28 Republic
"You say the East?" the question came from John.
"How does Taylor know?" the question came from Zach, noticing the anomaly of the Great Dane Gold, Zack pursed the corners of his mouth and asked.
The first question didn't seem to need to be answered, and after John asked, he took out a notebook-like thing, flipped to the last page, and thought about the dense text.
Kyle looked at Zach, "She said she noticed a reversal of day and night and the surrounding scenery when she was shifting locations in Papa at midnight. β
Zach raised an eyebrow. Remember, Midnight in the screen appears in a plaza-like spot when the background suddenly changes for the first time, and everyone in Grande sees unfamiliar pedestrian faces on the screen.
Maybe it's all on the TV screen, and the habitual thinking makes people ignore that it's close to midnight in the Federation, but Papa Midnight has enough light to let everyone see the faces of the pedestrians around them!
At least Zach ignored it. But it doesn't matter, someone noticed.
She said that it must have been Papa's midnight mistake, and that if he had stayed indoors all the time, it wouldn't have revealed the time zone he was really in, and knowing the range of time zones, his location would have been obvious. β
What kind of character would think of using time zones to confirm people's locations!
Zach glanced at Great Dane Kim again. Just a reminder that Zach had asked for Kim's real name, and for the shapeshifters with countless faces, the name didn't even mean a codename, because it changed all the time. Kim's answer at that time was 'Shougong', the vermilion Shougong.
"After leaving Grande, Taylor began to contact his former military connections and inquire about ......"
Kyle is interrupted, by Zack. Because Zach noticed the Great Dane's expression, which had nothing to do with Kim's personality that he had been showing. It's a Great Dane with an expression, can you imagine that picture?
"Military?" Zach stood up and waved in front of Kyle, motioning for him to stop, "Wait a minute, is there a war in the world? Zach frowned. Suddenly he shouted, "James, James Lance!"
It's not just Kyle who suddenly mentions the military, Zach thinks of something else. In the Federation, the upper echelons of the Holy Lord Faith left en masse, leaving behind the open gates of hell, the Hidden Alliance left, leaving the chaotic middle, and Papa left at midnight, taking with them the new Alpha (Rivinch) and Ian......
What the departing ones are going to do, everyone knows for a long time, opening up new territories, just as the Holy Lord did four centuries ago. The Thirteen Clans appeared in the land of the Indians and started the colonial war with a purpose!
Is there a war going on in this world that no one knows about Grande?
Four centuries ago, the Indoans had Papa Midnight as a guardian in the lands, and now the republic has ......
Zach glanced at the Great Dane again and narrowed his eyes. Just as the Federalists are unfamiliar with the word 'republic', let alone know what kind of country a republic is, Zack, a vampire of an alien race, has no clue about the alien races and belief systems in the 'republic'!
James pushed the door open, plate in hand. Frowning, "What for." β
Zach didn't open his mouth to ask. Kyle picks up again.
"Who said there was a war! There was no war!" counts Kyle's age, who was born and raised during the Federation's previous wars, and is somewhat disgusted by the term. Kyle explained impatiently, "It's diplomacy! Diplomacy can't be without the military, Taylor knows some people in this area, and the sources are more reliable!"
Just finished speaking. Kyle finds himself inexplicably ending in defending Taylor, or when no one is attacking Taylor at all. Realizing this, Kyle grimaced, lowered his head and shut up.
Zach ignores Kyle's mental activity and watches as the Great Dane returns to normal. I am a little relieved, too.
It's not war, but maybe it's not reassuring. War is simple, but a contest between the natives and the invaders, and the aliens and humans fight together to maintain their belief systems.
But diplomacy, heh! Diplomacy is a human thing, not necessarily in terms of alien races. The Holy Lord believes in this system, which has become more and more distant from the vampire thirteen clans, and leave it alone.
(The Hidden Alliance was separated from the Holy Lord Faith when the Federation became independent, and it was introduced when I wrote the history of the Federation and the Thirteen Clans.) The Demon Feast is the news that Mason recently brought to Zack, and the Demon Feast and the Demon have reached an agreement and will no longer protect the church in the West, which can be regarded as a separation. οΌ
For the rest, our Torredo Zack knows it very well! Look at it, the Hidden Alliance that left the Federation and left behind the half-human, half-vampire 'scientist', and Gangero, who has never had any cohesive 'free-range form', these two clans with no combat power are gone.
As for Papa's midnight side, Rivenci's newborn alpha under a full moon pestered Zach, Sbella, and Kim in Grand's backyard!
The conclusion is that the aliens have been separated from the human race. While humanity is in peaceful diplomacy, the alien races of the Federation have launched an undetectable alien invasion war!
