Go on, no matter what kind of inexplicable situation occurs, don't worry. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
Start with "He looks quite handsome." Oz's rambling sentence.
Because he didn't understand, Zach glanced at Oz, but didn't intend to pay attention. The personification took a deep breath and prepared to appear.
Derek was already describing Lu's appearance to the clerk: "Have you seen him? He came in to pick up clothes, but I waited for a long time and searched around, but couldn't find him."
Kozier's clerk is of high quality, "Would you like custom-made clothes? It may be in Mr. Morelin's studio in the back, but Mr. Morelin is not here, please wait a moment."
Zach took two steps and then stepped back, "Why do you say he is handsome."
"Oh, you are being polite, because he is your 'brother'. I have never met old Mr. Grande, your 'father'. I just guessed that his genes are pretty good, at least he will not let you and Benjamin become his Descendants are too far-fetched.”
Zach raised his eyebrows and accepted this statement, "Old Grande is indeed pretty good-looking." Don't go into why Zach cares about this kind of thing, he himself doesn't know.
Waited for a while.
"Do you want to see your brother or not?" Oz was impatient at first.
"Yes." Zach answered, stretching his neck as if guilty, and peeking at Derek, who was looking increasingly irritable in the lobby.
"Then go quickly."
Zach didn't respond. He pulled back his neck and frowned, then glanced at Oz, "You go."
"He's not my 'brother.'" That's rejection.
Zach had already forgotten the elevator and left, "Let him meet me at the apartment. I need to prepare."
"See you." Oz looked at Zach's back and confirmed emphatically, "You asked me to be the one who told your brother that you faked your death."
"Yeah~" Zach didn't give Oz any choice, and his back had disappeared.
Oz curled his lips, shook his head and walked towards Derek.
Back in the apartment, Zach walked directly to the bar and glanced at Hamilton who was answering the phone. 'Eavesdropping' was necessary, but it did not affect the movements of Zach's hands. He was mixing drinks, no matter how strong he was, and so on. Mixing drinks for the purpose of making someone drunk and sufficiently affecting someone's rational judgment.
After Hamilton's voice in the receiver said for a long time, "Yeah." He looked back at Zach, "He's right here..."
Before Hamilton had time to say more, Zach shook the mixing jar in his hand and said, "I'm very busy."
The corners of Hamilton's eyes twitched twice, and he turned his head and continued to face the receiver, "He's mixing drinks."
The receiver was quiet for a while, and Hamilton explained consciously, "His human brother came to Barton, and he was going to tell him that his death was faked." And a little self-righteous addition, "He made a temporary decision, I originally planned to use the body of the shapeshifter and Nenad's ability to fake a desperate situation to scare the man away. Then I suddenly changed my mind." Everyone understands the reason for being self-righteous. Isn't this how Zach lied to him before? , that pun to boot.
The other side of the receiver obviously asked another question. Hamilton stood and looked back at Zach, "Father wants to know what you plan to do with this human brother."
"Since when did the Sabbat start caring about an ordinary human being?" Zach's hand movement did not stop.
It wasn't Hamilton who answered, it was the voice from the receiver that reached Zach's ears directly, "We don't care, but can't we just chat, gossip or whatever, to satisfy my curiosity~"
"Then tell Hamilton not to hang up the phone and just listen." Zach smiled at Hamilton.
"I really want to, but unfortunately, I'm also very busy. Let's listen to Hamilton's narration later..." The voice in the receiver seemed to be interrupted by someone over there, "Cappadocia wants to talk to you. Let’s chat.” Someone changed, “Hello, Toledo.”
Zach rarely performed his usual perfect social etiquette, but raised his eyebrows at Hamilton, who was holding the receiver. "Your father's phone number." He said deliberately and clearly, "Lesembra's phone number is often called like this. Interrupt the substitution?"
Hehe, such a question can be said to be rude and offend everyone, socially. But technically speaking, Zach is still behind the bar bartending, and he’s not the one answering the phone, so~
Hamilton naturally frowned, but remained silent. Instead, the voice in the receiver said, "Haha, no, I think this is the first time for both Lesembula and me."
Zach did not become friendly because of the other party's smile, "I am happy to chat with you, but I'm sorry, Cappadocia, I have something to do now. If you are as curious as Lesembra, let Naina Please tell me."
