Chapter 103 Give Me a Drop of Blood 6 Going with a Knife
103 Give Me a Drop of Blood 6
"Jiujiu! It's your husband! It's really your husband!" 111 shouted excitedly.
The man lying on the bed had his eyes closed, his crow-feather eyelashes casting a shadow on his eyelids.
There was not a trace of breath about him, and the corners of his mouth, which often wore a smile, did not have the slightest curve, and his whole body emanated endless coldness.
Lu Jiu's stiff gaze stayed on his face for a long time, then moved slightly downwards to the towering cross and stopped.
"What on earth does he want to do?" Wang Yi whispered to Zhao Lan on the side.
Zhao Lan shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
At this time, Lu Jiu's voice rang out.
"What's his name...do you know?"
Wang Yi paused and said, "I don't know. We have never recorded his information in our internal system. He must have been asleep for at least fifty years."
"Fifty years?" Lu Jiu looked back.
Wang Yi shrugged: "The Hunter Bureau only appeared fifty years ago."
Lu Jiu turned back to look at the man on the bed, and after a moment of silence, asked, "Can you two turn your backs to him? I want to take a look at his body."
...We are all grown men, what is there to avoid?
However, Zhao Lan and Wang Yi looked at each other, did not ask, and turned away in cooperation.
Lu Jiu reached out and pulled back the quilt covering the man, and 111 immediately gasped.
A black wooden cross as thick as a baby's wrist was embedded in the man's chest. Judging from the depth of the cross, even if the end of the cross did not pierce the man's back, it should have been close to the surface of the skin.
There was a little solidified darker substance on the cross, probably the blood that had been splashed there countless years ago.
The amount was not large, as if the person who had used it to stab this body had moved extremely quickly, and the man on the bed did not have much chance to resist.
Lu Jiu's breathing lengthened, and her eyes slowly swept over the man's naked body, from head to toe.
"Jiujiu, what do you mean?" 111 asked cautiously.
This body... is that man's body, right?
Lu Jiu didn't answer.
It is the default.
111 sighed.
The room was silent for a long time.
After Lu Jiu lifted the quilt, Wang Yi and Zhao Lan turned their backs and heard no more sound.
After waiting for a few minutes, Zhao Lan couldn't help but ask, "Are you done?"
"...Okay, turn around." Lu Jiu's voice had become hoarse.
The two men turned around and saw that the quilt had been covered on the man again.
Lu Jiu lowered his eyes to look at the man and asked in a low voice: "After pulling out the cross, you still have to feed him a whole vampire's blood to revive him, right?"
Zhao Lan was stunned and immediately frowned: "You want to revive him? You can't get him away from here. Although we can come in now, there is a secret scanning device over there in the elevator. If he is scanned, the alarm system will immediately notify the people in the bureau. I can't bring you in a second time. I just asked Wang Yi for help. I can't cause him so much trouble."
Wang Yi coughed and said, "You found this resurrection method on the Internet, right? In fact, this is enough for ordinary vampires, but for prince-level vampires, they need the blood of an entire prince-level vampire."
Lu Jiu turned to look at him: "If you want to revive him, you must sacrifice another prince?"
"Yes, theoretically there is no other way."
Lu Jiu asked again: "If a prince kills another prince, can he copy the other's appearance and memory?"
Zhao Lan: "Where did you hear this? It's totally unheard of."
Wang Yi: "If you're talking about changing one's appearance, the legendary ancestral vampires can do this."
Lu Jiu moved the hand hanging by his side.
His eyes moved slightly, and he looked at Wang Yi and asked, "Speaking of which, have you met Cen Lanyan?"
"Of course I haven't seen him. He stays in the castle most of the time and never goes out."
"Where's your director?"
"Probably not," Wang had walked to the operating bed and pulled the blanket covering the man a little smoother, "Cen Lanyan has been awake for a long time. He didn't live in our city at first, and his information was registered in his 'hometown'. Prince-level vampires have special circumstances. They don't need to go to their place of residence to update their information after moving. They can just refresh it online. So he has never been here."
