The sky cannot reveal the current time at all, it just seems to be throwing those light, white, cold flakes downwards endlessly. Vertex 23S. Fastest update but humans can
"It's noon, I'm hungry." Dell glanced at Zach subconsciously.
Zach has almost figured out Dell's thinking. This is a man who is constantly evaluating his own safety factor. Let's recall that all the questions Dale asked and summarized were all about understanding the relationship between alien races and humans. He is establishing, or adjusting, his way of life after opening the door to the new world. A small manifestation of this adjustment is that he will care about Zach's 'view' on hunger when he realizes that he will be hungry.
Zach responded, "We just passed a sign for a gas station and are almost there. Let's stop the car, replenish some things, and get back on the road."
"What about you?" Dale was quite direct.
"Not hungry." Zach shrugged, "The blood is under control."
Dale nodded and stopped talking. Just because he couldn't see it didn't mean it didn't happen. Dale has also noticed some patterns in Zach. Every time Zach brings a thimble, it means they have encountered an attack. From Barton and Toledo leaving Barton because of the exposure of the angel on the train, to the combination of vampire and three humans being exposed by the goblin, to now. Dale counted the number of times Zach had brought the thimble. 21 times.
Early this morning, Wes asked Zach what they were going to do when they arrived at the destination city. Zach's answer was to find Sibella, and it might not be easy to find her, because Zach said he wanted to control the blood as much as possible. Stay hidden. It is not easy to find a wizard in a strange city while keeping a low profile.
The point of mentioning this is not to explain what Dell believes is blood control as a defensive skill for vampires, but the fact that Dell observed around Zach: Zach who controls blood does not need to eat.
Therefore, it is conceivable that Dell unconsciously relaxed after receiving such an answer.
"You said you were going to take a boat." James in the back seat suddenly spoke, "It will take about a week of sailing at sea. So do you want to stock up on food in Sibera's city?" It was quite calm, it seemed. I had fully accepted the fact that I was traveling with Zach. Weird... forget it, it's been weird for a long time, Zach doesn't care anymore.
"Yes." Zach controlled the steering wheel and started to turn. The gas station arrived. "Everyone get out of the car." Zach gave the instruction, "Dale, fill up the gas. Wes and James, you go buy food. I Need to call Louise.”
No one had any objections and everyone acted independently.
The public phone hangs outside the cash register…
Yes, Pavilion. As you know, we are clearly inside a convenience store, but the surroundings are sealed and locked. There is only a small window. When someone comes in, a face full of freckles pokes out, "The microwave is broken, so don't use it." It's true to the past. James and Wes walked inside and said, "Calls are charged by the minute, five more a minute." to Zach.
Zach's hand to pick up the receiver stopped in mid-air, "Five more?" Surprised.
The freckled face gestured to the other side, "Sorry, the church in the town collapsed, and everyone is raising money."
"Why is everything priced twice as much as elsewhere?" James said, uh, "What kind of business do you have here..."
"Sorry. Fundraising." The freckled face said in the direction of James, "You can leave if you don't want to. But." He glanced at Dale who was holding a gas gun outside to refuel, "You still have to pay for gas. .”
"Let me guess, it's a lot more expensive than other places." Zach raised his eyebrows.
Freckles on the head. Although the conversation was objectively terrible, every 'sorry' from Freckles was not a false taunt, "Sorry. We really need the money. You don't have to leave a tip."
James was already walking outside, and glanced at the freckles in the booth, "No wonder you are hiding in there." It's understandable, the reason why cashiers hide in closed spaces is because they are afraid of being beaten.
"Sorry." Freckles pursed his lips, not preparing to refute.
There seemed to be something wrong with Dell, so he came over here and said, "Hey, man. Is there something wrong with your stuff? I paid more than 100 yuan, and I feel like it only added 20 yuan to me... "I was hit by James who was going out. Wes frowned and stood next to Zach, "What's wrong with him?"
