Song Mengmeng's words unconsciously gave Old John new hope.
As a longtime friend, he naturally didn't want Reynolds to lose his life like that. So, he finally perked up and looked at Song Mengmeng seriously: "What you're saying, how likely is that?!"
"Half and half," Song Mengmeng shrugged. Although it was just a guess, she felt that the possibility was quite high at the moment.
But even half of it is better than waiting to die completely.
So Old John actually perked up and joined Song Mengmeng and the others in analyzing the current situation.
Old John is a vampire.
Although he looked like an ordinary old man, completely unlike the legendary elegance of vampires, he was indeed a vampire.
Moreover, given that he can now walk freely in the sunlight as if he were no different from others, and that he can transform Valenna, his status among vampires should not be low.
"Watch less novels and TV dramas! You actually believe all that nonsense in them!"
Hearing Hu Yue's low question, Old John couldn't help but snort, "Who said all vampires are those peacocks?!"
Most vampires, like myself, were turned into vampires against our will! Therefore, many people actually prefer to live like ordinary people, rather than engaging in meaningless, pointless struggles.
Since the topic had come up, Old John didn't hide anything. He simply recounted his past as a vampire to Hu Yue and the others.
Old John is not actually from the smog-ridden country.
His hometown is an ordinary rural village in the Eiffel Tower Country (France).
Interpersonal relationships in the village were simple, and everyone got along very well. However, no one expected that the sudden plague would change everything.
Whether in the city or the countryside, large numbers of living people are dying.
With no other option, the villagers gathered day and night in the simple rural church to pray, begging God to save their lives and spare them from annihilation.
But the final result was cruel.
God did not protect these devout believers. The first unfortunate person in the village fell ill, and later, as more and more people died, the whole village could no longer maintain its former peace and tranquility and became hysterical.
"Back then, if you coughed even slightly, the terrified villagers would drag you out and burn you alive!"
Even so, there was no way to completely stop the spread of the plague.
Just when our entire village was in despair, several well-dressed gentlemen arrived and told us that God couldn't save our lives, but He could.
Old John lowered his eyes and remained silent for a long while before continuing his story: "We chose to believe them, selling our souls and bodies to the devil."
Even so, I was the only one in the entire village who successfully transformed into a vampire.
At first, I was naturally excited. I possessed an immortal body; time had completely stopped for me. After the plague ended, I began a new life. I met a beautiful girl, fell in love with her, married her, and then…
Then I watched her grow old and eventually leave me!
I thought about embracing her for the first time, but... but I failed.
I can't believe it. After that, I fell into a new relationship, but in the end, all that awaited me was birth, aging, sickness, and death!
One by one, my lovers died before my eyes, and in the end, I was the only one left in this world!
Finally, about fifty years ago, in a daze, I met a girl who was also a vampire, just like me. We had similar experiences, and soon we got together.
I thought I had finally found love, but...
But we encountered the Vatican's great purge of the vampires. She was killed right before my eyes by those people from the Vatican.
In fact, many of the people killed by the Vatican at that time were just like us, vampires who hadn't done anything to this world, but simply wanted to survive in it.
Therefore, many vampires still refuse to believe everything the Holy See says. The reason is that the Holy See's brutal and simplistic actions in the past caused far too many vampires to lose their loved ones. Even now, we still vividly remember the Holy See's actions, so how can we possibly trust them completely?!
In fact, this is why, despite having made a vow, the conflict between the vampires and the Holy See has never ceased over the years.
Would you believe in the sudden goodwill of someone who once tried to destroy you, and accept their olive branch of goodwill?
The answer is naturally no.
In the past, this stalemate was irreconcilable, not to mention that now, within the vampire clan and the Holy See, a group of puppet clan members have quietly infiltrated.
Given the ability of these things to cause trouble, it's only natural that this dispute will escalate into a conflict.
Therefore, the most urgent task now is to determine Reynolds' whereabouts.
"You don't need to worry about that. Gu Qi and I will go out for a bit in a bit." Yan Di had been sitting quietly to the side without saying a word, but when he heard them talking about finding Reynolds' whereabouts, he finally spoke up and looked up from the documents he was looking at with Gu Qi.
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