Due to the special nature of the case, which is not related to Patton and interracial reasons, it is impossible for Zach to officially enter the Patton Police Department to complete the normal evidence collection process.

On the east side of the police station, which is considered to be the street that entered the Knoll district, there is a small bar, 'Police Bar'. Not a bar, more like a family restaurant, it's a positive model for all of Barton's consumption, but it's a pity that such a place will never be imitated by any establishment......

Zach hasn't been here in a long time – at least not in our story. But the boss recognized Zach the moment he entered, "Hey, Mr. Enthusiastic Citizen~~" The boss is a fat man, a part-time service and cook...... Such a role model can't afford any fancy staff.

James was instantly alerted to the enthusiasm his boss showed to Zack, and Zach could only whisper, "Anthony will be here when he is a police officer." "That means Zach is coming, too, hey.

"I haven't seen you in a few years?" the fat man casually threw the food he wanted to serve aside, and asked the 'customer' to pick it up himself.

"It's been a few years~" Zach responded with a smile and whispered, "James, name, I don't remember." ”

James glanced at Zach speechlessly, "Joe." ”

Zach immediately used, "Hey Joe, how have you been doing in the past few years?"

"The same old way~" has already approached Zach, "and you~" looked at it with a smile, "It's exactly the same as before~"

Thankfully, there weren't many people in the bar, just a few uniformed cops eating breakfast. It should be a normal regular itinerary, such as coming from a patrol to make up for food. So, not much of a world is paying attention here.

Naturally, James didn't want to be bothered any longer, "We want a location inside, close to the phone." ”

Fat Joe made James blink nervously, "I know~go this way~"

Arranged a seat and looked at James, "Coffee?"

"Add milk, please. James replied and looked at Zach.

Zach took out his snack jar and smiled at the fat Joe, "It's exactly the same as before~" as if it was some internal joke.

Fat Joe also smiled, nodded and walked away.

James immediately leaned on the table and glared at Zack, "He knows you're ......"

"He didn't know. Zach waved his hand, "but he knows Anthony is now mayor." ”

James was stunned, not immediately understanding what Zach meant. He quickly understood. The food came quickly, and Fat Joe put down James's order, "Today I please~" and left.

When James reacted, he was a little gloomy, "Does he know your name?"

"Of course not. Zach tilted his head, "I wasn't Zachary Grande when he knew me. Benjamin and I were just illegal vagrants. ”

James's face wrinkled, and when he first came in, Fat Joe called Zach 'Mr. Zealous Citizen', uh, how sarcastic......

Zach and James came here to do business. James took a sip of his drink and forcibly adjusted his emotions, and the document was opened in front of him, "Sketch of the perpetrator who murdered Mayor Vega's secretary." "Straight over—far away at Patton, I know that the countenance of the offender is meaningless, and to be honest, the person on this sketch can be any person, without the slightest reference meaning. We can't expect the victim to be in the mood to observe what the person who killed him looks like in the event of a sudden death," said a description and sketch of the weapon used in the attack. "Hand one to Zach.

The picture is actually not clear, faxed in. And because the case is related to the race, the transmission of this information cannot leave a trace at the Patton Police Station, so it is a machine that is reported for repair in the official records. As soon as Zach took it, he was hand-picked up with ink.

Pouting and wiping it on James's clothes, "It's a very common hunter-to-alien trap. "Zach is looking at a weapon that is spraying a net, and next to the protruding spikes of the net that unfolds in the picture are the 'silver spikes' that the sketcher has marked.

"Traps?" James glanced at Zach, "so prepare beforehand." James quickly flipped to the description of the case at the back of the file, "The murder took place in the garage......

Zach interrupted, "Normally, it's to prepare. Zach squinted at the weapon that spewed silver nets out of the frame, "But the person who obviously attacked Root's secretary can take things with him anywhere." "It's kind of like an old-fashioned gun.

James frowned, "Republic-made ......"

