"Viktor is my foster father, the benefactor who granted me eternity," Selene said, speaking of Viktor with considerable reverence. "If it weren't for him, I would have been killed by those werewolves long ago."
"I hope you can help me find the werewolves' lair. I suspect the werewolf leader, Lucien, is not dead."
After saying this, Selene realized that Luke might not know who Lucien was, and she was about to explain.
Luke raised a hand to interrupt her. "If you want me to help you deal with the werewolves, no problem. That's very simple."
Luke clapped his hands, and a group of uniformly tall Shadow Ninja Corps members silently knelt, filling the floor.
"When night falls and darkness covers the land, my Shadow army will scour all of New York and help you find those stinking rats hiding in the underground waterways."
"However, you must consider carefully; the price for me to act is very high."
"You might not be able to afford the price required for a second intervention."
Luke looked at Selene meaningfully. "So, are you sure you want me to help you deal with the werewolves, and not the enemy who murdered your entire family?"
Selene's gaze had long been captivated by the Ninja Corps. As a hunter in the darkness, she had always believed that vampires were the true rulers of the night.
The appearance of these Shadow entities, however, left Selene deeply shaken.
Could shadows kill people?
She could not sense the aura of these shadows; they had no life and no soul, yet they were truly present.
They seemed to be the embodiment of darkness, the true masters of the night!
Amidst this shock, she heard the subsequent words, and Selene suddenly turned her head, staring intently into Luke's eyes, her tone filled with disbelief.
"Are you saying that the one who killed my family wasn't a werewolf, but Viktor?!"
"How is that possible!"
"You are lying to me!"
Many thoughts flashed through Selene's mind.
Viktor's gaze held indulgence, appreciation, and nostalgia when he looked at her, as if she were his own relative.
She dared not imagine that Viktor could be her enemy.
If he were, why didn't Viktor eradicate the roots, but instead keep her, a survivor, by his side, even raising her to become the strongest Reaper?!
After learning from Viktor that her enemies were werewolves, she had spent centuries tracking them every single day, killing countless numbers of them.
If Viktor was truly her enemy, then what had all her actions been for?
Wouldn't she be a complete joke?
The Ninja Corps members who had been kneeling glared angrily at Selene.
They either placed their hands on shurikens or on the hilts of their ninja blades, ready to swarm and tear her to shreds if Selene made any aggressive move!
Facing Selene, who was like an enraged lioness, Luke remained unhurried and calmly drank a glass of water.
"Lie to you? What do you possess that makes you worth lying to?"
Luke scanned her up and down. "Just because you are a C-cup?"
Luke extended a finger. Selene instinctively tried to dodge in alarm, yet her body froze in place, allowing his finger to touch her glabella.
Accompanied by a surge of magic,
Selene remembered!
She remembered everything!
She recalled running carefree under the setting sun when she was a little girl.
The warmth of the sun was so gentle, scattering across her face, making her feel relaxed and comfortable.
She remembered entering a mausoleum, or perhaps a prison?
It was a secret location her father had built with others.
That was also the first moment she met Viktor, and she distinctly remembered the surprise and joy in his eyes when he looked at her.
After that,
Not long after the mausoleum was completed, her entire family was brutally murdered, leaving only her.
Just as she felt despair and terror, Viktor arrived!
These events were so distant that she had even forgotten many key details.
But with Luke's help, Selene recalled these memories—memories she had been too afraid to revisit and had deliberately forgotten—from the fragmented corners of her mind.
Selene even saw the appearance of her deceased father.
The werewolves had cruelly killed them!
Wait?
Werewolves?
Selene realized something was wrong. The wounds on the bodies did not look like marks left by werewolves.
When werewolves attacked, they always liked to tear people apart or bite off chunks of flesh; their actions were always crude and vicious.
But her family members seemed to have put up little resistance before death, and their injuries were all single fatal strikes. The person who acted was very powerful and very... elegant?
Selene did not know why she thought of the word "elegant," but that was the truth.
Her expression subtly changed.
Combining this with what Luke said, could the mysterious entity that killed her family not have been the filthy werewolves, but... Viktor?
"Why? If what you say is true, why would he kill my family, spare me, and then raise me?"
Selene couldn't understand. Could it be that he wasn't completely heartless?
But thinking that, Selene almost cried at the stupidity of the excuse.
Would a vampire be capable of having a conscience?
Would an undead creature that feeds on humans feel sorrow or pity for its food? That image was too bizarre to even imagine.
"It's simple. The mausoleum in your memory was built by your father to imprison the werewolf progenitor, William, who is the blood brother of Marcus, the Vampire Elder and progenitor."
"Marcus only wanted to subdue his brother, but Viktor and Amelia betrayed him and locked William away in a place known to no one. To maintain secrecy, Viktor killed your father and everyone involved in building the prison."
"Because you resemble his daughter, Sonja, whom he killed with his own hands, he kept you as a spiritual surrogate, but your identity also caused him conflict."
"Therefore, Viktor simultaneously groomed and heavily relied on you, while also using you to relentlessly hunt werewolves, eliminate dissenters, and help him maintain his rule."
Selene desperately wanted to refute him, but she couldn't find any strong evidence.
Furthermore, upon careful recollection, Selene realized that although the Vampire Elders were supposed to rule in rotation, she had never once seen Marcus in her memory.
__
(づ￣ 3￣)づSupport and read 12 chaps ahead- Patreon.com/HornyFBI