When Zach went to Sirise's house...or should I say Benjamin's house? Mokavi's home? In this house, which was once just a poor farmhouse on the border of Barton, the co-living situation makes it difficult to define whose home it is. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
Zach wasn't planning to go in anyway. Before he even reached the door, Zach could hear Benjamin inside discussing the commission with an unfamiliar voice. He knocked on the door, and what he vaguely saw through the cracks in the curtain was Benjamin and an unknown foreigner, probably another client from Newton.
The one who opened the door was No. 2, who said respectfully, "Grandpa! You are here!"
"Don't call me grandfather." Zach was speechless.
"That Zach!" It was a lot more intimate in an instant.
But it didn't make Zach feel any better, "Call me Mr. Grande."
"Oh." The disappointed No. 2 said, "Mr. Grande." He stepped aside to invite Zach in.
"No." Benjamin had already seen Zach at the door. After hearing Zach say no, he continued to talk to the customer with satisfaction... What a heartbreaking detail. Zach handed No. 2 a large envelope, which contained the report on the incident between James and Dell. "When Siris comes back, ask him to give it to Nenad."
Since Zach is here anyway, why not bring him here yourself.
Number 2 was probably just curious about what was inside the envelope and wanted to open it in front of Zach.
Why. And we also wonder why Zach doesn't want this 'grandson' so much. Look at Number Two, who didn't realize that Zach's expression was on his face as he pulled out the report, "Oh, it's about James! Brothers of The Devil's Feast..." and started reading with excitement, which was not what he should read at all. .
Since Zach wasn't prepared to recognize this 'grandson', he wasn't prepared to educate him either. Looking past Number 2, he glanced at Benjamin, "When you finish talking, I have something to talk to you about."
Benjamin just waved his hand.
"I'll wait for you outside." After Zach said that, he left the front door, took a look at the land that should still belong to Siris, and randomly chose a direction to wander over.
Sires must have really given up farming. Zach randomly checked a few places he passed by. The melted snow water seemed to be a water source poured into the sand, without being retained by the land. Zach could predict the arrival of spring. At that time, there would be no life on this land.
A little out of touch, but still reasonable, Zach remembered a passage in "Cain of Divine Punishment" about the Holy Lord's only kindness to Cain. The story goes like this:
Cain said to the Holy Lord, "I will live on the blood of other creatures. Everything will hate me and I will not be able to survive."
The Holy Lord replied, "Then I will give you a mark to let all things know that you are my sinner. Only I can punish you, hurt people, and all things cannot touch you."
Cain went on to ask the Holy Lord, "What kind of sign?"
The Holy Lord replied again, "Everything around you will no longer belong to this world."
End of story.
The reason why it jumps out is that this paragraph was used by the saints to tell the foreign races. After all, this book is used to preach to the foreign races, isn't it? In short, this was used by the saints at that time to tell the aliens in this world that we are from another world and we can live in peace, as long as you keep peace with us outsiders, otherwise, we will remind you why everything in this world Hate us.
Yes, it's a threat that I'm not even prepared to cover up.
The reasonable reason is that the expression "no longer belongs to this world" is the ** breath of Cappadocia.
Based on Cain, the true face, abilities, and life of this legendary first vampire cannot be verified and can only be imagined through a book like this. Therefore, the vampires could only fit and piece together Cain's abilities from various known things.
Cappadocia's ability to deprive a space of its meaning in the ecosystem has become the closest thing in the story to the 'mark' given to Cain by the Holy Lord.
Think about it, stripping off the ecosystem can be understood as 'no longer belonging to this world'.
Actually, there is another reason why Zach thought of this thing, that is, it was predicted by James (Dell) that he would eventually meet Dell's brother, and this book "Cain of God's Punishment" is in his hands . This is Zach's "expectation value" for meeting Dell's brother. If Zach will definitely meet this indifferent human being, then he should pay attention to that book.
"Sorry..." Zach's aimless thoughts were interrupted by the stranger, "I have to come and say hello to you. It's an honor to meet Toledo!"
Zach turned around and looked at the right hand extended by the other party. Toledo's good upbringing made Zach also extend his right hand, "Me too."
It was really just a greeting. The stranger nodded with a satisfied look on his face and left, heading back to Newton, away from Barton. Well.
