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Bang-!
A thick cloud of smoke billowed up, and both of them took several steps back.
Che Nianchen laughed, "You've got some skills, little girl!"
If Coco is too lazy to pay attention to him, she doesn't say anything.
By this time, the two had been fighting for some time.
This unarmed contest appears quite unfair on the surface.
Because if Coco is just a girl who is less than 1.7 meters tall, and although her figure is not thin, it is only the plumpness of an ordinary girl, which is completely insignificant in front of the burly and strong Che Nianchen.
But the biggest variable is not her size—it is that she is a vampire.
If Coco strengthens herself with the blood energy within her body, her petite frame, which appears quite small in front of the burly man, will be able to fight him without being at a disadvantage.
"what!"
The girl shouted and stomped on the old, moss-covered stone slabs, shooting towards the dust piled up by the cart like a bullet.
The activation of her vampire powers made her vampire features particularly prominent. Her fangs protruded beyond her lips, and the narrow pupils in her crimson eyes became even longer.
Like a feline in battle, it sends a dangerous signal to the enemy.
boom! !
clack clack-
Che Nianchen caught Ruo Keke's punch with his palm, but an unparalleled brute force almost sent him flying.
Wow! !
His heel kicked up a cloud of dust on the ground and then rubbed backward inch by inch.
The soreness radiating from his entire right arm was undoubtedly telling him one thing.
"Girl, isn't using vampire blood energy a bit too much of a bully?"
Coco stared at him unmoved: "Enough nonsense. I can smell your strange odor. To deal with you, I need to unleash my physical potential. Big guy, show me what you're hiding, or else—"
Upon hearing this, Che Nianchen let out a cold laugh.
"I'm just an ordinary human being."
Coco scoffed, "Ordinary humans could have the strength to rival the physical abilities of vampires? You're kidding me."
Che Nianchen laughed heartily: "Of course, to lie to you is to lie to a ghost!"
He suddenly bent down and, using Ruo Keke's brute force, grabbed her wrists with both hands.
"Ugh?!"
Before she could retaliate, Che Nianchen threw her, who was lighter, over the shoulder with a single throw.
Just as Ruo Keke stood still, ready to fight back, she noticed that Che Nianchen was there, patting her pants.
"Okay, girl, I give up."
He casually picked up the suit jacket that had been thrown on the ground.
"I had a great time today. See you two next time. Tsk, these injuries on my face should give me some credibility when I get back."
Coco stomped her foot and yelled, "Hey, you!"
Yin Shang patted Ruo Keke on the shoulder:
"Alright, he doesn't want to fight anymore. I know his personality; he's very forthright but also easygoing. He just wants to have a good fight."
Coco muttered, "What weirdo..."
Then she turned her head and glared at Yin Shang: "And you! If you touch me again, I'll beat you up!"
"Alright, alright, come here, stop talking."
Yin Shang threw the necklace to Che Nianchen again, then dragged Ruo Keke away in the opposite direction.
“Old Che, take this thing back with you. If you’re going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. Besides… I already said, if that guy has any conscience, he won’t bother me when he sees it.”
Che Nianchen looked at the necklace in his hand and shrugged.
"Alright, bro. I don't want to keep going against old friends, so I'll ask the president to send someone else to find you."
"Take care of yourself. That's all I can do. I hope that next time we meet, we won't have to fight."
He waved his hand, and his burly figure disappeared at the other end of the bridge arch.
...
...
After leaving the bridge archway, Ruo Keke and Yin Shang found a quiet bench in a nearby park and sat down to be alone.
"Alright, Mr. Yin Shang, you'd better explain what you were just doing."
As Coco sucked on a bag of blood plasma to replenish her energy, her blood-red eyes, now back to normal, stared intently at Yin Shang.
"Need I say more? Of course, it was a friend who works at the company who was ordered to arrest me. He just showed a little favoritism and said he would let me go if I beat him."
“That’s not what I meant,” Ruo Keke snorted.
"What were you screaming about under the bridge before he arrived?"
"...Wait, Mr. Yin, were your eyes originally blue?"
...
Yin Shang broke out in a cold sweat: "Haha, I have something to do, I'll be going now—"
quack-
"what--"
Yin Shang's wrist was pinched so hard it hurt, so he had no choice but to sit down again, feeling rather annoyed.
"..."
"..."
"You don't want to say, right?"
"Besides the smell from that big oaf... I also smelled some of your scent."
If Coco leans closer to Yin Shang, the tip of her nose twitches slightly.
"Sniff."
"Sniff."
She only looked up with a serious expression after sniffing Yin Shang's left side for a moment.
"Tell me, why do you smell like a vampire?"
...
"alright."
Yin Shang realized that he had been exposed, and if he didn't confess to her, he probably wouldn't be able to leave today.
He rolled up his sleeves, revealing his pale left arm covered in dark patterns to Ruo Keke.
These spiderweb-like patterns were shockingly covered his upper left arm, making his skin as pale and bloodless as a vampire's.
He quickly pulled his sleeves back up and tugged at his collar; the ends of several black lines had already spread toward his collarbone.
