Before we follow Zach into a world that has deviated from the trajectory of the real world, is anyone curious about the emotional progression of Maggie and Walter? Vertex 23S. Fastest update
Just a quick reminder that Maggie is writing invitations to the engagement party. Finish.
"Call back to pick us up in half an hour."
After making an appointment, Zach walked towards Murphy who was already waiting for today's food.
"Is there any news in the world today?"
"No." Murphy took the food that Zach handed over. Just like yesterday, there were half-dead humans lying in the grass in the city hall square.
Zach was a little dissatisfied, "I've already told you, the food in this world is of no use to you. You don't have to continue hoarding these innocent citizens."
"They are seasonings." Fantastic reply, "Without any nutritional value, they just exist to make real food less difficult to swallow." Murphy held the bottle of Grande wine and glanced at Zach, "Don't worry, these people will not have an impact on the world."
Since Murphy said so, Zach ignored it and asked, "Have you found Gina after we left yesterday?"
"No." Murphy shook his head, "The secret passage in the city government must lead to the outside of this world. After you left, she must have left too."
"What about today? Did she come to work at the city hall?"
Zach and Murphy were asking and answering questions, while Louise looked on. Making sure. Everyone knows the reason for this change from Zach not talking to Murphy to the current situation. Yes, because Murphy took off his Zach shoes.
Murphy responded by pointing in the direction of City Hall and saying, "She's working."
"It's useless." Zach shook his head, "It's impossible for her to do anything suspicious during working hours."
"You're right." Murphy agreed with Zach. "I spied on her for a day while she was working as the mayor's secretary. If you want to see the full story of how she undermined the voting results, you must Knowing what she did outside of this world.”
This is easy to understand. Part of what happened in this limited world was that Gina, who was inaccessible to foreigners, entered the secret passage of the city hall. And then, after Gina sabotaged the vote, if she had anyone to report to, who needed to... We can only speculate here that Gina wasn't alone in plotting to ruin the mayor's re-election. If Gina had an accomplice, her communication with the accomplice was outside the scope of this world.
What Murphy is talking about is that this incomplete world cannot provide Zach with all the events.
Murphy looked at Zach's thinking face for a while, "Do you want me to catch her? As long as you don't create corpses in this world that punishes me, I am willing to cooperate with everything you ask."
Zach ignored Murphy who was still emphasizing that this was a world that punished her. Zach responded later, "Gina has...disappeared in the real world." Zach used relatively cautious words, "Gina in this world has disappeared." Na is the only clue to this matter. I don’t want to do anything without confirming the result just yet.”
"But if you do nothing, the consequences will be the worst." Murphy did not look at Zach, but looked up to the west. The sun cannot be seen in this world, but the changes in light show that this world, which is a few hours later than the real world, is entering dusk. "Today is the second day of voting, and I saw most of the citizens of Barton who came here to vote. The votes. Your friend Anthony has an overwhelming majority of votes, but if what happened yesterday happens today, these votes will not be meaningful. Your friend Anthony will lose."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Wait a minute, what did you just say?"
"I say your friend Anthony, is not going to go on to be mayor of Patton. If you do nothing."
Zach said emphatically, "In this world."
Murphy opened his mouth, closed it, and nodded.
Zach looked at Louise, "Who doesn't want Anthony to continue to be mayor?"
Louise was really watching well, but when she was suddenly asked, she shook her head in embarrassment, "How do I know?"
Zach didn't mind, but frowned and said in a declarative manner, "Everyone wants Anthony to be mayor." Then he looked in the direction of the city government in confusion, "Why doesn't Gina want Anthony to be mayor?"
Can you feel the change of focus? From the fact that Gina was sabotaging the vote itself, to why Gina would do such a thing.
"Aisela came to the city hall today." Murphy suddenly started another topic, "Stayed in your friend Anthony's office for a long time."
Zach looked at Murphy, his focus falling on a strange place, "Why do you always add 'my friend' every time you talk about Anthony?"
