Morning News.

Normally, people in the Grande don't care about the morning news. If you live forever, you really don't have much interest in current events. But, based on what happened yesterday, Zach is somewhat concerned about what's in the news today.

Barton's news media workers met Zach's expectations. Coverage of yesterday as the first day of voting for the mayoral election took up most of the news, including-

One. The number of people who voted on the first day far exceeded the city's previous record, and given the current population base of Barton, the number of voters this year will be much higher than in previous records. This is a good thing, as it proves that citizens are more willing to exercise their rights because they are attracted by this year's 'citizen badge' and travel subsidies.

Two. Interviews with mayoral candidates other than Anthony. One of them said something like this to the reporter, "I never thought I could be mayor, but this is a very valuable life experience, hey, we only have one life, right~ Ahem, thank you to the 'xx bedding store' that provided me with campaign funds, I may have disappointed xx, but hey!" pointed to the camera, "xx bedding store, will never let you down! You will feel heaven when you lie down ......" The camera cut away.

Three. Interview with Ethra. Asked if he regretted dropping out of the race, Mayor Anthony was the only one who competed for the record-breaking vote. Aethra's answer was, "Of course not." Everyone knows my personal relationship with Mayor Anthony, hehe, it's a little complicated. During the campaign, putting aside the Smiths' stain on this 'cause,' I also noticed that some people, after moving away from the goal of working for the future of the city, began to make small gestures with my relationship with Mayor Anthony. Pointing to the camera, "I won't let 'you' use the future of this city to satisfy 'you', oh, ambition......"

Louise in front of the TV, "Aethra is adding drama to herself." No one cares about her relationship with Anthony. ”

"Smart, she's basically telling everyone in front of the TV that she's quitting the race not because she can't compete with Anthony after the scandal in her campaign, but because she doesn't want to use the city's future as a bargaining chip for her own winnings, and it's a good way to shift focus. She bought a bunch of hearts again. "Zach.

"She'll regret it. "Louise," her current exposure has seriously threatened her life as a vampire. ”

"Her exposure has always been like that. That's what she does. Zach objectively assessed, "She's just trying to accumulate all the resources she can in her human life right now." Let her be. ”

We continue with the content of the news.

Four. Not surprisingly, the question of the military was raised again, and this time, there was a news anchor who said "a message from one of our daily newspaper Barton reporters that we had seen incidents about the military controlling the masses in the central part of the country......"

Zach glanced at James, who was eating breakfast.

The news on TV continued," ...... It was the military that was covering up a number of military operations that resulted in civilian deaths. Then the conversation changed, "Our reporter interviewed the citizens on the street to see what they thought about the matter, especially now that we have a mayor with a military background who is likely to continue to lead us for four years." ”

Then, the people in the Grande recreation room were 'surprised' to see Benjamin on the screen, and they were frightened.

Benjamin on the screen didn't speak, and Zack's mouth tugged, "Did 'Benjamin' come back last night?"

"Obviously...... No. "Louise.

Benjamin across a screen, "The military background and the military are two different things." Benjamin seemed impatient, his gaze kept shifting between the reporters interviewing him, and the camera, "As far as I know, from your news reports, our mayor only occasionally takes care of veterans, like, well, the warden of that prison on the South Side, the ...... who escaped from prison last summer."

Zach raised his hand to cover his face, "Uh, it's Benjamin." "Benjamin without quotation marks," he can't think of any other examples. Belch. Do you have to talk about this?"

"But the later halfway house project also did a good job. Benjamin probably realized that he had chosen a bad target, and forcibly transferred, "Also, Director Cologne, right, it turned out that the North District was the one who came to the South District later, but he solved the case that blew himself up before, right?" ”

The reporter asked uncertainly, "Do you want to say that our mayor Anthony is quite right in his choice of people?"

"Yes. That's what I want to say. Benjamin began to move away from the camera, "Are you all done, I'm going home." ”

"Oh, thank you for your cooperation......" Benjamin had already walked away, but the street visit continued, and the question was the same, but the answer was—

Someone mentioned the security company run by the veterans, Saidil Security. Mention was made of the Quinn Group's shelter project. Someone mentioned, Detective James Lance.

"I went to the police station. James took the last bite of breakfast and said goodbye.

Zach said to James's back, "At least what Benjamin said is that the military background is different from the military. If everyone's perception of Anthony remains positive, your future will not be affected. ”

James walked away without a response.

The rest of the news starts to get boring...... No.

Fifth, the Quinn Group announced that Pochi Quinn refused to succeed as a director of the group.

