The sun, thinking of this world, opened its eyes on the eastern horizon. But it wasn't enough, the dark interior remained dark. Until someone who doesn't belong in this room opens the curtain.
The dim light made Sam's eyelids move. He adjusted his posture instinctively, then sat up alertly and looked at the figure beside the bed, "Za, Zach?"
"Yeah." With a slurping sound, Zach stuffed the empty snack can back into his pocket, crossed his arms, and couldn't tell the expression on his face, "I..." He seemed a little unsure about what he wanted. What to express, "a little disappointed."
"Uh." Sam rubbed his still blurry vision, looked around a little dazedly, grabbed the clothes thrown beside the bed, and started to put them on, "Why are you disappointed?"
"Your alertness." Zach squinted and looked at the backyard in the crack of light. Old Hank was shaking his arms to stretch his body, and he should be going to get the newspaper soon. Zach curled his lips and looked back at Sam, "Of course I didn't expect you to notice the intruder immediately in your sleep, but at least you have to take some precautions. But no, I came in easily and it took three minutes. I looked through all your things here, and then spent another three minutes admiring your sleeping posture."
Sam first glanced at his home in surprise. All kinds of witchcraft props and materials were where they should be. Then he looked at Zach speechlessly, "You should have woken me up earlier." Three minutes Watch, hate…
"No, I was wondering when you found out that your home had been invaded." Zach's point of view was a bit strange.
"Well, I'm your wizard and you're my vampire. You're not here to invade."
"Still, I'm disappointed in your alertness." I don't know what Zach is insisting on.
"Is this revenge, right?" After a moment of speechless silence, Sam spoke up, "Revenge for me appearing in the basement where you and Louise just woke up."
"Yes." He admitted.
Sam gave an incredulous look, but could only say, "Okay, I got what you meant, private space, right? No matter what our relationship is, private space is important, okay."
"Very good, I'm glad we have reached a consensus." Zach raised his hand and shook it towards the witchcraft props on the living room table, "What are those?"
"which one?"
"The one in the middle." Zach hunched his shoulders, deliberately expressing his physical and mental discomfort, "I can probably see something about the other things, but I don't want to touch that one."
It was a bowl full of wooden beads the size of marbles, densely engraved with Indian incantations.
Sam frowned, walked towards the living room, already dressed, picked up a wooden bead and digressed, "When did you come back?"
"Six minutes ago." There's nothing to hide.
"So, you haven't talked about this with Louise yet?"
This can be regarded as a disguised admission. This thing is what he called Louise and Matthew to block Zach from eavesdropping yesterday.
"So, you're not going to tell me?" Zach raised his eyebrows, thinking very quickly.
"Well, yes." Sam was not polite.
"Okay." Zach curled his lips, "As long as this thing is not used on me, you can do whatever you want."
"Haha." He didn't know what Sam was laughing at, and didn't give Zach any time to react. He quickly changed the subject, "Well, do you have anything else to do?"
"Yes." Zach pulled up a chair, hesitated, moved away from the table in the living room, sat down, and crossed his arms, clearly expressing that he didn't want to touch anything here, "I need to tell you about my Plan to visit Toledo, the Sabbat." As he spoke, he was a little impatient, "Yesterday, I just realized that I need to inform the people around me about this plan, otherwise it may cause trouble."
Sam immediately became serious, grabbed a chair and dragged it in front of Zach, sitting with his knees on his knees, "What's the plan?"
Zach felt that his point of view in the private space just now was expressed in vain, forget it, "First of all, there is nothing to say. Eli Toledo probably will not come to Barton alone, and other Sabbat Toledo, as long as they appear in front of us, Kill them." He glanced sideways at the various witchcraft props on the table, "So I don't object to these things you got. Just some suggestions. Old Hank doesn't like to use things that are too alien. You may want to work with him. He discussed what he would like to use for self-defense.”
"Okay." Sam nodded, probably not intentionally, and moved a little closer to Zach, "Is there anything else?"
