It's very late, and you can pronoun the time from late night to early morning. Zach and Louise in ...... Very reluctant blood exchange.

It's so strange that in the presence of Murphy less than 30 meters away in a straight line, the two vampires really can't find any feeling, causing this blood exchange to become coping, and both sides are doing it with a 'work' attitude......

The phone rang.

It was a relief for both, "It's four?" Zach asked casually as he straightened his clothes.

"Two points. Louise was not ready to get out of bed, and took Cain from the dresser.

"Sorry, I'm just a little absent-minded. Zach looked back at Louise. You can think that this is a man apologizing for his poor performance.

Louise smiled understandingly, "I know, go answer the phone." ”

Zach nodded and opened the door to the master bedroom, and James stood in the doorway, looking at the dark bedroom and immediately looking away, "I can't sleep." James only woke up at dinner, and now he was sleeping with a ghost, "Who would call you so late?"

Zach ignored James, closed the door reflexively, and walked to the office, walking slightly faster, not wanting the bell to wake up the two girls.

When he picked up the phone, James trotted to follow up.

"Grande Funeral Home. "The opening remarks of the panacea.

"Zach, great, you're awake. "It was Chapman's voice, but his voice seemed like he had just woken up, "Uh, that ......" he seemed to organize the language, "Uh, that's right, the bureau just got a phone call from Vega Police Station asking for witnesses in a serial murder case......

Zach handed the phone directly to James.

James looked puzzled, but he still held the earpiece and listened.

Chapman, "I don't know anything about the serial murders in Vega, but Vega said that we had someone on our side contact them saying we had a witness or something, and it was, uh, my police number. ”

James glanced at Zach and tugged at the corners of his mouth, "It's me." ”

Wes on the other side of the earpiece was stunned for a moment, and then, "Detective Lance?"

"It's me, it's me who contacted Vega Police Department, I'm on vacation, I don't want to do things with myself or Wes, so I'm using yours. James frowned, "I'm sorry. "There is no sense of sincerity.

"Uh, okay. Regardless of whether the apology was sincere or not, Chapman on the other side of the earpiece couldn't do anything, so, "Except for Newton, we have hardly been contacted by the police department in any other place, and the police commissioner is a little unhappy that I am contacting people from other cities." Now, I was called over by the bureau to make up the written report. Kindness...... What should I write, uh, about?"

"Ask him why he called me. Zach gestured to James.

James obviously didn't like being instructed by Zack, but, in this case, he had nothing to resist, "Why did you call Grande?"

"Vega City. Chapman replied simply, "You and Zach just came back from Vega, didn't you, I guess it had something to do with you." ”

James didn't have to repeat the answer, Zach heard it anyway.

Chapman added, "Does it really have anything to do with you? Uh, murder?"

James pouted, "It's okay with me, it was Zach who heard the murder." Without hesitation, he sold Zach.

"Oh. Chapman said no more, waiting for instructions — his question: how to write the report.

"You tell Chapman and ask him to write that he received an anonymous phone call from someone who said he had heard something disturbing and didn't know what to do, so he reported it to Barton. Then Chapman contacted the Vega Police Department. Zach suggested.

James tilted his mouth and looked at Zack for a while, then spoke into the earpiece, "You just wrote that you got the information from a sensitive informant, and asked the Vega Police Department to verify it, and if the Vega Police Department still needs cooperation, it can only be through you." You don't have to write any names or details in the report. ”

Zach looked at James speechlessly, "Meaning?"

James ignored Zack, "You don't have to worry about it, the report has been reported to Darcy, and Darcy will naturally not continue to interrogate." ”

"Uh, why?" Chapman in the earpiece asked.

"The West, that's enough for Darcy to ignore, he knows that he doesn't have the right to care about the West as an inheritor!" James's tone was completely devoid of any respect for his superiors. Honestly, we should also abandon the concept of James's dignity and inferiority, this guy can't teach. "A sensitive informant, Darcy can think of who it is with his ass. Glaring at Zack, "He'll be even more careless." It's just an insurance. ”

It's this logic, and it's strictly speechless.

