In the afternoon, Zach took three calls at home.
First:
Nenad: "Zach?"
"Um?"
"Can you... take another photo for me?"
"Where's the one I gave you this morning?"
"I-I sent it to the west. Can you take another photo?"
"Okay, let Siris take it back to you after get off work."
Second...wait a minute. Let us first taste Zach's smile after he put down the phone -
That's right, Zach was counting on Nenad to get his photos to the West~ Otherwise, how could the news get out
The second call was made after Zach took a selfie of himself and handed it to Siris.
Alice, "The Stone family suddenly held a dinner party tonight and invited all the families in the West District. Laura asked us to accompany her."
"The Stone family?" Zach tilted his head, "No wonder Blake and Anthony were summoned away just after he woke up. This dinner should not only be for people from the West End. Okay, please pay attention to your safety."
"Yes." Alice agreed, but it was nonsense anyway. "We told Jian about the Maitreya of the Jimmy family. He seems to be a little interested in meeting this republican monk, and he will probably come with us."
"Let it go..." Zach frowned, "Tell Jian, if it wants to have a lot of activities and appearances in the Republic..."
The microphone over there was changed, 'Jian', "I don't need these girls deliberately trying to get my attention to send messages, I'm here."
"Oh? Did you find out that I deliberately seduced you into leaving Grande last night?" Zach didn't have anything to fear.
"Did you realize it? I knew it from the beginning. But I also wanted to avoid that Frank, so you don't have to think that it was you who plotted against me. It was I who plotted against you. I came into contact with Sissi without the interference of Frank."
Ha, that's right, it's quite in line with reality. Zach doesn't care, but now he can confirm that 'Jian' will actively avoid the vampire ancestor. Zach is quite happy, "Then~ what's the result of contacting Sissy?" ?" Zach was in the mood to ask about the progress of the 'examination'.
"Remember what I said yesterday about God's spokesperson?"
"Remember." Zach certainly remembered the words that humiliated the saint. But don’t think this is Zach’s problem with Sissy. 'Jian''s remarks about God's spokesperson were aimed at the Holy Lord - a God who does not belong to this world, does not understand this world, and needs a human being from this world to express himself.
Recently, Zach has gained a deeper and deeper understanding of himself (a vampire), and he no longer wants to hide his rejection of his creator, the Holy Lord.
"My point still stands. You saints of the Holy Lord's faith are indeed human beings full of flaws, but..." paused, "it's impressive that a young girl can assume the authority given by God."
Zach raised his eyebrows on the phone. It seemed that when Alice and Maya came back, they would ask about the process from last night to today. Because from what Jian said, it seemed that the God of the Republic and Sissi had reached a consensus on some aspects. Otherwise, there is no need for 'Jian' to 'praise' Sissi, right
Uh, but I don’t expect Alice to come back today. Grande's curfew on minors was completely thrown out last week. Last night, Alice and Maya didn't even think of calling back to say they weren't going home. The current call was probably because of the special relationship between West Enders and Zach's notification. Just don't expect anything. These two girls will probably not be at home in the coming weekends.
Zach continued what he wanted to convey to 'Jian', "The image you are using now is a dead person." Hannah is dead, remember, "If you want to use that image to meet various big shots in Barton, I suggest You'd better be more careful. Or just change your image, it shouldn't be difficult for you."
'Jian''s answer revealed part of its abilities, "Change it? Whose appearance? Huh, didn't I know that Hannah was dead? When you murdered her, I was watching. A young girl My son's life has been decided by you inhumans."
This is true. At that time, Hannah's road to death was paved by Newton's angel Crowley and the Phantom...
"We can discuss Hannah's matter again." When Hannah died, Zach did not get the answer to some things - the Republic intelligence that 'Jian' was willing to exchange in order to save Hannah's life. Although Zach was forced to have no support around him at the time and allowed others to make the decision on Hannah's death, it did not mean that Zach had forgotten the untapped treasure held by Jian. "Now I'm reminding you, for your own safety, change your appearance." Zach still had the same idea, "As I said, it shouldn't be difficult for you."
