A world that has completely gone off the rails. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
Murphy, who regards human beings in this incomplete world as seasoning: "Isn't Louise here today?"
Zach didn't reply and signaled Walter to do what he should do and take people out of this world.
The town square disappeared, and the gray front and rear roads became all that was visible. Still Murphy, "Where are you taking me."
Zach still didn't reply and followed Walter towards the present in the real world.
"Is this the time?" Murphy had a clear questioning tone.
Zach said nothing.
"Is there another world behind these Roman numerals?" Murphy was still asking.
"Stop talking!" It was Walter, impatient, "If you don't want me to leave you here, just be quiet!"
Murphy stood still, "Road to Purgatory."
The two people moving forward ignored Murphy, who knew what she was talking about, and continued to move forward.
"Hunters in the middle who hold 'Colt' use 'Colt' to hunt down many alien races. We heard that the black witch in Salem came to Barton because she could not see the death caused by 'Colt' Looking for help. And now, we are on the road to purgatory.”
Walter continued to move forward, but Zach stopped and looked back at Murphy, "What are you talking about."
"The Holy Lord's faith divides the real world into three parts: past, present and future. They correspond to hell, the present world and heaven respectively. In fact, there is only one world, the present world. Hell is just left behind by the present world after leaving the 'now' A stack of discarded 'pasts'. Heaven is just a stack of various forward options that are available to this world as we move forward. Hell and heaven are nothing but shadows that are constantly attached to the present existence."
Oh, tell me something Zach doesn’t know. Zach waved his hand and continued to follow Walter.
"Aren't you curious why the world keeps moving forward?" It's not a question, "Time keeps moving forward. This road full of time marks uses simple before and after to define its path of movement."
"I said quiet!!" Walter was impatient.
Murphy didn't stay quiet and didn't keep up, "because it couldn't stop, like a car on the highway that lost its brakes and had no choice but to move forward."
Zach looked back at Murphy, "Seriously, keep up."
Murphy finally caught up, "Okay, husband." Hey.
After the wordless trip, Murphy and Zach returned to the real world. Picked up Maggie's gift list for tomorrow's engagement party. Zach said to Murphy, "Go back to Grande by yourself. Benjamin will protect you later." Then, he prepared to go directly north to meet Anthony for a celebratory supper.
"'Colt' is the brake of time, husband. 'Colt' is the only key to the purgatory that was once emptied by our Holy Lord. It is the only key to the origin of everything in this world of ours that is constantly being pushed forward by time. I stopped talking just because I didn’t want to tell the world traveler about it. But you need to know that Grande still holds a ‘Colt’, right?” Murphy said and went south.
Zach wanted to ask, but Murphy was so fast that Zach was too lazy to chase. Because there are a lot of things to ask, for example, how did Murphy know that Grande still holds a 'Colt'; for example, how did the Assamite clan know about the relationship between Purgatory and the 'Colt'... and Zach and Murphy communicated in a difficult way and judged that it would take time to ask. Zach didn't want to be late for his appointment with Anthony.
When he arrived at the port, Benjamin had already killed a table full of crabs. Anthony also looked very happy, and the large glass of beer continued to fill his bulging belly.
Zach needs to join the 'fest'. He cleared out a small piece of food debris that Benjamin had thrown everywhere, asked the boss for a cup, took out the snack jar in his pocket, poured it into the cup, and touched Benjamin's cup with a festive look on his face.
"Don't touch my wine with your sheep's blood!"
It's okay, Zach turned to Anthony. Anthony intercepted the cup that Zach extended early and knocked it on the table, "Okay, okay!"
No... nothing. Don’t take it personally when it comes to the everyday discrimination that vampires suffer. Zach raised his glass and raised his head, "Congratulations!"
"It's too easy!" Anthony can be proud, "Did you see the news! I have a 70% approval rate! This is the first day that Gina ruined the results of the vote! What can I say, this city The city loves me!" Being tipsy became an emotional amplifier, "Love me!"
"I love you." Benjamin pointed to the empty plate.
"Boss!" Anthony raised his hand to greet the boss, "Don't keep your guests waiting!"
Just like the meaning of this covenant, celebration, the tone is of course joyful. But not any time soon.
"Hehehe." Zach laughed with Anthony for a while, and then handed over the briefcase sent by Hamilton during the day, "I love you even though I am not from this city."
