The first thing you need to do when you return to Grande is take a bath. With Zach's redundant dressing habits, every fold of his clothes was filled with gray ashes. He put it down at the door of the bathroom and shook off a pile of 'dust' that would make people who knew the truth feel uncomfortable, and pulled Louise Entered the bathroom.
I was originally going to do some, you know, adult pleasure 'blood exchange', but.
"This is convenient." Zach looked at Leo who was already in the bathtub, using his four arms to take care of his front and back body respectively.
"Uh." This came from Louise, grabbing the towel and walking away, "I'm going to Benjamin's bathroom."
It wasn't that Zack's senses were dulled by a night of bloodletting and he didn't realize that Leo was here, but... stones, vampires wouldn't feel wary because of a stone, even if the stone was humanoid, movable, and wasting. wearing grande's soap.
Zach borrowed the shower head, "Really? Do you really need soap? Just rinse it off and it'll be fine."
If you don't mind that Leo is naked now, we can take a closer look at him. His skin is even smoother than Zach's, and he has no pores. Under the 'moisture' of the soap, his hair and eyebrows were fading, taking on the state of a smooth but lumpy hard object. Yes, just like the statues in the museum, the realistic ones.
"Are you insulting me, vampire?" Leo pouted.
"No." Zach denied, rinsing his hair seriously, "Where's Tam?"
"I don't know, I don't care."
"Where's Charlie?"
"Put it back in the basement."
"Yeah." Zach turned his head and glanced at Leo's body, full of admiration. Don't think too much, just like when you visit a museum and purely appreciate the works of the master sculpture, "That's a good opportunity. What do you want to say to me? Say it now."
"Uh, now?" Leo frowned with his raised eyebrows, "Don't you think this occasion is a bit strange?"
It's strange, eh, Zach's whole body is covered in a liquid mixed with water and ash, and Leo's body is covered with soap shavings that cannot form foam under effective friction. The strange thing is not the occasion, but the state.
"Are you shy?" Zach raised his eyebrows, sincerely not understanding that anyone who has a body like a work of art should be admired.
"Uh, no." Leo pushed Zach away and started rinsing the soap that didn't lather on his body. "Did Tam tell you what Papa Midnight took away from him?" He actually asked a question.
"You should understand that if I answer you, when Tam asks, I can only tell him your secret for the sake of fairness." Zach just doesn't answer well and insists on making sense. Such a person , I really hate it...
So it's not surprising that Leo gave him a disgusted look, "Didn't you take anything away?" He twitched the corner of his mouth and used a definite tone.
"I won't tell you." Zach said with a normal expression. In fact, it didn't matter even if he showed any expression, Zach's wet and drooping hair was dripping gray liquid on his face, and only a ghost could see his expression clearly.
"Tsk!" A smooth body without pores is beneficial, and it flushes extremely fast. Leo backed away from the water and pushed the disgusted Zach back into the water, "You don't need to tell me! I know! I just know! Papa Midnight definitely didn't take anything from him!"
"You know your extremely certain guess is ridiculous to me, a person who knows the truth." Zach continued to show his annoying side, "You are wrong, I will only laugh at you in my heart. "You're right, I won't give you a definite answer either."
While it's annoying, it also reminds Leo that let's get down to business.
"Uh." Leo sat down directly on the toilet and stared at Zach who was meticulously cleaning his hair, "Papa didn't take anything from me at midnight!"
"Okay." Zach made no move, but leaned against the wall and listened for a while, "I will notify the black witches after Alice goes to school."
"Humph, you don't look surprised at all! I knew that Tam must also..."
Zach glanced sideways at Leo, giving a mocking expression, then a ignoring expression, and finally shrugged, "What did I just say?"
Leo's forehead bulged, "I really want to try, which one is better, your charming eyes or my petrifying touch..." This is a threat, but it's a pity -
"You've tried it, and you lost." Zach smiled and nodded his head, "You asked me to bury that memory together because it was too shameful. Do you want to recall it now?"
"Uh-huh!" This roar from deep in his throat was accompanied by the rattling sound of Leo's teeth.
