After that, Shizuku went to Ozaki Hospital and met the director of Ozaki Hospital, Ozaki Toshio.

He was a man in his early thirties with very sharp eyes. Similarly, his attitude towards outsiders was quite rude.

"What do you want to see me for?"

Staring at the two people in front of him, Ozaki Toshio asked coldly, while Shizuku just smiled.

"We are here at the request of Tanaka Akira to investigate the series of deaths that have occurred in the village."

"oh?"

Hearing this, Ozaki Toshio stared at her and took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, while Shizuku put down the notebook without a care.

"According to Tanaka Akira's sister, Tanaka Kaoru, her good friend Shimizu Megumi died suddenly. You performed the autopsy on her, right? I would like to ask, what was the cause of Shimizu Megumi's death?"

"Exhaustion caused by anemia... this is my conclusion."

"Is that all?"

"Yes, because her family refused to have an autopsy. Waichang Village is an isolated place after all. People here are buried after death. They don't choose cremation like in the city, and they don't dissect the bodies of the dead at will."

"So, what about the others? I heard that people have died in Waichang Village recently. What is the exact number of deaths?"

"…Sixteen people."

"I see. Are the causes of death of all the deceased the same?"

"That's about right..."

Toshio Ozaki looked at Shizuku carefully, as if doubting the reason why she asked these questions, but Shizuku said nothing, just lowered her head and took notes. Then she stood up and nodded.

"Thank you for your assistance, Dr. Ozaki. We will take our leave now."

"Goodbye."

Toshio Ozaki waved his hand, but just as the two men reached the door, he suddenly looked at them and asked.

"Do you... believe that vampires really exist in this world?"

“…”

Hearing Ozaki Toshio's question, Kagami no Kirie's face suddenly darkened, and Shizuku tilted her head.

"Maybe, maybe not, who knows? Then, we'll take our leave."

After saying this, Shizuku turned and left with Kaname no Kirie. Only Ozaki Toshio stared at their receding backs without saying anything for a long time.

"That's why I hate these blood slaves!"

After leaving Ozaki Hospital, Kagano Kirie immediately started complaining with gritted teeth.

"We spent so much effort to make people believe in science and abandon superstition, but in the end, it was all ruined by these bastards who are more likely to cause trouble than help!"

“This is the first time I’ve heard of this.”

Hearing what Kagami no Kirie said, Shizuku looked at Kagami no Kirie in surprise, and the latter snorted softly.

"Isn't this normal? If you want humans to deny the existence of vampires, it's best to give them a tangible belief. As long as humans believe that everything can be explained by science, they will give up tracking vampires. What we have done is nothing more than creating a god called 'science' for humans. Because this world is scientific, vampires and superstition do not exist... For us, this is the best result."

Having said that, Kagami Mist Branch snorted coldly in dissatisfaction.

"But even if humans believe in science, it doesn't mean they are stupid enough to turn a blind eye to what is happening right before their eyes."

"Of course."

After hearing Kaname no Kirie's answer, Shizuku shrugged. Indeed, as Kaname no Kirie said, most people believe in science, but when something unreasonable appears before their eyes, what they believe in will also collapse...

But I never expected that the scientific enlightenment of this world was actually led by vampires...

If you think about it carefully, for vampire nobles like Kaname no Misaki, this is indeed in their interests. On the one hand, science will keep humans away from superstition, and on the other hand, science can also weaken the influence of vampires' biggest enemy - that is, religion.

For vampires, this is killing two birds with one stone. As for other aspects, there is no need to worry. With the long lifespan of vampires, unless they are really mentally retarded, it is very easy for them to disguise themselves as scholars or scientists as they accumulate knowledge.

From this perspective, the vampires in this world have done some good things.

It might not be a bad thing if the vampires in every world had the same "ambitions" as the vampires in this world.

"But then again, you should have discovered it."

It was clear that Kagami no Kirie didn't want to talk any more, so she quickly changed the subject, and Shizuku nodded.

"Hmm, there's the scent of those guys in the hospital... their prey?"

"That's right. These damn blood slaves would attack their own families, and then they would like to bring them into the darkness and live a happy and beautiful life... Humph, it's simply stupid."

For high-level vampires, the most troublesome thing about blood slaves is this inexplicable sense of kinship. Just as they are attracted to blood and become blood slaves, the sense of kinship of blood slaves is also the most dangerous. They will attack their own family members, hoping to turn them into beings like themselves. Once they succeed, the entire blood slave group will increase rapidly.

It's just like an infectious disease, one infects two, two infects four, four infects eight... If the zombies are not isolated, blocked and eliminated in time, the rate at which they increase will sooner or later reach a level that humans cannot ignore. At that time, all their hard work will be wasted.

