[Ke Fei]Shanghai Knights

"...the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and a great voice from heaven said, The kingdom of this world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever. Before God, sit on his throne The 24 elders fell on their faces to the ground and worshiped God, saying, "This is the Lord God who was and was, O Almighty, we thank you, for you have reigned by your mighty power. The Gentiles are angry, your wrath Wrath has come, and the time has come to judge the dead, and to reward your servants, the prophets, and the saints, and those who fear your name, great and small, and to destroy those who corrupt the earth. So God in heaven The temple of God was opened, and there appeared the ark of his covenant in his temple, and then there were lightnings, voices, thunders, earthquakes, and great hail..."

In the school's auditorium, Crowley read chapters from "Apocalypse", his low tone was like a lullaby, and the students in the audience were indeed groggy.From time to time, children can be seen nodding their heads like woodpeckers, and the students who are still listening are also looking like they will fall asleep at any time.

Today's human beings are really lacking in perseverance, Crowley thought to himself, recalling the pious self in the past, he couldn't help pulling a self-deprecating smile from the corner of his mouth.

Maintaining a hypnotic tone to mark the end of today's Bible class, Crowley watched the students sitting in the audience regain their vitality in an instant, rushing out of the auditorium like a bird escaping from a cage, and the red-haired vampire joined forces. Reading the Bible, he let out a slight sigh.Crowley wondered how useful such boring bible lessons would be for this group of energetic children. Weekly lessons seemed like a waste of time, but for vampires, perhaps time was the last thing they needed to care about.

"Pastor Crowley, your lectures are really the same as before." The silver-haired vampire, the culprit who Crowley had to wear a priest's robe to read the Bible aloud, walked in front of him with a teasing smile on his face, "Just now Seeing you smile, you must be thinking of the pious self you used to be, right?"

It was said, what a nasty guy.Crowley didn't show his thoughts on his face, but frowned and asked, "How long will I have to preach here?"

"I said, Crowley, don't you think about your lecture method? The children in the audience are all asleep. If you do this, your professional level will be questioned." Ferid stretched out an annoying With his finger, he lightly poked Crowley's chest, and the smile on the corner of his mouth widened.

"When the time comes, I'll read a paragraph for them in Latin." Crowley shook off the opponent's palm, turned around and tidied up the podium.

"Pastor Crowley..."

A hesitant call made the red-haired vampire look up, and several familiar boys stood hesitantly in a corner of the auditorium, their eyes wandering back and forth between him and Ferid, who had mentioned to Crowley about the "zombie" "The rumor.

"Well, don't push me!" The brown-haired boy standing in the front turned his head and complained in a low voice, "That weird Mr. Bathory is here too!"

Crowley raised his eyes and cast a playful glance at the silver-haired vampire, who apparently kept the boys from getting too close, but Ferid just shrugged indifferently.

Crowley felt that he was in a good mood today, so he took the initiative to ask, "What can you do with me today?"

The children exchanged a few uncertain glances without an immediate answer.

The red-haired vampire chuckled involuntarily and said, "Don't worry about him."

The subject Crowley called "don't care" let out a noncommittal grunt.The brown-haired boy's throat twitched a few times, and his trust in Crowley seemed to have finally overwhelmed his fear of the silver-haired vampire. The boy raised his head and said courageously, "That...we saw it yesterday! That 'zombie' appeared right here in front of us." Behind the dormitory..."

"Hmm, zombie?" Crowley tilted his head slightly, recalling the monster that was split into charcoal by a flash of lightning, but said, "Could it be that you misread it?"

Hearing the words, the boy couldn't help but shook his head anxiously, and raised his voice, "I'm not mistaken, that zombie...is in the alley behind the dormitory, and bit the neck of a wild cat..."

"Hey—are you sure it's not just a hungry homeless man?" Ferid dragged his tone and questioned maliciously.

"That's not true! We can see clearly, those blood-red eyes are not human at all!" The boy glared at the silver-haired vampire like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.

"Red eyes..." Ferid raised the corners of his mouth narrowly, and pointed to his red-haired companion thoughtfully, "Is it red eyes like Pastor Crowley's?"