"It's really not difficult for me to change my appearance. After all, modern people don't look in the mirror every day." 'Jian' doesn't seem to care about certain aspects of his abilities being leaked, "But people who can look in the mirror are living people. , living people will run around on their own. This requires sharing an identity with human beings, and I am not free."
Freedom, the God of the Republic, was actually talking about freedom with Zach.
Zach got the point right, "Can you only copy the appearance of a living person?"
"Do you think my face is made of dirt and can be pinched at will?" Hao asked in return.
Zach waved his hand, "Uh, whatever. Hannah's appearance is fine too, but you'd better be careful, there are still people who know that 'Hannah' is someone who shouldn't exist."
For example, Winston has been coming to Grande to see old Hank since the morning, and now Winston is still in Grande.
"Just one. The Winston who murdered Hannah." 'Jian' was also very clear about what Zach was talking about, and then changed the subject, "Aren't you a vampire who is characterized by manipulating memory? This is troublesome, just give it to you."
The phone was hung up.
Zach stood up from behind his desk thoughtfully and looked through the window at old Hank and Winston in the backyard... and Jason.
Jason was left behind after Blake was summoned by the mayor... Something else happened in the meantime -
In the morning, Jason and Blake, who had just returned from the brink of death last night, had an argument, and Zach listened to some of the content. It seems that Jason wants to move again. After confirming that Blake is in good health, he wants to go back and pack his things, but Blake is not allowed...
You know why Zack heard that there was no match for him, because Zack didn't want to participate in this kind of tossing. When Blake was called away, the argument was fruitless, so Blake asked Zach to keep an eye on Jason and make sure Jason stayed at the designated spot and waited before Blake came back to continue the fruitless argument.
Alas, in order for Blake to quickly respond to Anthony's call, Zach agreed to this request to leave the bloody thing in Grande. So, Jason was still in Grande.
The current situation in the backyard is that Old Hank and Jason are chatting, and the content... we will talk about it when we have a chance. Zach's eyes were naturally on Winston.
Zach noticed that Winston seemed to really respect old Hank. When Old Hank was talking to Jason, he had no intention of interrupting and just stayed by his side quietly.
Zach felt that there was no need to change Winston's memory for Jian. Maybe even if Winston bumped into Jian who used Hannah's appearance in Grande, Winston wouldn't have said a word. talk!
No sooner had Zach come to this conclusion than the third call came.
"It's time to give birth."
As soon as Zach answered the phone, he heard the above sentence. No beginning or end. Even in the deep voice, Zach didn't know who was speaking. So, let's ask, "Who's giving birth?"
"My wife."
Zach heard it, the husband of the inheritance couple, Cliff. Wife about to give birth? Linda.
Congratulations... Zach couldn't say such words. Hmm, this child of Linda's is not Cliff's. The fertility experiment of the inheritor couple will usher in a result that is destined to fail.
Zach thought about many words in an instant, but to no avail, "What can I do for you?"
"Aren't you the owner of the funeral home? Hum, what else could I call you for? I want to book a funeral."
Zach asked nonsense, "Whose funeral?"
"My wife's."
Please don't judge this matter based on human ethics - the wife will give birth to a non-husband's offspring, and the husband will prepare the funeral for his wife first...
Please use the ethics of the inheritors to judge this matter objectively - it is inherited that giving birth to a child is doomed to the death of the mother and the cycle of new life. Cliff is about to raise a fragile baby who is both his wife and his child. There are some troublesome things. The sooner they are dealt with, the better. Isn’t this the truth~
"Okay." Zach used the latter's objectivity, "Are you coming to Grande to discuss the funeral or..." The only content of the three calls that Louise was somewhat interested in was already standing at the door ready, "I'm sending Louise is going to your place.”
