Blake is coming to Grande. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
It's quite surprising to be honest. It’s not surprising that this guy would come to Grande. When he returns to Barton, he should come to thank Grande for helping him take care of Jackson. In addition, if he has some ideas about Barton’s future, he will also come to Grande to make up for his departure. What happened at that time, after all, only Grande has the core perspective on all events. Everything was 'made' by Grande, wasn't it? But shouldn’t it be a working day now? Doesn’t the mayor’s public relations have to work
"Where's Zach?" Blake asked after walking around the backyard.
"Shh!" Mo Zai reminded Blake, "Don't mention this in front of Louise."
"Uh, what happened?"
"He's not dead, he's not back, that's all you need to know." Mo summed it up in a way that could easily be misunderstood, "Just don't mention it." He handed Blake over to Louise.
"Zach is missing." Louise was more objective, but still couldn't help rolling her eyes, "It's true this time. Benjamin left again, and a lot of things happened, and I was in a bad mood." After signaling, The corridor and the office on the second floor, it’s up to Blake to choose the place.
office. Blake pursed his lips and quickly assessed that he probably wouldn't be able to help in any way, and followed Mo's advice to stay quiet.
Upon entering Grande's office, Blake was still surprised when Sam fell asleep lying on the workbench full of documents.
"Don't worry about it." Louise sat behind the desk and saw Blake also sit down. "What's wrong with Anthony?" She could only guess this way.
"Oh, it's not that the mayor has something to do." Blake pursed his lips, "I'm here, um..." He hesitated a little, with a wandering look in his eyes, "Rest."
"Oh." Louise raised her eyebrows. Blake was on a business trip to review the mayor of Newton. Now that he is back, there is no news about Newton in the newspapers these days. Did the city government feel there was no need to inform the citizens of Barton about their neighbors? Who knows, Blake said he was resting, so he was resting, "So, are you okay?"
Louise looked around Blake's body for a while, but there was no sign of Jackson at all. Is this guy sending Jackson away again
Blake noticed Louise's gaze, "Jackson didn't follow me, he was, um..." seemed to be thinking about the words, "accompany, friend."
Louise's immediate reaction was, "I'm sorry." Jackson's undead friend must not be alive, "Who is it?"
"Mr. Pickles' son."
"Pixar?" Does Grande have a habit of watching the evening news? No. Louise glanced at the newspaper on the table. Old Hank was not here. Mo went to get it in the morning. She looked through it and saw in the introduction that a vicious fight occurred near Pixar Department Store...
Blake didn't bother Louise to report. Instead, he turned around and nodded to Sam who woke up to apologize for disturbing him. He was a polite guy.
Sam wiped the moisture from his mouth and ignored it.
"There is no mention of the Pixar family here." Louise simply read the synopsis. "It was a conflict between Quest's construction team and Becky's people."
"I didn't mention it." Blake lowered his gaze, his body tense, "But Mr. Pickles was injured, and his son died. The only person injured in the incident."
Louise glanced at Blake, frowned and began to read the content of the report carefully.
"Detective Lance and his new partner are on the case." Blake interjected while Louise was talking.
"Wes." Louise just subconsciously added her name.
"I know who he is, Jason has said it many times." Blake felt like he didn't want to mention it, lowered his head, and unexpectedly went off topic, "Where is Mr. Hank?"
"Uh, let's go out." Louise was a little irritable again.
Blake was too keen to mention it.
After a moment of silence, Blake spoke again, "Mr. Pixar should have called Grande before. Did you receive it?"
Louise was stunned for a moment, "That's Mr. Pixar's phone number?" That strange and short call, "He hung up without saying anything." The report also saw the end, and it mentioned that there were casualties in the fight, but there was no mention of it. Write the identity.
"Oh." Blake nodded, then shook his head, and actually raised his hand to press the phone on the desk. "Is that okay?" He asked Louise for instructions.
There were doubts, of course, but Louise agreed, "Please."
Blake moved quickly, took the phone and started dialing.