Crowley rolled his eyes skyward, and stepped forward to push the silver-haired vampire away from the boys.He lowered his eyes, met the worried gaze of the brown-haired boy, and smiled, "Don't pay attention to him. This matter..."

"Leave this to us." Ferid interrupted Crowley, stuck his head out from the red-haired vampire's shoulder, and said to the children with a smile, "Wait at the door of the dormitory after school, let Let's go and investigate where the zombies were found."

"Hey... only Pastor Crowley can't do it?" the blond boy muttered with a sullen face.

Ferid tilted his head slightly, raised the corner of his eyes and glanced at the red-haired vampire, "Oh, Pastor Crowley is really popular with children, which makes me a little jealous."

"As long as you put away those bad tastes, you will be welcomed by children." Crowley raised his eyebrows and looked back at the silver-haired vampire calmly. When he looked back, he saw the boy's earnest faces relieved.Realizing that he had lost the opportunity to refuse, Crowley, who was once again dragged into trouble by Ferid, couldn't help but let out a long breath.

"Where are we going?" Several boys followed behind Crowley and Ferid, showing apprehensive and dazed expressions.Of course, the subject of their questioning is the red-haired vampire, and the boys seem to take Crowley's advice to "ignore Ferid" literally.

The silver-haired vampire didn't take it seriously, and even looked like he wanted to tease them more because of the boy's resistance.He lowered his eyes, showed a mysterious smile, and replied briskly: "We are going to find a very powerful big sister, she can help kill zombies."

The boys looked a little surprised, but Crowley just wanted to shudder at Ferid's hypocritically kind tone.He turned his head and gave the silver-haired vampire a sideways glance, "Huh? Do you know where he lives?"

"I'm not like you. I was working hard to investigate information while you were sleeping." Ferid snorted softly, as if he disdained Crowley's laziness.

Ferid's good mood will only make Crowley have a bad feeling. The red-haired vampire looks away and doesn't look any further, "Hey~ Then I'll rely on you to lead the way."

The silver-haired vampire led the crowd all the way south along the main road in front of the school. About 30 minutes later, a six-story luxury building built by the river came into their sight.

"Wow!" The hotel in front of them seemed to make the boys temporarily forget the cloud of zombies, and they raised their heads and shouted excitedly, "This is the most modern hotel in the Far East according to legend! This is the first time I've seen it!"

Crowley raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise. Although judging from the Chinese girl's attire, he knew that the other party had better financial conditions, but being able to live in such a hotel, the girl was obviously far richer than he expected much.

"A piece of talisman paper costs five yuan, which is indeed a lot of money."

"Not only that, the exorcist can speak fluent English. A woman can receive such a good education, and only a wealthy family can do it." Ferid turned his head and said casually to Crowley, and then looked back at The hotel staff behind the reception desk smiled, "We are here to visit Ms. Gu in room 304."

The hotel staff glanced at Ferid and his party, and asked with a commercial smile, "What's your name, sir?"

"Well," the silver-haired vampire showed a slightly thoughtful expression, "It is said that Ferid Bathory has business matters and wants to talk to Miss Gu."

"Business?"

"Maybe it's the business of killing zombies?"

The boys exchanged a few puzzled words in low voices, and raised their eyes eagerly to the staff behind the reception desk.

Surprise flashed in the receptionist's eyes for a moment, and then he picked up the microphone at hand and nodded slightly, "Okay, please wait a moment." He half covered the microphone and whispered a few words with Gu Xiaoman on the other end of the phone , looked up at Ferid again, "Sir, Miss Gu said that she will come down to see you soon."

After the phone was hung up, Crowley leaned close to Ferid's ear and said softly, "You even know the number of rooms you live in. Can I think you've even figured out the family background?"

Ferid returned a meaningful smile, "This is just ordinary intelligence gathering."

They didn't wait for long, and with the crisp notification sound of the arrival of the elevator, Gu Xiaoman's figure appeared in everyone's field of vision.Same as the last time we met, she was still wearing a slim cheongsam, but the color was changed from light blue to light pink.Gu Xiaoman walked slowly, the leather shoes and the marble floor lightly made a "pacing" sound.

