Vol 2 Chapter 16: Two calls

It's time for the Southern District to wash and sleep again. At night, it can only shine in the 'simple' land of the Southern District, covering the sky, ignoring one or two cars still traveling on the road, and the stars Zhenghui. ? Eight? One Chinese? Web www? Www? ? 8? 1? Z? W ?. ? c? om
One of them belonged to James, turned west on Highway 27, took the dirt road, and after passing the "Welcome to Grand Funeral Home" sign, turned into Grand's backyard. James is back.
"Back" is used because James got out of the car and opened the trunk directly, pulling out a box of luggage. Knowing that Grande had no room for him, he consciously dragged his luggage into Benjamin's warehouse. His eyes only stopped for half a second on the game console placed against the wall, and joined the ghoul Harrison to organize. The action of hay beds.
Oh, why don't you occupy Zac and Louise's room? They do n’t need it anyway, right? Then you probably forgot why James returned to Grand. Do you really think James is kind enough not to disturb Wes and Jason? Of course not, it ’s for Ike, for James ’s collapsed, once-known world, about his father, about the west, about the military, about the magic feast, about him without knowing it but infiltrating like him An alien who used to live every inch of his life.
Regardless of Ike's personal wishes, the dead and resurrected colonel has more human bed partners than the ghoul Harrison.
"The Pillow Talk" won't start now. James made the bed, left the warehouse, and walked to Grand's lighted room, Zac's office.
When pushing the door, Zac and Ike, who were sitting across the desk from the office, seemed to be waiting for something. Is it James?
"I……"
the phone is ringing.
Zac pointed a finger, let James sit down and let him shut up first, then answered the phone.
"You have received your message." Mayor Anthony's voice was slightly tired, but calm, "He is not there, that Ike, call him." What was brewing.
Before Zac spoke, he turned his head to the side and obediently handed the receiver to Ike.
Ike's look was not good, and he answered the phone. First, tentatively, "Mr. Mayor ..." was interrupted. Anthony in the receiver said something, and Ike holding the receiver listened. On one side the look became ugly, and finally handed the receiver back to Zac.
Of course Zac heard it, leaning his lips slightly, "Don't you think it's a bit harsh."
"Strict? I have even more vicious words that I didn't say!" Anthony in the earpiece was adjusting his breathing as if his coping mood would change according to the person holding the earpiece.
Zac glanced helplessly at Ike, whose face was ugly. Don't guess anything, Mayor Anthony just scolded him, "At least Ike is a colonel, you ..."
"What am I?" The mayor's tone was impatient. "He was a school officer. Although I was only a non-commissioned officer when I retired, now, I am the mayor. What is he? A dead man! Just call him as much as I want he!"
The identity rank is useless, and Zac changes direction. "He is at least a friend of Cologne ..."
"friend?!"
Zac, who intends to help Anthony adjust his emotions, seems to have caused the fire to himself, "Is this how friends did ?! Using Cologne to get out of his own and leaving Cologne with such a big trouble? Friends? If this is what you think of friends Way, I should hang up now! With you, clear the relationship with Grande! "
Zac pouted, "Don't hurry up, Anthony." Zac's tone began to be helpless, "You should understand that if you first appeared and prevented Cologne from investigating me." To investigate Zac, "None of these will Health. "
There was silence on the receiver. Take advantage of this time to explain the reason for this call.
In the afternoon Taylor left a sentence that people can't ignore ... Intelligence-the military will be held accountable. Ike's incomplete replacement death plan did not figure out what would happen to the people after he left. Whether it is conscience. It was still his sense of responsibility that prevented him from adapting to the freshman in Grande after knowing that the military would target Cologne.
But what we are discussing here is for the so-called ‘military dignity of the outside world’, the military system where the judicial system is free of civil regulations, and the chief of a small city police station in a civil legal system.
Even better, this director also has a military background. If the military wants, they can easily drag Cologne back to their military law home. End the abuse of this 'little person' that undermines the military's dignity.
An owner of a funeral industry, a colonel who has nominally died, what can he do to help Cologne? Absolutely not. Therefore, only the person with the highest political status on this land is likely to help, Mayor Anthony.
