The second day of two free days. Vertex 23S. Updated fastest. Zach gave Dale a choice: go with Zach and be taken by four ghouls to visit the funeral industry in Vega City; or stay at home and meditate with Nick Giovanni.
I know that when Nick first mentioned meditation, people didn’t take it seriously, but he was serious. I'm not sure what definitions different people would give to meditation, but there must be such a requirement to break the shackles of the body and let consciousness fly.
Have you seen those scattered bones on the balcony on the second floor? Nothing can better embody "breaking the constraints of the body" than this.
so. Nick, who was at home with a bunch of scattered bones who would make a joke out of "you are food", went to visit the city with Zach and the ghoul, who at least maintained their human form. Making the choice should be easy.
Dale chose to stay home.
"Really?" Zach was a little surprised, "You want to stay with Nick? Today we are going to four funeral homes, basically going around the city. Don't you want to go out and have a look?"
"No, this city makes me nervous."
"Nick doesn't make you nervous?"
"At worst, I'm hiding from him and going outside!" Dell was a little excited, "I don't know where to hide!"
Let's put it this way, the fact that human blood and vampire ghosts are being sold represents the city's 'racial harmony', which makes some people... uncomfortable.
Zach said no more, waited for the ghouls who came to greet him, and headed to the first funeral home.
Some follow-ups about last night
Zach guessed that the four ghouls would arrive very late, and he also guessed that he would not talk to them about anything serious. Sure enough, only one ghoul asked about Barton's ghoul (Harrison), and the other three were worried about something the whole time. The follow-up ends.
"I'm really sorry for last night." The ghoul who drove the car was the only guy who communicated with Zach yesterday. He was very interested in Harrison's food supply in Barton, and made it clear that if cremation can make his own The food source is more stable, and he is willing to promote privatization. "Things are a little different from what we thought, so we are all a little absent-minded."
"You thought I would meet that guy named Wes and then lose my focus on work, right~" Zach smiled and said it bluntly.
The ghoul driving the car looked a little embarrassed, "You guessed it."
"Yes. Is it arranged by Lesembula?"
"Well." The ghoul didn't seem to want Zach to continue this topic, "We just received an order to make an appointment with you at that nightclub so that you could meet that person. We didn't expect that when we arrived, not only did you not He caught up with me. That person is no longer in the store. You don’t have to tell us the specific reason... "
Zach insisted on saying, "It's about the Sabbat meeting." He ignored the sudden tense body of the guy driving the car. This is very important. Please listen carefully. "Obviously, some humans are planning something in the west now. Replacing body parts is just the beginning, starting with General Lance. The Sabbat meeting two days ago, Lesembra It showed the documents of twelve cities in the west and twenty-six political, business, and military figures who were conducting organ transplant operations at the same time. He assigned each clan a list of people to investigate." Zach shrugged as if he was talking about a trivial matter. "Excluding me, because I didn't express any opinion during the whole process. However, it is almost inevitable that Lesembra wanted me to start the investigation in my way through the friend of the general's son (James), that Wes. It's just a pity that I didn't give him any clear attitude without talking to him, so he could only use this little trick to urge me to get on the road quickly... "
Before Zach could finish speaking, the guy driving the car raised his voice, "That Harrison from Patton!" He wanted to cut off the topic forcibly so that he wouldn't hear what he didn't need to hear. "You mentioned yesterday that he has a girlfriend. ! Right! It’s so enviable... "
Then cut off each other. Zach shook his head and continued, "But I am not so cooperative. Unless Lesembula personally apologizes for insulting my food orientation, I will not participate in any action he wants..."
So all the way.
That was until Zach visited this funeral home in the downtown area. It seems that because of the booming gambling industry in the city of Vega, there are often dead tourists in the central area whose identities are not easy to determine. The special feature of this funeral home is the extremely large morgue, which makes it easier for the authorities to deploy and organize outsiders to identify and claim corpses.
Zach left behind the documents that Barton had seen because after privatization, the resources in the funeral industry are no longer public resources and the government cannot use them at will. Go to the next one.
"Sorry about last night." The new ghoul drove the car, similar to the beginning, "We weren't sure we were going to really talk about things last night, so I didn't prepare anything."
"It doesn't matter." Zach said nicely, "I explained it last time. Lesembra used you to let me meet someone. I don't mind."
Similar embarrassment, "You don't have to listen to xx (the previous ghoul) talk nonsense, he just talks a lot."
