Chapter 36: First Encounter with Blade
"Our police department is also struggling. Ever since Hells Kitchen was cleaned up by some inexplicable force, there haven't been any major vicious cases in New York for a while. But I don't know why. These criminals seem to have appeared out of nowhere, and we cannot rule out that they are organized in human trafficking." George Stacy said with annoyance. The current situation was undoubtedly a torture for a policeman with such a strong sense of justice as him. It had been two days, and so far, not even a single clue had been found.
"In any case, you kids need to be careful during this time. Although those who have gone missing are all young people, we cannot be certain whether they will target children." George instructed the two children, hoping they understood the importance of this matter.
"Don't worry, Dad. Don't I come back as soon as school is over every day? It's fine." The Little Loli was also very obedient, indicating that she would go straight home after school every day.
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After dinner, Lan Xingyu prepared to leave. Happy had already arrived outside. After saying goodbye to the Gwen Stacy family, Lan Xingyu got into Happy's car.
"How was your day today, Xingyu?" Happy asked.
"Not bad. Happy, just drop me off at Hells Kitchen later; I need to visit Matt." Lan Xingyu said to Happy.
"Alright. By the way, Tony said he has to go prepare for the Stark Industries Expo in two months, so he might be traveling around again starting next month."
"Tony is so busy! It's not good if the company is too big; just looking at Tony makes me feel tired." Lan Xingyu felt a bit sorry for Tony.
"Doesn't he have Sister Potts? Why is Tony still so busy?" Lan Xingyu was a little puzzled.
"It's mainly because of matters with the military. Since Tony is still the CEO of Stark Industries, many things require him to handle them personally." Happy said helplessly.
Just like that, Lan Xingyu and Happy chatted about everything under the sun, and before long, they arrived at Hells Kitchen.
"Make sure you go back early! You're still young and need to grow." Happy instructed before leaving. Happy also knew that Lan Xingyu had some magical abilities, so he wasn't worried about Lan Xingyu's safety. After all, he heard Tony admit personally that he was no match for Lan Xingyu.
At that time, Happy was stunned, and only began to accept this fact after seeing that little white cat instantly transform into a majestic white tiger.
"Mhm! No problem. Goodbye, Uncle Happy!" Lan Xingyu waved goodbye to Happy.
Arriving downstairs at Matt's place, just as he was about to knock on the door, it opened.
"Xingyu, you're here. Please come in! I've probably guessed why you've come." Matt opened the door for Lan Xingyu. Over these past few months, Lan Xingyu and Matt had developed a good relationship; after all, they were comrades who had fought together.
"The usual, milk tea?" Matt asked.
"Mhm! No taro paste, half sugar, no ice." Lan Xingyu said proficiently.
That's right, Matt had milk tea here. It was only when Matt and Lan Xingyu went to infiltrate a bar once that he learned Lan Xingyu loved to drink this.
Afterward, he got a milk tea machine for his office, to the point where he didn't even like drinking coffee anymore.
"Here you go. Let's go; our Hand organization discovered something interesting. The enemy this time is a bit troublesome." Matt handed the milk tea to Lan Xingyu and said somewhat solemnly.
Taking the milk tea, Lan Xingyu's mood improved. As expected, milk tea is the source of life; without milk tea, sorry, I choose to die. Thinking this, he walked into the secret room Matt had built with him.
The secret room was relatively dark even with the lights on. In fact, if it weren't for Lan Xingyu's convenience, Matt wouldn't have planned to install lights at all, as that stuff was useless to him.
He took out a stool for Lan Xingyu to sit on, pushed the documents on the table to Xingyu, and said: "We did some fishing enforcement yesterday, having some of our stronger brothers pose as young people. It actually succeeded, but it also let us know that the culprit this time is not human at all, but a Vampire!"
Lan Xingyu was a bit confused. What was going on? Vampires were out now? Could it be that a black guy named Blade, who has a passive stealth ability in the dark like Fury, would show up? Or were you planning to film the Nth installment of Twilight?
Ignoring what Lan Xingyu was thinking, Matt continued: "Vampires truly exist. Although that Vampire escaped, we still obtained quite a bit of information."
Matt took a sip of milk tea as if suppressing something.
"The existence of Vampires is acknowledged by governments of all countries. Several hundred years ago, we humans fought a war against the Vampires. Although we paid a heavy price, humans still won. Afterward, we humans signed something similar to a treaty with them; they would no longer hunt humans, and humans would provide them with some blood and artificial plasma every year."
"Isn't that fine then? Everyone keeps to themselves; for that era, it was already quite good. Now that humanity is powerful, shouldn't they be hiding even more? How dare they jump around in New York?" Lan Xingyu was a bit puzzled. Humanity now is not what it was several hundred years ago. As long as humanity wants to, they could wipe them out. How do they dare to test the waters on the edge of death like this?
"Because they can give people long lifespans. They can turn people into half-Vampires or Vampires, thereby significantly increasing their lifespan. Of course, such people—oh no, they can no longer be considered human. They also start to hate sunlight, but if they apply sunscreen, it's fine. Garlic is also effective against them, but their bodies are stronger than before. And they have a group of supporters; those people are called 'Vampire Lovers'."
