To Zach's surprise, James, who had not gone back to work at the police station at all, came back after saying what he had to say, "Go home?" Zach had already started the car.
"South District, Weiss's house, I want my car back."
Let James enjoy it, with a vampire with four centuries of life as his driver.
The drive back to the South Side was the same as when it came. James turned on the radio by himself and didn't communicate with Zach, which was fine.
When they arrived at Wes' house, there was no one at home, so James found the key under the stairs on the front porch, which he was familiar with, opened the door and went in without inviting Zach in. Then... "I'm leaving."
"Goodbye!" James was already opening the beer in Wes's refrigerator.
Zach is back in Grande.
As soon as she got home, she saw Sibella sitting on the roof with a serious face.
"Where's 'Jian'?"
Sibella glanced at Zach and did not answer.
Zach parked the car at the warehouse and asked Roy, "Where's the 'Jian'?"
"Going home." Roy answered, but this answer was confusing.
"Home? Does 'Jian' have a home in the Federation?"
"West's home." Roy continued to answer without any tone. "While the two were in a stalemate, the black cat came and said it was time for Jian to fulfill his promise and become its owner. Then the black cat He also said that West no longer exists in this world, and 'Jian' should become West's life in this world to save trouble. Then the two of them left." Roy paused deliberately and said, "Go home. ”
Zach didn't know how to comment - 'Jian' took over West's identity in human society? Forget it, it's better than always wearing the appearance of a dead woman.
Zach left the warehouse and looked for Sibella again, "It's time for you to explain the reason why you have been staying in Grande."
Sibella's current life form does not occupy resources or waste space. But... can you understand, it looks annoying.
Sibella looked down at Zach, "Should I explain? I thought you would be a little self-conscious, but I didn't expect you actually thought I was the one who wanted to stay in Grande?"
What's the meaning? Could it be that after Sibella played a game with Zach inexplicably, she then went the extra mile to come to Grande and brag in front of Zach? Zach still needs to realize himself? What consciousness? It was already clear to Zach that he did not hold Sibella to task angrily and used him to expose Indian cultural and social problems.
Zach still decided to maintain his self-cultivation, "Then please tell me how conscious I should be."
Sibella actually still seemed to be mocking, "I said it, it's not your self-consciousness anymore."
Zach gave up and waved his hands, unable to raise his neck and talk to the air on the roof for a long time under the gaze of the living area employees. Zach entered the Grand. It was almost time for high school students to go home for dinner, and Zach had to prepare dinner.
After getting some ingredients, Zach started to prepare...
Zach looked at his hand holding the knife and preparing to cut the ingredients. The thimble inhabited by the wizard Sam has now become accustomed to Zach and has become a part of Zach's personality...
conscious…
Zach put down the knife and ingredients in his hands, "Sam? Do you want to become a republican alien?"
"You finally asked." Sam, the wizard in the thimble, spoke.
Yes, this is the reason why Sibella has been staying in Grande. Zach should be conscious of it!
Sam's voice was filled with relief, "Because the path to becoming a republican alien will inevitably involve the use of vampire blood, and this is the incident that you and the Sabbat are preparing for recently. I really don't want to take the initiative to mention it." Sam didn't finish speaking, and everyone should listen carefully, "But the alien race in the Republic is really a very good choice for you and me! First of all, I will no longer be restrained by you, and I can provide you with more in the battle. More assistance. Then, I also have the ability to move freely. When there are things that cannot be done in your physical form, I can move freely to complete them for you. Finally, the Holy Lord belief creature that has been giving you and Roy a headache will hate vampires. Regarding the issue of corroding souls, I dare not say anything big right now, but I can guarantee that at least you have me by your side. Even if you live until the world is destroyed, you will not harm any souls that angels or demons want!"
Zach turned his head. Sibella no longer stayed on the roof, but floated beside the desk, continuing to mock, "Finally. Decide quickly. I have my own things to do after this is done."