So Zac called Anthony's call. Naturally, the mayor didn't answer at all, so Zac left a comment and described the whole thing as concisely as possible, and then waited for the mayor to call back. Oh, do you need to worry about Anthony not coming back, no, Anthony and Cologne are also friends, don't forget.
After being silent for a long time, "Hey!" Expressed his attitude with this, "I'm so relieved!" Anthony in the earpiece beat the desk anxiously, how do you know? Zac heard. In the background sound of "knockknock", Anthony's voice continued, "I did not expect Cologne to investigate your identity!"
In Barton, I have investigated Zac's identity ... No, there are many people who belong to the Grand family. Quinn, Barton, Smith, Quest ... everyone knows.
Anthony ’s words are understandable. Zac ’s identity is very clean and has been repeatedly verified. Such a clean identity should not cause any waves.
But Cologne was holding such a clean identity. It was in this office that he forced many questions about Zac that were not clean at all-illegally practicing medicine on the battlefield, remember. Eventually, even if Zack did not have James' petition, he would go to the hospital to find out the result.
Anthony is too relieved of Zac's citizenship. If he can stop at the beginning of the operation in Cologne, he will stop it, and the current situation will not appear.
"Huh!" He said once again, "It's this Ike! If it weren't for him, Cologne couldn't even investigate you!" Anthony's tone was very unhappy. "Even if I show up in time, I can't help it. Stop Cologne from looking for you to save his former comrade-in-arms! ! "
Yes, this is how it is. Just blame this guy Ike. Unfortunately, blaming does not help the problem.
Zac pouted, "Is there anything in Cologne? Has the military started to act?" It's a pity that Taylor didn't have any details except to inform this summary. "Do you have a plan to save Cologne?" "
James seems to have something to say, Zac waved his hand to continue to shut him up and talk to the mayor. Not suitable for being disturbed.
Anthony in the receiver answered quickly, "No! If you don't leave a message, I don't know that these things happened! The military brought the colonel to Patton for hospice. I just saw the documents. Cologne called police around the hospital before. I also just know! "The answer became increasingly uncomfortable. More and more irritable, "! I don't know anything!"
Zac frowned, "What are you busy with recently?" It wasn't Zac's intention to be partial, but as a friend, he had to be concerned about it, right.
"The campaign office was officially established ..." Anthony was irritable. The language is also very fast, obviously I do n’t want to talk about it, I just tell Zac who expressed concern, "The first poll preparation. Quinn and Smith are talking about funding. There is also Bishapu, what is yours? ... "
So for the status of mayor for the next four years, our Mayor Anthony ignored what is happening in Button.
"Charming Lily." Zach added, and then waved his hand at the air, "Anthony, don't tell me in detail, you just know what you are doing."
It seems that Anthony is really tired. After taking a deep breath in the earpiece, the language returned to normal, "I am already contacting Cologne, I need to know the details, and I will come up with a plan."
"Yes." Zac nodded, and now it can only be like this, "Don't let the military drag things to their home ground." This is the only suggestion. Just said, the military is independent of the civil presence. They have their own operational and judicial systems. The only way out for Cologne is politically.
After a simple expedition, the phone hung up. Anthony too, never say one again. But Zac was quite used to it and hung up the phone. Pour the wine smoothly and seamlessly, looking at James who always wanted to say, "You can talk."
"What are you and the mayor talking about?" No surprise, first a gloomy question.
Zac was really too lazy to be the messenger again, glanced at Ike, and gestured to him.
Ike's gaze was still a bit weird. After all, he was the son of his opponent, he hesitated for a while and then spoke. Do not repeat, it is Taylor's notice.
After listening to James, his face changed a few times, and finally looked back at Zac, "So this is why there are military people in the police station to talk to the director in the afternoon?"
Zac shrugged. "You asked me?" Where did Zac know? "Do you know what they talked about?"
"I don't know." James answered very honestly, with a bad complexion, "but not pleasant, and ..."
Zac waited for a while. "And--" The elongated ending was to allow James to continue.
"They gave me a letter from my father." Stopped.
Zac, who was curious by James ’s words, waited for a while, and even Ike ’s weird look at James ’s eyes interfered a little before shaking the glass. Click on. Do you want to tell us what the letter says? "James himself said he received the letter, no one asked him, he said it himself! Then stopped, what the hell.
