There were guests waiting for Zach when we got back to Grande. Vertex 23S. The fastest updated are two 'noble' women. Sorry to use such a cheesy description, but it's true. One is Mrs Riley Bishop and the other, Mrs Fiona Falcon. Two women who can be called ladies in the best of times, so aside from their still beautiful appearance, the only thing that can express their characteristics is nobility~
When Zach arrived, the two of them were wrapped in graceful furs, sitting on the back porch, 'picking' Grande's employees.
Their conversation went like this, "Wow~look at those arms~hard as steel~"
"I bet he can lift me up all night~"
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Zach looked at the two women on the back porch and the employees cleaning the backyard, "Is this some kind of twisted fantasy game?" Zach... actually tried to join the conversation.
"It's not a fantasy~" Fiona's eyes looked over Zach's whole body in an uncomfortable way, "Can we finish talking later and lend you a few employees to take home~"
It’s not taking it to a hotel or some secret private property, it’s taking it home~
Zach scratched his chin and looked at the two women again, "What's going on with you?" He was very sincerely confused.
"You don't know?" Riley had a 'pink' face as if she was already thinking about what would happen after returning home. "She is making trouble with her husband~" She is talking about Fiona, if it means that Zach has just returned Barton was a witness to the internal fight within the Falcon family in Newport, South District, which is enough explanation.
Then, Riley squinted her eyes, "And I~" The words that followed formed a wonderful contrast with her tone, "My dear husband is dead~ So, I am very horny~"
It took Zach a moment to realize what the seductress Riley had said.
The corner of his eye twitched, "Bishop is dead."
It's about time.
No, it's a little early. Zach frowned and said helplessly, "Can't you and Evil Spirit Shel delay it for a while, for example, after the New Year? After the mayoral election??" He was really helpless. Bishop is important for Mayor Anthony's re-election. Supporters, when will he die? Do you have to be stuck at this time
"Drag?" Charming Demon Riley stroked the fur on his body, "Aren't we dragging hard enough?" He rolled his eyes, "His soul doesn't have much 'thickness' in the first place. In the body of Shel (evil spirit), it can It’s a miracle to live for so long…”
Riley was interrupted. It was Fiona. She suddenly laughed, as if she couldn't help it. "I just remembered that when we were children, I once said to Bishop after beating him, 'If he is in If you're so clueless, go back to mommy's belly and don't come out." Fiona winked at Riley again, "Look, he died in a woman's belly after all~"
We have to be objective, Bishop died in his own home. It's just unfortunate that his home, Bishop Manor, is a haunted house, a place of death where everything in it is entangled and occupied by evil spirits.
Zach frowned and looked at the two women again, feeling confused and unable to connect the facts in front of him with what he was going to say next, "So, one is Bishop's wife and the other is Bishop's friend. Are you two here in Grand to discuss Bishop’s funeral?”
"Of course~" Riley nodded, "I'm just a woman who married into a wealthy family halfway. I don't know what kind of funeral a person like Bishop should use. I need a consultant." He pointed at Fiona.
Fiona narrowed her eyes and said something terrifying, "And I need experience~"
Experience, what experience? ! Experience at husband’s funeral?
Well.
Zach was speechless for a moment, looked at the employees in the backyard for a while, and suddenly shouted, "Logan, go back to the room and rest." He gave an instruction to a specific employee.
Logan didn't know why, but he listened anyway.
"Oh! I didn't bring you to play like this, Mr. Grande!" Fiona was dissatisfied, "You took away the best stuff!"
Zach ignored it and continued to shout, "Evan, why don't you take off your coat and work."
Does Evan have respect for Zach? No, so his response was, "And then I freeze to death!"
"Then do some work that makes you sweat, such as..." Zach casually pointed to the carpentry shed, "cut wood."
Evan was ready to continue talking back, but when he looked over, he saw two pairs of expectant eyes. "Oh!" went positive.
