Sending the 'package' to Parker Elementary School and handing it over to Alice and Maya who are helping there - it's already normal. On weekends without special circumstances, Alice and Maya will be pulled over by Laura to act as laborers. After explaining that the things were to be handed over to Eve after the extracurricular activities, Zach returned.
The plan was to go directly back to Cliff's farm, but Zach had to stay in Grande for a while. The mayor's publicist, Blake, was in Grande.
"Rest?" Zach greeted the young man with a smile. You have to admit that among the third generation in the West, only this 'special' Blake is the most normal. Zach was always happy to see Blake.
"Uh, no. On a business trip." Blake's face turned gloomy after seeing Zach smile for the first time, sitting on the back porch of Grande and twiddling his fingers.
"Coming to Grande on business?" Zach joked, sitting next to him, facing the center of Grande's backyard, "You should stay away from Ryan, he is not a good role model." Of course, this is right. Necromancer Jackson said, and then ignored him, "As long as I'm not here to reply for Anthony, haha, that's fine."
Blake curled his lips speechlessly, "Louise just told me that you didn't even listen to the mayor's message. You should have at least returned his call. He is very worried about you."
"Really~" Zach smiled and shook his head, "It's good to do this once in a while. Let Anthony feel the feeling of being ignored." Remember that Anthony often refuses to answer Zach's calls.
Blake pursed his lips and started to talk about his own business, "I need to keep Jackson here for a while, please?"
Zach glanced at the two alien souls half-embedded in the ground in the backyard and shrugged, "No trouble."
"Okay." Blake hesitated, "I was sent to the capital of Massachusetts, as a representative of Barton City, to participate in the identification review of the new mayor of Newton City."
Zach raised his eyebrows. Is Massachusetts so serious about appointing the mayor of a city? "do you need?"
Don’t think that Zach is really mocking human politics. Zach is just expressing a fact. Maybe someone still remembers a few details—Newton’s mayoral term is the same as Barton’s. “In a few months, a new mayor will be elected.” , but does a replacement need to trouble surrounding cities?"
Blake shook his head with a bad expression, "Our Barton mayoral campaign, although it rarely makes headlines, has always been reported. However, you have never seen news about Newton's mayoral campaign."
Zach recalled for a moment, "It seems to be true." Then he shook his head with a knowing smile.
Blake's face still looked bad, "I guess the devil in Newton was not prepared to hand over the choice of his own container to the people." There were so many meanings in these words that I didn't know what Blake was sarcastic about. Adjusting his mood slightly, "In short, Newton is in a mess now. Within the Newton city government and various government agencies, including the police, courts, and education... a large number of government staff are missing, and the information obtained by the state government is also very incomplete. Regarding Various situations in Newton can only be pieced together based on the contact records of surrounding cities..." As he spoke, Blake looked at Zach.
Zach understood the meaning of this look, "I'm sorry, if possible, I, Novel, and Riemer would clear out the Newton demons and retain some of Newton's political figures. But the demons didn't give us any chance." It's because in the previous demon defense that I'm sorry for, the vampires were too clean.
But as you all know, there is nothing we can do about this. It is caused by the way vampires fight against demons - if the demon does not possess it, then kill it with blood. If the demon possesses it, then turn the container into a vampire and trap it. Kill him again.
And Zach and the angel Crowley also talked about it, didn't they? The Newton Demon deliberately created the final chaos in Newton City before he died.
"Don't, don't..." Blake shook his head vigorously, "I have no intention of asking you to apologize. I know that you asked the soul of Mayor Newton sent by Sam to tell us that it was the devil's intention." Blake sighed. He said, "The Newton Demons know that their time on the ground is over. The return of the angels has destined them to have no good results. For them, this is just the last 'carnival'..."
Zach shrugged nonchalantly, "Then I guess, sending you to participate in the identification review is not only Anthony's order, but also the idea of your family, the Stone family, and the Sabbat, right?"
Blake looked at Zach with a look that just said, 'It's a shame you don't get into politics,' "Yeah, yeah."
