zach still cooperated, "Protect." Sibella said this to Zach personally, "She doesn't know what I, Grande, will do to Barton, so do what you should do." Things to do, to turn Barton into a place she feels is safe, for herself, for John, for Alice, or for whatever she feels needs protection."
To put it simply, I can’t stand an idealist like Zach who just follows the crowd.
"Protection. Very good. Then, why do you need protection?" Morelin continued to ask, and he probably would not give out the answer easily. Also, directly obtaining the answer should be the privilege of those who read the mind. "You should know by now that at first, when John researched the barrier simply because he hated Papa Midnight, Sibella did not implement it immediately."
Zach frowned. Please, please don't let this case from three years ago have anything to do with Papa Midnight.
Morelin finally answered, "You're going to be disappointed. This case is the message Papa sent to Sibella at midnight."
Zach pursed his lips, not in the mood to choose a hat anymore, and sat down next to Morelin. "The Ryan incident at the beginning of the year was not the first time that Papa appeared in Barton at midnight." This was a stated question.
"No." Morelin nodded and pointed at Zach's head, "This is the first time." It meant the case three years ago in Zach's mind, "At midnight, Papa found the banshee being killed by a Raised by vampires.”
Alice is being raised by Zach.
"The black witch of Salem has deviated from the growth path expected by Papa Midnight due to the intervention of Toledo. Two centuries later, he discovered... "
Zach began to add, "Damn Toledo, he kidnapped one of his wild banshees (Alice was not sent to Salem by the Firefly family, so she is wild)." Miraculously, these words are there proud.
Morelin actually smiled, probably because he thought it was amazing that Zach was still so proud, and waved his hand, "I wasn't kidnapped by you, it was given to you by Sibella."
This is a fact. Zach and Benjamin met the wizard in the city on the street to test whether the wizard had any thoughts about the two coming to this city. As a result, the wizard took him around Barton and randomly picked up some garbage. Little Alice.
"Papa Midnight, blame Sibella?" When it was time to state his statement, Zach asked questions and shook his head, "Papa Midnight, you are really a petty guy."
"Blame? I don't know." Mo Ruilin shook his head and nodded. It was the mind-reader who was expressing. Even if he is a mind-reader, it is impossible for him to understand what a person at the top of a certain faith is thinking, "What I know is , in order to express that he knew, he did something to remind Sibella, or all the aliens in Barton... "
"Papa Midnight, killed someone?"
"I said, no one killed anyone." Morelin clicked his tongue, telling Zach not to interrupt, "He used the 'material' in Barton." I was afraid that Zach wouldn't understand, "The material I said , refers to Barton, all the aliens except your Grande, the alien family who raised Alice. They built something. The police photos you see are the useless things left behind by that thing. "
Zach was silent for a while, and then said, "Don't discourage me, just tell everything." (.)