Zach snapped his finger at James.
"Detective Lance. Zach began with a surname and a position, which was to take care of James's naΓ―ve mind, "We just talked about 'republic'. Zach paid attention to James's expression, "What do you know?"
"Why do you ask me. James twitched the corner of his eye, and his first reaction was a defensive rhetorical question.
"Because you are the son of General Reims. Alpha Benjamin, who suddenly joined the conversation, was not as caring as Zach, "Son of the General, do you know what your dad has done recently?"
Grande's breakfast was all soft and chewy, but James struggled to chew what was in his mouth, while the fork was constantly pressing on the food that had become miserable. Just don't answer Benjamin's question, leaning against the door frame with a gloomy face.
Benjamin waited for a moment, shook his head in resignation, got up and walked to the back door, pushed James out of the way, and went to the restaurant.
"He was right. John, who was thinking about his notebook, suddenly raised his head at this time, "I don't know what 'republic' is, I don't care about the country, the continent." But Papa's midnight witchcraft shows the direction in the east. You say that the missing child, Teddy, disappeared by the sea. Papa Midnight is not in Barton. The strength is insufficient, so he uses the ocean, which is not lacking in the world, as a medium to cast spells......"
Think of this as John's self-talk, because no one understands.
Not to mention vampires who have never had a soft spot for witchcraft. Zach waved his hand impatiently at John, "Balabala...... John, now is not the time for you to study witchcraft......"
That's what Zach wanted to say. The important thing now is to know what is going on around midnight in Papa, which is the 'republic' situation.
Both Taylor and John seem to have the means to 'surprise' Papa's men by getting Grande's men to go straight to Papa at midnight - the military pipeline of diplomacy that Taylor is arranging and John's improved witchcraft pipeline.
But the question raised by James remains, and the unknown of the 'republic' situation makes it completely unknown whether the people of Grande who will go there will go to give Papa a 'gift' at midnight or save people!
Zach is now somewhat biased towards Taylor's approach, and 'diplomacy' has ruled out wars that no one wants to see. It also shows that there are people in the federation who are very familiar with the republic, otherwise talk about diplomacy between countries!
If only James could be more useful. The famous General Reims can be the easternmost part of the Federation, the small city of Barton, and the small funeral home of Grande, where everyone is a source of information about the situation they are about to face.
Don't underestimate this information, as far as Zach knows. There are at least three alien forces in the 'republic' from the Federation.
Just as the main faith of the Federation is the faith of the Holy Lord, people usually comfort themselves. 'When a good man dies, he will go to heaven and be happy forever'.
In the land of India, the belief was witchcraft, and people would say to themselves, 'After death, they will return to nature and disappear completely......
Vampires, like those who are just dependents, can proudly say a word. 'What is after death, I don't have it in my dictionary, I live forever.' β
The expressions, customs, and habits of the people of the 'republic' will reveal their original beliefs. This is a small revelation of their native alien race, and it is also a sign of acceptance of the new faith.
The belief in the peaceful partition of the new aliens and the native aliens in the federation has been proven by history to be unlikely, and like the current federation, people will eventually be more biased towards one or the other.
And Zach is now expecting that Papa Midnight will have the upper hand in this interracial scuffle.
Yes, it's the upper hand, even at home Grande was abused by Papa's Midnight Grande, and Papa's midnight hard collision is a 'gift', the most ideal and slim perfect ending is that Papa Midnight doesn't need to evolve the alpha, and has already taken the undeveloped land of 'Republic'!
The phone rang suddenly from the office, and Zach tugged at the corners of his mouth, no longer caring about the people on the back porch, and entered the room.
"Kyle has arrived?" Without any polite opening, Taylor's voice came through the earpiece into Zack's ears.
Zach sat down behind his desk, "Here, already said what you found, 'Republic'." Zach curled the corners of his mouth, "It's a direction that everyone expected." β
"Surprised?" Taylor in the earpiece, his voice was a little hoarse and a little tired. As if he had been talking since Grande left, "I don't think so, the world is so big, and there are only so many places for Papa to go at midnight." β
Zach raised an eyebrow, "Are you familiar with Papa Midnight?" Zach used a relaxed joking tone, "Don't sue me, in addition to the military and witchers, you also have an Indian background." β
"Huh. The man in the earpiece laughed, "You think too much, at least there is not a single Indian in the genealogy that I know." The man in the earpiece added, "Believe me, I know a complete family tree, you know, it's a benefit for all military people." β
Are you talking about the military's review of the military's background and life? It should be, Zach smiled and nodded at the empty office, "It's really convenient, you are a soldier first and then a demon hunter, and the other way around, it will be very troublesome." β
What Zach means is that although the witcher is not as excessive as the hunter, he has also stepped into the alien race, a place that is a gray area for the whole world, and his life is not the innocence required by the military. If you want to be innocent, you know a lot of examples, Patton's orphan Wes, the general's son James......