"Okay. Chapman agreed, "Then if the Vega Police Department continues to contact me, I'll just ask them to find you?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay, then I'll go to the bureau. Chapman hung up.

Zach didn't have much reason to leave the office and go back to the master bedroom, so he looked at James behind his desk for a while, with a hint of curiosity, "You, you want to help Vega Police investigate this interracial murder?"

James didn't look at Zach and corrected Zach's diction, "Serial murders." ”

"Hmph. Zach laughed and snorted, "Whatever you want." ”

Hmph, it's because James is really still James, the James who is used to refuting any words from Zach. Well, we know, something, in James's mind, is changing—about the expansion of the victim from human to alien.

"But as I told you before, I only heard about a murder. I don't think I've been of any help to the Vega Police Department. ”

James looked at Zach, "I'm hungry." Make me something to eat. ”

Zach froze for a moment, then smiled and nodded. Don't take this as an impudent request, it's better to pass the time with something than to bask in the weird atmosphere of the current Grande. Zach got up, "What do you want to eat?"

"Anything hot. James didn't ask for it.

The two move to the kitchen, and Zach begins to prepare James' food. James didn't look like he wanted to help, he stood at the kitchen window and looked in the direction of Benjamin's warehouse, "Are the two of you sleeping over there?"

"Nope. Zach replied as he did it, "Benjamin is asking Murphy about my marriage to her." ”

James glanced back at Zach, "I never thought Benjamin was the gossip type. ”

"He's not. Zach shrugged, "He just knew I was listening, so he asked on purpose to provoke me." ”

James frowned, "What's the matter with you two?" lest Zach answer the wrong question, "I'm asking you and Benjamin." ”

I want to make it clear here, believe me, James himself definitely doesn't want to talk to Zach about Murphy, because Zack is not alone in the 'relationship between a man and two women' in this story. And James definitely didn't want to set the fire on fire.

"A few days ago, the day you came back. "Zach glanced at James, and it meant 'the trouble you brought back'—nothing sincere, just a slap in the face of James," Director Cologne said of the Ancestral Office, well, 'Concern'. I spoke to Benjamin, and I was taken as malicious. So, Benjamin is upset with me, and I'm not upset with him. ”

"What's wrong with the Ancestral Office?" James frowned, if you want to say that the most unhappy Ancestral Firm in this city, it should be James.

"It's nothing, it's just that Benjamin doesn't have a job on the surface, and the business of the ancestral office is something that can't be shown on the surface at all, and Cologne, as the chief of police, can't look at it. ”

James pursed his lips and said something surprisingly objective, "This is a bit deliberately targeted." ”

Zach glanced at James in surprise, "Thank you, you understand~"

James tilted his head, not wanting to reply. But he spoke anyway, "So Benjamin is going to solve it." ”

"I don't know. Zach shook his head, "He doesn't care, and I, I don't want to." ”

Zack thought James would continue to ask if there was any behavior in the Ancestral Office that warranted the police's attention. After all, Cologne may have been bent on believing that the Ancestral Firm was an illegal institution, but James should have understood that the 'illegal' standard had no meaning for the Ancestral Firm.

But James surprised Zach once again, "Why did Benjamin take the commission?"

Zach didn't understand the question, but James added, "Why would Benjamin do things for the aliens in this way? I mean, uh, what does Benjamin want money for? He doesn't have to raise Alice or Hank, uh, what's he doing with his own words? Why do this, uh, make money, and give the occasional wolf body consciousness to go to Becky?"

Zach was stunned for a moment, and then laughed irrepressibly, "Haha! I have to convey your conclusion to Benjamin! You are a genius~"

James stared at Zach with a dark face, "You're sick! Benjamin won't blame me, but he must think you're provoking! Do you want to reconcile with Benjamin?"

