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"What is he doing?"
Grande's backyard, surrounded by four light sources. They are the living quarters to the south, Benjamin's warehouse to the west, the main building of the Grande to the north, and the moonlight to the east.
When there is light, it can be seen. James ran in circles in the eyes of these four directions. I didn't say anything symbolic, he just ran there in circles, running steadily with a meager heat evaporating from his sweaty skin.
Let's talk about the look at James. First of all, there is a gaze on the moon that looks at the world, don't fight with me, I don't listen. Then, naturally, from the living quarters, it was Grande's employees, and they watched James run for only one reason - when is this detective going to get out?
The person who is likely to answer this question is Grande's gaze on the back porch, Zach. Zach and Louise are admiring the moon, mainly because Alice and Maya have taken over the television. Zach won't answer any questions from the living quarters staff, but will answer Benjamin's questions.
Oh yes, the question at the top, it was Benjamin who asked. Standing with Murphy at the door of the warehouse, watching James run past them over and over again, he asked the question.
"Running. Zach's answer was too practical.
"I'm not blind, why is he running?" asked Benjamin as James ran up to him again.
As if Benjamin's voice needed to be 'carried', James circled 90 degrees, and when he ran up to Zach, Zach replied, "Exhaust yourself." Zach looked away from James, "he's adjusting his routine. โ
"Does this work?" Benjamin tugged at the corners of his mouth, "The physical strength consumed by waking up and the physical strength consumed by exercise are two different things. โ
Are they two things? Uh, that's too deep...... Low-level, not something that people don't know about here.
"He's tired, he's slowing down. Louise was very objective in judging James's speed.
"Hey, human. It's only a few kilometers. "Zach.
"That's right, he's already very weak, he's just been kidnapped for so long, and his body is still recovering......" Louise raised her eyebrows and looked at the moving James, "Look, the speed is back~Come on~James~"
Zach also "Come on ~ James ~ pay attention to your breathing, exhale - inhale -~"
It's like someone set a fire behind James's ass, and James uses the speed he can reach as a human being, grazing over the living quarters, past Benjamin, past Zach...... I can't move anymore. Cast a hideous look at the only two people cheering him on, then slowly, gasping, bumping towards the moonlight.
Promise me, when you run, don't let people watch.
"If you need sleeping pills, I have them. Benjamin shouted to Ming James.
James looked back weakly, not having time to answer.
"It's too early, Benjamin. "Being intercepted by Zack, everyone should guess what the sleeping pills in Benjamin's mouth actually meant.
The conversation in the backyard stopped for a moment, only the footsteps of James, the gaze of stepping through the moonlight and the living quarters, came to Benjamin, "What, what, too, early ......" The breaking point is breathing. Hey, humans.
Benjamin's reply was to tilt his head in Zach's direction.
The sound of steady footsteps at a reduced frequency is approaching Zack.
"I'm going to tell you when you're on vacation. โ
"Now!" means that tomorrow James will begin his official work.
"Okay. Zach nodded, "Wes is working on the case." A kind of 'sleeping pill' called 'Xiaobai'. Zach gestured in quotation marks.
"Keep up, me!" James ordered.
Zach compliedโstepping down the back porch, and in the outer circle of James's side, he followed the other man's run with his normal walk. "Wes left some information about the police department, in my office, if you want to see it......"
"From the police station, the information? you, now, just tell me??"
"Whew-suck-" Zach reminded James of the proper way to exercise, and then, "You've got enough things to focus on, and I don't want to distract you." โ
"You mean, Grande, in,?!"
"I mean Kate. "Zach looked at James, you slammed me, then don't blame me for slapping back.
James gave up running, and was not as fast as touching the ground with both feet at the same time. Instead, Zach shoved James in the back - the two were passing by the living quarters.
Zach looked at the pairs of eyes in the living quarters, pushed James, and walked through this section as soon as possible on the premise that James would not fall, "The sleeping pill called 'Xiaobai' is a drug that is extremely harmful and terrifying. "You can see why Zach doesn't want to say this in front of the living quarters, I don't want to explain it.
"Poison -??"
"More dangerous than 'Valmina'. "Benjamin said when he passed Benjamin.
James stared at Benjamin with his head tilted, and was pushed forward by Zack, "Benjamin was hit once, died for a few hours, and then came back to life. โ
James pulled his gaze back at Zack.
Zach was already immune to James's gaze, and if you ranked all the people in Zack's life who were focused on staring at him, James would probably be in the triple digits, "It seems to have the same effect on humans." Let people die for a few hours and then be resurrected. โ
"You're going to tell him the 'dangerous' part~" Louise reminded him when she passed by.
Similarly, James's gaze was fixed on Louise, and then he was pushed away by Zach and walked towards the moonlight, "These few hours of death are the time for the vampire inheritance, the soul appears, and is about to leave the body and complete the transformation into a new life form, the earthbound spirit." Normally, it's just a brief moment. But for the users of 'Xiaobai', it is a few hours. โ
"Dangerous??"
"How can humans be sure that another person is dead?" Zach asked rhetorically.
"Breathe!"
"Yes, you're not going to stand still and wait for the Earth Bound Spirit to show up, will you? โ
"Of course not!" "Wait for what, something invisible?"
Zach shrugged, meaning to make it clearer?
Forget it, just when James's brain is not enough oxygen, forgive him for now embodying his IQ, "With 'Xiaobai', it means that this is a world where only aliens can tell whether a person is really dead or not, do you understand?"
James's breathing state is like this โ inhale, inhale, inhale. There is only in, not out.
