On Saturday morning, people came from Allen Funeral Home. It's not Hamilton, it's Nenad.
"The Sabbat has given you a new notice, requiring you to fully cooperate with Roy Zmich's mission in Barton."
"Me? Cooperate? His mission in Barton?" Zach asked.
Roy had a cold face and remained silent for the time being.
Nenad sighed anthropomorphically, "Yes." Looking at Roy, he said, "The first task is to confirm the situation of Ms. Barton West. The second task is to find out the Republic God in Grande. situation." Before Roy spoke, "These two tasks are in the category of God, so Root Lesembra sent his most trusted brother, you, Mr. Roy Smith, to perform these two tasks. ."
Roy's face changed very wonderfully, "Ha!" He sneered inexplicably, "I am still Root's most trusted brother! I was sent to Barton by my brother to entrust him with important tasks!"
Nenad ignored Roy, who had lost control of his expression, and looked at Zach, "That's why Hamilton refused to come to deliver the message, so here I am."
Zach had a smile on his face, "I understand~ Hamilton is afraid that Roy will use him as a target to vent~"
"Yeah." Nenad admitted, with a somewhat unnatural expression on his face, "When Sires told us that Roy Zmich came to Grande, we guessed why he came to you. The most surprising thing is What's puzzling is that he didn't come to attack you, but to live in Grande." Looking at the warehouse, it was obvious that Siris had brought back all the news about Roy's choice of residence in Grande, "Finally we have to The conclusion is that Rut Lesembra must have concealed something during the Sabbat's Zmich civil war." Nenad's unnaturalness was because of the 'him' in his mouth - Roy Zmich. On the side, listening to all this, "Zmich's Civil War may be completely different from what we imagined. Otherwise, based on Roy Zmich's relationship with you, and the lessons of Zmich's experience in Patton, he would not May come to you on any mission.”
I can understand it. According to the apparent cause and effect of the incident, Zach was the cause of the civil war in Zmich. Roy could only hate Zach. And this hatred was confirmed. Remember, the soul expansion during the mayoral election vote was Roy's revenge attack on Zach.
The uncontrollable expression on Roy's face became clearer, it was confusion - he didn't understand the attitude of Nenad and Zach talking at this time. Judging from the hierarchy of the Sabbat, Nenad's way of speaking was too relaxed. And if the Western Sabbat suppresses Zachary Toledo, Nenad's way of speaking is too respectful...
Uh, how to describe this feeling...
How about this-
Zach is the ancestor of the Toledo clan, and Nenad is just a third-generation Cappadocia. The gap in status is here, right? But Toledo's low temperature has been completely suppressed by the emergence of the ancestor of the Lesenbra clan. This is the exact news that the Western Sabbat received from Frank who returned.
Under this influence, Roy believed that Nenad's attitude towards Zach should be neither humble nor condescending, and keep a distance.
Applied to this situation, it is to only deliver the Sabbat's notice without any explanation to Zach - Nenad should respect Zach's rank, but not really take Zach seriously.
And Nenad did more than explain: He explained why it was not Hamilton Lesenbra who made the announcement. I also made a redundant analysis of this notice: I analyzed that the situation of the Western Sabbat is different from the outside world's perception. Nenad was questioning the Sabbat's mission, and he openly expressed his doubts in front of Zach. Isn’t it worth the confusion
Roy began to doubt the relationship between Grande in Barton and Allen Funeral, and whether the relationship between Zach and the team members from the Sabbat was really what the Sabbat people thought.
Observing other people's emotional changes to control their mental state is Zach's specialty. Zach kept smiling, "You guessed it right. Root Lesembula did hide the cause of the Zmich Civil War..."
Roy was momentarily surprised and raised his hand to try to stop Zach.
Zack just easily stood on the other side of Nenad, "Lute participated in the whole civil war in Zmich, and he was so involved that he treated Roy, who was a weapons manufacturing industry, as an abandoned son."
Zach had already said it, but Roy couldn't make Zach take back what he had said. He could only say with a sullen face, "This is between me and Lute Lesembula! Don't tell these third-generation vampires from other clans!! "
"Really~" Zach patted Nenad, "Why don't you thank Roy Zmich? The weapons industry you are currently assigned to in Cappadocia was all 'donated' by him~"
'donate'.
