The police, led by Detective Coulson himself, arrived at Grande at the same time as Zach's guests. Vertex 23S. Fastest update
Leaving aside the guests, does it surprise everyone that Detective Coulson leads the team? Of course it's because... Oh, no surprise. So let’s talk about guests.
This guest is the son of Eve Rimmer, the only person Zach knew in Barton who understood the Republican mythology. Thorin Rimmer (Eve’s son in the human period, because his identity was too embarrassing, even in the era of the Secret Alliance, there were very few As a result, Zach didn't know the existence of such a person until he went to the Tower of Babel last time).
"I want to thank you for giving me a reason to get out of the Tower of Babel." Thorin entered Grande with a smile, but he stopped laughing immediately, "I... I can come another day." Because he saw When the armed police broke through the door of the Grand employee living area, and various sounds of smashing and smashing broke out, various realistic chase shows were taking place.
"No need." Zach led his guests to the office and closed the curtains. "They are busy with their business, and we are busy with ours." He handed over a fax document, "Can you tell what this is?"
The content of the fax was a sub-picture, which 'He' sent to Zach last night. Of course, it was accompanied by explanatory text specially written and translated by 'He' for Zach. However, what Zach first showed Thorin was just the image. Before talking about the topic, Zach needs to confirm how much Thorin knows about the gods of the Republic.
"This..." Thorin took the painting handed over by Zach and flipped it up and down, left and right, and looked at it, "Isn't it a mirror?"
This was a very objective answer. Zach nodded, "Yes, can you see anything else?"
"Well." Thorin continued to observe carefully at the painting in a mirror, "Style-wise, this is definitely not a product of the civilized style we are familiar with." Thorin was indeed walking in the right direction, and he also directed the painting towards Zara. Gram, to illustrate, "Notice the overly wide frame?"
"Noted." Zach just cooperated in a timely manner.
"Did you see the special, scale-like markings on these frames?" Thorin continued to show Zach.
Zach began to think that his decision to find Thorin this time was the right one... although... he would definitely be hated by Eve later on.
Thorin's face showed a very focused scholar attitude, "This special mark has a very important meaning in the myth of the Republic. According to legend, the combination of this mark can reveal..." Thorin stretched out his hand. A finger pointed to the sky, "The secret of heaven."
Zach held an explanatory document about the painting in his hand, "You mean 'Tianji'." He handed one to Thorin.
Sorin looked surprised, "Can you speak Republican?" He looked at the new document handed over by Zach, "Oh, there are phonetic symbols on it, or the phonetic symbols of our language."
Yes, Zach's standard pronunciation of 'Tianji' just now is a thoughtful phonetic notation of 'He'.
Zach continued to point to the document handed to Thorin, "The correct translation is fate. 'Heaven' in Republican language refers to this world. 'Secret of Heaven' does not mean literally, but Refers to the fate of this world."
Thorin was stunned for a while, and then became inexplicably annoyed, "It's over, my research is mostly wrong." But soon, he gave Zach an apologetic look, "Sorry, as we talked about last time, I am collecting information on Republican mythology for the wizard's experiment to remove the earth spirit. As my personal side job, I am sorting out the mythological system of the Republic." Sigh, he is Rimmer, so this is not a deliberate personification, it is a real sigh , "I should thank you for giving me the correct knowledge."
"You're welcome, and you don't have to worry about your research." Zach didn't mean to comfort him. "You are looking for information about myths from the history of the Republic. Then you should know that the history of the Republic is always related to myths." Zach He tilted his head, "Or, it's related to dehumanization. In the amazing history of the Republic, they most of the time compared the center of their government to the 'son of heaven'. So your interpretation is not wrong, 'heaven' The secret' equals the fate of the world."
Thorin's face turned relaxed after thinking for a while, and he looked at Zach with a smile, "Now I really want to thank you."
Zach still said, "You're welcome." He motioned for Thorin to look at the file. At the same time, I don’t know whether it was a sigh or something else, but Zach said: “It’s just that the current Republic no longer ‘dehumanizes’ its own history.” It is definitely a sigh, “It is still very extreme and absolutely human.”
