The sun is just right, and the Grande is a little noisy.

On the one hand, there is a problem on the living quarters. Yesterday, after the snow stopped, a group of people collapsed the sewer while clearing the snow. Don't ask me how I collapsed, that's what you do if you let a bunch of ex-criminals do the housework. Remember Austin, the contractor who built the Grande living quarters. The poor can't do the big work of the southern port, so I can only come to Grande to do after-sales service.

On the other hand, there are a lot of police officers coming from Grande. James is back.

After Zach politely asked Darcy, Corson, and Chapman to leave for the third time, he finally succeeded. But he still promised Darcy that he would report the story of James's rescue to the Devil's Banquet, and promised Curson that he would go to the Southern Police Station to explain to the Cologne chief in person when he had time, and as for what to explain, I have a chance to say; in the end, Chapman, Zach let Chapman meet James, so that Chapman's concern for his colleagues was expressed, and he left satisfied.

Closing the door, Zach quietly faced James, no, and Wes.

Wes had forgotten that he had come to Grande to ask Zach to apologize and make amends, and while Zach hadn't made eye contact with James, he took Zack aside and lowered his voice, "He's very wrong! I'm really worried about his psychological condition! He won't have any sequelae!" Wes seemed a little flustered, "I saw Dr. Browning (Amilia) here (living quarters), let her come and take a look!"

Zach carefully observed Weis, knowing that this concern was not fake, "Don't worry, I can ......" walked over to James, first lifted James's chin, and tasted the crooked bridge of his nose, "Fix him." With that, he began to do it. The red gushing from the thimble pierced the wound on the bridge of James's nose.

"I'm not worried about his body. Wes could only follow Zach and say in front of James, "I'm worried about his head!

Zach glanced at James' normal nose with satisfaction, lifted James's chin again, pulled his collar casually, and watched the bruise on his neck disappear. Retorted to Weiss, "If you can't cultivate blood, I can." A smiling face looked at James, "Are you right, detective~"

Under normal circumstances, if James heard this metaphor that he was being trained by Zack, he would explode and yell two words to help him or something.

But this time, James just glanced at Zach and brushed Zack's hand away from his chin. At the same time, the gaze began to move over the focused drift of Zach and Wes.

"Look! look!" Wess was a little excited, "Look at him!

Zach also frowned, followed James's swaying gaze, snorted, raised his hand and waved to the landing point of his sight, and explained to Wes as a comforter, "It's just Ryan who is making a lot of fun." James could see Ryan because I tricked him into reciting the Soul Charm that fixed Ryan's Groundbinders......"

To verify Zack's explanation, after Zack waved his hand to disperse someone, James's gaze stopped moving, lost focus for a while, and then returned to Zack, simply watching, without any special emotions.

"But don't worry, we're all used to using Ryan as air, and James is just away for a while and getting used to it again. Since James was looking at himself, Zach was also looking at James, "Are you right, Detective Lance~" The title is a little more complete.

James didn't respond.

Zach waited like this for a while, then frowned again, "Wes, why don't you ask Emilia if she has time to come over and have a look?"

"Here we go!" Wes rushed out of the office.

Zakra sat down face-to-face with James in a chair, and his tone was devoid of the previous frivolity, very serious, "Now that there is no one, you can speak." ”

James really spoke, but the content was something that Zach didn't care about, "Dale's brother came to Barton with us." ”

"Uh, what does he want. ”

"See you. ”

"Boring. Zach directly defines the persistence of others to pass on generations. The privileges of the Eternals.

"I just found out that you're a really ...... person Interesting. James looked at Zach and said something inexplicable.

Zach didn't think James could say anything to surprise him, so he raised his eyebrows, hugged his arms, and smiled, "Oh, let's talk about it~"

"How many times have you healed me?"

"I can't count it~" Zach chuckled, "Are you going to say anything numb?" hehe, don't, I'll be shy......"

Zach's performance was unfinished, "boring move." James calmly interrupted Zach's laughter, "I'll never thank you, so, no matter how many times you heal me, it's a boring move." ”

The corners of Zack's mouth slowly retracted into place. I was pleasantly surprised.

