Walking up the stairwell and seeing Shepard on the back porch looking at each other with a Great Dane, Zach knew why he hadn't heard a sound. This veteran, who has just escaped his status as a vagabond, cannot have the financial resources to pay for any means of transportation.

"Grande ...... first," but he reacted quickly enough, "Za, Zack." Shepard was sweating and smiled. I don't know if it was on foot in the summer to get hot, or if I was scared by the Great Dane who was 'guarding the door'.

Zach waved his hand to get out of the way of the Great Dane, who was chewing something, and smiled as he let Shepard in, "Why are you here? Are you here? Alice, Alice. Zach called to the second floor, "Prepare some iced lemonade." ”

Alice, who appeared on the stairs, sighed, and was stopped by Mo who had planned the dress, "Alice, I'll teach you a good thing, summer holy products, iced sour plum soup...... "Ignore it."

Wrong with the two women who went to the kitchen, Zach asked Shepard to go to the office, this guy came on purpose near noon, there should be something.

"Hehe, there are more people in Grande. Shepard smiled kindly, "I just ...... with another Grande Benjamin, having met, talked about the army. ”

"How's the conversation?" Zach motioned for Shepard to sit down in his office, "As I said, Benjamin was also born in the army, and you fought in the same war. "The war that ended ten years ago, the war that brought vampires and alpha together.

"It's good. Shepard was an honest fellow and nodded with a smile, "I've heard of Benjamin's unit, maybe we've met and acted together before." ”

"Yes. Zach smiled, this casual conversation was perfect for relaxation.

Shepard's face suddenly turned not very good, probably thinking of something bad in the war. War? There are so many bad things, who knows which one he is thinking.

"Do you remember your former comrades-in-arms? Zach was very intimate.

"Well, I remembered a few friends. Well, some of them are no longer there. Shepard pursed his lips, as if trying to make a smile, "Huh." It's also a coincidence, I used to have a good comrade-in-arms named Benjamin, who died, Benjamin was not there when I came to Grande before, I didn't feel anything, but this time I saw the person with the same name, and it was a little sad. ”

"Oh. Zach casually said, "Benjamin is a common name. "Benjamin's military status, although it is indeed a poor soldier who replaces, has long been invulnerable under the arrangement of Mayor Anthony. There's no way to go wrong, so don't worry. But we can recall who else is named Benjamin, for example, Brian lying in the guest room, whose father has been transformed into a Purple Heart ("Thirteen Years Ago").

"yes. Shepard shook his head, putting the emotions of the memories aside. He smiled sincerely, "I'm here to thank Ge...... Zach yours. I've got a job!"

"Oh!" Zach smiled and nodded. "Did Emilia arrange a job for you? Zach gestured to the phone on the desk, "Just make a phone call, and come over on purpose." ”

"No!" Shepard must have been genuinely happy, "you are my benefactor, of course I want to thank you in person! I didn't meet you, I'm still ...... in Ixton." There is no need to say this.

"What kind of work?" Now that the other party had already said what he meant, just thanking him, Zach chatted casually, "It's been a few days since you went to the shelter after the funeral here. Why did you decide on a job today?"

Shepard participated in the funeral of the servants at Bishop Manor, earned his first salary from Grande, and then, because of his appointment with Emilia, he went to the shelter in the North End. Emilia was quite attentive and arranged for containment work first, but unexpectedly, she has now found a job for him.

"Miss Browning (Emilia) was a great help. Shepard said gratefully, "After I went, and after arranging accommodation, he introduced me to Mrs. Quinn." Then I did a background check and a physical examination, and Mrs. Quinn had a very good resume, and said that the shelter project needed the help of me, a free-moving veteran, so I offered the job offer. ”

"Your resume?" Zach asked with a smile.

