midnight.
For a city where cultural diversity is becoming more and more prosperous, time really means nothing. As many people are asleep now, there should be as many people still awake, just like during the day.
Okay, that's an exaggeration. Barton is really not a big city. Even if you count those republicans who are jet-lagged, er, working or tourists or even immigrants, people who are already in a dream state at midnight are still better than those who are still living. There are a lot more people in the nightlife.
Our vampire is naturally the one who is awake. Just like at the beginning of this story, the reason the vampire is awake is not because he has some vampire-style 'exciting' nightlife to live. Just... life.
Zach had been standing in the shadows outside Ford Funeral Home's office for a long time.
It's not that Zach can't go in, Zach is just waiting. Wait for the people inside to come out, or wait for someone to go in
Everyone is mature enough. When talking about nightlife, we don’t only think of those low-level things. Nightlife includes night work.
I don’t know when it started, but it became normal for Ford Funeral Home to continue working at night.
The owner of Ford Funeral Home, Mr. Ford, was one of those who worked at night. Zach, who was waiting in the shadows at this time, just wanted to see how Ford's night work was carried out.
The incinerator at Ford's funeral was not operating, and no one would ask for their loved one to be cremated at this time. Mr. Ford, who was still in the office, was probably working on paperwork.
But... ugh. As a funeral home, when has Grande ever worked so late
Zach had indeed been 'working' so late at night. The hour of midnight occurs too many times in this story, and too many events occur at this conveniently descriptive moment. Zach was awake, and we followed Zach and watched those things unfold.
But those are not jobs in the funeral industry, right? They are commissions, boring tricks of some gods, interest plots of some inhuman groups, and important matters related to the world structure...
The point now isn't how hard Zach works, it's Mr. Ford. What does Ford do in the office? Huh, it can't be a job in the funeral industry anyway. Don't forget, Ford has given up competing with Grande. He knows that no matter what tricks Ford plays at the cremation, they can't compare to Grande's vampires! Therefore, it cannot be a legitimate job in the funeral industry, then...
Whatever it was, Zach didn't want to interrupt, he just wanted to observe for now.
Observation has results.
Mr. Ford was not the only one working at Ford Funeral Home. The Chaozi employees who appeared in Xiaobai's transfer incident are also working. The guy would go into Ford's office every once in a while, tell him something, and then leave and return to the morgue where Ford's funeral stored the body.
This was repeated many times, and each time Mr. Ford's workload increased. From Zach's perspective, the documents on Mr. Ford's desk were being rummaged through and becoming more and more messy.
The level of messiness is not only proportional to Ford's workload, but also proportional to Ford's working status. Zach, who was observing from the outside, knew that Ford was approaching his limit after seeing Ford drink his fifth cup of coffee.
It seemed like I couldn't wait any longer.
Zach walked out of the shadows and glanced over at the morgue. The Chapo employee seemed to have a new job to report to. Zach stood motionless at the door.
The employee's mood was probably affected by the endless night work, and he only noticed Zach's presence when he almost bumped into him.
"Ah!" He screamed instinctively and covered his mouth.
"You can get off work." Zach informed without expression.
The employee covered his mouth to prevent himself from screaming further.
"You're off work. Go home." Zach said again and pushed the door into Ford's office without paying any attention.
"What are you yelling about!" Ford, who was working on the documents with his head down, did not see that it was Zach who came in, complaining to his own employees, "Tell them this is the last one today! And don't expect anything from me these days. We got a corpse here!*!" Ford swore, and the work in his hands did not stop, "All my archive records need to be adjusted and rewritten! If you do it again, it will arouse the suspicion of the police station! If they still want the corpse, let them They go to other cities to get it!”
Zach pulled up a chair himself and dragged it next to Ford, yes, next to him, not across from him. Zach prepared to sit down.
It wasn't until Zach sat down next to Ford and reached for the files on Ford's desk that Ford realized...
"I*!!" Ford almost jumped up from his chair, "Zachary Grande! Why are you here!!"
Zach glanced at Ford, took a pen from the pen holder on his desk, imitated Ford's handwriting in the air, and then started writing on the document he just took. He said, "Come to help you." He paused and said, "Fake body records."
Yes. Zach was not bored and came to Ford Funeral Home to observe what this North End funeral home was doing at midnight.
In fact, before Zach came, he knew what kind of things happened at Ford's funeral. Before Allen left Grande, he reminded Zach.
"You..." Mr. Ford's face turned gloomy, and he changed the name of Zach again, "Zachary Toredo! How did you know!"
Zach's movements were much faster than Ford's, and the documents were processed quickly under Zach's hands, "Rutlesembula is dead."
Don't worry. Ford was just like us when it came to feeling confused.
"who?"
Zach waved his hand, stopped temporarily, and looked at Ford, "Do you completely believe that I will complete all this work for you?" This is to remind Mr. Ford that all the documents related to your Ford funeral are in my possession. In front of this vampire, let me change it as I please.
Ford's cheeks twitched a few times, and he sat back in his seat. With meaningless body language, he held the record that Zach had changed in front of him and scanned it quickly.
Of course Zach wouldn't actually mess with Ford's files, Ford couldn't find anything wrong.
Zack ignored Ford and continued to help Ford modify the file. He kept talking. We all know how much Zack likes to talk, "That's the vampire who hates me."
Does this expression sound familiar to anyone? Hint, Ford and the vampire who hates Zach have something in common~ Oh, remember, Ford and Zach experienced a very unpleasant break. Do you remember what Ford said to Zach at that time~
We were worried for a while that Ford, who once truly represented the model business of Barton's funeral industry, was going to die. But as time goes by, it seems that all we know is that Ford increased the price of the deal with Harrison, and nothing big happened.
