[Leilu Modern AU] Scarlet World

Louis is only 25 years old.If it was a few centuries ago, this would have been completely an adult age-in terms of people's cognition.

But in the 21st century, 25-year-old males are generally called "kid", "boy", "son", not "man".They have not been fully accepted by the adult world at all.

Lester, on the other hand, felt that he was a young man, and had been a serious adult for a long time.After all, he has been in this business for almost ten years.You can never use "kid" to describe any killer who has reached the professional age of ten years.

However, he couldn't help feeling a little worried.

"Actually, I'm only six years older than you."

"You are six years older than me!"

Louis' surprise made Leicester a little ashamed.He couldn't help wondering, is he very old in Louis' eyes? Isn't 31 the best age for a man?Whether it's career or social experience, whether it's facial features, physical fitness, or even sexual experience and ability, is it just right?

"I mean, you look twenty-seven eight."

"Do you think I'm old?"

"No. The age is just right."

Even so, Louie couldn't help thinking that Lester was already dating boys/girls in middle school while he was squatting in the pit building sand castles.

"Talk to me about your family, if nothing offends you."

"You mean my relatives, parents and so on?"

"Correct."

"It's very simple. My father died young when I was about five years old. When I was seven years old, my mother took me to remarry my stepfather. She passed away two years later, and I lived with my stepfather."

"Tell me about him."

"for example?"

"Is he nice to you?"

"It was very good at one time, much better than a biological son - although we both know that we are not related by blood."

"What does he do?"

"For my mother, he runs a private movie theater and shows some old movies all day long." Lester pretended to be mysterious, "Do you know what he does for me?"

"do not know."

"He's also a movie theater owner... But my mother didn't know, what I found out by accident was that he was a killer."

Louie's eyes widened.

"I was shocked that my mother didn't notice the slightest clue. A movie theater owner traveled to various places for a long time, and he went there for ten and a half months. Of course, his reason was to buy some precious old movie tapes."

"Sounds reasonable, too."

"Come on, his movie theater is deserted, and the number of customers in a month is more than that of any movie theater showing "Fast and Furious". Where does the money come from?"

"Then how did you find out?"

"I knew something was wrong. It was only after my mother's funeral that I raised my doubts bluntly. As a result, my stepfather led me to his basement."

"What's in there?"

"Enough ammunition to kill everyone in this building."

"Didn't I tell you that I never had the chance to choose?"

"That means—"

"The old guy said that I was born to be a killer, and he wanted to train me to be his successor. He didn't give me a choice at all."

"What do you mean?"

"You know? I even suspected that he married my mother so that I could take over." Lester recalled, "After visiting his arsenal full of guns and ammunition, everything seemed to have never happened. He continued to go to school, he continued to work or go on a business trip. He was sure that I would not reveal anything, or I would have told my mother, right? However, one day suddenly, my stepfather led me to the top floor of a building to take a sniper The gun was pointed at a gang leader in that hotel room a few hundred meters away—the guy was sitting on the couch, and a red-haired woman was kneeling to do his blowjob. He closed his eyes and barely moved, almost Good target. Then the old man put a pistol to my head and forced me to pull the trigger."

Louie took Lester's right hand.

"I'm fine, Louis," Lester patted the back of Louis's hand, "he told me about that person's bad deeds, as if it would make me feel better-how dare he not think about it, he dared to force a nine A year-old kid kills people, what do you care about these details? Crocodile tears... I have no doubt that if I refuse, he will kill me, kill the gang leader, and continue to find a new successor. That The pistol is even fitted with a suppressor."

"You shot."

"Open. Remember I said that I have no choice? It's better for the villain who is said to be full of evil to die than me to die. Actually, I don't feel anything. The distance is too far, hundreds of meters, I can't even get a little bloody Can't even smell it."

Lestat felt Louie's hand clenched a little more.

"But I vomited. I squatted down and vomited. I was terrified. I was not afraid that the mob boss's men would find me, nor was I afraid of killing people. What I was really afraid of was that after my fingers touched the When I put the sniper rifle, when I pulled the trigger, it was the first time I was exposed to these deadly weapons, but I felt very comfortable. I felt very relaxed and free. I realized that, as my stepfather said, I was a born killer .That realization made me feel damned. I thought I was going to be a lawyer when I grew up."

