"If Poch isn't in charge of Quinn's business, then someone else needs to take ......care of these things," Zach said, glancing up at the second floor. A call came, and Zach was not suitable to be disturbed for the time being, so Louise was going to answer it, but now it seems that Louise is ready to come down for Zach to listen.

Zach walked away from his counterpart to the stairwell as he finished speaking, "The meaning that Quinn represents needs to be borne by others. Why don't you take what you need?"

Riley and Fiona exchanged glances, and Zach didn't hear their reply, and had already walked up the stairs to meet Louise as she came down.

"It's Ozzy Kozier. Louise was telling the caller.

"I hear it. Zach replied simply. In fact, Zach doesn't want to have anything to do with Oz in every sense, because ah, the goodbye has been said, and such a broken thread will make some people misunderstand~

"That ......" Louise looked at Zach up, her face was quite weird, "What if the two 'wives' outside ......" Louise's title revealed her opinion of the two outside, "What if we really ask us someone to take home?"

It's ironic that Louise is worrying about discipline for someone else. Oh, Louise is so good, we don't sarcastically mock her, we sarcastically mock the outside two.

Zach was also very speechless on this topic, pouting, "Old Hank's people, Old Hank's decision." Let them ask Old Hank. ”

"Oh~" Louise went down with peace of mind.

Entering the office, Zach picked up the phone and listened to the background sound in the receiver, Ozzy Kozier was calling in a very quiet environment, and he was a little conscious, "You shouldn't have contacted me." Would make Rut Lesenbra suspicious. ”

"I know. "Oz sounds calm," but anyway, he already knows I'm restless, and it doesn't matter. ”

Zach pursed his lips and said the same - Hamilton must have told Rutt Lesencbraoz about saying goodbye to Grande, even if Hamilton couldn't have known that Zach used his mind to communicate with Oz, but Root certainly wouldn't ignore the ability of a mind reader.

So, "Where are you?" Zach guessed that Oz's call had a necessary reason.

"Central. Oz paused, "If it were any other place, I don't think I would need to tell you the city. But, this should be a city where you have a lot of feelings. ”

Zach only thought it was Oz making a joke, so he responded with a joke, "With Zagger, you should understand that I have a lot of feelings for all the places in the Midlands. I'm just a butterfly, I'm flying everywhere. "It's about the 'wonders' that Toledo accomplished in the middle and in the Hidden Alliance. Jokes plus show-offs and self-deprecation. Zack's words are truly impeccable.

There was silence on the receiver for a moment, and then, "I'm at the Moriati Manor." Zach, your former home. ”

Zach was also quiet for a moment, "Oh. Then, with a mocking look, "It's quiet, you over there." I thought it had become a tourist attraction and was poorly run. Hehe. ”

"Nope. On the contrary, it is very popular with travelers. In particular, after the administrators began to tell a story outside of history, about the true origins of the greatest process in human history, the abolition of slavery, many people came to visit. Oz paused deliberately, "It's just closed today." The manager here was very lenient and allowed me to come in and have a look. ”

Zach remembered the phone call that ended inexplicably. Remember, I'm looking for Mr. Toredo.

"Oh. Zach meant to say something funny, but he didn't have the goods in his head, so he could only respond.

Oz's voice continued, "You know why I stopped in the middle. ”

Of course, Zach made it happen," James. Zach adjusted his mood.

"Yes. The case of Dale and James is very ...... "Oz also has times when words are poor," special. I could feel why Wes needed help. ”

"You can't fix it?" Zach wondered. The plan is to take advantage of Dale's situation in the center to intercept Oz, who is going west, so that he has a reason to stay in the center.

We may have seen that it was Zach who made Wes think it was a natural result after Wes's phone call that it would give Oz a chance to get close to General Lance. But don't forget that on the first day that Zach will return to Barton, Louise told Zach the information that Zach was tracking Dale and James's phantom feedback, and when Zach came to say goodbye, Zach gave this message in his mind, heh, Oz is such a smart guy, will he let it go?