Zach thoughtfully patted James on the back, "Breathe, breathe, James." โ
"But I tell you about this kind of thing, it's good that you know, and from the information that the police know now, they don't know what it means except that they know the existence of 'Xiaobai' and that it is a drug that is illegally circulated in Barton with the effect of sleeping pills. โ
James grabbed Zack's hand and raided the strange action, but James probably didn't notice his behavior, "What does the police know?! What is Wes looking for?!" James has just recovered a little bit of energy, and it is all used to explode, this guy really won't save.
"Be quiet. Zach pushed James again and walked quickly through the living quarters, "I know enough, such as the circulation and market of sleeping pills." Calm down, James. Zach continued, "The place where 'White' was traded was an underground club in Becky. After Benjamin, he cast a blank gaze, "Two people who can confirm that they are engaged in the 'Xiaobai' trade are dead, this is the case of the police, murder." โ
As Zach walked by, Benjamin answered, "It's not the Ancestral Office." โ
Zach looked back at Benjamin, "Thanks for the message, I'll pass it on to Wes." "No more Benjamin, no more James," something nice about this club, belonging to Lydia Smith. โ
"Smith's sister is selling 'Xiaobai'??"
"Can you be patient? Zach thoughtfully slowed down his walk as he walked towards Grande, "Before the murder, Lydia didn't even know that she owned the club. โ
"Tsk! It's like she didn't know what Reimer was and got together with Reimer!"
Zach tilted his head and didn't respond. "The murder, the two deceased in question, the real head of the club, the manager who really knows what is going on in the club, is missing. Police and Smith signed a cooperation agreement......"
"What?!" James' excitement just ......
"Ugh. It was Louise, looking at James as he walked by, "You're listening to Zach give you a briefing on the police case, can you be a little more tolerant of everyone else?" โ
James stopped talking. Heh, because all the jokes are on himself. Why bother.
"I'm optimistic that with the police and Smith's resources, this case should have a very good outcome. Zach greeted the moonlight, "and I promised Wes that I would help if I was needed." โ
James's gaze scratched Zach. Let him be, anyway, the human gaze is not the slightest bit lethal to vampires.
Zach accompanied James around 90 degrees again, in front of the living quarters, "Actually, you don't have to go back to the police station in such a hurry, you can recuperate for a few more days." โ
"I need to!" James grimaced, why?" "I need to let the West see me, I need to let them see my influence, my potential! What I mean here!
Good ideals, or goals. After all, whether Kate can be safe in the middle depends on James's threat to his father, right? And James continues to recuperate in Grande, hehe, it won't help the status quo, will it. He needs to get to work and continue to be Barton's 'Star Detective' and weave his own bright future. Used for comparison.
Zach nodded, "But due to the agreement between the police and Smith, you should be prepared, no matter how this case is solved in the end, you probably won't get the attention you expected." Imagine that Smith will be exonerated by the police for many of his illegal acts, and the way to do so is for the police to help cover up the details of the case, "I support your comeback and go back to work, but I don't really support you wasting your time on this case." So I'm not prepared to tell you that now. โ
"Then are you going to tell others, such as Wes, the true meaning of 'Xiaobai' to humans and aliens in judging death?!"
Zach looked at James and shook his head, "No, he won't understand, he doesn't realize that this will bring 'division' to aliens and humans." You can. He added with a smile, "Now you can." "Relieved, yes, relieved. James's worldview, finally, opened.
But the character is hopeless. James glared at Zack, "Don't say that it seems that all other races are superior to humans!, I don't think there are a few other races out there besides you who understand the meaning of 'Xiaobai'!!"
"Hey, that's the perk of living under the roof of Toredo, isn't it~" Zach laughed and told a pretty real joke.
Whatever the emotion, Grande's master told a joke, and everyone should laugh with it, polite, disgusting, sincere, desperate...... But, but, laugh! However, someone is trying to spoil the atmosphere.
Toledo's wife, Murphy, spoke as James and Zach walked by again, "What is this?" โ
Is this a question?
"Is this Detective James Lance your son?" is the question, "you are here, nurture him." โ
Zach wasn't prepared to take any of Murphy's words, and walked by at a reduced pace.
James stoppedโLouise had told James to find out what this Murphy was all about. Zach began to play the game of silence, and the only thing to do was the people around him.
"Do you have a baby, Murphy? James looked at Murphy and didn't stop Zach from returning to the back porch.
Murphy's question was supposed to be for everyone, but Benjamin, Louise, and Zach didn't speak, she could only look at James, "No, Zachary is infertile, didn't he tell you." โ
Belch...... Tell......
This...... Leaked someโ
"He told you?" James looked at Murphy, "when? when did you notice that your stomach hadn't moved for a long time since you got married? Did you ask? Is it because family is stressing you? friends? Society?
Murphy...... Raising his hand, he pinched his hair, "It's none of your business, detective. โ
"No, it's not. James looked at Murphy, "But I'm going to work tomorrow, and I need to warm up, physically, mentally." "Please be impressed with James. James took a step back and circled Grande's backyard, "I can run, physically, I can solve it on my own." But mentally, you're my warm-up. James fumbled in his pocket, and the badge dangled out, "So when I ask you a question, you'd better answer, Murphy Moriati Asammet whatever the hell lady." โ
Do you still need to recall that James first threatened Murphy by relying on the legitimacy of the Thirteen Clans' vampire identity?
Murphy pinched his hair, "Yes, I asked, when I found out I hadn't been pregnant. โ
"And then he told you why he was infertile...... "James shook his hand quickly, "no, no, no, better, he told you why he couldn't make children with humans, right? He told you, he's a vampire, right?"
Murphy's hair, pinched off. That's right, pinched off. "Yes. โ
"And then, from then on, your marriage will go to hell, right?" said James, shaking the badge in his hand.
"Yes. โ
"Hmph, guess what? You still can't make children. You're running back to hell yourself, good luck. James turned and walked away...... No, I ran again, in circles, in circles, in circles, in circles......