When we say that Becky is a nightlife paradise, it should be objectively said that Becky is actually a very convenient place. As the earliest development of Barton's living circle, the infrastructure here is very complete, living, working, and playing are all here, which is convenient and fast.

But of course, after Barton's development really took off, the aspect of life began to shift under the needs of the citizens, and more people turned their attention to Noll and Back Bay, which can provide a better living environment. Becky's focus is on entertainment and goes a little further.

Fortunately, the city government did not continue to allow Becky to go deeper in some respects, at least as we know, Becky East Street, the street near Reipter, began to be rectified at the beginning of the year. Shops that affect the healthy growth of high school students are closed, and old streets and buildings are renovated and rebuilt.

Zach's destination is on this new street.

In front of a cramped building sandwiched between a bookstore and a stationery store, Zach checked the door number on his business card one last time, pressed the answer button on the door, and then stepped out of the way, pushing James to the door, "You say. ”

James dodged," he said. ”

"I still need to explain to you on the side of the street that this Earl is likely to ignore my visit. ”

"Tsk. James stood back with the corners of his mouth tugging, stared at the transponder irritably, waited for a moment, and pressed it again, "How do you know he's home." ”

"I made a call and was hung up. ”

James pursed his lips and pressed impatiently.

Kara, it was clear, but no one spoke except for the sound of breathing mixed with the electromagnetic noise.

James looked at Zach and raised his hand, meaning 'What do you want me to say?!'

Zach raised his hand back, meaning, 'Mind you, just let him open the door.' ’

"Patton Police Department. James pouted and spoke into the transponder, glaring at Zach in response to Zack's speechless forehead. Honestly, can you expect James to say anything, "I'm Detective Reims, Earl isn't it, I need to ask you something, please open the door." ”

There was silence for a moment, "I know who you are, and I also see Zachary standing next to you, what are you doing here?" ”

Zach looked up, a small head retracting from the top floor window. Too fast to see the face clearly.

Zach waved James away and turned to the transponder, "Earl, you hung up on me." ”

"Now I can hang you up again. "It's so direct.

Zach pursed his lips, "Koft recommended you to Grande, accounting matters. He said you were an expert. Open the door, I don't want to discuss these things on the side of the street. ”

There was silence again, and after a long while, "I don't do Grande's business." ”

Zach looked at James, who was already frowning, and didn't hurry, "Then I'll give your business card to this Lance police detective." Maybe he'll find some reason why he really needs to visit you as a Patton police officer. "Grey career lawyers introduce financial experts who 'like to be behind the scenes and don't do long-term business'. So Zach is threatening, clear.

Click. The door opened.

"Thank you. Zach added to the transponder.

Before he could pull the door, James took the lead, frowning as he stepped in, "What are you looking for him for?" ”

"You'll know in a moment, what's the hurry. Zach then closed the door and pushed James upstairs.

A young detective, a vampire, the stairs are nothing, reach the top floor in minutes, and the door has been opened, as if reserved for them.

"Change your shoes. As soon as he pushed the door, a man with a face like cracked bark pointed out at the door. With a bark-like face, I didn't think of anyone, such as Smith's brother-in-law Flender (Remer) or something. Now this is Earl, an android, and if Smith had seen him, he would have thought that Flender was genuinely handsome. Yes, this is for everyone's reference, to illustrate, Earl is uglier.

James, who had been a little mentally prepared, still had a terrible reaction on the spot, and he blocked the doorway, staring stiffly at his master Earl who greeted them.

"Do I have bugs on my face? Earl also looked at James and asked.

"Ugh. James was pushed by Zach in the back before he reacted, "I'm sorry. "Look away, follow the owner's start to change shoes.

Zach was much quicker, had already bypassed James and walked into Earl's house, and casually looked at it, "Madame's not there." ”

"Work. The answer was simple, "Stay in the living room for a while, and tidy up in the study for a while." ”

Earl's home is not large, and Zach in the living room can see the whole pattern with a little look. Reminded by this, he tilted his head and looked at the end of the corridor on one side. The sound of tidying up came from the study, and soon a, well, a shrub in the form of a child, ran out with a pile of books and stationery.