Moreover, for high-level vampires like Kagami no Misaki, once the number of blood slaves increases, they are likely to attack them. After all, these high-level vampires are not like blood slaves who are afraid of this and that. Not only can they move in the sun, they don't care about most religious relics, and they are almost no different from humans.

And because of this characteristic, these high-level vampires are actually better prey than humans in the eyes of blood slaves.

Therefore, for high-level vampires, once a blood slave is discovered, it must be hunted down and completely eliminated without leaving a single one alive.

We can't let these peasants climb over our heads!

"I will take the hospital as the center and check the surroundings carefully."

"Leave the task of searching for blood slaves to me. I will make sure that not a single blood slave will escape."

If it were any other job, perhaps Kagami Mist Branch would not have been so enthusiastic, but facing the blood slave in front of her, she had to be enthusiastic no matter how reluctant she was.

"I'll leave it to you. Try to get it done before the villagers notice."

Soon, night fell.

Looking at the old man lying on the sickbed and falling into a deep sleep, Ozaki Toshio frowned.

This was the patient he admitted to the hospital. His symptoms were the same as those of the previous victims: anemia, lack of energy, fatigue, and tiredness. At first, Ozaki Toshio only suspected that this was an infectious disease spread by mosquitoes, but now he began to wonder if something evil had invaded the village.

vampire……

Does this legendary evil demon really exist?

Toshio Ozaki was not sure either, but he was now deeply suspicious, and the two out-of-town girls who came to the hospital today also made him suspicious.

They didn't look like reporters, nor did they look like outsiders who came here to have fun after hearing some rumors. Toshio Ozaki could sense that they had a clear purpose, and the questions they asked him seemed to be just to verify something they had already confirmed.

“Click.”

Just as Ozaki Toshio was lost in thought, the bright lights suddenly disappeared, and the entire ward was dark. At the same time, a voice sounded from outside the window.

"Mom, can you hear me? Mom? Come outside."

"This is……!!!"

Ozaki Toshio was shocked to hear the voice, but before he could come to his senses, he saw the old man who was originally sleeping on the sickbed opened his eyes and stood up from the bed.

"I have to go... Nao is calling me..."

Muttering to herself, the old woman stood up and tried to go out the door, but Ozaki Toshio rushed forward and grabbed her.

"Ms. Setsuko, wake up! You will be killed if you go!"

However, in the face of Ozaki Toshio's roar, the old man in front of him seemed to have heard nothing, as if he was hypnotized.

"Ms. Setsuko, wake up!!"

Ozaki Toshio once again tightly grasped the old man's arm. Vampires cannot enter other people's homes without an invitation. He has already discovered this. Yesterday, this group of monsters tried to come in, but was rejected by him. As long as no one invites them, vampires cannot step into the room, even if they have to use force. As long as they catch Ms. Setsuko...

“Bang!!”

At this moment, suddenly, Ozaki Toshio felt a sharp pain behind him, and then he cried out in pain and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to turn around, a foot suddenly stepped on Ozaki Toshio. At this time, Ozaki Toshio realized that the person stepping on him was a man with blue hair and a jacket. He looked at him with a smile, and his eyes were shining with a strange red light.

"Hello, Dr. Ozaki, my name is Tatsumi."

As he spoke, the man named Tatsumi grabbed Ozaki Toshio and kicked him in the body, causing Ozaki Toshio to fall to the ground again.

"I won't kill you, because I've been told not to attack the doctor for now."

As he spoke, Tatsumi walked up to the staggering old woman, picked her up, then he opened the window and jumped down.

“Ms. Setsuko!!”

Seeing this scene, Ozaki Toshio endured the pain and hurried to the window to look down. Under the moonlight, he saw the man named Tatsumi holding Ms. Setsuko and falling lightly to the ground. There were several strange figures beside him. Ozaki Toshio was not unfamiliar with those figures, because they were all people for whom he had issued death notices this summer and who had died.

They gathered in front of the old man, and in the center was the old man's daughter-in-law Nao - she had also died a long time ago, and now it seemed that she had also become one of the monsters.

Looking at her mother-in-law, Nao smiled happily. She reached out and grabbed her mother-in-law, then opened her mouth. At the same time, Tatsumi smiled at Ozaki Toshio standing by the window, as if laughing at his powerlessness.

Toshio Ozaki watched the scene with gritted teeth, hating himself for being unable to stop it.

However, at this moment, he suddenly found that the man named Tatsumi's face changed instantly, and the originally relaxed smile disappeared instantly, replaced by unprecedented panic and fear. It was as if he saw something that he could not understand or imagine.

What's going on?

Before Ozaki Toshio could react, countless shining swords fell from the sky.