"I don't want Alice to touch any 'weapons', anything offensive you make, give it to Maya."
"We have discussed this kind of thing while you were away." Sam nodded, "You can rest assured that I have sorted out all the defensive witchcraft I know and handed it over to Alice. She does not need to participate. into any fight.”
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Very good. One more thing, I don't want to see you and Benjamin link up to create some kind of Alpha-Wizard combination fighting method exclusive to werewolves. I'm still a vampire, and I've been subjected to this kind of hostility for four centuries. combination of distractions.”
Sam was stunned for a moment and looked at Zach, "I am your wizard, not Benjamin's. If I want to link up, it's not with him, but with you."
Zach looked at Sam and said nothing.
The corners of Sam's eyes twitched, "Okay, before I find out how to cooperate with you, I will work alone, okay? I won't link or cooperate with anyone." Can you hear the deep helplessness in these words
"Very good." Zach nodded and adjusted his posture. "Then, I want to give you something as a final guarantee for your ability to work alone." Zach began to dig in his pocket.
"Louise has already given me a bottle of her blood. I don't need it..." Of course, Sam thought Zach was going to give him vampire blood. but
Zach curled his lips. It sounded like the people in Grande had made all the preparations when he and Bumi were sparring, and Zach didn't seem to be participating at all.
Zach held a short, slender key between his fingertips and looked at Sam, "In the basement, in the compartment where old newspapers are kept, there is a box at the very end, under a pile of expired newspapers."
Sam looked at the short key in a daze, then took it with his hand, "What is this?"
"'Colt'."
You could clearly hear Sam's heart skipping a beat, "What?!"
"The real thing." Zach didn't bother to explain too much. "At least the effect is the same as the real thing. Barton's wizards, aliens, demons, Sabbat... don't know that Grande has this thing. Only in Grande The people who brought it to Grande, as well as the black witches who have a special grudge against the thing, know about it.”
Quickly, the key was thrust back into Zach's hand, "I can't take this thing!"
"Why?" Zach looked at the key that was thrust back into his hand, "Are your marksmanship bad?"
"Well, this is not a question of marksmanship, this is, this is..."
"Secret?" Zach shrugged and kept his hands open. There is no reason for the things we vampires give out to be returned. We wait for the other party to take them back. "This secret can't be kept for too long. I'm also looking for a suitable opportunity. It is announced to the outside world that Grande has such a 'killing weapon'. And the life and death crisis I am facing now seems just right."
"Then you should use it yourself!" Sam stared at Zach, what he said was true.
"My shooting skills are terrible." What is avoiding the important and taking the easy, this is, "Besides, I haven't finished yet, I have a reason why I can't use this gun that can kill everything instantly." It can be considered to be considerate of Sam's already confused emotions, Zha Ke Zhi said, "We can kill Sabbat Toledo at will, but against Eli Toledo, I will lose, and I will fake my own death. Of course, only against Eli Toledo, I will Survival in everyone's eyes, but in the eyes of Eli Toledo." Zach pointed at his head, "I am dead."
"Wait, wait a minute... Why??"
Zach has to explain again? No, Bumi is a friend, so he will explain. Sam is just his wizard, so what he has to do is not to explain, but to tell him what to do. After all, this is the code for a wizard to become a vampire, isn't it
"You can understand the reason later, now." Zach adjusted his posture again, of course, holding the key with his reserved hand, "Based on what I know about the Sabbat Toledo's behavior, specifically, their eating habits Habit. When they come to Barton, they will cause riots, hunt and eat at gatherings, parties...anything where a lot of people gather."
Sam frowned and stared at Zach, trying to read some signs from Zach's expressionless face, any sign, joking, confident, that he was completely crazy to live... But there was nothing, Zach was quite peaceful.