Zach smiled and said nothing more, continuing to clean up his body.
A moment later, Leo was still sitting on the toilet.
This is the really weird moment.
Zach pursed his lips slightly, "We've finished talking, you can go. I believe your behavior of staring at me now is strange."
Leo didn't obey Zach's hand towards the bathroom door at all, still staring at our vampire. The only good thing is that his eyes are above, not somewhere more embarrassing, "You know why Papa didn't take anything from us at midnight..."
"Just talk about yourself, no 'you'." Zach still had that annoying 'reason' look, "You can't represent Tam."
"Uh." Leo's eyes began to search in the bathroom, and finally locked on a roll of toilet paper. Take it in your hand and break it into pieces. Yes, break the toilet paper into pieces, and the thin pieces are thrown to the ground like shards of glass, bouncing. I described it correctly.
After venting for a while, Leo looked at Zach again, "Because he can't!"
Zach frowned and looked at the debris on the floor for a while. He was a little dissatisfied, so he used his words and said, "Yeah, you're not that hard. It's not difficult to pick out a stone or two from your body." I speak from experience.”
"A stone is a stone! I am me!" Leo continued to break the toilet paper in his hand. This was a vicious cycle. "Papa can put stones on me at midnight! But he can't get anything that belongs to me. thing!!"
Zach continued this vicious cycle, looking at more debris, "Oh, I get it, you are a guy who doesn't know how to share, no one can take away what is 'your'."
More debris fell to the ground, "Yes! It's not like you vampires, scattering your so-called 'eternal' blood everywhere!"
"Yes." Zach tilted his head, "At least our blood can heal the pain of living things. What can your petrification do? Can it solidify and suspend all vitality?"
Is the topic a bit confusing
It doesn't matter, the explanation is here.
Although Zach expressed respect for the same immortal race, still, do you think if creatures at the top of the food chain would like each other? No, the peaceful dialogue is already a tribute to the fact that they both have a mouth that can speak the same language. Once the nature of race is involved, these two guys cannot be at peace.
And this lack of peace started when Leo just said, "Papa randomly put stones on me at midnight!" But, he can't get anything that belongs to 'me'! ! 'This sentence.
Think back! Werewolf, how Alpha came to be. It's because Papa got the blood of the vampire Gangero at midnight! Because of things that belong to vampires, vampire blood, there are werewolves in Papa's midnight witchcraft belief!
And I still remember what Zach said to Charlie in the basement, about creating a race that lives forever in a certain place, vampires who believe in the Holy Lord, and the gatekeepers of purgatory created by a certain god. This has the same meaning!
But, Zack isn’t a stone, right? A vampire is at least a living thing! The same meaning of eternal life somewhere, but completely unrelated races! The Faith of the Holy Lord borrowed the meaning of the Gatekeeper of Purgatory, but it did not borrow anything from anywhere else. It did not create our vampire as a statue!
The god that the Holy Lord believes in, the Lord, couldn't get anything from Leo's race! I only got the meaning of 'eternal life'.
You see, so it’s a typical disagreement.
Although vampire blood is powerful in giving vampires immortality and healing abilities, it is obviously a flawed work in Leo's opinion. Vampire blood can be taken and used by other faiths.
"My job is to guard!" Leo stared at Zach, "My job is to freeze and suspend any creature trying to escape! Then God who gives me responsibility and meaning! Let these belong to me! Only belong to me! I don't You need to steal blood from others and then share the blood with others while pretending to save anyone!!”
Well, this vicious cycle seems to be difficult to break. Leo really attacked another flaw of the vampire race without mercy. Oh, isn't it? The magical blood of vampires is sucked from other people. What is the vampire's true possessions that belong only to the vampire himself? Probably only the soul that is constantly corroding.
Zach looked at Leo and actually fell silent.
Do you want to admit defeat? Hehe, don’t you all know Zach
here we go.
"I used to think that you were ashamed of your identity, and even asked me to bury some of your memories..." It seems that Zach and Leo's interracial agreement was mentioned, but it is obviously not the focus here, but everyone should be able to hear it, at least not Tower As Mu guessed, he wanted a reward for the 'Last Toledo'.
