The old sun appears in the east on the new day.
Zach threw away the too dazzling ring sent by West. Sam had returned to Zach's body.
"You mean those republican drugs can make all creatures that appear based on the concept of 'birth' in republican culture return to the state before their birth?"
"Well, that's what it means." Sam spent the whole night explaining to Zach the knowledge he gained from West. "For humans, it means 'rejuvenation'."
Zach blinked.
"For aliens, it means 'returning to their original form'."
Zach continued to blink.
"I was actually forced back to the state of being an earth-bound spirit." Sam tried his best to make Zach understand, "The reason why I am so easily affected is that I have never cultivated myself since I became a 'ghost'. Because I am a wizard, I have special powers, witchcraft. I became a ghost just to have the characteristics of a life form like a ghost, to move freely and not to be restrained by vampires. So I have never done anything to my 'ghost body' , I have never grown up, I am just a 'ghost baby', and I have no ability to resist anything. So, I was directly beaten back to my original shape and returned to the life form of the earth-bound spirit."
"How do ghosts practice?"
"Like Mo before, you can either be worshiped by others, or you can experience all things by yourself." Sam was a little unhappy for unknown reasons, "Or you can do what any other creature does, and strengthen yourself by robbing the lives of other creatures. To put it simply, eat. "
Zach tilted his mouth and said, "No one in Mo Grande worships her."
"But you know she herself is in Grande every night admiring the moon." Sam continued his unexplained irritability, "Remember Mo's ability to create things, she can create things out of thin air, do you think Where does that kind of power come from?”
"Can 'Moon Appreciation' give ghosts the power to create things?" Zach simply found it incredible.
"Uh, no, 'Moon Appreciation' is just a..." Sam probably didn't know how to describe the knowledge of this biological barrier, "Ritual! What is everything in this world being 'watched' by? What is it? Shining on everything in this world as eternally as time?"
The wording is already obvious.
Zach blinked, "Light? Sunlight? Sun?" This seemed to make some sense. Mo's ability to create things that once amazed Zach turned out to be from the 'sight' of the huge celestial body, the sun, which was 'watching' everything in this world! However, doubts still remain, "But what is its relationship with the moon?"
"The sun is too powerful. As the 'existence' that gives the origin of all life in this world, its power cannot be received by a little ghost born from the human soul. It will devour ghosts. The moon that reflects the sun is much gentler. And One reason is that the night is quiet enough and suitable for meditation. Therefore, most ghosts who practice self-cultivation choose to 'exercise' their 'body' at night."
Well, how should we understand this 'knowledge' that regards everything in the world as the creation of the sun, and the sun is just a huge 'ghost'. The little ghost learned from the big ghost, but he was also afraid of being eaten by looking at the big ghost, so he found a mirror and secretly learned from the big ghost in the mirror.
Zach understood, "Okay, from now on at night, you can do whatever you want, uh, go practice."
"That's not what I meant." Sam's annoyance escalated, "How old is Mo? Do you think she is a powerful ghost?"
Zach tilted his mouth and said, "I can't comment on this." It's really impossible to comment. Zach has only seen a few foreign races in the Republic, so there is no concept of being strong or weak. Zach could only say, "But ghosts themselves are not restrained by vampires like other soul alien races. Their own original attributes are very powerful."
Sam: "Just like this baby (Adam) doesn't know anything, but he can turn over and crush a spider. What's the point of being so powerful? As you said, this is his own original attribute. (Human babies) are just heavier than spiders!" Pause, "You should turn him over, he really crushed a spider to death."
This is not just an analogy. Zach turned Adam over in his crib with a pout and threw the poor spider out the window.
Sam continued, "What I mean is that the cultivation of ghosts is very slow. You should read the myths or legends of the Republic. I used to think that the life stages of vampires are measured in centuries, which is amazing. For humans, one stage is every ten years. But in the legend of the Republic, thousand years, ten thousand years... are the basic units!"
