Zach completely missed it, but Wes suddenly poked his head from the back seat, "There! Is that there? That church!"
"Where?" Zach glanced at things like camping tents scattered on the snow-covered ground. "It looks like a homeless camp. Apex 23S. The fastest update." But Zach still slowed down the car. .
"I think that's a confessional." Dale also spoke, pointing to a tent marked with a cross, and someone was coming out of it with a sublimated look on his face.
"This is textbook illegal religious behavior." Oh, James, a guy who never knows how to enjoy himself. Can't he feel that this is just the scenery along the way, "illegal fund-raising methods, illegal activity venues." and the extremely correct "belief goal that will never be realized." Heaven, you understand~
"Well, let's be honest, James. Fund-raising is a spontaneous act of the residents, and this is the original site of their church. Look over there, you can still see the broken walls of the original church and the cleared pile of ruins." These were just two police detectives. disagreed, "And as long as the goal of the faith commitment is what happens after death, it has nothing to do with our laws." Well, this is true since human civilization has completed the separation of politics and religion and does not try to affect how humans live. No religion is restricted by human law. After death, no one cares.
A simple example, if a religion preaches pleasure and then encourages believers to use prohibited substances, it is a cult. Do you understand
James was not prepared to be persuaded and huddled in his seat to retort, "We can report the behavior of that gas station to the authorities for spontaneous illegal acts. And we haven't raised funds for the reconstruction of a church in a year? We don't know anything. Are you an idiot? Huh, who knows what happened to the church reconstruction! And this." Looking at the tent outside, "The federal government has clear legal provisions, and religions need to provide believers with a safe place for activities. Tell me, here Is there any safety at all?" Like a passive angry young man.
Well, the tent was indeed set up among the rubble, and some of the broken walls looked like they might collapse again at any time.
And James is obviously not prepared to let go of the argument of 'the goal of faith', "Holy Lord faith does only promise the afterlife..."
Zach's unexpected stop interrupted this fruitless debate.
"What are you doing?" Dell responded quickly.
Zach pointed to the location deep in the tents, "There is a wizard there." He looked back at James and Wes, "Our old friend, Sibella."
surprise
Got out of the car and walked towards the depths of the tent group. Although he told the people in the car that he was an old friend he met in a foreign land, no one went with Zach.
From the beginning of this journey to the West, nothing happened that Zach expected, including this moment. Zach stood in front of Sibella, "I thought I would still spend time looking for you."
Silbera was surprised and seemed to be very happy to see Zach, "Oh~ I guess I saved you some time~" She actually waved to Zach, "Come here, don't stand under the snow~" Bella held up an umbrella.
Zach stood over and looked up at the black shadow entrenched in the umbrella frame, "Good afternoon, Wander and Toby." The two shadow figures.
No one cares about the courtesy greetings of the two shadow men and Zach, okay, let’s not waste time.
"Are those James and Wes over there?" Sibella glanced at the car in the direction of Zach.
"yes."
"Who's that new face?"
"Dale Walker, Grande's new employee."
This topic will not be extended, because Sibella doesn't care, what she cares about is, "How is Barton doing recently?"
"So-so. Everyone misses you very much, especially Dora." Zach was not going to talk around. Judging from the smile on Sibella's face at this time, this conversation should not require any skills. The two of them could A relaxed exchange, "You should go back to Barton as soon as possible and preside over Ban Lin's experiment."
"Haha, I will~ As long as I solve the things here~"
How sweet of Zach to ask, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"You can give me money~" Sibella was not shy at all, "I'm temporarily staying in a motel on the edge of town." She shook her head, "It's more expensive than the Yuri Hotel. I'm almost out of money~"
"I can write you a check." Zach actually agreed, "Is there anything else you need my help with?" Zach changed his mind. It seems that he still needs some communication skills to get Sibella. Is she here? Information about what to do.
"Let me think about it~" Sibella should be enjoying it, "It seems... gone."
"There's really nothing I can do to help, is there?" Zach gave Sibella the last chance.
"Hehehe." Sibella smiled, which was quite charming. After all, she was an old woman, and the shawl on her shoulders was shaking as she laughed in the snow. It was really not a pretty scene, "You just can't help but intervene. Right~ My dear vampire."
Zach was stunned for a moment, "Dear vampire?" Regardless of the tone, this was the first time Sibella called Zach this way.
"Ah, I'm sorry~" Sibella tilted her head, "I accidentally said what your fans called you."
This line of dialogue has taken a weird turn.
"my fans?"
"Raging Waves, and the Fireflies." Sibella smiled and narrowed her eyes.
I hope everyone will still remember these two surnames. One belongs to the wizarding family that lost two descendants in Barton in succession, and the other belongs to the real surnames of Alice and John.
A window with shining sunlight opened in Zach's mind. "Have you seen these two wizard family members here? Is this the reason why you have been delayed here for so long without returning to Barton?"
