It was pleasant for Zach to describe the funeral as a gathering of Barton's upper crust. Because although there is no direct relationship with Zach, the owner of the little funeral home, the vampire's extraordinary senses allow him to hear and see many opinions on whether it is the long-term development of Grand Gray's career path or the situation in front of Anthony. There are all advantages and conveniences in running for mayor.
Naturally, Zach will be in a better mood.
But Zach overlooked a small detail. This gathering is not just about Barton's upper-level humans. Note that humans are the key. What is another attribute of Grande? Alien.
Well, when Crowley, Sibella, and Saint Sissy all ran to the Republic, no matter what Zach thought, the remaining 'upper class' of the Barton alien race were also going to gather at this funeral!
While the long and boring farewell ceremony was going on in the church, Zach, who had left all his work to Louise and Danny, easily walked to the backyard of the Church of the Holy Child, where Mike was nestling behind a pillar and secretly feeling sad.
Zach raised his eyebrows, thought of the reason, and decided to comfort this demon with a strange consciousness in the camp, and said, "Are those souls still lost?"
Remember the conversation between Zack and Mike yesterday afternoon when they were watching the factory explode. Mike opened the door to hell only five seconds early.
"Yeah." Mike nodded sadly, "I'm too weak to maintain so many Cerberus entities."
Mike held a newspaper in his hand, which was today's Barton Daily. On the opened social page, it was yesterday's explosion that occupied the page.
Zach took the newspaper and looked at the final casualty statistics, "42 confirmed dead..."
"78." Mike corrected, "There were 78 earthbinders at the scene." He was completely depressed and lowered his head, "I only collected 23... I didn't even dare to report it to Crowley. …”
Zach pursed his lips. "78 minus 23? It's indeed a lot."
This is a dialogue between aliens, so don’t force human relations.
Mike huddled up against the porch pillar.
There was a slight sound of footsteps, and Taylor appeared in the backyard. The academic demon hunter leaned aside without disturbing and looked at this side.
Zach nodded towards her. I don't want to talk to Taylor yet, because previously, Zach knew that Grande had the opportunity to go to the Republic. She fought for it, but was easily abandoned later and only went to Grande's 'dog' ( Shapeshifter (Gold, Keeper of the Palace), I always felt a little uncomfortable facing Taylor.
"You don't have to be too sad." Zach patted Mike. "Barton's Earthbinder will eventually be Barton's." Zach smiled.
"No more." Mike's voice dropped. "In the early morning, those stupid dogs couldn't hold on to their bodies and dragged the earthbinders back to hell. I don't know which demon is in the hands of those earthbinders now. Outside Those demons are probably trying their best to extract information about Barton from these Barton souls."
Reality is like this, complex and contradictory. But the strange and harmonious city of Barton has made the demons outside so curious! Don’t forget Crowley’s essential purpose of going to Newton to negotiate and now heading to the Republic. Just in exchange for benefits, those demons in Newton will not steal Barton's soul!
"Then they are too evil." Zach closed the newspaper in his hand, rolled it into a tube, and hit Mike on the head, "Crowley is in the Republic, obtaining information from the upper echelons of the Holy Lord for these demons. But they are attacking The idea of Barton’s soul, do they want Crowley to exclusively bring back information from the Republic when she comes back?”
Mike took a long time to respond to such an obvious reminder.
Mike pushed away from the pillar, raised his head, and winked at Zach. After waiting for a long time, "Yes!"
Zach shrugged, "So let them return what belongs to Barton."
"Yes!" Mike stood up, full of hope.
"If there are no more 78, we have to ask for compensation and compensation." Zach curled his lips.
"yes!!"
Zach patted Mike on the shoulder, stuffed the newspaper back, and gave Mike another 'candy' easily.
"Wait a minute..." Mike grabbed the newspaper and his expression turned bad again, "But who should I call to get them back..." He leaned against the pillar again, "I don't know where they went..."
Hell’s weird timeline-style world distribution is indeed a problem. Barton's demon only had control of it for five seconds, and it was separated from the Earthbinder who was dragged to hell for five seconds. God knows which demon they were assigned to.
We have analyzed and speculated that Crowley's power situation in hell is not good. The demons in Barton have shown signs of insufficient manpower and soul savings, which only shows that the Fallen Angels' headquarters in hell is also severely restricted, and it may be worse than the situation in the current world.
If there is such a thing as an open letter in hell, then if all the demons deny accepting Barton's Earthbinder, Mike has no way to trace it.
But that's not a problem, why? Because of Barton, there is a guy who can wander around hell regardless of the timeline with only a candle and the accurate time of death at any time, and often helps people escape from prison, Walter.
Zach waved his hand and said, "I can help you speak for Walter. I think it's just a simple commission to send a letter." Note that Zach used 'commission'. Everyone knows the reason. Last time, Walter helped Zach. At that time, I proposed to get paid, but I haven’t figured out the price yet. It should be almost done by now. “He probably won’t refuse.”
"Yes!!" Mike pushed open the pillar again and became excited, "If Walter goes there, we can directly find out who it is!"
"Then let's hurry up." Zach waved his hand, "I'll call Walter, and you inform Crowley that this kind of thing is not suitable for delay."
The reason for notifying Crowley is that every time Walter ignores the timeline and travels through the world, it will disrupt the distribution of the timeline in hell. He has been warned not to travel randomly, so it is appropriate to give Crowley a breather. In addition, he was doing things for Crowley, so when it came time to settle the bill, Zach had no intention of paying for Crowley.
Mike nodded and was about to use the devil's magical communication method on the spot. The severe blackness had just begun to roll, but was blocked by Zach, "It's still in the funeral. You should pay attention, be careful of guests coming over, and go farther away."
This reminder has profound meaning. Mike was reminded and nodded quickly. The ink-black mist swayed from his swaying face. The moment the ink-black mist broke away, 'Mike's' body was so soft that he was caught by Zach.
Zach held up Mike's container and watched as Mike quickly floated away and placed himself on the bench next to the pillar. He didn't turn around until the shadow disappeared. Walking towards the church's office area in a familiar manner, Zach passed Taylor, who had been watching.
Taylor showed a thoughtful expression, and when Zach passed by, he asked softly, "I didn't expect you to still take care of the devil's affairs, even when Crowley is not here."
Zach curled his lips. Mike was no longer here anyway, so he could answer, "I'm protecting Barton and helping Mike casually. This is different from helping Crowley. If you will stay in Barton for a long time, it's best to divide these things." Be clear.”
Taylor looked at the smile on Zach's face, frowned, and fell silent without speaking. (..)