"It's okay." Zach said relaxedly, "Aren't you curious about Barton's ghoul?"
"No." The ghoul simply said, "In my opinion, there is no difference between running a shelter and running a funeral home." He curled his lips and said, "On the contrary, I think our place is better and more convenient. At least we can send What comes to us are corpses. We don’t have to wait for people to die, and we don’t have to look for other sources of food.” He didn’t hide his contempt, “Going around, we are still in the funeral industry.”
Zach was not going to help Harrison explain, "That's right. Especially this winter, our mayor issued an order not to allow a homeless person to die. Haha, pity us a bunch of aliens, you know, demons , my girlfriend, and Harrison all became nannies for those homeless people.”
This seemed to be a topic that the ghoul was somewhat interested in. "Well..." he hesitated, "Your mayor of Barton is just a human, right?"
"Uh-huh." Zach raised his eyebrows, "Do you have any questions?"
"No, no, no." He said quickly, "It's just, it just feels a little strange. You guys are so cooperative with this human mayor."
"It's nothing strange." Zach looked very relaxed and looked at the scenery along the road. "After all, he is the template that our Sabbat will set for the future." Strange scenery, a group of people holding signs, protesting and marching , "Hehehe." Zach smiled, and the words "Cats and dogs are also lives" held by those marching people! ! ! "The slogan has nothing to do with it," "But I don't think this template is meaningful anymore." Zach patted the ghoul's arm as if he was familiar with the other party, "During the two-day Sabbat meeting, Lesembra Do you know that General Lance is being investigated?"
"What? Uh, I, I don't know!" I was afraid that Zach would continue, "I don't need to know..."
As if Zach would listen, "Then you must not know that there are twenty-six political, commercial, and military affairs in twelve cities in the west recently..." I won't repeat it.
"Hey! Did you see that parade? It's a characteristic of Vega City. I don't know if it's because it's the most famous city in the west. Human beings here can always find something to be dissatisfied with and come here at every turn. A parade or something..."
"I'm telling you now, haha." Zach lives in his own world and speaks in his own world, "Unless he comes to apologize to me in person, I will do whatever he wants me to do. I really Toledo’s self-esteem…”
So all the way.
Until Zach visited the funeral home in the western suburbs of Vega. Although it is called the western suburbs, it really doesn't look like a suburb. It can't compare with the city center of Vega, but it is as prosperous as the Leicester district of Barton. The location of a funeral home that occupies a large amount of developable land resources because of its cemetery seems a bit awkward.
Zach left behind information on the purpose of the Ford Funeral Home being taken back and re-planned, and the compensation plan for the relocation of graves for West Side residents. Go to the next one.
The pattern is already obvious.
"I'm sorry for last night..."
"It doesn't matter… "
What you may be interested in is how Zach made the topic go in the direction he wanted.
"This is a slum. Almost half of the residents were once outsiders who stayed after losing all their property in the city. The population here is growing every year."
"I watched some Indians."
"Hey, it's impossible to stop this. But all industries in the west have a tacit understanding. For Vega City, we will ensure that no Indian who comes in has the financial resources to buy real estate in the west." He said this As if to reassure Zach, "This is the only place they can stay. But they can't stay long." The ghoul shook his head, "The West is a very tolerant and broad place, and Vega City is the representative. , here we can see all kinds of people, and we welcome people from all countries and regions, except Indians."
Zach nodded in agreement, "And the way you targeted the Indians drained the Indians of their financial resources has very effectively restricted the status of the Indians. It is already very difficult for them to survive in the west, and it is impossible for them to do anything." Something we don’t want to see happen.”
"That's it. Outside of Vega City, you may see some Indians who fit into the middle-class range, but it's all on the surface. Loans, creditworthiness, internal black names... there are too many ways, and we won't let Indians An people cannot gain any substantial status in society.”
"This makes me curious about the Indians in Patton. You know that wizards are the majority of the Indians in Patton."
The ghoul was already frowning a little, "I heard a little bit." Trying to focus on the topic, "Wizards will not be allowed in the west, even if they are just close to the edge of the middle, they will be intercepted." Frowning, " I heard that the Refro clan is responsible for this..."
"Hey." Zach started, "It's a bit difficult, especially now that Barton's wizards are connected to Novel and Rimmer. Do you know Rimmer's Smith? Haha, his social status in Barton is absolutely . And with the protection of Nophele, I doubt that the old model of the Sabbat will be useful to Barton’s wizards.”
