CHAPTER XXIII

In the sky above Barton City, black wings pushed the sunlight, and where Crowley streaked, shadows were cast that ordinary people could not detect. The shadow swept through the streets and pedestrians with the main body above, clinging to the outer wall of the Liszt Building, rising rapidly until it coincided with her feet.

Crowley looked down at the city, her golden dress reflected off the sunlight from the cracks of the battle. Huge wings flapped, and in another horizon, black shadows poured out around her like a swarming ant tide. These loyal dogs who live in the middle of the world, flicking their scarlet tongues, trample on the top of Barton's current iconic building, and they spread out under Crowley's outstretched arms.

A black 'ant tide' poured down from the top of the Liszt Building, and the people working in the building, even if they didn't think about Monday's downturn, couldn't notice the creatures swooping down perpendicular to the ground outside their windows.

Crowley's wings spread again, and the downward wingspan seemed to squeeze the space, and the afterimage of gold, white, and black rushed into the sky again. The fallen angel saw the right direction, and under the sun, he drew to the west.

The aliens who had been hiding in Barton seemed to sense something, and they looked at the sky with sorrow. They came for the rumors of Paradise, but the truth is that it is an Alpha City. They should have been grateful that Alpha hadn't come to trouble them, and perhaps even that the new demon hadn't bothered them either.

But I don't know how long this stability in the cracks will last, in the cycle of the full moon. The demons seem to be going on something, which is a bad sign.

These aliens are fortunate to abandon their senseless speculation. This stability will continue, as long as they maintain the status quo.

Because what is really true is that this is the city of the citizens of Barton. It's just that among this citizen, there are alphas, and there are vampires who they don't know until now.

They had no point in guessing that there seemed to be something going on between the alpha and the demon, but on the contrary, it was very 'friendly'. Let us pray for their safe lives—these sorrowful low-class aliens. Don't do anything stupid that is self-righteous.

With James leaving the attic, Zach returned to the café.

The table in front of Mike had changed things. The original food and drinks were packed. Mike swallowed the food in his mouth a little apologetically, "Can I bring it back, these things? if you don't want to indulge Mr. King's gluttony." ”

Zach smiled and nodded, "Yes." You have to be careful, though. Zach had a good-natured tease on his face, "You have this trend too." ”

Mike smiled a little shyly, "I just learned that the wall with the handle in my apartment is an oven built in, and I want to try to make these things, and I need some samples." ”

"It's a nice hobby. Zach replied indifferently, "Should recommend you 'Cook Kitchen,' every day at six p.m., Barton Cable." Zach raised an eyebrow curiously. "Do you know TV?"

Mike thought for a moment, "There's a box with goblins moving inside." ”

Zach smiled and shook his head, "yes." That's it. This reminded Zach, "Do you want to see a curtain of leprechaun performances when it unfolds?" Zach gestured with a big gesture, he was talking about the movie.

"What's that?" Mike nodded curiously, "I think." ”

Although the movement of vampires during the day is not restricted, there are really not many places to go in order not to cause trouble for themselves.

Zach raised his hand. Summoned Georgina again and packed the rest of the food and drink. Leave a tip again out of gratitude.

Georgina's attitude was much friendlier than before, which had to do with the fact that James, who had just left again, was much calmer, and she even said to Mike in a friendly way, 'Welcome to come back next time'.

Leaving the café and leaving the extra food in the car, the two walked northwest of Liszt Street, where there are theaters and restaurants that are much more formal than cafés.

The choice was in Zach's hands, so he made up for what he missed. The midday movie and release craze has passed and it's Monday, and there is no one else around Zach and Mike to bother. This allowed the two to move around at will, which greatly satisfied Mike's curiosity.

The demon's fixed commercial time before the film even began, was kicked down from behind the curtain several times by the staff, and if it weren't for the vampire's enchanting pupils, they would probably have been banned from entering it permanently.

But when the movie actually starts, Mike surprisingly quiets down. The vampire confirmed that the tear stains he saw in the corners of Mike's eyes were not fake, and that the demon seemed to fit in well with the era and the context. It was a chaotic, ambiguous time of 'right and wrong'. And the 'romantic feelings' in the movie may have given this person who is already a demon a little comfort.

Zach knows a little more about this guy who is actually just going to act as a microphone for Crowley.

It wasn't until the end of the movie that the room was lit up again, and Mike was still sitting in his seat, barely moving the popcorn between his legs. He raised his head and stared blankly at the white curtain.

The effect of the Charm Pupil is still ongoing, so there is no staff to disturb it.

