Zach... was sitting on a bench in the center of the City Hall Square, holding a metal bottle in his hand. It's not his snack jar, it's Gangaro's relic that contains the Blood of Gangaro that contains the key to Heaven's Gate.
Why is Zach sitting here? Because Zach is a citizen of Barton, he can sit wherever he wants!
Let’s not talk about this yet.
Tell me how Zach got to sit here.
After coming out of Grande, Zach went directly to Sissi's villa. No one was at home. Just in time, Zach found Gangro's blood, put it away, and then went to the North District.
Grande has a lot of people waiting for Zach to bring back the 'answer'. Logically speaking, no, based on Zach's previous way of dealing with people, he would go to Sissi's soul and ask if something happened in purgatory.
But the Zach of now is not the Zach of before.
Zach has already realized that in Barton, he is no longer the person who has to give whatever others ask for...
Huh, Zach shouldn't be this kind of character. I still remember that when Zach and Benjamin came to this city eleven years ago, they were on the top biological level of the city. The combination of vampires and alphas can easily dominate the city.
However, we know that vampires and Alphas did not do this. They purged and eliminated those disobedient alien races, and signed a coexistence agreement with the remaining alien races. Haha, they praised Anthony, a retired military friend, and then in this human friend At the request of the deceased, he went to the Grand Funeral Home to become a hermit.
If a person is a diamond in his own right, no matter how much earth you bury on him, you can't cover up his glory.
Zach is the diamond.
Even though Zach only has one funeral home in the city of Barton, which is quite ironic for a vampire, Zach has still become a character that everyone in this city must look up to!
Yes, Zach knows what his true role is now that his story is no longer written by Madison.
Those sentient beings who need answers from Zach, just wait, Zach will decide whether to give them what they want based on their mood...
Therefore, Zach did not continue to look for Sissi’s soul. Even if Zach could roughly guess where Sissi was now, haha, Zach just didn’t want to go. He wanted to sit here and watch people coming and going.
Ethela walked over with high heels, "What are you doing here?!"
Zach put away the metal bottle in his hand, squinted at Aisela, wearing sunglasses and a hat, fully armed, "Good afternoon, secretary to the mayor~"
"Hello to you at noon!" Esera's eyes behind her sunglasses looked around irritably. This is the city hall square. It's noon. There are many city government workers coming out to breathe fresh air during their breaks.
But Ethela's irritation is not that she, the mayor's secretary, is talking to a 'passerby' in the city hall square, but that she, a newly promoted fourth-generation Lesembula, cannot stay in such sunlight for long. "Mayor Anthony asked you not to sit here if you have nothing to do! He looks upset!"
Zach raised his eyebrows. After becoming proficient in blood control skills, Zach could not be said to be completely immune to the midday sun, but he was countless times more calm than Aisela. "Just don't look at it when you are upset~" Zach had no intention of leaving, on the contrary He adjusted his posture to a more comfortable position and said, "As a citizen of Barton, have I ever sat in his mayor's office? Haha, why is he so nervous~"
Aisela stared at Zach for a while, turned around, "Whatever you want!" and walked away.
Zach looked at Aisela's back, smiled, and continued to enjoy the noon sun.
After such a short period of time, real passers-by looked at Zach more often.
Everyone remembers that Zach’s only appearance in the media was Sibella’s funeral. The influence is there, but more of it comes from images other than Barton, such as the Sabbat. The society in the west knows the stance of Toledo in the east towards the wizarding tradition.
With Zach’s face, it’s normal for no one in Barton to know who he is.
But Ethela’s face, oh, even if she’s made into a rice dumpling, she can be recognized at a glance around the city hall! This woman has an aura that attracts attention.
So, now someone is paying attention to Zach.
"Who is that person? The mayor's secretary never goes out at noon, why do you come here to find this person?"
"I don't know, this person seems to have been sitting here for a while. He just had a wine bottle (metal bottle) in his hand. He couldn't be here to cause trouble."