All he wanted was to sting Roy Zmich’s pride!
Nenad's reaction was also quick. He immediately realized the truth about Zmich's civil war and understood what Zach meant. "Oh, I'm really grateful to Zmich for his generosity."
Roy's eyes began to turn red, and his gaze shifted back and forth between Zach and Nenad.
Actually, there is something that needs to be mentioned. Think about the fact that Roy came to Grande. We don't know much about Roy, but one key point can be discovered - this guy is very decisive.
Think about why Roy suddenly attacked Zach when Zach was in Vega, because Zach exposed Zmich's secret in front of Giorgio Giovanni.
When faced with a choice, some people will hesitate, while others will react decisively.
Let’s look at another fact. During the Zmich Civil War, Roy, who was abandoned by Root Lesembula, actually made a strange move and sent a message to Dog Brother, asking him to follow the entire battle process of the Zmich Civil War.
Let’s look at another fact. A century ago, Zmich’s messenger Craig revealed his identity and wanted to awaken Toledo in the middle of Zmich’s ancestral gang to get rid of the siege of the Secret Alliance. What is Roy's decision? Conceal the message of the messenger and erase Craig's existence.
We should not use post hoc consequentialism to evaluate whether Roy's choice was wise or correct.
For example, when attacking Zach, we don't want to know whether he can successfully kill Zach with human weapons, but the idea of attacking Zach so that Zmich's secret can be kept is the right idea.
Another example is to deliver news to Dog Brother. Dog Brother is still a human being and will definitely not have any impact on the civil war in Zmich. But in a place like the Sabbat, where everyone is the minions of Lute Lesenbra, Dog Brother My brother is the only one who can tell the truth about the civil war in Zmich, isn't he
Another example is the behavior of the messenger Craig. The adventure of the Zmich clan offending the Secret Alliance and the Sabbat Alliance at the same time, or maintaining a messenger identity that is already secret to each clan, which one seems more correct at the moment?
So we have to admit that Roy is very good at making decisions. It's hard to say what impact this decision will have over time, but for the moment, Roy's decision is basically not wrong.
Now for Roy, it is another time to judge the current situation and make a decision. As always, his judgment was correct: "You, you..." The redness in his eyes faded, and he suddenly realized, "You have been in the same group for a long time!" Then it turned into a murmur to himself, " I should have guessed! You are helping Cappadocia improve its status! And my Tzimihi is your victim!"
This was talking to himself, not blaming, but Roy was just a little excited.
Nenad glanced at Roy, frowned, ignored it, and continued to talk to Zach, "Hamilton will be even more disappointed in his father (Root). Recently, we have all realized that there is something about Root hiding from us. Many. Before, we could still think that we were in Barton, far away from the Sabbat, and there were some things that we didn’t need to know. But now?" Nenad shook his head, "This is obviously an important event in the Lesenbra clan, but Hamilton Completely unaware.”
Zach was still smiling, "It's okay~ I have already advised Hamilton not to pay too much attention to Root Lesenbula's expectations, just do your own thing." That's it, don't let Anthony's former secretary Gina's incident never made any progress and was forgotten. Hamilton is still investigating this case~
But when Zach and Nenad said this, Roy's self-talking expression changed again, staring at Zach, "Has even Root's son (Hamilton) already stood by your side?!" His The reaction was quick, "Where's Revro? Ha!" He suddenly laughed to himself, "Why do I have to ask? It's because of you that Revro suddenly asked to do a social experiment in Newton, hehe. Zachary... Grande, are you a black hole, and everything that comes close to you will be sucked into you?"
Zach would not answer this inappropriate question. Of course, there was also the reason why Zach didn't know what a black hole was. Zach looked at Roy curiously, "Let me ask you something. Why do you think I wasn't surprised when you came to my place yesterday?"
"Why are you surprised?" Roy snorted, "Didn't my situation in the civil war be under the lens of your descendant (dog brother) every step of the way? Don't you know how I ended up here? Of?"
Zach shook his head, "Dog Brother's footage cannot record the vampire's situation." He didn't explain, "And in the middle and late stages of your Zmich Civil War, Lute Lesembra destroyed Dog Brother's video. About Information about the Zmich Civil War was deliberately destroyed. The only known information about the civil war after that was the official information provided by the Sabbat."
