Volume 3, 9: The Wishes of Non-Humans and the Belief of Humans (1/2)

Volume 3, Chapter 9: The Wishes of Non-Humans and the Belief of Humans

Translator: Doza

In the end, the Sun Emperor actually agreed to it.

That doctor who looked insane, An Te Qi, seemed to have helped a lot. Regardless of who was waging the cold war against the other, be it the little young master or later, the Sun Emperor, he always acted as the mediator and messenger between them.

The Sun Emperor consented to the little young master living by himself. However, it was on the condition that the little young master’s house must have surveillance cameras installed all over the place, so that the Sun Emperor could watch him at any time, to ensure that he was doing well.

It was a bit of a pity that the little young master was leaving the house. In the future, if I wanted to catch a glimpse of the Sun Emperor, it would be difficult. On the other hand, this situation may turn out to be more interesting.

The little young master is definitely not a boy who can settle down and live peacefully.

After I hung up the phone, I pulled Melody along as I ran frantically.

She yelled at me irritably, “Where in the world are you going?”

“Evening Sun Plaza.”

“Are you crazy!? That’s the most crowded place in Sunset City!” Melody could not believe her ears as she continued, “The number of humans gathered there is easily eighty thousand, if not a hundred thousand! Are you planning on going there to get trampled to death by humans?”

After saying all this, she shook my hand off and shouted, “I’m definitely not following you to our deaths!”

Shocked, I stopped running and looked at her as I said, “Please, trust me, Melody.”

She frowned, and at this time, I could already hear footsteps approaching from behind. The members of the Church were probably already closing in on us. I could only use my sincerest tone to implore her, “Please, trust me. I am not someone who tries to act brave or strong. You should already know my character.”

Melody was quiet for a moment. Then, with a stern glare, she shouted, “If I end up getting burned at the stake, I will definitely bite you several times before I die! Evening Sun Plaza, is it? Follow me. There’s a shortcut this way!”

“Understood.” I smiled and followed after her.

We ran non-stop there. As my speed was slightly faster than Melody’s, I could spare some effort to turn my head back to observe the situation. Even though the people from the Church were still chasing after us, they were only human after all, and could not keep up with a vampire’s speed. They were not actually able to catch up, and could only trail behind us.

We dashed along the strange shortcut, even cutting through other people’s gardens at one point. Finally, we sprinted down a long alleyway, racing toward the only ray of light at the end… The moment we burst out of the alleyway, light flooded my vision, but the light was of a reddish hue. This was the color of the setting sun; it was already evening.

Evening Sun Plaza was a fan-shaped open-air public area. There was a large television screen at the tip of the fan, and coincidentally it was showing an advertisement by the young master, the Budding Flower one. The light from the setting sun fell on the screen and dyed the young master’s cheeks red. He greatly resembled a girl.

There were numerous waves of people moving to and fro in front of the television screen. Everyone seemed to be walking shoulder-to-shoulder. But there were also several people who had stopped right in the middle of the space and looked up to watch the Budding Flower advertisement, as they discussed whether the model in the advertisement was a boy or girl.

At this moment, Melody rashly dragged me along as she forced her way into the sea of people.

While we were still in the midst of pushing and squeezing through the crowd, several gunshots rang out from behind. Everyone in the plaza started screaming, and then they covered their heads as they squatted down. We, too, followed suit and crouched down.

Even though there were gunshots, no one cried out in pain after that. When I thought about it, the people from the Church had probably only fired warning shots into the air.

After the initial screaming had passed, everyone started quieting down. There was no excessive panicking; everyone was merely crouching on the ground. At the same time, I even saw that several people had already stealthily pulled out various kinds of firearms, and seemed to be waiting for a chance to take action.

I turned my head back slightly to look at the situation behind us. There were around three to four Church members who had caught up to us. They were glancing around the plaza, seemingly searching for Melody and me. However, as there were too many people in the plaza, they did not spot us, at least for the moment.

Also, they had not noticed that the citizens hunkered down had already taken out their firearms. So long as they dared to fire another shot, the people squatting by their feet would be able to stand up and shoot back at any time.

These people from the Church truly underestimate the residents of Sunset City! Here, it was not uncommon to see two groups of people exchange fire along the streets. Compared to street fights, the residents were actually more afraid of the recent case of missing people.

Vanishing noiselessly into the darkness was even more terrifying than indiscriminate shooting. This was the thinking of the citizens of Sunset City, especially among the young people.

However, if the Church did not attack the masses, but only targeted Melody and me, then the citizens would probably just watch from the sidelines.

Melody whispered into my ear, “If they start shooting here, they will definitely hit other people. When that happens, it will set off a massive fight. We can then seize that opportunity to escape.”

I replied softly but firmly, “We cannot do that. It will result in huge casualties. Just let them attack us first; as long as we can hold them off for a while, it will be fine.” I thought for a bit, and quickly added, “And do not use any vampire abilities to retaliate.”

Melody’s face stiffened, and she looked at me doubtfully, asking, “For a while?”

“For a while!” I stated with certainty.

“Alright! I must have owed you in my previous life.” Melody agreed to it rather helplessly.