Zach interrupted directly, glancing at James, "Don't make random contacts. It is a reminder that although James has now opened his world view and knows and understands many things in this world, there is no need to show off and squeeze everything together to think.

James tugged at the corners of his mouth, "The thing used for kills is salt water." It's ......"

"Common sense. Zach had no intention of listening to James's reasoning, and the devil knew what James, who was now in a hurry to perform, would say, "Especially in a social environment like the West." Most ordinary people know that aliens live among them, and this knowledge is common sense. "Zach's idea for James to be destroyed is a hunter.

James pursed his lips, "The secretary's testimony also says that the assailant is not like a hunter. ”

"The assailant and the secretary's daughter had a conversation. Zach gestured to James.

James rolled over for a moment and pouted, "Useless conversation." The girl said that a stranger came to her house and wanted to call the police, and the other party replied, 'You can try'. ”

"It's a provocation. Zach made a very objective judgment.

"Provocation? to a four-year-old girl? James shook his head.

"No, it's a daughter of an alien race. Zach shrugged his shoulders.

James pursed his lips again.

Zach opened his mouth again, "The murder I heard on the phone." "Zach is going to play his role as a witness," and at first, it's easy to think that the murder was going on and the assailant didn't bother to hang up the phone. ”

Recall Zach 'eating flies' at four a.m.

"But if the perpetrator is provocative. Zach tilted his head, "He deliberately kept the phone, and after confirming that someone was listening on the other side of the receiver, I listened before hanging up." ”

James grimaced and didn't want to speak. James was waiting for Zach's conclusion.

Zach took the papers from James's hand, "It says that the assailant told the girl that Root's secretary was dead. It's like making me hear the murder happening on the phone. The perpetrator is showing his actions to bystanders. ”

"Meaning?"

"You ask me?" Zach was slightly speechless, "You're a detective, you're a professional, and now you're asking me about criminal minds?"

James pouted and tilted his head, not knowing what to say.

Zach continued, "Serial murders have a very special characteristic, which is the 'sign' of the perpetrator. Normally, it is the mode of committing murder, such as the method of killing. Zach glanced at James and asked James to focus—"But for aliens, the methods cannot be the same, and different methods must be used to kill different aliens." You understand this, then, what can be the 'sign' of the perpetrator here?"

"Uh, the victims are all aliens who have adopted humans?" James said casually, still wrong.

"This is the criterion for the perpetrators to select their victims, not a mark. Zach began to wonder if James was professionally trained. Well, bear with James, it's a complicated case.

"If you're right, the assailant is deliberately showing what he did, and that's his sign that he's committing a crime. Then why are there only two murders with witnesses? You and the girl!"

Zach gestured to the phone, "It's up to you to confirm." ”

"Confirm what?!"

"You know the West's attitude towards interracial cases, and that Detective Luthor made it very clear that they will only 'solve' interracial cases when there is pressure. "It means that as a serial murder case, there is a lot of information in the previous case, which was deliberately missed by the Vega Police Department.

James was silent for a moment, "You mean, if the perpetrator has a pattern of showing others that he has killed a foreign race, there must be witnesses other than you." ”

Zach nodded, "This is Vega's opening to solve the case." ”

James went to call.

Zach continued to flip through the papers, and every time he saw the 'mayor's secretary' on it, he had an inexplicable smile.

That is true.

Zach uses his knowledge of Root - Root will hire a 4 a.m. swear call, Root will use Zack's imaging abilities to try to murder Toledo's future (wanting Zach to leave the country as Grande's master), Root will recall Oz the mind reader, Root will create a confrontation between Zach and Eli, and Root will create Zager...... Rout would form a secret alliance to fight against federal independence, and Rout was not a big-hearted fellow.

Therefore, Zach does not think that the case was reopened by the Vega Police Department because Root's secretary was threatened with his life.

Zack felt that the reason why Root, as the mayor of Vega, was already unpopular with law enforcement agencies due to his own race and social status, was entirely because of Zack-

Rout knew that Zach was a witness to the murder.

