Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 344 Cain Hearst

After the late-night snack.

Dillah returned to the church, while C took his luggage to the hotel.

Meanwhile, Milo wandered the streets alone; the quiet, deserted streets were a good place for reflection.

Although he disliked vague and ambiguous language, Dillash had repeatedly proven through his actions that the messages he conveyed from the Eye of Thinking were correct.

Daisy has now become, to some extent, the spokesperson for the Church's Eye of Thinking, although Milo doesn't understand the underlying principles, since Daisy is blind.

—"The glimpse we get is not complete; to find the truth, we must return to reality itself."

You can try to understand the meaning of this sentence in a relatively simple way from the literal meaning. It probably means that it is telling Milo not to trust too much what he sees from the perspective of the dead.

On a deeper level, the Eye of Thinking knows that Milo is a visionary who can see into the memories of the dead, which is why Milo takes the message from the Eye of Thinking seriously.

However, from the perspective of the deceased, he did indeed see the mutated, gigantic canine creature.

There's no problem with that.

So, where could the problem lie?

……

The nights in Nanwei City are always shrouded in mist.

Halfway there, Eric's figure suddenly appeared in the mist about three to five meters in front of Milo.

“Those blood-drinking bastards kidnapped a woman from the pleasure house. Should we go check on them?”

It gestured to Milobi in sign language.

Milo rubbed his temples.

In fact, he really didn't want to get involved with the Cainhursts. Strictly speaking, these people had more noble attributes than vampire attributes. What does that mean? It means that if Milo got too involved with these people, the trouble from the noble level would be more bothersome.

"I have to go, I have to go."

Milo shook his head:
"It seems they don't take the three rules we agreed on seriously. If these guys' desire for fresh ingredients outweighs their reason, then it's still necessary to take them out for a sunbath."

……

The Cainhurst people are very rich.

There is no doubt about this.

You see, every time Investigator C comes to Nanwei City on business, he stays in relatively inexpensive hotels, while those vampires spend lavishly to buy an expensive small manor in the city, even though they don't intend to settle there.

Now that Milo can get things done on his own turf, he doesn't need to beat around the bush, so he chose the most direct way to visit – breaking down the door.

But what Milo found incredible was...

In this dark and damp manor courtyard, he did not see the scene of pale vampires with fangs devouring a human.

In fact, the one who was tied up and hung up was one of the older vampires.

……

A top hat with tied-up silver hair fell onto the carpet; it was a type of accessory that vampires adored.

The bloodthirsty members of House Cainhurst are generally arrogant and lazy. Even within their own castle, they refuse to hunt themselves, spending their days playing and indulging in pleasure, while employing a large number of servants to serve them.

Just like this manor, they love opulent decorations and grand, imposing rooms, with intricate goldwork and elaborate ornaments everywhere.

Surrounded by countless luxurious artifacts, a vampire from Cainhurst was bound by metal chains and hung in the center of the hall. The powerful physique created by the vampire's genes allowed him to survive until Milo broke down the door. A wooden stake was driven into his chest, but judging from the depth of the stake embedded in his body, it had not completely pierced the vampire's heart. It was obviously intentional; the perpetrator did not intend to take his life, or at least, did not intend to kill him in an overly simple way.

This resulted in the rather bizarre composition that Milo was seeing.

Bloodthirsty creatures, chains, opulent decorations...

……

"Your Excellency, Guardian, Sir Law Enforcer... please... please save me..."

The vampire suspended directly above the hall still retained a conscious mind.

His face, as pale as a corpse, was filled with a look of horror and fear.

It's hard to imagine what kind of person could make these creatures, who should be the most terrifying beings in the night, show such an expression.

"Guardian" is an honorific title these shadow creatures use for Milo.

The ghouls also call Milo that.

Of course, these honorific titles are only used when Milo is in person; in private, they prefer to use code names like "disgusting crow" or "executioner" to refer to people like Milo.

……

The exiled shadows lit a few kerosene lamps in the hall.

Milo didn't rush to take the distinguished vampire down from the chandelier. Instead, he dragged a chair over and sat down directly in front of him, wiping the mud off his boots onto the carpet.

He asked slowly:
"Why is it so deserted, Viscount Klaus? Where are your clansmen and servants?"

"They...they were all scared away..."

The vampire under the chandelier spoke haltingly, enduring immense pain yet afraid to struggle, for the wooden stake in his chest could pierce the last layer of flesh around his heart at any moment. "A more complete story," Milo said, indicating he had plenty of time. "Let's start from when you abducted a human from the pleasure house."

In fact, he quite liked the ironic composition in front of him.

As far as he knew, when the vampires held their carnival celebrations in Cainhurst Castle, they also liked to tie up and hang their food, that is, living humans, in the hall, allowing their people to "drink to their hearts' content."