Zach glanced at James who was sitting back in the car. To be honest, I'm a little worried. It's one thing for James to stay quiet, after all, everyone sometimes doesn't want to talk. However, saying something completely contrary to his character is worthy of consideration.
"Nothing." Zach waved his hand, "Keep going and cheering."
Dell was reminded and patted the wall in front of Quban, "Man, there's something wrong with your machine..."
Zach tapped Dale's shoulder and said, "Go ahead and stuff the money and fill up the tank." Then he picked up the phone and said to Wes, who was standing behind and didn't know whether to go out or continue to replenish food, "Keep buying food."
The shop was quiet for a while, everyone took their orders. What objection can there be
Zach was dialing, "The church in your town didn't collapse in early summer, right?"
Freckles was stunned for a moment, but quickly said, "Thank you." Expressing his gratitude first, "You know that most travelers who pass by just leave."
Zach said nothing. There is no answer to this. Those travelers who just leave are right. It is stupid to stay here and spend money. Zach had no intention of admitting his stupidity.
Freckles pursed his lips and said, "Your question is about the same. It's spring today." He rummaged behind the counter and took out paper and pen. "Are you willing to leave your name and address until the church is rebuilt? , we can send you a thank you note.”
Zach dialed the last number and shrugged, "Why not. Barton, Massachusetts..." A small hesitation that no one would notice, "Mary Church, Jessica."
Freckles was stunned for a moment as he wrote, "I've heard of this church. Barton, Barton... Oh!" He seemed to have thought of something, "You are the city where the church had an accident in early summer! Right, the easternmost one? , Barton City!”
Zach smiled at the freckles and said, "Yes."
Do you still remember the reason for the collective accident in Barton Church? Yes, the fallen angel came.
"You are from Mary Church..." Before Freckles could finish his sentence, Zach made a quiet gesture to him, and the call was already connected.
"It's me." Zach had already heard Louise's voice, so he had a smile on his face, "How are you at home?"
"You finally got in touch." Louise's voice complained, "How was it on the road?"
"I asked first." Zack chuckled.
"Okay!" Louise was obviously unhappy, "Lou left last night and said goodbye."
One thing I hope everyone remembers is that Lou went to the Sabbat with Zach. But the obvious fact is that this is not the case.
"I'm asking about home. Not Lu." Zach was reminding Louise not to change the subject on her own initiative.
"Tsk." Louise did not hide her displeasure, "Matthew resigned."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "That's pretty fast." It was too fast.
"Laura was in the West District and found a craftsman who customized furniture for people in the West District and introduced him to him." Louise seemed a little angry, "The high school students here deliberately did this after you left!"
Zach blinked, "You mean last weekend?"
"Yes!" Louise seemed to be getting more and more angry, "This is their weekend activity. We are hosting Derek at Grande, and they are taking Matthew to meet the new boss! Alice and Maya are all participating. ! And they have no intention of telling us!”
"Oh." It seemed like there was nothing else to say except oh, "Does Benjamin know?"
"Serys informed me after he returned, but there was no movement." Louise's tone was helpless, and she wanted to change the topic quickly, "Pai Siying still sent a request to Old Hank."
"Really? The experiment still doesn't go well."
"No, Pai Siying was attacked, it's really Ban Lin. Chapman and Darcy are stalling for time. Eve and Dora are very angry. They are gathering their men to search the entire city."
Zach glanced in the direction of the car, of course at James, but it didn't seem to make any sense. Forget it, he continued to ask, "I really don't care about old Hank, what about the rest of the family?" Zach's ability to avoid topics was also 'Art'…
"Mo is very happy." You can almost imagine Louise's eyes rolling. "She is the happiest person in the past two days."
"Really?" Zach had a smile on his face, "She became friends with that Sophia?"
"Isn't it? Nowadays, when marches are being organized, 'eliminating female stereotypes' is their slogan, eh." Louise sighed. No way, this is a phone, and Louise needs to use this personification to convey her emotions.