Sixth, the construction of the new port in the Southern District is progressing much later than expected in the trade agreement between the federal government and the Republican government. At the same time that the Port of Massa reached its maximum cargo load, the Falken Group paid a hefty fine for the delay of the project.

Seventh, the legal process of a drug carried out by the Smith Group was determined. The drug, called 0711, can now be prescribed normally by a small number of psychiatrists. In the list that was typed out on the screen, Zach saw Emilia Browning.

Eighth, the night school of Back Bay Community College officially joined the Republican-Federal language course, and the republican immigrants can use immigration status to enjoy discounts when they sign up for the course.

Nine......

Zach couldn't continue watching the news, there was a phone call.

Zach went to the office to answer the phone, but was stopped halfway by Alice, who came up to say goodbye. Stared at Zach for a long time, "I'm going to Parker Elementary." ”

Zach nodded, "Yes." ”

Know what Alice is looking at, to see if Zach will hang up today.

Answering the phone, Zach guessed who was calling. The first guess was Anthony, about whether or not he got the news from Gina. The second guess is Benjamin. After Benjamin's TV show just now, Zach felt that Benjamin's self-consciousness would come and say...... 'If you talk about anything about me on TV after I come back, I won't tell my wolf about the results of last night's investigation.' ’

Zach guessed wrong.

"Hey~Mr. Grande! It's me, Joe!"

"Joe?" Zach actually thought for a moment, "Oh, Joe." "Ugh.

"Hehe, I said I would contact you yesterday, hehe. ”

Zach wasn't sure what the other party was saying, but remember, the business card that Zach handed out was the business card of the Grande Funeral Home. Did someone contact the funeral home when they were 'hehe'? "Joe, do you have something to ask me for?"

"Yes, I have a personal matter that I need your help with, Grande. ”

"Oh. Zach blinked, "I'm sorry. ”

"What? Why?"

"Yes. Zach blinked again, "You're calling a funeral home and saying you have a personal matter that you need help with. ”

"Oh my God! No! No one is dead! I don't need a funeral service! Oh my God, no!" Joe on the other side of the earpiece seemed to react.

"Oh. Zach pouted, it could be considered vigilant, because yesterday's Joe said that Grande is famous among the police, and if Joe is not in need of the funeral industry, then ...... "Joe, what do you need?"

"Well, can you come to me? I'd like to talk to you in person. Hehe, for the sake of old acquaintances?"

Zach was confused. Grande is the two 'identities' that this society needs, Joe has denied the identity of the funeral industry, so is the other 'identity' of Grande suitable for talking about in Joe's bar? After all, we all know that Joe's bar is full of police.

"It's inconvenient. "Zach didn't want to go.

"Well...... Shall I go to your side then?" uh, the other party didn't seem ready to give up, "I'm just going to, well, find someone to do it for me, hehe, you know, these cops need their coffee and things, hehe, hehe." ”

Ay. Zach was a sweet gentleman, "Okay, I'll go." ”

"Okay!" said simply, "Then I'll wait for you!"

Zach put down the phone.

Go back to Louise, "Follow me to the North End." ”

"Too lazy to move. I'll go down to the counter in a moment. ”

"We just said yesterday that we want to go out more together. "Zach and quite helpless.

"Yes. Louise hesitated, "Then who's going to see the counter? ”

"Cyrus. ”

"Yes, there's nothing to do in the barn anyway. "Cyrus doesn't work at the port in the South Side anymore, remember. Before his construction team got a new job, he was bored.

The two vampires made simple preparations for their trip and headed to the North District.

Along the way, Louise is bound to ask about Joe, such as what kind of person he is, what he might want, and so on.

Zach replied strangely, even the name was reminded by James, you can guess how shallow Zack's impression of this person is.

The boring drive was narrated, and we entered Joe to get Zach down to business.

Believe me, it's a surprise -

In the far corner of Joe's bar, Joe gave his police customers the freedom to come and go as they pleased, and then sat across from Zach and Louise.

"I'm sorry to let you make this trip, but I believe God has a purpose in letting me know your identity at this time!"

This opening, as ominous as it is, is as ominous as it is.

"Are you religious?" Zach asked.

"Uh, no, I'll start now. Because if it weren't for some god guiding me, I don't know what else could have been. ”

Before Joe's words became even more inexplicable, Zach decided to get straight to the point, "What do you need Grande to help you with?"

"I need Grande......" Joe looked at Louise for a moment, "are you ......"

"My girlfriend, Louise. Zach quickly ended the introduction, "You continue." "Straight to the point.

