A faint aroma lingered in Zach's nose. It was not the smell of perfume or cosmetics that Zach was familiar with. Zach also confirmed that the scent did not come from the girl Vicky. While listening to the girl talk, Zach began to search for the source of the fragrance.
"I've never seen a boy like Caesar." The girl kept saying, and occasionally Zach glanced at her, but he didn't interrupt.
"I don't know how to describe him, passionate, energetic."
Is Caesar enthusiastic? Well, in a way, yes. For example, the reason why he sticks to Sissi, right? There is something novel about Sissi that attracts Caesar, so Caesar takes the initiative to get close to her, even though Sissi has already identified Chris as her boyfriend at the time and can only give in. Caesar, the dog-legged follower, also clung to him without any care.
Is Caesar energetic? From a certain perspective, yes. People who pursue novelty and excitement as the pleasure of knowing are of course very energetic. Didn’t we see that Caesar immediately attached himself to Maya after discovering her value
But Zach didn't feel that the girl in front of him was as objective in his evaluation of Caesar as he was. Vicky was blushing.
Zach tilted his head. He didn't know why. He felt that Caesar was now teetering on the edge of becoming a scumbag. There was a part of his own reason. As one of the adults in Caesar's growing up process, Zach found that he did not give Caesar any positive guidance...
"And he is very studious and motivated. Before the holidays, he took me to the library almost every day to learn Republican."
Zach found the location where the aroma originated. Just to the side, in something similar to a cupboard, something seemed to be burning.
Vicki noticed that Zach's attention was attracted by something other than what she said, "That's the statue of Mazu."
With that said, he stood up and walked towards the 'cabinet' that Zach was looking at. It was actually a shrine. Under Zach's somewhat surprised eyes, he opened the cabinet door and showed it to Zach.
The statue, which was obviously an ancient republican style, was estimated to be about the height of someone's forearm. He looked kindly at Zach and the girl outside the altar. The aroma that Zach smelled came from the republican-style incense burner in front of the statue.
"This is the god my family worships, to ensure peace~"
"I thought the Republic abolished the worship of humans to aliens..." Zak changed his mind temporarily, "the worship of immortals."
"This is not a republic." The girl's answer was very concise. Then he smiled at Zach and said, "Do you know 'immortal'?" He noticed Zach's wording.
"I know one."
"You mean the West who has become a federal man?" Vicky smiled and closed the door of the shrine.
From Zach's point of view, it seems to be to prevent the God she believes in from hearing some dirty words... Maybe it's just that Zach is sensitive in a strange cultural environment.
"Do you even know about West?" Zach asked. The deeper reason was that he was curious about how much Caesar had told this girl.
"Well, Mazu told us that Lao Jun's magic weapon is also in the Federation."
"Who is Laojun..." Zach regretted it as soon as he opened his mouth. Even if the other party answered, Zach's shallow understanding of the myth of the Republic would not know what others were talking about. But it sounds like it wasn't Caesar who told Vicky about some alien things, but this... uh, Mazu.
Zach continued to look at the closed shrine, wondering if his defensive posture would be... offensive...
"Well, I don't know if you understand. I can roughly describe him as a god with high authority, probably equivalent to the archangel of your Holy Lord's faith."
Seeing Zach put on an understanding expression, the girl continued. In fact, Zach didn't understand. Archangel? Madison? That's not a very dishonest god. But Vicki didn't need to know what Zach was thinking, and continued, "The magic weapon in the Federation is 'Jian', right? When I heard Caesar talk about West's ability, I felt that it should be 'Jian'."
"It's her." Zach felt that it was better not to draw any conclusions. The feeling of being slapped in the face at this second was not good. Zach had just felt that the news about the alien was not told by Caesar to Vicky.
"That's it." Vicky corrected Zach, "'Jian' is the spirit from which the artifact is born. It has no gender."
Zach tilted his mouth. Although it was rude, Zach decided to say goodbye. Zach did not have time to be educated by a girl here. Zach should never have agreed to enter Lai's home.
Zach stood up and said, "I still have something to do. Nice to meet you, Miss Vicky. If you are free, welcome to Grande..."
Before Zach finished speaking, Vicky looked disappointed, "Are you leaving? Are you looking for the person at the east end downstairs? I didn't know you were Mr. Grand before, so I told you where he lived. If I had known that you were Mr. Grande..." He changed his words, "Zach, I wouldn't have told you."
Zach didn't answer in a hurry. Sure enough, Vicky paused for a breath and said, "I will remind you Zach that that person is not a good person. For someone like you, Zach, um, a federal alien."
