Sam's funeral went on normally. Vertex 23S. The fastest update has arrived at the funeral ceremony.
Just like the farewell ceremony in the church, even though the obituary was sent out early, no one except Grande came to attend the funeral.
Father Dance was reciting the prayers that had almost been said. His eyes were blankly looking at the blank-eyed spectators in front of the cemetery. His lips opened and closed mechanically, "...return to the Holy Lord..."
"Does Sam believe in the Holy Lord?" someone interrupted.
It was none other than Mo.
Everyone's eyes turned to this republican cook dressed in white. Isn't this the identity of Mo Zai Grande? The white clothes that looked like a sack were a bit out of place with the black.
but! Thanks to Mo, this funeral, with only Grand employees participating, was slightly more like a funeral.
Why do you say that? All right
We already know about Sam’s interpersonal relationship in Grande, don’t we? Remember when Evan confronted Zach. Sam, there are no friends in Grande.
As a person who acts independently and does not socialize with colleagues, after death, do not expect that anyone will really be willing to waste a few hours to remember you.
The direct result of this is that the funeral process will be extremely fast because no one wants to stay here.
You can imagine that in the church when Father Dance finished memorizing the holy scriptures and continued to ask the formulaic question "Now does anyone want to say something to our deceased person who was loved in this world, Samuel xxx?" , the scene below where a group of people stared blankly at the dead fish eyes.
Fortunately, there is ink.
Mo was the one dressed in white who stood next to the coffin and spoke under the 'love' emanating from the statue of the Holy Child. "I remember when Sam first came to Grande, there was a little unpleasantness between us. Haha , I remember there is a 'tradition' in Grande. Newcomers will be taken care of by their masters. When I first arrived in Grande, I bullied Danny. Does anyone still remember Danny? Later, when Sam came, he bullied me... "
As you can imagine, after Father Dance fled away, no matter how reluctant Grande's employees were, they tried their best to hold in the process to the fullest possible time.
The situation at this time seems to be happening again.
Mo, dressed in white, walked out of the crowd, tilted his head and pointed at the coffin, which was being guarded by several employees and ready for burial. "I've actually been quite curious. All the funerals we hold seem to have this process. Priests, pastors, etc. , It seems that not everyone in the Federation believes in the Holy Lord, why do all funerals have to have such a period?"
Mo smiled. As a guest at the funeral, Mo smiled a bit frequently, "Matthew, did you choose the coffin?" Yes, wasn't it Zach who asked Matthew and Charlie to handle the funeral arrangements? The old man also asked Ke complained, "The mezzanine you chose is filled with 'soul-inducing grass' in the coffin, because Sam is an Indian, right? Haha, but we don't know yet, and there are no outsiders here~" Mo looked around, " We all know that those 'soul-attracting weeds' are just weeds~ Speaking of Indian funerals, was this the only boring thing that was preserved in the end?"
Father Dance, who was interrupted, was actually in a daze.
Mo looked over without warning, "No offense, Father, it's just that you just said about returning to the Holy Lord, it just suddenly occurred to me." When Father Dance's eyes suddenly appeared and he wanted to escape again, Mo had already turned away. Looking at the gloomy old Hank, "We are setting the benchmark in the funeral industry, right? We have already held a Republican-style funeral (Allen Funeral). Why don't we try to restore the Indian-style funeral?"
The reason for Old Hank's gloominess was that if Mo hadn't jumped in from time to time to delay the process, the funeral would have been over long ago.
Old Hank didn't have time to speak. Bain.
Bain came with his family and spent most of his time with his wife and son. Now he stood up for some unknown reason, "I think Mo is right."
Bain ignored the gloomy look that Old Hank cast and continued, "Sam and I are fairly familiar." There was no need to deny it. After all, before the gang in the prison came, Bain and Sam had a relationship. The only resident of Time Grande Living Area. Remember the defense measures Seim prepared for the Bain family when he was preparing for the attack of Eli Toledo.
