Back in Grande, Zach was preparing to stand in front of the mirror and have an in-depth conversation with himself—
When Sissi returned from the date, she crossed herself on Zach's chest and asked, "Who are you?"
Zach didn't understand Sissi's intention, so he tentatively said, "Zachary Yehir Toledo."
A ball of gold floated out of Zach's body, turning into gold powder and dissipating.
"Cleared." Sissi stopped paying attention to Zach.
Zach wasn't sure what Sissy was talking about. But looking at Chris, it seemed that he could only explore on his own in the future, so he stopped disturbing the young lover, who seemed to be very successful in dating, and quickly returned to Grande to explore himself in his own home: Zach wanted to know what his imaging ability was. What a change.
However, Zach's plan did not come true immediately. As soon as he appeared at Grande's door, he was stopped by Old Hank, "Work! Funeral! Today!"
Zach obviously would not be controlled so simply, "What about the funeral? I thought we were closed during my vacation."
"We resumed business after the verdict on the employee injury case! The funeral information is in the office! Go and see it yourself!"
"Wait a minute." Because Old Hank looked like he was in a hurry to go out, "What are you going to do?"
"kill!"
"Kill who?"
"Your mother!"
Zach came into the office.
As Old Hank said, all the information about the funeral that will take place today is on the table. Also displayed were two items, Madison's daily mill work report, and the Barton Daily News, which had a front page photo of the aftermath of the disaster at Newton University.
Guess which one Zach will watch first…
It's time to walk out of the office and go to the bedroom. Zach didn't want to see any of it.
As soon as he entered the bedroom, he faced the mirror and said, "You look unchanged." He spoke to the image in the mirror.
The image completely copied Zach's expression and movements, and had no intention of talking to Zach.
Zach stared at the mirror for a while, "We should discuss a code word for when I need you to 'come to life'." Zach thought to himself for a while, then raised his hand and kissed his thumb, "What about this? How?" Looking at the copy of his movements in the mirror, "We use this movement as a signal. When we do this movement at the same time, it means that you can temporarily stop repeating my work and relax."
The image in the mirror spoke, "You are taking advantage of me." He spoke so self-consciously, hahaha. Zach in the mirror lowered his thumb and said, "I don't seem to reject your sovereignty over this code."
Let me tell you a shocking secret: the image in your mirror will do exactly the same thing as you before it acts on its own!
Zach didn't answer the question because the image he wanted didn't have this kind of sovereignty. It's not a good life to live in constant doubt of when your own image will move freely. "Do you feel any change?"
"Spiritually, or materially." The image in the mirror began to say terrifying words.
Zach touched the mirror hesitantly, "Is there any substance behind this?"
"Why not? The meaning of a mirror is to reflect the world. Everything in the world is behind the mirror."
"Okay." Zach still just wants to understand his own abilities. He is not ready to expand his understanding of the world until he understands the changes in his imaging ability. "Then first, mentally. Has anything changed? Sissi re- After asking me my name?”
The image in the mirror was quiet for a while, "I feel... sad. I seem to have received what you have experienced in the past four centuries in an instant, and I am a little... sad."
"Okay." It means the same as the last okay. Zach has no idea what the other person is talking about, and he doesn't even know how to ask a question. So let it go first. "Materially." Please, please say something I can understand. Zach was conveying his true emotions to the mirror with his eyes.
The other party received it, "Remember what I told you before, four centuries ago, I felt like I was blocked by something like black mist, and I couldn't see you."
"Remember."
"Now." The image in the mirror looked around him in the mirror. The place where his eyes were focused seemed to be the frame. "I can definitely see the black fog." As he said that, he made a dodge. action.
"What do you mean?" Zach looked around on the mirror and found nothing strange except for a few strands of Louise's long hair stuck in the corner. "Are they still trying to cover you?"
"I'm not sure, but I can confirm now that it's not that it took me four centuries to finally push through these dark fogs and see you again, but that other things blocked them so that we could meet again."
"What?" Zach asked.
"I don't know, golden, as thin as gauze..." The image in the mirror actually looked around him with a look of disgust, "It feels like it can't block the black mist at all, and it will break at any time."
Zach tentatively asked, "What happens if it breaks?"
He answered quickly, "Maybe we can't meet again." and quickly added, "Please, don't break it."