"They can't come to Grande immediately. This is our chance. I want you to take the 'Colt' and hunt them down when the Sabbat Toledo hunts humans in Barton." The only change in Ke's expression was to confirm with Sam whether he understood, "What I want is for you to send out a message. Zachary Torredo is not the type to stay at home and wait for the enemy to find us, but to take the initiative." Type. I want you to make it clear, 'Wherever there is news about Sabbat Toledo, there will be Zachary Toledo's wizards going to slaughter. Any information that is unfavorable to Zachary Toledo appears. , was instantly killed like thunder.’ Can you do this with this information?”
"Uh..." Sam looked at the key in Zach's hand and killed it like a thunder? Oh, 'Colt' can indeed do this kind of thing, but the question is still, "Why..."
Follow up, "This way, Eli Toledo will know when Grande, the real Toledo living as Zachary Grande, is at my weakest." Zach continued With a look to confirm whether the other party was following, "When 'Colt' was taken out by you to instantly kill Sabbat Toledo, that's when Eli Toledo appeared in front of me."
So is this just a tactic to lure enemies? ! Sam stared at Zack, incomprehensible, "What? Why do you have to face Eli Toledo when the most powerful weapon in the world is not by your side??"
Zach frowned, "Did you listen to me? I told you that I would fake my death and I would not kill Eli Toledo with my own hands."
The unanswerable, "Why?"
Zach really didn't bother to explain it again, "You can see for yourself when the time comes."
"No! It's too dangerous! I will never wander around outside when Eli Toledo appears in front of you!" While saying this, he also grabbed a handful of wooden beads that made Zach not want to get close.
Zach frowned and looked at the thing in Sam's hand, "I'm beginning to think that this thing you made is not to help me fight, but..." Zach stopped himself when the truth was revealed recently and shook his head. , "It doesn't matter." When Sam excitedly kept moving towards Zach and invaded his personal space, he could only move back a little and continue.
"As for whether it is dangerous, you don't have to worry about it. If the things Eve made with Bruch's blood are as effective as she promised, we can grasp the movements of Sabbat Toledo, and then if you can complete what I said , I will know when he comes. As long as the timing and movements are controlled in our hands, I don't think I will be in any danger." Zach frowned, "What is needed is just me, faster and more accurate , more..." curled his lips, "more efficient."
After speaking, Zach weighed the key in his hand. The key would not fly into Sam's hand by itself.
Sam lowered his head, his face should be very gloomy, but he was also aware that he could only keep saying "why" and could not change anything Zach had decided, so he took a deep breath and took the key from Zach's hand. .
"Very good." Zach nodded with satisfaction, "Then, when you use 'Colt', I allow you to find any helpers you can find in Barton, wizards, aliens, vampires, demons, saints... as long as you If you can pull it up, pull it up." Zach had an explanation for this, "While emphasizing that 'Colt' is a big killer, I want you to increase the influence of me, Toledo, on Barton. ." Zach raised his eyebrows, "No matter if anyone is paying attention or not, I want everyone to have the feeling of 'Zach is in trouble, everyone jumps out to help'."
There is no need for a deeper explanation of this remark. Naturally, it is to make the Sabbat, which originally doesn't matter who they choose, have no choice.
Sam raised his head and glanced at Zach, "You don't need me to look for it, you know this is a fact. Everyone will jump out to help you. It's just that you don't take it seriously!"
Zach smiled and said, "So far, only Eve has jumped out." Bumi was found by Zach himself, so he can't count.
"Have you returned the mayor's call?" Sam asked quickly, "You took up Bumi for so long and let the wizard's ally, one of the only two second-generation vampires in Nofele, spend every day in the South District, no matter what Regarding their own affairs, did Sibella and the others say anything? As for other matters, tsk, have you informed them of this matter?"
"Very good~ You just found yourself a new job." Zach smiled and patted Sam, "Go and inform everyone~"
Zach stood up, and Sam reminded him that the mayor's call could not be delayed any longer. The good news was that Zach already had a complete plan that he could explain to the mayor. (..)