The Vampire's Unusual Behavior

Late at night, the subway had long since stopped running, the roller shutters were tightly closed, and the platforms were deserted.

However, this did not stump Qin Jin and Alessa. They easily climbed over the fence and quietly went down the stairs to the subway tunnel.

In the damp, chilly wind deep inside the tunnel, Aresa's little nose twitched slightly as she carefully discerned the scents contained within, but ultimately she shook her head:

"Dust, rats, engine oil, rotting... there's no smell of blood."

"Not here, let's go up." Qin Jin immediately led Alessa back, and after leaving the platform, they drove east for about three stops before entering the platform again.

Nothing was found here either.

Qin Jin drove south from the local subway station, searching within three or four stops, but still found nothing, until—

The third time, they arrived at a location three stops east of the West Wing subway station. Just as they entered the tunnel, Alessa's small nostrils twitched violently a few times, and her grey-blue eyes instantly sharpened.

"Qin! Blood!"

The two quickened their pace and ran towards the direction of the bloody smell. After running for several hundred meters, they found the source of the bloody smell.

This is not a special location, just a slightly spacious maintenance area next to the tunnel. There are leftover food on the ground, but there are signs of a fight on the walls and the ground.

The cement wall bears claw marks left by immense force, the cement is cracked, and most noticeably, there are bloodstains on the ground, some of which have already congealed.

The scent of these bloodstains was not that of humans or vampires; it contained the smell of decay and savagery.

He crouched down, rubbed a drop of blood between his fingertips, and found it strangely sticky, still carrying an inhuman warmth.

"It's a werewolf. Looks like this guy has found his target."

The bloodstains covered a large area, indicating that the werewolf had been killed, but there was no body. It must be because... there were vampires who specialized in disposing of corpses accompanying them.

"Inside!" Aresa pointed to the depths of the tunnel, stating with certainty that although the lingering smell of blood was faint, it still couldn't fool her.

"Let's follow it and see." Qin Jin stood up and, together with Alessa, followed the direction in which the blood energy was moving. When they reached the next station, the scent left the tunnel and began to return to the street from the exit.

Qin Jin and Alessa naturally followed them back to the street. Just as Qin Jin was subconsciously trying to figure out their location, he paused for a moment—

This place is less than 100 meters away from the Walls apartment building, and both the sign at the entrance of the apartment building and the "Cheap Bones" bar are within sight.

Isn't this too much of a coincidence?

A sense of foreboding swept through Qin Jin's mind, but now was not the time to delve into it. He forcibly suppressed the thought; his primary objective now was to find the vampire who disposed of the corpse before the scent disappeared.

They flagged down a passing taxi and returned to where they had initially parked, starting the Dodge.

Alessa searched for the faint remaining scent, constantly pointing the way. Several times she lost the scent and had to search again to find it. After more than 40 minutes of searching, the Dodge finally stopped in front of an abandoned factory.

The rusty iron gate was half-open, revealing overgrown weeds inside. Several dilapidated factory buildings stood like huge black silhouettes, eerie and sinister in the moonlight.

An unmarked van was parked in the center of the factory area, with the parking space facing a pit dug in the adjacent open space.

Two pale-faced figures, dressed in common denim vests, stood by the pit, opening the carriage and lifting two corpses out and throwing them into the pit.

The corpse was completely naked, with scarlet wounds on its chest, neck, or back, and a strong smell of blood, the unique scent of werewolf blood.

Qin Jin and Alessa approached each other silently.

As their figures emerged from the shadows, the two vampires, like startled rabbits, dropped their bodies and tried to flee. However, a lazy warning from behind made them stop in their tracks:

"If you run again, you're dead!"

They clearly knew that there was an Eastern-looking man with a little girl who had recently killed two purebloods in a midnight bar, and whose fighting prowess was feared even by the elders.

"Answer my question, and I'll spare your lives—tell me, what are you doing?"

Qin Jin's voice wasn't loud, but it sounded like a heavy hammer in the quiet factory area.

The vampire with the messy hair, being slightly bolder, answered in a trembling voice:

"Dispose of...dispose of the body, the werewolf that Lady Selena killed."

"Selena, that's the death walker from Europe, right? Where is she?"

"My lord... my lord has left, and we don't know where he went..."

Another vampire with a small mustache quickly added, fearing he would be killed for not answering.

Qin Jin stared at them for a few seconds, the invisible pressure making the two vampires almost suffocate. To their surprise, Qin Jin didn't make a move, but simply spoke coldly:

"Go back and tell Selena to stop playing those child-kidnaping games, they're annoying," he said bluntly.

"Either come to my house, she knows the address, we can settle this once and for all; or get lost, or I'll bring my men and clear out your Diamond Building completely, understand?"

The two vampires, as if granted a pardon, nodded hastily:

"Yes! Yes! We will definitely bring it!"

Feeling that Qin Jin had finished speaking, they began to cautiously retreat, preparing to leave this killing god as soon as possible.

"Wait a minute," Qin Jin suddenly called out to them again.

The two vampires froze on the spot, their backs instantly soaked with cold sweat.

Qin Jin asked casually, "Has Selena been killing a lot of werewolves lately?"

"Yes...yes!" the messy vampire hurriedly replied, "My lord has been hunting every night these past few days, and on average...he's managed to kill one or two each night."

"One or two every night?"

Qin Jin's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly: "Are these werewolves very powerful?"

"Uh..." The vampire hesitated for a moment, seemingly assessing how to phrase it:

"These werewolves are definitely stronger than us hybrids, probably reaching the strength of purebloods, but they are far inferior to Lord Deathwalker. Lord Deathwalker can kill them without any effort."

"Effortless?"

Qin Jin repeated the word, his tone flat, but a sharp glint flashed deep in his eyes. He waved his hand.

"Alright, get lost."

The two vampires, as if granted a pardon, scrambled towards the truck, started the engine, and fled the abandoned factory amidst the screeching of tires.

The Dodge drove smoothly back to Qingcao Community, the interior quiet except for the low rumble of the engine.

Aresa hugged her Frankenstein doll and quietly watched the neon lights flash by outside the window.

Qin Jin gripped the steering wheel, his gaze fixed straight ahead, but his mind was racing:

Selena... an elite deathwalker from the Royal Guard of European vampire elders, traveled all the way to Los Angeles...

Just to kill two small fry every day? And you still have to go to work every day?

This feels...like using a Barrett rifle to snipe a rabbit!

It's not that it's impossible, but that it's unreasonable!

Either Selena is holding back a big move, preparing to find an opportunity to wipe out the entire werewolf pack!

Either the werewolf hunt is just a cover, and they're actually doing something else...

But what could her purpose be?

Just then, Alessa suddenly drew her Gru Super Red Eagle and placed it into the recessed area of ​​the center console with a crisp sound.

"Qin! The gun needs to be replaced! Vampires can't be killed."

Qin Jin thought for a moment, then put the gun back in Alessa's hand and nodded.

"The gun is fine. Here's what we'll do: we'll have Constantine make a batch of bullets for you later, and that'll be all you need."

"Hmm." A smile gently curved onto Aresa's tense face.