The information sent by Fisher was as unsatisfactory as Zach expected. There was nothing important that Zach wanted to know. Instead, it was stiff and indifferent that almost brought the era back to the slave era.
The information, to be specific, is a cargo list, a secret cargo list. The cargo was people, humans, treated as items, packed, boxed, and shipped into Port Massa, then diverted, repacked, boxed, and put on cargo ships bound for other parts of the Federation.
Zach looked at the mere numbers on the list for a while, then couldn't stand it anymore. There is no way, the concept of treating human beings as objects, and its derivatives, is Toledo's minefield. Everyone knows, Toledo's path to self-destruction.
"These lists are of no use at all." However, Nofele could remain calm and review the information. The characteristics of the Nofel clan made them insensitive to class, so they had no opinion on whether the former slavery should be abolished. When they When they needed to take a stand, Toledo had already touched the bottom line of the alliance and became a traitor to the alliance. They could only provide secret protection for these friends and could not do more.
Dora said while continuing to look through the information, "It's just numbers, numbers, numbers." The number of scheduled entries into Massa Port, the number of batches of departures from Massa Port, and the actual numbers. The missing number in the middle is Fisher "There are no clues as to where these people were sent."
The value of cheap labor is labor, so obviously these people have a place to go, so they can exert their value. Putting aside the investigation that Zach agreed to help Fisher with, Zach wants to find out who the recipients of this cheap labor are.
No. To be more precise, Zach wants to find out whether the Sabbat is accepting these illegal workers.
I don’t know if you all remember that when James met Mo for the first time, he did not show the attitude of a normal person when seeing foreigners. The reason is also explained. There are many Republicans in the west. When the Federation established diplomatic relations with the Republic, There were many Republicans before the trade deal came along and made James's preference for soy milk clear. Yes, I just want to express that this has become common among western republicans.
Zach didn't want to complain too much, but the fact was too convenient. As soon as they discovered that the Sabbat had intentions towards Barton, a small city to the east, Port of Marsa began to open navigation to the Republic due to the trade agreement, and these illegal workers began to flow through Port of Marsa.
Let’s start from the beginning.
On Monday night, after reacting to the two completely opposite surprises from Mokavi and Nofele, our vampire consciously informed Anthony about the incident. You can imagine that phone call. Yes, phone call, Zach didn't really want to tell Anthony this face to face. And he still left a message because Anthony habitually didn’t answer Zach’s calls—
'Hey, my friend the mayor, are you busy? There's something I don't know if you've heard. Nofele and Mokawi are in Barton. If you haven't heard of it, let me tell you. Well, Nofele, it’s only half a hundred. Don’t worry, my mayor, they don’t have much appetite, really. Oh, by the way, Mokavi, there is no need to worry, there is only one. Although he is the ancestor, my friend, you know, the vampire's food intake has nothing to do with age... '
When a group of vampires feed on blood appears in a city, the mayor needs to know, so don't doubt the need for this call.
The mayor understood this necessity. While Zach was still talking to the receiver and taking up space on the mayor's answering machine, the phone was picked up.
A human being is separated from a vampire by a phone line that spans almost the entire city, and the part about yelling at the vampire is fine. The important thing is the sudden change in the mayor's calm words at the end - "Forget it, I have something. It’s just what you need to do…”
I won’t repeat what Anthony said, the details will be unfolded now.
Bumi took over Dora's words, "Even if we find the workers who were diverted and sent away, we don't know if they will be re-transported at the port they passed through. Just by checking Massa Port, it is impossible to find out who is receiving these workers. labor."
"So we still have to look for clues from the Sabbat people." Zach didn't have any information in front of him. As he said before, he didn't want to read it.
"The mind reader (Kozil) is difficult to deal with. Our people can't get too close. Darcy from the North District Police Station is okay." Dora thought for a while and said, "The people who stayed in Port Massa last night He reported that Darcy personally went to Marsa Port to see the scene of the stolen goods." The box of porcelain, "I have sent people to follow him. Do you think a director really just goes to see the stolen imported goods?"
Zach shook his head, "It's hard to say. Anthony said that Congress takes this trade agreement very seriously, and the governor specifically reminded him not to neglect it even during the election campaign. If you handle it well, it will be beneficial to the campaign and even your future career. This is all a good thing. In this case, it is reasonable for Darcy to care about it. In addition, this trade agreement was promoted by the West, and as a person from the West, he personally checked it, so there is nothing suspicious. "
Bumi pursed her lips, "Now I just hope that Darcy will not suspect us, vampires, of such obvious activities in Port Marsa too early."