During this small gap, Louise glanced at Sam and said, "Prepare Arthur's car for travel. I haven't finished yet. You can continue." This is what Louise was doing when Blake came. thing. Sam was also quite conscious. After nodding, he left the office without clearing up the scattered research on the table, just because he would come back to continue.
"Uncle Pixar." Blake's title was rather affectionate, "It's me, Blake."
On the other side of the receiver was the unfamiliar voice from the previous phone call.
Blake glanced at Louise and continued to speak into the receiver, "I'm here in Grande now, Toby's funeral..." Toby, it should be the 'dead', Jackson's friend, "I I’ve entrusted Grande for you…”
After being interrupted by the receiver, Blake interrupted with a puzzling firmness, "Just turn it down. Grande is the best. There is no need to go to Ford Funeral Home."
Louise was watching Blake's every expression. So far, there has been no harvest.
"No." The other side of the receiver said something more. Louise heard it very clearly, but halfway through what he said, he was directly and firmly rejected by Blake, "Uncle Pixar, I know you won't ask Ford You can’t afford the burial quota at the funeral home.”
Louise opened her mouth, too surprised by Blake's...directness
Blake was still saying, "Uncle, our family funerals in the West District are all held at the Grande Funeral Home, and they are all traditional burials. You shouldn't think about other things at this time. I'm already here..."
"Pixar is no longer a West End family..." The other side of the receiver interrupted calmly.
The phone call was a constant interruption. Blake glanced at Louise: "I don't care, I'm already talking to Grande. You can talk to the person in charge of Ford Funeral Home to see if they will compete with Grande for the funeral." Judging from what Louise meant, he probably pushed Grande to the 'bullying' side.
Louise pursed her lips and said nothing. Questions will be answered sooner or later, don’t rush this moment.
There seemed to be nothing more to say on the other side of the receiver. After a moment of silence, he said, "It doesn't matter, it's up to you." and hung up.
Blake put down the receiver.
"Do you want to explain?" Louise put down the newspaper that had no intelligence value and looked at Blake.
"Toby Peaks is still an Earthbinder." Blake began to explain.
This sentence alone can already explain something.
Louise thought for a moment and then tilted her head, "Are the Pixar family believers in the Faith of the Holy Lord?"
Don't you forget the ownership and distribution of the souls of Barton's dead
Those who have no faith will naturally be dragged down to hell by the hell dogs of the fallen angels as soon as they die. What about those who have faith? Haha, by the way, the fallen angel expressed sincerity to Saint Sissi, and would not touch any soul that had the possibility of going to heaven, and allowed the earth-bound spirit to face the judgment of faith and return to its normal state.
The vicious fight at Pixar Department Store happened last night, and it was the only possibility for Jackson to accompany him as he was still able to maintain his Earthbinder state.
"A very devout believer." Blake lowered his head, "This is why the Pixar family is lonely." He also shook his head, "When our West End family controlled the darkest side of Barton, the Pixar family." Blake raised his head and said to Louise gave a look that didn't need to be continued, and sighed, "When Liszt rose, our adults in the West District..." It must be necessary, and Blake was probably still a baby at that time, "we made a joint decision and gave up. At that time, the Bechi District, which the Pixar family worked hard to manage (when Lister left, Bechi District fell), Smith gave in in front of Yuri (Liszt's construction also attracted Yuri Building Materials), and Falcon allowed Bechi's power. And then that made Becky what he is now (Falken has been the source of the Barton gang, Aix in the southeast).”
If we combine it with what we know about the development history of Barton, it is easy to understand these words.
Louise did not follow Blake to go through Barton's history, but focused on her own questions, "So, are you buying time for Toby Pickles? You don't want Mr. Pickles to be cremated in other funeral homes?"
The judgment of belonging to faith, but no one knows when it will come. Remember old Mr. Canard, the ownership of heaven is determined, and the ink-marked nostalgia there is still present in this world.
Blake nodded, "I'm sorry." This apology came out of nowhere, and he glanced at the newspaper, "In the past two days, there have been a lot of rumors about the high-end funeral of Republic on Sunday at Allen Funeral Home." There was some disgust on his face, and some dissatisfaction. He asked, looking at Louise, "Is that their republican, uh, culture, or is that what they call 'high-end'? Do you have to entertain guests after the funeral? Lis... the private dining room of Yuri Hotel? Uh, I I don’t remember anyone in Barton taking over that place. This is the first time, even if it’s something the top leaders of our city want to do. It’s probably too big a deal.”
