On Sunday, both General Lance and Roy Zmich asked Zach to take them to the nearest church for worship. Zach satisfied the guest's request... If not, Zach's hospitality would be terrible -
Roy Zmich, not to mention, was completely regarded as a source of happiness by Zach. Seeing Roy being shocked by Barton's situation brought too much pleasure to Zach.
General Lance. At yesterday's dinner, Zach basically 'ambushed' the most powerful general in the Federation. How could a funeral owner from a small eastern town have the courage to become a general's subordinate
Doesn't it sound ridiculous to say this? As a vampire, does Zach need to cling to a relationship with a human general? Let’s put it another way.
Toledo, the Sabbat vampire, had no self-deprecation and reduced himself to a general's subordinate.
Isn't it ridiculous? It seems even more ridiculous!
This is the conclusion, no matter how you look at what happened at last night's dinner, just two words, ridiculous. It's hard for General Lance to have to accept this absurdity.
How to digest this ridiculous fact? General Lance was not prepared to find Zach, who pinned this absurdity on himself. He found his former partner Roy Zmich.
Yes. After yesterday's dinner, General Lance returned to the warehouse without questioning Zach and had a profound discussion with Roy.
I won’t repeat it all to you here, but I’ll excerpt the important parts.
General Lance: "Is it my misunderstanding, or is it the fact that I am a human that hinders my understanding. Our new member of the Sabbat, Toledo, seems to be different from the vampire I have understood throughout my life."
Roy Zmich, "You're not mistaken. Can't you see how much this Grande Toledo likes to emphasize that this is not a Sabbat."
General Lance: "So?"
Roy Zmich, "So here, in Patton, it's a completely different environment than the western society we're used to!"
General Lance, "Please tell me more specifically, is this a good difference or a good difference? I am still just a human being, and I don't want to make any mistakes and ruin my future eternal life."
Roy Zmich, "Well, it's probably a good difference. At least for me, I just need a little different style from Lute Lesembra, so that I can re-plan my path in the Sabbat. "
General Lance: "What about me??"
Roy Zmich, "Then it depends on you. Hmm, think about it, Zachary Toledo is helping your Lance family and your son James, is it because of Root... Lesembra's orders at the Sabbat."
General Lance, "If I remember correctly, Toledo started helping James while he was still maintaining his secret identity."
Roy Zmich, "Look, you've got the answer."
General Lance, "Indeed, it looks like I have it."
The interception is over.
Do you know why this part is important? By the way~ Because Zachary Toledo was completely separated from the two members of the Sabbat and Lute Lesembra.
Zach sent the two guests to the Evangelical Church in the South Side but did not enter. As mentioned last week's service, it was Zach's last service on this earth.
General Lance probably came to worship out of habit, and Roy Zmich was probably the same. Zach didn’t say anything, sent the people into the church, greeted the devil in the Evangelical Church, and then turned back to Grande. There is funeral work to be done today.
When I returned to Grande, the relatives of the deceased were already waiting in Grande. But the person discussing the funeral with Zach was not a relative of the deceased, but Wes.
It's the funeral tomorrow.
"The North District Police Department will bear all the expenses of this funeral." Weiss seemed not used to handling funeral matters. "Chief Darcy said that everything is up to you."
Then just follow Zach and quickly checked the location of the cemetery and the coffin. "I'm just a little curious, how did James get Darcy to agree to give this funeral to Grande." Answer Zach I know, I just want to hear what Weiss has to say.
"Threat." Weiss frowned, full of irritation, "I really don't know what James thinks! What good does threatening his own director do to him!"
"Maybe he thinks there's no harm in it." Zach said casually. Since what happened is no different from what I know, there is no need to ask, "Don't the family members have any questions about such a hasty funeral?"
