Zach walked into the unusually clean and tidy Skull Bar. So Crowley-esque, these guys are more like puritans than demons!
Seth also seemed a little surprised by what he saw. Everyone was sitting with their backs straightened and serious, looking at the three outsiders.
Zach raised his eyebrows. He glanced at the people in the bar. Demons and ordinary humans were roughly equally divided. "Who do I want to talk to?" Zach looked at a demon casually and asked.
"Me." A man in his thirties stuck his head out from behind. He was a human with a large burn scar on his chin, but his eyes were aimed at the person beside him. He was not a human, but a demon.
When someone approached the man's ear and was about to say something, Zach waved his hand and said, "I can introduce myself myself." Zach walked directly towards the man and raised his eyebrows. Crowley actually retained this human boss. She's smart. If Crowley completely replaces the gang with demons, Anthony will be upset and Cologne will find a reason to ban them.
"Zachary Grande." Zach sat directly opposite the man, "You can call me Zach."
"I still like it better, Mr. Grand." The man smiled, "Skoll." He raised his eyebrows, leaned forward, and approached Zach, "Are you really, um, a vampire? "
"Yes, it can't be anymore." Zach smiled, deliberately grinning one side of his lips, revealing his sharp teeth that suddenly extended. Seeing the other person retracting his body warily, Zach felt a little fond of this Skoll.
Skoll winked and said, "You can retract now!" He glanced at Seth, who was standing aside without sitting down, and raised his chin slightly, which was a greeting to his opponent's subordinates in various senses.
There was already a demon making an introduction in Skoll's ear, and he nodded in the direction of nothing. Dylan tilted his head. Replied one.
"I don't want to waste time." Zach looked at the other person and was a little curious as to what kind of deal Crowley used to get this guy under her control.
trade? It refers to a devil's pact, as the saying goes, succumbing to temptation and selling one's soul to the devil in hell. I just don't know what Crowley promised to be attractive enough. Let these guys be willing to live as puritanical lives as they do now.
"I need your people to patrol the southeast to keep hunters away."
Skoll raised his eyebrows, and the scar on his chin trembled, "Hunter? What is a hunter?" He looked at the person next to him, the devil, with an expression waiting for an explanation.
Zach laughed in his heart. He was another poor guy who didn't know what he would face and sold himself to the devil in a hurry.
The demon next to Skoll looked at Zach, his eyes dull. Black spread out of the pupils, as if something was rolling.
"Ah!" Skoll shook his head, with self-mockery in his tone like a ruffian, "This is asking the real boss for instructions!" He glanced at Zach, "I should be happy that she would choose me. , but." He curled his lips, "I really can't be happy."
Zach's inner smile began to appear on his face, but he didn't answer. Although the other person seems to be a pretty good guy. But regardless of Grande's social relationship ('General'), or Grande's relationship with Crowley. It's a shame that Zack isn't even in a position to be too friendly to this guy.
The devil's eyes regained their vitality, and he leaned into Skoll's ear again and whispered a few words.
Zach had heard it, but still waited for Skoll to say it. Skoll shrugged, looking indifferent. "Okay, I will send someone to patrol the area. If we find, uh, a hunter, we will deal with it directly."
Then this guy glanced at the demon next to him who was responsible for delivering the message. "You know what I said about sending people, it's actually you who go. I don't know what a hunter is, anyway, it's your business, you handle it. Just take care of my brothers' bodies! Don't mess around!"
The devil twitched the corner of his mouth, and then rolled his eyes before he could finish rolling them. Darkness surged in his eyes again, and he was probably snitching.
In the mayor's office, before Anthony finished his excited speech, he noticed that Crowley was distracted again.
Anthony opened his mouth, cursed, lowered his head and continued to look at the things in his hands. What Anthony is holding now is a file, the kind that all federal citizens have, and the photo above is a young and clean version of a homeless woman.
That is Crowley's container. Zach guessed correctly that Crowley was with Anthony, but he guessed wrongly about Crowley's purpose. Crowley is here to rectify her container, which is to legitimize this woman's citizenship information again.
The life of this woman was recorded in the file. She did not seem to be a kind person. She stole, invaded other people's homes, and did not pay for meals... However, because this woman was diagnosed with paranoid mental disorder (the main symptom is delusion), she After committing a bunch of little things, he got away without any responsibility.
But mental illness is no magic card, and in fact, the woman named Poole's legal citizenship had expired. Because she has not fulfilled the obligations of a citizen for too long, including taxes, social security... she does not even have a fixed residence and contact information. Like most homeless people, they have become a dead file of federal citizen information.