The most recent one? Hermann's luncheon. But that was not a private meeting, it was a social meeting gathering Barton's senior officials.
Louise's expression was a bit speechless. This matter involved a lot, including Mo's deliberate malice towards the Republicans when arranging the funeral, the Sabbat Eight's intention to realize Allen's purpose of poaching employees, and Fisher's entire plan. Don't waste your money... At the end of the update, Benjamin and Mokavi joined in to stir things up. I have a chance to talk about this.
All Louise can explain now is, "This is just a special case." She curled her lips and said, "It is probably not suitable as the first case after the implementation of the funeral home's shared cemetery contract. There is no need to use this as a standard." Shaking her head, no I wanted to talk about this topic in detail, "But you just said that Pixar can't afford such a funeral? Pixar just sold Pixar Department Store, so that's not the case."
Blake also frowned, "I just said that. In fact, I don't know the finances of the Pixar family, but selling their only industrial Pixar department store?" Blake sighed, "I don't think Pixar either. Mr. Pixar has the financial resources to replicate that 'high-end funeral.' Also, I don't think Mr. Pixar would want to 'treat' anyone."
Sure enough, the Republic's funeral was a bad first example, and the banquet at Yuri's Hotel was too difficult for the Federation people to understand.
Blake frowned and thought about his words, "I don't think Mr. Pickles is willing to gather a bunch of people to do anything on the grounds of losing his son. The former West Enders, us, and the friends around him now, if there are If so." Blake waved his hand, "If I hadn't come over, he would have probably cremated Toby quietly, completed the funeral when no one else responded, and then disappeared."
"No way." Louise just made a reasonable guess, "You just said that Lance and Weiss were handling the case. At least the police won't release them so soon..."
"It has been released." Blake interrupted, "Did Toby's Earthbinder follow the corpse, or did Jackson and I go out to find Jason last night..." He said softly for a moment, "While playing, well, I happened to find it. , "If anyone is curious about the reason why Blake is so soft-spoken, you can remind them to pay attention to the 'attributes' of Blake, Jason, and Wes, and that Blake is constantly avoiding Weiss," Jackson followed Detective Lance to the police station. , the autopsy was done very quickly, and it was determined that he was involved in a stampede of a fight. A boy of the same age as Jackson had no chance in that situation." Blake took a deep breath, "Jackson also saw Toby's death. found, confirming the police's judgment." Then Blake's vision began to lose focus, and after adjusting his emotions, "Jackson saw the exchange between the police and Mr. Pickles." There was a gloomy look on his face, "It was Mr. Pickles who gave up the investigation himself. Any responsibility, the case was over, the body was returned to Mr. Pickles, and then, here I am.”
There is something worth noting in Blake's last words.
Louise frowned and tried to clarify, "There are reports that Quest, who bought the department store, wants to blame the Smith and Quinn shelter next to him for their inaction. You just said that Mr. Pixar might not want to invite anyone. Attend the funeral. Is that why Mr. Pickles gave up on pursuing accountability? Didn’t want to implicate Smith and Quinn because of Quest?”
Blake sighed and said nothing, which was his acquiescence.
Louise nodded, even if it is for a soul to belong to heaven, this funeral must be accepted, "But I still need relatives to discuss the details of the funeral with me in person." Louise looked at Blake, "This kind of You really have no authority to act on this matter.”
"Do you have time?" Blake nodded, "Can you go with me to Mr. Pickles' place to talk about this? If you go, he should have nothing to refuse."
Louise looked at the time and said, "I do. It's almost noon, and I want to go to Becky too." Arthur. There is no need to waste time, "Have you contacted Sissi? Angel Camille may be willing to look after Toby Pickles..."
What should I say about this...
Jackson is a hellbender. Toby, he is a devout believer, the kind who wants to go to heaven... Let's experience it for ourselves.