"Hehehehehe......" a fan-like laugh came out of the earpiece, "it's really troublesome." β
Zach narrowed his eyes and tapped his fingers on the desk table, taking the words to heart as if he had experienced them.
"Enough gossip. Taylor put away his laughter, "I've arranged for someone to pick you up at Grande at noon." There can't be many people on the surface, only one, and I believe that you can find a way to bring more people there. That person will be a member of the diplomatic corps, and will be received by the 'Republic' side, under the mutual protection of the Federation and the Republic. β
Zach raised an eyebrow, and Taylor had exceeded Zach's expectations. Hear me? As a member of the mission, be protected! In the absence of any knowledge of the alien and human relations of the 'Republic', this layer of protection has already ensured the safety of those who have gone!
Does Papa dare to attack the people of the diplomatic corps at midnight? If he wants to pull the war of mankind and let the Union and the Republic start a real war, he can do it!
But we need to realize this, human war is not good for aliens!
The history of the Federation has proved this, and Papa Midnight defeated the aliens in the confrontation of the alien races, but what was the result? The main faith of the Federation was spread by the colonists of the victorious side of mankind, and did not maintain the witchcraft beliefs of the indigenous people of Indo. It became the faith of the Holy Lord.
Do you think that the faith of the Holy Lord has picked up a bargain? Lost the war against the Indo-Anarian aliens, and finally succeeded in occupying this land?
As I said earlier, don't ignore all the vampire thirteen clans? Especially the Secret Alliance, which immediately stopped the loss and supported the independence of the Federation after losing the war! Now they are just hanging the name of the source of the Holy Lord's faith, lightly abandoning their purpose of coming to this continent, discarding the identity of the soldiers of the Holy Lord's faith, and comfortably occupying the middle of the Federation!
In the past, the Holy Lord believed that there were those 'high-level earthbound spirits' who did not have a physical body to go to the extreme in soul. There are vampires who have decayed souls but have gone to the extreme in the flesh. And now, the Thirteen Clans of Vampires, carefully selected soldiers who represent the ultimate flesh of the Holy Lord's faith. They abandoned the faith of the Holy Lord one after another.
When the fusion of faith and politics can no longer satisfy the course of the world, the mixing of the two will only lead to the loss of all!
Moreover, the current republic is full of the upper echelons of the Holy Lord's faith, the Hidden Alliance, the Papa Midnight and other alien races, as well as the chaos of the original alien race of the republic!
Secret battles are going on all the time, but does any side dare to emerge from the gray area of the alien race and turn the battle into an open fight? Sending targets to other parties and giving them a reason to unite, even for a short time, is stupid!
"Good. Zach smiled and nodded, "We have a way on our side, too." And then what?"
"And then, you ask me, you don't expect me to help you find Papa Midnight, do you?" said Taylor. I guess she thought she had done enough, but she didn't expect Zach to have more.
Zach raised an eyebrow, not at all conscious, "Yes!" Zack's tone was high, "Although I don't know if you worked so hard to help Grande, you really did what you originally intended, to show sincerity to me, a veteran Patton citizen, and rescue the missing boy......" Zack's eyes narrowed, "or something else." β
"But. Zach chuckled, "I'm so glad to have someone like you with the ability and resources to help, I'm going to make good use of it, don't I." Zach added obediently, "After all, I'm just a funeral owner." β
There was silence in the earpiece for a moment, "Wait a minute. Then the voice became muffled and small, as if someone had covered the microphone, and this was not said to Zack, "I need someone, Mike, don't play any tricks, remove the demons around, what I say next, I don't want you to pass it on to the fallen angels." β
Zach raised an eyebrow, Taylor was so direct! We all know that Mike is a guy who spies on her, how can she talk to someone who spies on her like this!
Well, not surprisingly at all, after a few moments, the voice of the earpiece returned to normal, "Alright, now, we can talk." β
Zach pouted, Mike's loyalty to Crowley, the way he expressed himself was really magical, forget it, no matter what.
"I'll just say it once. Taylor's voice rose sternly, "When you get to the republic, start praying, whether you want it or not, pray to 'Kesdil', tell him that Papa may become stronger at midnight, or that the children of the Federation have been kidnapped by Papa at midnight, I don't care." Pray to Him and He will answer you. β
The phone hung up. (To be continued......)