Zach chose to ignore Sibella and continued to deal with the thimble, "I can understand the first two, but the last one, why are you so confident?"
"Because what I am good at is soul control witchcraft. Just like the battle in the Tower of Babel, I can kill the soul trying to escape before your blood corrodes the wizard's soul! With the ability to move freely, I It guarantees that as long as you think about it, your blood’s restraint on soul aliens will not exist.”
This is a problem with the way Sam expressed it. There was ambiguity. Zach rearranged it, "You mean you can use witchcraft to protect or destroy the soul as I wish before the vampire's blood has a negative impact on the soul. "
"Yes!" The wizard in the thimble affirmed, "If we are fighting, then we will be brutal and violent. If we are just living in daily life, we will be gentle to all things~"
Sibella rolled her eyes from across the kitchen.
Zach continued to ignore it, "Then one day, I will become a complete vampire, and my eating may send my soul to purgatory..."
Completed by Sam, "I won't let you send any souls to purgatory if you want to."
"Wait a minute." Zach closed his eyes, because this future is so beautiful, and the problem of angels and demons against the vampire race in the future is instantly solved! "Let me think."
"Think?" Sibera interjected, probably offended by the continuous ignoring, "What else is there to think about! This is something that is good for everyone!"
Zach did not ignore it directly, but his thinking did not stop, "Of course I want to. This is not my personal problem, this can affect the vampire race... No." Zach shook his head, "This will affect us in this world now. All systems of alien ecology, vampires, wizards, demons, angels, and republican aliens, are establishing a new era pattern." Zach opened his eyes, "The last time I made an epoch-making move to establish a new era pattern ( Abolition of slavery), the Toledo clan I am in has been completely destroyed." He glanced at Sibera, "Now I am not in the Toledo clan, I am in Barton."
Pause for a moment to let the audience understand this analogy - the Toledo clan was completely wiped out a century ago, and now all events revolve around everyone in Zach's Barton, humans and aliens.
Zach asked Sibella, "Do you want to be a part of annihilation?"
Sibella frowned. It’s not Sibella’s fault, sometimes we often forget that the vampire Zachary Toledo, who we watched as a monster and caused trouble all the way, is a bitter and hateful character.
"It seems I don't want to. Then let me think about it." Zach picked up the ingredients and knives again and continued to prepare the ingredients.
The kitchen fell silent.
This silent atmosphere lasted until the high school students came back, lasted until dinner was over, lasted until it was time for the South Side people to wash up and go to bed, lasted until the clock indicated that a new day had begun, and lasted until James walked in drunkenly in the early morning. Grande, said Wes never came home. It lasted until sunrise, lasted until Zach sent James to the North District Police Station to find Wes, and lasted until Zach and James came back.
The silence could not continue. James was too noisy. He took up Grande's office and called frantically, "Is Wes at your place? Then where has he been??" This was a call to the second-hand store in the South District. The phone number of the owner, Old Mel.
"Is Wes at your place?! He's been missing for a day!" This was a call to the homebody Fitz. Surprisingly, James actually maintained the friendship they had during game night.
"Has Wes been to your place?" This was a call to the orphanage where Wes once lived.
Then came a series of calls to Wes' childhood companions, including Cliff, the inheritor.
James became more irritable every time he hung up the phone. The serious atmosphere Grande had built up since yesterday was completely destroyed. Zach couldn't think about anything calmly. He took half of the address book and put it in Grande's hands. Rand Showroom made the call for James.
"Well, um... have you asked where Mary's Church is?" Sires asked cautiously as Zach occupied his workspace.
"Wes doesn't believe in the Holy Lord." Zach hung up the phone and continued dialing. This question is so stupid.
"I mean hell..."
Zach paused and glanced at Sires, "Wes is dead?"
This is not something that Siris, who suggested it kindly, can answer, "I didn't say that... I just think that since you are looking for someone, you should eliminate some, well, possible options..."
Zach pressed hang up, held his tongue, shook his head and started dialing the number of Mary Church.
