27 Zach and Benjamin
The call came from Benjamin, and it said, "Is your wife back to Grande?" β
"Benjamin. Zach crooked his mouth. It's okay for others to take advantage of this situation to run Zach casually, but Benjamin is here too.
"Hmph. "It's good that Benjamin is realised," Murphy said back to Grande. β
"Sort of. Zach didn't let Benjamin ask, "She's outside Grande and won't come in for fear I'll kill her." β
"Hmph. Benjamin's mood was really single, "How long has she been standing outside?"
"Twenty minutes. Zach estimated," Louise was interrogating her. β
There was silence on the other side of the earpiece for a moment, presumably understanding the word 'interrogation'. After a while, Benjamin spoke again, in a tone that was too lazy to ask, "She could stand outside for a little longer." I'll go back to Grande for dinner, you'd better be ready. Inexplicably, the topic became the preview of dinner reservations.
"Okay. Zach took the booking, and there was nothing else to do anyway.
Expectedly, Benjamin was about to hang up the phone. But Zach held the earpiece and waited for a long time, not hearing Benjamin's goodbye, "Are you okay?"
"Don't you ask me what I'm doing. Benjamin's voice sounded cold.
"Do you want me to ask?" was Benjamin's mistake, knowing that Zach wouldn't intervene in his work.
Benjamin on the other side of the earpiece snorted again, "I don't want you to ask, but you can know this." Regardless of whether Zach responded or not, he directly said, "Murphy deliberately lured me away again, this time in Massa Harbor." I blocked the wizards of the two wizarding families, asked Murphy and sent someone out of Barton. β
"Okay. Zach wouldn't thank Benjamin for telling him this information, because he didn't need Benjamin to tell him, someone would tell him sooner or later.
"So I'm going to teach Murphy a lesson. If she wants to enjoy my protection while sneaking up on this little thing, then she's underestimating my professional standards. β
"Oh. Zach understood, Benjamin was explaining why Murphy went back to Grande alone. Hehe, it's Benjamin teaching Murphy a lesson, that's okay.
After a moment of silence on both sides of the phone, Zach raised an eyebrow, "Is there anything else?"
Zach is so weird. What are Benjamin waiting for, dinner is set, the explanation is explained, and it's not hanging?
"Don't you ask me what my professional code is. Benjamin's voice changed to cold.
"Okay. Zach didn't understand what Benjamin wanted, so he could only cooperate, "What are your professional guidelines?" He shook his head as he asked, because Zach could at least guess that whatever Benjamin said, he would be demeaning to Zack's own style of behavior. Benjamin has never shied away from the differences between the Ancestral Office and the Grande, has he?
"Trust. Benjamin replied as he wished, "Entrusting me means that the client trusts me unconditionally, and I trust the client unconditionally." You get the idea. β
"Yes. Zach pursed his lips, "I understand." Benjamin wasn't really fit to say that, because his words were very plain, "You're trying to say that Murphy broke that trust, right?" Okay, I get it, I totally agree with you. Honestly, Zach would rather hear what was going on on Louise and Murphy's side, and wasn't in the mood to discuss work ethics with Benjamin here, "Is there anything else?" β
"Is there anything wrong with you? Benjamin seemed to hear Zach's reluctance to continue on the phone.
"Well, no, it's just that I'd rather hear Louise interrogate Mo ......"
was actually interrupted, "Louise can't run again, when do you want to hear her can relay." Benjamin said something inexplicable, "Why don't I tell me something interesting, and seduce you." β
Zach pouted, "Say it." β
"There are people from the wizarding family at the train station, and there are people from the wizarding family in Muska. The long-term internal and external circulation centers of the Barton population are all members of the wizarding family, do you think this is interesting? β
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Oh~ After you say this, maybe it's really a little interesting~" What's even more surprising is that it's Benjamin who said this. Benjamin's view of things has never been ...... At least not in Grande's time.
"Are you wondering how I suddenly have such a vision of how things appear to be? "Benjamin is really ...... Direct.