Benjamin also came over, and after watching his client disappear, he faced Zach, "It's a goblin who asked me to entrust him with some matters related to his real estate..."
Zach waved his hand to interrupt, "You don't need to test me. I don't want to participate in your commission. You don't need to tell me this, Benjamin." Zach is the smarter of the two brothers and will not fall for Benjamin's little trick.
Benjamin nodded with satisfaction, "Are you saying you're sorry?"
"Sorry for what?"
"You ruined the mission of the Winchester brothers."
Tsk.
"No, I'm not here to say sorry." Zach didn't bother to look at Benjamin's face, "You didn't give me the commission when you kicked me out that night. We were even." Remember, Alice asked Zach Zach went to see Benjamin that night for details, and Zach said he was kicked out by Benjamin.
"Okay, it's fair." Benjamin didn't force it, and his face became a little gloomier, "Then, you're here to ask about the 'medicine' that made me die for a few hours? Mokavi and Brier are checking the trading location, you You don’t have to come to check at any time.”
Although Zach didn't come here for this matter, since Benjamin didn't mention it consciously, Zach had to express his opinion, "That Becky's secret club? Why check there? There are naturally the Smith family and Rimmer there. Investigate the illegal drug trade, which is their business scope, so you don’t need to waste your time doing repetitive work.”
Benjamin frowned, "I still need to remind you that your 'style' is not my 'style'?"
Uh, yes. Zach likes to involve all parties when doing things, stack various positions and matters together, and rely on common interests to promote progress. But not Benjamin. Benjamin is more focused and doesn't like to be involved in various relationships. In the mummy commissioning cooperation, Benjamin's explanation that he didn't care about the agency that owned the security bar was enough to illustrate this point.
There's no need to argue here which 'style' is better. Zach didn't want to argue, "You can do whatever you want. I just remind you that Alice and the others discovered this matter. Those teenagers won't just let it go. No matter what you want to do, it's best to do it quickly." As a result, our sister will not be allowed to enter any dangerous situation."
Benjamin pursed his lips, at least not refuting this.
Zach waved his hand, "I came to you because Director Cologne and I talked about you and your ancestors' firm."
"Cologne?" Benjamin curled his lips, "He asked you to talk about me?"
Understand Benjamin, this is the same as a teacher talking to your parents behind your back. It has no practical meaning. It is just a response.
Zach really didn't want to repeat the conversation he had with Colon, so he rolled up his sleeves and handed Benjamin his white arm, "Feel for yourself."
Benjamin glanced at Zach, "You want me to bite you?" Well, it's a strange way to express it, but there is a reason, "Aren't you bleeding in a more efficient way now?" Benjamin was staring at Zach. The thimble between the fingers.
Zach's face looked a little strange, and he put back his sleeves, "I'm not afraid that you will be embarrassed in front of Sam." So considerate~
"Thank you." As he said this, Benjamin had already grabbed Zach's finger and looked at the red color that was beginning to overflow. "But just like you don't care about Number Two, I don't care about Sam either."
Although when Benjamin left Sam to Zach, or entrusted him to Zach, he had made his position very clear. But he shouldn't have said it so bluntly. The consequence was that when Benjamin put down Zach's hand, his teeth were filled with crystals of Zach's blood.
Zach, who had bled more than expected, began to add more. Benjamin didn't say anything to complain. He ground his teeth silently and felt the information in Zach's blood.
When someone spoke again, it was Benjamin, with a confused look on his face, "What does Cologne mean? He will feel comfortable if I find a job?"
Zach shrugged.
"And why does he think I'm using the connections Grande made at Barton? I'm not." Benjamin may have felt a little innocently wronged. It’s understandable, after all, Benjamin has been very unambiguous in expressing his and Zach’s different styles.
"Does it make sense? You can't prove it." Zach shook his head. "Perhaps what I say now will make you think that I am planning something, but to be honest, my first reaction is to ask you to go back to Grand ." Zach said it, after interpreting the meaning of 'agree' for us (when Zach faced Benjamin on the phone and accused him of agreeing to Maitreya joining Zumen's firm, he used the phrase Zach agreed to Benjamin to leave Grande to do Analogy), Zach put 'Benjamin', 'Grande', and 'Hui' in the same sentence for the first time.
"No way." What a simple answer.
Well, at least Zach tried, "It's time for you to get a job."
