After the lunch purely prepared for human guests like Grande ended, Alice and the girls finally came out of the room. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
They really didn't stop for a moment. They left Grande one by one, grabbing one boy at a time. They didn't even let go of Matthew, who had just gone to worship with his father in the morning and came to work in the afternoon.
In short, this group of people left, probably to make up for the delay in not visiting Mr. Pickles yesterday and the meeting between Sibella and Hamilton.
Some people leave and some come back. Russell is back. As soon as he came back, he found Zach and apologized, which sounded sincere, "I, I'm so, so nervous. I've never lied to the police in my life..." Zach didn't say anything and pointed the person to Charlie for comfort. As expected, Logan, the ex-convict, had an easier time dealing with this kind of thing.
The other person who came back is more special. He was once Danny and is now Father Dance's... phantom? Cherubim? Whatever.
The reason is that at noon, the prison called the Church of the Holy Child to inquire about the phone number.
No services were held in the Church of the Holy Child because no one went there, and everyone knew that. However, every priest in the Church of the Holy Child, starting from Constantine, including now, oh, Father Eric, who is in a special situation, has the habit of going to the prison to preach to the prisoners on this day.
Father Dance, he didn't go.
But before Zach can pay attention to Father Dance, Zach has something of his own to deal with. After Alice and the others left the room, Sissi gave Zach something, and now Zach was looking at it in his hand.
Do you know the thimble? Those metal things that tailors wear. Yes, the one on the finger is wider than the ring, and the whole body is covered in holes.
Zach held such a metal thing and turned it over to look at it. As if in response to Zach's inspection, a red mantra lit up in the inner circle.
Zach raised an eyebrow, "Sam?"
"it's me."
"Uh." Is this what Alice and Maya worked on all night and all morning? Zach didn't know what he was expecting, but after all, it was caused by Anthony's remarks that the wooden soul puppet would hurt Zach. Zach felt that even if he combined the abilities of two banshees, he couldn't create a body. , at least get rid of the restrictions of items. In the end, it’s still a thing that you have to carry yourself.
"Don't despair. Take me to see you."
"Please rephrase it." Zack commented, but he still moved the thimble in front of his finger, feeling that the diameter was made for the middle finger. Strap it on for a perfect fit. Zach was quiet for a while and looked at his middle finger, "What next? I should go get a needle and thread something... Tsk!"
Zach pressed his middle finger, and the sudden stinging pain was reflected on his face. It wasn't that Zach failed to control his expression, it was really, really painful. It felt like my fingers were pricked by a thousand needles in an instant. Everyone can try it.
The bright red begins to penetrate and fill the small holes in the thimble. For example, after normal human exercise, little beads of sweat emerge from the expanded pores on the skin. It's just that the thing on Zach's middle finger, the pores, are denser than the pores.
Zach was completely confused. He looked at his finger bleeding and forgot to heal it. The bright red covered the entire knuckle, but the thimble was completely buried under the bright red and could not be seen.
"So..." Zach looked at Pingbai's injured finger, "Anthony asked you not to hurt me, and this is your solution." Zach is being hurt now.
"Let's go to the backyard." Sam actually said this. "Let's attack something. Well, the soul alien race, Ryan."
Zach frowned, but obeyed and walked down the back porch to the center of the backyard.
"The way vampires fight with soul aliens is" Sam didn't want to complain about his vampire, so he left the rest to Zach.
Zach didn't have any emotional changes. Everyone has done this since the birth of vampires. There is nothing to be ashamed of. He raised his hand to Ryan who didn't know what happened. A stream of bright red flew out from Zach's fingers and entered Ryan's body.
Ryan remained indifferent for three seconds. He did it on purpose. He had been in Grand for such a long time, and Zach had spilled blood on him. The temporary pain was bearable, and since he relied on the seeds of the soul-inducing grass in the ground, he was not afraid of being corroded to death. Can't let Zach get what he wants. Ryan is just so childish and has nothing to say.
But only three seconds.