Just follow what Blake said - "Barton must be represented in the designation because the cities around Newton, except for Barton, are still controlled by demons. The mayor (Anthony) feels that we cannot let Newton continue to be controlled by the next one." People from the devil's side take over Newton." He pursed his lips and said, "Soon, Barton will fully open its trade channels with the Republic. When Barton begins to welcome new and foreseeable rapid development opportunities, we cannot let our neighbors get trapped in It's chaos. Whether it's transportation, trade, or population flow, we need Newton to settle down."
Zach nodded, "Anthony is right, and the Sabbat thinks so too, right?"
"Yes." Blake also nodded, "The Sabbat has been using private deals with important members of the Massachusetts government, including the two governors, to manipulate Barton's political direction..."
Do you still need to be reminded, how did James come, and who ruined Aisela's future outside Barton. The Stones are a political family. Don't you forget? In the Sabbat's classification of the Barton family that Zach first came up with, the Stones fell into the category of 'as long as the political direction is correct, you can stay'.
"... My parents got the news. The state government doesn't want the mayor of Newton to be elected by people from other cities." Blake shook his head again, helplessly, "My parents don't know, but I know, it's the Sabbat. But. The Sabbat did not want to overtly interfere with the actions of the devil in this world, especially in the east, which the devil clearly controlled, so it could only remain silent on this matter and arranged it secretly. On the surface, the only representative who could express different opinions from the devil was I."
Zach nodded, "You should be careful when you go out this time." He frowned, "We should find someone to protect you..." We are already thinking about candidates, but it's a bit difficult. Seriously, can you think of someone from within Barton? , I’m afraid no one will want to go out.
"Well -" the protracted tail tone contained a somewhat complicated tone, "Thank you, but no need. This aspect has been taken care of by our demons." He took a long breath and said, "They have already arranged it, Mike will Send me to Newton, and the angel in Newton will send someone to follow me.”
Zach's mind turned around at this time. Leon was not blessed to be promoted to Newton. Mike, who was seeing him off this time, seemed to have an additional position. After turning this corner, there was an evaluation, a pertinent evaluation with raised eyebrows, "This is, haha, efficient." With angels by his side, I'm afraid no demons would dare to do anything to Blake. The demons who participated in the identification and review Representative Fang didn’t dare to do anything more, so he just left it to the will of the state government and Blake.
Zach then glanced at the undead Jackson who belonged to hell in the backyard, "So put this guy in Grande. You should take care of his feelings."
Blake pursed his lips, "We won't let him follow us no matter what. He is a dead soul belonging to the fallen angels. It would be too dangerous for him to go outside." He frowned, "Have you heard about us fallen angels recently? Any news?"
"No." Zach shook his head, "Is she still in hell?" That's right, Zach was asking a human about the whereabouts of a fallen angel.
Blake also replied, "Well, the mayor (Anthony) has tried to find the fallen angel several times to use the church to do some charity activities to deflect the tense atmosphere among the upper-class people in Barton..." Oh, regarding this tense atmosphere, West Enders, Darcy and Liszt, let alone talk, "The replies they received were all 'wait for me to come up'. Now, the only way to contact the fallen angels is through a few high-level demons in Mary's Church."
Zach twisted his lips. He really didn't understand what the fallen angel was doing when he returned to hell. The only optimistic idea now was that he could find Leon who was expelled to hell in which time zone by a certain cat.
Zach didn't say much, stood up, asked Blake to wait, and returned to the house. When he came out again, he handed Blake a bottle of wine. Zach’s commonly used snack jars, those square, metal portable wine bottles, “It’s always good to have more protection.”
Blake didn't pretend to be pretentious. He accepted it and accepted it, "Thank you. It's time for me to leave. Jackson will trouble you again."
To be honest, if Zach doesn't plan to trouble himself and the soul alien race, he will leave it to the soul alien race. I already have a plan, it would be good to find something for O'Neill Fury to do. Again, Ryan is not a good role model for teenagers.
At the end of the farewell, "You should answer the mayor's call." Blake added this wordlessly and left.
Zach held his tongue and said nothing. Watching Blake's car leave Grande, they looked for Louise's location. Since O'Neal hadn't come back yet, they could only tell Louise to say, "When O'Neal comes back, let him watch Jackson..."
