As expected, Derek went to the cemetery to deliver lunch to Old Hank and never came back. Vertex 23S. The fastest update. At least Zach couldn't wait until he came back. He didn't plan to wait forever. After explaining to Louise, he asked Derek depending on his mental state whether he wanted to live in Grande, or if the place where he lives now needs to be No help needed.
After leaving Grande, Zach is going to a place no one expects. Do you still remember the orphanage inheritance incident in the South District? It has nothing to do with that. Don't worry yet, it's like this.
Didn't Zach read the police information all morning? When the first murder case occurred in the Republic, James and Wes were worried about the social relations of the Republic here. The Republic has nothing to do in the Federation. The actual interpersonal relationship makes the normal interviewing of people around the victim in the police investigation ineffective.
So James went directly to Mayor Anthony to ask for the files of the republicans, hoping to find clues to the possible murders of the republicans from their social relations in the original country.
I can tell you the conclusion, it’s useless. Remember the first murder. The republican who rented Brian's house was not very fluent in Federal. In his original life, he had no contact with the Federation at all and was extremely mediocre.
Have you ever seen the kind of people who get bored in one city and move to another city to live? This is him. His only advantage is that he ran relatively far and came to the Federation. I don't mean to say that this kind of person is unrestrained. What I want to express is that everything related to him and his past life, as we said before, is solidified in a useless file. Apart from gathering dust, it has no impact on him now. life has no meaning.
It actually corroborates what Steve Zeng said when he obtained Mo's legal identity. The exchanges between the Federation and the Republic were chaotic at the beginning, and anyone could come in.
Therefore, it is useless to find commonalities between murders from the former social attributes of the Republic. The police also realized this, so the documents about the case began to become bloated. Everything about people's life in the Federation, as long as the police can find it, will be discovered. Record and analyze.
For example, in the information Zach read this morning, all the victims were prescribed an over-the-counter stomach medicine. Obviously, the stomachs of the Republicans are a little nobler than those of the Federation, and they cannot stand the cold food that the Federation often eats... This is not the point, the point is that the police have begun to be desperate to find clues on such boring things.
There are even more boring ones. For example, the victim's home has some federal language translation teaching reference books and videos... including Mr. Translator.
The police are desperate. Rather than investigating the case, they are studying the daily ecology of foreigners in the Federation.
However, it was in these trivial daily details that Zach saw something worth noting.
The first thing that appeared was actually the contents of the first murder case. Didn't Wes and James waste time visiting the murder scene for the first time? The result was that the victim had the most contact with him because of his low price. In his child care work, those children who only listen to his stories.
Let’s not talk about the translation of the second murder. In the subsequent murders, the victims had similar experiences.
There was a republican who was a so-called philanderer who worked in a community college library in Back Bay. People who knew him were those who often borrowed books. Occasionally, some people heard him talk about the difference between federal books and republican books. Yes, that kind of good exchanges among international friends, you tell a typical story of the federation, I tell a comprehensive typical story, and we discuss the similarities and differences in culture.
There was a republican who was a moderate businessman. He rented a small storefront on Augier Street to sell some handicrafts. He is familiar with the street youth who have been wandering around Ogier Street for a long time and have nothing to do but graffiti everywhere. And they usually go to this store not to buy things because they can’t afford them, but to look at some weird things and find inspiration for graffiti. Well, you can guess where it's going, 'Hey, this thing up there, why does it look like this? ' problems often occur, so the boss will explain, 'Oh, this is a story from our side... '
There was a republican who just came here for fun. He built a house in the southeast for a month. What he did every day was to walk around the streets and take pictures in Barton. The only person he knew well was the owner of a photo lab in the Southeast. Because this guy will waste a roll of film in about two days. You can guess where this is going. Naturally, the police questioned the owner of the cleaning shop. The conversation that the owner could definitely remember with the republican was, "Well, why do you want to take pictures of such common things that can be found all over the street?" "Because that's what my house has. There is no edge~" "Lord, what do you have?" "We have..."
There is a republican…
I think the point I'm trying to make is pretty clear. It seems to be just a friendly exchange between outsiders and local indigenous people, isn't it? It's kind, gentle, and beautiful.
The reason why this interests Zach is to think about the distant past. Yes, vampires are outsiders, right? But the colonists four centuries ago were not so kind and gentle. The indigenous people four centuries ago were Indians, and Zach, the outsider, was the invader.
With this subtlety, this strange psychology can only be experienced by people who have lived long enough to experience their transformation from outsiders to natives. Zach didn't think that the police's bloated details were entirely a study of the Republic's ecology in the Federation. What the police missed was this wonderful, indescribable feeling. I try to describe it
Four centuries ago, murders took place between outsiders and natives, colonial wars, countless deaths on both sides, needless to say. Now, murders happen too, and the only weird thing is that the ones who die are gentle, well-meaning outsiders.
Regardless of whether I made it clear or not, here it is, time to explain why Zach is going to the orphanage.
This victimized translator is probably the guy with the best command of language among the group of victimized republicans. He was also the most gentle person and donated his library to the church. Uh, I know, I need to take a detour. Do you think the fallen angel Jessica is interested in books? No, so she controls the church and sends these books to where they are needed.
There are many places in Barton that can receive donated books, including Becky's library (Laura has been there, near Reiput), the youth activity center in Paisley, the community college in Back Bay, primary and secondary schools in various districts, and then, South District orphanage.
Zach picked the nearest spot.
All Zach needs is to follow his strange feeling and verify one thing
About aggression and murder.
