No matter how it is decorated, it is still a hasty funeral - it was delayed for too long, it was just a business operation for the funeral home, and the family of the deceased was not fully prepared to entertain a large number of guests...
But it was such a chaotic funeral. As the owner of the funeral home, Zach still received people who came to express their gratitude even though he hid in the lounge behind the church the whole time.
From a guest, "Mr. Gallagher deserved a true funeral. Thank you for giving us the opportunity to say goodbye to Mr. Gallagher."
From the family, "Thank you Grande, maybe we shouldn't have wasted time with Allen in the first place and came directly to Grande. If father|husband|grandfather|uncle... knew that so many people would miss him, would I’m very pleased.”
From the deceased himself, the inarticulate believer Old Earthbinder, "Suck, vampire... Anyway, thank you."
Even, from the angel Camille—
"Would you like to see it? The Gates of Heaven. Constantine lent the courtyard of the living quarters where Gallagher would enter Heaven."
"Sir, aren't you going to watch the burial ceremony before, um, leaving?" Zach asked to the earthbound spirit of the deceased, Mr. Gallagher.
"Oh my god, Mr. Angel said that the prayers at the last ceremony will be transmitted to heaven. I think I don't have the courage to look at that scene, so... I'd better listen to their final farewell to me in the 'distance'... "
Zach made no comment and looked at Camille, "No, I've seen it before. Four centuries is a long time, and there are quite a lot of things like this happening occasionally."
"I haven't seen it." Louise, who was holding the process information in her hand and ready to remind people in the main hall of the process at any time, raised her eyebrows, "Has Matthew seen it?"
Matthew naturally shook his head.
"Then go and see it." Zach curled his lips, "There's nothing interesting to see, so don't have high expectations."
This is a meaningless reminder. When looking at an old man heading to heaven, no one knows what to expect.
In the backyard of the church living area, the devil could no longer be seen around, and even Mike chose to avoid it. It wasn't like everyone imagined that there were any taboos. Zack and Louise, who were both sinners of the Holy Lord faith, were both there, not to mention Matthew, a young wolf who was purely curious. It's just psychologically awkward. Well, how can I describe it? Among the unemployed young people who went for interviews at the same time, one entered a factory full of sweat smell and the other entered a tidy office. They are all guys who live their lives seriously, but their final treatment is so different. Maybe it’s just this awkward feeling, try to be considerate.
However, there was a strange man sitting in the corner in the backyard, mourning something alone.
Zach waved his hand and motioned to Camille and the others to do their thing, while he picked up the work of the owner of the funeral home and walked towards the man, "I'm sorry, sir, guests shouldn't come here. Please go back to the main hall. If you need to be alone, You can go to the lounge and wait, there will be a final farewell ceremony later."
The man glanced at Zach, with a sad expression on his face, "Oh, yes, I'm sorry." He stood up and prepared to leave.
Camille in the middle of the backyard did nothing special. She just stood behind old Mr. Gallagher and waved. A faint white light appeared in front of Mr. Gallagher. A golden thread vertical to the ground slowly opened, extended up and down, and then turned. through two right angles. The outlined shape seems to open a crack in the space.
It really wasn't worth the wait, that's all. Camille nodded, and Mr. Gallagher took a deep breath in a human habit, raised his hand and pressed the door outlined by the golden gap.
"Um, are you Mr. Grand?" The man who was about to leave suddenly turned around. It was impossible for this ordinary human being to know that the door to heaven was open in the backyard. He looked at Zach and asked sincerely.
"I am." Zach nodded.
"Oh, I want to say thank you." The man still had some sadness on his face. "This was a very worthwhile funeral. It gave me a chance to say goodbye to Mr. Gallagher. Thank you. I will not forget it."
The official words have been said too many times in the constant thank you, and Zach is too lazy to repeat them. He maintains the professional expression of a funeral director and just nodded, "Please come this way."
Zach led the way and sent the man back to where he belonged.
When I returned to the backyard again, I thought it was over, but I didn't expect that Mr. Gallagher was still floating in the middle with his hand raised to push the door open. Everyone watching this last journey, including Camille, looked helpless and could only wait.
