Zach has already left Paising, and the last stop of his stroll has ended, heading back to Grande...
"Why are you wandering around the city? I've been looking for you for a long time. Vertex 23S. The fastest update."
Zach turned around and saw the fallen angel Jessica. This complaint came out of nowhere. Apart from Grande, the only one who knew about Zach's return was the Fallen Angel Fang who had returned his wings. Zach naturally felt that he did not need to notify the fallen angel when he sent out "I'm back", so he didn't go near Mary's Church at all.
"What's the matter?" He kept walking at a walking pace.
"Didn't I say I'll call you again on the phone?" Jessica twisted her shoulders after taking two steps, as if she wasn't used to the returning 'body part'.
"Oh." This is true, "I didn't expect you to come to me so soon."
"Me too." Jessica frowned, "I have something important to discuss with you."
"Please." Zach felt that walking should not affect the communication between the two.
Jessica hesitated for a moment, "Forget it." She didn't forget anything and started to say, "The fallen angel you and Sibeira brought back has recovered and is temporarily living in Mary's Church."
'Live', combined with Barton's consistent style, should mean possessing someone and having a legal status in Barton.
Zach didn't feel that he needed to tell himself that the mayor was Anthony, not Zach.
"When the gates of hell open, we have twenty-four 'brothers and sisters.'" Just in case Zach doesn't understand this metaphor, "Twenty-four fallen angels compete for the twenty-four hours of a day in this world."
Zach glanced sideways at Jessica, without commenting, just giving her a look to let Jessica experience it for herself.
Jessica understood Zach's eyes and twitched her lips, "Thank you for not being sarcastic." She really wanted to thank you, because "We failed very completely. I was the only one who got five seconds." Looking around, "In this Small cities in the eastern part of the federation.”
got it. The goal is twenty-four hours, the result is five seconds. The fallen angels are really pitiful and pitiable.
Zach still didn't speak. This was all outdated information. At most, it just supplemented the premise. Zach hasn't heard the reason why Jessica wants to talk to him at this time.
"Our twenty-four fallen angels were all once the highest-ranking coaching angels." Perhaps some people will not find it strange that the Holy Lord Faith, as a religion that has been teaching believers what they can and cannot do in their doctrines, is essentially In the system, the coaching angel who is an educator is the angel with the highest rank in the faith. And what Jessica wants to express now is obviously that as the most powerful angel in the past, after falling into a demon, she was also the most powerful. When the gate of hell opened, she was given the important task of fighting for real time, "In the past year Here, I thought I was the only survivor, until you and Sibella found him. Two of our twenty-four fallen angels are still alive now."
Zach raised his eyebrows, having a feeling he wouldn't be happy with the direction Jessica's words were going.
really. Jessica looked at Zach's face, "We want to expand this number a little bit more. And you." She frowned and pointed at Zach's raised eyebrows, "This expression now makes me very sad. "
Zach suppressed his raised eyebrows, "Why are you sad?"
"I can feel that you regret giving my wings back. You feel that now that I have strength, I start to feel restless." Jessica said.
"I..." Zach tilted his head, not ready to deny it, "I do think so." Then he shook his head, "You know, Sibella and I were just lucky to find that fallen angel."
"There is no 'lucky' in this world. There are only facts." Jessica also shook her head, "And the fact is that I still have compatriots living in the Federation. Maybe we shouldn't expect that the twenty-four fallen angels are still alive. "But." She said firmly, "Sibella told me that in the central part, the hunters discovered the fact that several churches that had accidents could not be rebuilt. It is just because of the chaotic situation in the central part that the hunters could not trace the reason."
Zach pursed his lips. Hey, this is also outdated news, isn't it? Sibella said the same thing to Zach in that town that cheated tourists out of their money.
"And if my guess is correct, under every church that cannot be rebuilt, there is a fallen angel who, even if defeated, still tries to control the demon's influence on the world, my compatriots." Jessica stopped looking at Zach. , look straight ahead. This is a determined look.
"Then I guess..." Zach shook his head again, "You don't want to discuss anything with me, you just told me that you are going to save your compatriots, right?"