No matter what, it finally has some connection with the real reason why Zach came here. Zach sat down again, "Why do you say that?"
"Mazu reminded us in the dream that that person hates the vampire who has taken over this city, and Zach you are the first to bear the brunt."
"In a dream?" The first thing Zach thought of was the Dream Demon.
Vicky seemed to know what Zach was thinking, "Are you thinking about Mazu's abilities?" She smiled and shook her head, "Caesar also thought of the aliens in your federation, the Dream Demons, when I first talked about Mazu, right? ." Vicky glanced at the closed shrine, "After listening to Caesar describe the dream demon, I will tell you what I told him. Mazu is not a dream demon. Mazu just uses dreams to tell the people who worship her some things. Our republic is called 'Dream entrustment'. It is just a common way for the gods of the Republic to contact mortals. It may be convenient for them. After all, there are too many people who believe in them. If they really appear in front of humans, it will cause commotion, so they only appear in different places. In dreams that will be disturbed, you can avoid being entangled by mortals."
Zach feels... his worldview is being refreshed. He has lived for four centuries. Believe me, this feeling of being refreshed is not good!
Zach shook his head and clarified his thoughts, "Control the vampires in this city." This was the first point Zach grasped.
Maggie nodded, "Mazu told us about that person..."
"Arthur." Zach reported Arthur's name in order to facilitate the other party's narration.
Maggie didn't say anything, "Mazu said that Arthur first started to hate Rimmer because Arthur didn't know that the Smith family business he wanted to rob was the Rimmer business lurking in Smith. If he knew that he would mess with A monster that is not human, he will not rob 0711's pharmacy. Well, then, the one who hates him becomes Toledo, because he is imprisoned in that apartment now, all because of a traitor among humans. Asking for Toledo vampires.”
This human traitor should be Noripate who has not escaped.
Zach suddenly realized something, "Wait a minute, may I ask how Mazu knew what Arthur was thinking?"
"I don't know about that. Mazu knows that I have a crush on vampires, especially Toledo, because of Caesar, so she just reminded me to stay away from that Arthur who hates you."
Zach reacted to this sentence for a while, "Do you have a crush on vampires?"
"Yes, because Caesar likes you~" His face turned red again.
Zach was unable to speculate on the reason for the girl's blush. He just felt helpless in his heart. It turned out that Caesar liked him, hehehe...
There is no need to think about it, Caesar likes Zach, because Zach is the first novel excitement in his life, nothing more.
Zach only cared about the meaning expressed by Vicki's words, "Did Mazu, uh, 'dream' to many people about Arthur hating the vampires in Barton?"
Vicki blinked and said, "Well, I do know that there are several houses in this building that also worship Mazu, but I just don't know what their needs are for worshiping Mazu."
"What's the meaning?"
"Oh, our republican gods are all the kind who respond to your requests. Because I am friends with Caesar, and when he was learning the republican language, he often asked me how to translate some strange words..." He glanced at me. Ke, "Such as vampires, aliens, Holy Lords, angels..." He hesitated a little, "I can't translate things I don't know, so when Caesar explained, I also knew that there are inhuman beings in the Federation. , these wonderful beings are just very different from what we collectively know.”
Vicki seemed to be just starting to say it, and Zach already understood what the other party was saying, "Your family is now living in the Federation, in Barton. You just said that you hope Mazu will keep you safe. So why are you saying this in Barton?" Life among non-human races is your prayer to Mazu, and Mazu's response is to tell you in dreams what kind of people you should be wary of."
Vicky nodded, "This is just my experience. I don't know what other families are like. Maybe they also have other ways to recognize the aliens in the Federation. They prayed to the gods they worshiped and received responses." Vicky hesitated again, "Barton is a city controlled by vampires. There should be people who want to know about the news that there is a human who hates vampires in the southeast..." The girl was a little cute, "Yeah."
"Close it." Zach heard another important point.
"Yes." The girl nodded, "About every other day, a gray-haired man will go to that apartment to deliver daily necessities. The man you said was named Arthur has never been out, but the sound of him banging on the door often appears. .”
Zach understood that Arthur did not spread the news about the aliens at all. It was the gods worshiped by the republicans in the southeast who told their believers this news!
It's time to meet up with Benjamin. Benjamin is coming from the security company. He should bring back the fourth generation Toredo of the security company. How did he determine that Arthur is a trouble and needs to be entrusted to eliminate him. Only by merging the news from the two parties can the ins and outs of this commission be truly clear.
"Thank you for talking to me. You helped me a lot." Zach stood up again and handed over a business card. "If you are bored at home, you can go to Grande anytime."
"Oh~" the girl was very happy.