The picnic took a special turn, leading to Zach and the gang spending more time outdoors.
The smell of meat, probably amplified in winter, attracted a bunch of homeless people. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
It didn't take a vampire's senses to confirm that these men, half-clothed, weak and exhausted in such a climate, were teetering on the edge of life.
No one was overflowing with sympathy, but Sam and Matthew, even if they added a 'James', couldn't eat 100 kilograms of meat at a time! Are we going to stop these poor people from reaching out
Well, there’s no need to paint these homeless people in a negative light. Initially, they simply asked to be near a barbecue campfire for warmth. Zach didn't take no for an answer.
Then when Sam, Matthew, including 'James', the grease on their hands and mouths contrasted with the dirty, rough, and naked thin skin of these dry guys, Matthew took up the time The uneaten meat moved a little towards them, and then he watched them carefully reach out to eat.
I don’t know who started it, but the dirty faces were all the same. Zach didn’t bother to distinguish who was who. Anyway, starting with a “Thank you.”, an inexplicable exchange began.
There is no need to completely reproduce the specific process, after all, they are just wanderers, meaningless human beings. But there are some things that seem necessary to tell you
These guys were the Newtown Wanderers. There is no need to be surprised. This forest is the junction forest used by Benjamin to transform. It is equidistant from Newton and Barton. If Zach and the others can come, so can the people from Newton.
Then this group of people wanted to come to Barton to seek shelter because they heard about the Quinn Asylum in Barton. I don’t know how this kind of message evolved. Zach listened with mixed emotions to these people praising Barton’s containment facility to the sky. Perfect living environment, perfect dietary materials, perfect medical assistance...
With a feeling of not knowing how to evaluate this kind of thing, Zach pointed out a clear path to these people, "Go north along Highway 27, and you will see Mary Church. Don't think about the shelter, find the church. Go in and the people inside will take you in. If you are rejected, find Louise." Just in case Louise comes back, "Or tell the people inside that Grande sent you there."
After getting a useless "thank you" again, Zach gathered the people he brought out, leaving behind the food that he couldn't take away anyway, and it was time to go home.
Before returning to Grande, there is one detail that I should like to mention. Charlie is a bit of a surprise. After having a good relationship with Matthew, Charlie actually also has a good relationship with Cyrus. While Zach was chatting with Wanderer, Charlie and Cyrus kept chatting about Brielle.
To be more specific, during the time when Charlie was detained by Briar, Siris's memory was constantly being modified.
Sires: "My memory was erased more than twenty times? Well, I don't remember. I only remember that there was no daylight that day, and there was no you."
Charlie: "Of course without me, for the third or fourth time, your Brielle destroyed me. In the end, you just dumped me here. I think... it's because her bloodline is one level higher than mine. .And you, you just keep going out and coming back, going out and coming back, until you 'get the answer right'."
Sires: "Uh... sorry."
Charlie: "No need~ I only have admiration for you. You married a vampire."
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Arrived at Grande.
As soon as Zach approached the people around him and packed up their tools, he was intercepted by Old Hank.
"Where have you been?!" Old Hank yelled at Zach angrily. Or maybe this is Old Hank's normal volume.
Zach tilted his head and looked at Old Hank speechless for a moment. Again, Zach didn't object to what Old Hank was doing now, but he was a little sad after all. "We guys..." he gestured to the people around him. Zach is generous. Since Old Hank has already made a start, why not let Old Hank see clearly who Zach has chosen in Grande. It would still be awkward to talk about this kind of topic in front of both parties. It is better to just rely on gestures to let everyone have a tacit understanding, "We are going out to eat." Of course, there is one Zach who needs to be specially mentioned, "Matthew may have to I’m looking for you to learn carpentry.”
"Whatever!" Old Hank looked at everyone around Zach and curled his lips, probably accepting it. "Come with me!" He picked up Zach and walked to the employee living area.
"What are we going to do?" Zach didn't know what Old Hank was going to do. Instead, he looked at the strange new car parked in Grande's backyard with some curiosity, "Are there any guests coming?"
As the incident progressed, we later realized that Old Hank was avoiding the important and taking advantage of the easy. But at this moment, we can only listen to Old Hank explaining the situation, "Bain's child is sick! His whole body is as hot as a fireball!!"