Roy's face was a little gloomy, not towards Zach, but towards Root Lesenbra. Some people do things differently.
Zach gave Roy time to process his emotions, "I knew you were coming because Frank helped Bob deliver the message to me."
Roy was distracted for a moment, "Who is Frank? Who is Bob?"
There was no surprise on Zach's face, "The names of the Lesenbula clan and your ancestor of the Tsimixi clan." He added, "Yes, we have always called each other by our names, so don't be too surprised."
If Zach said he wasn't surprised, wouldn't he be surprised
Roy glared at Zach, "Why do you and the clan ancestor call each other by their first names?!"
Zach doesn't need to answer this.
Today it is not Hamilton who is here, but another benefit of Nenad's coming -
As a member of Cappadocia in this era, there are also clan ancestors sitting in the clan, Nenad now knows some facts that even Hamilton is not clear about: "Just because they are all clan ancestors." Nenad He glanced at Zach, and there was also confusion in his eyes. Obviously, knowing some things does not mean understanding, "Does the relationship between the clan ancestors still need to be pointed out by ordinary vampires like us below?"
After a brief daze, Roy received the deep meaning of Nenad's words with complicated emotions - "Pointing... little..." Roy took a few steps back and looked at Zach, "The ancestors of Lesembula are also the same. You are in a group!! He didn’t listen to Root Lesembra’s order to suppress you in Patton! He was lying to Root!”
It was Nenad who replied for Zach. It was good to have the ancestor of the clan in charge. A third-generation vampire dared to educate a second-generation vampire frequently. But let’s be objective. The ancestors of the Cappadocia family are in the Sabbat, far away. The reason why Nenad is so confident here is because Zach said, "Order? Why should a son order his father, Mr. Roy Zmich?" , don’t you think it’s ridiculous to say such a thing?”
Zach patted Nenad and signaled that Nenad was almost done. Taking two steps closer to Roy, "You don't have to worry about your own situation because of the relationship between Root and Frank's father and son. Look, you are here. It was Bobto Frank who informed me because you took over the Zmich that Root tried to monopolize." The medical experiment was revealed to your father, Bob. If you treat your father, Bob, sincerely, he will return his sincerity to you." Zach was already close to Roy, raising his hand to press the other man's shoulder, "But now you understand that at this time Now all of us in Barton know that you escaped to Barton, and Lute Lesembula tried to control you and disguised your arrival as a mission."
Yes, when Nenad mentioned the mission just now, Roy's expression was out of control, but at least he showed a sneer that disdained to explain his thoughts. and the follow-up, there was an attempt to state to Zach that "this is between me and Root Lesembra."
At this point, it seems, haha, who are you kidding with these superficial efforts? Here, in Barton, among the Grandes, does it make sense to act, whitewash, and disguise for Root
Zach looked at Roy's expression and knew it was almost done, "What are you going to do?"
"How to do it? I don't care about his mission! I'm doing something for him, Lut Lesembra, and that's because I'm stupid!" Oh, Roy already understood. In this Barton, I'm afraid no one is doing anything for Lut Lesenbra. Te Lesembra does the work!
"But you still need a reason to stop in Barton~" Zach smiled.
"You gave me a reason yesterday! The Kraken crusade led by Lord Barton!"
"Not bad, not bad~" It deserves praise. "You have adapted to Barton's rhythm~" Zach was very satisfied, but, "But the blue baby who made you fuss yesterday is named Sean. As long as he is here, you have no hope of interfering. What are you going to do about the Kraken’s crusade?”
"My prejudice against Alpha is my reason, okay?!" What he said was obviously correct, but because of the accumulation of previous emotions, he said it in an angry tone. Alas, my mentality is still a bit broken and needs to be adjusted. "As long as the Kraken crusade related to the Republic's trade is led by Patton's Alpha, can I forcefully intervene?! Who has any objections?"
"No, no~" Zach nodded with a smile and glanced at Nenad, "Did you say anything to Hamilton after you went back?"
Nenad has always been adaptable to Zach's rhythm. This vampire who was the first to side with Zach is different. "Well, yes. Not only Hamilton, there is no problem in passing these words back to the Sabbat." of."
Everything is going well, this weekend is off to a good start. (To be continued)