Even if Wes didn't come to Zach for help, he would find a reason to stop in the middle and intervene in the General's son's rescue operation. After that, it can be compared to the extreme situation that has already happened outside Barton Hospital, giving Oz a reason not to return to the West at all. Of course, this will not be expanded into this direction, but ...... When our perspective only stays at a small city, Barton, we should realize that this is just a sample, and the field of view is magnified~

In short, regardless of Oz's future actions, let's focus on the reason for Oz's call.

Zach thinks that the other party is just a human being, and that Dale is just a contract professional in how 'smart'. If Wes and the General's men still have concerns about James' safety, Oz the mind reader has no scruples at all, and any human within his 'reading' range is a book that can be flipped through casually to him, isn't it, it should be easy to rescue James.

You can feel the unhappiness of being questioned on the earpiece, but Oz seems to have to admit that this job is more complicated than anyone expected, "It's not that I can't save James, it's that James himself wants to be saved." ”

"I ......" Usually, when Zach calls the phone, he looks straight ahead, and the person who simulates the conversation is opposite him. Therefore, we can often see Zach holding the handset to show various movements and emotions, which can be regarded as Zach's personal 'compensation' behavior for the situation of not being able to see the person on the phone. At this point, Zach's direct gaze began to drift, uncertain focus on the office, "I don't understand what you're talking about." "It's really not easy to get Zach to admit this kind of thing.

"Trust me, I was the same in the beginning. Don't understand. But now. Oz probably shook his head, and there was a murmur of the topic rubbing against the skin, "I see." James didn't want to be saved because of his hopeless obsession. ”

"Please. Interpretation. Zach said please.

"First of all, James doesn't want us to hurt Dale. Hum. Oz's tone sounded sarcastic, "Wes gave me a technical term to describe the psychology of the victim in turn protecting the perpetrator, and you want to know what it is called." ”

Stockholm Disease ......

Tut. Really, James was psychologically fragile to this extent? Impossible. We all know the reason why James didn't want to be saved -

"Don't care. Zach was very direct, and then, making the most correct guess that Zach could have made based on what he knew about James, "Could it be that James thinks Dale is ...... Victim?" more specifically, "Interracial victim?"

"Huh. Oz smiled, "I don't know if James is lucky or unlucky to meet you, you know him too well." ”

Zach really wanted to accept this compliment, but he just couldn't be happy, and reluctantly withdrew his wandering gaze to fix it in a straight line, "Tsk." I should have known that. Zach ...... "Dale was very concerned about James's state of mind on the way to the West, and he discussed with me why James had such an ambivalent pattern of behavior towards the aliens. I just thought this was Dell's stress reaction when he didn't understand the situation. Zach frowned, he recalled his continuous disappointment in Dale, heh, it turned out that under that disappointment, it was Dale who was in-"I should realize that Dale kidnapped James not only because James was the 'seed' of Patton's politics prepared for the Magic Feast, but because he understood James's psychology thoroughly. ”

There was a relaxed exhale on the other side of the earpiece, and then, "I'm really going to miss talking to you." "Even though we were on the phone, the communication with you was so effective, like reading each other's minds, saving me countless explanations." ”

Missed a compliment, Zach didn't miss this time, "Thank you." But the mood doesn't get better, "Have you been in contact with Dell?"

"Touched. In the affirmative, "So I can say that your judgment is completely correct." Dale has completely controlled James. Physically, psychologically. They are now like two locks, clasped together. Even though I could see the locks very clearly, I couldn't unlock them. ”

"You just said it first. That continues. Zach frowned, he wanted to know everything that was going on over there.

"Then, James didn't want us or Dale, to hurt any humans. ”

This went a lot smoother, and Zach deduced the situation after a little thought, "Dale is using James's psychology to hold humans hostage. Deepening James's notion that he was a victim by creating more victims. ”

"Yes. Oz seemed to be enjoying the conversation, after all, what he read from a person's mind would not normally be in the conversation. The little helplessness of the mind reader. But for Zach, the exchange was too comfortable, "Dale even used his younger brother, the administrator of the Moriati Manor. "A little 'irrelevant' little message," said a man with glasses. ”

"Cold-blooded. Zach gave a comment. It was at this time that Zach realized one thing, he, underestimated Dale as a person. Zach is too comfortable (or habitual) to see a human struggling with a worldview that he doesn't understand, and ignores the nature of the human being. That's what Dell really is. The killer who pushed Susan down the window and calmly entered Grande to try to find out where Daisy was. Dale doesn't move easily, doesn't he, he observes, he judges, he acts.

