We have discussed before where the beauty of 'sunrise' comes from, and we came to the conclusion who is watching the sunrise with you.
Zach did not feel the beauty of the sunrise today, Saturday, but Zach knew that others felt the beauty: Benjamin and Anthony. They must think today's sunrise is particularly beautiful.
The light rising on the horizon gradually disperses the dark shadows in the sky. The sun has not yet emerged from the horizon, dispersing the pre-dawn darkness in the sky.
When the cold sky light reminds the stars that have been shining all night to rest, a ray of gold also hits the land with the waves, and then spreads and extends out of control.
The first city to enjoy this early sunshine, Barton, woke up under the eyes of its leader, Mayor Anthony.
Perhaps a human city waking up in the golden sun is beautiful in itself. But trust me, this is not the beauty Anthony and Benjamin see.
Anthony looked at the golden city and stretched out his hand, "Are you willing to lead this city together, Lord Barton?"
A huge wolf-shaped palm was placed on Anthony's hand, "Of course, Mayor Barton."
You get it.
The night that just passed had nothing to do with Zach's rare participation in a werewolf transformation. At least we also saw Benjamin's attitude towards Zach. Zach is just an insignificant prelude. The highlight of the night was the current handshake between the two Patton leaders.
Representatives of alien races and humans look at the city under the sunrise together. This is beautiful.
This beauty lasted...at least half a minute.
When Anthony stopped and rubbed the wolf's paw, he realized that the person watching the sunrise with him was no longer an 'animal' covered in hair, but a naked 'human'.
"I need a car to take me home." Anthony's eyes did not move in the direction of Benjamin at all, he let go of his hand, and walked towards Zach, who had been ignored all night, "Take me back to Grande, and then take me home. "
Being appointed as a driver by the mayor is an honor for any good citizen of Barton, and Zach cannot refuse. After taking a look at Benjamin, who had already taken the clothes sent by Gangro, he and Anthony walked towards Route 7.
The journey back to Grande was destined to be awkward, and the silence continued.
You may have guessed one thing. Anthony came to Grande yesterday afternoon for so-called sleep, just to prepare for this night. The mayor specially prepared this full-moon night for a candid exchange with Benjamin... hum, changing the title and Lord Barton.
Need this title for Benjamin come as a surprise? Hasn’t Benjamin always been Lord Barton in the eyes of the outside world? It's just that, haha, everyone in Barton knows that the one who really changes everything in Barton is the vampire Zach.
But now, it's time for everyone to change their minds. The once external Lord Barton is now a veritable Lord Barton. If the conversation between Zach and Benjamin last night didn't make everyone realize this, then the handshake that Mayor Anthony just had with Benjamin wasn't enough~
"What are you thinking about?" Anthony suddenly broke the silence and spoke, without looking at Zach walking beside him, and without the tone of a formal question.
Like Zach, he didn't look at Anthony and said in a tone of voice, "I didn't think about anything."
Anthony seemed to sigh, maybe it was just a slightly larger than normal exhalation, "It can be yours, the inhuman who leads this city with me."
"Yeah, it can be me." Zach still said indifferently.
"Do you know what your problem is?" Anthony said in a tone. Humans are humans after all, and they are no more calm than monsters that have lived for four centuries.
"I don't know, how about reminding me."
"You like humans so much," Anthony said.
Zach glanced at Anthony, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Heh, that's it."
There is no need to whet your appetite. That night, Anthony and Benjamin exchanged content about Barton's humans and aliens. What Anthony was talking about was naturally the human part, and what Benjamin provided was naturally the alien part.
We also know some things. Anthony has been getting the life trends of the Barton aliens from Benjamin for a long time. All the troubles of the aliens entrusted to the ancestors' offices have been reported to Anthony. And we also know one thing. There is a silver secret room in the city hall that Anthony deliberately built (exposed during the mayoral election), which stores alien contents.
So there is no need to think too hard, you know that Anthony has always been paying attention to the aliens hidden in Barton City.
