Chapter 44: Old Story
Just as Michael predicted, one day later, the group of vampire hunters were invited by the priest to the foot of Dragon Mountain.
As soon as he received the notice, Michael immediately drove to meet them. Welcoming him was a man around fifty years old, also the leader of a group of vampire hunters.
– Hello, Mr. Peter, I am Michael, captain of the special criminal police team. Michael bowed his head very politely as soon as he met the person he needed to ask for help.
– Hello, you look a lot like your father.
– You know my father?
Peter gently nodded and motioned for Michael to sit at the table and drink tea. When the hot teapot was half empty, Peter gradually told Michael the old story clearly and thoroughly.
It all started when a special police team led by Michael’s late father received a confidential letter from a hematologist.
He announced that he was holding a female vampire and was constantly followed by two other vampires.
The hematologist asked for help and Michael’s father contacted the group of vampire hunters who were staying at the foot of Dragon Mountain.
– At that time, groups of vampire hunters were very active, but your father came here because he was a friend of the late priest Luca. And what’s more, he wanted everything to be kept secret.
– Why did everyone keep it a secret when they only killed one vampire? What everyone needs to do at that time is notify superiors so they can direct a comprehensive review. How many baby vampires would a male vampire and a female vampire have given birth to in the last thirty years?
Putting the empty cup of tea on the table, Peter leisurely poured another cup and slowly explained to Michael that the country’s economy was in crisis at that time due to the impact of war from neighboring countries.
Once this information is revealed, it will cause confusion in public opinion and lead to unpredictable consequences when more than half of the security forces have to go to border areas to guard.
– People will accept hiding in their homes and starving to death rather than venturing out because compared to starving, being sucked dry by a vampire is scarier. If the rear does not produce, how can we supply the front line?
Taking another sip of tea, Peter continued the story about the hunting process that night.
That year, Peter was only seventeen years old, the youngest hunter in the group and that was also the first and last mission he participated in up to this point.
After discussing the plan, the group of hunters and police asked the hematologist to move the iron cage containing the female vampire to the abandoned castle.
That place was originally owned by a mysterious family that had long since perished, located in the forest west of the city.
And as they predicted, the blood stains along the path led the two vampires to find them.
– There was no moon that night, there was no electricity and we couldn’t see his face clearly. Just know that the escapee was seriously injured. A few years later, we lingered in the city and waited but saw absolutely no more traces. Therefore, we concluded that he was dead.
Thirty years passed, the war ended and the country returned to peace, the pace of life in the city became increasingly bustling, and stories of the past were also forgotten.
Groups of hunters also gradually withdrew and settled in places with higher risk because people gradually did not believe that vampires existed in the world.
Accordingly, the amount of money they support to maintain the hunter group is becoming less and less, not enough for expenses.
– We must constantly practice physical and judgment skills as well as spend time in meditation. Some hunters, after working to make money, gave up this job, got married, and were swept away by the economic flow. That’s why we need a separate fund.
The young police officer could understand the old hunter’s feelings even though he was born into a financially prosperous family.
He had never experienced the feeling of being controlled by money, but he had heard his comrades confide when they were faced with justice and the temptation of money.
When he saw his father’s report, he was still skeptical. But now, hearing one of the people who participated in the war with vampires that year tell the story, he completely believes that those bloodthirsty creatures really exist.
Now, thinking carefully, Michael sympathized with his father’s decision that year.
Too few security forces in the city will not be able to make people feel secure that the government will protect them from vampires always lurking at night and even during the day.
Unlike now in peacetime, every fifty meters there are five or seven policeman.
– How to recognize a vampire with the naked eye? Is it their speed or strength? Michael suddenly asked when the image of Samson suddenly appeared in his mind.
– That’s right, you can also use garlic, sunlight, and crosses to check. But most vampires don’t move around freely during the day. But… are you suspecting someone? – Peter frowned, staring at the person opposite.
– No, I’m just asking so I can check if I encounter anyone suspicious later.
– The government has issued an order, so please take the suspects to the police station and I will personally check them.
– I also think this will be more accurate and convenient. So see you at ten o’clock tonight, we’ll patrol together.