James came over after changing his slippers and saw that his face was gloomy, and his gaze uncontrollably shifted to Zack, who was also looking at the child's 'bush'.

When he came, Zach said that Earl's son was more sorry, and that Zach did it on purpose.

Zack's gaze moved up and down on the face of a child who was almost indistinguishable from a walking plant, and landed on the book and stationery he was holding, and actually showed a smile, "Family education? Yes, do you need some advice on this, I should be good at it, hehe, not self-satisfied, I feel that Alice's education is not bad." ”

Earl didn't seem to want to respond to Zach, patting his son on the head, "Go watch TV, dad and uncles are going to talk about work." ”

The boy nodded, looked at Zach with sparkling eyes through the cracks in the bark, then turned to James, obediently said nothing, turned on the TV, and began to change the channel.

"Study. Earl took the lead and walked to the study, "You don't need refreshments or anything like that." ”

"No, you don't. James replied before Zack, because he knew Zack's habits too well to give the vampire the possibility of dragging the topic on, it would be endless.

Zach didn't mind James's rush to answer, just smiled. I entered the study and sat down behind my desk. No one can try to control Zach from opening up his own topic, "What's the little guy's name, this is the first time I've seen him since I saved his life 9 years ago, I don't know his name yet." ”

"You don't have to know. Earl casually picked up the missing eraser on the table and placed it in a drawer, "You don't need to add another name to Toledo's list of victims of hypocrisy. ”

After closing the door casually, James had been moving the extra chairs, but now he gave up and leaned back in the corner, ready to watch coldly.

"Yes, it is hypocrisy to save your child's life. Zach's expression was normal, "Then maybe I should be real, and let him return to the destiny he was born with now." ”

James was about to slap him in the face, ending the initial spectatorship, but neither Zach nor Earl made any moves, leaned back with twitching corners of their eyes, and continued to sneer.

"My agreement. Earl's bark-like face is hard to get expression, "Since the news that Sibella brought back to the middle (the Hidden Alliance left), it doesn't make sense, whatever you want, but I promise." Fortunately, the tone was clear enough, absolutely threatening, "I won't let you have a better time with Torre." ”

Zach smiled, then waved his hand, and the topic came without warning, "Grande has some extra income, I don't know what to do with it, Koft recommended you." ”

"Give it all to me. "The other party also gets into the role quickly," plus Grande from the daily accounts of the two years, a week. ”

"All for you, so how do I know I can trust you?"

"Don't believe me. Unexpectedly straightforward, and not unexpectedly off-topic, it pulled the topic back to where Zack cut it off, "Just like before I didn't trust to entrust your son's life to you." ”

"Your son is alive, isn't he? Zach tilted his head.

Suddenly, the table was slammed against the hand with dry, rough skin, "Alive?!His body is three times more damaged by the erosion of his soul than normal!three times!!!" Emphasized, "You say that's alive?!He's never stepped out of this home!You say it's alive?!"

James frowned tightly, this kind of thing was really not suitable for him, because now James couldn't control the door of the study, and judged in his heart the degree of sound insulation here.

"Triple as much. Zach repeated, his emotions not seeming to fluctuate, "I can think that you are prepared to swallow two-thirds of Grande's assets accordingly." ”

James's gaze shifted back to Zach with mixed emotions. Yes, James couldn't keep up.

Also unable to keep up is Earl. It is unbelievable that the bark face that makes it difficult to judge the expression actually has a clear expression, "You...... Why, how can such an incomprehensible analogy be made??"

Earl is talking about his son's life, and Zach is talking about money.

"Isn't it unreasonable? Zach actually shook his head, "Then what do you want to express, let me apologize? For the fact that you still hate the fact that your race betrayed Toledo when you saved your son's life, and the fact that you tried to assassinate me several times when I first arrived in Baton, and deliberately did not do your best to make your son ugly?"

