Chapter 1: The Vampire Crisis
Zachary Grande sat in a comfortable, thickly padded Romanesque chair, his white fingers groping for the log of the armrest, his eyes wandering boredly over the paper in front of him, his lips twitching with a hint of disdain.
This is the mayor's office in Barton, but apparently, Zachary, wait, this vampire doesn't like to be called by his full name, so I went with his habit and called him Zach so that he wouldn't have another reason to suck me up after seeing the manuscript.
Uh, where are we? By the way, Zack, Zach is not the mayor of Barton, he just stared at the beautiful female secretary outside the office with his red eyes for a while, far more rosy lips than ordinary men, casually telling a lie, and the woman whose beauty far exceeded her talent opened the door for him. Zach has a good skin, thanks to three hundred or four hundred years ago?well, who knows, anyway, thanks to his parents who are long gone, this vampire's seductive pupil has a bonus to women and some men.
Trust me, after two days without eating, a hungry Zach needs the bonus that comes with this skin!
The office door was pushed open, and a middle-aged chubby man didn't notice that there was an extra person in his office. He took off his hat and coat and hung them on a hanger by the door, shrugged his shoulders and shivered. Hanging coats and hats were covered with crystal droplets, and it seemed that the city of Barton had ushered in the first spring rain of spring.
Now, with the arrival of spring, will the city of Barton usher in the first bloody crime after the new year?Oh no, believe me, as the person who wrote this story, I also hope that kind of excitement will unfold! However, Mr. Vampire did not want his only umbrella in Barton City to disappear, so he straightened up, leaned forward, and turned his fingers on the lamp on the table.
"Mr. Mayor, long time no see. Zach's somewhat pale face was sallow yellow from the dim lamp.
"My God!" the slightly chubby middle-aged man jerked back in fright and slammed into the door behind him, but he also saw the person sitting there clearly, his frightened expression relaxed, he became a little impatient, reached out and pressed the switch on the wall, and the whole office lit up, "Zack!
Zach shrugged, his eyes turning from light green to red.
"Gina?" Anthony, the current mayor of Barton, was a little annoyed, "Looks like she's too busy at work!
Although Anthony said this, he did not mean to open the door and reprimand the female secretary Gina.
"Don't do that, Anthony. Zack's eyes had turned light green, and he put his hands on his chest, and said with a playful look in his eyes, "Don't you see the button on her shirt, and if you need help unbuttoning the third button, you know I'm more than happy to help." ”
Anthony walked over to his desk and snorted, "Forget it, Zach. For vampires, you've long forgotten about the human desire to conquer, and I'm not at all interested in momentary pleasures!"
Zach stood up consciously, awayed his seat, and watched Anthony sit down, with a smile on his lips: "Conquest, my friend, we all know it's just a boring pastime, just like your chair, you know that the Roman chair is unadorned, but you add intricate carvings and thick cushions to it." ”
Those in power were fond of Roman-style furniture and utensils, and perhaps it was the history of Rome that gave them a sense of power. But when the old style collides with the habits of the modern man, the combination of the present emerges, which, in Zack's view, is as boring as the vampire will use the eyes of charm for the same moment of pleasure, and Anthony will insist on the desire to conquer.
"I like the soft and warm mat underneath my ass instead of the hard, cold wood!" Anthony said coldly, "Okay, Zack, what are you here for, just say it!"
"Do you need me to say it?" Zach shook his head helplessly, he reached out and flipped through the text on the table, and pulled out a land transfer order signed a week ago: "Anthony, you know I need that land. ”
Zack's 'long time no see' is not polite, but the truth, for this transfer order, this Mr. Mayor has been hiding from him for a week!
"Hey. Anthony sighed and moved Wen Jiàn away: "Zach, you need that land, and the citizens of Barton also need that land! The living need that land, not corpses!"
"Anthony, friend, don't forget, you owe me. Zach pressed one hand on Wen Jiàn and stared at the top of Anthony's head, which already showed signs of baldness. Anthony is also old, after all, he is a human being, and he will die of old age.
Anthony didn't look at Zack, shook his head, bent over and opened a drawer, took out a copy of the text, and handed it to Zack: "This is the only thing I can do, I wanted to let Gina send it over tomorrow, since you are here, give it to you first." ”
Zach took the text, his eyes swept quickly, and he was a little surprised: "You want to give me the place in the southern district?
Well, in order not to confuse everyone, let me briefly introduce the identity of this vampire.
Zachary Grande is a funeral contractor, mind you, contractor. Although he is the owner of the Grande Funeral Home printed on his business card, in fact, the funeral industry in Patton City is controlled by the city government, so when the city government reclaimed his cemetery in the west side of Patton City a week ago, he had no way to do it, because the land belonged to the people of Patton City, and they collectively believed that the cemetery should be turned into a house for people to live in, not for the corpses to decompose.
Andong Lu looked up at Zach with a surprised expression: "It means that your cemetery in the South District is your private property, and the city government has no right to do anything with your land!"
Zack took the text and shook his head repeatedly: "No, no, no, this means that we can no longer receive the city government's grant!" Zack held the text in one hand, raised it in front of him and shook it in front of him, "From today on, all our income will depend on ourselves!"
Let the vampires make money? Oh my God, is Mayor Patton crazy?
It's a pity that Anthony isn't crazy, and the one who has a tendency to go crazy is Zach, well, that's what it means! It's nothing more than a mad vampire starting a bloodbath in Barton City! But......
"Do you know how big the cemetery in the South Side is?!" Zach waved his hand as he took Wen Jiàn's hand, "How many people can be buried? 1,000? 2,000? Anthony! Are you kidding? After all the cemeteries are full, what do you want me to sell?"
Yes, our vampire protagonist's attention is completely misplaced!
Well, let me reintroduce our protagonist, a vampire who wants to blend in with humanity. He does occasionally 'accidentally' suck innocent passers-by into jerky in the dark streets and alleys, and occasionally takes one or two beautiful women or men to enjoy a night of with his seductive eyes, and occasionally ......
But overall, this is a vampire who wants to survive well in the human world. But now, our Mr. Zach, uh, may I call him that, for we all know that 'Grande' is not his real last name, but a poor old man who has been bewitched by the eyes of charm and has given away his possessions. In short, our Mr. Zach had the first crisis in his life of 300 or 400 years, which we call - lack of money.