Zach pursed his lips, although he probably understood that Sam might be complaining that the decision to become a ghost was too arbitrary. After all, he was once just a human wizard, and he suddenly entered a life form with a huge leap in magnitude, and he was a little uncomfortable.
However, Sam's statement sounded a bit...inappropriate to Zach, a vampire.
Human babies and spiders, republican aliens and vampires. The gap is caused by the original attributes of the living races, isn't it
Tsk.
Forget it, Sam didn't mean it. "But you have to practice. If you don't practice, you will not make progress as a ghost, and you will easily be, uh, 'beaten back to your original form.'" Zach said, "Just take as long as you want. We are not short of time." .Unless you consider another way to cultivate yourself." Zack was silent for a while, "Eat."
When Mo was in Grande, he also ate souls, remember.
Sam lost his voice, "I don't want to cause trouble!"
In the environment of the Republic, and perhaps still now, it was probably okay for ghosts to eat a few souls... But in the Federation, eating souls? There is no need to ask the Holy Lord whether he agrees with his beliefs or not. As a wizard-ghost bound to Zach, should Sam's goal be not to make it more difficult for Zach to survive? Oh, how to do such a thing that would cause trouble!
All right. Self-cultivation is too slow, and soul-eating cannot be practiced in the Federation. What is left is worship that is impossible even in the Republic.
Zach actually understood that Sam's irritability was due to his understanding of ghosts. Ants have ant troubles, humans have troubles, vampires have vampire troubles, ghosts have ghost troubles... This is life, there is no escape.
So, "There are many republicans in the southeast. Under the care of the 'general', how about you find any republicans who are willing to worship ghosts?" Zach's original intention was of course to help his partners solve their worries, but... As soon as these words were spoken, our vampire tilted his head
Yesterday, Bumi wanted to talk to the 'General' on behalf of Nofil and the wizard...
Sam can't be the only one who has the problem of wizards and ghosts! Don’t forget Sibella!
"I don't want to leave you too far!" Sam refused directly. The attitude is quite firm.
"But it's impossible for anyone in Grande to worship you. Rimel obtained this republican medicine from the Republic. Given my current position in Barton and the Sabbat, I have to tangle with them. You are Things like returning to the original shape will continue to happen with a high probability.”
Zach is not complaining that Sam is not strong. Sam's current irritability is because he realizes that he is too weak as a ghost, right? Then Zach was just following this, telling Sam a reason why he needed to become stronger when Sam was already irritated about being too weak.
"I know! That's why I'm unhappy! I feel like I shouldn't have grabbed the convenience of becoming a 'ghost' in a hurry!"
Zach thought for a while, and the results of his guesses about Bumi and the 'General' also need to be seen. "You can practice on your own first, and we will wait for the situation in the southeast to figure out a solution."
Sam agreed, and there was no more sound.
Zach packed up and walked out of the bedroom, preparing to go out. Today, Logan will return to Grande.
If Logan came back alone, Zach wouldn't go out to greet him, but Logan is not alone. Remember, Logan also brought someone back, Lutre Sembula's secretary. Ms. Lily.
"Going out?" Two vampires stood beside Zach, one on the left and one on the right.
Since Roy gave up the makeup that blended into his Indian appearance, he had more free time before going out, and now he would follow Nick whenever he could see him approaching Zach. These two guys are secretly working hard~
Zach ignored Nick and Roy, left them alone and got into the car, waited for Hank to get in, and then drove out of the Grand.
Hank went out because he had to go through some formalities. Revro, who had nothing to do, set up a surveillance network in the city government to smoothen the relationship. Knowing that Grande was causing trouble again, the mayor and Isela were unable to do anything. Hank's travel procedures would go very quickly. .
Hank was quite quiet along the way, but the moment he entered the North District, he said, "Go to the insurance company."
"What?" Zach was confused.
"I want Jason to stay with me."
