Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 357 Enforcers wouldn't bother with children.

The little brain that considered itself clever had no idea that the dogs he encountered when he was doing bad things in Glenn were not normal dogs.

However, his views had become distorted to the point that he didn't even see anything wrong with a rabid dog that was hairless and over two meters tall when standing upright.

He was now completely absorbed in the wonderful feeling of the strange power he had gained after angering the vampires. Even the pleasure quarters no longer held any appeal for him. After that invincible power dissipated, he had no appetite, no sweet sleep, and even the cigarettes in his hand had become tasteless.

He longed for another chance, this time to embrace the dark spire...

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At night, in order to recover to their best condition as quickly as possible, the vampire siblings ultimately chose to attack living people.

Klaus's injuries were too severe; he needed the purest, freshest blood.

To avoid being confronted by the black-clad law enforcement officer afterward, they could only target homeless people wandering the streets.

Despite the nauseating stench emanating from these unwashed creatures, the vampire siblings had no choice, because the disappearance of homeless people was the only thing that wouldn't attract the attention of law enforcement. Even if nearby residents noticed the homeless people had vanished, they wouldn't report it to the law enforcement office.

This was the dirtiest neck that the Cainhurst vampires had ever bitten through. Even though the servants had been instructed to scrub the vagrant's body repeatedly before the meal, the foul, garbage-like stench still couldn't be washed away.

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Those homeless people walking on the streets at night, often when they are searching for unburnt cigarette butts in the muddy streets, will hear the sound of a horse-drawn carriage behind them, and then everything will go black as they are pulled into the carriage.

Before life ends, the last thing you can see is a few pale, frightening faces inside that dark carriage.

...

The vampires and their servants were so fast that the dazed city guards at the surrounding street corners were completely unaware of them.

The bodies of the homeless, drained of blood, are cleaned up by the vampires' servants, leaving no trace.

Ironically, these actions by the vampires were actually tacitly approved by Miskatonic and the Church...

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After drinking the sweet human blood, Klaus's withered, pale body finally became full again, brimming with vitality and color.

He twisted his neck, his expression shifting between anger and rage as he recalled the humiliations he had suffered in Nanwei City. But in the end, he rationally suppressed his desire for revenge. He told himself again and again that this was not Cainhurst Castle, but the city where the Church of England was located, and that there were terrifying law enforcement officers watching their every move in the darkness.

And don't forget, there's also the Ripper, whose true form is unknown...

"Offer the bloodline the church wants, and then leave this place of trouble as soon as possible."

This was the first time Klaus, a vampire, had felt surrounded by danger.

In the lands of the Cainhurst nobles, they were the very embodiment of fear, the most terrifying presence in the night.

At this point, Klaus realized that in Nanwei City, vampires were nothing.

There are too many beings here who could easily kill them, even if they are supposedly immortal.

Their status was even lower than that of the ghouls in the suburban cemetery who ate rotting corpses for a living. In any case, Milo had promised the ghouls a certain amount of foraging space, while the vampires were required to starve themselves...

In comparison, the difference in treatment between ghosts is quite significant.

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For the past few days, Milo has been waiting for news from Investigator C.

Nanwei City is connected to several surrounding cities by telephone lines. If C only stays in the surrounding cities, he should be able to contact Milo soon.

Unlike in Rodel City, which is far to the north, where the Nanwei Law Enforcement Team had long ago requested their cooperation in searching for the deceased's family members, only to receive news a month later.

Five days have passed since Investigator C left Nanwei City with his weapons, equipment, and clues, and there has been no word from him since. Milo is unaware of the progress of the investigations into the other 23 similar cases, and has no way to "share" his recent findings, but there is nothing he can do about it.

As one person sat in the office playing with the old stamps that originally belonged to C, someone pushed open the office door.

Milo had expected Enid to jump in, since Enid was usually the most frequent person to appear in that spot near the end of the workday.

However, when Milo looked up, he found Rebecca standing in the doorway.