"Work?" Benjamin stared at Zach, "Are you kidding? What kind of work?"
"I don't know." Just as Zach expected, Benjamin didn't want to try to solve the problem at all. Everything fell on Zach. "Being a farmer or something, at least like Grande, you have to have someone who can file taxes. Let’s put our legitimate income out there.”
"Oh, it's very simple." Benjamin looked around as if he was relaxed, "Anyway, this is Sires' land..." The relaxed expression disappeared and his voice was automatically silenced.
Sires' land, is it useful? Nothing will grow here when spring comes!
Zach didn't want to speak, because any opinions he gave would either be rejected or regarded as ridicule by Benjamin. Shaking his snack jar, Benjamin thought to himself.
"I can open a holiday farm or something like the inheritors Cliff and his wife."
"At the border of Barton." Zach shook his head and hands, "Yeah, let's go. It's best to get a full moon tour package. On this night every month, guests can go out 100 meters and have the opportunity to take photos with the big wolf. , perfect." This was not something Zach took the initiative to ridicule, it was Benjamin who asked for it.
Benjamin said sullenly, "That's not funny." The reason it's not funny is that Benjamin could easily interpret this as racial discrimination from a vampire.
"I'm not smiling." Zach glanced at Benjamin and showed what 'not smiling' meant.
"I'm not going back to Grande."
"I know, you've already stressed it." Zach looked away, feeling inexplicably irritated, "You know..." Zach put away his snack can, "I'm just a messenger. Don't think this is what I'm looking for. It's your fault. It's not me. Believe me, I'm also very troubled that Cologne actually came to me to say such things." Zach was moving away from Benjamin, "Now my words have reached me."
Benjamin didn't stop Zach and watched Zach move away, "I'm also telling you, it looks like you are looking for trouble with me."
This conversation can't take a better turn. Neither seems to have a 'good' a**.
"Guess what." Zach raised his hand, "I don't care. No matter what, Cologne thinks that I am a subordinate of the Lance family in the West, and I exist to help James. He knows that my identity is just a cover. As for me, I'm very good and impeccable. You? I don't know, and I really care. You can do whatever you want. After all, we have different styles."
Benjamin also said, "Okay, I can also say that I don't care. The reason why I work in this firm is for aliens, not to integrate into human society. I don't care what a human police chief thinks of me. Unless he one day Suddenly a 'monster' who can only survive on blood, I don't care if he's an 'eyesore' or anything."
"Hehehe." This is a personal attack, unabashed, and the rebound, "The 'monster' that lives on blood is not what you need to worry about. Colon is the chief of the Southern District Police Department, and he is concerned about you, so you are still worried. One day he will start to grow hair."
The two looked at each other from a distance, then turned their heads together without saying goodbye.
Zach returned to the car and decided to head back to Grande to end a long day of hard work.
The uninterrupted drive continued until the turning point near the dirt and gravel intersection. Zach slowed down the car and looked at the man with glasses standing at the intersection.
Why. It was perfect timing. Irony.
Zach's car stopped next to the man with glasses. The bespectacled man noticed the car that stopped beside him, and with an apologetic look on his face, he moved out of the way and continued to stand on the side of the road.
Zach hesitated for a moment, controlled the car to complete half of the steering, then pulled the handbrake, rolled down the window, stuck his head out, and looked at the man with glasses on the side of the road, "You can go home."
The man with glasses was stunned for a moment, probably before he could react, "Hug, sorry? What did you say?"
"I said you can go home, you saw me." Zach tried his best to face the man with glasses, and also turned his head to the left and right to give him a more comprehensive view.
The man with glasses... softened once, and you could clearly see that his center of gravity disappeared in an instant, causing the frame supporting his body to lose its load-bearing 'responsibility' at that moment, and the entire body collapsed. But quickly enough, he regained his center of gravity, but still tremblingly pushed up his glasses and approached Zach's car window, "You... no, you are Zachary Toledo..."
"I told you, Zachary Grande." Zach looked at the other person, more than he imagined... No, Zach had never imagined what this Dale's brother looked like, "What is in your hand."
"Uh... book, book, Cain's Punishment."
"Give it to me." Zach stretched out his hand.
The man with glasses did as he did, "James, James Lance said, said, Dale Walker, may be bound to this book..."
"He's dead, completely." Zach took back the book, "You can go home." Roll up the car window.