"You can think so." Jessica nodded, rolled her eyes, retracted her firm eyes, and looked at Zach, "I still have things to discuss with you. I don't want to die. If I want to do this I need your help with something."
"Oh." Zach looked surprised, "How can I help you? Can I make you an extra pair of wings?" Yes, Zach is sarcastic. The target of sarcasm includes himself. He shouldn't give up his wings in a hurry. Give it back to Jessica.
Wait, what do we see? Did Zack and the Fallen Angel develop a true friendship? Is Zach really worried about the fallen angel's decision
Uh, no. Zach was just very realistic and considered one thing. If Jessica left, died, or anything else, something unfortunate would happen that would cause her to no longer exist in Barton. Then, who will take over the deal completed with the saints that the fallen angels will always have access to hell in Barton? Another fallen angel
Then, the question becomes, is he or she as sensible as Jessica~
Zach couldn't confirm, because in the future, haha, in the future, Zach would never be here to help manage Barton, who is the mayor, or train his successor.
"No." Jessica flatly rejected Zach's taunting, "You don't need to make the extra wings. Every time you save a fallen angel, an extra set of wings will naturally come out." She raised her hand and looked up. Meaning, "in heaven."
Zach frowned, and he understood something, "So, it's not only you who want to save your compatriots, but also Newton Angel Crowley, who wants to increase the number of high-ranking angels in heaven."
Each fallen angel corresponds to an angel who can be 'reborn' by the Shadow Man in heaven.
Jessica nodded, "It's only a matter of time before Crowley makes this request to you. I don't want to be later than her." She glanced at Zach, and now she felt a little more "ordinary". "The purpose is for you to help me. It's better for you to help her and make me feel better."
I understand. The direction and implementation of the incident are the same, but the two parties at the two levels have different goals. As for Zach, the guy who helped, the original intention of starting to act was something worth caring about.
Zach really wanted to sigh, "I won't say anything disgusting, but seriously, what can I do to help you or Crowley? I just went back to Barton. Do you want to go out for a walk?" Zach shook his head directly, "It's better to go to the middle. No, it's impossible to happen."
"You don't need to go out." Jessica actually looked more relaxed, because according to Zach's context at this time, it seemed that as long as he convinced Zach that he didn't need to go to the central part, there would be a success. "What is needed is for the vampire aliens in the central region to stop hiding and start moving on the ground."
Zach realized the meaning conveyed by his context, and it was impossible to recover, so he decided to be quiet for the time being. Since Jessica came to find him, she should have a feasible idea. Let’s finish listening.
"The battle for time in this world, and the territory of the Federation..." Jessica curled her lips, "I don't know if you can understand it. I try my best to explain that the correspondence between time and geographical location is not knowledge that can be obtained in hell. Without us in advance The possibility of knowing which village this minute belongs to, and which city this hour belongs to. What we compete for is time, and what we gain is the geography that time gives us."
Zach was a little offended, and he was offended on behalf of all the citizens of Barton. "You want to say that Barton City only deserves five seconds in response to the Gate of Hell?"
After all, this is what fallen angels mean, isn't it? What they fight for in hell is time, and when they come out, they will be wherever they are.
Jessica unexpectedly glanced at Zach with some indifference, "After all Newton's demons were wiped out, Barton became five minutes old."
Uh, is that comfort? In Unknown Judgment at Hell's Gate, Barton, uh, went up in price!
It was not only comfort, but also absolute affirmation, "And as you knew before, these five minutes were given by the Newton Angel." Jessica waved her hand, "If I know enough about the coaching angel Crowley..." Once She herself said, "I'm not surprised at all. Angel closed part of Barton's time, five minutes, and she just left the rest."
So Patton is worth more than five minutes. Awesome.
Jessica continued, "When you left Barton and went to the West, Barton's Gate of Hell time changed several times."
Zach looked at Jessica with a look of curiosity and surprise.