The latter was unusually not wearing the uniform trench coat of a law enforcement officer; she wore only a tight-fitting shirt and vest on top, and black trousers and boots on the bottom. Most importantly, she was not wearing a weapon or a mask.

Milo looked Rebecca up and down, blinked, then glanced at his watch: "A new mission?"

Rebecca frowned habitually, but quickly relaxed her brow, crossed her arms, and leaned against the doorframe, saying, "You really did forget."

As her shoulder leaned against the door frame, it pressed down on the open door, causing the already dilapidated door to creak and hit the wall behind it. Clearly, the badges hanging on the other side of the door were now askew.

Upon seeing this, Milo immediately raised his hand and made a warning gesture to the air beside him without making a sound, roughly meaning - don't touch that door if you don't want to die.

In a corner where Rebecca couldn't see, Eric's shadow crouched on the ground, scratching his head and looking extremely pained and tormented, like he was having a drug addiction attack.

Rebecca had no idea how lively the office was at that moment.

She stared intently at Milo, waiting to see when he would realize what he had forgotten.

……

"Ow!"

Seeing the murderous intent gradually rising in Rebecca's eyes, Milo suddenly slapped his forehead:
"Kai? Oh Kai, my dear little Kai, isn't he? I haven't forgotten, how could I forget?"

Although Milo doesn't possess the blood of the Valrocan family, his way of lying is indeed just like that of other male members of the Valrocan family at times, completely lacking any deceptive effect and easily identifiable as a lie. Yet, it is precisely this clumsy method of lying that successfully fooled Yog Sothos. Can you really explain this?

If it weren't for the seven people in the room reminding him, Milo would have completely forgotten that he had promised Rebecca he would visit Kay over the weekend.

Rebecca beckoned Milo to follow, saying, "Hurry up, class ended five minutes ago."

Milo quickly put on his trench coat and followed Rebecca.

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Ten minutes later.

In front of Johanningham College.

At this point, most of the students except those living on campus had already left the college, and there weren't many people at the college gate.

In fact, Kay was long past the age of needing to be picked up and dropped off at school, but after the night of the hunt, her condition had been very poor. According to Rebecca, Milo had already attempted suicide three times.

Rebecca stopped him twice, and Marshall the kitten stopped him once more.

However, all of this happened in the first month. Now, Kai's condition has recovered quite well. In Milo's opinion, her mental state is even better than Rebecca's in many ways.

Rebecca seems to have devoted all her extra energy to Kai. Unless she's particularly busy, she'll pick Kai up from school on her weekends, which has become a habit.

……

Milo and Rebecca stood at the street corner, hands in their pockets, searching for Kay.

If it weren't for Milo wearing a long law enforcement coat, their natural, formal thug aura would practically scream "bad guy." In fact, from certain angles, Rebecca looked more like the villain than Milo; after all, women with scars on their faces are hard to find.

They remained silent for a long time, then spoke at the same time, both asking questions about clothing:
"Why aren't you wearing a coat?" "Why are you wearing a coat?"

……

“It would look a bit strange if I didn’t wear it.” Milo lifted his trench coat, revealing a crowbar that looked like a tail hanging from his waist.

That's true, who would carry a crowbar to the school gate to pick up their child after school?

“You don’t have to bring a crowbar,” Rebecca revealed the truth.

“The holy sword of physics, you wouldn’t understand,” Milo said mysteriously.

Rebecca shook her head, too lazy to argue with him any further.

Both sides remained silent for several more minutes, but Kai did not appear to break the silence.

Finally, Rebecca couldn't contain herself and said to Milo:
"Actually, I can help."

"Hmm—you mean?" Milo muttered.

“Don’t play dumb with me,” Rebecca said seriously. “I know what you’ve been up to behind the scenes, just like how you used to work with Nero.”

Milo raised an eyebrow and said casually, "I can report to you, if necessary."

“Who asked you to report to me? I’m not Nero, I don’t want to be the kind of person who sits in an office giving orders.” Rebecca shook her head. “I know what you’re worried about, but do you really think my mind is still a blank slate after all this?”