"No, if it was the one causing trouble, the mayor's secretary would have brought security over just now."
"Don't you think this man looks familiar? Where have you seen him? You work at the reception desk. Has this man been to the city hall before?"
"Tsk, so many people come here to do things every day, I can't even remember who is who."
…
"I am the owner of Grande Funeral Home." Zach suddenly waved to the person on the other bench, "Zachary Grande. I was on the news some time ago." Self with a smile on his face introduce.
A row of people awkwardly blamed each other for being too loud for others to hear. He smiled respectfully and then quickly dispersed.
Zach watched the line of people disperse. He kept smiling and continued to sit and enjoy the sunshine.
The voices of passers-by still reached Zach's ears. Everyone knows about the senses of a vampire. Unless these people ran out of the city hall square to gossip, Zach could hear it clearly.
These gossips from passers-by are not completely meaningless.
"He is Zachary Grande. The funeral owner who is rumored to have something to do with the mayor."
"What's the relationship? It's just good luck. I participated in the project to privatize the funeral industry. It's impossible to keep the Ford Funeral Cemetery in the North District. If we want to keep a piece of land for burials in Barton, we can only use it in two places in the South District. Funeral home of choice.”
"Then why not choose another one, uh, what's your name? By the way, it's Allen! Why not keep the cemetery where Allen is buried? It's not because it was later revealed that the mayor is a veteran, this brother of Grande , what is it called, uh, he was born in the army anyway."
"Why are you gossiping if you can't even remember your name! Tsk, I said it's just luck. Look at the current development of Ford and Allen's graveyard. One is a large comprehensive supermarket owned by the current West End rookie Quest. When the Republic entered the Union, our city of Barton could accommodate most of the goods! One is the construction site of the new port in the South District! This is just pure urban planning! Grande is just lucky. The cemetery is in a remote place with little development prospects. It’s just a place.”
"Yes. We also know the reason why it was revealed last year that the mayor favored people with military backgrounds. Hey, it wasn't the result of the fact that Aesela was running for election at the time and was playing tricks on the mayor."
"The warden of the Southern District Prison, right? Well, speaking of the relationship between these high-level officials, it's really..."
"Careful with your words!"
"There is a bright future...the former competitors are now working together for the development of our Bard..."
"Tsk, the sun makes me dizzy. Let's go back and work!"
"let's go… "
Zach wanted to keep these gossipy civil servants for a while, what interesting people they were~ but let it go, it would just embarrass the other party.
After the lunch break, there were far fewer people in the square. But there are still some passers-by wandering around casually. From the appearance, you can tell that they are retired senior citizens who live a boring life and walk around randomly.
Zach's was still sitting there.
It’s time to talk about Zach’s purpose of sitting here.
This purpose has arrived.
Mayor Patton, Anthony, walks with an imposing presence. They hadn't seen each other for a while, and Zach was surprised to find that Anthony's middle-aged features and slightly bulging belly had flattened. Could it be that now that Aisela has returned to him, he has made some efforts to meet certain needs in life
"Are you sick?" Anthony stood in front of Zach and made his attitude clear, "What are you doing sitting here! Go back to your Grande to bask in the sun! Don't stay outside my office!"
Zach looked up and looked at Anthony's face, "Hi~"
"Tsk!" Anthony looked back irritably in the direction of the city government. I don't know how many people found out that their mayor was not working in the office and ran out to chat with passers-by. "Are you okay?! Let's go to the office to talk! "After saying that, Anthony really turned around, as if as long as he opened his mouth to allow Zach, a vampire, to enter the city hall, Zach would follow him properly~
Anthony walked several steps before realizing that Zach was not following him. He turned around and stared at Zach, "What on earth do you mean?!"
Zach gave Anthony a smile, but his eyes left Anthony's face. This face ages too fast. "You said it was great that you agreed to become my descendant more than ten years ago."
"What?"
