18 Another world
Before we follow Zach into a world that has detached itself from the trajectory of the real world, do you have any curiosity about the emotional process of Maggie and Walter?
Let's talk about it – Maggie is writing an invitation to an engagement party. Come to an end.
"Come and pick us up in half an hour. ”
After making an appointment, Zach walked over to Murphy, who was already waiting for today's food.
"What's the news in the world today? ”
"Nope. Murphy took the food Zach handed over, and as yesterday, there were half-dead humans lying in the grass in the city hall square.
Zach was a little dissatisfied, "I already told you that the food of this world is useless to you. You don't have to keep hoarding these innocent citizens. ”
"They are seasonings. The wonderful answer, "It doesn't have any nutritional value, it's just there to make real food less difficult to swallow." Murphy held the bottle from Grande and glanced at Zack, "You don't have to worry, these people don't have an impact on this world. ”
Since Murphy said so, Zach ignored it, "Did you find Gina after we left yesterday?" ”
"Nope. Murphy shook his head, "The secret passage of the city hall must lead to the outside of this world. After you left, she must have left. ”
"What about today, did she come to work in the city government? ”
Zach and Murphy were asking and answering, and Louise was watching. Check it out. Everyone knows what the reason for this change is from Zach not talking to Murphy to his current state. That's right, it's because Murphy took off Zack's shoes.
Murphy's response was to point in the direction of the city government, "She's working." ”
"It's useless. Zach shook his head, "It's impossible for her to do anything suspicious during working hours." ”
"You're right. Murphy agreed with Zach, "I spied on her for a day, and she's been doing the mayor's secretary's job." If you want to see the full picture of her ruining the vote, you have to know what she did outside of this world. ”
It's easy to understand. There is a part of what happens in this limited world that is not available to other races - Gina's entry into the secret passage of the city government. Then, after Gina sabotaged the vote, if she had anyone to report, she needed to ...... We can only speculate here - Gina is not alone in planning this kind of re-election of the mayor. If Gina has an accomplice, her communication with the accomplice is not within the confines of this world.
What Murphy was saying was that this incomplete world could not provide Zach with all that happened.
Murphy looked at Zack's thoughtful face for a moment, "Do you want me to catch her?" As long as you don't create corpses in this world that punishes me, I'm willing to cooperate with everything you ask. ”
Zach ignored Murphy's emphasis on punishing her world, and Zach responded later, "In the real world, Gina has ...... Gone. Zach used rather cautious words, "Gina of this world is the only clue to this matter." I don't want to do anything just now that I can't confirm the results. ”
"But if you don't do anything, the result will be the worst. Murphy didn't look at Zach, he looked up to the west. The sun is not visible in this world, but the change in light is showing that the world, which is a few hours later than the real world, is entering dusk, "Today is the second day of voting, and I am here to see the votes of most of the citizens of Barton who came here to vote. Your friend Anthony has an overwhelming majority in the votes, but if yesterday's events were to happen today, those votes won't be meaningful. Your friend Anthony will be defeated. ”
Zach raised an eyebrow, "Wait a minute, what did you just say?"
"I said your friend Anthony, will not continue to be Mayor of Patton. If you don't do anything. ”
Zach emphasized, "In this world. ”
Murphy opened his mouth, closed it, and nodded.
Zach looked at Louise, "Who doesn't want Anthony to remain mayor?"
Louise was really watching from the sidelines, and suddenly she was asked, and shook her head in embarrassment, "How do I know." ”
Zach didn't mind, but frowned, declaratively, "Everyone wants Anthony to be mayor." Then he looked in the direction of the city government in confusion, "Why doesn't Gina want Anthony to be mayor?"
Can you feel a shift in focus? From the incident itself in which Gina is sabotaging the voting results, to why Gina would do such a thing.
"Aethra is coming to the city today. Murphy suddenly started a different topic, "Spent half a day in your friend Anthony's office." ”
Zach looked at Murphy, and his focus fell on the strange place, "Why do you add 'my friend' every time you talk about Anthony?"
