Zach's thinking was interrupted by a phone call.
"It's me." Madison, maybe because she had some insights into the fucking ethics of aliens when she had a chat with Zach yesterday, her tone towards Zach turned out to be much better, "I have something I want to ask you about."
"Oh? Do you still have any questions about the predatory nature of the Mei Yao race? Just ask."
"Uh, no, it's about work." Madison was a little weird, and just said, "The people from Allen Funeral Home are here, and they want to transfer the work at hand to us. Well, I don't know the process. I Is there anything I need to pay attention to?”
Zach raised his eyebrows, and after a while he said, "Huh?"
"Their person in charge is right here. Do you want to talk to him?"
"No, no." Zach shook his head and glanced at the survey he had just thrown away. It was not an exaggeration. The operation of Allen Funeral Home was actually affected! Otherwise, how can you explain why you actually transferred the work to your opponent? ! "Well, I don't know. In the past, funeral matters were controlled by the city government. Even if it was transferred, there were city government procedures, such as changing the cemetery registration information. But after cremation and privatization... I don't know."
Zach thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this, Madison, write everything down into a contract and let Allen's people and the transferred customers read and confirm it before everything goes through normal procedures."
"Okay." Madison didn't even mock the boss Zach's ignorance, "That's okay, I'm hanging up."
"Wait a minute." Zach frowned, "Did Allen's people say why they needed to be transferred?"
Madison's voice became softer, "No, but have you heard about the protests over there? It seems serious recently, and the police are also helping to coordinate the investigation..."
Zach waved his hands in the air, really not wanting to mention the ridiculous police investigation. "I heard that, but what do you mean by transferring work? Is Allen ready to close down?" This was originally a joke.
"It seems so." It seems not. "Listening to the conversations of several staff members, it seems that Mr. Allen does not want to continue doing it. After privatization, there is no government subsidy. They have been losing money, and the competition on our side has increased. Someone deliberately made trouble. This time, due to delays, the funeral process has been delayed for almost a week, and the customer is also very dissatisfied. In addition... "
Zach curled his lips, "What else?"
"It seems that this is what they said, what Enryon (the devil) heard-Mr. Allen's son, disappeared. After calling the police, the police went to investigate. They were blocked by those protesters, and Mr. Allen finally had no intention of working anymore, so Close the entire funeral home, clear out the idle personnel, send staff to my place to transfer work, and concentrate on cooperating with the police to investigate missing cases."
Zach raised his eyebrows, "Clear the miscellaneous personnel? Shouldn't it be time to mark the suspects as much as possible and expand the scope of the investigation. The protestors, the employees of the funeral home, and the dissatisfied customers. Shouldn't they all be interrogated?" No. Zach really cares, it's just that there's a James living in the house. Detective Youwei, who often comes back with work, always annoys Zach with this kind of human inefficiency. Zack asked reflexively.
Madison was quiet for a while, "Leon said that those people were very disappointed with the police. The reported case was a missing case, but the people who came were wasting their time on continuing to mediate the protest. Mr. Allen had no choice but to close the door." The person at the funeral home wants the police to focus on it.”
Zach tugged at the corner of his mouth, "I know, okay. That's it."
After hanging up the phone, Zach was a little serious. After hesitating for a while, he dialed the number of the Southern District Police Station. Zach decided to take Colon to visit Susan in the nursing home to dispel the concerns of the guy who was demoted to the South District as chief. The reason for hesitation is that Zach does not have direct contact information for Cologne. The contact information that Zach called was given by Wes, and the person who answered the call might not be Wes. This must rely on a forwarded call, which is not suitable for what Zach wants. Said things.
Before being answered, Zach hung up the phone. Grande had a guest coming, and whether Zach was happy to see the guest at this time.
I quickly left the office, went downstairs, and saw a smiling Mike and Sister Teresa on the back porch.
"She has never been out of Mary's Church. She is not used to being alone. I am accompanying her." Mike said this and pushed Teresa beside him, "Things, things."