"The two of us are the earliest employees of Grand. We occasionally talk about things." This is also true. Remember, Bain once went to Grand's internal dining table to find Sam but failed to find him. . Yes, it was the incident where Bain realized that there was something invisible in Grande that was gathering the inner circle of Grande, but he was not among them.
"Hank should know." Bain mentioned Old Hank, but did not look at Old Hank. "You just cleared out the things in Sam's apartment a few days ago." Old Hank moved into the living area, occupying Sam's apartment. Didn't you forget, "His apartment is full of Indian cultural decorations, dolls, herbs and the like. I occasionally chat with him, and I also talk about Indian culture. It's a cultural thing. I think he deserves a funeral that belongs to his own culture."
The old man still didn't have time to speak.
Evan almost jumped out, in an angry and irritable tone, and was not afraid of disturbing the loud noises of many deceased people in the cemetery... "What do you mean! It's the end of the process! Do we have to do it all over again?" !”
Ask a question. If Sam's funeral this time was not the funeral of a Grande employee, would any one of these people be willing to attend
No.
Zach didn't even bother to come. Sam's life is continuing well, why should he say goodbye in a pretentious manner. This means that people represented by Zach who know the true situation of Sam do not need to attend the funeral. Then, those who just hope that the funeral ends soon, represented by the noisy Evan, haha, 'know' that Sam is a fake Grande employee and the person who was eliminated by Old Hank.
We don't need to emphasize Sam's interpersonal relationship in Grande again. These two facts alone can determine that the funeral will not be more miserable.
The only reason why a funeral counts as a funeral and has a fixed process is simply because of Sam's status as a Grande employee.
To say something that shouldn’t be said, the benefits for funeral home employees should at least include their posthumous affairs. Otherwise, wouldn’t this corporate cohesion be too...
Yes, all the people standing here waiting for the coffin to be buried are doing surface work. Now, it's possible to do it all over again for a ridiculous reason! Intolerable!
"Not only do we have to do it all over again." Mo smiled again, "We also have to investigate, research, and collect evidence to restore the funeral ceremony that belongs to Seme and the Indians with the honor of Grande's symbol." Mo Yichao Eyebrow, "I suggest that we go to Paisiying. There are many Indians there. Let's learn about the Indian funeral culture and rearrange the funeral."
Old Hank didn't have time to speak again.
This time it was Matthew who spoke. With Matthew's character, he should have remained quiet in this relatively contentious atmosphere, but he spoke up, "Hank..." Although he still felt a little hesitant, fortunately, his words were smooth, "Yesterday, Ellie and I When Si and the others went out to play." Well, I forgot to mention this. Yesterday wasn't Sunday. In the morning, Alice and Maya and the other girls were in the room reforming Sam. In the afternoon, they were dragged out by the high school group to make up for the fun schedule that was delayed on Saturday because they were involved in the negotiations between Hamilton and Sibera. Matthew, who had accompanied his father to worship in the morning, was naturally dragged out again. "Laura told me that Alice was still angry." Alice and old Hank had a quarrel about 'who is my family?' Don't you forget?" Alice said that it's a big deal that she doesn't want Grande's surname anymore, she's just an adopted daughter anyway." Alice doesn't want to inherit Grande? "I think we should be able to use Indian-style funeral research. Well, you two can reconcile."
Old Hank had no intention of speaking this time, and lowered his head in deep thought.
Let’s talk about something very realistic.
What would we do if we found someone in our lives who had the ability to see death events
I personally think that the safer way is to have regular contact like Kate in Newton, with only one purpose, to confirm that your death will not come so suddenly.
Yes, it means trying to use resources without making the other party feel disgusted. Save your own life.
The essence is to use it, but use it very carefully and, uh, politely. At least I won't disturb other people's lives and abuse abilities that don't belong to me, right
Then, are there any brave people who want to abuse it? After all, it is too tempting. Death can be seen! The way of expression is like predicting the future!
some.