"Uh......" Shepard's expression became unnatural, "I was assigned back to Patton after I was discharged from the army, and worked as a prison guard in the South Side Prison, but I only worked for half a year, well, for some personal reasons, I quit my job, I didn't find a new job, I have no relatives, and my good friends are no longer there...... Ordinary friends are too busy to take care of themselves, and they start to wander. ”

At that time, the war had just ended, and there was really no chance. But our vampires care more about other things-

Zach raised an eyebrow, he hadn't asked before, and now, there was no need to ask, "Your job won't be a guard or something, hehe, those people in the shelter are not prisoners." Zach was joking.

"Hehe, of course not. Shepard also smiled, "If I was good at guarding work, I wouldn't have quit, hehe." It's security, the shelter seems to be planning to provide medical care to those homeless, listening to Amilia, it seems that there is going to be a pilot project, some medicines are very precious, and they need to be cared for by someone in their own system, so it is not suitable to invite an outside security company. ”

Everybody understands, everybody understands! Mrs. Quinn wants to legalize something, and Smith's secret industry wants to be whitewashed...... Heh, is there a better pilot than these homeless people at the bottom of society!

Shepard really has a good job, thanks to Zach.

"After that, your life will be smooth. Zach smiled, everything went very smoothly, even beyond his initial expectations - originally he just wanted to get someone to Mrs. Quinn and the project, to become the eyes and ears, now, this is not only in the project, but also in participation!

"Yes. Zach looked thoughtful, "I'll give you a gift, congratulations on starting a new life." ”

"Hey!" Shepard looked terrified, "That's not going to work! I've been helped too much by Grand......"

Zach had already stood up, smiling and waving his hand, "What's the matter, we get along very well, what's wrong with giving gifts between friends." Later you are also stable. You can get together from time to time, well, how about a car?" Zach had already rounded his desk and looked at Shepard's dusty boots, "It will be easier to get together with us later." ”

"Uh...... This ...... "gift is already very scary, car, car!"

Zach doesn't care. Already out of the office, beckoning and laughing, "You don't have to be too excited, Grande's cars are all old cars, and staying in Grande also takes a place, so you should help a friend dispose of one." ”

Before Shepard could say no, Zach had already gone downstairs and let a terrified Shepard chase him through the backyard. Opened a warehouse in the south.

In fact, there are only three of Grande's usual cars, and the armor-style wagon is needless to say. And then there's the vintage sedan from Anthony, which Benjamin drove to the nursery with Alice yesterday. Finally, there is a large truck, the barn on the west side of the Grande, which occasionally needs to be replenished with lambs (Zach's food), which is used.

The rest is the car left over from the previous generation of Grande. There are also the cars that the West Side Grande took and sent back, except for Madison at the mill who was going to take two utilities. It's all dusted in this warehouse. It also includes the truck that was replaced earlier - the one with the broken radio.

Zach picked at random, "I didn't lie to you, you see, it's all falling into dust." Zach waved his hand to sweep away the dust, "You can use it as a transition car." ”

"Uh......"

"Don't say no, we're friends. "Zach has repeated the word 'friend' many times. Intent –

"Good. Well, thanks, friend. "Subtly," that ...... That's it. "Shepard still picked the most broken one, which was Grande's former favorite. The one with the broken radio.

Zach tilted his head and looked at the dirty body, the deliberately broken rearview mirrors, the crooked, dented doors, seats, and the dirty rear compartment...... In retrospect, it was also very unbearable for Grande to replace this car.

"This one?" Zach squeezed his eyes and laughed, "You don't have to pick the most broken one, you're not polite, you're embarrassing my friend." ”

"Ahh......h Really!"

Zach raised his eyebrows, looked at the car again, thought for a while, and nodded, "Yes, people who have experienced the war will have a sense of familiarity with this car, and so is Benjamin and I, we are driving now, you see, it is also this one." "As you know, this familiarity comes from the style and materials of the car, the armor on the battlefield.

But in Ian's only 'legacy' - "Barton Doxxing", we also know that the price of this familiarity - is Herman's 'stealing' resources on the battlefield, using this gimmick to satisfy the civilian car market!

It is also the familiarity of those soldiers who died or survived on the battlefield that they will never know, but at this time they talk about comforting.

