"Are we really going to rent the Allen Barricade House?" Zach asked Kauft. Because Zach was really unexpected. "Of course not. Koft laughed, "I'm just forcing them to publish their accounts." "I've looked at the initial asset appraisal they've given and what they've announced for the open auction. You should have thought that in addition to the price increase, there was nothing too exaggerated, hehe, but not enough. ”

Zach began to understand and smiled, "Their profitability was mentioned in the lease contract just now. ”

Kauf nodded, "Probably because of the funeral industry after all, people always have the intention to avoid this, and they need to get used to it." But since it's a business transaction, what is it to talk about without talking about this, hmph, they are trying to emphasize that this is an industry that will always exist, and what we want is how much profit their existence can generate. ”

Zach agreed, but it was still hard to say anything, so he could only nod, "It seems that I asked you to do the work that Grande should have done, thank you." ”

"Thank you, we are lawyers in terms of assets, we have to do this, the client hires us for profit, then our value is equal to profit, and we must be worthy of ourselves. Wait, wait for them to prove their profitability, refute the calculation on my contract, and figure out the accounting details, I still have a place to press them, hehe. He lowered his voice, it didn't make much sense, just to create an atmosphere, "I'll give you a notice first, our people, found some clues, after the city government cut off support for the funeral industry, there was a public asset liquidation, and now it doesn't match some places with Allen, their accounts are not clean, but I have no evidence, when the time comes, I will be able to sort it out with their published accounts, and when I negotiate again......"

"Grande's account is not clean. Zach suddenly interrupted, "I have been doing it at the funeral, but it is still a lot more. Zach pouted, "I didn't cash some of the checks, you have, well, any suggestions." "They are all friends of gray professions, and they are very direct.

"Uh, old Hank's original ......"

"He doesn't care. Zach was helpless.

"Well, I'll introduce you to someone. Kauft rummaged through his bag and pulled out a business card, "Well, this guy is a bit weird, he's absolutely top-notch in terms of accounting, but he likes to be behind the scenes, and he never does long-term business......"

Koft was still introducing, but Zach looked at the business card and raised an eyebrow, not only did he know, but he was once regarded by Zach as the most threatening alien race in Barton. Yes, interracial.

"He's a little weird, so when the time comes, just pay attention. ”

Zach nodded, "Thank you." He put away his business card, "Why don't you sit down a little longer?" ”

"Hehe, no. Touch base. "Seems to be a really busy guy who said goodbye and was personally sent out of Grande by Zach.

After returning, Zach hesitated for a moment, then took out the business card again and dialed the number.

"Earl, speak. ”

"Zachary Grande. I ......"

Click. The phone was hung up.

Zach flipped over his business card, and had no choice but to go to the address on the business card to meet the guy.

James, who had just walked out of the back porch and had nothing to do for himself all day, came back, "I just saw two strange cars leaving one after another, who are they and what are they doing?" ”

Zach replied to nosy James, "The folks at Allen's funeral home, and Grande's lawyer, came to discuss Allen's sale." James, who was about to get out of the car, consciously sat in the passenger seat, "How are you doing today?" and handed out his business card, "Go to this address." ”

James didn't have to refuse, and his return to Grande meant that he had racked his brains to do everything he could, and then he had to come back in a daze, "Not good." Looking at Cowson, he seemed to really think that he had found some clue to Darcy's assassination......"

"Director. Zach reminded James to pay attention to addressing his superiors.

James pouted, restarted the car, and turned around, "I was dragged to the police station to transfer a bunch of information, and it took me a morning to sort it out." The helplessness of the tone is a waste of time, and there is also a waste of time in the morning. Let's take a feel for James's 'twisted mind,'" and went to see Wes, just in time to hear that you had provided him with something and were interrogating Nick. ”

I drove out of the Grande backyard, went on the dirt and stone road that went straight for the time being, and had the time to read the business card.

"Did you hear anything worth telling me......" The question was interrupted by James, who was holding a business card in one hand.