"He (the deceased) died outside of working hours." Sacrifice, huh, forget it, Zach didn't make any comments, "The arrangement made by the police department is the best arrangement that the family can get in this situation. . Tsk." Weiss's face became a little angry, "Not to mention that such sacrifices in the line of duty can receive a large amount of insurance compensation. Even if the family members have any concerns, they will not raise them now!" Weiss seemed a little disappointed with human nature. "At least until they get compensation!"
Zach understood it, just like Chapman's suicide intention.
The police department is unsurprisingly unanimous in this matter. The only issue they consider is to save the police's face.
"What about the case?"
"The bureau has arranged for a few gangsters who have been in the bureau for a long time to plead guilty to their illegal activities in the Bechi District yesterday. The case." Wes glanced at Zach, "It's gone."
That's not what Zach asked. "I'm not asking about the police's arrangements for covering up the case. I'm asking about the progress of the real case."
"What progress can be made? James has stopped investigating!" Wes lowered his voice. "So far, I have only heard James say that the whole case is about Director Darcy trying to frame someone! Who? Why? ?I do not even know!"
It sounds like Wes is unaware of the existence of Inheriter Bell. Zach also felt no need to involve Wes.
He quickly sorted out the quick funeral arrangements, "You go and show the family members, and I'll go see the body."
It’s not that Zach doesn’t want to have contact with the family members of the deceased. In fact, this is not something that the funeral home can decide—unlike any other human service transaction, the people the funeral industry provides services to are almost impossible to overlap with the people who receive the services. Therefore, there is such a strange phenomenon that the funeral industry can completely ignore the party who needs a funeral and only entertain those who pay.
In addition, with Wes's explanation of this funeral, Zach also understood that the family members of the deceased in Grande were executing the police station's arrangements for profit. Zach had nothing to do with such relatives. of.
Zach went down to the basement.
As soon as I opened the bag that sealed the body, a touch of cyan floated up from the body. A soul that has become an undead soul in hell, looking at Zach.
Zach blinked and compared the appearance of the undead with the body opened on the stone platform. Well, a person.
"The devil from hell said Detective Lance released me without telling me what to do after interrogating me."
Well.
Did the fallen angel in Mary's Church do such a boring little thing on purpose
Zach ignored it and checked the wounds on the body - Bell's defensive counterattack was not very accurate. James also said that this guy was not killed with one blow, but bled to death.
The wound is a bit ugly, and Zach needs to take care of it for tomorrow's funeral.
"I know you can see me. The Earthbinder who came in just now, Ryan, told me that you are a vampire."
Tsk.
Ryan's habit is really bad. Every time Grande's corpse comes to him, he has to come over to see if he has brought a soul with him. Hey, this habit is quite pitiful. We understand that no one in Grand Land treats Ryan well, and Ryan can only hope that these poor souls can relieve his depressed life in Grand Land.
Zach still ignored it and treated the wounds on the body.
"You must think I'm a bad detective. There were so many crimes going on in Barton, but I died because of one of Chief Darcy's illicit affairs."
Zach still didn't want to respond. Zach doesn't even want to know the other person's name, does he still care about the other person's mental journey? Stop being funny.
"You don't want to pay attention to me. I understand me. I am no one. I am just the kind of jealous person who occasionally talks about you, the mysterious informant who helps him in the dark, behind the back of Detective Lance, who already has a family background."
The movements in Zach's hands accelerated. Zach could easily erase the existence of this person. In other scenarios, this behavior seems reasonable - the attributes of vampires determine that they will not tolerate being harassed by a foreign soul.
But now Zach is repairing his body so that he can have an image that can be displayed at tomorrow's funeral to complete his last journey in this world. Uh... now he is erasing his soul. It seems a bit... uh, let's feel it. , is it a bit...hypocritical...I don't know, let's feel it for ourselves. Anyway, Zach just continued to speed up the movements in his hands, as if he was not prepared to talk at all.
"I already heard about it on the way here. My funeral is tomorrow, right?"
Zach wouldn't answer.