"Here?" Sibella seemed to be satisfied with Zach's thought process, but she still had to correct her, "No. In xx city. You know there aren't many cities like Barton who were born in other cities (Newton). Well, most cities also include villages and towns. And this town is even in xx city." Sibella shrugged, "Actually, my matter in the city has been settled, and I passed by here on the way back." He squinted his eyes again and looked at the church ruins and tents in front of him, "Then I knew in my heart that I had to deal with things here."
Zach also glanced at the church in front of him, or the illegal religious behavior James said... This can wait a moment. "The Raging Waves and the Yinghuo Family." Looking at Sibella's fake smile, she said helplessly, "Sibella, you know you have to tell something."
"Okay. Let me tell you something~" Sibella looked at Zach, "Barton owes these two families a favor."
"Please, be more specific."
"They saved Wander and Toby from the devil."
"More, be more specific." Zach glanced at the black shadow in the umbrella frame.
"After these two guys sent Mr. Pixar to the middle, they started to return." Sibella satisfied Zach, "But this is not the first time someone ran away from Barton, remember."
"Wander." Zach probably guessed, "She once left Barton to find you." It happened after Ravenci became Alpha, Sibera left Barton for the first time to seek help. Remember, I brought a bunch of hunters back and picked up a Derek on the way.
"Because of John's return, the Firefly family quickly discovered the shadow man who belonged to Barton. They did not do anything immediately at John's suggestion. Instead, they contacted the Raging Waves family who had been preparing for the opportunity to take revenge on Barton."
Revenge of the Raging Waves, Sibera’s Cauldron, let’s just briefly mention it.
Sibella used the secret business of the sanatorium that was still owned by the Barton family at the time (Mr. Green) to bring O'Neal, who committed the massacre, to Barton, and wanted to clear his name through the sanatorium. The original intention was to get foreign aid from the Nutao family, but O'Neal died. The two brothers, Raging Waves, are both dead in Barton. The elder brother has become a saint's wizard, and the younger brother has now become an earthbinder mixed with Rimmer.
"This is very worrying news." Zach frowned. Reality is like this, does John like Zach? It’s no in capital letters and bold, so it should be the same for the Firefly family. Does Nu Tao like Zach? Most likely no. It can't be a good thing for Zach that these two families come together.
"On the contrary. It's good news." Sibella looked at Zach with a... kind smile on her face... uh, "The Firefly family thinks it was you who forced John, the prodigal son, to return home."
Zach was stunned for a moment, "Really? They think so?" Then Zach blinked, "Well, it seems that is the case."
"And you can't deny that you put Alice, the shadow that the Fireflies will never be able to escape, into the right place. The Dark Witch of Salem."
Zach raised his eyebrows and adjusted his collar subconsciously, "I guess I can't deny these contributions~"
"As for the Raging Waves family, they know what their children are like (the older brother rebelled and became a hunter, and the younger brother became a murderer)." Sibella shrugged, "They cannot accept what happened to their own family's children in Barton. , but they also know very well that they can’t blame Barton. On the contrary~" Sibella chuckled, "The Nutao family has the opportunity to contact Rimel and the saints."
Zach nodded, and he could almost understand the direction of the conversation. He became the protagonist again. It was really destined, ah!
Well…
But there is still a small problem, "I can understand Nu Tao's desire to establish diplomatic relations and academic exchanges with Rimmer. But Saint?"
Sibella raised her hand and pointed upward, "Heaven. Barton's demon is the fallen angel Jessica. We may not feel it, but other places in the Federation, such as Newton." Sibella shook her head, "Humph, I should How to describe it. Well, let me just say it, everyone is losing patience with the situation of these demons."
Zach was surprised and looked at Sibella, "The wizard family wants the gate to hell to be closed early?"
Sibella nodded, "And Barton is where all opportunities begin." She looked at Zach kindly, "It's all because of one person, dear Mr. Vampire, you. So, you have fans~"
"You're going to make me blush." As usual, the compliment continued.
Actually, if you look carefully at Sibella, you can see some small twitching lines in the wrinkled skin on her face, but overall, Sibella has a kind smile on her face. Church ruins, "So actually when I arrived in this xx city, Wander and Nate were already safe. I just spent a few days intimately plotting with people from the two families. What is Barton's next plan?" .You want to hear it?”
"Well..." Zach also looked back at the church ruins, "No need for the moment. After all, I am going to the Sabbat now. It may not be good to know too much details."
"Smart~" Sibella moved, and the specific movements were not repeated. Anyway, it was a witchcraft that Zach didn't recognize. The spell sank into the snow, not knowing what effect it would have.
This is what Zach can know, "Then, the reason why you are still wasting time here is..." Wait for completion.
"Do you know when this church became like this?"
"Heard something along the way, this spring."