"This, people. James glanced at Zach and threw his card back, "It's an alien." ”

Zach raised an eyebrow, "You know?" and smiled, "Oh, Linda's wedding." "Barton's Interracial Gathering," you should have known them all. ”

Although it was Cliff, the groom's guest, Linda also got a copy. That's the affirmation for Zach, and then tugging at the corners of his mouth, "What is he, this earl." ”

"Subhumans. Zach was very direct, rewarding James for at least keeping his peace, "It's a subhuman race created by ancient alchemists. ”

James was silent for a moment, "Alchemist. So like your thirteen clans, it's an invading race, it's a colonizer. ”

The history of James is good, and the Commonwealth has no ancient history. Understandably, the colonial war four centuries ago was the beginning of the history of the Union. The history of the Indoans, not the history of the Union.

It was once mentioned that the magician to which Eve Reimer belonged was a soul discipline that was abandoned after the differentiation and scientificization of alchemy, and it was just a branch. Guys of Zack's age, who all say about ancient alchemists, are when all disciplines have not yet differentiated and mixed together.

Imagine combining astronomy, geography, biology, physics, chemistry...... And an alchemist who mixes souls together to study, can make something.

Apparently James was thinking, and his face was gloomy when he thought, "I don't remember coming into contact with this guy named Earl at the wedding. ”

"He doesn't show up much. Zach waved his hand, "Literally, he's a little good-looking, well-sorry." ”

"I remember, there was a guy who wore a mask, a hat, and covered it tightly. ”

"That must be him. Zach didn't care about the affirmation.

The car got on Route 27, and some of the roads were opened, and they had to drive to the end and enter Becky.

"Does he have anything to do with you vampires? "James is not bad, following his conclusion, the subhumans are invaders, colonists, "Like the Thirteen Clans and demons, they are also soldiers who fight with Papa at Midnight?"

"Soldiers?" Zach shook his head, "I don't like it when you call us soldiers, interracial battles are faith-related, we are missionaries, we are heretics eradicators. Zach waved his hand, obviously not taking it seriously, "Forget about the battle, the subhumans came to this continent as logistics, slaves, so it's easy to understand." ”

James squinted at Zack, James is not what he used to be, look, he can think more than a vampire who has lived for four centuries, "It can't be a slave to the devil." "What do the soul aliens want slaves to do, possess and play?" is the slave of the vampires of your thirteen clans. ”

"A slave to the whole colonizer. "It's not a correction," I said, saying that they were a created subhuman race, and that their race was born with a purpose. Or to reward James for being so calm in this conversation, then say a little more, "New continent, new land." What kind of slaves did the colonists who came across the ocean need?", of course, guided.

James pursed his lips, "Resources, coolies, digging for resources in the New World and building bases for colonists." ”

"Answer the question you're already thinking about. Zach looked out the window, not knowing what he was thinking, "There is no problem with their intelligence, the reason they are called subhuman is that the makers have deprived them of the capital to survive in human society, and they have been castrated." ”

Before James's face began to show other expressions, "Figuratively." Zach continued, "Their physiology is the same as that of humans, except that the mortality rate of newborns is 100 percent. ”

"How can you ......?"

"Would you put vinegar in an iron bowl?" Zach asked.

"Of course not!" replied James, irritating at the same time, "what do you ......mean?"

"Because vinegar corrodes iron. Zach ignored it, "For subhumans, vinegar is the soul, and the iron bowl is their body. Newborns begin to be corrupted by their own souls from birth, and it only takes two or three minutes for them to die. ”

James frowned, actually learned Zach's bad habits, and wandered at any time, "You said they were all good-looking, uh, sorry." ”

"To survive, and the price that must be paid. Zach waved his hand, "Now back to the previous question, they started with all the colonists' slaves, and then ......" Zach deliberately gave James time to make up.

Living up to expectations, James didn't want to squint anymore, and glanced at Zach's side face in the rearview mirror, "In the end, I became a slave to the vampire." "Because-

"Yes, the blood of vampires can keep their offspring alive. Zack's expression had always been peculiar, and he couldn't see what he was thinking, and the words were still explaining to James, "The blood of vampires corrupts souls that are too strong on the body, and at the same time heals the body that is constantly hovering on the line of death, subhumans, originally produced as slaves in the service of all colonists, and the war ended, the Federation was formed, and became a race dependent on the existence of vampires......"