So now what Anthony said to Zach is very easy to understand. As the mayor of Barton, Anthony needs a partner to manage the alien race in Barton
It is impossible for the mayor of human civilization to formulate any livelihood policies for aliens. Ah, I'm sorry, it is possible. Such mayors are in the west, in Sabbat, such as Rutelesombra.
Anthony obviously can't be that kind of mayor, so he needs a partner to fill the needs of alien citizens that he can't possibly satisfy.
Should I choose Zach as my partner
This book is written around Zach. Let us count how many alien races and how many humans we have met following Zach. Which number is bigger?
Zach loves humans so much. No, to put it another way, the word "like" is too easily ambiguous. Zach, he gets involved in human affairs too easily, and often becomes the protagonist of events, with a bunch of humans surrounding him! Zack, 'likes' humans so much.
Anthony doesn't need a guy who 'likes' to steal his job by his side. What he needs is a 'dedicated' person like Benjamin.
We used to think that Anthony didn't like Zach's involvement in helping him campaign and help him deal with troublesome political affairs. It was because Anthony maintained his original intention and did not want to take the shortcut of a foreign race.
Now, we can update this understanding. Anthony just didn't want to be outdone.
The smile on Zach's lips remained. What else could he do but smile? Anthony is Zach's favorite candidate for Toledo, and he was right~ Unfortunately, Anthony is just unwilling to become a vampire.
Anthony saw Zach's smile and clicked his tongue. Apparently he felt the 'fatherly' mentality behind Zach's smile, which was a little disgusting. "So what do you think of the things I said to Benjamin last night?"
Zach continued his smile, "You have been talking to Benjamin all night, do you still need my opinion?"
"It's not necessary, but we all know that you will always find a way to intervene in these things, so what's the point of being pretentious? Instead of me finding out what you have done from humans and Benjamin from aliens, we can ridicule you for messing around together. In the meantime, why don't you tell us now so that we can be prepared."
Zach really didn't want to refute anything, so, "Okay, I'll just talk about it." Last night, Anthony and Benjamin discussed the first decision about Barton's leadership, "Barton provides a residence for those republican aliens who smuggled into the country. Things can be prioritized.”
"How to say."
"I'm not sure yet, but it seems that the wizard family in the middle is planning to do something with the aliens from the Republic. If Barton can stop these aliens from the republic from entering the center and becoming tools of the wizard family, it would be good. And the city government can count on Yuri. The family is supporting this matter." Not surprisingly, Zach was indeed transferred from an alien race to a human being.
Anthony made no comment, only pursed his lips and showed a thoughtful look.
Zach continued, the second decision that Anthony and Benjamin discussed last night, "You can leave Refro in Newton, don't suppress them. You don't want to create a situation where Refro can't play in Newton, because You don’t want the Sabbat to come to the East under the pretext of helping Revro.” Inevitably, “Revro now controls the human security industry in Newton, and suppressing them will not do any good to Newton society.”
Anthony was already shaking his head, not because he was against Zach's opinion, but because he was speechless that Zach really 'liked' humans so much.
Zach didn't want to get feedback from Anthony. The third decision was, "Similar to Newton's Revro, you don't have to pay attention to all the Sabbat aliens in Barton. As long as Benjamin still controls the outside world, Regarding blood trading, there will be no action on Hamilton's side. And on the successor Darcy's side, I think as long as he is given an environment where he can work well, he will not do any inexplicable actions. As for the issue of fair law enforcement , Haha, even when Cologne was the mayor, there was no complete justice in law enforcement. Likewise, all you need to do is let Darcy know where he should prefer, as the policemen will be good for generations."
In the previous paragraph, Anthony pointed out that Benjamin's control over the foreign races in Barton was missing a piece. The Barton tribe all entrusted Benjamin with work, but it was impossible for the vampires buried by Allen to entrust Benjamin with work.
What Zach is explaining now is that Benjamin does not need to use entrustment to maintain the relationship with Hamilton.