Zach doesn't deny either, "I am. Zach seriously considered the next words, "But if I asked, you'd probably answer that Mokawi taught you, so." "There is a pause here. Zach is simply summarizing the official explanation given by Benjamin when he has shown a non-Benjamin side.
"Mokawi really taught me a lot. Benjamin's tone was uncomfortable...... Rou, "Hidden Alliance...... No, the Thirteen Clans, the only ancestor in the history of the Federation who wakes up from sleep, you may think that she behaves abnormally, but she has seen a lot. You, the Hidden Alliance, the Nation, the People. β
Zach wanted to sigh, "Benjamin, I don't need you to remind me of the humility of vampires, I don't like her, but I respect her." You know that most of my negative feelings about her are because of you. Zach shook his head, the topic had nothing to do with it, but every time Benjamin defended Mokave, Zack was upset, "She is the ancestor, she is awake alone, she is lonely." When no one wanted to pay attention to her and her clan, I found her a husband (a picture), and that wasn't enough? Now that the Hidden Alliance has disappeared into the Federation, she snatched my 'brother' as soon as she appeared. Seriously, Benjamin, if you were me, would you like her?"
There was silence on the earpiece for a moment, and thenβ Benjamin really got smarter, "We're not talking about Mokawi right now. "Skimming over Zack's resentful behavior," I also had a vision. Realize that the people of the wizard family are ...... Kindness. Benjamin thought about the wording, "Monitoring, Patton's entry and exit from the center, is due to the commission received by the Ancestral Firm. β
Zach had no temper for Benjamin's forced approach to the topic, and waited quietly for Benjamin to finish.
"Not the Winchester brothers. "Oh, trifles, whatever," it was a commission from other aliens. Zach and Barton's aliens are worried, and there are more and more people in this city who know about aliens. Benjamin seemed to be saying this very seriously.
Zach's response was very irresponsible, "What's not more and more." Fallen angels, demons, vampires, wizards, and werewolves can also be more and more if you want. β
"I'm serious, Zach. Do you remember the last time the Southern Police Department was searching for a suspect in the self-bombing case, the northerner's house, and confiscated a large number of brand-new hunter weapons? β
Benjamin brought it up, leaving Zach frowning. At that time, when I tried to understand that Papa suddenly appeared in the middle of the night and 'helped' the police to advance the case, I had doubts, but it was shelved because there was no follow-up after that. Now that Benjamin is reiterating, Zach has a hunch that this won't be a good thing.
"Do you really think that when you came to me and said that the director of Cologne was unhappy with the ancestral office, I refused your kindness without appreciation, because I was unhappy with you. β
Zach was stunned for a moment, "I really think so. "Why?" "You've always been honest with me, you'll say it when you have something to say, and you ignore me when you don't want to pay attention to me." This is our model. I never thought you'd ......," Zach tilted his head, blankly, "and there's something hidden under the surface. β
There was silence on the other side of the earpiece for a while, "You treat me like a stupid white sweet." β
"Well, that's not what I said. β
Benjamin repeated the old trick and forced the topic, "The reason why I don't like that topic is that I can guarantee that there is no crime that the Cologne Commissioner cares about, but I can confirm that there is a behavior that I care about in the Cologne Chief's Southern Police Station." Cologne is not yet worthy to come to the office of my ancestors. Pause to allow Zach to react, then continue, "The hunter weapons that should have been sealed away in the exhibit department of the Southern District Police Department are circulating in Barton. And this, to the interracial of Barton, worries. β
Very good, at this point in the topic, there will be no more mental journeys of two interlocutors, pure event progress-
"How many?" Zach frowned, thinking, "how many commissions have been received from the Ancestral Firm. β
"From the first week you set out for the Feast, when Silbela returned with the newly fallen angel (this is the point when Zack learned that Silbella was connected to the wizarding family) to the present, twenty upwards. Benjamin replied, "For most requests, I can only find a temporary address." Hotels, B&Bs, or some former homeless settlements. All the identification information I could get was confirmation that the person in possession of these weapons was not a Patton, but from the Middle. β
"Did they hurt the Barton Aliens?"
