"You seem to have decided it's a phantom. Benjamin leaned back in the driver's seat, his fingers tapping rhythmically on the steering wheel and the music on the radio.

"Because it looks the best. Zach tilted his head, and this kind of music called 'goth' seems to be very popular lately.

"Maybe you're just in your heart, and you don't want it to be Papa Midnight. Benjamin shrugged.

Zach raised an eyebrow and acquiesced.

"Shall we return to Grande now, then, or continue to investigate James's list?" asked Benjamin.

Zach thought for a moment, "Let's go back." There's nothing more to investigate, it's been two months, and if it's really a restless person, something will have been done a long time ago. ”

The vampire was right to say this, if the alien race was just for a simple life, there was no threat to the Grande House, but ......

"And. Zach organized the logic, "Something is going on in the Federation, and it's not a bad thing for us to keep our identities hidden. "Not all aliens are like Kim and will shift their positions in the blink of an eye.

Benjamin nodded, turned onto Route 27, and headed for the South Side, but the conversation wasn't over. Benjamin asked, in a tone of nonchalance, "How do you want to find that phantom man?" or just leave it alone and let James do his job?"

Zach squinted at Benjamin and raised an eyebrow.

Benjamin shook his head and chuckled, as Zach had said in James's attic before, the disappearance of the young Quests had not implicated anyone, anyone!

Anyway, now this harmless Daniel phantom doesn't know where to go. Quest's commission was also completed, he was recommended by Herman, and he was not in Madame Quinn's social circle, and the Grande House did not have any secrets in his hands, so why bother?

Wait until Daniel has made an event that affects Grande, and then think about him.

The van had already driven out of the North Side and into the South Side, "Aren't you curious? Didn't you say that Daniel had left home. In terms of time, it is also very close to the time of the last full moon. ”

Zach smiled, "Actually, I'm curious. But if Papa Midnight took him away, then Papa Midnight was really hurt by you. ”

Vampires mean that Papa's midnight recruitment criteria have dropped too much at once, from the descendants of top vampires, werewolves, and wizards, to the bottom aliens.

Benjamin shrugged his shoulders and stopped talking about the Phantom Person, "Then what we really care about is what's going on in the church today." ”

This is something that has affected the Grande House, whether it is Grande's own business, or James's chance encounter, or Mrs. Quinn's caretaker, Amanda. This matter has caused trouble for the House of Grande.

"Yes. Zach nodded, thought for a while, but had no result, and looked at Benjamin helplessly: "There are really no clues, I have to wait a few days for the police report to come out, and then make a judgment." ”

Benjamin pouted, "I think it's easy to think of, Papa Midnight." ”

Zach nodded in agreement, "It's true that it's hard work and it's not good for everyone, and he's the only one with such abnormal values." ”

Zach suddenly thought of something and asked Benjamin, "Aren't you curious, why did I see the 'Dead Apostle Pact'?"

"Curious, isn't it normal that you're older than me and see a lot of things? Benjamin replied as a matter of course, then frowned and thought for a moment, "But I never understood the meaning of the Death Apostle's Pact. ”

Zach pretended not to hear the previous sentence and put on his usual smile, "You don't understand because you haven't experienced history." ”

Benjamin knew that Zach was waiting for him to ask, and shook his head, satisfying Zack's desire to watch: "So what is history?"

"The 'Dead Apostles' first appeared during the colonial period. ”

"Are you serious?" Benjamin raised an eyebrow, "how old are you?"

"Uh-" Zach's smiling face froze, his eyes drifting out of the window, and he didn't answer Benjamin's question, "At that time, the Dead Apostles were all made up of colonists. The most important constraint of the Dead Apostle Pact is that it allows Papa to take control of the human soul at Midnight. ”

Zach paused deliberately for a moment to make Benjamin think. Benjamin waited for Benjamin to show a 'so so' expression before continuing, "At the time of the establishment of the Confederation, in order to show the sincerity of peace, Papa liberated all the Dead Apostles at midnight. But half a century later, Papa Midnight began to use the 'Dead Apostles' again. But it didn't take long for it to be cleaned up. ”

As for whether Zach saw the 'Dead Apostles' in the colonial era, or only briefly in the Federal-era era, if I knew, I wouldn't have used the expression 'three hundred or four hundred' for the age of the vampire......

Benjamin glanced at Zack, and didn't poke at the part where the vampire wanted to vague the past, because with what he knew about vampires, even if he asked, the guy wouldn't answer, but asked a more practical question: "Half a century after the founding of the Federation, what happened?"

Zack's eyes drifted back, "When the 'Death Apostle Pact' appeared for the second time, the 'X' contract mark appeared. ”

Benjamin nodded as if he understood. Zach has previously explained that the meaning of the 'x' mark is meant to satirize the Holy Bishop's cross. Compare the history of the Federation with the religious cleansing at that time.

The werewolf frowned after being lectured by the vampire: "Why did you suddenly mention this?"

"Because the 'Dead Apostles' came up the second time. The vampire smiled, "It's not the wizards who exterminate the Dead Apostles, it's the clergy of the church." ”

Benjamin nodded abruptly, "So this is the source of the legend that crosses, holy water, and holy scriptures can dispel evil things?"

I asked Zach what the truth was about the legend. Zach replied, feel it.

"It's a group of the highest 'groundbinders' from below and above who borrowed the bodies of the clergy, and then did the same work as Sibella Tempest, and persuaded those who could be persuaded and those who could not be persuaded were 'persuaded'. ”

On Route 27, the truck staggered with the approaching black limousine, and Benjamin waved his hand to Lola, who was lying in front of the window and looking disappointed, with a smile on his face, "So, even on the battlefield, it seems that there is nothing going on with our Grand House, right?"

Zach also smiled and sighed, "I'm afraid so." Zach blinked and corrected, "Hopefully it would be the best." ”

Benjamin turned his head again and waved at the staggered van with Patton Telecom, and Fitz in the van waved happily.

The sun is setting a little bit in the west, two months ago, when the sun has sunk into the western horizon, but now, the lowest part of the sun is just touching the horizon. In the slanting light of the setting sun, Benjamin turned the steering wheel and turned onto the dirt road in front of the Grande House.