"I didn't hear the baby cry." If Zach didn't want to be pulled by Old Hank, there was no way Old Hank could let Zach move at all. Zach was hesitant whether to let old Hank feel his motionlessness
Old Hank obviously exaggerated. The fact is that it was probably just the first snow of winter that gave Bane's child a fever. Well, just like anyone who is sick, just go to the hospital. Zach doesn't think what the old man can do by dragging him... Oh no! Haha, Zach knew very well what the old man was doing by dragging him along.
But, as a human being, you can't be so unkind. You can't draw a line with our Zach and expect him to bleed for this little human shit!
"Exactly! The child has no strength to cry!" The old man pulled Zach a little harder, which resulted in Zach being pulled forward a little faster.
Hey, that's right, Zach hasn't decided yet to stay still and is still hesitating. To say that compassion is an insult to the vampire race, then let's just say that Zach has compassion. to a human baby.
Zach shook his head and was pulled into the living area. Old Hank was not considerate at all. As soon as he walked in, he turned around and headed straight for the stairs, regardless of Zach's balance.
Zach's eyes turned away from the employees in the living area after stumbling slightly, "What are you looking at?"
It has nothing to do with what's happening now, it's just Zach maintaining his dignity as a boss. It also gave Zach a calm mood to listen to what was going on in Bain's room upstairs...
As soon as Old Hank stepped onto the first flight of stairs upstairs, Zach didn't move at all. Looking at old Hank who tried to pull twice to no avail, he turned around and said, "Hank, you are incredible." Believe me, this is not a compliment.
Because Zach has already heard the voice of Derek, the owner of the strange new car parked in Grande's backyard, in Bain's room!
"What!" Old Hank was very angry and couldn't pull Zach away. "Bain's child needs a doctor!! He is the only doctor I know!!"
"Derek is a surgeon." Zach was unusually calm, and what he said was very...'special'. You can feel it for yourself. "He made the human liver think it was the pancreas. He made people continue to rely on it after the heart died." The machine is alive. You brought him to a child with a fever."
Old Hank was stunned for a moment, then grabbed Zach's hand and pulled him forward, "Can't you come up?!!"
"No." Zach didn't escape and was pulled by Old Hank. He just stood there and said calmly, "You already have a doctor." Zach's calmness was fake, it was too obvious, "Oh No, you already have a son from Grande, why are you looking for me?"
This is what Zach just said about old Hank's 'incredible'!
Zach's been trying his best to get Derek out of the Grand, hasn't he? ! After failing to scare away Derek with the gray profession, Zach directly informed him of his alien identity! for what? Isn't it just to make Derek realize his reality and draw a clear line with Grande? !
Now look what old Hank did! The only doctor he knew? Well, we're not stupid! The real situation is that Derek is the only real Grande that Old Hank knows!
Really Grande, in the middle of winter, we are here to save the children of Grande employees! What a beautiful beginning of fate!
Old Hank, sure.
Old Hank didn't have time to speak, and Zach showed no expression. "I thought we at least had a bottom line. No matter what our selfish intentions for Grande's future were, one consensus was absolute, Alice. Why, you can't even see it now." Do you want to leave Alice who grew up with her?"
Ah... After all, the matter was told so nakedly. If this is Grande's future we're discussing here, Alice can't be ignored.
Drawing a line between humans and aliens in Grande, there is one person who stands on this line, and that is Alice. And we have long known the fact that when Zach leaves Grande in the future, he will not take Alice with him.
Old Hank was stunned for a moment, "What happened to Alice?!"
Zach frowned and said, "Don't pretend to be stupid. When you ran to the hospital to see Derek, I knew you were planning to clear Grande's name. I didn't have any objections, just do what you should do. But , if you destroy the consensus we have had for so many years, I won’t be so cooperative.”
"Well, I've never done anything to Alice! She is Grande's legitimate adopted daughter!"
Zach raised his eyebrows, was he overthinking it? It's also possible that today, starting from Louise, Zach's mood changes have been a bit, well, violent. Zach pursed his lips and stopped talking. Old Hank still had to convince him about Derek.