"Louise said, didn't she, she corrected me your friend Anthony's criteria for choosing women, she emphasized your friendship with your friend Anthony. So I'm going to keep saying this to deepen my impression. ”
Louise was called again, but this time Louise didn't react.
Murphy didn't finish, "Forget?" and asked, "When we first got married, that's how I remember your social circle, I'm not a very smart girl, that's how I work hard." ”
Zach turned his head away, "What is Ethela doing in the city hall?" "Straight to the point, a wise decision.
"The results of the vote. Murphy returned to a bland tone, "The two spent an hour bewildering the results of the first day of the poll, and your friend Anthony's incredibly low approval ratings. Then they spent two hours contacting their networks individually, trying to understand why the vote turned out the way it was. Then it took ten minutes to argue. Murphy paused, "Finally in the mayor's office......"
"Stop. The corners of Zack's mouth twitched. First, what Zach understands is that in this world, Anthony doesn't know that the first day of voting was deliberately altered. Secondly, Zach reluctantly found out that when Anthony was in crisis, the person he was looking for was Aethera. Finally, "Are you trying to say that Anthony's relationship with Aethra is the reason Gina did these things?"
Murphy: "One is a vase with only appearance, and the other is a woman who is 'special' even in this era. Murphy actually looked at Louise again, and said to Zach, "I still insist on my judgment of your friend Anthony's criteria for choosing women, but I don't want to refute your and Louise's judgment." It's just that as a result, Aethera is your friend Anthony...... "Does anyone think Murphy's way of speaking that has to be prefixed is annoying, don't, she has no feelings, if we have an emotional reaction, she will win."
“...... In the finalization of the woman. As far as I can see in the city hall, the xx method and time and place chosen by your friends Anthony and Aethra are proof that the relationship between these two people has been rekindled for quite some time. This time was enough for a neglected vase who was answering the phone outside the mayor's office to realize his situation. ”
Zach's face was a little gloomy, "So what you're basically saying is that Anthony's lover took revenge on him in this way because he was jealous of his relationship with his ex-wife." ”
Murphy was silent for a while, "You're right, that's what I meant. ”
Louise suddenly spoke—
"If I'm in Gina's situation, I won't take revenge on the person I love, I'll target that ex-wife, what can I say~I have feelings~" Louise finally joined the conversation on her own, of course, it won't be the only one, "Hehe, but of course, I'm pretty sure that I'm not a vase in that situation, so ~" I don't need to finish ~
Zach bowed his head and began to walk in the direction of the city hall. The dialogue here can no longer go on peacefully.
Louise walked at Zack's level, Murphy hanging behind her, silent.
As yesterday, the polls at the polling stations began to be escorted by armed police, as well as the people who will conduct the audit today, and all kinds of vehicles gathered in front of the city hall.
In the same way, Zach saw Blake, eyeing out someone from the auditors.
"Gina didn't come out. Zach didn't have a particular person to talk to.
Murphy seemed to have the intention of answering, but Louise glanced at him and closed it. So Louise opened her mouth, "She's moving, at the edge of this world." "It's a vampire perception paraphrase, and while Zach doesn't need it, we should be able to understand that it's just Louise telling Murphy to be quiet, "She's leaving this world, and she's going to enter that secret passage." ”
"Yesterday may have been the timeline when she was watching the parties enter the room where the audit vote was made, confirming that she could act. "Zach is speculating — speculation of fact if there are no special circumstances.
"How did that room come to be confirmed as an audit room?" Louise asked, "The secret passage was built by Anthony to rule out the influence of the alien race on the city government. "Anthony himself said it, and there is no need to question it," it has been around for a long time, but there is an exit in that auditor's voting room. The room for the audit must have been arranged recently, who arranged it? Was it a coincidence? Why could Gina get in and out of that secret passage?
This is a string of questions that Zach can't answer, Anthony can. But the disgusting part is that Zach knows that if he asks Anthony, Anthony won't answer.