Zach didn't continue to think, quickly closed the file he was flipping through, and turned his head sideways, "Hey ~ Joe~"

Fat Joe held a pot of coffee and filled James's cup with a smile, "Hehe, still so enthusiastic ha~" winked at Zack, and what he signaled was the cover of the document that Zack closed and the logo on the police station folder.

Enthusiastic Mr. Citizen, isn't it~

James's phone went through, and he couldn't get over for the time being. Zach smiled, "yes~still enthusiastic~"

Fat Joe glanced in James's direction and continued with a smile, "You're really good at picking people, hehe, that's Detective James Lance." Hehe, before, it was Detective Ann Anthony, hehe Mr. Mayor~"

In fact, this is out of bounds, and even fools can hear the meaning. But there is no need to take it as malice, Zach coped with it very calmly, "Speaking of the mayor, our mutual old friend, did you vote?"

"Ah, not yet. Fat Joe actually sat down opposite Zack, anyway, James couldn't come back for a while, "Isn't there three days, no hurry." What about you?"

"Just voted. Zach laughed. Looking at Zack's expression, I really can't see that this is a lie~

"Hehe, you must have voted for your old friend, right~"

"A must. Zach nodded. Zach doesn't mind this kind of chat, daily communication.

Fat Joe smiled and nodded, as if everything was in anticipation, "What about the 'not very enthusiastic Mr. Citizen'?"

"Oh, he's home. Zach replied casually.

"What about the girl who is always crying?" asked Alice.

"Hehe, she won't be happy that you say that about her, she is a teenager now~" Zach replied with a smile.

"Oh haha, too!" Fat Joe also seemed happy to chat with his 'old friend'.

Must be in quotation marks, have you noticed, there is no name in this fat Joe's words. As Zach said to James, when they met, Zach and Benjamin were not identities.

So, sooner or later, this question will arise, "Speaking of which, I don't even know who you are~" Fat Qiao lowered his head and said this sentence with a smile.

"No!" Zack's acting skills, there is nothing to say, "You don't know who I am? I thought 'Enthusiastic Citizen' was the nickname you gave me, but it turned out that you didn't know me?"

"Don't do that. Fat Joe still smiled and patted Zack familiarly, "You know what kind of place I am, I don't dare to casually ask who the guys brought here by these policemen are~"

Good reality.

Zach's expression was aggrieved, "You don't think I'm some kind of criminal informant, do you?" ”

"Hehe, I really think so~" Fat Joe is so real, "It's just that most of these guys will be in those police conversations......" He lowered his voice and winked at Zack, "Leak out." Then it returned to normal, "It's just you~ Hehe, never had~ So the title of 'Mr. Enthusiastic Citizen' is tied to you~"

"Okay. Zach smiled and nodded, indicating understanding, "Well, belated self-introduction." Zach reached in his pocket and pulled out his business card, "Zachary Grande, my friends call me Zach." ”

"Grande?" Fat Joe solemnly took Zack's business card and looked at the name on it, "You are the owner of the Grande funeral home?!"

"It's like a fake. Zach smiled.

"Wow!" inexplicably Fat Joe's reaction? He glanced at Zach as if he had met for the first time, "Ever since you and Detective Anthony stopped coming here and he became mayor, I knew that you were not an easy 'gentleman of the Citizens'. It's just that I didn't expect it, you're not so simple, you're actually the owner of Grande!"

"Hehe, what, am I famous?"

"Oh my God!" Fat Joe lowered his voice again, and cautiously glanced at the area in front of him, where a few patrolmen were eating, "You don't even know how much of the topic happening here is about you!"

"Oh, good or bad?"

Fat Joe's face hesitated, "Hehe." The kind of 'zealous citizen'. Strange answer. He carefully accepted Zach's business card and looked back at James. James finished his phone call and was ready to return.

"Available contact. "Fat Joe is gone.