"Why so slow!" James glared at Zach who suddenly appeared in front of him, pushing Zach's shoulder south, "Quick! They left here twenty minutes ago! Quick!"
Zach pulled James' hand away and looked sideways at the gauze on his face, "Are you okay?"
"Go after them!" James pushed the vampire irritably, "I'm fine, hurry up and go after them!"
Zach curled the corners of his mouth, pulled up his sleeves, traced his fingers across his wrist, and pressed his mouth against James before he could say anything else.
James struggled for a moment and realized that he was not strong enough to resist. He frowned and accepted the vampire's gift. The persistent dull pain on the bridge of his nose disappeared, James pushed Zach's wrist away and tore off the bandage on his face. Has been restored to its original state.
"I'm done!" James pinched his nose, "See! You can chase now! Hurry!" he urged!
Zach waved his hand, and before showing his pride, he turned into an afterimage in James's eyes and continued south.
After a while, there were no more vampires on Route 27, which was surrounded by woods. James still held the gauze bandaged by Sires in his hand. He touched his intact nose and looked at the dark highway, not knowing what he was thinking.
At the end of the woods, buildings have begun to appear. It is obviously different from Barton City. There is no so-called "countryside place" in Newton City. The atmosphere of the city will envelope outsiders after a ten-minute drive. But Zach didn't have to go that far. He stopped at the edge of the woods, turned west, and saw the waiting pickup truck.
Zach has not set foot outside Barton for a long time. Thanks to the influence of the Central Hidden Alliance, Zach will not be wiped out when he enters Newton, but Zach does not have a good impression of this city. Because the influence of the Secret Alliance was already very weak when it reached the east of the federation. From the perspective of Zach, the former Secret Alliance member 'Toledo', Massachusetts was once a more chaotic place than the western part where the Sabbat Alliance was entrenched.
Zach straightened out his wrinkled clothes and knocked on the car door, "It's time to wake up, Walter."
With a clicking sound, the two people in the minivan got out of the truck. One is impatient and the other is extremely excited.
"Be a good friend and introduce me to Walter." Zach glanced at Wander and said to Walter.
Walter pulled his upper lip and rolled his eyes. How could these two people not know each other? They just haven't really met each other before, "Wandel. Zach. Zach, Wandel." Then he waved his hand, "You guys tell me! I'll go over there. Let’s go!”
This 'liar''s life creed is probably that curiosity will kill the cat, don't ask, don't listen, don't look. fine.
Zach looked at Walter who had walked away, shook his head with a smile, and looked at Wander who was full of expectations. He stretched out his hand to signal and opened the rear door.
The two got into the back seat. The person who was not in a hurry spoke first, "It's my honor to sit with you sir!" Wandel leaned sideways and got so close that he was almost lying on Zach's body.
Zach smiled and pushed the shadow man away, "Although there is 'isolation', I can still smell your breath that may die at any time. Why don't we understand each other and keep a distance."
"Ah! I'm sorry!" Wandel quickly leaned back.
People possessed by shadow men are disliked by vampires. This is quite normal. Because death has become unpredictable, vampires cannot judge whether the food will turn into poison in the next second when they eat. It's as annoying as someone allergic to Watson not knowing if the sandwich in front of them contains peanut butter.
"I think Walter has already explained to you that Grande wants to help you." Zach smiled and looked at the nervous shadow man. "Don't be nervous. We have lived together for these years. Isn't it very peaceful?"
The shadow figure Wander, who has the appearance of Chapman, has a slightly coquettish demeanor. For a race that has neither the ability to reproduce nor a physical form, gender means nothing. But apparently, he, 'it', retains some of his old habits.
"He said it, I still can't believe it! After Sibella left, I thought we were all abandoned!" Wander had an innocent look on his face, "Crowley, she is a tyrant! I hate her!"
Zach raised his eyebrows, "So you want to find Sibella Hayate?"
Wandel hesitated and thought for a while, "Of course I also want to find her." He looked at the dark car window, "I don't think other cities are better than Barton City. It just depends on my luck. If I There may be a chance to safely enter the central part of the federation."
Zach understood what the shadow man was talking about. In the east where Massachusetts is located, the Secret Alliance did not have enough influence. Various alien races are in a relatively free state. The gates of hell are opened and demons enter the Federation. These free alien races will soon become unfree. Maybe those demons didn't do anything, but in the eyes of these alien races, they were invading tyrants, and Crowley was actually very innocent.
"I don't think the Central Region is as beautiful as you think." Zach didn't want to hit this guy, but after Papa came at midnight, Zach had already heard that the secret alliance in the Central Region had a tendency to leave. Plus various small clues, such as Toledo, the band lead singer who is unknown to Zach and has a Sabbat style, and the drug trials of Western Pharmaceuticals. Zach already had a vague feeling that the Secret Alliance might have left.