The vampire waited for the other party's reaction very intimately, but in fact, the vampire didn't know the next itinerary, because today's itinerary controlled the initiative, and Crowley couldn't find it to the cherubim.

"In the electric ......" Mike didn't seem to be quite comfortable with the title, he looked at Zach hesitantly, and asked, "Electricity, the movie, at the beginning." There's a word, 'based on the adaptation,' what is that? Is it also a movie?"

"It's a book. Zach raised an eyebrow, and was clearer about Mike's background, "Haven't you heard of this author?"

Mike shook his head, with a hint of anticipation in his eyes, and asked a very realistic question, "Is he still alive?"

Zach pursed his lips and shook his head regretfully, "I think you just missed the era in which he lived. ”

Mike nodded disappointedly.

"You want to move on to the next movie. Zach really seems to be acting as a guide. He smiled and asked comfortingly, "Or should we go to the library?"

"Library. Mike's eyes were filled with anticipation again.

Zach smiled and raised an eyebrow. Let Crowley know that he's a very good guide. Zach picked up the popcorn that hadn't been touched at all and gave it to the staff who were silently cleaning up on the sidelines.

"Let's go. ”

Out of the movie theater, the two walked to the parking place. Barton's City Library is on Buckle Street, and although it is somewhat out of step with its current surroundings, the history of Berry Street is there, and it is indelible as the origin of the city of Patton. Many early facilities. It's all there.

The wagon deliberately took a long detour, heading north from the end of the Becky comb and heading southeast. Zach began to explain Becky's history very responsibly, in order to dispel the silence, but also to dispel time. Drive on the back of the comb, which is on Becky Main Street. They passed through warehouses, train stations, countless flidling taverns, and lots of lots that were being renovated.

It's a long way east to Reipt High School, and many of the original taverns have changed their appearance and have been put up with 'non-alcoholic' signs and turned into ordinary restaurants.

Zach stopped the car and led Mike to a building sandwiched between stationery and a beverage store. The vampire raised his hand, blocking out the three o'clock afternoon sun, and walked briskly into the shadows of the building.

There weren't a lot of people in the city library, and it seemed to coincide with the end of high school. Many teenagers with books gathered around the reception counter.

Zach lined up very obediently, used Grande's identity to apply for a library card, and then went straight up with Mike after entering.

The reception you see when you enter is not spacious. It's similar to an ordinary beverage store, but it's actually very large, with a total of five floors, the top floor is where materials and documents related to the history of Barton City are stored, and the second, third, and fourth floors are ordinary books, and the first floor. It is the back of the reception desk, occupied by magazines and newspapers.

Mike's purpose is clear. So the two of them skipped the subject related and reference books on the second floor, went up the spiral staircase in the center, entered the third floor, and began to search under the cumbersome classification.

Not to mention Mike, even vampires are a little uncomfortable with the current book taxonomy. The person who has been in zài for too long is looking forward to a chronological taxonomy, so he can't express what it feels like to find 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Fifty Shades' placed together. Looking at the completely ignoring expressions of the teenagers who occasionally passed by, Zach understood, so it was.

Zach will curiously take off the meaning of the book and continue to search.

The library seemed to be shielded from the noise of the outside world, except for the scurrying of books and the soft sound of people walking by. Mike's gain was not small, and Zach also pulled out a copy and walked towards the reading area.

Behind the rows of bookshelves, long wooden tables were placed in the open space, piles of books were loosely opened, and some teenagers with their hair pulled frowned and almost bit off their pens, as if deciding which book to copy, oh no, quote.

Zach raised an eyebrow, and he saw a familiar man.

The girl flipped the pages of the book in front of her, then watched the caretaker walk by, pulled a chip from her bag while he wasn't looking, and slowly moved her mouth shut as little as she could.

She spotted Zach, "You!"

As soon as Lola opened her mouth, she was exposed, and the caretaker glared at her, and took out the snacks she had hidden in her bag and threw them into the trash without mercy! If she didn't have the surname Barton, she would have been kicked out.

Zacra walked past Mike, who was looking for a seat, walked to Lola's side, lowered his voice, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect to meet you here again, what are you looking at?"

Before Zach could see the content, Lola rolled her eyes and blocked the title of the book.

"Why are you here? Benjamin and Matthew?"

Zach chose to ignore Lola's questioning about the extra wolf cub, and smiled and glanced at the person sitting next to Lola in his hood, and it didn't take much to see that there was handwriting all over the skin he could hide. Zach motioned to Mike, "I'm going to read a book with a friend." ”

Lola looked at Mike next to her, not interested. She stood up and walked over to the bookshelf, she needed to put the book back in her hand before she could be found. (To be continued)