"Wow, you're really a walking black hole of events. You run into things wherever you go."
Zach didn't catch the word black hole for a while. It was too advanced for a vampire who was immortal and made no contribution to the world's knowledge base.
"Gravity." Sibella explained kindly and waved her hand, "Jessica never mentioned it. She probably felt ashamed, so she didn't mention it. However, Barton was not the original chosen by the fallen angels."
Zach said nothing because he had guessed, otherwise he wouldn't have asked Freckles that question.
"Besides here, there are several towns in the Federation with similar situations where churches have collapsed. Hunters have also collected several such cases in the central part, but the situation in the central part is too chaotic." Sibella raised her hand and shook it at the church ruins in front of her. , "Although this is already the border of the east, it is still the east and has not been affected by the alien chaos in the central part. Therefore, I don't plan to let it go."
"So what exactly is going on?" Zach also raised his hand and waved at the thing in front of him, "It makes you not want to let it go?"
"Have you ever investigated the cause of Barton's early summer church accident?"
Zach replied, "I did. It was a battle. The Fallen Angel who was still called Crowley at the time did not have an easy time coming up." We know very well, don't we, that the situation of the Fallen Angel in hell is not easy. Five seconds, corresponding to the 24 hours a day at the gate of hell in this world, Barton's fallen angel only got five seconds!
Sibella nodded, "Now we know that the cause of the church accident was because of the battle between demons and fallen angels. The winner of the battle lives in Barton, thanks to someone's support."
Zach felt the blame, "What can I do? If it's not a fallen angel, it could be another demon. I would rather accept a guy who is sensible and knows that he must obey my rules."
"I'm not blaming you, don't be so sensitive." Sibella curled her lips, "I mean, accidents will happen in the church because there was an internal battle when the devil came to the world, and Barton won. They are fallen angels, and other cities are just demons. Then, the church can be rebuilt and restored smoothly because..." Let Zach finish.
"Local support?" Zach tried to answer. "After all, Anthony also allocated money to repair Mary's Church. Or like Newton, there was no resistance."
Sibella accepted the answer, "Look, you already know that. Now, look here. It's been almost a year, and the church in a small town has not been successfully rebuilt. Don't you think it's strange?"
"It's very strange." Zach nodded, "But not all places are like Barton, where everyone loves each other and accepts diversity. And we are just passing by, we don't know what this town is about, and we don't need to ..." Zach shook his head. This was not the time to be reasonable. "Let me say that if a city has to accept the arrival of demons, the fallen angel is the best outcome under the bad facts. I handled it perfectly. At least. Patton doesn’t need to go through this~” This is the time to reiterate that he did nothing wrong.
Sibella's kindness to Zac, alas, was almost exhausted by Zac, "Uh, that's enough." Sibella's umbrella left Zac's head, "You are no longer needed here, please leave and keep you. I'll find out myself what's stopping the church from being rebuilt here..."
Sibella shut up. Zach opened his mouth, surprised.
No matter what witchcraft Siberella used just now, it worked. Flashing black emerged from the white ground, entangled with dark red spells. This is the human form, rising with difficulty to take on its own form.
"Why? Why are the passing wizards so persistent in forcing me out?" A voice sounded like he was about to expire, "I really don't have the strength to fight with you..."
"Let him go, Sibella." Zach ordered Sibella.
"Uh..." Sibella was a little slow.
"Let him go, Sibella, this is a fallen angel, alive, fallen angel."
…
Zach returned to the car.
It was Dale, "You've been gone for so long, what have you been doing?"
Zach glanced at James Weiss in the rearview mirror, "Sibella knew you were in the car and she said 'Hi'. I was a little disappointed that you didn't go say hello to her."
James's voice said, "Come back then." He leaned back on the back in a daze. He must have been 'educated' again when Zach left, and he didn't want to say another word at this time. He simply didn't care what vampires and wizards did.
He doesn't care, but Dell cares, "What are you doing?" Of course he cares, shouldn't beginners be curious about everything
"Oh." Zach started the car and hit the road, "We found a living fallen angel. It turns out that there are fallen angels across the federation who are isolated from hell but are still alive in the world, trying to prevent the devil from controlling the church~ The method is like this~" Pointing to the outside, "Let the church not be rebuilt, no church, no devil~" Zach raised his eyebrows, "Honestly, it is a desperate way~ but, exciting news~"
Zach knew he was just talking to himself and no one would respond. Just to ease the embarrassment of this person speaking, "We don't need to stay in the city anymore, Hai, we are here. Do any of you have any recommendations for a place where I can stock up on food?"
The effect is outstanding.
Dale’s, “There’s a farm to the west.”
Weiss’s, “There should be a market in the city, so we don’t have to take a detour.”
and James banging his head against the car window, "Oh kill me, please." Bang, bang, bang.
Should we care about James' mental state? Well, next time.