It was about to dawn in the Knoll area of Barton. Zach was waiting at the intersection and met up with Louise and Sam who were coming from the other two directions.
Without asking Louise, Zach looked at Sam and said, "You're really fast." He took the list handed over by Sam and said, "Have you confirmed all the people on this?"
"Confirmed." Sam is no longer as dull as when he first came back, and his expression is richer, but this richness is mostly tired at this time. Louise can take a few sips of the contents of the thermos without any problem, and Zach also carries a metal wine bottle with him... blood. Sam, Sam, the wizard, doesn't have any 'wonder medicine' that can instantly restore energy. Not to mention the coffee in the 24-hour convenience store, there is a difference between stimulation and recovery.
Sam rubbed his face and tried to wake up. "Most of the volunteers, as guarantors, knew about Smith's new medicine, but they didn't ask more questions or leak it, and they never thought about stealing it." He just handed it to Zach. list, "I've noted it all."
Zach glanced at the list in his hand and nodded. This is actually a test. Zach has never been sure about his wizard's ability level, right? Sam himself said that he was strong, but he was claiming to be so. So Zach divided the list of volunteers faxed by Harrison into three equal parts, one for himself, one for Louise, and one for Sam. Just one request, don't hurt anyone.
Louise doesn't need Zach's attention. Short-term false memory implantation is almost a vampire's instinct to survive in this world. Louise and Zach were at about the same pace, invading, waking up, asking questions, and wishing those who were disturbed continued sweet dreams.
On Sam's side, Zach is more, well, more concerned. It was impossible not to wonder how the wizard could keep up with the vampire and complete this work almost simultaneously.
"How do you ask these volunteers questions?" Zach asked.
"I didn't." Sam replied, "I asked about their souls. I am good at controlling souls. I extract, I interrogate, I do whatever I want, I..."
"You put it back in the end." Zach pursed his lips, really not wanting to show his speechlessness about witchcraft.
Although being possessed by a demon is uncomfortable, at least your soul is still yours. In your body, no matter what the demon has done to your soul—peeping, peeking, and eating your darkest secrets. Your sweetest dream... at least your soul is still there! As long as you are alive, the devil cannot take your soul. Everyone thinks that the reason for the devil's contract, which is always about selling your soul, is because the devil cannot take away your soul while you are alive.
But in the face of witchcraft, it doesn't matter whether you are dead or alive, there is no need for the death of the earth-bound spirit to reappear, there is no need for the trial of faith, there is no need for your body to have started to get cold**, the soul in your living body, It seems to have become a wizard's plaything.
Which one is more spine-chilling.
Sam opened his mouth and said, "Well, I put them all back in the end." Probably because he finally opened his eyes and understood the meaning of Zach's expression, he added, "They were put back into their original bodies, I can confirm. "
Zach nodded, not wanting to ask any more questions, and glanced at Louise, his expression was clear, 'It's great to have you, I don't need to worry about it. '
pity. Louise curled her lips and handed Zach the list in her hand, "I missed one person." Pointing to somewhere on the list, "This old gentleman named Pine, his son is also a volunteer... "
Pine, Zach raised an eyebrow, was the only one of the volunteers whose name he remembered. During one night's visit, he was still wondering why he didn't have the old gentleman's name on his hand. It turned out that it was on Louise's hand - Zach didn't look at the three equal parts carefully.
Louise noticed Zach's expression, "Do you know him?"
"Forget it, Harrison was the only volunteer he introduced to me when he showed me around the shelter. He seemed like a very nice old gentleman."
Louise pursed her lips, "He is indeed a nice old gentleman, but his dreams will not be good tonight." She shook her head helplessly, "I reminded him that his son, Nate, who was supposed to sleep in his basement, is not here. basement, and then he spent more than ten minutes complaining about his son who sneaked out to play in the middle of the night."
Zach's focus was a little skewed, "Basement?"
"Yeah." Louise nodded, "He said that after his son, Nate, stopped going to college, he was so angry that he tore down his room and turned it into a storage room. Nate had to sleep in the basement. Louise curled her lips, "Because he thought he was dreaming, and I was the 'angel' chatting with him in his dream. He kind of, uh, shared a lot." She added in a low voice, "He likes chatting very much."