No need for old Hank.
Footsteps sounded above the two of them, and soon, Derek showed his head on the guardrail, "Very good, you are back, you should hurry up, fever is very dangerous for young children..."
Zach had to shift his focus and looked up at Derek almost helplessly.
This person must be poisonous! The gray profession that wanders on the edge of the law didn't scare him away, and the alien race that now even broke through the edge of the human race didn't make this guy wary?
Listening to this tone, God, Zach is not a saint who saves people, but a blood-sucking creature! How could he say 'very good' so 'naturally'...
Derek saw Zach's expression and frowned, probably out of happiness, "If you want to scare me, you shouldn't save a patient without a heart in front of me. You said that was discounting Grande , I think, that's... uh, I don't know what that is."
It's so perfect, there is no vigilance, and some are actually confused.
Zach turned his head and had nothing to say. Vampire, Toledo's self-esteem is a little shaken. When did my understanding of human nature get so bad
There is no point in continuing to stand here. Zach walked up the stairs and said calmly, "Why don't you go to the hospital as soon as possible."
Old Hank actually maintained his previous anger, "Why weren't you in Grande in the first place!"
Zach didn't get an answer, but he was too lazy to argue about this kind of thing and would ask if he had a chance to do so later. As he went upstairs, he glanced at Derek and said, "When I saved your patient, I caused the medical staff around you to lose their memory." Then he looked at Old Hank, obviously there was something behind his words, "Do I need to make the Grand employees lose their memory? "Note, Zach didn't say 'my employees' but 'Grand's employees', so he was obviously mocking.
"Uh, no need..." Derek seemed to have remembered something bad, "It will only make things troublesome if people lose their memory..." Zach couldn't understand, we understand the story of the clown~, "Give me some time to let the child Cool down, and then I'll make something up..." As he spoke, he curled his lips, probably violating his professional ethics.
Zach rolled up his sleeves, raised his hands, and when he walked up to the second floor, his white arms faced Derek.
Knowing that the bright red stain on his arm was about to fall to the ground, Derek fumbled around and took out a medicine bottle and caught it.
Zach was not going to enter Bain's room. While Derek was still thinking about how to use the blood, Zach had already walked to the room on the other side to Arthur's room.
Old Hank didn't mention it, but Zach could think of it. Although he said that he took Grande's vampires on a picnic, there were also vampires in Grande. The only reason for needing his own blood at this time was that Arthur, who absolutely stayed in Grande, refused to help.
Zach is going to talk to you about the truth. Grande has provided you with a living space. Without asking for anything in return, how about at least some functions? You know, from the Sabbat's point of view, Arthur is still alive purely because of some personal grudge between Zach and Arthur. The Sabbat just allows Zach to 'raise' this guy!
This idea was realized by Old Hank, "Tsk, don't waste time! Not long after you left Grande, people from Allen's Funeral came and took that Arthur away!"
Zach frowned and looked back at Old Hank. Something needs to be changed here. The person Old Hank said was the person to be buried by Allen could only be, "Hamilton?"
"Probably!" Old Hank's tone was very bad, "Tsk! In addition to the names of things like Grandry, do I also have to remember the names of those things outside?! Tsk!" Old Hank called vampires' Is something gone?
Zach stood there, feeling his heartbeat, calming down... There was no point in being angry with old Hank.
Soon, emotion management was one of Toledo’s skills. Zach turned around and prepared to leave.
"Uh, you, your blood won't be broken down by glucose or something..."
This is an insult. so
"Yes. So you have to pour it into your mouth intact for it to be effective." Zach had already gone downstairs.
This made a doctor have to make up a lot of effort to deceive the ingredients of the oral medicine into a boring trick, but he almost succeeded.
"Don't listen to his nonsense! Just wipe it on your arm and make a cut secretly!" Old Hank dragged Derek towards Bain's apartment.
"Uh, won't you be discovered?"
"No! Even the wounds will heal together!"
"Oh." Derek held the red in his hand...
Hey! Come on Derek, this can't be more shocking than a patient without a heart being healed in front of you...
Well, if Zach can control the wrong Derek's mind twice in a row, let's just stop trying.