The reason Crowley came was simple. Anthony had always been unhappy that she didn't even have an identity, not even a citizen of Barton. So of course Crowley threw this little thing in front of Anthony, "This is my future identity, get it right."
Think of this as Crowley's revenge for Anthony bossing her around. It's quite childish and helpless, just like reporting.
Crowley's dark eyes flashed red. She waved her hand impatiently and said to the air, "Whatever!" God knows who she was talking to.
Her eyes focused on Anthony again, "No one will bother us anymore." She looked at Anthony's irritable expression as he carefully read the file, "Are you going to help me? If you think this kind of thing is too small, , you don’t need to do it, then I’m happy to handle it myself.”
"Hmph!" Anthony raised his eyes and glanced at Crowley, "Then I ask you to put your hands into government agencies? Or population management. Do you think I'm stupid?"
Anthony closed the file with a snap. He didn't know where Crowley got this file. The corners were yellow and curled up. It had been buried for God knows how long.
Crowley curled her lips, crossed her long legs, and changed the way they overlapped. "We already have an agreement. I said I wouldn't touch Barton's management, but I just won't. You should believe me instead of asking for help at any time." Chance questions me.”
"Your agreement is with Grande." Anthony put the file at the bottom of a pile of to-do documents. This was his own way of saying that he would handle it, but he wouldn't make it so easy for you. Get what you want, "It's not my turn to believe you yet."
Crowley pursed her lips, and Anthony drew the line very cunningly.
If you say this, everyone will understand.
We can regard Anthony and Grande as one, because their relationship was established before coming to Barton. It is a friendship that transcends race. The present of Barton is the result of their joint efforts. Therefore, the agreement between Crowley and Grande and the various restrictions on demons are actually for the city led by Anthony - Barton.
But we cannot regard Anthony and Grande as one, because Anthony is the mayor and Grande, uh, Grande is just a voter with the right to vote!
Therefore, Anthony naturally got involved in things that were beneficial to Barton, and helped Grande behind the scenes overtly and covertly, such as the contract with the prison. But as soon as there was any sign of harm to Barton, Anthony immediately jumped out and became the mayor, saying such words that made Crowley, who had been restricted by Grande to the point of helplessness, sad.
Just a bummer.
Crowley has been trying to find a foothold for equal dialogue with Anthony, but when Anthony cunningly uses Grande as a shield, she finds that she has been unknowingly reduced to the status of a voter, which makes people helpless. However, her relationship with Anthony was not good enough to be friends. So she will never have a foothold in front of Anthony!
"You are so..." Crowley stared at Anthony, thinking about the words, and finally decided to be more tactful, "Cunning."
Anthony snorted, "I really don't know whether to be happy or sad when a devil said that." He waved his hand, "Are you okay? You can leave when you are okay." Anthony looked at the time, it was almost over It was noon, and his secretary Gina was about to come in to chat about lunch options.
Crowley stood up without any hesitation, straightened her coat, and chaotic lights and shadows began to flash behind her, "There is one more thing."
Anthony shook his head while looking down at the document, but didn't look at her again. Just as Zach had guessed it, Anthony had also guessed it. It was impossible for Crowley not to have any idea about the arrival of the saint. Although this was not the main purpose of her coming here this time, it was impossible not to mention it.
"If she comes." Crowley's voice was hesitant, "Tell her I'm at Mary's Church and she's welcome to visit at any time."
Anthony twitched the corner of his mouth and responded impatiently, "Go talk to Zach and tell me what you are doing!"
Crowley actually smiled, not sure if she meant something else, "The real influence is not that arrogant vampire, but you."
It was as if countless pages were turning at the same time, disrupting the air, and Crowley had disappeared.
Anthony finally raised his eyes to look at the empty place opposite, dropped the pen in his hand, and leaned back on the chair. Anthony frowned, he understood what Crowley meant.
Last night, while the vampire and Eli were waiting boredly for Gangaro to return, Zach called Anthony and briefly explained that a new alien race would appear in Barton City, and it was a powerful alien race - Gangaro. and saints.
Zach also made it clear his purpose, Grande wanted them. In order to do this, Zach needs Anthony's help. As mayor, Anthony needs to prove to the saints that this is a harmonious and free city as Zach said. The leader of Barton, the mayor, is a just 'righteous man', not a puppet controlled by aliens. (..)