Is there a problem? How did Zach tell Anthony that the first day's vote was ruined?' yes, 'Hey, my friend Anthony!There's a secret passage under your place of work that I can't get into!And also, your secretary changed the vote!
Of course, the above is not Zach's exact words, but looking back at the phone call at that time, isn't that how it feels?
That's the pattern of all the conversations between Zach and Anthony. How a vampire and a human mayor interact. Can we say it's bad?
"Gina's work in the city hall has nothing to do with the three-day voting. Zach still doesn't have a specific person to talk to. Whoever can answer answers.
Louise shrugged her shoulders and didn't speak.
That, Murphy, "No. At least none of the papers in her desk had anything to do with voting. ”
"Then she must have helpers, in the city hall. ”
"Okay, I've made a note of the people who arranged the voting audit, and I'll focus on these people tomorrow. Murphy pulled up a strand of his hair and glanced at Louise. Louise rolled her eyes back, ignoring it.
The three of them got closer and closer to the main entrance of the city hall, and did not mean to hide their figures. Zach didn't say it, but what Zach wanted to do now was to let Blake see himself. Zach deliberately wanted to find out about the Stone family represented by Blake, and the world had no idea that someone was sabotaging the voting results, and how they reacted to the results of the vote on the first day-
After all, excluding the extraracial factor: Gina's secret path. This is a simple, purely political event. Stone, a political family, must have some opinions.
Blake was surprised when he saw Zack, and then rushed towards Zack in a frenzy.
"Zach!"
Zach wasn't surprised, thinking that Blake wanted to tell him about the poor results of the first day of voting.
Zach was wrong –
"Zach! You're alive!"
Strange opening.
"Am I dead?" Zach frowned.
"Uh, no! I'm sorry!" Brecha pulled Zack as he walked toward the less crowded area, glancing at Louise and Murphy. Said hello to Louise, but didn't react to Murphy, "When did you come back?"
It's getting more and more confusing, "Where have I been?" Zach's uncertainty is because of this world, a world with visible borders. Zach didn't know what this 'world' outside of the town hall was like, and it wasn't in Zack's consideration.
"Yesterday morning's soul swelled!" Blake looked at Zach, "Walter hasn't found you!" and then at Louise, "You, Benjamin, Louise, James!"
"Oh. Zach wasn't confused, he wasn't ready to explain, mainly because he didn't have anything to explain about the Blake in front of him, "I'm here now." Why don't you tell me what happened in the past two days, like? Zach pointed to the ballot box in front of the city government, where he was being escorted into the ballot box in the city hall by armed police, "The result of the vote." ”
"*!" Blake replied to Zack's question in expletive words, "the most incomprehensible question has happened......
Halfway through his sentence, Zach watched as Walter's face replaced Blake.
Zach was a little speechless, "I said for half an hour. ”
"I've been gone for half an hour!" Walter snapped. Uh, he's, gone, half an hour. Tut. Walter is a 'god', don't argue with him about it.
"I'm talking to Blake, please return Blake. "Zach used 'please.'"
It's not good. "Go now or I'll leave you here all day!"
Zach shook his head and took Walter's hand with Louise. It didn't make any special sense, it was just to tell the other person that we were ready to leave.
"See you tomorrow. "The last words before leaving this world came from Murphy," husband. "This emotionless Assammet said to Louise. His heart can be punished.
But Louise didn't care, and when the world turned into a gray front and back road, Louise pulled Zach down, "Why weren't we rescued by Walter in that world?"
"Because that world is actually 'heaven', created by the expansion of the soul at that moment, now, in the future. The time that we constantly reset, the present, the past, is 'hell'. Zach replied, "It is impossible for Walter in that world to go to 'hell' to save the vampire, common sense tells him that we can't be in 'hell', and even if he goes, we, as vampires, have probably been punished by God's rules and died." So we can never be rescued in that world, let alone be rescued and return to 'heaven' to exist. ”
"Ann-——!!" Walter.
If you still have any questions about that world, I'll talk about it next time.