Judging from the experience of four centuries ago, the murders between outsiders and indigenous people were because the outsiders had the essence of invading one's land. Well, now we really can’t say that a group of gentle and well-meaning Republicans are invading the Federation, right? God, if there is such a thing, is telling stories an invasion... But the fact is, they are being murdered.
So a question is, could, well, some people think that these Republicans are invading the Federation, bullying their gentleness, and unilaterally murdering them
The verification method is very simple. Because Zach knew what intrusion was, he had been a very competent intruder.
Times are different after all, if land and resources are no longer the reason for fighting. Go back to the police materials, stories, books, and the republican culture that the republicans told the local indigenous people intentionally or unintentionally.
What Zach wants to confirm is just whether these foreign cultures are destructive to the indigenous people. Is the nature of invasion correct? Zach knows it too well. Destroy your original and accept mine.
The police files included retellings of stories told by several Republicans to the Federals, and Zach didn't think the police understood the meaning of some of the stories.
To use an analogy, it happens to be the Dragon of the East-West Republic that Zach knows. In the first murder, the children in the care of the republicans told one of the most popular stories told by the republicans, the story about dragons. Guess how the police recorded this story:
The king of this country was once a long creature with an edible beard.
Did you guess it? Can you tell the original story from such a sentence? If you can, you are awesome. (Emperor, dragon beard cake, dragon)
So Zach decided to ditch the police records and read a book. Republic books, those things that truly embody republican culture. Use a former invader and now aboriginal to judge this foreign republic.
Don't tell Zach he's wasting his time. This is at least a direction, and it's better than the police currently stationed in pharmacies and bookstores selling federal language. And once Zach can confirm it, the scope of the murderer can be determined.
Can you imagine that Zach has had four centuries of experience to have this subtle foreign and indigenous feeling. There aren't many such 'people', and yet, this 'person' took action.
Forget it, let’s not talk about these forward-looking planning things before Zach goes to confirm. Anyway, everyone knows that the more comprehensive the idea, the easier it is to be beaten midway...
On the side of Route 27, Zach stopped the car.
Zach needs to cross Route 27, and the orphanage is on the east side.
However, at this time, Zach just frowned, looked at the road in front of him, and hesitated whether to release the brake.
I asked for the car from Oz yesterday, remember. It's a good car. Zach hasn't tested it completely, but you can tell from the feel that it's absolutely top-notch, and the instant acceleration it can achieve is unmatched by the old car he sent for repair. Ha, have you ever thought about what Zach was hesitating about
If we cross Route 27 now, will that non-existent bus hit us
Zach shook his head and began to look around.
Although after talking to Walter yesterday, Zach had an idea about the idea that the earthbinder would reenact the death scene. But yesterday, Chris, an ordinary human, also saw the bus that crashed into them, which forced Zach to be cautious.
After confirming that there was no one in sight, Zach released the brakes and the front of the car crossed the boundary of the road slowly.
Zach tilted his head and looked at the road on the south side, keeping one hand on the gear and his foot always ready to step on the accelerator.
Yesterday's situation was a bit special. Zach suddenly felt a sense of danger when he was talking to Chris, so he immediately interrupted the conversation, got out of the car, and bumped away from the car that it was impossible to speed up to avoid.
Today, Zach wanted to take a closer look at how that bus appeared and how it disappeared.
The car driven by Zach had completely driven onto Route 27, and there was still nothing in Zach's field of vision.
Our vampire pouted, starting to feel a little stupid. Zach didn't know if what happened yesterday was a coincidence. The time, occasion, and situation were all similar to today. But Zach just didn't know why, and he felt like this when he was about to cross Route 27 now. It felt like something was about to hit me.
Something is trying to harm him.
Is it John's inexplicable 'assassination' conclusion? Zach just has this weird feeling of 'it's definitely about me'.
Zach tilted his head and accelerated, his hand began to move on the gear, and his foot began to increase pressure on the accelerator. I feel like I'm really sick waiting for something to hit me here...
There was no special light or shadow, and at a distance of less than 10 meters, the bus appeared in Zach's peripheral vision. Zach rolled his eyes.
License plates, bus signs, drivers behind the windows, crowded carriages. It's basically what I saw yesterday, zoomed in quickly.
Now it's time to let Oz's car play its role, and the hands and feet have already started to complete their work under Zach's control.
The vampire's head was probably split open by some invisible force.
Zach suddenly let go of his hands and feet and looked sideways at the growing front of the bus with a calm expression.
Got hit.
And then, is there anyone nearby who can give the towing company a call? There was an empty car on Route 27 with the keys still in it.
The protagonist of our story is missing.
And this story is the kind of willful story that can continue even if the protagonist is gone.
Let's go see the ink bar. Mo is wandering around in the southeastern part of the North District.
Well, she's not wandering around, she's working, properly working. She needs to prepare things for tomorrow's funeral, doesn't she
In the morning, this republican ghost had already created a bunch of white clothes in Louise's surprised eyes, saying they were traditional clothes for the funeral procession. Now, she was here to summon the funeral procession.
She grabbed a passing Republican and said, "Hey, do you want to make some extra money?"
The republican glanced at Mo and replied with something republican, which we couldn't understand.
Mo shrugged, "It doesn't matter, what do you think?" She said in federal dialect, "Anyway, there is more money on weekends."
"Who are you?" The other party frowned.
"It's no one. It's up to you to do it or not."
"ill."
Mo watched this guy turn away, shook her head, and raised her hand. No one could understand what she had done. The guy who walked away came back and said, "I'll do it."
Mo nodded, "Do you have any relatives or friends? I'll send someone."
"have."
"Very well, lead the way."
Do you feel that Mo's attitude is not like how he treats his fellow villagers? Well, it should be. Mo has said so many times that the republic of humanity has betrayed them.