"What is this?" Anthony tugged at the briefcase with his unclean hands. His face quickly darkened, "You just can't help it, right? You're ruining my fun!"
Zach smiled and shrugged, "Either I'll spoil your fun, or Hamilton will come. It's your choice~"
"Humph." Anthony threw the briefcase aside, "I'll look at it tomorrow."
"Don't you have an inauguration ceremony tomorrow? Do you have time?"
"It's just a procedure." Anthony waved his hand, then remembered something, touched his body, took out a piece of manuscript paper, and handed it to Zach, "Inaugural speech, take a look and polish it for me."
"Don't you have a dedicated staff to do this kind of thing for you?" Although Zach said so, he still opened the manuscript in his hand. Vampires who cannot eat or drink must find something for such an occasion. Let's do it.
"Yeah, it's a pity that my secretary is missing." He glared at Zach and said, "Isn't it?"
Zach smiled and didn't respond. Just as Zach told Hamilton, Gina's action has failed. The authorities who won the final victory no longer need to pay attention. What they asked was, "Where is Blake? There is no one in the Stone family to help." you."
Anthony chuckled, "This is what Blake wrote~"
Zach smiled and shook his head. He doubted Anthony even looked. Sure enough, the content was Blake's handwriting.
"Well... the 'expectation' here is replaced with 'goal'..." Zach was very responsible and even asked his boss for a pen. He changed it while reading, "'Diversity of the city' was changed to, 'Diversity and tolerance of the city'" '…”
While Zach was earnestly contributing to the mayor's speech tomorrow, Benjamin and Anthony were chatting about... women.
Benjamin, "What's going on with you and Aisela? You won't get remarried, right?"
"Impossible! Isn't she going to become a vampire? Who will marry her!" Anthony said directly, "What's the situation between you and the Mokavi family ancestor?"
"What? Are you asking about marriage? Well, no. We don't need that kind of thing. And strictly speaking, she is still the wife of the painting."
Zach suddenly interrupted, "Lois and I also had a discussion about marriage. Do you want to hear it?" No one paid attention. Well, "In addition to the West End family who supported the campaign, in the thank you speech here, I can also add a sentence to all the voters..."
"I've been wanting to ask." Anthony looked at Benjamin with a serious expression, "Can you..." Rubbing his hands together, "Can you have a baby? I mean, I know you can't do it alone, but Together? Isn’t there some wonderful interaction hidden in your body by your maker??”
"Me and Mokawi? No way." Benjamin shook his head speechlessly, "I can't do it, she can't do it, not together, not even together."
"It's really unfair." Anthony shook his head inexplicably. Listening to his next words should prove that he was completely drunk, "Why do you foreigners retain the most interesting parts of being a human being and then throw away the most troublesome parts? Tsk. unfair."
"It's changed." Zach stuffed the speech back into Anthony's pocket and glanced at Benjamin for help, "It's time for you to go home and rest."
"You almost just arrived." Anthony glanced at Zach, as if he was dissatisfied that Zach had to end the celebration just after he arrived.
"And I have already enjoyed the most enjoyable time of my life~" Zach gestured at the poor empty cup in front of him.
"Mockery." Anthony curled his lips, "I hate this about you."
"Thank you." Zach was cheeky enough. He gestured to Benjamin and pulled Anthony up from his seat. "He can't drive, so take him back."
Benjamin nodded, "Murphy?"
"Back to Grande, so you have to go back to Grande directly." Benjamin pouted and helped Anthony put down the car.
Zach, on the other hand, stayed where he was, his red gaze directed at the person who came to clear the table. Mayor Barton’s words and deeds are not suitable for leaking.
Next. Zach didn't say that this was the last stop of his trip tonight, right? The reason why Louise didn't follow him out is here.
Zach started walking southeast.
The origin was a phone call Zach received before going out. From Evan.
An angry Evan expressed his disdain to Zach on the phone. Zach's recommendation letter was useless. It was no surprise that Benjamin's agency did not want him. There were two gangs in the southeast, the 'General' and the ' Skull' immediately closed the door on Evan after seeing Zach's letter of recommendation.
Then Evan, who did not find a job to survive, encountered difficulties in finding a place to live. No one seems to want to rent to an ex-convict who has no job security and can only pay rent today. It's just human nature.