"Sometimes add a few seconds, sometimes add minutes." Jessica responded to Zach's curiosity, "Start from five minutes, five minutes and a few seconds, six minutes, eight minutes, ten minutes..." Jessica is the best Don't enumerate all the changes, which is a waste of words, "The reason for this change is obviously because the news of your leaving Barton was exposed." Very good, Jessica didn't enumerate, "In the nearly one week you stayed in the West There is no more change in time." He continued, "Then you started to return, and the changes began to become drastic." Staring at Zach, "The most recent time change was just half an hour before I called Grande." Deliberately Pause, "Eight hours."
Zach didn't react. I don't know what this means.
Jessica rolled her eyes at the right time, "Barton's Hell Gate time is now sixteen hours."
Zach still didn't realize how he was going to react. Well, sixteen hours versus five seconds was indeed terrifying, but how could you make a vampire react to this? Happy? sad? Or will the Holy Lord be satisfied with his duty as a creature and feel nothing? "Then?" So, Zach asked tentatively.
"Then?" Jessica repeated, "If a large amount of time at Hell's Gate is gathered here at Barton, you don't have to understand the corresponding time relationship between reality and hell. You only need to think about how many angry people there are outside of Barton. Demon Lord!"
"Oh." Zach knew how to react. "I guess a lot."
Rolling her eyes, "That's all." Jessica shook her head, "Except for Barton and me, all the demons who came to this world!"
"I killed some on the way back~" Zach smiled and shook the thimble in his hand.
"Yes, but not enough." Jessica tilted her head, "You may be in the eastern city." She rolled her eyes speechlessly, "You run all the way back and open a road to clean up the demons. But there is only one road, you I can’t count how many cities I passed through along the way in the east. What about the ones in the central part? What about the ones in the west?”
"The Devil of the West has left the West." Zach gave a fact.
"There is no difference. As long as the Cerberus is still dragging souls into hell, and bringing souls into hell during the opening time of the Hell Gate that does not belong to that city, the demon lord who is in charge of that Hell Gate time has lost these souls. "Jessica sighed, "This used to be Barton's disadvantage. I needed to allocate the five seconds I had very carefully to prevent Barton's soul from entering the time controlled by other demons in hell. Now." Helplessly, "This It’s still Patton’s disadvantage.” Typical hypocrisy of the rich? "We have sixteen hours. Almost at any time, souls from all over the Federation enter the hell time that I control. We on the fallen angel side have almost no manpower to judge whether these souls are worthy of living in hell, and can only passively accept these souls. .Our burden has become the place where all the demons out there hate us!”
Zach shrugged, unable to comment, and could only say, "So, what you are saying is that as a fallen angel, as long as you leave Barton, you will definitely..."
He was intercepted by Jessica and "died very miserably."
Zach nodded and answered, "And those vampire foreigners in the middle can help you?"
"They can." Jessica was sure, "Sibella's hunters have information about the Central Church, but they can't count on the hunters. Every city they go to has left traces of 'Colt', returning to where they have been. The city is too risky."
Zach agreed, "Then, the only aliens that can be used in the Central Region are alien vampires." Then he shook his head, "But the alien vampire ecology in the Central Region that Novel brought back was very bad. They were targeted very miserably by the aliens suppressed by the Backlash Secret Alliance." . Including Novel, before coming to Barton, they could only operate secretly underground." Remember, Dora sold blood in an abandoned subway station.
"But the Toledo clan is more attractive to these foreign vampires!" Jessica stared at Zach, "No. Your Charlie is the proof. As long as you are willing to release the Toledo commission and promise again, I believe that those alien vampires will emerge for their own eternal future."
"I don't need so many Toledo descendants who don't meet my requirements." Zach said calmly, because this is the principle.
"Then use your identity as a Sabbat vampire." Oh, sure enough, Jessica had thought about it, "Most of the foreign vampires in the central part were probably created by the original Secret Alliance. An alliance created them, and then they didn't Giving them any benefit only brings disaster to them. On the contrary, the Sabbat, your former secret member, and your current membership of the Sabbat, give these foreign vampires a new chance... "
Zach interrupted, with a twinkle in his eye, "I'll think about it~"