"Oh, I need Grande to give me ......" looked at Zach and looked at it for a while, "alone." ”

"To you alone. Zach repeated, "Here you go." I repeated it again, but I still didn't understand what Joe meant, so I repeated it a third time, changing my tone, "To you alone?"

"Hey. Joe, sighed, and shook his head again, "What should I say about this......" His gaze looked back at the police in his shop, some were looking at this side clearly, and some were not looking at this side clearly. It looks like Grande is among the police, really famous.

"Tell me about it. Given the speed at which Joe spoke, Zach gave encouragement.

"I have a friend. Joe suddenly turned around and looked at the police officers looking at him, "I'm not ashamed to admit that he's my friend!"

Be all abroad. But Zach tolerated Joe's inexplicable behavior and decided to wait patiently for Joe to finish speaking-

He ...... Many years ago, I committed some crimes and went to prison. Joe turned his gaze back to look at Zack, "I got the word that he came out a few months ago, but he didn't contact me, I can understand......" Joe seems to be doing something inexplicable again. It's not seeming, it's really done. He turned back to the group of cops, "Yes, you're the reason why my friend finally came out and couldn't come to me!

Zach and Louise looked at each other. I kind of wanted to leave - before they came, they had predicted that they would come here because of Grande's special attributes and the police who knew about Grande, but now, Zach and Louise felt ...... Ignored......

The focus is all on the inexplicable Joe.

A cop responded, "Save it, Joe, we've done you a great favor!"

"You save it! Notice that I can't keep a waiter here for many years! It's you 'doing me a great favor'!"

Well, what a wonderful police-community relationship......

If Joe continues to ignore the Grande's attention on himself, Zach is ready to leave, so, "Joe, what the hell do you want to talk to me about, I still have a funeral home to run." ”

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Joe looked back, apologetically at Zach, "My friend, my friend after he got out of prison, didn't contact me, he was in a community adaptation program run by the city government. Joe looked at Zach and Louise expectantly, "The Halfway House project, here, you Grande. ”

Surprise it. Zach and Louise glanced at each other again.

"Wait a minute. Zach frowned, looked at Joe, and lowered his voice slightly, "You said before that Grande was famous among the police, not because I used to help Anthony ......" Zach waved his hand and skipped it, "Now help Lance ......" waved his hand again, "Is it because of the Grande Funeral Home's halfway house project?"

"yes!" Joe stared at Zack, then overpowered his voice smaller than Zack, "Of course I know you used to help Anthony ......" waved his hand over, "now help Detective Lance ......" waved his hand over, "They don't know! You haven't been here in years! Who remembers you! I remember you as 'Mr. Citizen' who doesn't order anything every time you come!"

"Ugh. "Zach is a little ...... Disappointed. I've been in and out of the police station many times, and no one has associated him with the mysterious informant who provided clues to solve the case several times. Hmph, it looks like Darcy and James are doing a good job of protecting the identity of the informant. Often. Good.

"Hey!" Joe looked at Zach in a suppressed voice, "That's a good thing! I've seen too many people brought here by the police end up on the news one day and turn into corpses, and it's a good thing that no one knows who you are! Trust me! And ......" Joe looked back at the cops again, "It's useless to let these little characters know who you are." Looking back at Zach, "You should continue to hold on to your vision, Anthony before, Lance now!"

"Thank you. "If that means Zach is just right to show himself in front of the right people — after all, the people of Patton know how good the Grande funeral home is right now, and to whom? Then Zach took the compliment. "So, the reason most police officers talk about Grande is that Grande is full of ex-criminals who look at him. This is reasonable speculation.

"Yes!" "yes," Joe affirmed, "plus Grande's owner died on the news once, and then the original chief of the police, that Cologne, came out to apologize (Zach faked his death for Eli's arrival), and then Grande was attacked by a self-explosion, and you also killed the staff, right, the South Police Department also came to the North Police Department and transferred people to protect you." Tsk, the guys here are talking about Grande if they're fine. Joe pouted.

Zach also wanted to pout, and Grande's image in the eyes of the police was a little worrying.

Then Zach asked directly, "Who, your friend." Name. ”

What a surprise is coming.

"Evan. Then, "Oh no!" Joe stared at Zach's face, "You just made a face when you heard the name! Oh no, no, no! What was he doing at Grande? Did he get in trouble again?"

"No, I didn't make any expressions. Zach denied it, "Did I make an emoji?

"No, you don't. Louise shook her head, "I didn't make any expressions, this is my normal face, don't look at me." ”

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