Ryan's translucent face just showed a horrified expression. It's like falling apart. The boundary between the body and the world is like a boulder thrown into the water, torn apart after violent shock. The flashing bright red soul mark disintegrated from Le Liu's body, and just about to float away, it was absorbed by the lighted spell on the ground and shrank into the ground.
Zach blinked, "Ryan? Are you still alive?"
The ground didn't give Zach an answer. The answer was 'Zach's middle finger', "He's still alive and I'm not ready to kill Sibella's son yet."
"Sam." Zach looked at the ground. The vampire could no longer sense Ryan's existence at all, but the seeds of the soul-inducing grass in the ground were still there, so he just believed in Sam. "Explain." Zach knew very well what he meant. Blood cannot have such a powerful effect.
"It's me." Sam began to explain. "I have told you before that I am good at soul witchcraft."
"Witchcraft?" Zach looked at his still bleeding middle finger. Now it was not that Zach didn't want to heal, but that he couldn't. It is obvious that there is a mechanism in the inner ring of the thimble, which is embedded in Zach's finger and continuously absorbs Zach's blood to fill those dense pits and cover the entire finger. Healing is hindered. Toledo is not Zimich, and Zach cannot grow this thimble into his own body. "I didn't see you using witchcraft."
"Because it's hidden in the blood you threw away."
"Oh~" Zach raised his eyebrows. Who would have thought that the red colors that stood on opposite sides and attacked each other four centuries ago (witchcraft spells are red, and so is vampire blood) can come together to hide each other. . It's not some extraordinary reason, it's just that the color is the same...
"Let's attack something else." Sam continued, insubstantial, but you could tell from his pause that he was considering the next target, "Well, you can call Charlie."
"You won't let me pierce Charlie's heart." Zach didn't move. Even a fool would think that Sam is proudly demonstrating his abilities. Forget about Ryan, Charlie and Zach still care more. For such a dangerous demonstration, just say, "Just say it."
"Okay." Sam agreed, "Use the lower blood control technique."
Zach did so. At first, there was no obvious effect. It seemed that the blood dripping from Zach's middle finger was just a little slower. But, then, blood began to clot on Zach's middle finger.
This seemed to be the scene of the highest achievement of Eli's blood control skills, but it made Zach confused, "Then what?" Georgina once said that by controlling blood to the end, the blood loss of the amputated limb can be stopped before healing. A way to let the vampire finish the battle without losing his existing power. But Zach doubted that suppressing the blood loss in one middle finger would have any effect on combat.
But soon, Zach shivered in vain.
"felt it."
Zach's face was uncontrollably... disgusted, "Feel it. You're in me." Literally. Sam, in Zach's body!
"I know you are uncomfortable, but if you release the blood control, your blood starts flowing again. I will die in an instant."
"This doesn't make me feel comfortable at all." Zach stated without any tone. At the same time, Zach squatted down and pressed his hands against the muddy, wet, and slightly elastic ground (snow). It's not controlled by Zach.
"Now, look," Sam reminded Zach.
Zach couldn't do anything but watch. So many firsts happened to Zach. As a vampire, his body is actually invaded by a soul? Zach didn't know how to react.
Then, something happened that would bring shame to both the Holy Lord faith and the witchcraft faith. Behold, the vampire is practicing witchcraft
The snow on the ground rises in the opposite direction on the red spreading ground, meeting with the snowflakes falling from the sky~
"Zach!! What are you doing!!"
It was Old Hank shouting from the living area window.
Zach stood up before more people appeared at the window on Old Hank's side, with a complex expression on his face. At the same time, the clotted blood on his middle finger had started to flow again, but the red blood no longer covered the thimble. When all the red dripped from the tip of his middle finger, Zach removed the thimble. He pursed his lips and looked at it for a while, then put Sam in his pocket without hesitating to speak.
"We still have something to talk about." Sam was still talking. "Sissi who came in the morning has been disturbing Alice and Maya's transformation of me. I think she wants to steal our results and use her wizard On (the angry waves).”
Zach pouted, recalling Sissi's expression and rolling her eyes when she handed the thimble to him. I feel like I don’t have to worry about it for now. He walked towards Father Dance, who was waiting on the back porch, but did not respond to Sam.