"Hey, repeat customer, do you want to buy some more talisman papers?" The girl stood still and greeted with a light smile.

"Well, those talisman papers are very effective, please be sure to provide a few more." Ferid raised the corners of his mouth and raised the corners of his eyes slightly, as if he was in a satisfied memory.Only Crowley knew that the "effective" that the silver-haired vampire said was definitely different from what the girl thought.After a pause, Ferid raised his arms in the direction of the boys and continued, "However, it's not us who have something to talk about today, but them."

"Who are these children?" Gu Xiao raised his eyebrows in satisfaction.

"My students. I said I belong to a teacher." Ferid lowered his voice slightly, "They want to talk to you about the 'zombies' that appeared behind the school dormitory."

"It's about time to tell me your purpose?" Crowley asked Ferid in French, "Are you here for those 'zombies', or the weapon in the hands of the exorcist that can be effective against vampires?" ?”

The Gu Xiaoman mentioned in Crowley's words was surrounded by several curious boys, and he was a little overwhelmed with the children's endless weird questions, and had no time to take care of the two vampires who fell slightly behind him.

"Eh? Didn't I say I'm just here for vacation?" Ferid raised the corners of his mouth, showing an expression of unconvincing surprise.

The red-haired vampire raised his eyebrows slightly, "Don't fool me. It could be interpreted as a chance encounter a few days ago, but you have even investigated the residence of the person, so let's not say that there is no purpose."

"Hmm... Maybe I'm just too bored. I accidentally ran into an exorcist, so I couldn't help but want to touch it." Ferid replied after a moment of pondering.

Obviously still a lie, no more true than a holiday talk.Crowley continued: "If the so-called 'zombie' is what this country calls vampires... you wouldn't drag me into some partisan fight, would you?"

Ferid spread his hands, "I wouldn't do such a boring thing."

"Oh~" Crowley dragged his tone, raised his right hand, and waved the ring on the root of his middle finger in front of the silver-haired vampire, "What about this one? Does this ring have something to do with your 'joy' too?" relation?"

The silver-haired vampire reached out and grabbed Crowley's palm.Rubbing the sapphire ring surface with his fingertips, Ferid exclaimed in joy: "Oh, I almost forgot, you're still wearing it!"

"So, you didn't let me wear it?" Crowley twitched his arm but couldn't break free.

The silver-haired vampire was holding his palm tightly, looking up and down with a kind of interest in his eyes, not knowing whether it was the ring itself or the fact that Crowley was still wearing the ring made him more interesting, "Ah, ah! Yes, yes I let you wear it! How do you like the gift I gave you?"

"It's not a matter of liking it or not, is it? Where did you get this ring?" The red-haired vampire glanced at the unique pattern of the ring—maybe he should investigate the meaning of the pattern?But in the next second, Crowley dismissed the idea. In fact, no matter what special significance this ring had, he was not very interested.Shaking his head, Crowley continued, "Besides, you never gave me any presents."

"Is it? I miss you all the time~" Ferid covered his chest with his free hand, then lowered his head, and continued to fiddle with Crowley as if playing with some novelty toy. Palm, "But you cherish the gift I gave you so much, it really makes me so gratified."

Knowing that he couldn't get the answer he wanted, Crowley sighed softly and retracted his arm with some strength.He raised his eyes, only to realize that Gu Xiaoman and the boys had already distanced themselves from them at some point, and were standing at the intersection ahead, waiting impatiently for Crowley and Ferid.

"What are you doing?" the brown-haired boy asked curiously, his eyes lingering between the palms of the two who hadn't had time to put them away.

Ferid lowered his arms indifferently, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly, "This is a matter between adults, children should not ask about it."

There was an unreadable strange expression on the girl's face, as if seeing the two for the first time, she looked up and down, and couldn't help but said: "You..." She shook her head, as if she couldn't find anything definite Vocabulary, and at the end just ask: "Are you really not going to be burned in your own country?"

Crowley was taken aback by surprise, "Well, in fact, burning at the stake is no longer popular."