Zach stood next to Louise, pouted his lips, and commented in a low voice, "Let me tell you, there's nothing interesting to see."
Louise nudged Zach.
"Gallagher, it's very simple, just take one step forward." Camille said, "You will be in heaven, the place where you believe in your whole life. Just one step."
"I, I know." Mr. Gallagher's voice was trembling, "Heaven, heaven. What is it like?"
"You can see for yourself." Camille replied, "One step." This should be regarded as a sign of the limit of patience. After all, we all know how much effort it took for Gallagher to reach this step.
"Yes, yes. I, I can see for myself." With a meaningless reply, Mr. Gallagher fell into silence. Yes, it’s the silence of not taking that step.
"Perhaps sir wants to be alone." Zach's tone seemed to have seen too many people, "Louise, Matthew, we've seen it, let's go back and give Mr. some sex." As he said this, he was already He signaled to Camille and greeted his people to leave. After all, the funeral process still needed to be presided over by someone from their funeral home, so they couldn't wait here forever.
"Wait a minute!" Mr. Gallagher actually called them! "G-Grand, I, um, I know that person just now..."
Zach frowned and glanced at Camille. Camille was helpless, and there was no other expression on her face.
The two guys present, who were the only ones who had seen the Earth-Binding Spirit move into another stage of life, knew exactly what the situation was like at this time. It is greed for the human world.
It should be easy to understand. It is clear that there is nothing unfinished in this world, but we are still stagnant, grabbing irrelevant things and trying to continue our sense of existence in this world...
"Of course." Zach, our vampire understands because he has seen it, but he can never empathize with it. "Mr. Gallagher, this is your funeral, and the people who come to say goodbye to you are all people you know." Finally. Please help Camille. It's not easy for the only angel in the Federation now. "They have said their goodbyes. It's your turn, Gallagher."
This encouragement was selectively ignored by Mr. Gallagher, "Haha, he is a good boy..." He actually responded with "Zach" and started a self-centered conversation. Of course, an old man like Mr. Gallagher who has lived a full life can say that anyone is a child, "Although he has gone astray, hehe, he is still a good child."
Camille was already shaking her head, glanced at Zach, lowered her gaze, and stared at the container Ike's hand in a daze.
Zach originally wanted to ignore it and leave directly. If a person wants to stagnate, no one can push him. But Zach suddenly felt like he was reminded of something. As if he had seen that man before somewhere, he curled his lips and said, "Astray?"
Absolutely happy that his existence in this world has been taken over and continued, Mr. Gallagher smiled and looked at Zach, "Yes, yes. When I was young, I made some impulsive mistakes and spent a few years in prison. ." This is talking about the man just now.
Zach also remembered where he had seen this man. The day before yesterday at the Southern District Police Station, James and Weiss were investigating the case files. Remember, the preliminary investigation by the two police detectives revealed that the most suspected disappearance case was the case record of the protesters at the Allen Funeral Home. Weiss once said, "There are only a few restless people in the South District, but this protest has wiped them all out."
That person just participated in the protest. Zach frowned and looked at the smile on Mr. Gallagher's face, "I just remembered something. That person just participated in the protest against Allen Funeral Home. Your funeral was postponed several times. His A credit, do you still think he is a 'good boy'?"
Zach had no other meaning and quickly stopped the old man's thoughts about where he should go.
"He has his own problems." Misstepped, Gallagher began to defend others. Well, it’s not surprising. If no one protests, he will be cremated, and the funeral he wants will not come true here in Grande. He may think that protesting is a good thing, "I heard it when I was still in Allen He has no choice but to protest against something..."
What is the last resort? Zach was curious. After all, it was related to the Allen Funeral Home, which would be Grande Industries in the future. "You know something about protests..."
A black shadow fell from the sky and crashed into Mr. Gallagher.
The golden light opened like a crack in the door, and the last expression left in this world was swallowed up in an instant, which was the confused Gallagher.