Thorin was looking at the document in his hand, which did not affect what Zach said, "Are you referring to the republican government's elimination of local alien races?"
Zach shrugged, what else could he mean.
Thorin had a complicated smile on his face, "I just hope that we will never block the path forward of human civilization in the future, so that our country will not personally make weapons to eliminate us."
Zach did not respond to this topic, which is a bit similar to the topic of whether vampires are cancer. Rather than raising a flag now, it is better to live until then to see the facts.
"Hmph~" Thorin saw something that caught his attention, "It says here that the fate of the world shown..." He looked up at Zach, "Actually, it's just the ability to reveal the essence of things?"
The reason for the doubt is that anything with the ability to display images, including mirrors, has this effect under the cognition of the Federation, or in other words, the faith of the Holy Lord.
The essence of vampires is too 'ugly' (the soul that is constantly corroding) and is not worthy of being shown in this world, so God specially added a law to this world to completely disappear the image of vampires in this world. Of course, now we have to exclude Toledo and Gangero.
Zach still had a few documents in his hand, and he was not going to give them to Thorin yet. "Don't ask questions, think about what this means."
Thorin was quite obedient, "What does it mean?" He looked thoughtful, "In the past history of the Republic, if the center of the government was given inhuman and mythological speciality, it should indicate that the civilization of the Republic is probably difficult to distinguish. , human, inhuman..." Thorin was not sure about his choice of words, "Atmosphere?"
Zach neither confirmed nor denied, just motioned for Thorin to continue.
Thorin continued, frowning, "I have always had a feeling when I was sorting out the mythology of the Republic. There must be a reason for how the republic's characteristic of 'all aliens are gods' was formed. In the past republic, people and Inhumans must live in very close relationships to lead to a situation where humans are willing to worship any alien race as a god.”
Zach nodded this time, just encouraging to continue.
"Then can I think that in the history of the republic in such an atmosphere, God was too mixed up and became something that republican humans could not distinguish. According to the habits of the republican people in the past, the god who seeks wealth and the god who is in charge of marriage must be It’s important to distinguish clearly, right?" Thorin raised the mirror painting again, "So they need a... prop to confirm that they are not worshiping the wrong god."
Zach waited until Thorin finished speaking before commenting, "You're very close." Zach finally handed over a new document to match Thorin's, "If we don't accept that the alien races in the Republic are all gods, Use our worldview to look at the Republic. The aliens in the Republic are just inhuman aliens." Zach spread his hands, "Aliens are stronger than humans in some aspect or in any aspect. The aliens can achieve one or two humans. The desire to recruit human believers is very easy."
Thorin also saw the key, "False Gods." He glanced at Zach and said, "Those aliens who seek human sacrifices for personal gain are called false gods." He frowned, "Even in the historical period of the Republic Mythology, this All kinds of false gods are considered to be harmful to society... 'Demon', in our language, means evil demons." Thorin picked up the mirror painting again, "And this mirror is to make these evil demons A prop that shows the true image.”
Zach handed over the last document, and at the same time, "This prop, in the history of the Republic, is recognized as a true god, because it helps the republican society to eliminate those hypocrites that may cause the republican civilization to deviate from the leadership of the 'Son of Heaven'" God is a hidden danger." Zach said this very seriously, in order to maintain... neutrality, "Now, it is still the recognized true god, because although it is now standing on the road that hinders the development of the republic, the republican government has no control over it. The attitude is not to eliminate them like other republican alien races, but to send them away." As for why they are neutral, everyone can feel for themselves.
Thorin took the document handed over by Zach with some difficulty. He felt that he had received a lesson with too much information, and now was the real reason why Zach invited him, "Where to send it?"
"Where God should be."
Thorin glanced at the content on the last document and asked, "What is this?" It was also a painting. Because it was a fax, the colors could not be reproduced. The content displayed on the screen was extremely confusing. It looked like A cloud of cloudy smoke.
"Do you remember the story you told me before? In the myth of the Republic, a creature that was lonely in eternity split the chaos and created the world?"
Thorin nodded, his expression as if he knew he wouldn't like what Zach said next.