Zach and Benjamin. There are so many poor and homeless people living on the streets, but this pair of interracial brothers only adopted this one. This is not to disturb the life of a person who has the ability to predict death. It is to turn the other person's life into your own life. It is binding and the ultimate form of exploitation. We are the three Grand brothers and sisters who love each other... Tsk, look at Zach and Benjamin. Because we sincerely love and care for this Grande sister, we don’t need them to make examples.
Use the old Hank now.
Old Hank told Zach that Alice was Old Grand's adopted daughter. No matter what the grievances between him and Zach were, Old Hank had never wavered in the idea that Alice was Grand's heir. At that time, Zach thought he was overthinking it with malicious intent.
But in fact, Zach didn't think too much, he just thought wrongly. Zach thought that Old Hank's core criterion for dividing Grande was aliens and humans.
Is that really true? On the surface, it seems like this. Aliens and humans are bound to split in the future of Grande. Two essentially different life forms cannot stand the test of time. There seems to be no problem as a criterion for division. However, the focus is actually on the future.
It is impossible for Zach to still be the master of Grande in the future and flaunt his current appearance. However, Alice, who will be an adult by then, can.
Not only does it work, it's very, very appropriate. The future of Grande planned by Old Hank is not an honest funeral home, but a liquidator who returns to the tradition of Old Grande.
Believe me, this profession will be very popular in Barton in the future. Count how many corpses have appeared in Barton since James appeared at Barton's Sabbat at the beginning of the year and started plans for the eastern part of the Federation, how many have required professional cover-ups, and how many incidents would have been countless times simpler if they were controlled by the dark side of the world. In the future, there will only be more and more.
Times are calling old Hank to return to his duties.
And can Old Hank, with a group of ex-convicts who came out of prison, be able to handle these future commissions? The answer is an obvious, bold no.
There is no need to evaluate the results of Zach and James. How much do you think Old Hank, a professional cleaner, recognizes Zach's role in various incidents
Every case Zach handles has not disappeared. It's just presented in a different form, just like the other side of Zach's defining fact about the Toledo clan. The profession of a liquidator should be to make cases disappear without leaving any traces.
Everything that happens in Barton today can be done better and more perfectly if it is handled by the old Hank. The only problem is that old Hank is not the guy who comes to every incident. He is full of passion for causing trouble, but he can only watch Zach ruin everything.
All these grievances will become better in the future when Zach will eventually leave Grande~ The premise is that Grande must leave behind a seed of Zach. Let those people, aliens, and gadgets who create events in Barton that need to be covered up know that come and find the upgraded version of Grande~
Alice is this seed. There was no way that old Hank would let Zach take all the aliens in Grande with him when he left.
Not only a seed, but also a banshee... Alice, who will definitely be a competent black witch in the future, is simply the person made for Grande. The revelation of a fatality, what an ability to clean up the profession! How could Old Hank be willing to let it go
I remember that in the quarrel between Alice and Old Hank, apart from Alice's sad "You are not my family, just an old man who lives in my house", there was "I won't listen, I won't listen...".
Of course it was old Hank who was trying to reason with Alice, that Zach, an immortal vampire, couldn't stay in Grande forever. Parting is bound to happen, why not make some preparations for your surname and the future of Grande, which gives you a real family, before it happens.
Too bad Alice didn't want to hear it.
Then came the opportunity for Alice to listen. Restoration of Indian Funeral. Alice, if you want to abandon your Grande surname, don't you also want to abandon your Indian blood
The need for Indian culture to be represented in the federation is not only Seth who is living well, but also the Indians who live in Paisying, as Mo Gang said.
Better yet, don’t underestimate old Hank. Old Hank thought of someone more capable of forcing Alice to listen, Mrs. Queen, the West Side lady who was obsessed with Indian culture, the lady who was rescued by Alice and who has now reserved the position of Zach's descendant. When Mrs. Quinn is about to say goodbye to human life, shouldn't she be prepared for a funeral that represents her life's interests
Old Hank's musings ended, "call it a day!"
"What?! We are going to..."
Old Hank was already at the forefront. He had already made plans. The task of restoring the Indian-style funeral was Zach's. Let the elder brother explain the truth to the younger sister.