It may be strange to say this, but it is the fact that Zach was in a very happy mood when he drove the truck back to Grande from the West Side in the night.
So happy that even though the bad news was coming from the radio, Zach was still smiling.
What was playing on the radio was not news. Everyone knew that the Grande brothers would not listen to the boring local news in Barton unless there was a 'natural disaster' like thunder.
So everyone should have guessed that the program broadcast on the radio at this time is always 'unintentional', letting our vampires know what the Sabbat Toledo band - the Children of the Night are doing, 'Arthur's Music Box'.
As excited as every time I listen to it, the host excitedly announced, "The Children of the Night band has fulfilled their promise, and lead singer Eli Toledo has completed a new song for the fans who unfortunately suffered accidents at the previous concert! And made an announcement , they will perform the new song for the first time in their next concert!”
'So after the bloody stampede at the last concert, we have already started promoting the second concert. Zach curled his mouth and squinted his eyes, with an inexplicable sense of superiority, "Toledo from the Sabbat is really good at finding trouble." '
"Ah-ha! Have the attentive listeners heard the key?!" the host said proudly. No, Zach believed that there should be many poor people in front of countless radios who had no idea what they were expecting. As good as this host.
"Yes! Son of the Night has announced the second stop of the tour! Where is it?! Are you looking forward to it?! Very much looking forward to it! Will it be in your city?! Hahaha! After the commercial, let's come Reveal this lucky city!”
Zach chuckled and shook his head. Lucky? The widespread legacy of vampire dignity (mailing blood to create descendants) has been abandoned, and the Sabbat 'Toledo' who came to replace them has been destined to be a lowly clan. At least that's what Zach believed.
Zach didn’t think the bloody accident at the first concert was a real accident. I'm afraid it's just a group of inferior creatures looking at the crowd and gaining an appetite. Do you remember what the host said last time? How ironic that Eli Toledo would write a song about life, fear, and blood to commemorate those who lost their lives at the concert.
So not lucky at all.
With a happy mood and a sarcastic heart, Zach's fingers tapped the steering wheel lightly and drove on Route 27.
The moon in the night exudes silver light, carrying the coolness and humidity brought from the eastern sea. Zach rolled down the window. So comfortable.
It seems necessary to explain where Zach's pleasure comes from, from Mrs. Barton.
Mrs. Barton's words were clearly meant as a lesson, but they made one thing clear to Zach. Grande. Never, ever have to look at the faces of West Enders, never have to explain your actions, never have to try to gain their goodwill.
because. As Mrs. Barton said at the end. In this commission, Zach tried to consider the West End people, tried to explain his behavior, and tried to show that he was on the side of the West End people. What was the result? Was dismissed by Mrs. Barton as 'of course'!
good! From now on, Grande will never have to do this again!
Let Grande return to the simple rule of 'only providing results, not the process'! Grande's secret, so convenient. No need to explain, because you don’t want to know. Grande’s selfishness. For example, using "Barton Bottom" to help Anthony, I'm sorry, don't blame Grande for taking the West Ender's money and making his own little ninety-nine, aren't you too lazy to care...
ha! After Mrs. Barton said with great momentum, "The West End people represent Barton, and Barton is the West End people," Zach had all the reasons to be happy, happy that these West Enders easily handed them into his hands.
Zach had never claimed the city of Barton and became the lord of this ownerless city, but at this time, Zach truly felt that Barton was his.
Turning west on Route 27 and driving onto the gravel road in front of the Grand Gate, the commercials on the radio ended.
The host's voice was still excited, "Welcome back to Arthur's Music Box! I know everyone has been waiting for a long time! Let us reveal the answer! The city where the second concert of Children of the Night will be held is-"
The deliberately prolonged voice was creating meaningless suspense. Zach spun around and shook his head with a chuckle in the prolonged voice.
“Our Iowa (central part of the commonwealth)… ”
Zach couldn't hear the city clearly, and for the next few seconds, Zach didn't even pay attention to the steering wheel in his hands.
To the north, perhaps as far north as Barton City, something happened. Zach couldn't be sure, after all, they were too far apart.
A bright red light illuminated the northern sky, and the entire northern district seemed to be enveloped in this sudden burst of fire!
A low, dull roar, and a shrill, harsh, but distant scream that seemed not to exist in this world, poured into Zach's ears!
Zach turned to the north, directly pulled the handbrake, pushed the door open, and clasped his fingers on the sides of the roof of the car, as if he didn't use much force at all. He was already standing on the roof of the truck, frowning, looking towards the north.
The black wreckage of the Hermann factory looked a bit unreal under the red flames. Zach's eyes did not stop at this thing that was blocked in front of his sight simply because of its location, and continued to head north.
Zach had to squint his eyes. The tall buildings in the North District kept blocking the sight of the vampires in the night in the South District, making it impossible for him to see what he wanted to see.
But what Zach can confirm is that the places he can reach with his eyes are not the source of the red flames. This means that after the explosion of Hermann's factory and the large-scale fire disaster that occurred in Barton, Pai Siying did not It exploded, the Southeast didn't explode, the Back Bay didn't explode, Lister didn't, Knoll didn't, the city didn't...
Reluctantly, with the view not blocked by the high-rise buildings on Lister, Zach confirmed that there was no explosion in the Upper North District where Anthony lived...
Wait, why the explosion? Because it sounds like the low, dull roar and the shrill roar are very similar; it looks like the red light that dyes half of the sky is also very similar.
Well, but please don't jump to conclusions like Zach did, because Zach is a vampire, and what he can hear and see, we may not be able to hear or see.
"Hey!" Louise's voice came from beside the van. Judging from her outfit, it seemed that she was taking a walk after dinner (Grand dinner was later than normal families, because Alice had to finish watching Cook's Kitchen before cooking) , interrupted Zach, who was looking far away, "What are you doing?"
Zach frowned and looked at Louise, who had a relaxed look on his face, with his red pupils, "Can't you see? North District."
Louise tilted her head, leaned slightly against the truck, and blinked at the North, "What are you looking at? What happened to the North District?" (...)