"I will give you whatever you want. After all, you will be the first descendant I create in a hundred years." Zach waved his hand, "The descendant I confirmed meets Toledo's standards." Shaking his head, " You see, because you didn't agree to become my descendant, your brother, Ian, took your place and became the eldest son that I don't care about. Now he is seeking a life under the unreliable god Papa Midnight. You... Haha, That’s it, the mayor of Barton is your limit.”
Anthony's face changed several times, and finally became tense, the kind where every wrinkle on the face of a middle-aged man was stretched tight. Anthony walked towards Zach again, "What do you mean!"
Zach looked at Anthony again, still smiling, and without any explanation for what he just said inexplicably, he said directly, "I'm here to inform you that I have taken over the city of Barton."
"Can you say that again!"
Zach knew that Anthony was not deaf, so he would not repeat it, "From today on, Barton is Toledo's territory. If you have any questions, you can ask Toledo's representative, my second son, 'General', for consultation .”
Anthony took another step and moved closer to Zach. Since Zach was still sitting, he looked down and said, "What did you say?!"
Zach looked down at Anthony, "As the leader of the human regime in the city of Barton, I need to inform you that your regime is only effective in the North District, so 'General' is enough to handle all your questions." Ke didn't finish his words, "Don't touch anything in Barton's West End."
Anthony could no longer get close to Zach. If he did, he would lie on top of Zach. "Oh, are you dreaming, Zach?"
Zach didn't bother to answer such a boring question, "If you have itchy hands and want to take care of things in the West District." He smiled, "I won't stop you, but if you hinder Toledo's representative in the West District, Mrs. Quinn, Do it at your own risk.”
Zach, stand up. Putting his hand on Anthony's shoulder, he patted it gently, "I won't save you because we were friends once, human being." After saying this in Anthony's ear, "I wish you good luck, An Anthony." He stepped away.
"Stop!" Mayor Anthony was quite imposing, but... "Wait for a while!" A mayor still put aside his childish class status, caught up with a civilian, and grabbed the civilian's arm, " What on earth do you mean?!”
Zach turned back, his face... seemed to be sad
Zach closed his eyes, and when he opened them again, his face turned into the usual Toledo smile, "While I was sitting there, I was thinking, if you don't come out, I won't say these words. But Anthony, you finally came out."
Anthony's face changed several times, and he paused in anger, "You have been sitting here, can I not come out?! Who knows what happened to you! I am the mayor of this city, and I am responsible for this city. Can I not come out?!"
Zach chuckled lightly and pushed away Anthony's hand that was holding him. Anthony resisted, but it was pointless, "That's what I mean. As long as I appear in your sight, you can't ignore me~" This is not Ambiguous 'love words' are countless times worse... threats! "Why can't you ignore me? Anthony, because of our friendship?"
"*!" First he was forced out of his city government by Zach, then he was informed of a bunch of sensational notices by Zach, and now he was confronted by Zach in such a weird way... Anthony's self-restraint was like this, "You have the nerve to say that! As you just said, you got a 'General' in charge of a bunch of gangsters in the North Side! And you got Mrs. Quinn in the West Side, keeping an eye on the West Side family that means a lot to Barton! You yourself You are causing chaos in the South District! With a bunch of vampires from the Sabbat! How can you tell me to ignore your existence?!" "You have the nerve to say it! As you just said, you got a 'general' in the North District In charge of a bunch of gangsters! You got Mrs. Quinn in the West Side again, keeping an eye on the West Side family that means a lot to Barton! You yourself are causing trouble in the South Side again! With a bunch of vampires from the Sabbat! Why do you ask me to ignore your existence?!"
Well done, Anthony, for laying out what we need to be aware of.
Zach nodded kindly, "Look, don't you see clearly better than me? Haha, Anthony, you understood my position before I understood my own situation, didn't you~" Zach stepped up again , left, "Anthony, the chess pieces on the chessboard have been placed long ago, but I was too gentle and never started playing chess."