“Tsk tsk, that makes sense.” Milo shrugged.

“Pilgrimages, the undead, hybrid monsters—we’ve encountered so many.” Rebecca looked at Milo with a serious expression. “I admit that in the beginning, a lot of strange things did happen to me, but I got through it, and now I can help you.”

Such dialogue shouldn't exist in a conversation between a superior and subordinate, but they are a special case. Rebecca is right; they experienced so many mysterious cases together. Undeniably, Rebecca did survive; her sanity withstood the test, and so did her soul.

Perhaps Rebecca didn't sense that Milo was moved by her words, so she added, "Let me help you."

Admittedly, Milo almost gave in when he was being stared at by Rebecca's strange gaze. After all, the two of them had a life-or-death bond, and without either of them, the other might not have been able to escape Icom.

But after regaining his composure, Milo quickly calmed down.

He thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a good response to Rebecca.

Just as Rebecca was waiting in a daze, Kay finally appeared.

Milo immediately changed the subject, laughing and greeting Kai, who was walking out of the academy gate with his backpack, saying:

"My dear Xiao Kai has finally decided to come out."

Rebecca just glared coldly at Milo, who pretended not to see her and ruffled Kai's head of white hair.

Perhaps imitating Rebecca's style, Kay cut her long hair short, much shorter than most men her age, which greatly changed her demeanor, making her no longer the frail girl from the town of Ickham.

But unexpectedly, Kai showed a clear intention to dodge Milo's movements.

Milo immediately and keenly sensed the problem.

He smelled kerosene on his hands.

Then he noticed that Kai's clothes had many dirty marks. Although she had tried her best to cover them up and even wore a coat that was not suitable for the season, Milo still noticed something was wrong.

Kai had many minor abrasions on his arms and neck. Although they were not serious, they were obviously caused recently.

At this moment, several senior students, both boys and girls, walked out of the rear gate of the college in a group, laughing and joking.

As soon as their voices came out, Kai urged Milo, "Let's go home, brother..."

She probably didn't even realize that she was holding Milo's hand very tightly while she was speaking.

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Before Milo could even ask what was going on, the children who had just stepped out of the academy gates began shouting some vulgar and offensive words in their direction—

"You're still here, you little rascal!"

"Are you going home to cry to your mom? Oh right, you don't have a mom, hahaha..."

"Didn't you get pregnant before? If you don't have any family, you can have another one!"

"Or are you afraid you'll give birth to another monster?!"

"A witch like you should be burned at the stake!"

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Milo never imagined that human cubs would be more repulsive to him than Great Old Ones like Glagi.

He could feel Kai's little hands trembling violently.

He gently rubbed Kaina's little head, which was covered in kerosene, and wiped the tears from her face with his sleeve.

Rebecca, without saying a word, loosened her tie and walked towards the group of unruly children.

Milo did not stop her.

But to his surprise, those brats weren't scared away by Rebecca; instead, they stood there and shouted even more loudly.

"Don't be afraid, they are law enforcement officers, they won't dare to hit us."

"Yes, law enforcement officers wouldn't stoop to the level of children, right? Hehe."

……

The new education bill has indeed provided stricter protection for the rights of minors, including constraints on law enforcement power when dealing with minors.

Milo knew that beating them up would definitely cause a lot of trouble, but he also knew that Rebecca would definitely not let those brats off the hook, and he couldn't stop her anyway, nor did he want to.

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And right now.

Another voice came from the main gate—

"Hey? Bro, what are you doing here?"

Finn is now a head taller than he was a couple of days ago, so we can't call him Little Finn anymore.

He was carrying a schoolbag, covered in dirt, and holding a slingshot and several dead rats, looking like he had just returned from a "hunt".

Milo blinked.

I looked up and glanced at the name on the college gate—Chodingham College.

"Uh—you go to school here?"

"Yes, duck."

The two brothers looked at each other, both feeling incredibly surprised by each other's appearance.

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