As soon as Michael finished speaking, he pulled out a thick envelope from his pocket and placed it on the table.
This is the amount of money transferred by the police chief to support the group of vampire hunters while they participate in this case.
In recent years, the police have always offered extremely high rewards to anyone who helps them know the whereabouts of suspected or wanted criminals and always bring about a perfect result.
This proves the omnipotent power of money, so the police chief and Michael clearly understand that everything needs money first to make it easier.
Society is increasingly developing, people’s needs are increasingly higher and that is the reason why a gentle and kind person becomes deceitful and cruel just because of external material things.
– Goodbye. Michael raised his hand to say goodbye.
– Goodbye.
When the footsteps of the captain of the special criminal police team disappeared behind the large ornamental pots, Peter called everyone in the group into the room to discuss plans and prepare the necessary things.
On the night thirty years ago, Peter and his teammates destroyed a vampire with red hair.
According to the records passed down, everyone determined that he was the last descendant of a noble family that once held a huge number of seats in the supreme vampire council.
The female vampire and the male vampire who escaped with her both had black hair.
Therefore, they believe that those two vampires belong to the common vampire class or have been mixed, not of pure blood which determines status and voice in the vampire community.
That is also the reason why the group of hunters believed that they died because they did not have enough ability to recover after losing too much blood and suffering many injuries from the trap made from sharp iron stakes with garlic juice, and burned by the cross’s light.
– According to the records I just found, a powerful vampire still exists. He is a descendant of royalty. There’s nothing else about his identifying features other than his platinum hair. Furthermore, he is very good at controlling and manipulating his mood and body. Peter spoke up.
– Don’t the royal vampires all fall into a deep sleep in the tombs of Waddesdon in Buckinghamshire? A young hunter asked bewilderedly.
– He is the last surviving descendant. Five hundred years ago, someone saw him appear at Lionel’s painting auction. He caught a little girl who fell from the fifth floor and disappeared before the eyes of vampire hunters. Since then, there has been no trace of him anymore.
– It turns out that vampires are still good and bad like humans. Another hunter spoke up.
– But they live on human blood and this is the reason they must be destroyed.
They all nodded when they heard Peter speak and they quickly dispersed. Some people squeezed garlic juice, some sharpened axes and some people brought crosses that had not been used for a long time to the priest and asked to sprinkle blessed water on them.
Those are also all the weapons needed to fight creatures with supernatural abilities but also full of weaknesses.
While the hunters were busy preparing, Michael had no free time. As soon as he returned to the police headquarters, he and his teammates had to begin investigating the identity of the deceased driver because no one came to claim his body even though the news had been broadcast many times on television and electronic newspapers.
At the end of the day, Michael received a report that the deceased was a street thug, had no identification papers, and that the car belonged to a doctor from the Institute of Medical Sciences.
He stole the car from a repair garage about an hour before the unfortunate incident occurred.
– The car had brake problems and before they could fix it, it was stolen. Bevis spoke up.
– Okay, let’s complete the procedures with the hospital and bury him. People who have died should not be discriminated against. Buy him a nice coffin. Expenses will be paid by me.
– Yes, boss.
Michael closed his eyes and visualized that scene again. His mouth continuously muttered the words: speed, strength.
The reason he hadn’t told Peter his doubts was because the blonde girl was next to that handsome man.
– Lucasta, is it you? Where have you been these past ten years?
Glancing at the clock moving towards five o’clock in the afternoon, Michael immediately left the police station and drove straight to Star Corporation headquarters.
Today, he must investigate where that girl is living.
The moment he saw Lucasta get on the bus, he immediately drove the car to follow behind.
However, he kept his distance quite far and deliberately ran into the moving convoy to avoid being detected by her.
– Why didn’t that guy go pick up his sister today? – He frowned when he saw only Lucasta.
Just now, the group of passengers who boarded the bus at the same time as her was quite large, so he thought Samson was also among them.
He didn’t know that the handsome vampire was the girl who got off the bus at the same time as the blonde girl but was walking quite a distance from her.
Because of his attention-grabbing action yesterday, Samson had to disguise himself as a girl today to avoid being noticed by others.
Furthermore, he feels that this loose wig helps a lot in shielding ultraviolet rays.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.