"Yes, yes, electric shocks are popular now!" Ferid added with a smile on the side.

The girl's slender eyebrows almost reached her hairline, she fixedly stared at the two for a long time, and finally retracted her gaze as if admitting defeat.As if Crowley and Ferid didn't exist, he bowed his head to the bewildered boys and said, "So, this time, you are lucky, and you are still unscathed when you meet the zombies, but it will be hard to say next time. They're a group of irrational monsters who only know how to hunt for blood, including humans, of course."

"It's so scary..." The boys immediately forgot the little "performance" of the two vampires before, and gasped in fear with pale faces.

"There are really blood-sucking monsters in this world? It's just like the legendary vampires." Ferid interjected, raising the corners of his mouth in a wicked way when he mentioned "vampires", his scarlet eyes sparkling with sarcasm and interest of light.He stretched out his hand and traced the traces of his forehead and shoulders, and murmured in an exaggerated tone, "Lord, please bless us, Amen."

After a moment of silence, the girl raised her head and said dryly, "I thought you were a Protestant."

"In fact, we are a 'friendship' that transcends sects." Ferid opened his arms, then stood on tiptoe slightly, and put one arm on Crowley's shoulder, as if wanting to show his broad mind.

Sinking under the weight of the silver-haired vampire, Crowley exhaled again invisibly.Anyway, they are suspicious enough for girls, and there is no shortage of this.

Twirling the corner of her mouth, the girl said in a low voice, "Perhaps you are more dangerous to children than zombies."

Hearing this, Crowley chuckled lightly, turned his head to meet Ferid's red eyes, and pondered: "Yes, I agree."

"Hey, why?" The silver-haired vampire let go of the arm on Crowley's shoulder with a look of betrayal.Looking forward, Ferid continued, "Ah! It's almost time to go back to school, today's outing is over, children should go home and sleep obediently."

"But the 'zombie' hasn't been caught yet." The boys muttered in protest.

Ferid put his palm on the brown-haired boy's shoulder and pushed him to continue walking towards the school, "It doesn't matter, we will be responsible for catching the 'zombie', and this exorcist lady will definitely catch it." That zombie wandering outside the dormitory, right?" As he spoke, the silver-haired vampire looked at the girl inquiringly.

Gu Xiaoman put his arms around his chest, and said noncommittally: "Let me declare first, the fee for me to catch zombies is very expensive."

"But I also want to catch zombies." The brown-haired boy who was being pushed by Ferid turned his head and complained.

Ferid was unmoved, "That's not okay, have you finished your homework yet? Why don't I take a French quiz tomorrow?"

"Devil!" The boys all yelled in horror, and then they all shrank their necks in unison, not daring to raise any further objections.

Crowley couldn't help chuckling, Ferid was very comfortable with threatening the boy with exams, he was surprisingly self-conscious about being a teacher at this point - but only at this point.After all, if the silver-haired vampire came to this city just to work as a foreign language teacher in a small school, Crowley would not believe anything.It's just that Ferid still seems unwilling to tell him his purpose.

Forget it, Crowley thought giving up, anyway, he was already used to Ferid's teasing.

Seeing that the children were still a little reluctant, Ferid took out a silver dollar from his pocket and stuffed it into the brown-haired boy's hand, pointing to the direction of the cries, "Go and buy some pear paste candies, obediently go back."

"Is it really okay to have so much money?" The boy looked down at the silver dollar in his palm and opened his mouth in surprise.

Curving the corners of his mouth, the silver-haired vampire patted the brown-haired boy on the head, "Buy some more and share them with your friends."

"Yeah!" With the temptation of snacks, the boys no longer cared about any "zombies", and ran to the street vendors with joyful faces.

The boy's back disappeared into the corner of the street, and the girl looked away in surprise and said, "I don't see how you like children."

"I've always been gentle." Ferid's defense made Crowley sneer—he would rather call him a pervert who abducts children than gentleness.The silver-haired vampire glared at the latter, then turned to look at the girl, "Okay, Miss Gu, since the children are back, we should get down to business, right?"