It was mid-afternoon before government censors in the Grande left. Not long after the gang left, Huanren Qiao came.
He's here to apologize for nearly ruining Evan's eligibility for the Grand Halfway House.
But it's hard for Zach to say whether the apology is sincere - first of all, it's not Joe's fault, it's Evan's fault. Is Joe qualified to represent Evan? Secondly, apologizing is meaningless. Before the censors come to Grande, it is meaningful to inform Grande in advance that there may be changes in the itinerary.
Now that people are coming, no matter how sincere they are, what's the use. Forget it, there is no need to blame a fantasy person for this kind of thing. Illusive people have no ability to make independent choices. Huh, most likely Evan wishes that Grande would be unlucky. He thinks so every day. Fantasy Joe is just 'kidnapped' by this desire.
So Zach's attitude was very general, "The matter is in the past, don't mention it again." This is not a comfortable outcome for anyone, so let's change the story.
Fantasy Joe couldn't say anything else. After Grandry was left alone for a while, he said, "I'm going to follow your suggestion and go to Newton Fantasy to learn how fantasy people live in human society."
This was a good decision, better than him relying on the typical bad guy cycle of Patton and Evan.
"Do you want me to say hello to Newton for you?" Zach asked.
"Thank you very much."
Zack acted quickly and called Newton Rich, Newton Revero and his descendant Kent, telling them that the Phantom in Barton was going to Newton and asked them to take care of it.
Joe didn't waste any more time. Knowing that he had a safe landing in Newton, he drifted towards Newton.
From the time Fantasy Joe came to Grand to the time he left, the whole process was not long. The incident itself was actually quite small. There is no need to tell you specifically, but I still want to inform you that there was such an incident in Grand this afternoon. Little things happen because—
Sibella's husband Corden was in Grandry to see the whole thing.
Do you still remember Corden’s previous occupation? He was a hunter. Just like Sibella used to be a family wizard, two retired people came to Barton to live their retirement life.
Not long after Joe left, this former hunter, now an old Indian man who had lost his wife and had no children, moved in next to Zach.
"Do you believe that nonsense? Huh, a fantasy person, wants to learn how to live in human society? Ridiculous!"
There’s something that needs to be explained clearly first—
First of all, Zach didn't understand why Roy would 'take in' Colden Grande. A wake is a wake, and the wake Zach agreed to does not include letting the other party live in Grandry for the past seven days!
Secondly, Zach doesn’t even understand the reason why Roy completely relayed this little incident about the fantasy man Joe Grande to Corden.
Everyone should know that among the members of Sibera's family, Sibera is the only one who has the talent for witchcraft. It's just that the ordinary Indian Corden Gale cannot see alien souls. The process of Joe coming to Grande was relayed to Corden simultaneously by Roy.
Finally, what Zach couldn't understand the most was Corden's question. After listening to Roy's narration, he asked Roy once. Roy pointed directly in Zach's direction, "Go ask him!"
In summary, Zach really doesn't understand the meaning of Roy causing this trouble for himself.
But now that this trouble has come to him, Zach looked helplessly at Roy who was avoiding him, "There are so many aliens living in human society in Barton. You are discriminating against fantasy people."
"Discrimination is discrimination, I don't care!" Corden said firmly, "When Grande took in a fantasy man (then Danny, now Dance), I told my wife (Sibella ) said that sooner or later that phantom man would cause trouble in Glendale!" Corden also glared at the west, in the direction of the Church of the Holy Child, "Sure enough! The republicans were brutally murdered because of him, you can't deny it, right? ! Fantasy people are not suitable to live with humans! This race’s damage to human society is catastrophic!”
What Corden said is true, but his vision is too narrow—
Zach did not use a serious tone, but said, "Name an alien race that is not catastrophic to human society."
"you!"
"Me?" Zach was amused, "Haha, I'm afraid some people will line up to refute you. You need to give more examples of what people want."
"Uh, Walter!"
"Have you forgotten that Walter used to make a living by defrauding senior citizens." Remember that, everyone.
"Tsk, Morelin!"
"Thank God, Morelin became a tailor. Can you imagine what he would have done in any other profession?"
"Shadowman Wander!"
Corden's idea was correct. He started with the humanoid alien race, and then, after Zach's reminder, he realized that even this alien race that could be considered a special human race had only found a way to live in line with human life. If this lifestyle is wrong, the consequences will be equally disastrous. So Corden started walking in the direction of the harmless alien. The most representative one is naturally the shadow man who is too weak.