The Heaven's Gate and Gallagher, which have no ornamental value, disappeared into the center of the backyard. Camille stared at the black mist falling from the sky, "Mike, right, um, thank you."
"No thanks." Mike's voice rolled away as the black mist rolled away, "I just can't bear to see this old man dragging his feet." Ha, I'm afraid it's the awkward feeling of being in a factory or an office as explained before.
Zach opened his mouth, watched Mike disappear, and finally shook his head, "Okay, now that we've finished reading, Louise, it's time for us to host the next process."
Louise and Matthew seemed to be in a daze. They were pushed a few times by Zach before they responded, nodded, and started working.
Zach walked towards Camille without accompanying him, "Do you know what Gallagher said just now?"
"I don't know." Camille looked at Zach as if she had finally finished, "Sissi said you already know about his relationship with Allen's son, so there is nothing to hide from you. In Allen She did the work of persuading Gallagher over there. Sissi may know something, you can ask her."
Ask Sissy? Forget it, Zach waved his hand, "As for Sissi, do you know what she is planning to do? To that Nick."
"Yes." Camille nodded, "She told me, but I still have to thank you for giving her a good idea. Otherwise, as a saint, it would still be inappropriate to do such a thing."
You know what this is saying, it's saying that Sissy wants Nick to see hell. Zack's great idea is to let Crowley create the hell...
Zach pouted and left. Because as expected, angels will not care about such things at all, so it is useless to talk about it.
The final farewell ceremony has begun. The guests will see the deceased in the coffin one last time and then leave. The rest is the burial ceremony.
Zach was looking for the man from before in the crowd. Zach had always had some questions about Allen's protests. Now that he had met him, let's ask.
Found it, and when the other party put a flower on the coffin, turned around and left with his lips pursed, Zach stood next to him. With the crowd bowing their heads and looking sad, Zach's eyes turned red. "Do you have time to chat? Sir, I have some questions about Mr. Gallagher that I want to ask you. You won't refuse, right?"
"Uh, Mr. Grande, you, you ask."
"I see that you avoided Mr. Gallagher's family. You also hid behind the church alone before." Zach himself said that half of the power of Toledo's Charming Eyes in social interactions comes from observation, "It's because Are you protesting against the Allen Funeral Home? Because of you, Mr. Gallagher's last stop has been postponed several times."
The man's thick neck began to be tinged with a slight blush on his face. It was obvious that he couldn't hide the embarrassment. "I, I said I was sorry. I hope Mr. Gallagher can hear it."
"Mr. Gallagher, who will be buried in the coffin in the ground at that moment, can't hear anything." Zach was not prepared to provide comfort. What he wanted was to have this feeling of guilt deeply implanted through the Eyes of Charm. Enter the other person's mind so that you can get the answer, "Well, I think you must have no choice. Did you know that Allen can't continue to operate because of the protest." The guilt is multiplied by two.
Zach noticed that the man's ears had turned dark red, "As the owner of the South District funeral business, Grande, I should buy the Allen Funeral Home. So please understand that I am not protesting against this matter. Things still focus on the merits. Can you explain it to me? I have always been puzzled as to why the protests suddenly aroused after so long... "
"I'm being threatened!" Before Zach could finish his words, the other party broke down and suddenly became louder.
Zach held the other party's shoulders, quickened his pace, walked away from the gazes gathered in the church, walked along the porch, towards the wall where no one was near, and closed his red pupils economically, since the other party had already spoken, " You said, threatening."
"More than a week ago, I was suddenly threatened by my boss. If I didn't go to Allen Funeral Home to protest, I would be accused of violating the bail agreement and be sent back to jail..."
Zach waved his hand to stop this guy because he saw Wes. Wes came with old Mel to attend the funeral.
"Detective Weiss." Zach waved his hand, "Come here, this gentleman is telling me something interesting. I think Mr. Detective might be interested." After Weiss came over obediently, "Probably, Something that will give you more to interrogate Nick.”
If the man went to protest because of threats, then why did Nick go to protest and it turned into a kidnapping? Didi said it suddenly, maybe not that suddenly. (.)