Zach: "Obviously, that is the moment when this world begins in the myth of the Republic." Zach pursed his lips, "In our knowledge, it is the moment when this world begins, and I believe that you are also here in Barton. It’s been a long time, and I’ve been working with Sibella and the others for a long enough time. You should know where the world began, right?”
"Purgatory?"
Zach nodded.
This conversation ends here.
When Detective Coulson came in, Solin calmly put away the documents given by Zach, "I will go back and discuss it with the people in the laboratory. We may need to review a lot of information."
Zach has not forgotten that he even asked Thorin to talk to him all of a sudden. At least we know that He used some of Toledo's field control skills to make Zach agree to cooperate in this god-sending project. Bar.
What Zach said to Thorin was basically just science. But it seems that this knowledge is enough for Thorin to get on board. Oh, what are the republican gods or aliens, the attitude of the republican government, and purgatory that the wizards who work closely with Thorin Rimmer are not concerned about
However, this made Zach a little more alert. He could get support without even convincing him, which also meant that if 'He' found Sibella through Papa Midnight's Ravenci, he could easily achieve the same goal. Effect.
So why would Zach be the messenger
There is only one reason for it, to be recognized as the mirror of the true God, the one who reflects the true nature of things.
Did this 'He' with Tori's blood let Zach get involved out of selfish motives, or was he inspired by Papa Midnight to try to touch... the ultimate reward of vampires
No matter what it was, Zach could only walk and watch.
He asked Detective Coulson to wait and sent Thorin out. After confirming that Thorin was sitting in the dark car, he returned to the office to entertain Coulson, "You arrested all the employees of Grande." ." This is the fact that Zach saw when he sent Thorin off just now.
"Everyone has resisted law enforcement. We can only..." Coulson was helpless and waved his hand, "Can you at least tell me what's going on?!"
"Didn't the operator who answered my call report the situation?" Zach asked.
"Uh, Mr. Grand, please don't mess with me!" Coulson was also sincere, "Just tell me what's going on!"
"I already said it when I called the police. I was woken up by Old Hank and found out that my staff had detained two seriously injured reporters in the basement. That's it. I did what a normal citizen should do and called the police. You still What do you want me to tell you?"
Coulson's face turned green for a while, and he actually said, "This is because Lance is ignoring you. Are you using this method to get his attention?"
Coulson's brain circuit is also reasonable enough.
Zach glanced at Coulson, not knowing how to refute this 'ridiculous' statement. Simply don't respond, "Are you also going to take me back to the police station for questioning?"
Coulson's mind was obviously overloaded, "Well, if you don't cooperate like this, I have no other choice!"
Does being uncooperative mean that Zach doesn't answer the question just now
Zach said simply, "Let's go. Anyway, Grande has been taken over by you, and it's boring for me to stay here alone."
Coulson was stunned for a moment, then, "You..."
Zach interrupted, "How about leaving one, Sires? He just came to work in the morning. I believe his family can testify that he must have nothing to do with this matter. Detective, don't you think so?" , it’s okay to leave him to guard the door for me.” It’s reasonable.
. Coulson was angry, really angry, "Since he had nothing to do with it, why didn't he cooperate just now? He ran away when he saw someone!!" This is actually true.
"It's not because I didn't tell anyone about the police report so that your arrest operation wouldn't be ruined. Your people suddenly came in to arrest people, and they didn't hide when they saw them. It's just instinct. Then you see, if it's not like this, what do you think? Can you catch so many people this time and get all the stolen goods?" Zach continued to be reasonable, as if the world was cooperating with Zach. There was the siren of an ambulance driving away outside, "Did I do something wrong? Detective?"
Coulson stamped his foot. This middle-aged youtiao actually stomped his feet in Grande's office, which is quite cute~
Forget it, it’s not funny, seriously, if Zach continues to annoy Detective Coulson for a while, he can successfully experience the cell of the Southern District Police Station.
Where is the bustling building of the Southern District Police Station next to? By the way, rely on the evidence department. No matter what, Zach had to go see this special place where the God of the Republic could come to Barton, instead of going there secretly and damaging Zach's image. It's better to go like this and go in a fair and open manner, isn't this the truth