Why. Evan was surprisingly easy to control. It seems Zach just didn't find the right approach.
Satisfied with the twisted desires of the two women, Zach organized his thoughts and said, "What's left for Bishop." A strange opening.
"What?"
"How is his health?" Zach was more specific.
Riley pursed her lips and answered reluctantly, "Very, good." She rolled her eyes, "What can I do? Three meals a day are supported by Rimel's blood. In addition to being lifeless, his body, Huh, that body is almost the highest standard of human health."
Zach seemed satisfied with the answer and continued, "Where is the soul?"
"The original self-consciousness is about to disappear." Riley waved her hand, "Shell (evil spirit) destroyed almost all of his soul marks, leaving only a little bit of consciousness that allowed him to know that he was Bishop. Continue to take revenge." Maybe he guessed Zach's thoughts, and waved his hands, "It won't last long, his soul." He raised a little finger and caught a little bit of the nail on the fingertip, "It's just a little bit, He will become a wandering soul with nothing. If you expect Rimel's magic or the wizard's witchcraft to forcibly 'resurrect' him by possessing him, don't think about it, he will live worse than a pig. "
Probably to dispel Zach's other thoughts, "And you'd better get this funeral done quickly. His body can't stay in the manor any longer. It will soon become Sher's private property."
"Explanation?" Zach was confused.
"Remember the party where Yuri returned to Barton?" Riley frowned, "I don't know what happened to his body under the dual effects of Maitreya and Pochquin. He was rescued at that time. But, his body began to, uh, change in the direction of the artifact."
"Utensils?"
"Tsk." Fiona was laughing at Zach, "I understand, but you still don't understand~ Didn't you say that evil spirits are very large earth-bound spirits? That thing called a band is entangled in matter and binds itself. Is it bound to this world? What it means now is that Bishop’s a** has become something like this world, and is about to become a tool for Shel to bind himself to this world~"
"Everything within the scope of the evil spirit is something bound by the evil spirit." Zach didn't care. This is the reason why ordinary people cannot enter and exit the evil house at will. It was a place where evil spirits would haunt you and never come out again. Unless you have a universal 'medicine' to restrain the soul aliens, the vampire's blood will protect you. "This is not a problem. Just let Rimel pour blood on him when needed."
"It's not what you think." Riley glanced at Zach with a serious expression, "Bishop's body is different from other things. Sher doesn't just wrap around it, he enters it."
Zach also glanced at Riley, waiting for a more detailed explanation.
"The binding of Shel that enters Bishop's body will not be cut off by the blood of the vampire. Just as the body accepts the part of Shel that enters it, it is its original soul. The vampire blood will only repair the body that Shel entered. The damage caused during the period will not have the effect of restraining the soul."
Zach was confused for a moment and raised his eyebrows, "So Bishop is not dead."
"No," Riley began to insist, "He is dead. His soul is now like a torn plastic bag being held and fiddled with by Sher in the restraints."
"No." Zach began to argue, "He is not dead. He has a very healthy body, and a part of the soul that will not be destroyed by vampires, Sher's soul. He." emphasized, "is not dead."
Riley started to get impatient. It was necessary. It was obvious that Zach was pushing a point that was difficult for others. "You want to think so? Okay! He is not dead, but he can only live in Bishop Manor. The soul of the evil spirit cannot leave the manor. range, so as long as he takes a step there, he will turn into a very healthy body. Zach, please be clear-headed, this is not the kind of thing before that can rely on vampire blood to make him do all kinds of things in Barton. Wherever he needs to appear, his body and face represent the only representative of Bishop. He is dead, and everything that Bishop, the person, can provide to the world, will be with his body and face. Although he has extraordinary A healthy body, but unable to leave the manor at all, and died."
I don’t know if everyone understands this logic. Zach understands it, but still ~ Zach raised his eyebrows, "So the question is not whether Bishop is alive or dead, but the evil spirit cannot leave the manor."