This is too vague. Why should I accompany you
But Zach won't ask, the relationship between Jason and Hank... let's not talk about it. Zach began to realize that all the humans who were drawn into this story by Madison would not be good...
never mind. As Benjamin said, 'Do you blame Madison for this? '. No, Zach blames no one, this is the reality of Zach's life.
Zack puts Hank down and asks if he wants to wait for him, but Hank refuses.
Zach didn't say anything and went to Becky Station alone.
arrive. Zach looked at the timetable at the exit, and Logan was confident that Lily would arrive at Barton on time.
As the easternmost station in the country of the Federation, and due to its relationship with the Republic, a large number of people poured out of the station during departure time. Zach was unintentionally pushed in the crowd and retreated to the outermost edge, observing the crowd.
"Lily!"
Before anyone could see him, Zach heard a child's voice, a girl's voice, "Lily! I want to go home!!"
Zach looked in that direction and saw Logan, Lily, and... the girl standing firmly at the exit and not moving, "You lied to me! This is not a playground! I want to go back to my new home!" I want to find my new parents!”
Logan had already seen Zach, with a confused expression on his face as he didn't know what to do.
As for Lily, she had already turned around and walked to the girl's side, "Okay, would you like to eat something before going home? You know how difficult it is to coax you when you are hungry. You want your new parents in your new home to think you are Isn’t it easy to take care of you and then send you back to the orphanage?”
"No!" The girl tilted her head, "I like my new parents, and I don't want them to think I'm difficult to raise!"
"That's right." Lily nodded with satisfaction, stretched out her hand for the girl to hold, "Let's go, let's go find something to eat~"
The girl took Lily's hand. Lily finally saw Zach here, "Look, someone has come to pick us up. I bet he will treat us to something good~"
Zach stood there, his eyes having moved to Logan.
Logan's body shook, accelerated instantly, ran to Zach, lowered his voice, "I'm sorry!"
Sorry is useful? Zach waved his hand, "Don't waste time." This was a reminder that Logan still had half a minute to make up for the situation at the moment.
"Lily deceived the girl out of the foster family! Then she used all kinds of food and playgrounds to trick the child across the entire federation and bring her to Barton!"
Ah. Hahaha.
It seemed that Zach could see this without Logan having to say anything. As expected, Logan is a guy who is not good at words. Half a minute was wasted.
Lily and the girl walked up to Zach. Before Zach could speak, Lily, the former secretary of Mayor Root, Ms. Lily spoke, leaning on her high heels, looking down at Zach, "You promised me to give my daughter back to me." In fact, Zach Something that was promised but never implemented, "You were too slow, so I solved it myself." Lily finished her words by looking down. Then, he grabbed the girl at hand and walked towards Zach's car, "Get in the car~ Let's do the front, shall we~ The vampire drives, be our driver~ You can't see this kind of scene in Vega~"
Logan moved quickly next to him, preparing to replace Zach in the driving seat.
Zach stopped him and asked Logan to sit in the back seat obediently. He got into the driver's seat. He glanced at Lily who had already taught the girl how to fasten her seat belt, and then his eyes fell on the girl. "Torito is a treat. I want to eat." What?"
"Toledo?"
Girls are girls in the Sabbat society. So, don’t bring anything…expectations.
"What is Toledo?" The girl looked at Lily, "Is it better than Lesembra?"
Lily also glanced at Zach, not knowing what she was thinking, and curled her lips, "Tori Duo, of course he is powerful. Even if your Uncle Root was killed by Tori."
Uncle Root. This title is probably something called taking a child to work, something Lily taught this girl.
"Oh." The girl looked at Zach without paying attention to social etiquette. Don't worry, children don't understand these adult things. Haha, but she understands things that many adults don't understand. "Are you the vampire who left Vega without a mayor? Why do you want to be a driver here?"
This question is supplemented by, "Where is here? Are the drivers here better than the mayor of Vega? Then this place is so dangerous. Lily, take me home after you finish eating! I don't like this place!" "My little hands tightened the seat belt.