midnight.
The lights are still on in Grande, and the employees in the living area are also on Grande's side, cleaning up the dirt that none of them knows... the bodies of slimes.
The viscous liquid seeped into the floor on the second floor and flowed along the cracks and walls to the first floor. Normal cleaning methods did not work at all.
In addition to Grande's employees, Amelia is also here. Although she has light makeup on her face, you can still see her fatigue, and her eyes are bruised.
It was actually a coincidence that Amelia was here. After get off work, she went to Newton to visit Harrison, and when she came back, she stopped by Grande... to sit for a while. Uh, no matter what the original intention of Emilia coming to Grande was, right? The girlfriend went to see her boyfriend at night, and then came back without spending the night?
No matter why Emilia returned to Barton, or why she decided to visit Grande at the last minute, after she arrived, she forgot that what Grande’s employees were cleaning was Slime Bill’s body. After realizing the reason for her coming, she started to get angry.
"The first foreigner to settle down in Barton was still under the roof of your Grande, under the nose of your Zachary Toledo! Dead?! Dead!!"
That certainly seems to be the case. But there is another theory. Zach said for Emilia: "The first alien race you arranged to enter Barton died."
ha. Can you understand
Emilia tried to frame this as Zach's responsibility, but haha, don't even think about throwing the blame! This is your responsibility, Emilia! !
Hank has already begun directing the employees to use 'cleaner' equipment to clean up the mess, and warned all employees that no one is allowed to ask about Bill in the future.
"Do you know what impression this incident will have on Barton?!" Emilia couldn't deny it. After all, everyone in Grand knew that Slime Bill was forced into him by Emilia. Grande is here. In Grande, it is impossible for her to shirk responsibility. No one will speak for her. "Those aliens came to Barton for safety! And this is what you Grande gave you." The safety they showed?!”
"You're talking as if I have an obligation to promise something to those aliens." Zach was looking at the packaging of a can of baby food. To be honest, Zach had been looking at it for a long time. Mokawe seemed to have 'looted' the whole place. I brought back a lot of supplies from the maternity and baby supplies section of q supermarket. Since the afternoon, Zach has been looking at how various items are used one by one.
The food was deliberately left for last, because Zach instinctively felt that the most unlikely thing that would happen to this baby was to starve to death...
Well, to avoid any misunderstanding, let me explain what Zack is thinking.
It's too easy for a vampire to keep a human baby. This baby's life is absolutely safe in Grandry. It means that if he survives, there will be absolutely no problem. Zach felt that even if he was fed adult food and medicine, he wouldn't be afraid if it really hurt him. Isn't it? Vampire blood can solve all problems. In fact... Zach has already done this once. Before waiting for Mokavi from shopping to come back, Zach asked Bain for the leftover milk powder and other things at home.
With this major premise, the trouble with this baby for Zach is the 'additional' things besides being alive.
For example: how to keep him quiet, which includes preventing him from crying or making incomprehensible babbling noises; how to keep him clean, which includes cleaning up excrement, bathing, and human care; how to make him start to develop a desire for the world. Cognition, this includes what he is and what the adults around him are, which is the so-called education...
This human baby is his godson after all, Zack, and he is only guaranteed to survive at the minimum biological level? Zach felt sorry for who he was.
So Zach spent a lot of time looking at every toy, care item, early childhood education tool... the instructions on the packaging. After roughly knowing how to take care of a baby, he started to look at the hard needs that normal human parents would first look at. Food that keeps children alive.
Oh, by the way, don’t think that Zach has experience taking care of babies in the North Country. Yes, he does, but do we need a vampire to tell us how fast the human era is developing? Were the things your grandparents used to give birth to your parents the same things your parents used to give birth to and raise you
This is also the reason why Zach has difficulty reading food descriptions now. Zach barely knows what the nutrients and ingredients advertised on these packages are... After reading for a long time, he only came to the conclusion that human beings are such fragile creatures. He feels lacking. Anything will turn into a retard...
Zach glanced at Amelia, began to unpack various baby foods, and then mixed the various things together, "I didn't invite them (foreign races). If you want to complain, you should go to Sibella to complain. In the end, It was she who first came up with the idea of creating a safe haven in Barton."
"Ha!" Amelia laughed angrily, "Now you start saying such things?!" Staring at Zach mixing various things into something suspicious, his face tilted, "Newborn babies don't need to Eat these things!" She randomly found a can of milk powder and threw it to Zach, "Just feed it regularly!" Then returned to her original theme, taunting Zach, "That's right, what you have been doing in Barton is to protect yourself! !”
Although it was sarcasm, what Amelia said was right, especially when she knew what Zach had done to Harrison. On the first day that Zachary Torre came to the city of Barton, all he wanted to do was protect himself.
Zach looked at Amelia and said very off-topic, "Do you have experience taking care of children?"
Emilia's expression was insulted, "Is it because I am a woman? You instinctively think that I have experience in taking care of children?!"
This must be too sensitive. Zach didn't want to pay attention to it. He still stubbornly found a few other milk powder formulas and started mixing them.
Emilia looked at Zach with a sullen face for a while, "In the future, if an alien asks me how the first slime who came to Barton is doing, how will I answer?"
"I thought your job was to review aliens, not the other way around, being asked by them." Zach mixed a pot of milk powder, poured water, tasted it for himself... and was about to feed the baby.
Emilia followed Zach and remained silent as she passed the employees doing cleaning work in Grande. As soon as there was no one around, she immediately said, "If you can make those aliens feel safe, it will make it easier for me to talk to them! It works!" Only through communication can I better understand their ideas and complete the review!" After saying that, he complained, "Tsk, why do I have to explain my major to you!"