Lan Xingyu understood now. By using lifespan to make deals with some high-ranking human officials, as long as they kept it in check, their species would be fine.
That made things a bit troublesome. Anything that gets involved with high-ranking government officials of various countries becomes complicated.
"Then why did they suddenly start kidnapping young men and women?" Lan Xingyu had another question.
"This is someone named Fis from the younger generation of Vampires. He believes that humans are just food, and he has quite a few followers among the Vampires. They seem to have some kind of plan," Matt said.
"You know this much detail? Amazing!" Lan Xingyu was truly impressed by Matt. He actually managed to get so much information just by capturing a Vampire.
"In fact, this was told to us by someone called Blade, whom we also met yesterday. If it weren't for him, that Vampire really would have escaped." Matt said with some relief. One had to know that if that Vampire had really escaped, it might have alerted the enemy.
"It's fine. Since I know, I can find him. I'll infiltrate it today." Lan Xingyu said confidently.
"I'll go check outside first and see what the situation is today. Thanks for the milk tea." Lan Xingyu put down the finished milk tea, bid Matt farewell, and left.
Once outside, Lan Xingyu activated his Golden Body Transformation and then turned invisible, arriving in the mid-air of New York. A magic circle appeared in Lan Xingyu's hand to "Search" for Vampires. An invisible ripple radiated out towards the surroundings of New York City.
Lan Xingyu sensed that there were quite a few Vampires in the city, though not many—the number was less than a thousand. But most of them were law-abiding, living their own lives, and it seemed no blood aura was detected on them. It appeared they were not from that faction of Fis.
After all, if others haven't committed any wrong, you can't just kill them because they are Vampires. What difference would that make from a serial killer?
Lan Xingyu increased the Search range and discovered two gathering places for Vampires. Lan Xingyu planned to go check them out.
Lan Xingyu arrived at the entrance of a bar. Lan Xingyu used the "Search" magic again to Search for blood. He discovered that there was quite a bit of artificial plasma inside the bar, but no real blood. It seemed the Vampires here were law-abiding. Could it be on the other side?
Lan Xingyu flashed to another location and frowned. There was actually something here that blocked his Search magic, but would that be useful against him?
Lan Xingyu walked straight in; anyway, he was still invisible and fearless.
As soon as Lan Xingyu went in, he could feel a dark aura. This aura made him feel sick; it seemed this was the place. He prepared to start his infiltration plan.
Lan Xingyu immediately deactivated his invisibility, conjured a long sword in his hand, and with a swing, directly slashed the two Vampires guarding the door.
What, you say this isn't infiltration? Then if I wipe out everyone who sees me, no one will have seen me, right? And wouldn't that mean my infiltration was successful? Infiltration is just that simple; just enter and go full-on Musou mode immediately. That's right, this is Lan Xingyu's understanding of infiltration...
Then Lan Xingyu transformed his light sword into a spear, thrusting it out shot by shot. Anything it touched was like being irradiated by the sun, directly turning into ashes.
He casually held a spear against a Vampire's throat.
"Tell me, who is the person in charge here? Otherwise!" Lan Xingyu's golden spear moved forward slightly. The previous set of skills had already taken out all the Vampires in the outer layer.
"The... the person in charge here is called... called Pearl. But she is not here. Don't kill me, I was forced to come." That Vampire was about to cry. God knows what I just saw?
Lan Xingyu didn't wait for him to finish and directly destroyed the guy. Do you think I can't sense the blood aura on you?
Lan Xingyu continued forward and arrived at a place similar to a nightclub where people were dancing, and Lan Xingyu's perception discovered that there were actually ordinary people here.
Suddenly, fresh blood sprayed from the sprinklers, and these Vampires became even more excited. The few ordinary people began to get scared, and seeing this, Lan Xingyu directly took those ordinary people away.
When he returned, there was an extra man in black, who was slaughtering the Vampires, but his efficiency was too poor. Lan Xingyu didn't stay idle and turned into a Flash, instantly killing all the Vampires. The black brother watching was completely bewildered.
Suddenly, as if remembering something, he asked: "Golden Flash?"
"You know me?" Lan Xingyu roughly guessed who this black brother was.
"My name is Blade. You might not know me, but I met your friend Daredevil yesterday. He said if you could come to help, eliminating the Vampires would be very simple. Now it seems that's really the case." Blade said coolly. At this moment, the sound of police sirens rang out.
"It seems this isn't the place to talk. I intend to call myself Flash. Nice to meet you. However, I need to visit my master later. Sorry, let's fight Vampires together next time." Lan Xingyu said in a friendly manner. He casually opened a Teleportation Gate and went in. He didn't forget to turn around and ask Blade: "Brother, want a ride?"
"No thanks, my car is outside."
"Alright, bye-bye!"
"Bye!"
Afterward, Lan Xingyu's eyes lit up (after all, it was daytime here). Lan Xingyu returned to Kamar-Taj. Facing the newly risen sun, he stretched!
"Ah~ It feels good to be home!"
Sorry, I have no interest in living for a thousand years; I just want to live today. ——— Writing is not easy, everyone please leave a recommendation vote before leaving.