"Let Louise go to the hospital." Cliff calmly reported the address and room number, "I will go to the hospital right away to accompany her during the delivery."
Zach took a piece of paper and wrote down the address. Zach was unfamiliar with the structure of the hospital, so he didn't realize there was anything unusual about the address he wrote down.
Then... we won't reveal it now, we will find out when Louise goes there.
Zach gave Louise the address, which was considerate, "If you don't want to go, you can ask Bain to go." Hospitals are places vampires don't like.
"It's okay, I just happened to check on Derek."
Zach thought for a moment and nodded. As long as Derek can increase the distance between aliens and humans in his heart, so that the true son of Grande can live safely in this chaotic world, Zach can also be regarded as thanking the old Grande for giving him this Identity.
Frank's words of repayment to old Hank must have had some influence on Zach. Although consequentialism has no real effect, some facts do. We all know that everything Zach has accomplished now is because his name is Zachary Grande, right
But everyone understands what can show the difference between humans and aliens - the human ethics and inheritance ethics just mentioned are in vain. Louise going to the hospital ensures that Derek sees this ethical gap.
Cliff's phone hung up.
Three phone calls later, Louise also left Grande to go to work in the field. The girls had been away from home all day and night. Cyrus... Cyrus was looking at Zach's photo in a daze. Zach had nothing to do.
Went downstairs and sat on the back porch to watch old Hank and Jason.
What made Zach not want to comment, but it was Winston who came over to accompany Zach.
How should I put it, we can see that Winston's attitude towards Zach is not disrespectful in any way. He spoke with a cautious smile, "I remembered how old Hank used to talk to your father about this kind of thing." His only mistake was that he thought he and Zach had old stories to talk about, "They used to This is the atmosphere every time we talk about this kind of thing.”
Zach didn't have the 'I'm not familiar with you, don't bother me' attitude this time. Because Zach was a little curious about what Winston said, "This kind of thing?"
Winston pursed his lips, then shook his head, "Your father..." Although Zach didn't like this statement, bear with it, "You have a choice in your lifestyle." Winston He laughed muffledly twice, "Haha, I mean, look at yourself, Benjamin, and I heard from Hank that there is a Derek in the hospital in the North District. There is a woman in your father's life. If there is a chance for him to choose a more...normal life?"
Zach shrugged, "You mean my father's lifestyle choice ruined the lives of two women and three children? Huh, Benjamin and I drifted into middle age in the Federation, and Derek also had a middle-aged family. Broken. Give him a chance to be 'normal', this is the result he caused, and you still want him to completely choose 'normal'?" Although he didn't explicitly say to Winston, 'I don't want to talk to you about Grande's past.' , but the attitude is here, it depends on Winston himself whether he realizes it or not.
Winston opened and closed his mouth hesitantly, and remained silent.
Zach was so happy. Continue to look at Old Hank and Jason.
What I didn’t have a chance to talk about just now, I now have a chance to talk about—
Old Hank is teaching Jason the principles of life: "The world is already so cruel! If you don't get tougher yourself, just wait to be raped by life!"
"I...I'm not tough??"
"Are you tough? A tough person will just give up and run away? Tell me how many places you have changed this year!"
"Uh, can we not talk about Blake? I said it is for the sake of his future."
"Hmph, what's going on with you, Detective Weiss?"
"Uh...he doesn't want to admit what kind of person he is. What can I do?"
"The Cliffs' house where you lived for a while."
"That Linda... forget it, if it were other human beings, I would still be angry, but, tsk, she, a successor, hates people like me, so I can't blame her."
"Hehehehe." Old Hank laughed as if he was angry, "You are such a considerate little cutie~~" This was an irony, "You have made excuses for all these people who make your life like hell, then, you Just stay in hell! You will drift like this without a fixed abode forever, and you will never get a good and stable life! Finally, I hope that when you are about to die, you will feel that your life is worth it!" (To be continued)