Soon, Zach's smile returned, and he raised his hand to point the bridge of James' freshly healed nose, "Okay~ I remember~ I won't do boring things next time......"

He was interrupted again, "I don't need you either, I can ask Hamilton for blood, and at worst, I can buy it with money." I'm rich, you know. ”

This time, after Zack's smile was jammed, he couldn't recover. Looking into James's eyes with a slight frown, "Let's wait for Emilia to come over." ”

James changed. It's still the worst direction - the values of the Demon Feast, isn't it?

Wait a minute, it's just a few words, don't jump to conclusions so early.

James's gaze remained on Zach's face, "You're scared. ”

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid of what?" Zach wanted to laugh again, but he couldn't.

"You're afraid you'll stop guessing what I'm thinking. James looked at Zach, "I used to be a fly, you put a broken egg there, and I'll fly over, simple, simple." Now, I'm a woodpecker, flying to the towering trees by myself, pecking, da-da-da. ”

Zach opened his mouth. Who is the person sitting in front of him? James as we know him well, can he say such an 'image' metaphor?

So, Zach looked at James again and asked, "Who are you?"

Answer——

"Dale Walker. ”

Zach was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand to the thimble, "Sam, your time is up." ”

A dark red sorcery spell just lit up from Zack's finger.

"Wait a minute. Zach pressed the hand with the thimble and looked at James again, oh no, Dale Walker, "Why are you in James's body, explain, or, die again." ”

"You don't have to do it. Dale Walker manipulated James's facial muscles to make a painful expression and laugh - this was really not the first expression that Zack expected James to show to himself, but the reality was so, and it seemed that he could only accept it, "The blood you treated James's body has made me very uncomfortable, and I can feel that my second death is coming soon." ”

Zach put his arms back together and leaned back in his chair, "Then you need to hurry." ”

"Yes. Answer your questions first. Dale Walker began to touch James's body, in a strange, strange way, "He asked for it himself, and he asked me to possess him just as he realized I was bound to that copy of Cain the Divine Punishment." ”

"The Divine Punishment of Cain." Zach was expressionless, "The book you took from your brother." ”

"Yes. The mind reader knew I was tied to the book, and he told Wes to burn it, but my stupid brother insisted on keeping it. Hehe. Stupidity. ”

Zach wasn't ready to participate in an older brother's evaluation of his younger brother, "What, are you disappointed, to yourself or to your brother?" "Got it, it's a pun, on the one hand, it's not his brother's diary that Dale's brother has to keep, and on the other hand, Dale himself is not his own diary! Zach is sometimes quite vicious.

Dale didn't reply immediately, and continued to touch his body in a weird way.

Zach wasn't going to be here to quietly watch a groundbinding, using James' body, to complete what could be the last self-touch in this world, so "Now isn't the time for you to remain silent and maintain your image, Dale Walker, we all know you talk a lot." Zach even used an encouraging tone, "Come on, this is your last chance." Cherish it. ”

"Hehehe. ”

I have to say that if James himself could occasionally make such a hearty laugh, he would probably be a little more likeable.

After laughing, Dale stopped his hand on his chest, "It feels weird, there is a body, and there is a beating heart." ”

If that's how Dale Walker 'cherishes' this last chance, that's fine.

Zach didn't ask for anything more, stood up, put back in his chair, and sat down behind the desk. Wait for the real James to come back - Wes seems to be having some trouble in the living quarters, and he won't be able to get over for a while he is arguing with Emilia.

"You don't seem surprised at all that James offered to possess him. Dale took the initiative to speak.

"What is there to be surprised about, he is James. Zach shrugged. yes, that's James, did he do anything really surprising?

"Yes, he's James. Dale nodded, "You know I should have died a long time ago, in your villa (200 years old Vega Villa)." ”

"Yes. "Zach wasn't very interested.

"Sorry for making such a mess of your villa, you see the blood on the stairs. ”

Zach just tilted his head.

"I can't beat James......"

After all, there was some interesting information in this last chance.

"He's young, strong, from a military family, born in the regular military, hehe, how could I, a free contract killer, ever beat such a guy. "Is this self-deprecation? Yes.