"Someone tried. Benjamin snorted, "I don't know if you know, Harrison, Walter, these old friends we know well, have all been hurt. β
Zach knew that Harrison had commissioned Benjamin. Uh, no digression. Zach didn't understand what Benjamin meant, "Did you try or did you really get hurt?"
"What shall I say? Benjamin seems to have limited expressive skills, so he uses the quote - "I've caught a couple of outsiders with weapons, and they've said something like, 'I'm sorry, I just want to try it out.'" β
"Trial?" Zach was a little ...... Lost.
"That's what they said, Walter's hand slipped and almost broke Walter's soul. Harrison, who had been squatting for a while with the weapon he had been guided by, had no appetite for a week. You should have felt it, Emilia should have been in a bad mood during that time. β
Zach remembered Amilia's vegan, food distribution words, uh. Tilting his head to focus, "What about the two of them?"
"Let it go. β
"Released?"
"What do you expect me to do, kill me? With Cologne's attention, I'm not confident, am I? β
Tsk, Benjamin's logic is really ...... Speechless.
"Well, at least you asked them where the weapons came from?"
"Of course, they bought it. β
"From where? It can't be the director of Cologne. β
"It's not what I've commissioned. β
Zach didn't know what to say, so he could only summarize, "So you know Patton's alien race is worried, but you don't look it up." β
"That's right. β
"Why?" Zach felt stupid as soon as he spoke, becauseβ
"Because of the concern of the interracial race, is my potential customer. "Benjamin is stupid and sweet, it's the complete opposite!
Zach shook his head, "So you told me this." β
"Yes, so I'm telling you that. "I suspected that someone had set up a channel in Barton to get weapons from the Southern Police Department out for sale. Hmph, thanks to Murphy not being used to Grande food, I had time to observe the Wizarding Family at the port and train station. They are the ones who are answering the outsiders. β
"Is it someone from the wizarding family who sells weapons?"
"No, it's not them, at least I didn't see the deal happening. There were other things I didn't find, such as the weapons at the police station, how they came out, and why. β
"And you think that's something I'm interested in. "Look at the front, it's Benjamin's 'seducing-seducing' Zach topic, isn't it?
"Wizards, human police officers, alien humans who know about alien races. It's you, Zachary Grande's, not me, Benjamin Grande's. "Big truth.
"Then ......," Zach really didn't understand Benjamin more and more, "if I solved this matter, would you be more upset with me because I was in the way of your money?"
"It should be. "Actually, Benjamin doesn't have to be so honest, does he?
"Uh, what the hell do you want? Benjamin, are you playing with me?"
"You're the smartest of the Grande brothers, why are you asking me? "Awesome, Benjamin, really good.
"Okay. Zach was out of emotion, "Is there anything else?" β
"Yes, there is one more. "The 'seduction-lure-' is over, and the reason why Benjamin has been hanging up the phone is only now appearing, "I don't want to quarrel with Alice anymore, you, settle it." β
"Can't help you. "Zach is learning from Benjamin, honestly.
"How do you repair a relationship with Alice, copy. "Benjamin is giving advice? Fantastic Benjamin.
"Can't be copied, you're you, I'm me. "Honest man, tell the truth.
"You didn't even try. "I don't know what Benjamin is holding onto.
"There's no need to try. My method does not work for you, this is the experience summed up in the facts. "Zach, he actually used his 'wife' logic. This conversation really can't go on.
After the earpiece was quiet, "Dinner." I'm going to eat meat. "Hung up.
Zach also put down the phone, not in the mood to listen to Louise's interrogation, "Louise, come back and let her (Murphy) hang there for a few hours." β
"Ahh
Murphy's voice, "No, I didn't say anything. β
"Hehe, it's good if you're happy~ If you can be happy~ But since Zach has spoken, next time~"