There was no smile on Teresa's face. Her strong hands, which had been working for a long time, took out an envelope in her arms and nodded to Zach, "Negatives."
"Are there any other copies?" Just to confirm, Zach took it with a smile and made an invitation gesture.
"No, that's all." Teresa glanced at Grande's building, but shook her head, "I still don't want to enter the vampire's home, I'll just stay outside."
Zach didn't say anything, nodded, pointed to the bench on the back porch, and motioned to sit down.
Mike was very considerate, "I'm going to find Benjamin." and walked away, leaving space for the two of them.
Zach was the first to sit down on the bench. He still remembered the conversation at Mary's Church yesterday. Teresa's answer was that she would come to visit Louise, so, "Sorry, Louise is not here, if there is nothing else." , you can wait for her."
Teresa also sat down and clasped her hands together in an upright manner. She didn’t know whether she was not used to appearing in a vampire’s home or simply, as Mike said, not used to going out. “I read the article in today’s “Urban Legend” story."
Zach looked helplessly in the direction of the warehouse. Our vampire didn’t even finish it himself, and was snatched away by Benjamin. No response for now.
"At the end, she officially started a non-human life. Louise, how is she adapting to this new, new life." Teresa's expression was a bit complicated, but her words still seemed to express concern.
Zach thought about his answer carefully and said, "Although there are some minor unexpected obstacles, it's not bad."
Teresa glanced at Zach, "The story says that for a long time, she couldn't go into the darkness and was afraid to face the world."
"A small obstacle." What could Zach say
Teresa glanced at Zach again, "A kind priest comforted her."
It talks about Constantine's visit and giving Louise excerpts from the Holy Scriptures. In the story written by Madison, this paragraph is obviously restored. Don't ask how Madison knew. Mike was at the Church of the Holy Child and Leon was with Madison. The connection had not been lost.
"Yes." Zach curled his lips. Zach very much doubted whether Madison mentioned in the story how he enlightened Louise. If all the credit was given to Constantine, Zach would still be a little unhappy.
"I feel..." Teresa lowered her head and wrapped her thick fingers, "sad. I am not the one who gives comfort to these children."
Zach raised his eyebrows and looked at the nun. His expression was a little complicated. Are these low-level demon role-playing games too immersive? Of course, these words cannot be said, "Please don't be sad. The story you saw has a happy ending. Isn't that what you want?"
For a guy who only saw the beginning of the story, Zach said the wrong thing. Remember the ending that Ms. West recited in the hospital, although Madison said it was to satisfy the weird magazine-style placement. But, - the people below were pushed into the abyss.
"It's not a good ending." Teresa looked at Zach again. "It's a good ending for Louise to get rid of her former identity in Grande and start a 'normal' life. But these are not." Teresa replied He opened his eyes and shook his head, "No. Ever since Louise met you, this story has no happy ending."
Zach raised his lips. He didn't like hearing this, "If you're going to say that making Louise a vampire is a bad thing, you'd better have a reason." Give Zach the maker.
"I've already said the reason." Teresa took a deep breath, "Devils who ascend without atonement." After a pause, "There are also no vampires who feel that immortality is pride and can return to being human."
Zach frowned.
Teresa continued. The devil's wisdom, "From now on, everything about Louise will have no ending, because of eternal life." Because of eternal life. "The only ending, like all vampires, is sudden, painful, and involuntary death."
Do you understand? Vampires do not have a complete life that can be looked back peacefully in bed. Some have eternal life that does not end until it is forced to end.
Zach looked at Teresa with a complicated expression, "Is this what you, uh, a nun said, or..." Zach shook his finger in front of the other person, "It's what the devil said."
Teresa fell silent and was asked. As you all know, role-playing is like this. The words spoken belong to the character or the actor. The viewer will be confused, and so will the speaker.
After a moment of silence, "I'm waiting for Louise." Teresa's reflex arc was really long enough, and now she answered the original proposal, "When will she come back? If it takes a long time, I don't need Mike to be with me all the time. I can Go find her yourself."