The ghoul fell silent, having suddenly received news from the farthest end of the continent and not knowing how to respond.
"Now the wizard and our Sabbat have another ten-year peace agreement, a ten-year agreement forced by the situation. I can hardly imagine what will happen in Barton ten years from now. It will be a vicious battle."
The ghoul spoke again, "You should have guessed, my funeral home..."
Zach cares? No, "But I guess we can worry about things ten years from now. Now, haha, we should worry more about what those humans are doing, organ transplantation? Ha, General Lance? Ha. Oh yes, what you thought last night The guy I'll hook up with is a friend of the general's son, Wes..."
"I am in favor of private ownership and cremation. No one cares about the dead in the slums anyway. I can also save a lot of land maintenance fees every year..."
"But Lesembula wanted me to help so easily, and I'm still waiting for his personal apology. Otherwise, haha, I won't speak at this meeting, and I won't speak at the next meeting either..."
So all the way.
Knowing that Zach visited a funeral home whose cemetery usage had reached its maximum limit. Zach knew what the other party wanted, and kept the cost and price of Barton's cremation. The last one.
You can feel that this trip that has already taken you around the city is going back. I don’t know which considerate person arranged today’s itinerary. Everything in this city is on this road, and the prosperity tends to the prosperous, poverty-stricken and lifeless desert area. Everyone has not forgotten Zach’s 200-year-rights home, right on the edge of the desert. So, this is the way home.
The pattern remains. Just leave out the polite parts, they are too similar.
"Actually, I don't have any objections to changes in funerals." The ghoul who drove the car said sincerely. "My cemetery is in the desert. The city government is not planning to develop the desert at all. I have no pressure on the cemetery at all. And I don't know now. Is there something wrong with people’s aesthetics? More and more wealthy people are moving out of the city center and building houses on the edge of the desert. Just like your villa.”
"I have no neighbors." Zach complained a little.
"I thought your piece of land was the most expensive, right in the middle of everything. Only those with permission from the mayor would have the financial resources to buy it."
It is to emphasize that the rights to Lesembra are marketable and priceless.
"Oh~ thank you." Zach didn't sound very sincere.
"You know, I have also done some research on Barton's Grande." The ghoul felt like he was sincerely asking for advice. "I heard that your Grande and Barton's other two funeral homes have done some research." A special agreement was made for high-end funerals.”
Zach was a little happy, "Ha, you really did your homework~"
"Yes, I think if funeral privatization is implemented in the west, I will hope that like Grande, I will still keep my land, which is unusable for the city anyway, and then I will keep traditional burials. , and with the rich people around me, I can do a high-end funeral like Grande."
"You want to copy Grande." Zach used special words to guide the direction. "As a funeral director in Vega City, the largest city in the west, you want to copy the funeral business operation method of a small eastern city." He patted the other person as if he was already very familiar with him and said, "Haha, where has your pride in the big city gone~"
"Well..." This ghoul was guided by Chen Gong. Some people who were not used to the vampire's behavior were detained in front of the steering wheel, "I can't say I'm proud. I don't know much about other cities except the west. But why not copy good things."
"Then just think of it as me reminding you. Some things cannot be copied under different circumstances. Just tell me what you think. Do you expect those rich people to take care of your funeral business in the future? Haha, in Barton can do it, because few of the rich people in Barton know about alien races, and death is still a common sense thing for humans. But here, I believe that people with a slightly higher social status know about alien races, especially, Vampires. So, I don’t think they care about high-end funerals~"
The ghoul was stunned, because Zach was so right.
"Not to mention that it is still a question whether you people in the west need funerals." Just like the initial reminder to listen carefully, you must also listen carefully here. "At the Sabbat meeting two days ago, Lesembra showed twelve cities. two… "
Well, let’s just omit this part, and also omit the side issue of the ghoul’s nervousness. Anyway, Zach is saying what he wants to say. After skipping various
"Lesembra wants me to get it from Lance. Why are humans trying to assemble healthier bodies? The healthier, the farther away the funeral is. Right? Let's just talk about the heart of General Lance. It can only He has been beating for 20 years~ But the heart he replaced is at least 60 years~ Haha, but it’s not that easy to ask me to help. I have to wait until Lesembra comes to apologize in person~"