Well, considering that a volunteer's job is to talk, Louise's helplessness is probably true.
Zach thought for a moment, "What about the others?"
"It's all confirmed, no problem." Louise looked at Zach, "So, we have a goal, Nate." Then she was a little apologetic, "I tried to ask Mr. Pine if he knew where his son was going. Where it is, he doesn’t know.”
Zach smiled and nodded, "That's enough, our work is done." Looking at the sky that was starting to lighten slightly, "Harrison probably won't mind our interruption." With that, Turning in the direction of Back Bay, he was going directly to Harrison to report the results. It’s not Becky’s asylum, it’s too early, it’s Harrison’s home, haha, let’s be more direct, it’s Amelia’s home, the two of them live together, remember~
But Louise grabbed her and rolled her eyes, "Don't go now! I might not even get up now! You don't want Emilia to hate you even more!"
It makes sense. Zach shook his head, just as he and Louise didn't like Sam standing in front of their bed (the stone platform in the basement) with empathy, "Let's make a call when we get back. Now, Let’s go home~”
So go home.
Thanks to Sam, a 'slow-moving' human being, our vampire was lucky enough to watch the eastern sun slowly climb up under the cover of the building.
beauty? No, it's almost a bit sad. This is the North District, the center of the city. Apart from the morning news and the host's greetings from the open shops, the urban 'animals' are not grateful for the start of a new day. No one appreciates the impression paintings created by the light and shadow cut by the morning sun in the gaps between the buildings.
After entering the south area, it was convenient. Sam disappeared somewhere on the south side of the Hermann factory. The teleportation array in the Grand basement was opened, and Zach and Louise were able to run. At the same time, Zach was reminded of one thing, asking Sam to destroy the witchcraft formation that leads directly to Grande. Zach never wanted to wake up one day with Louise and see Papa standing in front of his bed at midnight.
But this little thing must be put aside for a while, Grande has friends coming to visit.
"No!" As soon as Zach entered Grande, he stopped his fast-moving body, pulled the clothes that were almost wrinkled to his chest while running, and said with a smile on his face, "You're back!"
"Oh, I'll be back..."
A gray shadow crossed Nuo's body. After stopping, he raised his right hand and looked at Zach with joy, "I escorted him back! I protected him very well!!"
Zach opened his mouth and continued to pull down the wrinkled clothes. He looked at the hand standing in front of him and then looked at the expectant look on the other person's face. He hesitated and frowned, "What do you mean?"
"High-five!" The hand standing in front of Zach moved, "Come on, high-five! Our journey has been very bumpy! Thank you for me! I protected your friend! Come on! High-five!"
Zach looked past the guy in front of him and looked at Nuo, who was smiling with his mouth covered, asking for an introduction.
No, the introduction was misleading. Zach already knew what the guy in front of him was. This was a vampire, a foreign vampire that was not recognized by the thirteen clans, and even despised and despised. Zach could clearly feel the inferior blood flowing in the other person's body. All Zach needed now was a name.
"Zach, this is Charlie." After Nuo smiled, "Charlie, this is, well, you know who he is."
"Yes!" The hand raised in front of Zach still did not put down, "I can feel every drop of my blood trembling!" Trembling? His raised hand was steady, as if he would never put it down until he received a high-five, "I can feel the power! I can feel the nobility! I can feel..."
"Fear?" Zach couldn't possibly high-five Charlie, but pointed behind Charlie -
Benjamin came back, wearing trousers that barely covered his lower body, and holding a torn piece of cloth in his hand. It might not be suitable, but he really looked like a god, wearing the morning light, crossing the backyard and stepping on the back porch, step by step. Head indoors. He bypassed Nuo, but turned to Charlie with a gloomy look, "Where is Sam!"
Zach noticed that the ball covered with witchcraft spells was not following behind Benjamin. He looked at Benjamin's tattered clothes and saw what must have happened during the transformation. He pointed to the basement and said, "Now, by the way, let him erase the witchcraft spell." Magic array."
Benjamin didn't reply and went to the basement with tight muscles and bulging tendons. Zach figured it would be nothing, unless Sam was lying yesterday when he said the ball would be good for Benjamin.