"How does a policeman become a paradise step by step?" Zach said to Chapman, and at the same time glanced at Corden, "You are on the right track. Maybe the movie actor Wander has not done much to society. Destructive, but he completely changed the life of a normal person. You used to be a hunter, and you know that this behavior is no different from the aliens who caused great panic in society."
"Mirror Man Didi..." Corden shut up himself. Mirror Man Didi is now the angel Crowley, an angel who takes charge of all human souls in Newton and preaches that anyone can enter heaven. Haha, harmless to human society? Corden couldn't say this.
Zach didn't say anything. He simply said, "As long as it is a foreign race, it will cause damage to human society, just like humans themselves are not all law-abiding. What we are doing is that since everyone is in this world, We are just trying to find a way to coexist with each other, no one is superior to the other." After giving the conclusion, Corden's gloomy thinking will no longer be disturbed.
Zach was not completely idle. In the middle of the review, Emilia called Grande in the nursing home and said that the slime bluntly said that he did not simply want to settle in Barton, but that he wanted to come to Grande. De settle!
Zach has always felt that Emilia has been a little strange since yesterday's funeral of Si Bella, and now she is using various reasons to find Zach to participate in her work, which makes Zach a little confused. But because of Harrison's episode, Zach really didn't want to ask.
So Zach could only respond passively. When Cologne came to find Zach, Zach was actually looking at the slime information, which was faxed by Emilia.
Slime Bill is a businessman. As he once confessed in front of Zach, the products he deals in range from vampire blood to empty soul shells that are about to disappear in the world; from witchcraft props to hunters' weapons; from From human identity to alien body parts... everything.
In the information, Emilia asked him why he wanted to go to Grande. Bill has an answer, but I don’t know if it’s true. I’ll just repeat the Q&A written in the information—
"I have given up on Toledo's blood, but Barton still has products that I absolutely want to sell! Things related to the Republic and the Alien Race! Did you know? The Republic and Alien Race can grow from ordinary artifacts!!"
This should be talking about the birth of the 'elves' among the alien races in the Republic.
"Then why Grande? You should at least know that the forces currently studying the republican aliens in Barton are wizards led by Riemer and Sibella of the Smith family."
"As long as I live in Grande and live with that Zachary Toledo, am I still worried about my relationship with Rimmer and the wizard?! And now Rimmer's relationship with the Sabbat is still uncertain. , Sibera's wizard only has a ten-year safety period with the Sabbat! Facts have proved that Rimmer can't protect me!" This should be talking about his purchase of blood in Thorin's nightclub, and the news was leaked, " Sibella's wizard only has a safe period of ten years, and I don't want to take this risk! Grande is my best choice!"
For a speculative businessman, this idea is not surprising.
I won’t go over the question and answer process here, but we can also see the tone of the exchange between Emilia and this Slime Bill.
Now Zach was not very happy. Even without thinking too much, he knew that it would not be a good thing if there really was such a guy in Grande who used Grande to achieve his own goals.
What left Zach speechless the most was that at the end of the information, Amelia wrote the conclusion of the first evaluation - Bill was very sincere and answered all questions. Except for the occasional excitement, his logic was clear and his expressions were complete. He was a wise man. As a normal alien, the decision on whether Barton can accept his existence: To be determined.
What the hell? Is Emilia out of her mind? Is this a problem for Grande? Or is it that Emilia is deliberately causing trouble for Zach! Still to be determined? This guy with his own uncertainties should get rid of Barton as soon as possible!
Zach wanted to complain more about Amelia in his heart.
"What are you looking at?" Corden's thought ended.
"Nothing." Zach closed the document.
"Is it the slime information that Emilia faxed to you before?"
Well, Roy even relayed this to Corden.
Zach didn't hide it, "Yes."
"show me."
Say no? Uh, it's like Zach has something to hide. Zach handed the information to Corden, but he didn’t want to worry about what Corden wanted to do anymore. He entered the Grand and prepared dinner in advance—
Tonight is the fundraising dance. The high school students have already greeted Zach early in the morning and will come back to Grande early to prepare.
The lunch reviewers consumed a large amount of ingredients in Grande. Fortunately, Zach asked Siris to purchase it before, so there will be no problem with dinner. Zach can foresee that a group of high school students will come after Grande is completed today. Food Must be sufficient.