"Oh, do you want me to reconcile with Benjamin?"

James pouted silently.

"Hehe, don't worry, Benjamin and I are not at odds, we just don't like each other~" Zach understated, "Your food, done~" Zach held a plate of scrambled eggs in his hand. Seriously, in the middle of the night, Zach won't make trouble for himself to make complicated food to feed humans.

James took the plate and took a bite, "Good job." ”

"Just make do. Zach cleaned up the kitchen. Actually, it's all pretty ...... Fantastic. James and Zach would talk about everyday life in the dead of night, who would have thought.

"But seriously, I can understand you doing Grande, but I don't understand Benjamin's Ancestral Office. James munched on the dried scrambled eggs as he spoke.

"I don't know. But. Zach tilted his head, "If I had to explain, I'm guessing it's Benjamin's compensation for his alpha identity." Zach raised his hand with the thimble, but the thimble didn't look like he wanted to join the conversation.

James thought for a moment, "Benjamin is the Alpha, he's the leader, he has the need to meet the needs of his subordinates, uh, instincts, but, again, he has no subordinates, wolves, except for Matthew, who lives a very normal life." So, he decided to help the other aliens. In this dreamlike situation, James earnestly understood what Zach said, "The Ancestral Office, 'Ancestors,' the name itself is a symbol of Benjamin himself. Well, the form of this commission is just a model that Benjamin has taken to rationalize the motive. Glancing at Zach, "The human model, the commission, was invented by man to simplify the pattern of profit motives. Benjamin gets the psychological achievement of 'satisfying the needs of his subordinates', and the entrusting aliens get tangible benefits and are paid without questioning Benjamin's true motives, and they don't have to question them. Win-win. ”

Zach gave James an impressive face, "I'm amazed at you, well, insight~"

James pouted, and he didn't need Zach to say yes, "Hmph, in this comparison, Benjamin has a lot more depth than you, you, hmph, maintain Grande just to maintain his status as a citizen." "James is enough, I have to attack Zack.

"Hehehe, I don't need depth, the length of my life can crush everything~" Zach naturally won't be attacked in vain.

James pouted and quickly picked up the food, as if he didn't want to speak.

Zach stayed with James for a while and started to get bored. Ready to go back to the bedroom, the blood exchange is not to be desired, maybe Louise, who is reading a book, will have some fresh topics to pass the time......

"I understand Zach's reason for commissioning, Benjamin's reason for commissioning. James suddenly spoke, his voice small, like muttering to himself, "Then, why do those aliens of the Demon Feast make commissions?" was the question James asked himself, but he didn't seem to notice that he was saying what was in his head.

Zach walked out of the kitchen, walked back with an eyebrow raised, and looked at Zach, "What did you just say?"

James then realized, "What? I didn't say anything. Frowning, he continued to pick up food.

Zach smiled with interest and walked over to James, "No, you said that. You are thinking about the social system created by the Demon Feast in the west~"

"No, I didn't. James turned, inexplicably ...... Lovely.

"You have~" Zach moved along, "You're thinking about the relationship between the alien race and human society~ from the me and Grande you are familiar with, then Benjamin and the Ancestral Office, and finally, the Devil's Banquet and the West~"

"I didn't. James frowned and glared at Zach.

Zach Keeper smiled, and instead of continuing to 'force' James, but, "Wow, Wes is really right, you've changed~"

"Wes?" James couldn't praise him, and was easily taken away by Zack, "What did he say about me?"

Zach didn't answer, "Dale's thing, it really affects you, right?" sounds inexplicable?——

"I don't know what you're talking about. James turned again with a grimace.

Zach continued to move, placing his hand on James's shoulder, "The fish is starting to really think about the circumstances in which they live. ”

Since he obviously couldn't get rid of it, he could only stare at Zach, "I don't know what you're talking about!"

"You know~" Zach patted James, "Finally~ hehe, I'm optimistic about you, keep working hard~" Zach left this inexplicable encouragement and turned away.