"What Louise said, wasn't it? She corrected me about your friend Anthony's criteria for choosing women. She emphasized the friendship between you and your friend Anthony. So I kept saying this to deepen my impression."
Louise was called upon again, but this time Louise had no reaction.
Murphy didn't finish, "Have you forgotten?" This was a question, "When we first got married, this is how I remembered your social circle. I'm not a very smart girl, so this is how I work hard. "
Zach directly put aside the question, "Why did Aisela come to the city hall?" Getting to the point, a wise decision.
"The results of the voting." Murphy returned to a calm tone, "The two people spent an hour confused about your friend Anthony's incredibly low approval rating in the first day's voting results. Then they spent two hours each contacting their Networking, trying to understand why the vote turned out the way it did. Then spent ten minutes arguing." Murphy paused, "Finally in the mayor's office xx... "
"Stop it." The corner of Zach's mouth twitched. First of all, what Zach understands is that in this world, Anthony has no idea that the votes on the first day have been deliberately changed. Secondly, Zach reluctantly discovered that when Anthony encountered a crisis, the person he was looking for was Aisela. Finally, "Are you trying to say that Anthony and Eisela's relationship is the reason why Gina does what she does?"
Murphy: "One is a vase with only appearance, and the other is a 'special' woman even in this era." Murphy actually looked at Louise again, and said to Zach, "I still insist on my I have no intention of refuting your and Louise’s judgment on your friend Anthony’s standards for choosing women. It’s just that the result is that Aesela is your friend Anthony...” Some people think that Murphy needs to add a prefix. Is the way of speaking annoying? No, she has no emotions. If we have an emotional reaction, she will win.
"...the woman who was finally determined. From what I saw in the city hall, the way and time and place your friends Anthony and Ethela chose to have sex all prove that the relationship between these two people has been rekindled for quite some time. . That’s enough time for a neglected vase answering the phone outside the mayor’s office to realize his situation.”
Zach's face was a little gloomy, "So what you're basically saying is that Anthony's lover was jealous of his relationship with his ex-wife, so he took revenge on him in this way."
Murphy was actually quiet for a while, "You're right, that's what I meant."
Louise suddenly spoke
"If I were in Gina's situation, I would not take revenge on the person I love. I would target the ex-wife. What can I say~ I have feelings~" Louise finally joined the conversation on her own initiative. Of course, there will not only be This sentence, "Haha, but of course, I know for sure that I am not the loser in that situation, so~" There is no need to finish~
Zach lowered his head and started walking towards the city hall. The dialogue here can no longer proceed peacefully.
Louise walked at the same level as Zach, with Murphy hanging behind her, making no sound.
Just like yesterday, the voting at various polling stations began to be escorted by armed police, as well as personnel who would conduct audits today, and various vehicles gathered at the entrance of the city hall.
Likewise, Zach saw Blake winking at someone on the auditor's staff.
"Gina didn't come out." Zach didn't have anyone in particular to talk to.
Murphy seemed to have the intention to answer, but Louise glanced at him and closed his eyes. So Louise said, "She is moving, at the edge of this world." This is a translation relying on vampire perception. Although Zach does not need such a translation, we should be able to understand that this is just Louise's Tell Murphy to keep quiet, "She has left this world and is probably going to enter the secret passage."
"Yesterday may have been her observing the timeline of people from all parties entering the audit and voting room to confirm the time when she could take action." Zach was making speculations that could be regarded as facts if there were no special circumstances.
"How was that room confirmed as an audit room?" Louise asked, "The secret passage was built by Anthony to eliminate the influence of aliens on the city government." Anthony said it himself, there is no need to question, " It has been there for a long time, but there is an exit in the room where the voting is audited. The audit room must have been arranged recently. Who arranged it? Is it a coincidence? Why can Gina enter and exit from that secret passage? Did Anthony tell her? "
This is a series of questions that Zach can't answer, but Anthony can. But the disgusting part was that Zach knew that if he asked Anthony, Anthony wouldn't answer.