Zach didn't know what to say for a moment, but the phone rang, saving Zach.
Zach looked into the mirror and said, "Wait a minute."
He left the bedroom, went to the office, and answered the phone, "Grand Funeral..."
"Zach, you're back to Grande." Louise's voice interrupted Grande's fixed opening, "I..." But Louise only completed the task of grabbing the conversation, and the microphone was taken away. turned into Eve's angry voice—
"Toledo!*! Should I build a cage and lock up your girlfriend?!"
"Slow down." Zach was a little speechless. It sounded like Louise's life as a guest in Smith Manor was not very easy. "What happened."
"A ball of something suddenly appeared in your girlfriend's heart. When I touched it, it exploded! It turned into golden powder and sprayed all over me! Then, they entered my body !!What on earth did your girlfriend do to me?! What will happen to me?! Are you trying to kill me?!"
It could be heard that Eve was a little confused.
Zach pursed his lips, "Eve..." Forget it, Eve always calls herself Toledo, so she has to respond, "Rimmer, do you think there is anything abnormal about you?"
"I feel angry!! You are trying to kill me!"
Uh, I can't have a good conversation anymore, Zach tugged at the corner of his mouth, a little irritated. It has nothing to do with Eve's attitude. It's because you can guess it from Louise's first sentence. Louise didn't know that Zach had returned to Grande until the phone was answered. That's very simple logic. This must not be the case. The first call the other party made. Considering that Saint Sissy was the first person to know about Zach's return, the high school group should also know, at least Laura and Kepler, who were in the same grade.
Well, since the call has been made to Saint Sissi and Zach is still asking for an explanation, it can only mean that Sissi did not explain her actions just like she did to Zach.
He was irritated because Zach still wanted to explore the changes in his abilities. "No one is trying to kill you. Either stop shouting or put the microphone away. Thank you."
"I'm going to shout!" Eve expressed her anger more clearly.
Forget it, think about the childlike appearance of Eve's student. It doesn't matter how childish she is, she is used to being treated maliciously by Eve anyway. But Zach knew something and still had to tell the other person. Taking Zach's own experience as evidence, "Those golden powders didn't enter your body, they just disappeared automatically." Zach told the other party the facts silently.
But Eve didn't believe it, "Are you sure it disappeared?! 100% sure?!" This tone was too bad and hurt Toledo's heart too much.
Zach has to get used to it, right? "I'm not sure, but I can confirm one thing. I won't poke unknown things out of other people's chests."
"you… "
Before Eve could say anything more childish, Zach said, "Find Louise a mirror. I'm doing the same thing. I can't tell you anything more." After saying that, Zach hung up.
Zach stood up and prepared to go back to the bedroom. The phone came to mind again, and Zach followed his own actions and left the range of the desk. reason? It was probably Eve who called again for questioning, but when faced with the questioning, Zach really had nothing to tell the other party.
When Zach was about to walk out of the office, he stopped and looked back at the phone. I just thought about it. If the same thing happened to Louise, then Sissi’s strange behavior obviously affected all the Toledo clan from Zach down. Then, this phone call may not be Eve is not friendly anymore. But—
"Zach..." Kent's voice was trembling, "There was, something... ran out of my body... and killed my friend..."
"Relax." Zach asked others to relax, but he himself was not relaxed at all. Tsk. Zach just said on the phone to Eve that the golden powder just disappeared automatically. Did something unexpected happen instantly? ? "what happens?"
"I, I'm practicing my imaging skills. My friend... it's Mr. India (Death in Heaven) in your mouth, who is accompanying me." Kent's voice was still trembling, "Then suddenly, a golden thing suddenly came out of my body. It came out, I don’t know what it was... My friend, he poked it with his hand... and it exploded together with the golden mass... turned into powder and disappeared... "
Zach's mouth hung open. How to respond? How can you respond? !
"Zach, Zach... Zach... Zach..." Didn't hear Zach's response, Kent on the other side of the receiver became more and more anxious, "Father!" Tsk, this kind of title came out urgently, "You still Are you there?!"
"Uh... I'm here." Zach's mind was a little confused, and the only thought he could squeeze out was, "Why do you want to poke that thing?"
"No, can't you poke that thing..."