Zach waved his hand, "I'm sorry, I may have felt a little bit of a sense of responsibility when I saw your son just now, but, sorry, no, I don't think I did anything wrong at the time, just as Toledo freed the slaves and ended up being the only survivor." Responsible, but unapologetic, mature enough people will know that there is a difference between the two. ”

Let's take an example that may not be appropriate, if a police officer or a doctor fails to save someone, he should feel responsible, but he doesn't need to feel sorry for anyone.

"Now, I'm suggesting you do the same......," Zach shrugged, "No, better, I'll pay you two-thirds of Grande's assets, you don't need to affect your reputation to swallow up the client's money, I'll pay on my own initiative." Let's all take it for granted, don't you think? ”

There was silence in the study.

It was Earl who broke the silence, a sound made with action.

He stood up, walked to the bookcase, and after opening the bottom cabinet, he began to rotate the combination lock without hesitation, pulled out an old notebook under some documents, flipped it open, glanced at it, closed the safe, and threw the notebook directly to Zack, "My great-great-grandfather's diary, there is a part in the middle that records the changes in our artificial race in the Secret Alliance before and after the abolition of slavery. ”

Zach caught it and put it back on the table, "What do you mean by giving me this?"

"No one betrayed Toredo, it was you who betrayed, and the androids who once served Toledo were abandoned by you without warning. The tone was gloomy, "All they can do is take refuge in other clans. Then it's you Toredo yourself, who will create a rift between the clans so that the Alliance will find that you Toredo is a threat that must be eliminated. ”

Remember, Toredo's past, which was presented to us as a historical story by different people, is a strange history of making himself to death.

The corners of Zack's mouth curled slightly, of course, Zack, who is Toledo, would not think that it was death, "If you regard giving freedom as abandonment, I can only say that your race is hopelessly flawed from the source. "An artificial race that is only suitable to be used as slaves and will be extinct if it leaves, is not a flaw or anything.

"Say whatever you want. Earl returned to the back of the table, "The truth is that I, as you see me now, is probably the last blood of our race, and this is what you call the result of freedom. I'm desperate to keep this last bloodline going to attack a culprit who has brought this devastating blow to our race......"

James interjected inexplicably, "You are probably mistaken, the abolition of slavery has nothing to do with Toredo, it is the process of human society itself. In Zack's somewhat strange gaze, James turned his head sideways, he didn't know why he suddenly wanted to say these words, and besides, these words were only someone else's, "Toredo made an innovation in the Hidden Alliance, and it didn't affect anything, and it was eliminated. "Come to think of it, these are the words of the mind reader Morellinn.

Zach looked back at Earle, "As the detective said, Toredo is not the culprit, at most it is a reminder to your race, you ignored it, and betrayed it." I say. His eyes surveyed Earl a few times, "This is the way you deserve it." "If what Earl says is true, he is the last bloodline," and you, you should feel lucky that Toledo, who gave you a chance, appears in front of you again. He glanced back at the study door, and at the end of the corridor behind the signal, the child in the living room, "I've given you another chance." ”

Earl closed his eyes, probably completely speechless to the two guests.

"I think you should know that Reimer has been at Barton for a while. After another pause in the study, Zach spoke, and fiddled with the notebook that was placed on the table, as if at random, "I wonder if your great-great-grandfather's diary mentions one of the Remer names Flender." ”

Earl didn't speak.

Zach continued, "Probably not, Reimer is the only clan in the Covert Alliance that doesn't use android slaves, and their class is so far apart that slaves aren't allowed to talk about their masters. Finally, with what little sense of responsibility I have, I will tell you some secret information that can only be known when you are out of slavery, your ancestors ignored the opportunity, and I put it in front of you again......"

Interrupted, "Are you trying to get back two-thirds of Grande's assets that you just promised?" The tone has been calm, and this tone is simply talking about business.

The corners of Zach's mouth curled, and what he said was really unpleasant, "You've reminded me that this information may be worth more than ten times Grande's assets." ”

"You want me to do things for you for free?!" It's impossible to send money back, so I don't say it at all.

"You can judge for yourself. Zach smiled and continued, "Flender is an artificial person created by the ancestor of Remer himself, and it is not an ordinary artificial species, Flender, it is Remer, and his body flows with the same ancestral blood as the current leader of Remer, Eve Remer. (To be continued.) )