"Perhaps, everyone is born with his destination, Leicester."

"What the hell is it? I was obsessed with it. I gave up on being a lawyer, even though I didn't even know what a lawyer did at the time. Over the next few years, my stepfather turned him into a lawyer. I taught them all until he decided that even if I was just a rookie, I could beat him easily."

"Where is he now?"

"He died... oh! I must declare that he committed suicide and that his death has nothing to do with me. My friend, that man will arrange everything for me."

"Why did he kill himself?"

"He has severe depression and mild delusions. ... He has lived for decades, trying to cultivate a perfect killer. I don't know where his obsession comes from. He met me, Teach me that when he thinks I've become what he wants, he's got his wish and can die in peace. In fact, I didn't even have a deal when he died. I'm quick and good with the marksman Accurate, good at camouflage, has all the qualities a killer should have, other than that, I don't know anything, I don't have any actual combat experience, except for the time when I was nine years old. But that was too far away from me, and I just pulled Just the trigger."

"How old were you when he died?"

"About 15, or 16. I followed his last words and went to join his old friend. The old man was much richer than my stepfather, and I lived with him. He gave me some guidance, but never let me go. Get involved. He always said the time was not up."

"So, what do you usually do?"

"I went to school like a normal kid, took exams and trained after school. I even went to university."

"Where did you go to college?"

"Didn't I tell your housekeeper last time that I was a medical student at Connor University? In fact, I did study there. In my sophomore or junior year, the old man finally gave me the first Just a business. I killed a big drug lord by myself and got out, and they still don't know who did it."

"Wow."

"I feel so good, it's absolutely wonderful," Lester held up Louis's slender and slender palm, and carefully examined the lines on his palm, "I feel that in my 20 years of life experience, I have never had such a smooth experience. It made me feel that college life was boring, and I was completely above my peers who were worried about grades or romantic relationships, so I just chose to drop out of college.”

"like me."

"We'll still have a lot in common, Louie...and then I'm officially in the business, and I've been doing it to this day. I've been friends with that old man for years. Did I mention he's in this business too? He mainly sells Intelligence, occasionally personally. However, he quit a few years ago and I took over all his connections."

"Don't do it?"

"Yeah, he quit. Don't you think there is no such thing in our business?"

"I've seen Killers Take No Vacation. I think you're in a game."

"No, Louis," Lester twitched Louis' fingers, "A brilliant killer, his identity and whereabouts will always be a mystery. Do you think I'm walking on the street, who would know my real occupation?"

"I'd think of you as an off-duty model or some rocker in disguise."

Lester was amused by the compliment in Louie's words (he believed that Louis was complimenting his beauty): "Did I tell you that if you don't include you, there are only four or five people who know my real identity?" ?”

"But—" Louis froze for a moment, then said hesitantly, "You told me the first time we met."

"That was the second meeting, remember? Also, because it was you."

"...Then where did your old friend go, did he change careers?"

"No. He's old enough, in his fifties, he's retired with his mistress, and probably runs an opera house in Paris, that's his old business. Probably in Ontario, of course." Lake vacation, because the environment there is better, suitable for health preservation and writing. Writing refers to his little lover, who is younger than you, only 24 years old."

"Ah."

"The two of them haven't known each other for a few years. It may be that the kid met when he was in college. They hit it off as soon as they met. After graduation, he seemed to be an intern reporter. Later, he wrote some autobiographical fantasy novels, which were very popular. Since then He changed careers and became a writer."

"By the way, Lester, don't you all have code names in your business?"

"Yes."

"What kind of code name?"

"All kinds of things. Many people named them after animals. Some called them Night Foxes, some called Falconers, and some called them Berserkers."

"Then what's your name?"

In fact, most of the time, Lester thinks that the code name is just a code name, and it doesn't matter what it is called. If he is called Sugar Lollipop or Mini Cream Puff, he also feels casual.However, at this moment, he suddenly felt that his code name was like a screen name only given by a middle school student who was addicted to fantasy novels, he was so stupid.

"You know, Louie... I didn't pick up my code name myself, it was just the old man's eccentric taste, because I like to work at night..."

"Ok?"

"They call me a vampire."

TBC.