Emilia really doesn’t need to explain, Zach understands. Toledo also often uses this communication technique. To put it bluntly, he uses a sense of security to break through other people's defenses and obtain information.
Zach had already walked to Benjamin's room (formerly Alice's room), and Mokawei's voice came from inside, "Whose eye color is his? It's not like yours. Are my eyes this color?" "
Zach looked back at Emilia and suddenly said seriously, "I rejected your idea of becoming Toledo last time, so strictly speaking, you don't need to do this job anymore as an excuse to 'test' me. "
Emilia looked at Zach, her expression changed many times in a short period of time, and the one that finally stabilized... was calm, "Are you rejecting that? I thought you just wanted to mock me for losing my human self-esteem."
You can recall the scene at that time, so I won’t repeat it.
Zach raised his eyebrows and said very suddenly, "Emilia Browning, you are a good choice for a descendant of Toledo. Your appearance, profession, social class, and living environment are all suitable for Toledo, especially Now that Toledo is sparsely populated, Toledo needs talent.”
Emilia was stunned for a moment, looking at Zach, her head tilted to the side unconsciously.
"But your attitude is so bad." Zach shook the bottle in his hand, "Look at me, I smile at people most of the time, but you, now I can't even remember when you smiled." Ke really smiled at Emilia.
Emilia's face twitched, don't be ridiculous, the calmness she had just now was lost, and she had a gloomy face, "What do you mean!"
"It's not interesting." Zach kept smiling, "I'm just telling you that if you want to become a vampire and become a Toledo, you can. It does have a positive function for the Toledo clan. I can agree with you and let you live forever. . But you have to change your attitude towards life." Zach opened the door, "Toledo is an elegant clan. We have our own rhythm of doing things. The appearance we show to outsiders must be worthy of our Toledo. The concept of existence." Zach, under the gaze of Benjamin, Mokawi, and Amelia, picked up the baby and started feeding him. While feeding, he spoke to Benjamin and Mokawi, "He Sleep with me, he is finally born, you all have worked hard, I won’t disturb you parents tonight~ Oh, by the way, there are family planning supplies on the bedside table, use them~" He gave Alpha and Shi Zu a smile and left the room. , glanced at Amelia at the door, "Do you understand?"
Emilia's face changed a few more times, then she straightened her appearance, put a smile on her face, and looked up at Zach. Her words reflected the first thing she learned from Zach. Class, "If Toledo wants to control the aliens who enter Barton City in the future, we must have a complete explanation for the death of Slime Bill in Grande."
Zach was still smiling, but this smile was no longer necessary. Zach gestured to his bedroom.
Amelia opened the door consciously and went in first.
Zach got on the bed, found a comfortable position to sit, and looked at Amelia standing next to him, "That's right, you know how to speak to attract others' attention."
Keep up.
Think about it, even if Zach is the godfather, is it a 'respectable' act to take the baby away from the parents on the first night
But that's what Zach did, and neither parent would have a problem with it. Why? Just because the reason Zach used was 'not to disturb Benjamin and Mokavi from using family planning supplies'.
With the rhythm set by Torredo, every shot is a 'dead end' and he won't give others a chance to refute.
Putting this lesson into Emilia's situation, it is that Emilia can confront Zach with the fact that Grande did not protect Slime Bill's life. But the method must be correct.
Everyone knows that Zach doesn’t care what foreign aliens think of Grande. The job Emilia got for herself was indeed to test Zach, but now the results have come out, Zach Don't care.
Then Emilia will remind Zach, the person being confronted, that it makes sense to care about this matter! The meaning is that Emilia's audit work, controlling the channels for aliens to enter Barton, can be Toledo's!
Listen to Emilia's actual words. She directly threw away the reason why she originally proposed this job for the sake of 'the harmonious development of Barton'! It became 'Toledo controls the aliens who enter Barton City in the future'!
When Zach had just deliberately reminded Emilia that her professional, social status, and living environment were beneficial to Toledo, Emilia accurately grasped the meaning of Zach's words. You have to attract my attention. Just use Toledo!
Zach looked at the eating baby and thought for a moment, "Bill died from Mokavi's umbilical cord. I have put the things away. You can let the news out."
Emilia maintained her smile, "Does that mean telling the truth to all the aliens who ask questions?"
"Yes." Zach nodded, "Everyone knows about Mokavi giving birth. But no one knows why such a thing happened, and this baby." Zach tilted his head, "It is a human being. At least we are now Perception, they are all human beings who cannot be more authentic. Mokawi and Benjamin are strong enough and will not be used by anyone, but this baby." Zach shook his head, "The umbilical cord will be able to block the human baby. A lot of unnecessary trouble."
To explain.
Zach wasn't looking out for the collective good. What Zach is thinking about now is just the child's own problems... That's not right either.
Zach felt that Benjamin and Mokawi did not need to be concerned and could not be concerned about. As my godson, I have too many things to take care of. Zach didn't know how many people might be counting on using this child to get in touch with him.
Rather than saying that Zach is concerned about this child's problems, it is better to say that Zach cares about himself. Zach didn't want to give himself a weakness just because he had agreed to be the child's godfather.
Zach looked at Amelia, "If anyone shows doubts about Barton's situation because of the reason for Bill's death, don't review such people and send them away."
Amelia thought for a moment, "Does staying mean trouble? I'm not sure they will have any thoughts about this child."
Zach nodded, "That's what I mean."
"Okay." Emilia smiled, sincerely, "Then since I have said that I will control the channel for this foreign race to enter Barton for you, Toledo, shouldn't you also..."
Zach stretched out his hand and said, "Get it yourself."
Emilia paused only for a moment, then immediately moved, rummaging through her bag, emptying her water bottle to catch Zach's blood.
"You still have to complete my basic Toledo education."
"Come anytime you have time." Zach stopped looking at Amelia.