Sam continued, "There is also the reappearance of death after soul expansion. I reviewed John's research and I think I have a theory."
This is something Zach is willing to hear, but Zach doesn't want to talk to the wizard who just used his body right now. The complicated emotions need time to settle. Before Dance stood up, signaling the next phase of the conversation, he said to Sam, "Conclusion."
"It's not a conclusion, just a theory. The reason for the recurrence of death in the bus case is because there are humans from Barton City, the driver and the conductor on the bus. The recurrence of death at Back Bay University (eliminated by Black Cat Biscuit) is because of the self-destruction The person is a person living in Patton. At least, his life has reached the point where he needs to participate in a ridiculous rally to express his attitude towards life. I don't know about the 'General' yet. But here in Grande, there is no Death reappears, because the man who blew himself up has just emerged from Zmich's body, and his only expression towards the world is a smile towards you."
Zach froze for a moment as Dance stood up. I don’t know if you have ever thought about a question: if a newborn baby dies, will the death reappear? Do babies have the ability to distinguish between life and death? Do babies, because they are confused and confused, question whether they are alive or dead
Dance had been waiting for a long time, and he didn't notice Zach's daze. "I don't want to go to jail."
Zach could only change his mood, "Why?"
"When Eric was still here, I accompanied him to the prison. You don't understand, there are very devout believers in the Holy Lord in the prison..." Dance looked troubled, "They firmly believe in the so-called salvation, but I know! Special! I am now very clear that it is false! Human judicial trials will not affect the outcome of faith trials at all." This is a fact. Sissi said it, not the exact words, but in this sense, recall what Sissi said about James said, how the Holy Lord used "example" to define the standard for human souls to go to heaven and hell, and how this standard has changed with the times, "Any salvation a person does while alive is just for the sake of faith." A hoax created by the soul! It’s all about how well one obeys the teachings of the faith! You obey enough! You go to heaven, you don’t obey enough! Hell!”
Zach glanced at Dance and said nothing, but the look in his eyes said, "You don't have to be so straightforward. The Holy Lord's faith has created an illusion of using piety to judge good and evil. In general, there is no problem with this standard." , there is no need to use the truth to dampen the enthusiasm of those devout people.
Dance must have received Zach's look, and became a little more excited, "I don't want those people to go to heaven! I don't want those people to become bastards of faith in the future and dominate my behavior! I don't want..." Dance's face was constipated. "I don't want to kill republicans for no reason anymore!"
Zach frowned, "The Republic incident is over." Although Dance and Eric haven't explained many things yet, "Why do you think the gang in the prison will affect you?" Maybe it can be explained now. .
"What do you think is the source that inspires faith and eliminates republican heresy?!" Dance was a little too excited. "It's the prison! It's the closed space! We can now often see republicans on the street. His face! But do you think you can see live republicans in a place like a prison without any contact with the outside world?!"
Zach's face became a little more solemn, "What do you mean? Are you saying that those people in prison who are devout in their faith are absolutely resistant to the Republic?"
"Of course they do! Do you know where the prisoners who went out went to work before Ethela opened the Grand Halfway House?"
"How do I know?" Zach pouted.
"Hermann Factory! Well, you know what the usual work projects of those in prison are? Just making license plates! The re-employment activities they were trained for most of their time in prison were prepared for Hermann Factory! "
Zach felt that the topic was a bit far gone, "What does this have to do with them hating the Republicans."
"Of course! The factory is gone! All the job opportunities advocated by Barton now are related to the trade of the Republic!" Dance was still very excited. "Outside, we have night schools, we have newspapers, news, and various channels to let the people Contact, learn, and adapt to industries related to the Republic. But in prison! Nothing!"
Zach looked at Dance, "So those people will be useless after they are released from prison. What they want to enter is not a new era that has passed many years, but a new world."
"Yes! People can be afraid!! Faith responds!"
The source of those cruel tortures and beheadings against the Republic turned out to be a group of devout prisoners, would you be afraid...
Zach was silent.