Zach was not too surprised at how quickly Sires called the police. He waited in the mill for a while, and then there was news from the police station. This was not the first time that Briar ran away so willfully. Every time, he got inexplicable people. Friends, the Black Witch's Moonlight Hundred Shadows, Mokavi. It’s time for Siris to learn a lesson.
Zach was quite surprised that the person who came out to handle the case was actually Wes, a police detective. As it happened, Zach had some questions to ask this friend of James, indirectly about Mokavi.
Wes's motorcycle was heading south on Route 27. He should go to Siris' house first to learn about the situation. Zach hissed, sat directly in the back seat, and tapped Wes's helmet, "Good morning. Detective.”
The forward motorcycle made a snake-like movement on the road to avoid the enemy, swung its tail, and stopped on the side of the road.
"Zack, Zach!"
"Scared you?" Zach smiled.
"Uh... you're looking for me?"
"That's right. Are you going to investigate Briar's disappearance?"
"How do you know? Well, you don't have to tell me." Wes restarted the motorcycle and handed a helmet to Zach, "Do you have any information?"
Zach didn't put on the helmet right away. He held the helmet and smelled it, "It smells like Jason. Does he usually use it?" His body in the back seat was swaying because of the 'bump' at the speed of the motorcycle.
Seeing Weiss's face under the helmet in the rearview mirror start to turn red, Zach smiled and didn't ask any further questions. He put on the helmet honestly, and the next thing he said was to shout, "Mokavi is missing."
"What?"
"I knew that Briar had a plan to become a descendant of Mokawi, so after I knew that Mokawi disappeared from the sanatorium, I called Briar's house. Sure enough, Briar also disappeared, and then came here. Wait for Sires to call the police.”
After waiting for a while, Weiss didn't say anything, but the eyes in the rearview mirror were full of complicated and speechless expressions.
Zach continued, "I didn't expect you to come out. Just in time, so I don't have to follow you sneakily."
After the sound of wind pouring into the helmet continued for a while, Weiss chose not to be silent anymore, "No one in the bureau wanted to pay attention to this report. It often happened that Sires reported that his fiancée was missing, and she usually died by herself after a few hours. gone back."
Zach raised his eyebrows from behind, "Oh~ Then why did you come out?"
"When the O'Neal suicide case occurred in the nursing home, I met Dr. Browning (Emilia)." Wes's face could be clearly seen frowning in the rearview mirror, "We chatted for a while, as both of us. People who know about the existence of alien races.”
Zach curled his lips and made no comment. It's not a bad thing for these people who all know the same secret to communicate with each other.
Weiss continued, "She mentioned some concerns about Mokawi. She said that Mokawi mentioned Brielle more than once during their treatment. She said that Brielle was very popular with her and was her favorite." candidate'. And since Briar is from the South Side, Dr. Browning asked me to pay attention."
Zach was a little surprised here, "Amelia will tell you about her patients' conditions?" What about the doctor's professional ethics
Wes replied with a glance over his shoulder at Zach. It means 'the ancestor of the thirteen clans, Mokavi, is a patient, you, the vampire, said it, I didn't say it'.
"Watch the road." Zach understood and shook his head with a smile, "Don't be so cautious. Mokawi doesn't care about this kind of thing. She is also very proud of her mental state. After all, that is how she became the leader of the Thirteenth Clan. Something special.”
Weiss curled her lips and didn't respond.
"Then you really took it seriously. Sires called the police and you came out. Haha." Zach continued to smile, "But Briar and Mokawi disappeared together. I'm afraid Emilia and What you are worried about is about to happen. As I said at the beginning, I know that Briar has a plan to become a descendant of Morkawi."
The motorcycle slowed down and stopped on the side of the road again. Wes took off his helmet without arranging his messy hair. He turned his head with a complicated expression and looked at Zach, who was still in the helmet. "Can I ask you something? I hope you answer me truthfully."
"Okay, you ask." To show his seriousness, Zach also took off his helmet and looked directly at Wes.