If Zach were to lead the conversation, he would have liked to know more about the process of rescuing James than about the kidnapping of James so much earlier. But, since this is Dell's last chance, let him dominate.

Zach glanced at Dale, "James won, but you kidnapped him." ”

"Yes, if he hadn't foolishly thought I was dying and healed me with your blood, I wouldn't have been able to kidnap him. ”

Zach didn't know what his emotions were, but he already had this image in his mind - after a vicious battle that almost ruined the interior of the villa, James used his last strength to pour Vampire blood on Dale, and then was killed and kidnapped by Dale, who was resurrected with full blood......

Is it the right emotion?

Zach waved his hand, not ready to share his evaluation.

"Then, at first I was only going to leave the west, and when I got into the middle, I let James go. ”

Now Zach was a little interested, "yes, we think so too. "Remember the analogy that James's own father said, James is just a talisman on the battlefield, and when you leave the battlefield, this kind of thing is useless," you can't adapt to the western environment and make this kind of ......" pointed to Dale (James), "thing." Why didn't you release him after you left the West?"

"Hehehe, in fact, it's not the west that I'm not used to, it's the world~" Dale looked at Zach, "When we went to the west, we took a boat and crossed the middle." You know, I was basically in seasickness and I didn't quite understand what we were going through on the boat the whole time. That boy Jack: Are you a friend?"

Dale genuinely asked, was the end of his life a seasick review?

Whatever, his life. Zach replied, "No, passerby. If you're curious, we're in for a Siren. ”

"Oh, Siren. Not the Engineers, Terrach, and goblins, I guess, on trains and road trips we meet, and the goblins who just want to play. It's a dangerous alien, hehe, I vaguely remember you scolding me for treating your blood as the most precious thing (when tempted by the Kraken, Dale was stopped from throwing Zack's blood into the sea). ”

"Yes. Zach nodded, "The Kraken is a dangerous alien race. ”

"Yes. "So the central part is a worse place than the west, and it's dangerous on land, even in the sea." ”

Zach narrowed his eyes and looked at Dale, "Did you get attacked by an alien in the middle? No, the phantom I hired didn't mention that." ”

"Oh!" Dale seemed to be suddenly puzzled, "Phantom Man! you sent him to me and James!" Still looking happy, "Hehe, I've never seen him, heh, I won't have a chance to see him after death." Then he winked at Zack, "Does the phantom have the ability to fulfill people's wishes?"

"Desire, not desire. Zach wasn't going to dwell on the difference between the two here, but nodded, "The Phantom Man's abilities have allowed you and James to avoid the dangers of the Midland, you want to talk about this?"

"Yes, hehe. To avoid is to avoid, after all, my desire should be said to be very simple, don't run into an alien, and strong enough. I should thank that phantom man for keeping me safe all the way. It may just be a joke, and right away, "You know that there are some things you have to be aware of when you're running away, like local news, police directions, and even, gossip from strangers." ”

Zach can understand Dale's mental journey - "So, you already know the existence of aliens, although you have benefited from the protection of phantoms and have not been 'disturbed' by aliens, but you know what you see and hear in the process of running away because of aliens." ”

Here's a fitting metaphor that may offend some people, doctors, who see everyone as a patient. And in Dell's case, really, there are patients everywhere.

"Central, it's really messy. ”

Zach didn't need Dale to tell himself the truth he had known for a long time. Do you remember what Dale watched at his brother's house?

"So you escaped from an environment that you couldn't adapt to, the west, to a more dangerous place, the middle. Zach shrugged, "After all, in the West, there is at least one system, a system that humans and aliens are maintaining. There's no such thing in the middle. And you, I think of your brother. "That's it, isn't it?

"yes, hehe, I think of my brother. Dale paused, "You know, after meeting my brother, I'm going to head all the way east and back here." ”

Come back......

Zack...... Sort of, sad for Dale, "Oh, yes. "It's sad.

"Then the military appeared, and your mind reader appeared. Dale's last words in this world, "I am a fish, all my life, adapted to a water that I cannot survive on, and this is my despair......"

Zach watched James' eyes lose their brightness and then recovered. James, "He vanished. ”

Zach was quiet for a moment, "Go on." ”