……

“It’s Ariana. She claims she was humiliated and wants to find the human who insulted her. She met that human at the pleasure house, and she hopes to find his whereabouts through the pleasure house, so… so she brought back a maid who used to serve her at the pleasure house…”

Klaus's tone was clearly filled with resentment.

"Ariana? The one with the male genitalia tattooed on her face? If I remember correctly, she's your sister... Hmm, and then?"

Milo nodded, signaling Klaus to continue.

"Please believe me, Guardian, we never intended to harm that maid. Both Ariana and I only wanted to use her to find the whereabouts of the human who toyed with Ariana. We treated that lady with the utmost courtesy..."

Klaus's words were broken and intermittent, especially when he mentioned what happened later, his voice began to tremble uncontrollably:
"But then a black creature attacked us. Its figure was blurry, and it wore a cloak. It was the Ripper mentioned in the newspapers... I was absolutely certain it wasn't human, because I saw black wings and... and eyes that were split into three pieces and burning..."

“Stop, stop.” Milo frowned. “That doesn’t make sense. The Ripper was a bastard, that’s true. He did a lot of outrageous things, and I have a lot of information about him. But as far as I know, he was a human, just a human who liked to play pranks. His eyes were burning and split into three pieces… Hmm, are you sure you didn’t ingest any magic leaves or anything like that after dinner tonight?”

“Absolutely true! I’m not lying!” Klaus suddenly became agitated. “I don’t use illicit drugs. I saw it very clearly. He was incredibly strong! Absolutely incredibly strong! I had absolutely no chance to fight back. He was a terrifying creature. I didn’t even have time to see his movements clearly… Do you think an ordinary human could have brought me to this state?!”

“That’s true.” Milo scratched his head.

Milo had personally tested the power possessed by vampires, and normal humans indeed had no ability to contend with them, let alone pin an adult vampire to a chandelier...

Therefore, the perpetrator who created this composition is definitely not simple. If it weren't for the descriptions like black wings and burning eyes, Milo might have suspected that Monquia's gang had returned.

"Alright, for the sake of the professors' guarantees from the University of Michigan."

Milo stood up and patted his trench coat.

Then they released the bloodthirsty nobleman who had been hanging from the chandelier.

“I’ll repeat myself one last time: it’s none of my business how your people have fun in Nanwei City, but don’t try to interfere with the normal lives of any civilians. If something like today, where a woman is abducted from a pleasure house, happens again, you and your sister will be sent back to Cainhurst Castle as ashes.”

Before leaving, Milo removed the wooden stake from Klaus's chest.

Overall, tonight's performance had a somewhat illogical feel to it.

A powerful figure attacked the vampire stronghold, severely beating the strongest vampire among them, but did not kill him.

Putting aside the criticisms about the black wings and the burning eyes split into three pieces, it does indeed resemble the Ripper's style of doing things, much like leaving a tattoo on Ariana's face, carrying a strong sense of mockery and desecration.

In a way, this suits Milo's taste quite well.

But why didn't he kill Klaus?
The only thing that can be confirmed at this moment is that this person... or rather, this creature, is not afraid of the vampires' resentment and revenge.

……

...

After leaving the vampire manor.

Milo soon found Ariana, who had been frightened away.

She is Klaus's twin sister.

Not only that, Milo also found the maid who had been "kidnapped" from the pleasure house, who was practically an acquaintance of his.

Eileen, one of Lady Castor's subordinates, was the woman who once played with Milo's two guns in the pleasure house.

Milo found the two of them in a hotel.

When he saw them, the scene before him was visually striking and incredibly erotic, making Milo completely forget the composition of the picture of Klaus being hung up not long ago.

Ariana, the elegant noble bloodthirsty woman, lay back on the sofa in a very alluring pose, her face still bearing the tattoos left by the Ripper.

But that doesn't matter. What matters is that at this moment, all of Ariana's and Irene's jewelry and clothing were scattered in the corner of the room, and none of them remained on their bodies.

And Eileen was sitting on that tattoo...

It was clear that both of them were trying their best to soothe each other's emotions and physical state after being terrified by the Ripper.

In a way, Eileen was indeed not persecuted by the vampires, which could be considered another form of courtesy, just as Klaus said.

I wonder how Klaus will react if he finds out about this.

While he clung to life under the chandelier, nailed by the Ripper, his closest clansmen fought a bloody battle in an inn less than a kilometer outside the manor…

This also gave Milo a deeper understanding of the Hidden Hearst's ethnic culture.

"It seems Ms. Castor Bean has expanded her business quite comprehensively..."

Milo shook his head:

"Ladies, I know this request is a bit much, but would you mind taking a short break so I can ask a few simple questions before continuing?"

Although Milo was also quite pleased to witness the battle between humans and ghosts before him.

……

(End of this chapter)