"What do we mean to you?" After Wes asked, he turned back, deliberately avoiding the rearview mirror and turning the back of his head towards Zach, "Humans, what do we mean to you, aliens?"
Zach raised his eyebrows, speculating on the deep meaning of this question, and said, "You need to be more specific. After all, I don't need to whitewash certain races. For them, humans are just one of the foods."
Although his back was turned to Zach, the bristling hairs at the junction of the back of his head and neck had betrayed the detective who was deliberately hiding his emotions.
Zach added a smile to his words, "I said some, but most of them are not like this. For example, the soul aliens, the soul aliens all rely on humans to exist..." Zach realized that what he said was too absolute, " Of course, excluding ink loss..."
However, Wes obviously asked this kind of question, huh, not for Zach to answer it comprehensively and carefully. So it was interrupted.
Wes waved his hands, "Forget it, pretend I didn't ask." He started to put his helmet back on, "Sit tight, let's hit the road."
Zach was obedient, but also naive like a persistent child. When the motorcycle started again, he said, "Sorry, this question is really hard to answer. Why don't I give you a complicated example, me."
The motorcycle accelerated evenly and soon reached the top. How can I put it, this speed really fails the oil burned in the engine. Wes is listening.
"You can directly think that vampires regard humans as food, and I have no objection." Uh, what kind of nonsense is this? Should a vampire say that to a human? No rush, "But the special thing is that humans who are frying steaks will not ask the fat dinner that is frying in fat, 'Hey, do you want to be one of us, don't be fried in the future, and fry your own kind?' "
Give Wes time to reflect on the steak metaphor that makes it impossible to face it anymore. Zach continued, "Another complicated thing is that I, the vampire, live forever. Haha, most of the time, I think this is a good thing, but have you ever seen a tree that has lived for hundreds of years and thousands of years, for its own tribe? Have you done anything?”
Feeling that Wes in front moved, Zach knew that the other party was thinking, so, "No, it lived until the environment made it unable to survive. Maybe the forest was cut down, maybe it stopped raining. Yes, maybe, it’s just a squirrel that punched a hole in it. Those who do things for their own group can only do things for their own race, such as humans, whose life is not eternal. Life is limited, and they want to live better. Only non-eternal species can do this. We don’t have this need.”
Wes spoke at this time, "You can heal yourself."
"This is my point of view. Even if a vampire, I, like a tree, do nothing or care about nothing, I will still live. Even if the forest is gone, even if there is a drought, even if someone hurts me, the vampire will live. We can heal ourselves. Vampires are more eternal than trees. We don’t need to make any changes to the world. We don’t need to turn forests into natural enemies. We don’t need to build reservoirs before droughts. We don’t care if one or two squirrels climb up. On us. Then, another question arises, if I will live forever even if I don’t have to do anything, why should I live?”
Metaphysical philosophical question? No, real issues, Leo. The former gatekeeper of purgatory created by God was just a tree that had done nothing and had nothing to do. A piece of non-foaming soap can make him angry, so what's the point of living
"Fortunately, I am not a tree. I still need to do something to survive. And what I need to do, there are two options. One is to waste the human form and live outside civilization like Gangro. The other is One is right now, I am talking to you, another species in this world, a race that has been changing the world environment, human beings."
"You want to say." Weiss' tone was uncertain, with an irritation that didn't come from somewhere, "Vampires rely on humans to exist."
"Exactly. Even the descendants of Gangro are all descended from humans, not to mention other vampires. And then there is the world we live in. How should I say it? Well, vampires did not invent electricity, no invention Cars didn't invent these." Zach knocked on his helmet, which was a protective helmet. "We are so 'powerful' that we don't need to 'invent' anything. But in order not to waste this appearance, we blended in with you. , we do not invent, we only enjoy. Ten years, a hundred years, no matter how you interpret what I am about to say, we intend to continue to enjoy everything that humans bring, for the sake of future generations, for food, and for eternal life. Can you understand? .”