Now, this almost forgotten line is about to be revealed.
Ford was stunned for a second, and then with a sullen face, he still grabbed the document that Zach had changed and checked it, but he also said, "Impossible! I didn't even get any news from my sponsor!"
Sponsor? Ah. There is no doubt that it is Lutre Sembula who Zac declared dead at the beginning. But since Ford wants to use this title, Zach will follow Ford. "You can't get the news." Zach glanced at Ford, "Speaking of which, how long has it been since you received contact from your sponsor?"
Ford's face began to wrinkle, and he forced his gaze to stay on the document, not wanting to look at Zach, "This is none of your business!"
Zach shrugged, "You don't know that the humans in the west are launching an anti-alien movement."
Ford's eyes lit up for a moment, but then dimmed immediately. The word "anti-interracial" is inevitably attractive to people like Ford who once worked tirelessly to maintain their competitiveness in front of vampires. However, if you are a little bit rational, you can think that the human movement in the west is none of my business.
"Because of this movement, news from the western media has been blocked." Zach shook his head, "The relationship between the Sabbat and humans has also been affected by the movement." Zach's point is actually: "Your sponsor no longer exists Of course, you can't know about such a thing in this world." Zach had already begun to hand the modified document to Ford consciously, "You have no way to know."
It might have nothing to do with Zach's words, but Zach's increasingly 'familiar' actions stimulated Ford.
Ford finally turned his head and stared at Zach, "What on earth are you here for!"
"Your sponsor's request for you is to cut off all interracial relationships with me, right?" Zach stopped looking at Ford and continued to modify the document in his hand. Again, he was here to help Ford. "So you deliberately raised the price for trading the body with Harrison."
"I'm asking you what are you here for!!" Ford's face started to look a little ferocious.
Zach ignored it, literally ignored it. Zach could only see the documents in front of him, the records of corpses flowing through the Ford Funeral Home. "When Grande was portrayed as a representative of the successful privatization of the funeral industry in the eastern part of the Union, you His job is to bring down the level of the eastern funeral industry..." Zach twisted his mouth and said, "The level." And continued, "Today's funeral industry only has cremation, and there is nothing low-level. So, can you What I do is offend all the foreigners who have a relationship with me."
Ford wanted to ask the question a third time for which he demanded answers.
Zach stopped him in the calmest tone, "Do you want to die, Ford."
Ford's mouth opened for a moment, but no words came out.
While Zach was doing the work at hand, he said, "Tell Ford, will offending Barton's aliens do you any good? Other than satisfying your boring mood of hating me?" "I ask you what on earth are you here for!!" Ford's face Zach began to look a little ferocious. While carrying out the work at hand, Zach said, "Tell Ford, will offending Barton's aliens do you any good? Apart from satisfying your boring mood of hating me?" "I ask you what on earth are you here for!! "Ford's face started to look a little ferocious.
Zach ignored it, literally ignored it. Zach could only see the documents in front of him, the records of corpses flowing through the Ford Funeral Home. "When Grande was portrayed as a representative of the successful privatization of the funeral industry in the eastern part of the Union, you His job is to bring down the level of the eastern funeral industry..." Zach twisted his mouth and said, "The level." And continued, "Today's funeral industry only has cremation, and there is nothing low-level. So, can you What I do is offend all the foreigners who have a relationship with me."
Ford wanted to ask the question a third time for which he demanded answers.
Ford sat in his seat, doing nothing but breathing. He didn't know what he was thinking.
Zach didn't mean to ask for an answer, but said, "Do you know why your sponsor wants the funeral industry in the east to have a bad reputation among foreign races?"
Ford didn't answer. He probably doesn’t know either. How can a human being know this
"Because Toledo will lead the western funeral industry in the future, and most of the western funeral industry is run by aliens from the lower class of society." Zach told Ford the answer.
Lutresembula, if you look at this line again, tsk, do you think Lutre is quite pitiful? What a line, he is dead and can’t see the future development.
Ford still didn't say anything. I wonder if it was because his question had not been answered. He wanted to remain silent until he got an answer
unimportant.
At Zach's speed, no new workload came in, and the messy files on the desk were cleaned up.
Zach put the pen back and still sat next to Ford. "If that's all you're doing, I don't have to come in to help you." You must have noticed that the file Ford was changing was the record of the remains.
Gonzak said that Ford was deliberately offending Patton's aliens, and what we know clearly was to make Harrison unable to afford food. And in this case, Ford, haha, is still secretly illegally trading the corpses in their funeral home!
Ford, who are you selling the body to
This is Zach's biggest gain from his previous observations outside.
"Answer me a question, why did you sell the body to those republican 'angels' in Mary's Church?" Zach looked sincerely curious.
Ford glanced at Zach, his lips pressed tightly together.
Zach shook his head, "Your sponsor (Root) doesn't know what those republican 'angels' mean. This is not an order given to you by your sponsor." Zach said more straightforwardly, which can be regarded as To answer Ford's question, "Did you know that Hamilton of Allen Funeral Vampire left Barton? He was the captain of Allen Funeral Vampire. He left here because of Root's death, and the new captain took his place. After sorting out When he left his belongings, I discovered that Root had asked him for your contact information." Zach moved his lips, "Alan came to Grande today and mentioned this matter. Everyone knows that there is someone in the Sabbat. The only vampire who hates me as much as you is Lute. So remind me to take a look at the situation on your side."