"He won't." Zach said with certainty. "It is a consensus to prevent republican aliens from entering Barton. The people who have the ability to implement such a thing now are us, vampires. He has no reason to be suspicious."
If someone is malicious and thinks that this sudden 'consensus' was invented by Zach, then you are right. It was Zach who happened to extract consensus from the current situation in Barton in order to do things for Anthony.
Zach waved his hand, "Besides, he doesn't need to be suspicious. We didn't make those workers disappear. If anything, we actually helped them..." Before it was clear whether the Sabbat was accepting these workers, It would be better to be more precise, "The people who ordered these laborers are doing a favor to us to help them dispose of those corpses. Otherwise, this matter should have become the biggest news in the Federation by now."
Zach starts saying things he doesn't understand, and that's okay.
"Well, anyway, we have successfully lured Fisher out by disposing of the corpses and creating the illusion that the person was missing. Well, now how about we get a batch of corpses and hand them over to Fisher to gain his trust and get more..."
Bumi's proposal was interrupted, and Dora showed undisguised contempt, "Trust? He can leave this matter to Zach to handle, and also sent these information that could sentence him to death for Zach to investigate. This This is already the highest level of trust a human being can show, how do you expect to get more trust?"
Bumi pursed her lips and tried to argue, "If it's the highest level of trust, then why didn't he directly tell Zach the source of his business? He obviously concealed some information and didn't tell Zach."
"Of course I will hide it." Zach replied, smiling, "Because after all, I am just the one who helps him investigate the missing goods, not the one who interrogates his crimes. Why would he tell me unnecessary things?" Zach asked rhetorically. Shaking his head, still smiling, "You have to understand that Fisher knows the risks he will face in this kind of business. For this risk, he must take some self-protection measures. Therefore, he will always protect and conceal this business. The less people know about the source of the crime, the better. He will not tell it until everything is revealed and he can use this information that only he knows in exchange for a deal in the judicial system and exchange for his own life. This has nothing to do with his personal trust in me. relation."
Not sure whether Bumi understood it or not, he opened and closed his mouth, shook his head, and continued to flip through the information. Dora should have understood, and pondered for a moment, "But Bumi is right. Now at least it is confirmed that Fisher is indeed the channel for these workers to enter the federation. He is a key link in the transportation of these illegal people. Mayor Anthony noticed it." Nothing is wrong."
Zach nodded, "What we need now is to confirm whether Anthony's suspicion is correct. Is the west absorbing these people." As Zach said, it was precisely because Anthony suspected the west that he used Zach, who he had previously Someone who doesn’t want to move at all. The west is connected to the Sabbat, and Anthony can only rely on Zach and Zach's suddenly extra vampire friends.
Bumi flipped through the information and smiled inexplicably, "Hahaha, it's really just like the old days, politicians, rich people, us, haha." The politician was talking about Mayor Anthony, who was in the city hall every day. The mayor who handles affairs cannot see illegal workers passing through the city in his charge. His awareness came from political channels. The rich and we are Fisher and the vampires, let me mention this so that no one can disagree.
Zach smiled, "Yesterday you were still unhappy about having to work for the mayor, but today your mood has completely changed."
"I'm rusty." Dora rolled her eyes at the embarrassed Bumi and looked at Zach, "You can imagine what we can do in the alliance where Van Zhuo gives orders. Now I have regained my feeling a little bit."
Bumi added, "That's right. There are not many of us now. The entire central part of the country couldn't be helped. A small city, Barton, is still fine. Haha, we are like a small secret alliance."
This is the second time that Bumi compared Barton's vampire status to the former secret alliance, and he looked very happy. Zach suppressed the words that came to his lips and looked away.
No one noticed Zach's little move, because Zach picked up quickly enough and turned back to Dora, "We were not sure before, but now we are sure. Fisher is the channel. You should also send someone to follow Fisher." .”
"Yes." Dora was reminded, "But I actually have a question. I don't know whether I should ask it." Dora also looked at Zach.
Zach nodded, meaning, asked.