Zhao Lan smiled indifferently: "They are treated well."
"Because there are so few of them, they are like rare animals."
Lu Jiu looked at Wang Yi calmly for a while. When Zhao Lan noticed something and looked at him, he naturally looked away.
Turning back to take one last look at the man on the bed, Lu Jiu pursed her lips and said, "I'm fine here, go out first."
…
When leaving the Hunter Bureau, Wang Yi said to Zhao Lan: "If you want to assassinate Cen Lanyan, the full moon day in two days is a good opportunity, you know."
On full moon days, when the blood race's blood-sucking desire reaches its peak, their bodies will also fall into their weakest state.
"I know." Zhao Lan looked at Lu Jiu, his meaning was very clear.
Wang Yi also looked at Lu Jiu.
Lu Jiu stopped and turned to face him: "I will go to him on the full moon day, and I will give you an answer then."
Zhao Lan narrowed his eyes: "I can't go with you?"
"Wait for my call," Lu Jiu replied calmly, "I will contact you before the full moon ends."
"...Okay," Zhao Lan said, "I'll wait for you then."
*
As usual, I took the bus back to school.
After getting off the bus, Lu Jiu walked on the deserted path. 111 asked tentatively, "Jiujiu, what do you think now?"
I have seen the person and his appearance.
The answer seems clearer, but also seems more vague.
Lu Jiu lowered his head, with the lower half of his face still hidden in the raised collar of his windbreaker, and his hands still in his pockets.
"What do you think?" he asked.
111 hesitated for a moment and said, "My system always points to the guy in the Hunter Bureau just now as your old attacker, and he does look like your old attacker. But Jiujiu, you said that the quick-pass bureau might be confusing our vision... so I don't know either. What about you, which of the two do you have a better feeling for?"
Lu Jiu lowered his head and walked forward without answering immediately.
After a long while, he finally spoke.
"I feel more for Cen Lanyan, but maybe it's because he can speak, while the one in the Hunter Bureau can't."
111 breathed a sigh of relief, as if feeling fortunate that he could still analyze the problem so rationally.
"Jiujiu, I'm thinking, first of all, the prince in the Hunter Bureau was probably killed by another prince, and in order to revive him, another prince must be sacrificed... It seems that no matter how you look at it, this matter is inextricably linked to Cen Lanyan."
111 was silent for a moment, then said, "You... should go find him on a full moon day. Firstly, his attack power will be weakened on that day, and secondly, regardless of whether he is your top, at least he now treats you as his wife and has no defenses against you... You should go and ask him for the answer in person. If he is really the one who did it to you... then you should take action, just do it...?"
A cold wind blew, and Lu Jiu suddenly stopped.
The deathly silence lasted for a full minute, and 111 didn't dare to make another sound.
After a long time, Lu Jiu let out a breath.
"Yes, you are right."
It's time to make a decision.
*
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
When the full moon comes, no matter whether there are more fang-toothers or fang-phobes in society, there is always a festive atmosphere.
During the daytime classes, I could hear students around me whispering about whether to go out and play at night, and the atmosphere in the “Dark Night” forum was also very lively.
Young people are always excited on this day.
In view of the fact that there have always been a lot of incidents on this day in previous years, the Hunter Bureau has made regulations this year that gatherings are not allowed in public places and vampire bars must control the flow of people.
They have released promotional videos on major platforms, warning the public to be wary of the "First Embrace Scam" - be careful of some vampires who use the name of First Embrace to defraud blood, and also be careful of some humans who use the name of First Embrace to set up honey traps.
Still, the part of the crowd caught up in the excitement could hardly notice the noise.
When dusk fell at six o'clock, they hung a round silver pendant around their necks.
——This is an unspoken rule on full moon days. When humans wear this silver pendant, they are sending a signal: You can come and suck my blood.
When Lu Jiu returned to the dormitory area from school, there were already groups of students walking out of the dormitory building with these things hanging around their necks.
He just took a quick glance and went upstairs to his dormitory.
"Jiujiu, do you want to prepare some weapons?" 111 was already a little nervous in advance, "Where can I buy a peach wood sword?"
