Sibella's funeral... Zach showed up, but he really couldn't accept the Indian clothes Sibella requested, so he returned to Grande after arranging the process.
This time Zach really didn't hide from the media, and was very cooperative in arranging to take photos with several people from the Paisin Carnival Committee.
Roy yelled next to him for a long time, begging Zach to stop causing trouble, but Zach ignored him, "I just want to cause trouble, and it would be best to piss Lute Lesembra to death, so as to save all of us trouble. "
However, after returning to Grande, Zach went to look in the mirror and asked himself in the mirror, "How many of us are there now?"
Zach in the mirror replied, "One. After the reports and news about today's funeral are released, this number will increase by an order of magnitude each time."
"Very good." Zach was very satisfied. "It's time for the world to see what Toledo really looks like."
It was probably halfway through the funeral process that Zack showed Roy the true use of his imaging power - the Zack in the mirror was not a copy of Zack in the real world at all, he could change the way he was seen at will. .
Roy was very... jealous: "Only Toledo can give full play to this ability."
This is a fact. Changing the way he is seen by others can indeed ensure that every time Zachary Toledo changes his identity, he will not be affected by the image data left in his previous identity, but once someone appears who has a certain identity with Zach, Entering Zach's new life, some troubles arise. At this time, only Toledo's charming eyes can completely remove Zach's former life from him.
Zach and Roy discussed what the alien morticians in the West might think after seeing Toledo's photos -
A more extreme person may feel that Toledo is digging his own grave and completely resisting the process of privatizing the funeral industry.
One possibility is more rational. At a time when the various vampire clans of the Sabbat had already isolated Root and began to make social adjustments to defend against the wizard family, it can be understood that Toledo used this method to ensure that ordinary Indians in the country of the Federation of stability. Thus joining the trend of social stability in the west and beginning to cooperate with the privatization process.
Roy has a good understanding of western society. "The key lies in the Cappadocia clan. They have been at the bottom of the Sabbat vampire class for a long time and have the most contact with the ordinary foreign races in the Sabbat. If Cappadocia is The more Tori speaks, the more aliens will support you!"
Zach agreed, called Allen Funeral Home, and told Nenad what he thought. At the end of the call, he saw Harrison slipping into Grande.
"What are you doing?" Zach looked at Harrison, who was squirming at the door of the office.
"I...can I borrow your bathroom?"
"Whatever." Zach ignored it and went downstairs to continue looking for Roy. He didn't have anything big to say and started chatting -
"I've been thinking about the battle we had with the wizard in the Tower of Babel recently." Zach started the topic, "Did you see Eve Rimmer's battle?"
"Of course I saw it!" Roy curled his lips, "The colonial war four centuries ago, if Rimel was willing to fight properly, the result might not be like this."
"Haha, it's pointless if you're still struggling with this." Zach waved his hand, "And you have to understand that Rimmer has lived in the Federation for four centuries. He studied the witchcraft of this continent in the once secret alliance, and then he Her fighting performance in the Tower of Babel was achieved after a year of close communication with the wizards on magic and witchcraft research."
Roy didn't refute, but he went astray, "Are you jealous? Rimel can fight fiercely with the wizard. With the help of the wizard Sam, you can only hide behind! Toledo, huh, fighting ability Just a weakling!"
Without Zach's response, Zach's body appeared as a ghost, and Sam stepped out - yes, now Sam can move freely and no longer needs a thimble. He is a ghost and cannot be consumed by vampire blood. He can possess Zach at will, "That's not the case now~"
Zach waved to Sam to come back and continued to talk to Roy, "I'm not jealous at all." When Sam reintegrated into himself, Zach stretched his body uncomfortably and whispered, "You No need to wrap me up, just stay in one place."
Roy watched the ghost of Zach gather in Zach's pupils, and curled his lips several times, "Waste! If anyone deserves to be assisted by an Indian wizard who no longer has a body, that person should definitely not be you!"