"...It's because your god has disappeared, and you are like a fallen angel who is unwilling to mention your past glory. But that's not the case, right." Zach's face was unexpectedly calm, and he looked at Leo, "You are actually quite proud. It's your own identity. As you just said, you are unique and no one can copy it. Even if you borrow a little bit of 'you', not the Holy Lord, Papa Midnight, or the gods who are still in this world. "
Leo was about to speak, to say something, but Zach raised his hand to interrupt. We can take a guess at what Leo is going to say, like, Zack, you're ignoring the, uh, 'gods' of the Republic.
But whatever it was, Zach couldn't hear it. He continued, "But that's not it. What you're really ashamed of is that you're not alive anymore, right? I don't care what you say about the vampire lifestyle, but we were made by God to interact with the world. We need to Blood, to steal, to rob, to kill, we must have an impact on the world in order to survive. When we have an impact on the world, the world is also responding to us, good or bad. We are dealing with this The world interacts with us, and we live. What about you?"
Zach raised his eyebrows, with a smile on his lips, victory was certain, "Haha, your job, the meaning you are given, is to freeze living creatures and suspend any interaction between creatures and the world. I believe that in purgatory, That interaction is an attempt to escape from prison, hahaha. You exist in this sense, and you are unique. No one can touch you. You, you have nothing to do with this world."
Zach picked up the soap that had been ravaged by Leo and said, "Even this most common daily necessities refuse to interact with you." Now, the insult is, "You are not ashamed of your identity , you are ashamed that you live in a world that makes you, a meaningful person, meaningless."
Zach buried his face in the plump foam that was deliberately rubbed, and finally gave Leo a smile.
Snapped!
The remaining toilet paper in Leo's hand hit the ground and shattered into pieces. The guy was completely defeated and slammed the door and left.
Zach is a personable person, sometimes, but not now, so, "Put on some clothes, Leo, we have a girl living here, and as her brother, I am not ready to let her see a male body now, Even if it’s just a rock, please be careful~” Zach shouted in the bathroom with a smile on his face.
But you thought Zach could enjoy the rest of the shower in smug pleasure, and you were wrong.
As soon as the bathroom door recovered from Leo's slam, it was opened a crack. It was Sam. This guy was very, well, forget it. Anyway, he looked at Zach from top to bottom before speaking. , "Alice didn't come back all night."
Zach noticed Sam's inspection, but was too lazy to pay attention, "What do you mean Alice hasn't come back all night?" In this way, Zach did not hear Alice's sound when he came back.
"Literally." Sam didn't explain any more. His head disappeared behind the crack of the door and came back when he was about to close the door. He looked at Zach again, uh, "Old Hank just called back and said The employees can be discharged from the hospital today. He sounded very unhappy, saying that it was Allen who went to the hospital to blame Grande, even making dinner would put their employees in the hospital, and asked Grande to be responsible for the medical expenses, otherwise he would sue us. "
Zach didn't want to speak anymore, "Is there anything else?"
"I chose a single room in the living area." Sam really said, "It was packed last night. I will live there."
There wasn't much to say, and Zach nodded.
"I see you used my soul-binding puppet." Tam knelt down, stood up again, and probably took something out of the clothes Zach left at the door. "Do you need me to pull out the soul inside?"
This made Zach think for a while, "Take it out and send it to Aisela. She may need it... No, send it to Anthony." There is no need to become friends with Aisela.
But, can anyone think of the reason for this decision
Ashera's husband was targeted by the Newton Demon. Do you remember that the Newton Devil once mistakenly thought that Ashera had a connection with the Saints, so he cut off Newton's power and continued to campaign against Ashera in Barton? support. The result of going to Zac's side was that Ethela came to Zac personally and asked Zac to help her hand over her husband's assets to Anthony and transfer them to Barton. Of course, at that time, it was on the basis of 'no matter who will be next' As mayor, this is all good for Barton. The mayor's soul should be of some use.
Sam nodded and left.
The good thing about being kidnapped by Papa at midnight is that Sam at least understands that he doesn't need to follow Zach all the time, which is good. (.)