Lu Jiu put down the book, opened the drawer, and took out a fruit knife.
The knife was pulled out of the scabbard, and the blade shone brightly under the light, looking extremely sharp.
"You plan to take this?? But this kind of knife...can't kill vampires??"
"If all else fails, isn't there a low-level treasure chest that can be opened?"
After making the decision two days ago, Lu Jiu began to relax.
At this moment, his tone was quite relaxed: "I didn't want to drive it that day when you asked me to, because I thought I might need it more later."
"Yes! All right..."
Apart from that, Lu Jiu only took the access card that Yin Lin gave him.
He left the dormitory and took a taxi, heading for the castle.
The road was very crowded. The driver was on the radio and would chat with Lu Jiu from time to time.
"… Starting at six o'clock, the Hunter Bureau's cars started coming out, one in each block, just guarding like that. They are also very busy on this day every year."
"I think those young people are also sick. Is it interesting to have their blood sucked? Too much blood loss is harmful to the body! They always think that if the vampire sucks their blood a few more times, they will be willing to transform them. How can such a good thing be possible! They are too naive!"
"...Young man, I see you're going to that castle. You don't want to play with vampires, do you?"
"No," Lu Jiu said, "I have something serious to do, so I went to look for someone."
"Oh, that's good," the driver reminded, "Be careful."
The car stopped at the edge of the lawn in front of the castle.
Night had completely fallen, and all the curtains of the castle were drawn open, revealing a bright light from afar.
Lu Jiu got out of the car and walked towards the strong evening breeze.
He walked across the large lawn and came to the castle gate. He took out his card and swiped it, and the door lock opened automatically.
When I pushed the door open, a strong smell of blood hit me in the face.
Inside the castle, there was a lewd scene.
Yin Lin disappeared, and only a few of the vampires and humans who had fallen into hallucination long ago cast their eyes at him, but at this moment their consciousness was not enough to support them to think about how Lu Jiu got in.
Lu Jiu put his hands in his pockets as usual, turned around, and walked towards the west tower without looking around.
Passing over those lying on the floor, tangled on the sofa.
Stepping on each piece of clothing and each pendant.
He stepped onto the steps of the west tower and walked up slowly.
Second floor, third floor, fourth floor...
After reaching the sixth floor, he walked towards the middle of the corridor without stopping.
His footsteps echoed in the corridor.
This floor was so quiet that it seemed as if there was no living thing.
But there was someone waiting there.
There was a man sitting quietly in the dark.
…
Lu Jiu stood in front of the door of the room.
His hand was on the door handle.
“Wine, wine…”
"Very nervous?" Lu Jiu whispered in his mind, "If you are nervous, should you turn off your phone?"
"No," 111 refused immediately, "I want to be with you!"
Lu Jiu smiled.
"I've already told you that if there's any danger you won't be able to help me. I can open the treasure chest myself."
"But I can accompany you," 111 retorted, "No matter what time, I will always be by your side. I hope that no matter what happens to you, you will have someone to discuss and confide in..."
Lu Jiu suppressed his smile.
"……Um."
He lowered his eyes, pressed the door handle without hesitation, and pushed hard.
With a creak, the door slowly opened.
It was pitch black inside.
Only the moonlight shone in from the window at the end, casting a faint silver light on the ground.
The figure was still sitting by the window with his back to the moonlight, just as he had been when he first saw her.
Lu Jiu walked in step by step.
The door lost its support and closed automatically with a slight click.
The knife was quietly hidden in the clothes behind his back.
For the sake of convenience, the scabbard was not brought. The cold blade was pressed against the skin of the lower back, and the two rubbed against each other silently as he walked.
Lu Jiu stepped into the moonlight, came in front of the man and stopped.
Cen Lanyan sat quietly in the chair, looking up at him.
His eyes are deep and affectionate.
"You seem weaker than I thought." Lu Jiu looked at the face and said softly.
Cen Lanyan chuckled.
"I still have the energy to hug you," he sat motionless, "but have you decided whether you want to hug me?"
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