Any questions. How did Zach tell Anthony that the first day of voting was compromised? It's 'Hey, my friend Anthony! There is a secret passage under your workplace that I can't enter! Also, your secretary changed the vote! What's going on? Call me back quickly, I'm in a hurry! '
Of course, the above are not Zach's exact words, but looking back on the phone call at that time, isn't this how it felt.
This is the pattern of all conversations between Zach and Anthony. The interaction between a vampire and a human mayor. Can we say this is bad
"Gina's work in the city government, does she have anything related to the voting in these three days?" Zach still didn't have a specific conversation partner. Whoever can answer will answer.
Louise shrugged and said nothing.
That, Murphy, "didn't. At least none of the paperwork in her desk was about voting."
"Then she must have helpers in the city government."
"Are you the person who arranged the voting audit? Okay, I made a note of it. I will focus on observing these people tomorrow." Murphy pulled up a strand of hair and glanced at Louise. Louise rolled her eyes and ignored him.
The three of them were getting closer and closer to the main entrance of the city hall, with no intention of hiding their figures. Zach didn't say it out loud, but what Zach wanted to do now was to let Blake see him. Zach intentionally wanted to find out how the Stone family, represented by Blake, reacted to the results of the first day of voting when the world had no idea that someone was sabotaging the results.
After all, exclude the factors related to alien races: the secret path Gina took. This is a simple, purely political matter. Stone, the political family, must have some opinions.
When Blake saw Zach, he looked surprised at first, and then rushed towards Zach in a mad rush.
"Zach!"
Zach was not surprised, thinking that Blake wanted to tell him about the poor results of the first day of voting.
Zach is wrong
"Zach! You're alive!"
Strange opening.
"Am I dead?" Zach frowned.
"Uh, no! Sorry!" Blake pulled Zach toward a less crowded place and glanced at Louise and Murphy at the same time. He said hello to Louise, but there was no reaction to Murphy, "When did you come back?"
It was getting more and more confusing, "Come back? Where did I go?" Zach's uncertainty was because of this world, a world with boundaries visible to the naked eye. Zach didn't know what the 'world' outside the municipal square was like, and it was not within Zach's consideration.
"My soul expanded yesterday morning!" Blake looked at Zach, "Walter has never found you!" He looked at Louise again, "You! You, Benjamin, Louise, James!"
"Oh." Zach was no longer confused and was not ready to explain, mainly because he had nothing to explain to Blake in front of him, "I am here now. Why don't you tell me what happened in the past two days, for example." Zach Pointing to the ballot box in front of the city hall, which was being escorted into the city hall by armed police, "The results of the vote."
"*!" Blake answered Zach's question with a dirty word, "The most incomprehensible problem happened..."
Halfway through his words, Zach watched as Walter's face replaced Blake's.
Zach was a little speechless, "I talked for half an hour."
"I've been gone for half an hour!" Walter said confidently. Uh, he left for half an hour. Tsk. Walter is a 'god', don't argue with him on this issue.
"I'm talking to Blake, please return Blake." Zach used 'please'.
It doesn't work. "Now go or I leave you here all day! Your choice!"
Zach shook his head and took Walter's hand with Louise. It doesn’t mean anything in particular, it just tells the other person that we are ready to leave.
"See you tomorrow." The last words before leaving this world came from Murphy, "Husband." This emotionless Assamat said to Louise. His heart can be killed.
But Louise didn't care. When the world turned into a gray road leading back and forth, Louise pulled Zach down and asked, "Why weren't we rescued by Walter in that world?"
"Because that world is actually 'heaven', the future of the present created by the expansion of the soul at that moment. The time we constantly reset in cycles is the past of the present, and it is 'hell'." Zach He answered, "It is impossible for Walter in that world to go to 'hell' to save vampires. Common sense tells him that we cannot be in 'hell'. Even if he went, we, as vampires, would probably have been punished by God's rules and died." So we can never be rescued in that world, let alone rescued and returned to a 'heaven' existence."
"Quiet!!" Walter.
If you still have questions about that world, let’s talk about it next time.