Finally, Evan finally remembered that he had a friend named Joe. He was at Joe's house when he called Zach. He broke in by trespassing, took a shower, and ate some expired leftovers that seemed to be in the refrigerator. Then I suddenly became sentimental and worried about my future, so I called Zach.
Why did you call Zach? Because Joe never showed up! Evan, who else can I turn to
Louise was too lazy to accompany Zach to deal with this kind of thing, so she watched the Republic channel on TV at home. Louise is just enjoying the feeling of watching the pictures and imagining things. Don’t get bored. If you were immortal, you would also find that boring things that once seemed like a waste of life have become interesting.
Zach didn't know Joe's home address, so he searched in the Noel District for a while according to the address given by Evan before he found Joe's home. I knocked on the door as usual.
"Have you brought anything to eat?" After opening the door, Evan saw Zach's first words, "I think the pie I just ate is bad!"
Zach handed Evan a bag of Benjamin's leftover crabs and stepped into Joe's house. Start looking at it.
Observation is necessary, because ah, vampires can see things that humans cannot see, colorful light spots floating in the air.
Joe is here.
Remember the saying that everything depends on fate? Now everyone knows that this sentence usually does not appear in a positive context.
Points of light gathered as Evan began to nibble on the crab.
"Tell him." Joe asked Zach, "Tell him I'm dead and see if he reacts!" The light spot has no expression, but this tone, haha, we can understand it. Bar.
Zach did not immediately comply with Fantasy Joe's request, but began to walk around Joe's house. He saw a smashed window, which must have been the way Evan came in. "Are you going to repair your friend's window?"
Evan slurred, "No, Joe won't care!"
"Why, have you entered and exited his house this way before?"
"Hmph." Evan didn't know what he was proud of, "I had the key before!" Then he waved his hand, "But it seems that Joe changed the lock."
The light spots were shrinking and expanding violently, "The city government has repossessed my house!"
Zach looked around and had nothing to say to Joe. This was normal procedure, so "Evan, I have something to tell you."
"It's best if you find a job for me!" Evan glanced at Zach, "I'm not going to stay here until Joe comes back!"
"He didn't want to stay at all!" Guangdian became fierce again, "His only attempt was to call my store. After hearing that the machine was shut down, he didn't even bother to ask what was wrong with me!"
Zach pursed his lips, "Evan, what I want to tell you is about Joe."
"Jo? Tsk, I don't care about Joe. Huh, if this wasn't the only place in Barton where I still remembered the address, I wouldn't bother coming here. But you, you should be grateful that I didn't run back to Grande, I bet , Hank and the gang will be very surprised to see me show up again..."
He was interrupted by Zach, because those intense light spots looked a little bad. Zack better hurry up and give in to Phantom Man's request.
"Joe died. In his bar the night before you were freed."
Quiet, then, "Say it again."
"Joe is dead."
"what happened."
"A thief was discovered by Joe when he broke into the bar, and then..." Zach spread his hands, "Imagine you were the thief, what would you do." Ridicule? Yes, Evan is a bad guy, remember that.
Evan dropped the food in his hand, "That thief?"
"He's been caught and the case has been solved. If that's what you want to ask."
"No, that's not it." Evan approached Zach dangerously, "I'm asking if the thief is still alive."
"Of course he is still alive. Our laws are not childish. One life is worth one life."
Evan passed Zach and started walking out.
"He's going to kill that guy!" Guangdian screamed, and Qiao's original voice was completely unrecognizable. There was even a bit of excitement in his words.
"Evan. You will let yourself go back to prison. No, it may be worse. You already have a criminal record. For you, the law may be childish. A life is worth a life." Zach could only state this objectively. .
"Is there any other place I can go?" It makes sense, "Humph. Thank you, you are the messenger of hell after all, pointing out the direction for me." He walked into the night.
A little follow-up to the artistic conception of destruction.
Zach was too lazy to chase Murphy, which was understandable, but for Evan, Zach could easily catch up with him with small steps.
Zach first waved away the excited phantom, and then patted Evan on the back of the neck. After thinking for a while, I carried Evan to the West District. Barton's largest family estate, or, should we say it directly, the evil spirit, the creatures there can probably find some 'use' for this bad guy who is seeking death...