Darcy in the next paragraph was the problem that Benjamin pointed out to Anthony. Benjamin had received some commissions. The Barton aliens needed Benjamin to help solve some problems related to human laws... Benjamin discovered from experience that Darcy was dealing with the aliens. Some things about the case are unreliable. Benjamin gave an example. When a certain Barton alien was not arrested, Darcy directly issued a death certificate to the alien's human identity, thus closing the case. As a result, the aliens who entrusted Benjamin to live in Barton without legal status.
What Zach told Anthony was that it would not make any difference even if Director Cologne were to do this kind of thing. The ending of alien-related cases is considered clean and tidy, which is an advantage. What Anthony should be concerned about is not this kind of thing, but how to use Darcy, the police chief, to complete the control of human society.
Anthony pursed his lips and still made no comment. Obviously he didn't want to have any discussion with Zach on how to lead mankind.
Zach didn't mind the lack of response. He was just expressing his opinion anyway. The fourth decision was, "I think you and Benjamin have had a good discussion about the siren who has been harassing Barton recently." Zach shrugged, " If Benjamin had called me when he summoned the 'clearance' team, I would have been there. But, don't count on my role. I am no different from a waste in the water against the sea monster."
"The only purely alien matter that has nothing to do with humans is your attitude." Anthony responded.
"This is a fact." Zach shook his head, looking indifferent.
Silence returned. The two walked the rest of the way.
Anthony didn't notice Grande's visitor and walked straight to the car parked in the warehouse. Zach glanced at the second floor and gave Anthony the car key, "The car is for you."
Anthony seemed too lazy to say anything and drove away.
Zach already had a smile on his face when he entered the office, "Thorin, why are you here?"
Thorin also had a smile on his face, and the invitation letter in his hand had been handed out, "My nightclub officially opens tonight, and I would like to invite you to attend."
Zach took the invitation, opened it and took a look, "Louise went to the Republic." He closed it and put it away, "You don't mind if I'm alone."
"Oh." He was stunned for a moment, then recovered quickly, "Of course I don't mind~"
Zach also noticed the briefcase next to Sorin, which contained an invitation. Obviously Grande was not Sorin's only inviter.
Thorin is also quite sensible, "I heard that today is the funeral of Inheriter Linda, and Inheriter Cliff should come to Grande."
"Well..." Zach was really not sure whether Cliff would attend this meaningless funeral, "Probably."
Thorin smiled, "I want to wait here to avoid having to make an extra trip, is that okay?"
"Okay." Zach didn't have any reason to refuse, but it seemed like he didn't have to stay in the office anymore. He glanced at Thorin and said, "Do you watch TV? The entertainment room is over there, just feel free to do whatever you want." Neither did Zach. Care about why Thorin invited Cliff.
"Thank you." Thorin stood up, as if he was really ready to go casual, and turned back, "Do you still remember what you asked me before about a mirror of the Republic?"
Zach subconsciously looked around, but 'Jian' didn't come back, "Remember."
"I heard that you found someone to make a mirror like that."
Zach satisfied what 'Jian' asked, and thus allowed 'Jian' to move freely in the Federation. Why.
Zach nodded.
"It's coming to Grande, right?"
Zach didn't want to deliberately hide the fact that 'Jian' was in Grande, "Well, it's just not here now. It took Linda to investigate other worlds..." Zach realized that he couldn't explain it, and waved his hand, "You have If you’re interested, ask Cliff.”
"Oh, you can take it with you if Louise doesn't have it anymore."
Zach naturally shook his head and refused, "It uses the appearance of a woman who died in Newton. I'm trying to avoid it appearing in public."
"It doesn't matter, I only invite foreigners."
Zach paused and said, "Oh." He didn't say anything. He just remembered what Louise said when she came back from the nightclub.
This nightclub, which belonged to the Smith family and was now obviously managed by Thorin Rimmer, was opened for foreigners.
Zach chuckled in his heart, and said without any emotion, 'Benjamin has a competitor. Anthony and Benjamin missed this in the night's exchange~' (To be continued)