The two of us stood up, and the other party started firing at us mercilessly, except that all the bullets were blocked by our blood ability. I specially broadened the area of defense of my blood ability to prevent stray bullets from hitting innocents.

A short while later, the area around the two of us became a large empty space. The citizens had moved as far away from us as they could … But it also did not seem right to put it that way, because they were still gathered on the edge of the plaza, curiously looking on. Even if the Church did not stop firing, and there was never a moment of pause between the gunshots, it was not enough to frighten these bystanders away.

In order not to make our vampire abilities too obvious, we could only use our blood ability to defend, and not attack. Is it possible to disguise the blood ability as an energy weapon and use it to retaliate? We can stall for more time then… Just as I was pondering to myself, in the next second, Melody actually pulled out a gun and started shooting.

I exclaimed, “Is that not the gun from ‘The Last Angel?’”

“After the young master modified this gun, he still didn’t like it because it wasn’t good enough! But it’s quite pretty, so I asked him for it.” Melody replied as she fired the gun. “But I should be the one asking, Mr. Butler, how long exactly is your ‘a while?’ If it’s longer than one minute, I’m afraid that it might be a bit problematic. Look at that! They’ve already assembled a rocket launcher! Even if the palm-sized gun in my hand has been modified by the young master, you can’t possibly hope for it to beat a rocket launcher, right?”

I raised my head and saw that she was right. However, this was not the only problem. Originally, only three or four people had caught up to us, but now other members from the Church were arriving in quick succession.

Even though they had been firing nonstop, the firepower of their guns was not that great. Perhaps they were worried that there were too many citizens in this area, and were giving them time to back away… Except that these citizens were simply not willing to retreat.

As time dragged on, the possibility of the rocket launcher being used increased. Not only was I doubtful that the small gun in Melody’s hand could stop it, I also did not fully trust my blood ability to be able to block more than three rockets.

“If this continues any longer, we’re going to get surrounded! When that happens, we’re dead for sure!” After Melody said that, she stuffed the gun back into her bosom and started gathering her blood ability around her hands. It looked like she was about to form blood claws.

I hurriedly grabbed her hands and softly exclaimed, “Please, wait a moment…”

But she suddenly twisted her hands around and pulled me instead, and then I heard an explosion behind me. I hope no one got hurt.

She said sourly, “The rocket launcher has already been fired! You still want to wait!?” After that, she started gathering her blood ability again.

Will it truly not work? If my identity as a vampire is revealed, I am afraid that I really will not be able to go out and buy groceries anymore…

“All of you! F***ing cease fire!”

Finally arrived! Once again, I grabbed Melody’s hands, interrupting her motion of gathering her blood ability, and then I looked elatedly at the source of the voice.

I was right. He finally came!

A few squads of fully armed policemen walked into the plaza from all directions. The thick body equipment they were wearing made their footsteps sound extremely heavy and imposing. Among all the police squads, in the squad that was walking the fastest, the policeman that was walking right at the front, without a doubt, was Yue Gang.

Yue Gang’s gear looked even heavier than the rest of the policemen’s. The gun in his hand appeared to be quite powerful too. He had probably spent all his money on buying equipment again.

All this equipment seemed to have emboldened him. He did not even show any fear of the rocket launcher in the hands of the Church members. The moment he arrived, he even scolded them loudly, “What’s going on? What is the meaning of all this? This is too aggressive! You rounded up the citizens in the plaza to massacre them in broad daylight, huh? Why didn’t you all just go down to the police headquarters and massacre all of us instead!”

At this moment, someone rushed forward and angrily roared back, “They’re definitely not citizens! They’re not even human at all, so this has nothing to do with you policemen!”

That was Anceo. He glared fiercely at Melody, looking as if he wanted to skin her alive and then swallow her whole.

“It looks more to me like you guys are the ones who are not human!” Yue Gang retorted rudely, “It’s such a hot day, yet you’re wearing those black robes. You guys drove twenty something black cars around the streets, and your weapons are getting larger and more powerful. You even have a rocket launcher? Tell me, which part of you is like a human?”

When he heard these words, Anceo looked stunned. Then, a furious expression appeared on his face, and he actually raised his weapon at him.

“You dare to say that I’m not human!?”

His movement immediately triggered both sides into action. All the policemen instantly trained their guns on Anceo, and in the next second, the Church also aimed their weapons at Yue Gang.

There were more policemen, maybe around forty of them.

On the side of the Church, there were around twenty people, but the firepower of their weapons was clearly superior to that of the policemen.

If both sides really started fighting, Yue Gang would get blasted by twenty powerful guns, while Anceo would get shot by forty guns with considerably average firepower. But regardless of the means, their fates did not seem like they would differ by much—they would both end up as honeycombs.

But then, the Church and the policemen will not actually start fighting, will they?

This made me feel at a complete loss. Initially, I had thought that so long as the police made an appearance, they would be able to stop the people from the Church from using heavy firepower on the streets. If they truly ended up having a shootout… I did not wish at all for Yue Gang to die because of that.

“Please stop…” The moment the words left my mouth, all the guns from both sides suddenly turned and pointed at me.

Melody glared at me furiously.

“He’s not an enemy!” Yue Gang hastily cried out.