Riley opened her mouth, closed it, and shook her head as if she didn't want to argue with Zach anymore.
Zach was in an inexplicably good mood, "How long has it been since Bishop died?"
"After Mrs. Quinn's funeral~" Fiona answered, "The next day, I went to see Sher, and she used Bishop's body to tell me what she said~" Fiona had a satisfied face, "It's weird~but I'm happy~I don't think I can talk to my friends anymore..."
Riley, who didn't want to talk to Zach, interrupted Fiona, "Don't encourage him! We are here today to make Bishop's death a fact! Focus!"
"Ah~ yes~" Fiona looked back at Zach with a smile, "Although I am very happy to be able to truly communicate with Shel, I also have to admit one thing. Bishop's state of not being able to go out at all is very difficult. The trouble is~ When I need him to stand by my side as my friend who grew up, he can't~"
Zach knew that this topic might be connected to the current battle between Fiona and Mr. Falcon, so he did not want to go off topic for the time being, "So this situation of Bishop being dead but 'living' in the manor has continued. It's been more than a month." Calculating the time, it was exactly like this, and Zach felt helpless, "Can't you just hold on for another month? Wait until the New Year?"
"Can't." Riley still spoke to Zach, very simply, "I'm very horny." Or directly, "And the fact that this husband is still alive makes me..." She frowned, thinking about the words. Don't worry, it's not a boring reason like hunger or thirst, it's "irritability." He looked at Zach seriously and said, "The Bishop Group is basically under my control." Don't be surprised, this is the charming demon talking, everyone Remember what a persuasive 'creature' she is? She is someone who dares to even try to 'persuad' a creature like Zach. "And now the directors of those groups still have to go through formalities for everything. Bishop's speaking patterns were beginning to bore me."
Zach tentatively said, "It's just an insignificant little..."
"Actually not really." Fiona took over, "As I said, I also have things that need Bishop's support. It's not the corporate group, it's what the family represents, it's just what Bishop's identity represents in Barton. Now only Bishop has this meaning. And he can't come forward, which is not a small trouble, but a big obstacle. We need Bishop's meaning to be completely transferred from his useless body to Riley."
Zach could understand what Fiona was saying. If Bishop Group is all about actual, measurable value, money. The significance of the Bishop family is the prestige accumulated by Bishop as the founding family of Barton. This meaning cannot be measured by specific value. And as long as Bishop still exists, this meaning cannot be accepted by Riley, as she said, a halfway wife. It had to be forced to land on her. And the only way for this to be forced to land is if the Bishop family dies. Conclusion, Bishop must die.
Zach also stood his ground, "I still said the same thing, can't you delay it for a while?"
"No." The two women answered together, "Our patience is gone. In every sense." With eyes like evil wolves, they stared at Evan, who was doing heavy work in the carpentry shed with steam all over his body. .
Tsk. Zach really couldn't take it seriously when these two women always showed outstanding attitudes, but he had to, "Why don't we find a compromise. Let's let Bishop live for a while, and also think of a way to let you Everyone gets the convenience they want.”
"Are you in a fugue?" Did Zach selectively ignore all the content just now? "There's no half-measure here!" Riley pursed her lips.
"Quinn's only heir, Poch, is quitting the Quinn Group." Zach suddenly mentioned this. Thinking about it carefully, it's not completely unrelated, right~ "He will be completely separated from everything Quinn represents in the future, and he will Concentrate on running the nursing home.”
The two women looked at each other, and Fiona said, "Why?"
"The soul of the wizard." Zach was not prepared to explain in detail. "It's a long story. If you are interested, you can ask." Pointing to the neighbor to the east, "But the meaning is that he wants to break away from 'Quinn'. I don't He thought he would change his surname out of boredom, and he didn’t think anyone would treat him as a descendant of Quinn. However, he no longer cares about any matters related to Quinn. Therefore, someone must take care of Quinn’s affairs... "