Zach looked at the time and was a little hesitant, because Zach didn't know how Teresa would react to Susan's situation. Although, well, although, think about it, what does it mean that Zach can ask for the film from Mary's Church? It means that Susan has been captured by this vampire. However, there are many types of strategies, they can be obliteration with no way out, or they can be slight deceptions that can be ignored.
But the truth, a bit embarrassing, turned Susan into a psychopath.
Zach thought about how to speak, "I'll definitely be back for lunch, you can stay for lunch. But if you can't wait, you can also go to the nursing home and see her. She's visiting, um, Susan."
Teresa turned her head, glanced at Zach, and then turned back, "You don't need to be careful. After you left yesterday, I tried to contact Susan, but to no avail. I even made plans for Ethela to show up to find me. , but no, I asked Crowley to ask for information. I already know what happened to Susan, and I also understand that the film is meaningless in my hands, so I sent it to you."
Zach didn't know what to say. Well, great, now the nun knows at the same time that Zach ruined the lives of two of her children—one crazy, one with no happy ending.
"So Louise went to see Susan?" Teresa looked into the distance, "I'll go over and have a look too." She stood up and paused, "Can you send me off?"
"Of course." Zach agreed, "Wait a moment."
Priorities still need to be done. Zach summoned Danny, handed over the envelope containing the negatives, and said simply, "Give it to Sloan."
Danny left, and Zach told Mike that he could stay for lunch, or leave at any time, as you pleased, and then he drove Teresa out of Grande and drove in the direction of the nursing home.
"When we get to the nursing home, I want to talk to Louise and Susan alone. I don't need you to accompany me anymore." Teresa said her request calmly in the passenger seat, "Are you willing to trust me?"
There is no doubt that a demon, even a low-level one, whether Zach trusts it or not, will not pose any threat to Louise now, "Of course I trust him."
"Thank you." Teresa nodded, "Now is our last chance to talk. I still have some words that Crowley wants me to help relay to you."
Zach was not surprised and nodded to adapt, please.
"I, Crowley, have been very cooperative with Grande, the mayor, and Barton." After explaining the nature of the person, the following should be a complete paraphrase, "Mere cooperation is obviously not enough to satisfy your needs. Expectations, but sorry, we are demons from hell, and it is impossible to fully meet your expectations as a vampire in many matters."
Zach tilted his head slightly in agreement.
"But my apology is not because I have my own purpose and you don't. This apology is because, as you said, I came to your world and had to disturb the life you thought was stable. My suggestion, accept this apology, and then Accept the status quo. What you need is a fallen angel who is willing and still trying to cooperate with you. I am now, not a fallen angel who is forced into a corner and has no way out anyway, so he decides to put all his efforts into fighting."
Zach curled his lips and agreed. Why? What just happened, what did Boysen do when he was forced to have no way out? Do you still need to be reminded that the doors of the North and South Districts are now wide open.
"So I have a proposal. It is no longer a mutually exclusive and grudge coexistence agreement, but a real proposal that allows both of us to trust and cooperate with each other." Teresa stopped talking.
Zach blinked, questioning.
"Crowley said, you agree to continue."
Zach shook his head helplessly, "This is a good realization. I hope this agreement conforms to this realization. I agree and continue."
"I give you my wings, the angel wings that the Holy Lord gave me all the powers when he created me..."
Zach opened his mouth and looked at Teresa in shock. It's a pity that Teresa just relayed it without any change in expression.
"In exchange, you, Grande, protect me, protect my devil, and protect the soul that belongs to me in the future." Do you know what this is? It's all the people who are still alive, walking, eating and drinking in Barton now, "Let us Safe and let them grow. Until they choose to join my side as they journey to another world."
Zach frowned, not suggesting this. To the world, this is pure devotion.
After a moment of silence, Zach said, "Is it gone?"
"No more." Teresa remained expressionless.
Zach held the steering wheel, blinked, and was speechless. Crowley was so aware. (.)