James grasped an important point, "Raw, produce." You said. ”

"Of course. Zach took it for granted, "Do you think this race, which can only be sustained by other races, has always existed in history?" "I've been reminding everyone that Chang Lun, who is of different races, doesn't need to force understanding, "Because there is a purpose, they are produced, and the purpose is over......" Zach paused, and for the first time had a clear expression, it was gloomy!

Zach glanced at James gloomily, "Some vampires think they are very useful, and this part of the vampires who control the foundation of each other's survival did not let them fend for themselves, but took them in." ”

James turned his head sideways, but fortunately Route 27 in the South Side was straight and completely clear, James looked at Zach's gloom, and the corners of his eyes twitched, "Some vampires, you mean the Hidden Alliance." The Hidden Alliance enslaved the subhumans. ”

Do you know why James came to this conclusion, according to James's boring and rebellious heart, shouldn't he say the Demon Feast?

Oh, recall the distant stories that the mind readers Oz and Morellin told to Emilia and James respectively. The reason for the civil war of the Hidden Alliance, the siege and suppression of Toredo - Toredo foresaw the trend of the times, to abolish slavery, and then, Toredo was destroyed.

Zach actually took a deep breath, "Toredo broke with the Secret Alliance and tried to abolish slavery, in addition to dismissing them, giving them family names, and setting them free, he also did one thing to cut off the support of the sub-people under the Toredo clan and let them fend for themselves. ”

James looked at the circuit again, in the story of the former mind reader, he already knew that Toledo was stupid enough to weaken himself in the civil war for the sake of the progress of the times, and now he knows one more thing, that is, Toredo also ruined the survival of another race, "Those sub-people, hate you, hate Toledo." ”

"This hatred is mutual. Zach's face was still gloomy, "The moment they regained their freedom, they betrayed their former masters, I, Toredo, forgot the gratitude that had been passed down from generation to generation, and transferred to other clans, whose hands were also stained with the blood of my brothers and sisters. ”

James frowned, not knowing how to react to the vampire around him, and his brain was trying to squeeze out something that could take it. "But this Earl is still alive at Barton." ”

Zach turned his head sideways again, looked at the scenery, and was silent for a moment before speaking again, "After all, it is the hatred of the last century, and slavery has finally disappeared from this world. There is no possibility of the Covert Alliance continuing to serve them. Although I have left the Hidden Alliance, I can see the world changing. ”

When he turned his head, the expression on his face had disappeared, and he returned to calm, "You haven't experienced the slave era, and you can't understand the feeling that no matter what time and place, as long as you put the label of a slave on a person, no one will pay attention to that person anymore." Zach pouted, "I just said, the subhuman is very ...... Tsk, it's 'unsettling'. The change of the world is destined to become a burden to the Hidden Alliance, and it is no longer suitable to be led to the street at will to play any role in this world. ”

James pursed his lips, ignoring Zach's practice. Got it - the subhuman race, which was used by the vampire and needed to be actively maintained by the vampires, was still abandoned. Instead, James began to wonder what the Earl chief looked like.

"Uh-" sighed, "when I found Earl at Barton, he desperately tried to attack me for his soon-to-be-born child. ”

James opened his mouth irrepressibly.

"You know Benjamin. Zach shook his head helplessly, "Overflowing sympathy, and when I first came to Barton, Anthony had to go to work, and we were always active together, and I couldn't just find a corner to kill him." So I made a deal with Earl that I would help his child survive and that he would not betray Toredo a second time. ”

Before James tried to speak again.

"Yes, Earl has wives, humans. Zach pouted, "And, no, she's not blind. ”

James didn't want to speak, because he wasn't asking about this, and sure enough, there was a gap between humans and vampires. What James wanted to ask was......

"His son, I'm sorry he's older than him. Zach waved his hand, "Yes, I did it on purpose." Still have questions?"

This time it's really gone. (To be continued.) )