"It's not that he's completely cold-blooded, his brother is still alive. Oz's tone began to soften, "The phantom man you commissioned has tried to save James a few times along the way, hmph, can you imagine what the result is." ”

Zach frowned, "I hope you've at least figured out how to figure this out." ”

"I don't have it, that's why I called. "Sometimes I'm so used to 'reading' people's minds to get a sense of what they do, and forgetting that sometimes actions can affect thinking in turn. And you, that's what I know, are masters at making people act against their minds, manipulating people. ”

Wow, the praise in Oz's mouth is really gushing.

"Thank you. Zach took the compliment directly, "And I guess that's why you spoke to me at Moriati Manor?"

"Yes. I want to use this brother, who was let go of Dale once, to undo the two locks that were fastened together. I need your advice. ”

"Say it. "Zach is crisp. Saving James is a must. Heh, Anthony's political template has to be taken over by someone who copied it, so that this template can have meaning. James's life or death, uh, we don't care, whether Anthony can live in peace for the next four years under the control of the Feast, we care, because he's Zach's true friend. When Zach is gone, he should leave something good in the world.

"A 'good Samaritan' donated a lot of books outside of history to this glasses brother. Oz quipped, "I just told you that he started telling visitors a story that is not in history." ”

Zach nodded, dryly, "I sent it." On a whim. ”

"I guess the reason is what Dale said to you at the Feast—"Mind readers are sometimes really convenient, and if Zach's understanding of Dale is that they get along and do things together, for Oz, it may just be a meeting," Dale's father began telling the story of a wealthy family that didn't exist in any literature when they were young, and was exterminated at the beginning of the slave movement. ”

"Yes. Zach frowned, "He said he didn't believe the story that didn't have any proof, and that his brother was the opposite of him. ”

"Your momentary sentimentality led you to send proof of Toledo's existence to the brother who insisted on not having a story. Sort of your one and only Torredo, the last confession of the human lineage that once served you. ”

Zach pursed his lips, "Change the word." "It's about sentimentality. Zach is self-conscious, which is one of his few shortcomings. Once, it was Benjamin who helped him get rid of these boring emotions.

"I can't change it. "Oz is also willful," is the most fair word I can think of, and everything else is derogatory, for vampires. ”

Zach waved his hand into the air, "You go on." ”

"This glasses brother is very smart, he has locked 'Toredo' from the thirteen immortal surnames in those books, he already knows your existence, Zach, I don't need to tell you. ”

"No, if I'm not mistaken, he called me. This led to a question for Zach, "How did he know about Grande?"

"He didn't call the police, or do anything stupid, after his brother left his house, he took care of the private investigator and looked into the name 'Dale Walker'. As I said, this is a smart man. ”

Zach didn't know what emotions to use, "'Dale Walker' is still on Grande's roster. "But I can't say it full, after all, the phone was hung up hastily," I don't think he knows my identity for sure. ”

But he confirmed that in the life trajectory left behind by his brother, Dale, there was a Toredo. He also confirmed that it had something to do with his brother's sudden kidnapping of a man who appeared at his house - Dale, who stopped at his house and revealed that he had read the books and took one of them. ”

"This, you could say sentimental. "Zach sensitively seized the opportunity," Dale's momentary sentimentality towards his family revealed information that he didn't need to expose. ”

"His only weakness. Zack. Oz was reminding Zack, "Now the two brothers know that the estate where they grew up belongs to a family that lives forever but is destroyed. Two brothers, but they insist on completely opposite beliefs. One, here, tells the story of Toledo to all visitors. One, tied up with James and fled in this country. I'm thinking, use this third lock, to break the two locks that are fastened together. What do you think?"

Zach is thinking, thinking, thinking......

"Do it. Use all the information you can use. ”

"Roger. ”