"If I still have a chance to return to this world because Detective Lance didn't give Hell the next step of instructions, I think my right action should be to entangle the person who killed me, right?"
Zach didn't stop moving in his hands, but he took the time to glance at the cyan undead.
"Director Darcy should attend my funeral. After all, he paid for it."
Well, strictly speaking, it was paid for by the North District Police Department. However, there seems to be no difference here.
"I should wait for him here."
Zach withdrew his gaze. There was only one wound and it didn't take much time.
"Can I wait here with you? I promise I'll be quiet."
"You can." Zach answered. Watching the undead float back to the body, Zach resealed the body like a freezer. Just wait until tomorrow before the funeral, and the family members will send the clothes and arrange the remains.
Zach left the basement. The family members had already left after getting the funeral arrangements. As expected, they cooperated with the police station's arrangements. There was nothing to say. Some people don't know what to do when they face the death of a relative or friend. At this time, there is a third party to help these people. It wouldn't be a bad thing for friends and relatives who don't know what to do to have clear guidelines for action.
Hey, this is a funeral home, so you don’t have to agree with what happened here.
Wes stayed, but looked like he didn't know what to do.
Zach was a little curious, "Don't you have anything to do?"
"No." Wes said honestly, "My job today is to bring people here, and then..." With a tangled look on his face, "arrange a farewell bachelor party for James."
"Farewell bachelor party?" It's not that Zach doesn't know what it is, but he didn't expect James to have such a hobby.
Wes had a frown on his face, "It's like I know what a normal male bachelor party should do!!"
Well. Don’t forget the attribute of Wes’ deep cabinet. Indeed, this is the honor that belongs to the best man. It would be too difficult for him to rest on him.
Zach didn't know whether to laugh or sympathize with Wes, neither seemed appropriate - Wes was very bothered by that kind of talk, even if it was a hint, remember.
"Under normal circumstances, it would be enough to take James to a bar that provides some specific services." Zach could only give Wes serious advice, "But due to the status of you and James, it is difficult to go to that kind of place." , It doesn’t seem to be too..." It seemed that Zach was a little stumped. Zach tilted his head, "How about you guys do it at home and book a few dances..."
"No!" Wes refused very decisively, "I won't let that kind of woman enter my home! I..." paused, with an ugly face, "Physiologically unacceptable."
Why.
"James's house?"
"No way. Kate has already scheduled her farewell bachelorette party at his house, and everyone from Newton should be coming to Barton!"
"Yuehua Baiying came to Barton?" Surprised, but not surprised.
Kate herself knew very well how the Lance family viewed her. After all, she wanted to use human organ evidence as a bargaining chip to threaten General Lance. Kate needs her life to be safe, so who better to ensure that during the wedding than a dark witch? Oh, it's just the same as before when Kate was afraid of aliens and hid in Newton.
However, Yuehua Baiying can be considered kind. When Kate was in Newton, she helped Kate to protect her life without any grudges. Now she continues to show kindness and has taken over the role of bridesmaid~
But don’t take all of this as the black witch’s good intentions. Everyone should think about it, becoming the bridesmaid of the bride of the Lance family is completely beneficial to the black witch. Think about it~ Black Witch, General of the West~ isn’t it~
"Here we come." Wes shook his head, really annoyed, "James is my most important friend, and I don't want his party to pass by casually. It's really, really annoying!"
Zach raised his eyebrows, "I have an idea. It can not only meet the needs of the party, but also suit your identity as a law enforcer~"
"What?"
"Today is Sunday, and Barton's gray professionals regularly go to Bobo's Bar to party tonight." Zach said with a smile, "You and James can't have a party on that occasion, but~ you can go 'Excuse me 'A gathering of a bunch of gray professionals~ This will be the farewell bachelor party that suits James best~"
Wes's eyes were already lighting up, "Thank you!"
"Haha, no need~" Being so worried about someone's marriage but unable to attend the wedding, Zach is used to it~ (To be continued)