Zach looked back at Charlie, who had been staring at the wall with red eyes since he was knocked over, "Are you afraid of Alpha?"
"I, I'm afraid..."
"You're afraid of an Alpha that ends a full moon cycle, but you're not afraid of me." Zach continued to ask.
The current situation is like this, high five? Impossible, Zach is going to teach this guy respect and inferiority.
"I, I fulfilled your request, I, I protected your friend, press, according to the agreement, you should give me..."
"Toledo's surname." Zack completed it for the other party, "Then you will become my descendant."
"Yes, yes... isn't this an agreement..."
"So I'm just a party to the agreement, not someone you should be afraid of, right?"
"Uh... no, isn't it?"
Zach stopped looking at Charlie and looked at Nuo, helplessly, "Can't you choose a smarter bodyguard?" Isn't that right? Zach even specifically said the word 'descendant', but this Charlie still No self-consciousness at all. In Charlie's mind, Zach is probably just one party to the agreement. How do we describe this kind of guy who takes the favor of his elders as an agreement and accepts it as a matter of course? Yes, no matter how big or small.
Nuo's face looked a little embarrassed, and this was not the way Nuo expected to return to Barton. In fact, this was his first stop back to Barton, and he was thanking Zach, "I, huh, I really didn't think of this at the time. Your friend Novel suggested that I choose the one that is best for me. , that’s why I chose him. His combat ability is the most powerful among those who suddenly swarmed in front of me. Well, what kind of Blue he said he was, uh, Blue... "
"Bruch." Zach added, "The fighting clan among the thirteen clans." Looking at Charlie, "I can feel it." His eyes returned to Nuo, "But except for fighting, they are very poor in other aspects. Very bad." It's not an insult, there is proof. Benjamin has stood behind him. He is still begging for a high-five, isn't it? Is it useful to just stare at the wall after being knocked down
But for Charlie's sake, he was right not to attack reflexively, and he should have been instantly killed.
Zach frowned and looked at Nuo, "I really don't want to ask, but what did you do in the middle that required Bruch's combat power? Are you doing a human commission?" The emphasis is on 'human'.
Nuoyi raised his eyebrows and smiled, waving his hands obviously wanting to ignore the topic, "We can talk in detail when we have the opportunity, haha, now, you'd better deal with this." With a hint of request, "I like Charlie quite a lot. , he has a very, um, positive attitude, you will find that. I should be sorry, it was me who told him that you were easy to get along with, and he probably misunderstood something. "
Okay, now that Nuodu said so, Zach pulled up Charlie who was still on the ground, "Your state of preparation will only make Alpha more unhappy with you, relax." He watched the redness in Charlie's eyes fade before continuing, " If I complete the agreement, you will become Toledo, and I will be your ancestor, do you understand?"
"Ming, I understand. I will become Tori..." Under Nuo's vigorous wink, Charlie finally had a reaction, "You are my ancestor!"
Perhaps what Yue Hua said yesterday, 'casting darkness on the Toledo clan', was not an exaggeration. Zach shook his head and saw Alice and Mo going downstairs to get breakfast. He pointed to the kitchen and said, "You are still very young." Whether it was vampire age or human age, Charlie looked about the same age as Matthew. "Remember how to make breakfast? Go help."
Charlie nodded, leaned against the wall, avoided the sun, and moved towards the kitchen.
Then there was the explanation to No, "I need time and preparation, giving a last name is not an easy thing, Charlie is staying in Grande these days."
Nuo nodded, but still asked, "Be nice to him, I owe him my life."
"You're just stimulating my curiosity now. It's not good." Zach said with a frown, still asking the same question, what commission was Nuo performing in the middle of the country
"Haha." Nuo patted Zach on the shoulder, "The important thing is that I came back intact. Thank you to Father Constantine and the hunter, haha, Charlie. Thank you." He looked outside and said, "I should go, entrust You need to reply to the client, don’t you? I still have half of the remuneration to collect, you know.”
"This reward should be worth it." Zach also agreed, "Go and see 'General' when you have time. He cares about you too."
"I will." Nuo smiled, waved his hand, and left. (.)