The words were interrupted.
"Is O'Neill the new wizard? Ryan said you have an extra wizard."
"We have already introduced each other, that's me, remember boy." Sam said as he passed by, "O'Neill is the Earthbinder." It was really just passing by, "Louise, come and sit at my place. , let’s discuss what I told you at the funeral.”
Louise gave Zach a look of 'got it' and really followed Sam.
Zach frowned and followed with his eyes - since when did Louise and Sam become so familiar? Let go of your senses and prepare to eavesdrop.
Jackson stood up and down in front of Zach twice, and after successfully attracting attention, he said, "Can the Earthbinder run around? I thought the Earthbinder can only be trapped in one place like Ryan."
"You can ask him yourself." Zach replied. His eyes drifted away again because he found Matthew following Louise and Sam into the living area.
"Oh, it seems that there are many interesting things happening in Grande that I don't know about." The undead blocked Zach's sight again, making the new living area in Zach's eyes a green forest. "You want to hear Do you want to know something interesting that I know?"
"No, I don't want to." Zach was a little speechless, why are the third generation underage in the West District so difficult to deal with. Because there is nothing this guy knows that Zach doesn't know, Zach is sure that what this young undead is going to say is that Blake likes men. But Zach didn't think it was 'fun'.
"My father is still lying in the hospital."
Zach miscalculated, and his eyes had to focus back on Jackson. Do you still remember what Tosem, the young undead boy, said when he sent his soul to the mayor? —Let Zach save my father, otherwise all three of our Bishop family will die, and the meeting will be awkward. 'Fun fact'? No. Jackson has learned black humor.
Zach looked at Jackson, "You should believe in modern medical care, your father will be fine."
"Huh, I knew you didn't know this." Jackson was fluttering in front of Zach. He probably had no other intention than to enjoy the feeling of being locked in his sight. As you all know, it is rare for undead to have such a thing in this world. With this kind of treatment, even Blake, who could see him, couldn't just focus his eyes on the empty air in public, right? "He didn't get better. What did he look like in the hospital? It's been so long." Time, what is it like now? It has not been cured, and it has not gotten worse. The hospital just didn’t dare to let the news out because of the pressure from your charmer."
When Zach's eyes moved away, Jackson came closer again, "Stop frowning, I guess the method used by Pochi is wrong, or the blood used is not strong enough. Is Matthew's blood right? Or it's that Yuri's Maitreya did it. Anyway, my father is dying in the hospital now, and he looks quite, well, uncomfortable."
Zach opened his eyebrows disobediently and continued to frown, "Then what do you want? As long as your father is not dead, isn't it just right that you don't have to be embarrassed?"
"The truth is indeed like this, but." What follows is proof that the third-generation children in the West District are all 'trouble', "But we can't let him delay it like this. You know that the top brass of the Bishop Group are already making arrangements. Have you voted to remove the chairman position? I guess they have no intention of playing subordinates anymore, and they are finally getting rid of the surname my father carries with him. Your Mei Yao and my father have not yet been legally united, and there is nothing she can do about it. If my father continues to lie in the hospital like this, Bishop's property will no longer belong to Bishop. Do you want this to happen? We at Bishop are very rich and have the largest legal team in Barton. We can give it to you. My friend the mayor provides a lot of conveniences.”
Zach's eyebrows will inevitably continue to frown, "You can directly ask, 'Please save my father'."
Jackson actually remained silent for a while and said, "Please save the last Bishop. Although he is incompetent in every aspect, whether he is alive or not, and is not qualified for any status he holds, let him live."
Zach didn't need to remember, he always remembered Bishop's family ties. So I shook my head—it was just an emotional expression, "Okay, I'll save him."
Jackson nodded and finally got out of Zach's sight.
Zach could concentrate on eavesdropping on the sounds in the new living area, but he only heard Louise's voice, causing him to give up speechlessly—
"Wait a minute, Zach must be listening, Sam, do you have any witchcraft to block it?"
As everyone knows, the match between Zach and Louise is always 50-50, and no one can take advantage of the other. So what do you care about? Forget it, just go and fulfill a certain boy's request. (.)