He was picked up quickly, and the voice of Fallen Angel Tea said, "Is Wes dead?" Zach got straight to the point.
"What?"
"Ask me if Detective Weiss is dead."
"Oh. Wait a minute." He quickly said, "No, we didn't receive his soul."
Zach's face became a little better, "Thank you." As he was about to hang up the phone, Zach didn't want to say too much to Mary Church because he was afraid that if time went by, the problems of the Republic's Angels would come to him. Not conducive to Zach's thinking.
"Do you need our help to find Detective Weiss? Whether he is alive or dead now?"
Zach was a little surprised. With the Republican 'angel' present in Mary's Church, was he still in the mood to do other things? "Do you have the manpower to find someone now?"
"Oh, haha, are you worried about those republican 'angels'? Don't worry, they won't make any moves for a while. They were hit hard in Newton, and yesterday..." Yesterday, when the Holy Lord disappeared, "In short, they are here Condolences.”
This saves trouble, "Okay, help find Detective Weiss. Oh, by the way, if he is alive, he should be driving James' car."
"Yeah." The phone hung up.
Zach shook his head silently and continued on the phone. It's almost a mechanical repetition. The address book I'm using now is a friendly fax from the orphanage. It contains the contact information of people who have lived with Wes. Zach and James didn't recognize most of them, and a few familiar names like Cliff had already called and asked about them before.
So James's temper is understandable. If he wasn't 'desperate' to a certain level, he wouldn't have gone to the point of calling these people and asking where Wes was.
Zach made a few more calls to someone who didn't even know who Wes was. He put down the receiver helplessly and looked at the address book in his hand, seriously doubting whether such an action was meaningful.
The phone rang, and Zach picked it up nearby.
The voice of tea said, "Found it, Detective Weiss is alive and well."
Zach blinked and turned his head to listen to James who was still on the phone angrily in the office, "Where?"
"In the West End, a guest at the Stone Manor. When we found him, he was boxing with Blake Stone, a very practical kind."
Zach was quiet for a while, "Okay, I know." He was about to hang up the phone.
"Do you need more information? We can recall Jackson Bishop and ask, Jackson has been in the West End since Blake resigned and stayed home..."
"No need." Zach knew that there were some bloody things, but it was better that he didn't need to know about them. If you don't realize that this is a bloody incident, let me mention another name, Jason. got it. Then let's just put that fact out there and leave it alone.
Zach hung up the phone and went directly upstairs, "James, Wes found it, in Stone Manor." Without giving James any chance to reply, he threw the car keys directly to James, "If you want to find it, I’ll give you the car and go by yourself.”
James was really slow in a certain way, or in other words unconscious, so he grabbed the car keys and rushed downstairs. Zach didn't bother to remind James - James once rushed to Wes' house like this, and the result was that Wes kicked Jason out of bed, so Blake and Jason started living together, so there was Oh... God knows what James can do this time.
James is no worse than Zach when it comes to turning other people's lives upside down.
The source of the noise disappeared, and Zach found peace again and was able to think clearly.
Sibella also came down from the roof again, getting ready next to Zach, ready to receive the results of Zach's thinking at any time.
"Just do this." As dinner approached, Zach was still preparing the ingredients for dinner. "But I have a request. I don't want to be the leader of the new era alone. I want you to accompany me. "
Si Bella also thought about it, and Si Bella's realization was much faster than Zach's. "Anyway, I will live with you as a vampire, and I will die with you." This means that she agreed to accompany her.
Zach did not try to obscure anything. He wanted to express it very clearly, "I want the wizards under you in Barton who have already formed an alliance with Novel to sign a contract to become a republican alien next to the vampire at some point in the future. protocol."
"Hmph, can't I choose Rimel?"
"No." Zach was firm, "Rimmel doesn't need a wizard, Nophele does. Agree, let's start now."
"Agreed." Sibella stretched out her hand, "Give it to me, Sam." (To be continued)