"See? If these things get into my heart, I'm dead."
He poked Ruo Keke's left shoulder: "Essentially the same as what's inside you, Miss Vampire."
If Coco nodded thoughtfully, she would ask:
"I won't ask how you got infected by it. Aren't you going to consider curing it, human?"
Yin Shang looked helpless: "What are you saying? Who doesn't know that this thing can't be cured? What you call 'cure' is nothing more than letting it completely erode me first, and then giving me a serum injection to stabilize me, making me another new vampire who can't see the light of day."
“What’s wrong with becoming a vampire?” Ruo Keke said, crossing her arms.
"To shed the frail human body requires only a small price to achieve immortality and be free from illness. I was once human, but I have no memories of my human days. At least for me now, if I had a choice, I would not hesitate to become a vampire."
Yin Shang shook his head with a wry smile:
“Miss, I can’t blame you. After all, a pure vampire like you couldn’t possibly understand that humans have their advantages too. Just the fact that I can sunbathe is enough to make me rule out becoming a vampire.”
"In short, Reinhardt is keeping my condition under control right now, and this thing doesn't threaten my life for the time being."
He paused.
"More importantly, do you and your master have any leads regarding the whereabouts of the Spear of Longinus? It was taken by that blonde woman... Judging from your encounter with her in the church, you seem to know her quite well?"
If Coco nodded:
"She is Her Majesty the Vampire Princess, and is likely the missing Vampire Queen."
The mastermind behind the disappearance. After the Vampire Queen returned to the royal court, she held a crucial position overseeing the council, while the Queen herself rarely appeared in public. Moreover, she was the closest person to the Vampire Queen.
Yin Shang was shocked: "What? The Vampire Queen has disappeared?"
Coco quickly covered his mouth:
"Do you want the whole world to know? I'm only telling you this because you've already made a deal with the young lady!"
After Yin Shang calmed down, she wiped her hands with a tissue with a look of disgust.
"Hmph. Listen up, human."
"Princess Yang Lingxi is the only princess in the history of the Vampire Royal Court. For the first time in the thousands of years that the Vampire Queen has ruled us, she has stepped down from the ruling position and taken a back seat. The reason for this was the princess's suggestion."
"Although the Vampire Queen has absolute control over the vampires, she has also drastically expanded the power of the Vampire Council with the Vampire Queen's permission, establishing a dual monarchical council system exclusively for vampires. Even though Her Majesty the Queen could seize all the power of the council with a single thought, she tacitly approved of His Majesty the Prince's overstepping of authority... Before she disappeared with the Vampire Queen, her status was already second only to the Vampire Queen."
Yin Shang pondered: "No vampire can resist the vampire queen, and the queen is willing to give her so many rights, so it can only be that she did so voluntarily."
He suddenly thought of something.
"Wait, she's a princess? So her relationship with the Queen is actually that of a couple—"
Coco interrupted him, "Ahem. You should know that some things can't be said outright, right?"
Coco sighed softly.
"Her Majesty the Queen disappeared from the Vampire Royal Court nearly a year ago. Her Majesty the Princess and a close attendant of the Queen also disappeared. However, the attendant was a very low-key person, and I not only never met her, but I also didn't know her name. However, she was not an important figure in the council."
...
Yin Shang said, "In my opinion, that princess probably sabotaged the vampire queen. She stole the Spear of Longinus precisely to use it to pierce the immortal vampire queen, taking away her life and power. Then, she would return to the vampire council..."
Coco interrupted him immediately.
"Enough, human. Her affair with the Queen is a matter of internal affairs for the vampires and has nothing to do with you."
"I was just saying. I'd rather not investigate than do anything about it." Yin Shang scratched his head.
Coco said, "Her Majesty the Prince is different from Her Majesty the Queen; she has appeared in the media quite often in recent years. It would be better if you started your investigation with her than to search aimlessly."
"That's a good direction for investigation."
Yin Shang replied.
"Finding more details about her won't be a problem for me. I've been hunting monsters for many years, after all."
If Coco said, "Even I and the young lady, being vampires, couldn't find any clues about her, how could you, a mere human..."
Yin Shang laughed and said, "Don't underestimate the abilities of the Church Knights. In fact, although we Church Knights are called knights, we have always basically been doing the work of demon hunters. You mediators are not as professional as us in gathering intelligence."
If Coco stands up.
"Then I'll await good news, Mr. Yin. Miss is still waiting for me, so I'll take my leave now..."
"Wait a minute," Yin Shang said.
“I also have some information here that may not be related to the theft of Longinus… but it is very relevant to your vampire clan. If you are clueless about Longinus, you might as well take some time to investigate it. Consider it an exchange of investigation targets.”
Yin Shang leaned closer to her and whispered:
"The Spier Group is conducting some kind of dangerous research targeting vampires. Although I don't know the specifics, if it's completed, vampires will definitely suffer. This is what I've been investigating before I met you, and it's also related to those warehouses in Chongchuan City."
"Hmph, you could have guessed it," Ruokeke said.
Yin Shang said, "Then listen carefully, I have made some progress on this matter."
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