Shepard's face had a peaceful, well, peaceful look, "Yes, there is a total sense of security when I see this car." ”

Zach kept smiling, not saying anything that the person in front of me didn't need to know, "But I'm not going to just hand this car over to you." Zach laughed and pulled Shepard out of the warehouse, "Benjamin!" he shouted at the Benjamin warehouse, "Benjamin, Matthew, take the water pipe!"

Car wash.

The spray of water reflects a glassy glow in the midday sun, and three stout guys surround the truck that is about to start a new life...... Obviously, Zach will not participate in this manual labor, the only thing he does is on the back porch, holding a wine glass, and for a while prompting Matthew that there is still sludge in the front window, and for a while prompting Benjamin's left side mirror is still crooked, and for a while prompting Shepard, the radio in the car is completely hung up and has not been replaced.

"Tell them to move the car forward. Ink didn't know when, he appeared next to Zach.

Zach tilted his head and looked in the direction of the kitchen, "Aren't you helping Alice prepare lunch, why?" ”

"Is this the car you Grande used to hold corpses?" Mo asked.

Zach raised an eyebrow, "yes." ”

"I feel it. Mo pursed his lips, "The 'qi' is very rich, so thick that it makes people uncomfortable. She pouted again, "But it seems to be good for Harrison below, and I suggest you clean the ...... Especially the stains in the trunk, it is better to flow to him. ”

Zach frowned, if it was rich, it should be him who was uncomfortable!, but he could only try to understand the suggestion now that Harrison was a ghoul, "If the breath of the corpse can help him, the cemetery is a better place." Do you want me to move him back again? ”

Mo shook his head, his face uncomfortable, as if he didn't want to talk about this kind of thing, "I don't know what a ghoul is, and I don't want to literally guess at random. I just rely on my own feelings, thinking that the breath of the corpse is good for him......"

Zach became impatient, Mur didn't want to talk about it, he didn't want to hear it, "So, do you want me to move him back again?"

Mo seemed to sigh, "Can you listen to me, the cemetery is useless, none of your Grande's graveyards is heavier than the breath on this car." It's the car that's the point. ”

Is Mo joking, the smell of a corpse in a car is heavier than that of a cemetery?!Republican creatures, their senses are flooded?

However, Zach immediately suppressed this sarcastic and irritated comment, because old Hank, who was bored waiting for lunch and teasing the Great Dane by the way, sighed with emotion: "Hmph! I thought that this car that had been with me for more than ten years would always look dirty and tattered in the hands of you two guys! Hmph! I'm leaving Grande, but it's been cleaned!"

yes, this car, before it became Zach and Benjamin's favorite, was the car of Old Grande and Old Hank. That......

Not to mention Old Hank's profession as a cleaner, how many 'things' that they once stuffed in the back box of this car that people can't see, just the cemeteries in the southwest and the two districts, how many corpses were transported by this car!

It is impossible for any open cemetery to close those few square meters of back compartment!

Zach frowned, "I've given this car away." ”

"I didn't ask you to come back. Mo finally couldn't hold back, and rolled his eyes, "If you want to move forward, move forward, what are you doing so much!" This impatience probably came from what the 'General' told Zach before - Mo is not sure, anyway, it's just a try, and no one can guarantee anything.

Zach pouted, tried, and tried his best. He got off the back porch and walked to the three people who were washing the car, "Let's take a break, go wash it, and have lunch." ”

After Shepard thanked him again, and as he walked to the shower on the west side of the warehouse, Zach looked at Benjamin and Matthew, who were temporarily motionless, and pursed his lips, "Hear me, unload the back compartment for me!"

"What to for. Benjamin asked calmly, the hair had begun to spread, and this was a job that needed to be done quickly.

Zach looked at the van they were using right now, "That." ”

In the open-air shower on the west side of the warehouse, the sound of water and Shepard's cheerful humming sounded. The noise in the backyard was perfectly masked. (To be continued.) )