"If the mayor's suspicion is correct and it is the Sabbat that is accepting these workers, what will he do? You have told us that the Sabbat is now supporting Anthony's candidacy in order to set a future political template for James. What if According to the mayor, he cannot allow someone to do this kind of thing in his city and during his term. Will he not break with the Sabbat? Now, this moment seems to be a bad time."
"So I said before, I still don't know how to deal with this matter at all." Zach made no secret. This was what he said to Bumi after Fisher left, "But, I know better. I don't find out." The truth, the facts, I will never know how to deal with. Now, focus on figuring out the facts first, and then think about how to control the development of events."
"You are right." Dora seemed to be very satisfied with the answer and nodded, "In this century, without Toledo around, I am used to being confused and looking forward and backward..." She smiled, but did not finish her sentence, because the desk The phone on the phone rang.
Zach deliberately waited for a while before picking up the phone.
The words came from the other side of the receiver -
"I'm waiting, waiting, waiting..." It was the fallen angel Jessica, "Where is the completely honest partner we agreed on? I've been waiting for a few days, why is there no news at all about my partner Grande? ?" Jessica's words were actually drunk, "Sure enough, after having an old friend Novel, have you completely forgotten about your new love~"
The three vampires frowned at the same time, of course they all heard it.
The person who answered was Zach, who was holding the receiver, "Jessica, are you drunk?"
"Yeah~" He didn't even try to hide it, "Since I can only stay in the container now, how can I not make full use of it~"
"Jessica." Zach pursed his lips, "If you want to talk about something, talk nicely."
"Uh - wait a minute." The receiver was quiet for a while, "Okay." The voice became normal and immediately became direct, "Let's talk about recent events."
Zach had no intention of paying attention to how quickly the fallen angel sobered up. "You first." First find out the reason for the call.
"How long are you prepared to wait before you discuss the matter with me at Massa Port?"
Zach was silent for a moment, "Jessica, you deliberately made this call when you were drunk to give yourself confidence."
"Have you been discovered? Yes, you are right." The fallen angel on the other side of the receiver did not shy away. "I suddenly realized that since I expressed my awareness, I have inexplicably disappeared in various things. Sense of participation. I inevitably had a not-so-good idea. You've 'finished' me, so I don't bother to care about it. Our interactions now are not as much as when we were wary of each other and had to live together in the same city."
"Can't you change the adjective?" Zach was a little helpless. "You are worrying too much. There are too many people (foreign races) living in the same city with us now..."
Zach's explanation was unexpectedly interrupted, "So, you're going to take care of other people, and you start to ignore me, the first person you took care of?"
Zach pursed his lips and really didn't want to respond, "You want to talk about Marsa Port? Okay, let's talk about Marsa Port."
"I know that Fisher went to Grande, and I also know that not long ago, he sent someone to deliver a bunch of information to you."
"Can I ask how you know that?"
"Have you, Sibera, who has acquired a bunch of crappy wizards, and you, who have just welcomed Novel and Mokawi, forgotten that I, the devil, are the largest alien group in Barton? What we are bored of is just messing around in the streets. Akira, you can know many things."
Seeing Dora's eyes roll and Bumi's lips curling, Zach shook his head, "Then, what do you want to say?"
"Have you received a new commission? Do you need help? As I said, we can know a lot of things just by walking around on the street."
"It's not a commission..." Zach raised his eyebrows, thinking of something, "But I do need help." He winked at Dora Bumi, "But not to let the devil roam the streets."
Zach didn't lie. It's like this. Fisher's investigation, which was ultimately characterized as 'helping', was not Zach's real purpose. Zach wanted to help Anthony investigate the whereabouts of illegal workers.
But the fact is here, the illegal workers have indeed disappeared. Zach said before that it is not disappearance, but death. Even Madison knows the death that attracts Cerberus to Port Massa frequently. This fact has never been discussed by vampires, because the purpose is not that, and to be honest, it is a very strange thing for people who are packed and boxed to die while crossing the ocean, no? , not surprising. The strangeness manifested itself in Fisher's eyes, as it was missing, but we already knew that it was Zach and the others who did it, in order to confirm that this was Fisher's business.
Zach didn't intend to pay attention to Fisher's help, which he placed great trust in, because it was meaningless. Earning Fisher's favor by saying he was willing to help was already a huge gain.
Well, now that the Fallen Angel wants to take the initiative, wouldn't it be better if there are more people who can also help complete this task. (.)