"How is the effect?" Zach is very interested in this topic. Why? The seeds he planted in Mo, weren't they~
"What do you think? Ethela pounced on her like a wolf that saw meat. Now the comparison between the 'toy' commercials of the Republic and the Federation is playing on TV every day!"
Zach smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed, "Haha, but seriously, why does Aisela always make something up on TV~" Remember, Aisela also had the advantage in the previous advertisements for the mayoral election.
"Hey." Louise sighed again, "The bad thing is that Anthony also cooperated with Ethera. I'm not saying this is a bad thing, I am also a woman, uh, a woman who was once considered a victim. But, that is, It's just... the way things are going is wrong. Zach, this is wrong! I can 'see' it! With Toledo's eyes! You don't want to see that Anthony is always the one cooperating with Aisela, right? ! Ethela, she is going to become a vampire, and Anthony will become her appendage sooner or later if he does this!"
Zach kept smiling and 'Art' changed the subject, "Is Kim back?"
Louise took some time to adapt to Zach's change of topic, "Back. Mr. Pine's son Nate has also left for the Republic. The next time Eli contacts Barton will be a month later. You He should be back by now."
"Bane's family?"
"they are very good."
"Charlie?"
"Not very good, Russell still hasn't made a decision."
"Logan?"
"Nothing has changed. I still don't participate in the work arranged by Old Hank."
"Is there any movement over there in our neighborhood?"
"No, it's just that Andrew often comes over to play with Bain's children."
"Can Bain's children play?" He couldn't even walk.
"I don't know." Louise said with an indifferent attitude, "As long as Andrew is not ravaging Ryan, I don't care."
"Okay." It felt like Zach was about to hang up.
"Wait a minute, you still didn't tell you what's going on over there." Louise's dissatisfaction came back, "Yesterday Crowley from Newton went to Mary's Church, and then Mike brought a group of low-level demons to surround Barton Do you know what happened at the border of the Southern District?"
"Maybe." Zach raised his eyebrows and glanced at the freckled face who had nothing to do but listen. This meant that there were some things that couldn't be said directly, "If you have nothing to do, you can go to Mike and see if you need help. .”
"I will." The impatient affirmation can only show that Louise really has nothing to do now, "Oh, by the way, I should pay attention to that Miley Lister. Now everyone in Barton knows her. Mo put her in Photos from the ad were printed on parade signs.”
"Oh, it doesn't matter what she does." Zach said, and then looked at James in the direction of the car. Wait for the surprise, "I'm dead."
Putting down the phone, Zach looked at Freckles, "How much is it."
"free."
Zach was slightly surprised, but then gave a smile, "Thank you."
"I should thank you." Freckles replied while settling the accounts for the food that Wes brought, "I'm not proud of this method of raising money, but thank you for your willingness to help." Freckles sounded like a very honest guy,
"It's a church after all." Zach replied casually, stuffing the cleared food into the bag because Wes looked at the constantly beating numbers on the calculator, his face a little ugly. Only Zach took over this matter.
There was a little helplessness on the freckled face, "I really hope everyone else is like you." Dell also came over, his face was also very bad, probably his wallet was a lot bigger, he came here just hoping that Zach would take them out of this hellish place as soon as possible.
Freckles was still talking, "It's been almost a year. It's just a small church in the town. Can you believe it? It's been a year and we haven't raised the money to rebuild it. This is the only way."
Dale was not ready to speak anymore and was thoughtful.
"I can." Zach answered, and Dell happened to be there, "People nowadays only respond to themselves, they don't care about their faith." Isn't this what Dell said.
Freckles nodded and looked at Zach again, "I will definitely deliver the thank you letter."
Zach returned the smile, picked up the packed food, and turned to leave. Enough time was spent here for a refreshment stop on the trip.
"You can take the south road, which will pass by the church. If you want to see it, you can go and see it."
It probably has two meanings, one is to prove that you are not deceiving others, and the other is that people who do good deeds should look at the objects of their good deeds.
Zach nodded, "We will."