James moved on the seat, took out a crumpled piece of paper, and threw it to Zac.
Zac put down his glass and spread his hands.
I will soon see the handwriting of a famous federal general, and put some respect on it.
Unfortunately, there are only two words on this letter, which are still printed-"disappointed" and "ready".
Zac glanced at James. The intimate decision was to stop asking, and handed the letter to Ike, "What do you think?"
Ike looked at the letter with only two words and focused on ‘Ready’,
It ’s not good.

Zac said nothing.
Ike promised to let him live when he was still dying, he could say a lot about the west, the military, and the feast. Zac just felt that there was someone more suitable to ask these questions-James.
As for James, we know he has not answered some of Zac's questions.
Now, at such a moment when the right person is present and the situation is right, the two should talk to each other and show something.
Ike frowned, "I don't know what the guy with Lance is disappointing." Obviously there is no respect for General Lance, and the tone is disdainful, "but 'ready', obviously he ordered you, James ,ready……"
The question should be what is ready.
"I don't take orders from him." James interrupted directly.
Ike glanced at James sideways, pursed his lips, then glanced at Zac, and said in his eyes, "The only reason I say these is that you make me believe him", "James, you know why you came to Patton What is it. "The tone is ridiculous." What I heard from Cologne about your evaluation ... "
"The Secretary mentioned me to you?" James interjected again. Zac was also curious and looked on.
Ike squinted at James and replied, "The point is not you, it's your partner Detective Coulson. Cologne doesn't obviously like you, let Coulson take you."
James turned around, and honestly, he was not surprised.
Ike continued, "Your future in Barton is broad, and your father can't stand it anymore, and he will pave the way for you ..." Ike suddenly stopped, his face bad, staring at Zac who had begun to think.
Did you think of the possibility that neither of them would like to see them?
"What?" James noticed the change in atmosphere and frowned, "What do you think?"
Zac ignored James and shook his head after thinking, looking at Ike, "It's impossible. James has been in Barton for more than half a year. Cologne has been in the police station for more than ten years. And, it means they sent you When you come to Barton, you know your relationship with Cologne ’s comrades, and just want you to die under his intervention. "
Please try to keep up, it's not hard to think of.
"You mean ..." James opened his mouth in a gloomy moment and was directly interrupted by Zac because the phone rang again.
There was a very small noisy sound from the receiver, there was music, there was talk, but it was too small for Zack to clearly recognize.
"Say something, let me know you, Zach." Mrs. Quinn's calm voice came out.
"Mrs. Quinn, good evening." Zac was very obedient.
"Yes." It was Zac who confirmed the call, and Mrs. Quinn continued. "I just talked with the person in charge of the military this time. He gave me a guarantee that the doctor will not be embarrassed."
Do n’t be surprised, there are two people in the military who are to blame. Anthony is looking for Cologne. Now Mrs. Quinn is for the unlucky doctor. (He was the doctor of the Quinn couple. He also wondered why Mrs. Quinn Healed overnight, Volume I.)
Zac nodded slightly, giving Eck a relieved expression, and his tone was lighter. "Still helping us so late, thank you, Mrs. Quinn."
"It's nothing." Mrs. Quinn doesn't seem to care much, "Liszt's start-up banquet (the former Grand Cemetery in the West End, now Liszt's property, wastes such as game consoles have been sold and cleared, and work is about to start.) It's just a gathering of these people. Xx (doctor) is a good seedling, and the relationship with the military, the Quinn Group has maintained a good relationship, and there is nothing to help. Instead, I need to know why he is in such trouble. "
Zac shrugged. "Probably not."
"Humph." There is nothing malicious, "It doesn't matter anymore, but I still remind you that it may be just my illusion. I feel that this time their main target is the chief of the North District Police Station, just a feeling. Yes Losing the life of a colonel who was ordered to be transferred to the hospital for protection, the mission failed. They looked too relaxed and relaxed, as if they had all been arranged. "
Zac glanced at James and frowned.
"It's just my feeling, you can ignore it. If these guys who failed the military mission can enjoy a banquet that has nothing to do with them, I will also go back to the banquet to 'waste' Liszt's wine, Goodbye. "Mrs. Quinn hung up. (To be continued.)