There was obvious disappointment on Wandel's face, "I know, so it's just a chance." He suddenly became excited again, "But you are willing to help me! I can definitely do it!"
Zach smiled and took out a wine bottle, "Alpha's blood." He didn't hand it to Wander, whose eyes were shining, but waved it, "Do you want it?"
"think!"
"This deal." Zach looked at Wander, whose eyes were following the sway of the wine bottle in his hand, "You are the one who gets the greatest benefit. Now tell me, what can you do for me?"
"I will abide by the agreement Sibella made with you!" Wandel answered very quickly. It seemed that he had already thought about this. "I will not leak any information about the Grand House!"
Zach smiled and nodded, "This is the most basic, and then what?"
"Then..." Wander was confused. He really didn't know what he could do for the vampire, which was why he concluded that this deal was actually just one-sided help.
But Zach didn't think so, vampires and werewolves. They won't be so bored that they go around hunting soul aliens just because they have this ability, so they don't care about these guys at all. And this alien race of souls will not be friends with guys who have the ability to kill them, so the two are actually keeping a distance from each other.
It's just that the Hayate couple once restrained these aliens, which was in line with Anthony and Grande's original intentions, and this peace seemed more clear. Now, peace remains. Because Crowley replaced Sibella. But it is obvious that Crowley's old strictness is not the heart of Wander, who has been used to being indulged by Sibella.
Zach didn't think Crowley would be happy with him helping Wander escape. So he needs enough reasons to balance his hypocritical sense of guilt.
"Then..." Wander frowned and thought, and said hesitantly, "I can, I can help you collect information? Outside Barton City?"
"I'm listening." Zach nodded with satisfaction and signaled to continue.
Wandel realized that he had said the right thing and became excited, "I know! Those things that Papa said when he came at midnight. The secret alliance in the middle, the changes that are taking place in the Federation, the reasons why cremation became popular... You want to know these , I can help you find out outside! I can do it!"
Zach was very satisfied. The other party knew what he wanted to focus on, "There are some small things." Looking at Wander's smile, the vampire believed that such a smart guy should be able to understand what he wanted to say, "Crowley."
Wander frowned and hesitated. "I-I don't want to deal with demons."
"Not reluctantly." Zack smiled. "But, you know that Ryan is still in Grande, so the Hayate couple will still come back, and I think you will come back too. You don't want your life to be too difficult when you come back."
Wander nodded helplessly.
Why are there these 'little things'? Zach has noticed that Crowley's situation seems to be bad.
It was originally Seth's reaction when he first discovered that Crowley was a fallen angel, 'the only fallen angel in the Federation'. Seth said so. Then there is Crowley's unwillingness to say more and not wanting her soul to be dragged into hell, which is the root cause of this incident of being possessed by a shadow man. Crowley wants a soul, but is unwilling to take the path through hell. There are also many small signs, such as the undead souls who accepted Constantine's teachings and came out of hell early, and Crowley attached great importance to Constantine because of his "innate devil".
Crowley seemed to be preparing something.
As for Hayate, he will eventually return to Barton City. Zach was just guessing, because Zach wasn't completely sure of the reason why they left, hiding from reporters? Uh, stop joking.
"Then we have an agreement?" Zach stopped shaking the bottle.
"Yes!" Wandel nodded.
"This will hurt a little." Zach smiled and cut his fingertips with sharp fingers, which were stained with vampire blood, and stabbed into Wander's chest when he closed his eyes.
'Chapman's forehead tensed up, his eyes suddenly opened, and black rolled in his pupils! As soon as he let out a hoarse roar, countless thin black thread-like things rushed out of his wide-open mouth!
This is running for your life! If Wandell didn't escape before Chapman's healing was complete, he would die.
In the dark carriage, only a faint light came from the front window. This light was entangled with black thin lines that burst out and pushed out of the carriage! The tumbling lines are entangled and fit on the roof, backrest, and windows of the car, twisting and rolling and spreading everywhere it can touch!
Chapman raised his head, black threads kept pouring out of his mouth, his throat kept rolling, and he made a disgusting sound of retching. But his complexion was strangely improving. His cheeks, which were originally pale with various bruises, began to turn rosy, the swelling disappeared, the skin became tight, and the muscles all over his body tensed due to exertion. Zach had to move the hand on the other man's chest to match the man's twisting.
If you think of the healing process as the reversal of the injury process, you can imagine that this process is not comfortable.
When everything was over, Zach withdrew his fingers, held the chin of Chapman, who looked very good but looked exhausted, moved it left and right, looked at it, and smiled slightly, "Welcome back, Officer Pierce."
Then he knocked on the bottle of wine in his hand. In Chapman's horrified eyes, which had no idea what was happening, the thread-like objects entangled in the carriage burst out again, and countless tiny threads lifted up from the things they were attached to. Get up and rush into the little wine bottle! (..)