A smart person will understand what Zach means.
And Cappadocia, who is now making a voice in the receiver, hehe, at least is not stupid, "I will definitely do it. In addition, thank you for taking care of Nenad in Barton."
"No." It seemed that Zach was not ready to change his tone. "Your Nenard is not the only one in Barton. I don't want everyone to be grateful to me. I will be too busy."
It was quiet for a while on the other side of the receiver. The only thing quiet was human voices, and there was the sound of the receivers being pushed against each other. After a while, the human voice appeared again, replaced by Lesembula, "Not everyone will thank you." He seemed to have given up on being polite and friendly, "You didn't do anything for Revro, they won't thank you. You. Your naming of Lu offended Zmich, and he hates you now."
Zach tilted his head, "When did our federal postal service become so fast?" The blood information that Hamilton just mailed at noon has arrived now
"Hamilton has just given me the brief information." was the reply.
Zach smiled, "Then wait until you receive the complete information. Don't miss Nenad's part. Let's discuss this matter again. I said, everyone should thank me~"
Isn't it? Zach has already explained it clearly before~ It is righteous to insult Zmich and suppress his status to the bottom of the Sabbat! It’s for the future of the Sabbat! !
There was silence on the other side of the receiver for a while, "Hamilton." The person speaking changed, "Explain why Toledo emphasized Nenad's part. Is it because your blood information is missing something important?" That’s why Nenad’s supplement is needed.”
The voice on the receiver may not have had a clear tone, but Hamilton's face darkened. It's not easy to make a vampire's face darken.
Hamilton pursed his lips tightly, not knowing how to answer.
Zach 'saved' him, "because he didn't ask. I don't blame him. He gave advice at the time, but I didn't fully accept it. Based on his status, he could only step back. Who doesn't like such a subordinate?" ~Hehe, Lesembula, you have a good descendant.”
There was still silence on the other side of the receiver for a moment, "Well, I guess when the blood arrives, we will know exactly what happened."
It looks like this call is coming to an end.
At the end, "Toledo, we are ready here. We will formally issue a recall order to Eli Toledo on the grounds of recalling the 'Colt'."
Zach didn't respond. He set out cups of alcohol-filled liquid and walked toward the door of the apartment. Derek came up.
"Hi, Derek." Zach put on a smile.
It was useless. Derek glared at Zach, his whole face twitching, "You, you..."
"Live well." Zach put his arm around Derrick's shoulders, "Come on, I know this must be hard to accept. I prepared wine..."
Although Derek was being moved by Zach, his head was moving around, "Just, that Cozier just now..." Oz didn't come up, "I, I scolded him... I, I thought he was, let What a disgusting joke…”
"It's not a joke." Zach pressed Derek on the bar stool and pushed one of the arranged wine glasses first, "I'm right here."
"He, he said..." Derek's thoughts were completely confused. He probably didn't know what he was doing. He just instinctively caught the wine glass when it was pushed in front of him, raised it to his mouth, blinked, and looked. Looking at Zach, "You are, you are..."
"Drink." Zach put his finger against the base of the wine glass and raised it slightly.
Mumble. Accompanied by the turning of the throat.
"You are, you are..." The empty cup was slapped on the bar, and a new cup was pushed in front of him. Guess, can Derek finish this sentence before drinking his second drink? No, guess what is more interesting, the part that does not appear in this sentence, is it, 'vampire'. Or ~'not human', you know, that kind of thing. The answer was soon revealed.
"Let's start from the beginning." Zach said without urging Derek to drink a second cup, "I told you before, when you first came to Barton, we." Zach picked up the third cup himself The cup was swaying but not drunk, "We are very similar."
Derek drank the second cup by himself, and he also took the initiative to take the fourth cup. For some reason, he was a little wary and looked at Hamilton who had just put down the phone.
Zach could only take the time to interrupt his words, looked back at Hamilton, and waved his hand, "Don't pay attention to him, he is just a spectator." Then he said to Hamilton, "Don't you think you should go and kill Naina?" Did you invite me to come and listen together? Cappadocia is also your superior." These words correspond to Cappadocia's gratitude in the receiver just now. Smart people will understand.