This sentence is naked jealousy, but Roy also touched on an important point - there are no longer body Indian wizards. This means that such Indian wizards no longer have the ability to hold legal real estate. In other words, Indian wizards, the biggest threat to vampires, have disappeared.
The hatred left over from history may not be so easy to eliminate, but when faced with an Indian wizard who no longer has the ability to draw and wander vampires, even a vampire like Roy can barely maintain an objective psychological judgment. Vampire plus wizard Combination practicality.
Since it is a practical judgment, Roy is right. Toledo, whose combat ability is mediocre, is indeed not worthy of having such a powerful support.
"Don't get angry with me just because I'm chatting with you." Zach was more objective, "You also saw that Dora Nofele also came to attend Sibella's funeral." Yes. , although the Novelles did not officially appear, they were in Grande's tomb area, in the shadows, "Dora's fighting ability may not be anything in your eyes, but Dora is now You have formed a combination with Sibera. Looking at the entire federation, I am afraid that except for your own Tsimich clan, you think no one is worthy."
Roy snorted and acquiesced.
"You should swallow your grievances. You understand that Novel and I are just the first ones. Our goal is that all vampires can have a wizard combination. Look further ahead and don't be affected by the jealousy in front of you."
Zach waved his hand. These words were actually off topic. What Zach wanted to talk about was Rimmer who started this topic. "Actually, think about it, we are just getting closer to Rimmer now. Rimmer is our vampire." The strongest clan in the tribe, they have the body of a vampire and the soul of a magician." Zach tilted his head, "I'm wondering what Rimmer thinks of today's Sabbat..."
"I*!!"
A curse came from the second floor, Harrison's voice.
Zach glanced sideways, "Harrison, are you okay?"
"No! Not good! I'm not good at all!!"
Zach shook his head helplessly, then went upstairs to the bathroom at the end of the corridor. Because he heard a chaotic noise, Zach did not open the door immediately. At the door, he asked, "Do you need help?"
"Yes, yes..."
Zach pushed open the door and stepped in. In an instant, Zach's face wrinkled, and Zach turned his head away and exited the bathroom, "What are you doing, Harrison?"
Harrison was kneeling on the ground, with his lower body hollowed out and his butt sticking out! Zach couldn't get this image out of his mind for a short time.
"I want to put my tailbone back!!" Harrison probably knew that his posture was terrible, but his trouble was real, "I, I'm not in the right position!!"
"Tail vertebrae..." Zach tilted his head and read it helplessly before giving the instruction, "Tuck it back, anywhere." Then he stretched out his hand, and in his sideways eyes, the overlapping pupils moved briefly. , a break appeared on the tip of Zach's outstretched finger, and a drop of blood popped out and fell towards Harrison's butt.
Three seconds passed, and Harrison stood up and quickly packed his clothes, "Thank you, thank you..."
"No." Zach had already turned around and was about to leave, "No one needs to know that I helped you."
Alas, Zach was trying his best to erase the impression this episode had left on his mind.
"Wait, wait a minute..." Harrison stopped Zach.
"Is there anything else?" Zach didn't look back, he just stood still and asked.
"You, you know a lot about the slave era a century ago, right..."
Zach was already frowning. There are several topics that are landmines for Zach, but Zach’s training prevents him from exploding easily. But anyone who knows Zach should be aware and don't deliberately mention these things in front of Zach. Slave is one of them.
Zach didn't reply. Zachary Toledo doesn’t need to answer that question.
"You, you know what kind of punishment can deform a person's tail vertebra..."
Zach still didn't answer. It was Roy who had touched him on the other side of the corridor and said, "There are too many. You have to be more specific." Roy didn't come up out of boredom. He wanted to borrow the phone and ask Zach for help. With a signal, Ke entered the office after Zach agreed, picked up the receiver and started dialing.
Zach didn't ask who Roy was calling. He guessed it—in recent days, Roy often called to chat with Nick Giovanni.