"No." Zach tilted his head irritably, "I don't know, I really don't know. I don't know what it is, and I know what happened. What I can tell you is that this phenomenon happened because of the Holy Spirit. He did something to our Toledo clan."
"Yes, is it the thing you mentioned before... about being inexplicably recognized at Newton University?"
"I hope so." Zach was really irritated. "I haven't verified whether Toledo will still be recognized inexplicably, but I have discovered a bunch of inexplicable phenomena."
"I, I killed my friend, does it count as one?"
"Forget it." Zach shook his head in the air, "Are you next to the mirror? Has your image appeared?"
The receiver seemed to confirm for a while, "Not yet."
"The image may know what happened, you..." Zach said helplessly, "Come on."
"well… "
Zach put down the phone, sighed, and prepared to leave the office again. A new ringtone rings.
Zach was prepared to be asked questions by his descendants, and the answer was always 'I don't know'.
The call this time was from Charlie in the west. This descendant of Zach, who has mastered the important task of expanding the population of Toledo in the west, was a little excited. Just like his path to becoming Toledo, he apologized a little crookedly, "I'm sorry. !”
"Why are you apologizing?"
"I... I seem to be locked up by the Sabbat!" What? Fortunately, he explained quickly enough, "At the Sabbat meeting just now, I was just listening as usual. Suddenly for some reason, a golden thing came out of my chest, and then all the clan masters of the Sabbat went crazy. Rush towards me..."
"Wait, wait! Why?"
"I, I don't know!"
"Then what?"
"I, I poked the golden thing and it exploded! Disappeared! Now all the clans are watching, giving me time to make a phone call to inform you..."
Zach heard Lute Lesembra's voice in the background, "It's time." Then he took the phone and said, "Toledo, why does your descendant have the key to the door of heaven!"
"Is that the key to heaven?" Zach's rhetorical question was very sincere and was a pure emotional reaction at the moment.
"Humph, pretend, you keep pretending." Root seemed to treat all of Zach's thoughts as rubbish, just like Eve, "Humph. Your descendant, I'm sorry, I'm going to lock you up, I know you won't say, I hope your half-way descendant (Charlie is a former Bruh clan who became Toledo) can keep the secret."
Zach had nothing to say, and even in this situation, he wanted to thank Root. Haha, after all, Root made this call to Charlie just to tell Zach that your descendants will be imprisoned by me. This upbringing and etiquette are nothing to say.
In the meantime, Key to Heaven's Gate, thank you Root, for giving Zach a way forward in a situation he didn't know how to progress.
The other party hung up the phone. Zach felt unexpectedly calm, so much so that he was not even ready to go to the bedroom to continue the conversation with the mirror. There were still descendants of Zach, and with Zach's current calmness, he could handle this matter.
Sure enough, the phone came to mind again and Zach picked up.
It was Kent who made the previous call, "Zach! I didn't kill my friend! He's back! He just returned to heaven!"
"Oh." Was Zach surprised? If it was yes a few minutes ago, now it's not at all, it's still the end of the last phone call, "Then keep going."
"kindness."
Zach continued to wait for the call. Waiting for his descendants.
We should be able to figure out which two descendants we haven't called yet, a 'General' from the southeast, and he has a bunch of Zach's grandsons with him. One is Ian who was beside Papa Midnight. Similarly, we know that Ian also created his own descendants in the Republic, that Republic official, remember.
Zach felt that there was a higher chance that the call was from the 'General', because the 'General' was at least taught the ability to image. He became a Toledo vampire after Zach received the surname of the saint 'Yehir' and inherited the Toledo vampire. Redo's full surname. As for Ian, we know that more than ten years ago, 'Toledo' was just 'Toledo' and did not include 'Yehir' with the ability to image. Papa Midnight has been hoping that Zach would give his new surname too. To Ian.
the phone is ringing.
Zach's prediction was wrong. What he heard was the voice of Newton's angel Crowley, "Why are there a bunch of Barton's demons in heaven?" Crowley's voice was very calm, just forced to be calm.
Because everyone can hear the absurdity in this sentence. The devil is in heaven.
Zach's prediction was wrong, but the reasoning used in the prediction was not useless. Zach's answer to Crowley was, "Maybe the two remaining gangs in the southeast of Barton are gathering." 'General' and his descendants, and the skull-skull-demon. (To be continued)