Hamilton's face remained as bad as before, but he could only go find someone. Ignore him, the vampire doesn't have to actually stay in this space anyway if he wants to listen in on something.
"Lou, where's Lu?" Derek was still thinking about the person who picked him up.
Zach waved his hand casually, "He's not important..."
was interrupted by Derek excitedly, "Is he really an ex-criminal?? What did he do?! He looked very quiet! Just like the guy in the movie who kills suddenly without saying a word, he killed Got someone??”
Zach looked at Derek and said, "Derek, you don't care what crime Lou committed." The kind of tone that asked the other party to calm down.
I reminded you early in the morning, no matter what kind of inexplicable situation occurs, don't worry.
Derek stared at Zach with flashing eyes. Well, what we occasionally encounter in life is the state that occurs when someone looks at you and tries to follow your focused pupils. Of course, under normal circumstances, they would look at each other affectionately, but Derek's feelings towards Zach were not affectionate, but other, even completely opposite emotions.
Remember, Zach's starting point is 'we are very similar'. Just think of what Zach could have that resembles Derek.
Zach did not avoid Derek's gaze and spoke again, "Let's start from the beginning. Derek, remember what I said before, Benjamin and I are just a little luckier than you. When we came to Barton and found our father, he Are you still alive?" Yes, the only place where Zach and Derek resembled each other was because they came to Barton because they wanted to find their biological father. The story never abuses quotation marks, although there are many. I don’t know if anyone guessed what I asked everyone to guess before.
Zach continued, "Now you know, that's just my reservation before you decide whether to live in Grande. Benjamin and I are not lucky. You, who arrived late, only You are lucky to be able to see a father's grave. You don't need to inherit Grande, the real Grande."
The 'affectionate' gaze was pulled to the ground by gravity, and then suddenly lifted up. It was Derek who drained the fourth cup in his hand, and the fifth cup was already in his hand. His eyes did not return to Zach's face, "So, so... this is true. You... I, my brother, my father, are, are criminals..."
Someone must have guessed correctly, after all, they all know the willfulness of this story too well.
"Cleaners." Zach seemed to be emphasizing, "Technically speaking, we didn't commit a crime. At most, we broke the law and obstructed justice. We just helped others deal with it after they committed crimes..."
Zach said nothing, looked at Derek who had already gone to get the sixth cup, and continued to shake the third cup in his hand.
The atmosphere was not awkward for a while, but continued to sprint towards the legendary absolute freezing point in the seventh, eighth, ninth... in the hands of Derek.
Zach finally managed to hold back some words, "Haha." He started with a smile, "When you decided to leave Barton and return to your original life, I was really relieved. Haha." He continued to laugh, "At least A Grande son is lucky to have found his father without having to, haha, bear the burden of his 'father's inheritance'."
Derek began to be unable to reach the xth glass of wine, and Zach thoughtfully gave away the one in his hand, and then silently pushed the remaining glasses over, "I know you must have many questions, even if it's just for concern, such as, Why do I need to fake my own death, is Grande in deep trouble now. But sorry, as I just said, you didn't decide to live in Grande, I will have reservations, for your luck, too For your safety."
Zach, you have no intention of giving Derek a crack. Therefore, Derek can only continue to create empty cups.
"Sorry, Derek. We didn't expect that you would come to Barton again." When Derek's pores began to smell of alcohol, Zach held down Derek's hand to raise the glass again, "I don't know what to do. How to describe my mood. I have a choice, continue to deceive you, or tell you the truth, at least let you know the truth." Zach shook his head and spoke very slowly. No matter how everyone criticized Zach's hypocrisy, but , this is the tone that should be used now, "Even now, I don't know if I made the right choice, if I tarnished the image of father and Grande in your heart. Sorry, Derek."
Derek finally looked at Zach again and grabbed Zach's hand. The veins that popped out were a sign of excessive force. He didn't have time to say anything.
"Don't. No matter what you say, I don't know how to respond. So, go Derek, leave Barton, and don't come back. From now on, as if I have never been found, Grande has never been found, I, We shouldn't have been in your life in the first place. No matter what happens to Grande, it has nothing to do with you. Let's go back to your original life."
No gaps at all...
Finally, please guess something, whether Zach has any puns. (..)