This was done after a discussion with Zach. Time to explain, now.
Harrison looked past Zach, who had no intention of replying, and shouted to Roy in the office, "There is a hole in my tailbone! You can put a stick in it!"
The description was so bad that Zach picked up his feet and left.
"Oh, then it's not a punishment~" Roy, who was dialing the number, glanced at Harrison, "When you were a human, you should have been with a master who had special interests and hobbies~ That hole of yours is not for inserting a stick, hum. , probably used to connect some 'parts'~" Roy's smile made people uncomfortable, "He doesn't treat you as a human being."
"what do you mean??"
"It means that some people at that time liked inhuman things, but they didn't dare to do anything to them, so they transformed the slaves they could safely and freely manipulate into what they wanted to satisfy them. My own curiosity." Roy said very easily, "There were too many people like this in the old West, especially when the Sabbat's shaping of social classes was not yet complete. Those people did not dare to instruct the aliens who were powerful by them. , you can only satisfy yourself in this way.”
Zach was already on the stairs. He frowned after hearing this. He was calling from a distance, "Roy, I really hope that the former Sabbat did something to suppress this disgusting behavior."
"We did it~" Roy's answer was still relaxed, "The Sabbat has confirmed the social class. Nowadays, humans can let the aliens do whatever they want if they give them a hamburger..." Roy's phone went through, "Oh , nothing, just chatting with Zach about the Federation a century ago... "
Well.
Zach shook his head and went downstairs quietly without disturbing Roy's phone call.
Harrison caught up with Zach, "I, I..."
Zach really didn't know what Harrison wanted to say, and at the same time, Zach didn't want to discuss the world before that with Harrison, "You are a ghoul now. The past is not important."
Harrison obviously agreed with this, but in an instant, the comfort disappeared from his face, and he looked confused, "Zach, Zach, I might..."
Zach didn't want Harrison to bring the topic to a place where he was uncomfortable, but having a guy beside him who kept hesitating didn't make Zach feel comfortable either, "If you have something to say, just tell me."
"Ah!" was allowed, "There's a guy... uh, I don't know who he is! But he said I used to be his body! Today he called me out of the blue and said he needed me!"
Zach waited for the point of the narrative.
"Oh!" Harrison had an idea, "He asked me to check my coccyx! He said there was something wrong with my coccyx! I just checked! He was right!"
Zach is still waiting. In Zach's opinion, the important point has not yet appeared.
"Ah!" Harrison thought again, "I didn't dare to tell Amelia about this!"
That was the point—the point that Zach was willing to participate in.
"I still haven't decided whether to tell Emilia or not." Zach hit the nail on the head.
"I, I don't know..."
"Then make a decision, and then stick to that decision." Zach raised his hand and pressed Harrison's shoulder, "You are a man, and such broad shoulders allow you to take on some things. Amelia is a good person. Woman, you love her, a fragile human woman who needs your protection, right?" Zach slapped Harrison's shoulder hard, and the direction couldn't be more obvious.
Then, "No one needs to know the little favor I just did for you." Zach also has his own insistence. Some scenes that should not be seen should be allowed to quietly disappear in the memory of the person involved.
"But if that person calls me again, I don't know how he got my phone number..."
"Change phone numbers." Zach didn't hide his tendency at all. "On one side is the woman you love now, and on the other side is the guy who is a complete stranger to you saying he needs you. Harrison, you know what the point here is. , you know how to weigh this decision, right." Don't forget to measure Harrison's shoulder width again.
"I, I know..."
After solving Harrison's episode, Zach looked up in the direction of the office. Nick Giovanni was talking to Roy on the phone: "The Cappadocia ancestors ran away. We caught those in the wizard family. With the help of the werewolf who was preparing to create Alpha, I relaxed for five minutes, and the Cappadocia ancestor ran away without a trace like a naughty kid going shopping for the first time." (To be continued)