Wes really didn't know what to say, so his mood reflected the speed of the car and he hit the accelerator.
"I said, it's complicated." Zach concluded, "Vampires attached to humans, a symbiotic relationship that is deliberately vilified, Anthony and James have both summarized it like this. You can agree, I have no objection. "
It should be Zach's attitude. This attitude of not shying away or having any opinions made Wes unable to hold back. While continuing to speed up, "So that's what it means?! You guys create descendants! It's your fault." Do you, uh, do us 'favors' among humans?!" There is an explanation: "After all, this is something you don't treat us as food, and you don't enjoy the fruits of our labor!"
Zach shook his head, "No. If you care about vampires making people into descendants because of Briar's incident, I must remind you that you asked the wrong question."
A 'tsk' that was purely for venting emotions was buried in the wind.
It doesn't matter, Zach heard, "But it's not a bad thing. After you understand the relationship between vampires and humans, you will have a more, um, objective view on vampire descendants. For example, you can ask James Sir, I have such a special relationship with him, have I ever asked him if he would like to be my descendant."
Well, there are some things that I just never get tired of doing. Drifting again, the motorcycle stopped on the side of the road. Wes looked back and stared at Zach, "Have you asked??"
"No, he doesn't deserve to be Toledo, so I never gave him the impression that he could become a vampire." Zach looked directly at Wes, "You don't have to worry about there being so many vampires in Barton now, there are other people They would want him to become a descendant. I can tell you responsibly, there will be no such thing. At least among the thirteen clans, he cannot meet the standards of a vampire descendant of any clan."
"What? Standards?? Do you have standards for choosing descendants?!" That's great. To be treated as food, you have to consider whether the meat is fat. To be regarded as descendants, are there still standards? ? As the race that has changed the most in this world, where is the self-esteem of humans
"Of course there are standards." Zach looked at Wes's eyes behind the helmet, "For immortal people, time will not let annoying people die. Do vampires have to tolerate people who live forever with them who they can't understand and can't share their values What a nasty guy."
The corners of Wes's eyes twitched. Now is probably not the time to discuss Zach's original disdain for people like James, okay? We should understand that if he can get used to it, he needs training? James needs to be taught to be truly just, and James needs to realize that aliens are also part of this city? Ultimately, there was only one reason Zach saved James, they needed a character like that, and James played it well. To value something and to be accustomed to it are two different things.
"So my answer is no, this is not a favor, this is." Zach paused and asked, "Please, people who have the same beliefs, are you willing to live forever with me and a vampire. Such a serious commitment, do you think it is a favor?" What?"
There is an analogy that is downgraded in time and equal in content, 'no matter poverty or wealth, no matter health or disease, until life and death do us part'.
Zach shrugged, "Even if it is a favor, it is not given by the vampire, but by the one above." Pointing to the top, "It's just that 'it' seems to be absent recently, but don't worry, the vampire will live forever after all, and 'it' will always witness Arrived."
Weiss's face relaxed, and his whole body sagged, probably because he didn't know how to respond at all... let alone respond, he couldn't comment. What the hell did he hear? Isn't it good to be an ignorant ordinary person who has passed away for a hundred years? Why do you ask such a thing!
Wes turned around and started the motorcycle again, "Don't tell me these things again..."
"It's over." Zach said with a relaxed expression, "I hope you feel more at ease, haha." How could Zach not know the reason why Wes suddenly asked these questions? "You don't have to worry about vampires killing people in Barton." Becoming a vampire will become the norm. Briar is a special event. There is no need to lower yourself and worry about how aliens view humans. The world is like this. When you don't know it, everyone is living like this. You know it. , same thing. Nothing has changed.”
It's easy to say, nothing has changed. I hope everyone can have the awareness summarized on a stop-and-go motorcycle.
By the time Wes reacted, the helmet had been put back in the trunk, and Zach had already avoided it in advance. (..)