Siris was called to help, and Roy and Hank, who were reluctant, were called to help. While Roy kept complaining, "I'm a second-generation Zimich! I'm actually preparing dinner for a bunch of teenagers!" he started preparing dinner.
The work didn't last long, and Corden also entered the kitchen and put the materials he had read outside. Zach was a little surprised and joined in the cooking work.
Of course, this Indian man intentionally or unintentionally occupied the position next to Zach, "Dr. Amelia Browning's judgment is good. It is important to confirm whether the alien minds integrated into human society are normal."
Hey, it’s not surprising, Zach knew this guy was going to find him.
Several other vampires in the kitchen looked at Zach and Corden, watching the excitement quietly and calmly.
Zach knows that he has already suffered a loss from Corden in the previous topic of racial discrimination. According to normal social rules, when the other party takes the initiative to raise the topic again, Zach should have the emotional intelligence to give the other party an advantage. Just this topic, hey, really left Zach speechless. He could only respond, "Yes." He had no desire to communicate.
Corden probably took this as an encouragement to change his direction, "When I was a hunter, I didn't see all the aliens going up to kill them. There are many alien races and few hunters. We know how to cherish our lives and reduce unnecessary fights." He said Talking about his life experience, there was nothing to refute, "This is an important basis for me to judge whether this alien race needs to be eliminated." He paused and seemed speechless. What he said next, "Is this alien race unreasonable?" .”
There was a sound of pots and pans clashing. It was Sires who made a mistake when cracking eggs. In this kitchen, the youngest guy in every sense is indeed the most unstable~
"I'm sorry, sorry!" Sires apologized, and Siris cracked the eggs again, doing it in one go, but he was conscious of it.
Zach left Corden aside, knowing that as the master, he would be derelict in his duty if he did not ease the atmosphere, "You mean that as a hunter, your first action after contacting a foreign race is to see if the other party can have a normal conversation. "
Look, what Zach said is great. Being able to have a conversation means that he may be reasonable, and it means that the hunter may not have to fight so hard. If you can't have a conversation, just meet and start fighting, and don't you care about what happens next.
Corden pouted and nodded, thanking Zach for explaining it to him, "But of course this is my personal style. As you can see, I retired after meeting Sibella in middle age. . Probably according to my principles, I probably wouldn’t be able to live this long if I didn’t retire.”
This is a fact that is not personal experience.
It’s not like we haven’t seen normal hunters before. Ravenci was once one. Did he try to talk to the ghouls he killed? Did he try to talk to his brother Ryan? No, when he showed up at James's house and tried to kill James with one blow, he didn't try to talk to James, whose identity was not sure whether he was a foreigner!
Ravenqi was in Barton just to kill the aliens. He didn't even care about his own blood relationship, and he still cared about whether the aliens were mentally normal.
Corden is self-aware, and his personal experience is not universal.
Zach didn't answer this. Zach didn't know much about Corden's life, but he did know a little bit about Sibera. Zach knew that Sibera was once the person in the wizard family responsible for rescuing the female wizards captured by werewolves. After a certain operation, she met Corden, a hunter, and then they retreated to Barton to live together.
When two people met like this, what happened that made them leave their environment and start a new life together? Zach didn't want to think about it casually.
Corden continued, "Although I agree with Emilia's judgment, I still feel that her expertise is not enough for this kind of thing."
Zach raised his eyebrows but said nothing.
"Emilia can evaluate the psychology of the alien race, but she cannot evaluate the impact that the alien race itself can bring to this society..." Corden looked at Zach specifically, "The impact, whether it is good or bad."
Zach felt a little bit what Corden meant, "For example, the fantasy Joe you talked about before. Like your unconcealed prejudice, Joe's desire to live a good life is proof of his sanity, which is Emilia's professional ability. Judgment, but as a fantasy person, Joe is an alien who will have uncontrollable impact on society after all." Zach also felt that Corden at least turned the 'catastrophic damage' into a neutral 'influence', and he People listened carefully to what Corden said before, "Even if Emilia has Harrison's help in this regard, she is only an amateur. But the impact of aliens on society is your expertise."
Corden's head hit hard, "Yes, this is my major." After a short pause, "I can go to the nursing home to do Amelia's..." After a moment of hesitation, "Assistant." Without waiting, Zach Say, "I don't have a wife, I don't have kids, I need to find a job to keep me motivated to live."
What else could Zach say
Nodding, "Let me help you talk to Amelia."
"Thank you." (To be continued)